Precious Puppy: Difference between revisions

* Mexican-based phone company Telmex ran many television ads in Mexico, Peru and Colombia featuring a [[Talking Animal|talking]] Jack Russel Terrier called ''Otto''. The dog is so popular that even people who dislike Telmex wind up liking the dog.

 

* Excel Saga has Menchi (AKA [[Woolseyism|Mince]]), the token animal sidekick who doubles as the [[Villain Protagonist|heroes]]' [[Eat the Dog|"emergency food supply."]]

* Gaomon in ''[[Digimon Savers]]'', who was squeed over by both Chika and Relena.

 

== Professional Wrestling ==

** There was also Al Snow's brief run with having a chihuahua named Pepper as his, um, companion object. He gave Pepper to [[Jim Ross]], who was doing commentary, while he went to do his match. [[Jim Ross]] held the dog, noticed that he was scared of the crowds, and got legitimately angrier (for the dog's sake) as the match went on, mostly neglecting the commentary. Pepper would only make one other appearance on live TV.

** [[The Big Show]] once tried to give [[The Undertaker]] a peace offering, by giving him a wooden crate with a puppy inside. Right on cue, the entire audience (not very far removed from the [[Attitude Era]], mind you) broke out in an "Awwwwwwww", all in unison.

* Police dogs. Police departments recognized this trope and, instead of training them only to be vicious and apprehend resistive suspects as they did in the past, now train them to do that and roll over for a belly rub at community events and liaisons to help less intimidating to children.

** And to pretty much anyone else.

 

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