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Dog City

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131 feature instances
61 referencing feature instances

Dog City	type	TVTItem
Dog City	label	Dog City
Dog City	page	DogCity
Dog City	comment	Dog City is a Canadian-American animated/Muppet series based on a half-hour special from The Jim Henson Hour of the same name. The special was popular enough to become a full-fledged series produced between The Jim Henson Company and Nelvana that aired on Global Television Network in Canada and Fox Kids in the United States for 3 seasons and 31 episodes between 1992 and 1994.The original special starred a German Shepherd named Ace Yu facing a bulldog gangster named Bugsy Them (known as the Dogfather) in the eponymous Film Noir environment, a city populated by anthropomorphic dogs. In the animated series, Ace Yu became the private eye Ace Hart, while Bugsy Them became Bugsy Vile. Ace, with the help of the beautiful police chief Rosie O'Gravy and excitable paper boy Eddie, would thwart crimes and solve cases around Dog City, usually the misdeeds of Bugsy and his thugs or the dastardly Baron Von Rottweiler.These animated adventures would be fairly straightforward pastiches of the Film Noir genre if it wasn't for the puppetry segments interspersed between them. You see, an animator named Eliot Shag (also an anthropomorphic dog) illustrated Ace's stories as they happened, with Ace often discussing the plot and its tropes with Eliot and Eliot making changes to the story that could help or hinder Ace. Eliot also regularly interacted with the other residents of his apartment, with many of them serving as the basis for characters in Ace's adventures.The third season added some additional segments involving other shows that Eliot animated for, such as quick shorts featuring the characters in different situations, as well as a superhero spoof called Watchdog.Every episode is up on Youtube, courtesy of Nelvana's Retro Rerun. Check them out here!
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Dog City	isPartOf	DBTropes
Dog City / int_10a6623b	type	Fair Cop
Dog City / int_10a6623b	comment	Fair Cop: Rosie O'Gravy
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Dog City	hasFeature	Dog City / int_10a6623b
Dog City / int_12184cca	type	SelfInsert
Dog City / int_12184cca	comment	Self-Insert: Eliot did this once. He then made his character an even better detective than Ace who even attracted attention from Rosie. Ace was not amused.
Dog City / int_12184cca	featureApplicability	1.0
Dog City / int_12184cca	featureConfidence	1.0
Dog City	hasFeature	Dog City / int_12184cca
Dog City / int_127a3b31	type	Badly Battered Babysitter
Dog City / int_127a3b31	comment	Badly Battered Babysitter: Inverted in "Adventures in Puppysitting" when Ace is left to care for a baby (really a grownup thief named Puppyface Felson that only looks like a pup). Ace endures some slapstick to protect the "baby," but he gets out of it without major injuries and merely leaves some destruction in his wake. However, the overall experience terrifies Felson, who condemns Ace as a Babysitter from Hell and confesses to his crimes just to get away from him.
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Dog City / int_1282bf4f	type	No Celebrities Were Harmed
Dog City / int_1282bf4f	comment	No Celebrities Were Harmed: The usual suspects.
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Dog City	hasFeature	Dog City / int_1282bf4f
Dog City / int_137f2d7	type	Card-Carrying Villain
Dog City / int_137f2d7	comment	"Comedy of Horrors", featuring blink-and-you'll-miss-them cameos of other characters, up until Ace and Baron von Rottweiler crash.
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Dog City	hasFeature	Dog City / int_137f2d7
Dog City / int_141a6acb	type	Madness Mantra
Dog City / int_141a6acb	comment	Madness Mantra: Screwy Louie, who was driven insane by loose screws ruining his life at every turn and is now removing every screw in the city.
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Dog City	hasFeature	Dog City / int_141a6acb
Dog City / int_14beeefd	type	Darker and Edgier
Dog City / int_14beeefd	comment	Darker and Edgier/Knight of Cerebus: In-universe Executive Meddling presses Eliot to retool Dog City by creating a new, far more evil antagonist. Displeased, Eliot deconstructs both tropes with the creation of Meat the Butcher, an Ax-Crazy criminal very ill-suited to the setting of the show, and ultimately defeated through humiliating means.
