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{{trope}}
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{{quote|''We're sorry, the position of annoying talking animal has already been taken!''
|'''Donkey''', ''[[Shrek]] 2''}}
Odder than even an [[Odd Couple]], one of these guys isn't human! They might be an ordinary animal who's just a bit smarter than average, some form of [[Talking Animal]], a [[Robot Buddy]], a space alien, or even stranger, a normally inanimate object gifted with sentience or even locomotion (and sometimes [[Companion Cube|not even that]]). Particularly useful when it comes to going for help, stealing keys when the [[Big Bad]] has you locked up, or throwing the OFF switch on the [[Conveyor Belt O' Doom]] once he leaves the room.
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Compare and contrast with [[Amusing Alien]] and [[Token Non-Human]].
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== [[Advertising]] ==
* Many years ago, Dr. Pepper did a series of commercials set "[[After the End|after the Cola Wars]]", with a human hero and his diminutive alien sidekick. In one of them, the duo walk into a bar, and the female bartender greats them with "Well, hello stranger.. and stranger yet!"
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* ''[[JoJo's Bizarre Adventure]]: Stardust Crusaders'' has among the protagonists Iggy, a pug who commands the sand-based Stand The Fool. The opposition has Pet Shop, a hawk who commands the ice-based Osiris. The two even duke it out one on one eventually. The fifth storyline (''Diamond Is Unbreakable'') has Stray Cat, a sentient cat-turned-flower with the power to launch bubbles, and the sixth (''Stone Ocean'') has Foo Fighters, ''a mass of plankton'' inhabiting dead ex-criminal Etro's body.
* ''[[Speed Racer]]'': Chim-Chim, Spritle's chimpanzee pal.
* Comedian/ventriloquist [[Jeff Dunham]] and basically any of his puppet partners (IE: Walter, Peanut, Bubba J, Achmed, etc.). Made [[Crowning Moment of Funny|all the more hilarious]] in that one of the puppets, Peanut, points out several times that well-▼
{{quote|Peanut: You're arguing with yourself....[[This Is Sparta|AND LOSING!]]}}▼
** Jeff plays off this with Walter and Jose as well.▼
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== Fan
* Inverted in the ''[[My Little Pony:
== Film ==
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* Horse Comet in ''[[The Adventures of Brisco County Jr]]''
* [[The Spock|Spock]]. Possibly a [[Trope Codifier]].
* Muffit the robotic dog in
== Recorded and Stand-up Comedy ==
▲* Comedian/ventriloquist [[Jeff Dunham]] and basically any of his puppet partners (IE: Walter, Peanut, Bubba J, Achmed, etc.). Made [[Crowning Moment of Funny|all the more hilarious]] in that one of the puppets, Peanut, points out several times that well-
▲{{quote|Peanut: You're arguing with yourself....[[This Is Sparta|AND LOSING!]]}}
▲** Jeff plays off this with Walter and Jose as well.
== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
* [[Dungeons & Dragons]] (specifically 3rd edition) gave several character classes some variety of animal companion as a built in feature. And any class might acquire one with proper feat selection. In 4th edition, only the Ranger class retained the option.▼
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* The Cheat from ''[[Homestar Runner]]''.▼
▲* [[Dungeons & Dragons]] (specifically 3rd edition) gave several character classes some variety of animal companion as a built in feature. And any class might acquire one with proper feat selection. In 4th edition, only the Ranger class retained the option.
** Technically, Strong Bad is non-human but The Cheat still counts.▼
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* Mia from ''[[Unintentionally Pretentious]]'' has [http://www.unintentionallypretentious.com/index.asp?c=34 Aibo], her robotic [http://www.unintentionallypretentious.com/index.asp?c=101 guide dog] and [http://www.unintentionallypretentious.com/index.asp?c=121 guardian], making it also her [[Angry Guard Dog]], but with a manual [[Berserk Button]].
** And occasionally as [http://www.unintentionallypretentious.com/index.asp?c=59 a household appliance].
▲* The Cheat from ''[[Homestar Runner]]''.
▲** Technically, Strong Bad is non-human but The Cheat still counts.
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