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Woof!

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24 feature instances
7 referencing feature instances

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Woof!	label	Woof!
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Woof!	comment	Woof! was a British TV series, running from 1989 to 1997, about a boy who periodically changes into a dog, similar in premise to The Shaggy Dog, and based on the book with the same name by Allan Ahlberg.The series begins with a Pilot Movie, about a kid named Eric Banks who suddenly finds himself occasionally turning into a small dog (naturally, often at the worst possible times), totally at random, and getting into all sorts of odd situations because of it. Throughout the movie he and his friend Roy try to find out what's causing it, and keep it a secret from Eric's parents, teachers, and everyone in between.The show takes the concept and runs with it: featuring all sorts of wacky hijinks that a kid who randomly turns into a dog could get into. Hilarity Ensues. Later on, Roy moves away, and a girl named Rachel moves in instead who quickly discovers Eric's secret and takes Roy's place.Further through the show's run, as the actors playing Eric and Rachel grew older, the focus changed to a new kid Rex Thomas, who inherits Eric's curse, and his best friend Michael, who takes up the Secret-Keeper role.Then, for the final series, the focus was changed again to another new kid named Jim, who inherits the curse from Rex, and his cousin Brian, who fills the Secret Keeper spot.
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Woof! / int_16fdd774	type	Losing a Shoe in the Struggle
Woof! / int_16fdd774	comment	Losing a Shoe in the Struggle: Well, naturally, the boys probably lose their clothes quite a lot, as during the transformation, their clothes come off, but particularly noticeable in a Series 5 episode, where Rachel has forgotten to bring clothes for Eric, but luckily, there are some clothes in the bag she is holding. It does not however, include shoes and socks, which Eric's dad comments on when he sees him. He stays like that for the rest of the episode, even when walking in a car park. Also, in a series 2 episode, when Eric transforms while in a swimming bath changing rooms, as Roy forgets one of his socks, he later goes sockless, though not shoeless.
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Woof! / int_1abf68d5	type	You Meddling Kids
Woof! / int_1abf68d5	comment	You Meddling Kids: Occasionally
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Woof! / int_1cf11f13	type	No Sympathy
Woof! / int_1cf11f13	comment	No Sympathy: Rachel can be like that to Eric sometimes. She's aware of his condition, but gets annoyed with him sometimes
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Woof! / int_21af4dc3	type	Heroic Dog
Woof! / int_21af4dc3	comment	Heroic Dog: Naturally. Also a plot point - at one point Eric tries looking for others who change like him by looking for news stories about dogs who are exceptionally smart and heroic.
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Woof! / int_3f11ef74	type	Parental Substitute
Woof! / int_3f11ef74	comment	Parental Substitute: Mrs Jessop is often this to Rex in the absence of his mother. She finally becomes his actual step-mother.
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Woof! / int_41a3e267	type	Hidden in Plain Sight
Woof! / int_41a3e267	comment	Hidden in Plain Sight / Right Under Their Noses: When changed, Rex poses as his own dog, Bob, which fools everyone, including his father.
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Woof! / int_4852f325	type	I Just Want to Be Normal
Woof! / int_4852f325	comment	I Just Want to Be Normal: Eric, in stark contrast to his friend Roy who couldn't be happier about the whole thing.
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Woof! / int_4aa3c552	type	Animorphism
Woof! / int_4aa3c552	comment	Animorphism
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Woof! / int_56b91841	type	Smelly Feet
Woof! / int_56b91841	comment	Smelly Feet: Played with in the Badgers episode. Eric's mum thinks he needs to wash his feet, but the bad smell she's smelling is actually the badger.
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Woof! / int_66dfe36a	type	Missing Mom
Woof! / int_66dfe36a	comment	Missing Mom: Rex's mother died at some stage before his time on the show began. Occasional episodes showed his father dating new women but never properly getting together with them. He eventually marries Mrs Jessop, to their and Rex's delight, in Rex's final episode.
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Woof! / int_697e3ecb	type	Involuntary Shapeshifting
Woof! / int_697e3ecb	comment	Involuntary Shapeshifting: Pretty much the entire theme of the series.
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Woof! / int_71abd546	type	Excited Show Title!
Woof! / int_71abd546	comment	Excited Show Title!
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Woof! / int_7b7f1657	type	Canine Companion
Woof! / int_7b7f1657	comment	Canine Companion: Obviously. Especially prominent in episodes that barely require Eric/Rex/Jim to be boys at all.
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Woof! / int_82ff8b68	type	Artistic License â€“ Animal Care
Woof! / int_82ff8b68	comment	Artistic License – Animal Care: While it makes for a cute scene, a badger on your bed isn't good for the badger or for you (admittedly, Eric didn't put the badger on his bed, it crawled onto it).
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Woof! / int_9578d077	type	My Instincts Are Showing
Woof! / int_9578d077	comment	My Instincts Are Showing / The Mind Is a Plaything of the Body: Eric, Rex, and Jim are still themselves as dogs, but they are still dogs - they're fine with doing dog things that as boys they wouldn't want to do (like eating dog food) and instinctively do things a dog would do in situations (IE: Rex getting his father's slipper and the paper when he wants his attention, or rooting through trash when frustrated). As always, Hilarity Ensues.
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Woof! / int_9f970427	type	Secret-Keeper
Woof! / int_9f970427	comment	Secret-Keeper: Roy and Rachel to Eric, Michael to Rex, Brian to Jim.
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Woof! / int_a9f392fd	type	Pilot Movie
Woof! / int_a9f392fd	comment	Pilot Movie: Packed in a VHS, no less.
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Woof! / int_af5d39a	type	Empathic Shapeshifter
Woof! / int_af5d39a	comment	Empathic Shapeshifter: Of a sort. In the movie Eric and Roy come to the conclusion that his transformation happens because his sister wants a dog so much more than she wants a brother that it ends up making him actually change into one. In the end, it appears that they fix it, only for it to appear that it was Roy all along making Eric change, and not his sister. Later on in the show he is given a different explanation, however.
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Woof! / int_b01abe4f	type	Catchphrase
Woof! / int_b01abe4f	comment	Catchphrase: Roy - "Bril-ee-ant!"
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Woof! / int_caa28b82	type	Cloudcuckoolander
Woof! / int_caa28b82	comment	Cloudcuckoolander: Roy, at times.
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Woof! / int_dca70c44	type	Reasonable Authority Figure
Woof! / int_dca70c44	comment	Reasonable Authority Figure: Mrs Jessop is a firm-handed but outstandingly kind and approachable teacher. No wonder the protagonists are happy to see so much of her outside of school.
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Woof! / int_f5a3e496	type	Suspiciously Similar Substitute
Woof! / int_f5a3e496	comment	Suspiciously Similar Substitute: Rex and Michael to Eric and Roy, at least premise-wise. Jim and Brian follow for the final series.
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Woof! / int_ff6ae1f6	type	Evil-Detecting Dog
Woof! / int_ff6ae1f6	comment	Evil-Detecting Dog: Doubles in that the dog is actually a kid all along.
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The following is a list of statements referring to the current page from other pages.

Woof!	hasFeature	Animorphism / int_8d867c56
Woof!	hasFeature	Canine Fiction / int_8d867c56
Woof!	hasFeature	Excited Show Title! / int_8d867c56
Woof!	hasFeature	Fantastic Comedy / int_8d867c56
Woof!	hasFeature	Involuntary Shapeshifting / int_8d867c56
Woof!	hasFeature	Once for Yes, Twice for No / int_8d867c56
Woof!	hasFeature	Smelly Feet Gag / int_8d867c56

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