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Dog City / int_151c53e2	type	Creator's Pest
Dog City / int_151c53e2	comment	Creator's Pest: In-Universe, Eliot doesn't care for Meat the Butcher. He never wanted to create a character like that but was forced to due to executive meddling, which in turn causes him to have a lot less control over Meat than he does over his other creations. He did eventually bring back Meat for a brief cameo in "Out of the Mouths of Pups" due to popular demand.
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Dog City / int_169d22e6	type	Villain Team-Up
Dog City / int_169d22e6	comment	Villain Team-Up: One of the fan letters in "Out of the Mouths of Pups" suggests one, leading to Ace facing Meat, Felson, and Screwy Louie for a few scenes.
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Dog City	hasFeature	Dog City / int_169d22e6
Dog City / int_1a3a91dd	type	Say My Name
Dog City / int_1a3a91dd	comment	Say My Name: One Running Gag involves Ace screaming Eliot's name whenever Eliot animates him into a predicament.
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Dog City	hasFeature	Dog City / int_1a3a91dd
Dog City / int_1b4e322c	type	Mr. Fanservice
Dog City / int_1b4e322c	comment	Mr. Fanservice: When In-Universe Executive Meddling turned Ace into a Superman expy, complete with a ridiculously top-heavy hyper muscular build.
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Dog City	hasFeature	Dog City / int_1b4e322c
Dog City / int_1df7bbc0	type	Actually Not a Vampire
Dog City / int_1df7bbc0	comment	Actually Not a Vampire: "The Bloodhound" is a two-fer. Eliot gets spooked by a new neighbor in a cape that whisks Colleen away to a secluded spot. The ending reveals the guy is just an eccentric voice teacher. Over in the cartoon, someone is dressing up in a cape and going around biting dogs at night. Many (including Eddie) believe he's a real vampire, but Ace remains skeptical of that and only pursues the case as a matter of public safety. Ultimately, Ace figures out that the supposed vampire is actually the city's mailman; the guy wanted revenge for getting bitten by every dog every day.
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Dog City / int_1e4a1e0e	type	I Owe You My Life
Dog City / int_1e4a1e0e	comment	I Owe You My Life: "Much Ado About Mad Dog" opens with both him and Ace knocked overboard. Ace saves him from drowning and in return, Mad Dog becomes a devoted sidekick. It annoys Ace since Mad Dog keeps interfering with case work and embodies The Cat Came Back. Mad Dog only stops with this behavior when he returns the favor by saving Ace's life.
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Dog City / int_20394453	type	Polka-Dot Paint
Dog City / int_20394453	comment	Polka-Dot Paint: Whenever something is drawn, it's done this way.
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Dog City	hasFeature	Dog City / int_20394453
Dog City / int_21d5918a	type	Rubber-Band History
Dog City / int_21d5918a	comment	Rubber-Band History: Baron goes back to the time the pilgrims purchased the new world from the natives and made a better offer: squeak toys. This created a Bad Future where he rules. Somehow, Ace and Eddie had Ripple-Effect-Proof Memory and, after visiting a timeline where Eddie ruled, went back to the past and made an even better offer: a technologically advanced (even for present time standards) fire hydrant the heroes took from the Eddie-ruled timeline.
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Dog City / int_254fc1c6	type	Animated Actors
Dog City / int_254fc1c6	comment	Animated Actors: The Duck Amuck version.
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Dog City / int_283d8c21	type	Forklift Fu
Dog City / int_283d8c21	comment	Forklift Fu: Eddie once attempts to rescue Ace in this manner. It does not end well.
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Dog City	hasFeature	Dog City / int_283d8c21
Dog City / int_28951c74	type	Top-Heavy Guy
Dog City / int_28951c74	comment	Top-Heavy Guy: As seen in the picture above, the art style leaned towards making the male characters top heavy, with it being more pronounced in the villains. Even Frisky is a scaled-down Top Heavy Guy. The most triumphant example though would be Meat the Butcher, who's so top heavy that his fingers are bigger than his legs.
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Dog City / int_2937826d	type	Hurricane of Puns
Dog City / int_2937826d	comment	Hurricane of Puns: YES.
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Dog City / int_2a7e7af1	type	Limited Wardrobe
Dog City / int_2a7e7af1	comment	Limited Wardrobe: With a couple rare exceptions, everyone dresses the same all the time.
