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''[[Footrot Flats]]'' is a comic strip from New Zealand, by Murray Ball, about the life and times of a farmer's dog, known simply as The Dog, his owner and his friends, and the various animals that live in and around the farm. The comic itself does not exist on-line, but more detail can be found at [http://www.oneil.com.au/footrot/index.html an unofficial site].
The characters include:
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In 1987 there was a feature-length animated film adaptation, ''Footrot Flats: The Dog's Tale''.
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* [[The Ace]]: Wal's brother.
* [[Alien Lunch]]: Happens as Wal is scoffing down the lunch Cooch made him in the back country. Wal remarks that he loves freshwater crayfish only for Cooch to remark "Yeah, but how do you feel about them [[wikipedia:Cave weta|cave wetas?"]]
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** Major on occasion.
** The Dog wishes he was this, but can only build up the courage when burglars touch his food.
* [[Animals Lack Attributes]]: [[Zig Zagged]]. The trope applies to most of the animal characters, except for Cecil the ram, who has very prominent testicles. Jess the dog and Dolores the sow also have mammaries when nursing.
* [[Badass]]: Horse.
* [[Berserk Button]]: The Dog will go to amazing lengths to make sure his name remains secret. At a dog show, he sticks himself halfway into a loud speaker trying to get the mouthy beggar inside. Once, to stop Aunt Dolly from saying it, he actually [[Squick|sticks his tongue inside her mouth]], [[Crowning Moment of Funny|much to their mutual disgust and horror]].
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* [[Carnivore Confusion]]: Sometimes the Dog doesn't have a full understanding on the fate of the animals he helps raise.
* [[Corrupt Hick]]: The Murphys, Wal's neighbors.
* [[Clingy Jealous Girl]]: At times, the Dog is [[Tastes Like Diabetes|positively saccharine]] in his love and devotion to Wal, at the same time the amount of effort he invests in his [[Zany Scheme|Zany Schemes]] to drive away [[Love Interest|Cheeky Hobson]] at times rivals what he goes through to keep his name secret.
* [[A Darker Me]]: The Grey Ghost or the Iron Paw; the Dog's invincible alter egos (he wishes).
* [[Dinosaur Doggie Bone]]: An early strip has the Dog dragging off a moa bone bigger than he is.
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* [[Full Boar Action]]: Major, Wal's other dog, is bred and trained to help hunt feral pigs.
* [[Gag Boobs]]: Dolores 'Cheeky' Hobson, we are looking at ''you''.
* [[A Handful for
* [[Hello, Nurse!]]:
** Cousin Kathy. Being [[Purity Sue|the sweetest thing alive]] doesn't hurt.
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* [[Kissing Cousins]]: Cooch has a pretty poorly hidden attraction to his cousin Kathy ([[Hello, Nurse!|and it's hard to blame him]])
* [[Large Ham]]: The Dog.
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* [[Mister Muffykins]]: Prince Charles
* [[Odd Name Out]]: 'Irish' Murphy's three dogs are named Tiger, Wolf and Creampuff.
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* [[Terrible Trio]]: The Murphies, and their dogs.
* [[Thought Bubble Speech]]
* [[
* [[What the Fu Are You Doing?]]: Rangi Jones learned all of his fighting moves from watching kung fu movies.
* [[Widget Series]]: It's very... New Zealandy.
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