Photo Op with the Dog: Difference between revisions

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Can involve a literal photo op, but not always. The point is trying to make the character look good.

 

 

 

 

 

== [[Comic Books]] ==

* In ''[[Watchmen]]'', {{spoiler|Adrian}} describes how important it is to him to always show how much he cares about people, asking them about their family and health. About half a page later, it's ''subtly'' revealed that it's one of his main manipulative tactics, designed to make him look good.

 

 

== [[Film]] ==

* In the movie ''[[Dave]]'', the actual President only 'walks' his dogs until out of camera-range. The impostor-President, by contrast, rolls around on the White House lawn with them while playing with them.

* In ''[[Precious]]'', Precious' mother Mary pretends like they live with Precious' mentally retarded child in order to get welfare. In reality, Mary hates the child and calls her an animal.

 

== [[Literature]] ==

* Parodied in ''[[Dave Barry]] Hits Below The Beltway'', where two opposing candidates use the same dog in their campaign ads.

 

* Kitaoka Shuuichi (Kamen Rider Zolda) from ''[[Kamen Rider Ryuki]]'' often does this.

'''Hacker''': Oh, Bernard, come on! Fighting on the beaches is one thing, evicting cuddly animals and children to make room for tax inspectors' cars is quite another league! }}

 

== [[Western Animation]] ==

* In ''[[Gargoyles]]'', after Xanatos was released from prison, he donated one of his ancient relics to a museum as a gesture of making up for prior misdeeds (then stole it back when disguised in his gargoyle-shaped [[Powered Armour]]).

** Forms part of a story arc in ''[[Justice League Unlimited]]'': Lex makes multiple shows of [[Civilian Villain|putting supervillainy behind him]] to focus on bettering mankind, none of which [[Superman]] buys for a second, culminating in the building of a state-of-the-art housing project for the underprivileged. When Supes overhears Lex whispering to an assistant about "activating the device", his x-ray vision finds an unknown machine buried under the apartment buildings, which he promptly tears down in his attempt to get at it before it can be turned on. [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero|Turns out it was just a new kind of generator, which would have provided clean energy to the whole project.]] Superman is publicly shamed and his confidence shaken... {{spoiler|[[Batman Gambit|which was Cadmus' aim all along.]]}}

* ''[[Osmosis Jones]]'' shows the mayor in a literal photo op with an impoverished youth (or [[Fantastic Voyage|the equivalent thereof]]). As soon as the camera's off, he [[Kick the Dog|kicks the boy offscreen]].

 

== [[Real Life]] ==

 

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[[Category:Tropey the Wonder Dog]]

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