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Dog City / int_2ae7bc4b	type	Captain Oblivious
Dog City / int_2ae7bc4b	comment	Captain Oblivious: Steve stops Yves' attempts to steal the McGuffin of the Week by sheer luck and isn't even aware of them. Steve has yet to show if he knows or not about Yves' existence.
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Dog City	hasFeature	Dog City / int_2ae7bc4b
Dog City / int_2b7ec38e	type	The Scrappy
Dog City / int_2b7ec38e	comment	The Scrappy: Eddie the newspup got turned into one in-universe for one episode, and then he was literally Rescued from the Scrappy Heap. Whether he actually was a scrappy for the audience is a different story.
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Dog City	hasFeature	Dog City / int_2b7ec38e
Dog City / int_2d4fa515	type	Ax-Crazy
Dog City / int_2d4fa515	comment	In the third episode, Eliot's boss, feeling that viewers want today's cartoons to be more violent, instructs the animator to create an Ax-Crazy character named Meat the Butcher, who is introduced using a chainsaw to cut down the doorway. Since Eliot has no control over what Meat does, he becomes genuinely concerned for Ace's survival.
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Dog City	hasFeature	Dog City / int_2d4fa515
Dog City / int_2d6f00e4	type	Psycho for Hire
Dog City / int_2d6f00e4	comment	Justified.
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Dog City / int_30de7a51	type	Chivalrous Pervert
Dog City / int_30de7a51	comment	Chivalrous Pervert: Ace may be interested in Chief Rosie, often asking her out once the caper of the episode is over. However, when a love-stricken Eliot starts portraying Rosie as a seductive, clingy girl, Ace very quickly picks up on the fact it’s only due to Eliot’s newfound crush on Terri, and refuses to take advantage of it.
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Dog City / int_35fb9016	type	Gratuitous German
Dog City / int_35fb9016	comment	Gratuitous German: Baron Von Rottweiler, full stop.
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Dog City / int_3c0bf189	type	Adults Dressed as Children
Dog City / int_3c0bf189	comment	Adults Dressed as Children: In one episode, Bugsy hired a gangster who looked like a puppy named Puppyface Felson to help with a bank heist. In another, Ace goes undercover at an obedience school, in shorts and a schoolboy cap.
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Dog City / int_3f11ef74	type	Parental Substitute
Dog City / int_3f11ef74	comment	Parental Substitute: Sam Spayed was there shortly after Ace was born and taught him everything he knows.
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Dog City / int_4304666a	type	Meta Fiction
Dog City / int_4304666a	comment	Metafiction/Postmodernism: Dog City openly explores the storytelling process through Eliot and Ace's fourth wall-breaking conversations. The plots themselves are generally kicked off by discussions over the animation, and the episodes acknowledge, parody, and lampshade all sorts of multiple tropes.
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Dog City	hasFeature	Dog City / int_4304666a
Dog City / int_4548e6d9	type	Innocent Bystander
Dog City / int_4548e6d9	comment	Innocent Bystander: Or innocent pups, as it were, complete with a playpen and a giant sign saying "Innocent Bystanders" at the worst possible moments. Ace calls this out already the second time it happens.
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Dog City / int_45567321	type	Fantastic Ghetto
Dog City / int_45567321	comment	Fantastic Ghetto: Tabbytown is Dog City's cat district.
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Dog City	hasFeature	Dog City / int_45567321
Dog City / int_45d74260	type	Speech-Impaired Animal
Dog City / int_45d74260	comment	Speech-Impaired Animal: Mad Dog; subverted by being in a world full of Talking Animals.
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Dog City	hasFeature	Dog City / int_45d74260
Dog City / int_47fea76b	type	Butt-Monkey
Dog City / int_47fea76b	comment	Butt-Monkey : Ace is usually the one who gets hurt sometimes Bugsy's goon Frisky is.
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Dog City	hasFeature	Dog City / int_47fea76b
Dog City / int_49f20c6a	type	Gory Discretion Shot
Dog City / int_49f20c6a	comment	Gory Discretion Shot: The first episode parodied the infamous scene in The Untouchables where Al Capone tees off on an underling's head with a baseball bat. Bugsy stalks off screen bat in hand, there's a thump, and reddish fluid rolls in from off screen. Then it turns out Bugsy just pulverized Bruiser's can of soda pop - and Bruiser doesn't even realize Bugsy did it on purpose.
