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[[File:Screen_shot_2011-09-22_at_1_46_26_AM_1603.png|link=Lex Luthor|frame|It apparently doesn't matter whether the dog's happy about it or not...]]
[[File:Screen shot 2011-09-22 at 1 46 26 AM 1603.png|link=Lex Luthor|frame|It apparently doesn't matter whether the dog's happy about it or not...]]


{{quote|''"And our little girl Tricia, the 6-year-old named it Checkers. And you know, the kids, like all kids, love the dog and I just want to say this right now, that regardless of what they say about it, we're gonna keep it."''|'''[[Richard Nixon]]'''}}
{{quote|''"And our little girl Tricia, the 6-year-old named it Checkers. And you know, the kids, like all kids, love the dog and I just want to say this right now, that regardless of what they say about it, we're gonna keep it."''|'''[[Richard Nixon]]'''}}
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== [[Literature]] ==
== [[Literature]] ==
* Extreme right politician Yorick Caine from ''[[Thursday Next|Lost in a Good Book]]'' "rediscovers" the lost Shakespeare play ''Cardenio'' and offers it to the nation to disguise his extremist views. [[Hand Wave|Hand Waved]] to some extent with the claim that [[Serious Business|the Shakespeare lobby is the most powerful voting block out there]].
* Extreme right politician Yorick Caine from ''[[Thursday Next|Lost in a Good Book]]'' "rediscovers" the lost Shakespeare play ''Cardenio'' and offers it to the nation to disguise his extremist views. [[Hand Wave]]d to some extent with the claim that [[Serious Business|the Shakespeare lobby is the most powerful voting block out there]].
* Parodied in ''[[Dave Barry]] Hits Below The Beltway'', where two opposing candidates use the same dog in their campaign ads.
* Parodied in ''[[Dave Barry]] Hits Below The Beltway'', where two opposing candidates use the same dog in their campaign ads.
* The official ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'' book had individual photos of all the principal personnel at the end, all wearing the same tweed jacket, and all posing with the same Golden Retriever.
* The official ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'' book had individual photos of all the principal personnel at the end, all wearing the same tweed jacket, and all posing with the same Golden Retriever.
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== [[Live Action TV]] ==
== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* Kitaoka Shuuichi (Kamen Rider Zolda) from ''[[Kamen Rider Ryuki]]'' often does this.
* Kitaoka Shuuichi (Kamen Rider Zolda) from ''[[Kamen Rider Ryuki]]'' often does this.
* Lampshaded on [[Yes Minister]] after the protagonist learns that one of his administrative orders terminated the lease of the city farm where he himself had a [[Photo Op with the Dog]] earlier.
* Lampshaded on [[Yes Minister]] after the protagonist learns that one of his administrative orders terminated the lease of the city farm where he himself had a Photo Op with the Dog earlier.
{{quote|'''Hacker''': Ms Philips is the last person I want to see! This is the greatest disaster in this century, Bernard.
{{quote|'''Hacker''': Ms Philips is the last person I want to see! This is the greatest disaster in this century, Bernard.
'''Bernard''': There ''were'' two world wars, minister...
'''Bernard''': There ''were'' two world wars, minister...
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