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Dog City	hasFeature	Dog City / int_49f20c6a
Dog City / int_4ae690ca	type	Laughing Mad
Dog City / int_4ae690ca	comment	Laughing Mad: Screwy Louie, who's always cackling as he works to remove every screw in the city.
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Dog City	hasFeature	Dog City / int_4ae690ca
Dog City / int_517f8d71	type	Delusions of Eloquence
Dog City / int_517f8d71	comment	Delusions of Eloquence: Bugsy Vile, no doubt as filler for the family-friendly mafia parody.
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Dog City / int_543a0278	type	Villain Respect
Dog City / int_543a0278	comment	Villain Respect: Both Bugsy and Baron admit that Ace is a Worthy Opponent.
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Dog City / int_5640e2c9	type	No Challenge Equals No Satisfaction
Dog City / int_5640e2c9	comment	No Challenge Equals No Satisfaction: What ultimately sours Bugsy on being mayor. The position gives him absolute power, meaning cash is rolling in and his arch-rivals are on the run without him having to really do much of anything. He hates it since it takes away the thrill of his old life, and now he's stuck with the boring procedures of being mayor. The breaking point is when he attempts to rob a bank; instead of resistance, he gets bank employees happily considering it a simple withdrawal and police officers escorting him back to the office.
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Dog City / int_58e43f17	type	Cats Are Mean
Dog City / int_58e43f17	comment	Cats Are Mean: The only cat character in Dog City is Kitty, Bugsy's gun moll. And in the real world, Eliot's landlord. One episode featured a criminal cat who was Bugsy's rival not only for the underworld but also for Kitty. Yves, the bad guy from the "Yves and Steve" stories is a cat.
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Dog City / int_5963b221	type	Eviler than Thou
Dog City / int_5963b221	comment	Eviler than Thou: Bugsy and Baron von Rotweiller.
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Dog City / int_5989e3b6	type	Enemy Mine
Dog City / int_5989e3b6	comment	Enemy Mine: "Is It Arf?" sees Bugsy and his gang framed for stealing art, so they hire Ace to prove their innocence. Ace isn't much interested in doing them any favors, but he takes the case since he wants to one-up rival detective, Sherlick Bones.
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Dog City / int_5aa8d3d8	type	Friendly Enemy
Dog City / int_5aa8d3d8	comment	Friendly Enemy: Even Bugsy's gang attends a celebration of Ace's 1,000th successful case, despite being arrested because of said 1,000th successful case. The final scene of "The Dog Days of Summer Vacation" has all the prominent characters (protagonists and villains alike) sitting down to play cards after Eliot leaves for vacation.
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Dog City / int_5d414804	type	Just Friends
Dog City / int_5d414804	comment	Just Friends: Candace says she and Bruiser are just friends who have fun together, and he doesn't disagree. Sensing an opportunity to become in-laws with a wealthy family, Bugsy asks if they're good friends.
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Dog City / int_60eac4ba	type	Off the Rails
Dog City / int_60eac4ba	comment	Off the Rails: Because Meat, the Butcher was a character his boss made, Eliot doesn't have complete control over him like everything else. Eliot's earnestly afraid for Ace's wellbeing since he can't guarantee a victory for him.
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Dog City	hasFeature	Dog City / int_60eac4ba
Dog City / int_60fb097	type	Dick Dastardly Stops to Cheat
Dog City / int_60fb097	comment	Dick Dastardly Stops to Cheat: In one episode, Bugsy enters a series of games and has his henchmen get rid of his adversaries so he'll win by default. When one henchman points out that the adversaries are too unfit to challenge him anyway, he explains that he doesn't want to sweat. Ace foils the plan by entering the competition.
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Dog City / int_617f0563	type	Heelâ€“Face Turn
Dog City / int_617f0563	comment	Heel–Face Turn: Screwy Louie had a breakdown after loose screws ruined his life too often, but he's snapped back to sanity when he witnesses Ace have a similar mental breakdown over constantly answering phones a split second too late.
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Dog City / int_63d861f8	type	Even Evil Has Loved Ones
Dog City / int_63d861f8	comment	Even Evil Has Loved Ones: Bugsy does love Kitty and goes into a depression when it looks like she's dumped him for a rival mobster. Bruiser, though, is someone Bugsy only tolerates because he's his sister's kid.
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Dog City / int_6406a19c	type	Politicians Kiss Babies
Dog City / int_6406a19c	comment	Politicians Kiss Babies: In an episode, Dogfather Bugsy Vile rigs a mayoral election and wins with just five votes. Among his duties are kissing babies and christening a ship with a champagne bottle. Hilarity ensues when he gets the two just a little mixed up....
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Dog City / int_697b5232	type	Those Wacky Nazis
Dog City / int_697b5232	comment	Those Wacky Nazis: Baron von Rottweiller gives off this vibe in "Old Dogs, New Tricks" as he plots to detonate a hydrogen bomb over Dog City and emerge the leader of a "superior doggy race".
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Dog City / int_6b146924	type	Species Surname
Dog City / int_6b146924	comment	Species Surname: Most characters apart from Ace and Bugsy had vaguely dog [or cat] related names.
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Dog City / int_6bda9a30	type	Meaningful Name
Dog City / int_6bda9a30	comment	Meaningful Name: Bugsy Vile.
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Dog City / int_6d7026fa	type	Punny Name
Dog City / int_6d7026fa	comment	Punny Name: Puppyface Felson was named after real life bank robber George "Babyface" Nelson. Terri Springer was named after... guess. According to his wife, Screwy Louie's real first name is Phillip, referencing Phillips screwdrivers.
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Dog City / int_6da90c4d	type	Full-Name Ultimatum
Dog City / int_6da90c4d	comment	Full-Name Ultimatum: Used and lampshaded in "Doggy see, Doggy do":
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Dog City / int_72852a93	type	Henpecked Husband
Dog City / int_72852a93	comment	Henpecked Husband: Bugsy Vile isn't actually married to Kitty, but aside from that their relationship plays the trope pretty straight. A lot of Bugsy's villainous schemes are kicked off by Kitty's materialistic demands.
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Dog City / int_76cde6e	type	Better the Devil You Know
Dog City / int_76cde6e	comment	Better the Devil You Know: When both Bugsy Vile and Meat fight over who is the city's top villain, Ace gladly roots for Bugsy (who is a handful but not a deranged lunatic).
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Dog City / int_77b009ea	type	Phrase Catcher
Dog City / int_77b009ea	comment	Phrase Catcher: "Frisky, frisk them!"
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Dog City / int_786bf97f	type	Real Life Writes the Plot
Dog City / int_786bf97f	comment	Real Life Writes the Plot. Both in-universe (Shag's domestic life often is fodder for Ace's adventures) and the series in general, when some of the failed ideas seen in "You Gotta Have Hart"—fairy-tale segments, a Frankenstein monster dog—showed up later in season three.
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Dog City / int_7a0c1bd6	type	Mummy Wrap
Dog City / int_7a0c1bd6	comment	Mummy Wrap: Rosie suffers a somewhat gratuitous case of this in one instance she is kidnapped by Bugsy's gang.
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Dog City / int_7a98141d	type	Dueling Works
Dog City / int_7a98141d	comment	Dueling Works: In-Universe, the episode "Sick as a Dog" reveals that the show-within-a-show is in a ratings battle with Cat City, later replaced by Rabbits in the Hood. Brief clips from both shows are shown, featuring feline/lapine versions of Ace and Rosie parroting the "Feed the hungry, not my ego" line from the first episode.
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Dog City / int_7bc076de	type	Hartman Hips
Dog City / int_7bc076de	comment	Hartman Hips: Rosie, as seen in the picture above, has a tiny waist (not much bigger than her wrists) that gives her quite the hourglass figure for a G-rated kid's cartoon. Kitty has a slightly less exaggerated build, but the same effect is still there.
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Dog City / int_7c889239	type	Fully-Dressed Cartoon Animal
Dog City / int_7c889239	comment	Fully-Dressed Cartoon Animal: Every single character except for Mad Dog. Mad Dog doesn't wear pants.
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Dog City / int_7ec94d53	type	Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds
Dog City / int_7ec94d53	comment	Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds: Screwy Louie. After suffering from a lifetime of screw-related accidents, he was finally Driven to Madness and set about getting rid of all screws in the city.
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Dog City / int_7fbb2a3	type	Nice Job Breaking It, Hero!
Dog City / int_7fbb2a3	comment	Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: Oh yes, Eddie. Do tell the "well known facts" that aid in Bugsy Vile's crimes. Do tell.
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Dog City / int_80251be3	type	How We Got Here
Dog City / int_80251be3	comment	How We Got Here: Discussed in the episode, "Of Mutts and Mayors", which starts off with Ace and Rosie on the run. Ace has no idea how they wound up in this predicament, which prompts Eliot to explain that they would be starting off near the end, where things are really bad, and then they'd show everyone how they got there.
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Dog City / int_808cbaeb	type	Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking
Dog City / int_808cbaeb	comment	Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking: All over the place.
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Dog City / int_8414865	type	Aroused by Their Voice
Dog City / int_8414865	comment	Aroused by Their Voice: After being smitten by his new Love Interest Terri Springer, Eliot flip-flops Rosie's characterization. When she isn't a far more critical by-the-book cop, she's outright trying to seduce Ace with a noticeably huskier tone. This is naturally lampshaded.
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Dog City / int_8485d41a	type	Interspecies Romance
Dog City / int_8485d41a	comment	Interspecies Romance: Bugsy Vile is a bulldog. His moll is a cat.
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Dog City / int_85ce4a76	type	Scooby-Dooby Doors
Dog City / int_85ce4a76	comment	Scooby-Dooby Doors: "Comedy of Horrors", featuring blink-and-you'll-miss-them cameos of other characters, up until Ace and Baron von Rottweiler crash. And then before the above exchange.
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Dog City / int_86c63f9	type	Female Feline, Male Mutt
Dog City / int_86c63f9	comment	Female Feline, Male Mutt: Bugsy and Miss Kitty
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Dog City / int_88e7f8b8	type	Batman Cold Open
Dog City / int_88e7f8b8	comment	Batman Cold Open: Several Season 1 episodes open with Ace facing off against Baron Von Rottweiler and foiling him.
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Dog City / int_8b442f50	type	Did Not Get the Girl
Dog City / int_8b442f50	comment	Did Not Get the Girl: Eliot insists that this has to be the case for all lone wolf Film Noir detective characters, though it doesn't stop Ace from trying to avert this trope.
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Dog City / int_8f612013	type	Token Good Teammate
Dog City / int_8f612013	comment	Token Good Teammate: Bruiser is an admitted criminal, but he's generally pleasant and kind to everyone. He even refers to Ace as "Mr. Hart" out of politeness.
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Dog City / int_90b66e22	type	Femme Fatale
Dog City / int_90b66e22	comment	Femme Fatale: Miss Kitty
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Dog City / int_912b24c4	type	Art Shift
Dog City / int_912b24c4	comment	Art Shift: Some scenes in "Old Dogs, New Tricks" shift to a more classic cartoon style whenever Scratch takes over drawing.
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Dog City / int_95b875b1	type	Not Me This Time
Dog City / int_95b875b1	comment	Not Me This Time: Bugsy and his gang are framed in "Is It Arf?" for stealing art. Bugsy professes his innocence (since it's not a senseless crime) and goes to Ace for help.
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Dog City / int_963086ce	type	Damn You, Muscle Memory!
Dog City / int_963086ce	comment	Damn You, Muscle Memory!: As Meat is about to run Ace over with a truck, Eliot quickly draws a traffic light turning red to stop them. After Ace walks off none the wiser, Meat is furiously bashing the signal while complaining that the lessons he learned in traffic school "never leave you" which compelled him to stop.
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Dog City / int_978a82e6	type	Big Bad Duumvirate
Dog City / int_978a82e6	comment	Big Bad Duumvirate: What happened during the episodes when Bugsy Vile and Miss Kitty worked together.
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Dog City / int_9ae0ead1	type	Villains Out Shopping
Dog City / int_9ae0ead1	comment	Villains Out Shopping: Bugsy's gang appear a couple times in "Radio Daze" doing mundane things: listening to the featured radio show and playing cards.
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Dog City / int_9c47b23b	type	Dirty Communists
Dog City / int_9c47b23b	comment	Dirty Communists: "Rocketship K-9" features a Catyslvanian communist planning to steal a rocket for their sinister operations.
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Dog City / int_9fe35833	type	Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas
Dog City / int_9fe35833	comment	Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas: Baron von Rotweiller again, complete with a cameo of his mutter.
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Dog City / int_a0396574	type	Rogues Gallery
Dog City / int_a0396574	comment	Rogues Gallery: A small one. Bugsy Vile and his gang, Miss Kitty, Baron von Rottweiler and Leon, and Meat the Butcher.
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Dog City / int_a08199ec	type	The Dog Was the Mastermind
Dog City / int_a08199ec	comment	The Dog Was the Mastermind: Pun aside... Candace in "The Great Dane Curse" hires Ace for protection, only for her car to explode and Ace getting framed for killing her. While trying to clear his name, Ace realizes that she faked her death in order to get away from her controlling father. Rosie suddenly goes missing in "Farewell, My Rosie" and Ace struggles to find her. It turns out there was no foul play; she was just preparing a surprise party for Ace and let the mystery play out to keep him distracted. The mysterious Vandalizer in "The Dog Days of Summer Vacation" is the last person Ace would've suspected: Eliot. He worked out the animated story because he didn't want to be alone while literally everyone he knows left for vacation. When it's pointed out Artie and Terri invited him to join their vacation, Eliot says he also didn't want to leave Ace behind.
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Dog City / int_a18fda9c	type	Dumb Muscle
Dog City / int_a18fda9c	comment	Dumb Muscle: Bugsy's nephew, Bruiser.
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Dog City / int_a1d3ebd7	type	Furry Reminder
Dog City / int_a1d3ebd7	comment	Furry Reminder: All over the place. Fire hydrants, full moons, squeaky toys, treats, drooling. Yep!
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Dog City / int_a236dd4c	type	Half-Dressed Cartoon Animal
Dog City / int_a236dd4c	comment	Half-Dressed Cartoon Animal: Mad Dog wears only a vest, fedora, spats, and a collar with a rope leash (!) Justified.
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Dog City / int_a2492aff	type	Dogged Nice Guy
Dog City / int_a2492aff	comment	Dogged Nice Guy: Pun not intended, but Eliot counts as he can never seem to hook up with the attractive Girl Next Door.
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Dog City / int_a54534a0	type	Parental Neglect
Dog City / int_a54534a0	comment	Parental Neglect: Not much is known about Ace's past, but he suggests in "Farewell, My Rosie" that he and his father never had the close relationship that Rosie and her father have. The quickie flashbacks in "Old Dogs, New Tricks" also show Sam as a figure in Ace's youth, but Ace's actual parents are never shown.
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Dog City / int_a6c677c4	type	Not Hyperbole
Dog City / int_a6c677c4	comment	Not Hyperbole: In "The Big Squeak", Bugsy works over Ace to get info on a specific squeaky toy needed to open a large safe.
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Dog City / int_a94eaaa4	type	Odd Friendship
Dog City / int_a94eaaa4	comment	Odd Friendship: Bruiser, a dimwitted thug, with Candace, a wealthy heiress.
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Dog City / int_aaf19fae	type	Doesn't Like Guns
Dog City / int_aaf19fae	comment	Doesn't Like Guns: Eliot doesn't, which means that in-story Ace isn't supposed to either, relying on his wits. In practice, when (in-universe) Executive Meddling forces Eliot to provide the bad guys with tommy-guns, Ace would prefer a level playing field.
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Dog City / int_ac0827be	type	Private Eye Monologue
Dog City / int_ac0827be	comment	Private Eye Monologue: Courtesy of Ace multiple times per episode, of course. Eliot tries getting in on it in "In Your Dreams" (much to Ace's displeasure).
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Dog City / int_ae3d6438	type	Deadpan Snarker
Dog City / int_ae3d6438	comment	Deadpan Snarker: Ace, in spades.
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Dog City / int_ae43d443	type	Soap Within a Show
Dog City / int_ae43d443	comment	Soap Within a Show (Within A Show): One episode had Ace visit the studio of the radio soap It's A Dog's Life.
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Dog City / int_b01abe4f	type	Catchphrase
Dog City / int_b01abe4f	comment	Catchphrase: Bugsy's "senselessly violent", Frisky's "crazy", Chief Rosie's "by the books" and Eddie's "It's a well known fact that...". Yves' "Yves la France". It's more like a Battle Cry.
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Dog City / int_b2280b66	type	Retcon
Dog City / int_b2280b66	comment	Retcon: "Old Dogs, New Tricks" parodies this. Ace is unwilling to work with Sam Spayed on the grounds that he works alone, but Eliot says Sam has been a lifelong presence in his life that taught him everything he knows. Ace says he doesn't remember that at all, but Eliot is insistent and draws some flashbacks. Ace suddenly remembers it happening that way.
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Dog City / int_b4fb830c	type	Smarter Than You Look
Dog City / int_b4fb830c	comment	Smarter Than You Look: Kitty is often portrayed as a ditz, but she singlehandedly foils a rival gangster's scheme in "Cats 'n Dogs" by being The Mole and tipping off Ace.
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Dog City / int_b4fddee	type	McGuffin
Dog City / int_b4fddee	comment	McGuffin: The "Yves and Steve" segments were about a literal cat burglar (Yves) trying to steal Mc Guffins guarded by a literal guard dog (Steve).
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Dog City / int_b5b4b077	type	The Ace
Dog City / int_b5b4b077	comment	The Ace: Deconstructed in an episode where a sleepy Eliot dreamily inserts himself into the cartoon. The animated version of Eliot then promptly goes on to solve the case, beat the bad guys, and scores points with Rosie without any effort. This ultimately just pisses Ace Hart off and drives a wedge between he and his friend and creator.
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Dog City / int_b6de94d1	type	Executive Meddling
Dog City / int_b6de94d1	comment	Executive Meddling: Done in-universe, especially in "Ya Gotta Have Hart." First, Eliot's boss wants the show to be retooled from a Film Noir detective series to a stylish "Beverly Hills cop" show. Later in that same episode, he tries making an Ace Hart film for a French director who turns it into a surreal fantasy, and then attempts a comic book, only for the execs to turn Ace into a superhero. In the third episode, Eliot's boss, feeling that viewers want today's cartoons to be more violent, instructs the animator to create an Ax-Crazy character named Meat the Butcher, who is introduced using a chainsaw to cut down the doorway. Since Eliot has no control over what Meat does, he becomes genuinely concerned for Ace's survival.
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Dog City / int_b707726f	type	Hypocritical Humor
Dog City / int_b707726f	comment	Hypocritical Humor: Periodically, such as Bugsy Vile yelling "Enough! With! The violence!" as he's smacking the crap out of Frisky with a rolled-up newspaper Eliot frequently reprimands Ace for suggesting violent actions on the grounds that he hates violence. This is coming from the animator who often subjects Ace to violent slapstick.
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Dog City / int_b773ec0e	type	DidNotThinkThisThrough
Dog City / int_b773ec0e	comment	Did Not Think This Through: In one episode, when Ace gets put into a death trap, Eliot realizes that he got so wrapped up creating the scenario that he forgot take into account how Ace would get out of the death trap. "I think I've written you into a corner!" He's able to figure something out, however.
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Dog City / int_b7b1aa73	type	And Then What?
Dog City / int_b7b1aa73	comment	And Then What?: "Boss Bruiser" explores what would happen if Bugsy was ever actually stuck in prison. Dog City would become a much safer place to live, which means Ace struggles to find work and has to resort to desperate measures to avoid going broke.
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Dog City / int_be6b0200	type	Sexophone
Dog City / int_be6b0200	comment	Sexophone: Given that the animated segments are parodies of classic detective stories and Film Noir, one would occasionally play for Rosie O'Gravy (specifically whenever Ace would think of her in his narrations).
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Dog City / int_c2393191	type	Show Within a Show
Dog City / int_c2393191	comment	Show Within a Show Soap Within a Show (Within A Show): One episode had Ace visit the studio of the radio soap It's A Dog's Life.
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Dog City / int_c24fa49e	type	Dogs Are Dumb
Dog City / int_c24fa49e	comment	Dogs Are Dumb: Played straight with Bruiser; averted with Mad Dog, who is shown to be intelligent and articulate, quoting the Bard and Mark Twain... but only after being clocked over the head. Usually, though, he plays The Unintelligible.) It's only through sheer luck Steve keeps anything he guards safe from Yves.
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Dog City / int_c315d6cc	type	Goo Goo Getup
Dog City / int_c315d6cc	comment	Goo Goo Getup: Puppy-Face Felson from "Adventures in Puppy-Sitting" is a thief disguised as a baby hired by Bugsy to steal Zsa Zsa Gbark's Hope on a Rope diamond. When Ace is tasked with looking after Felson, he believes him to be a real baby, enduring some slapstick trying to protect him.
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Dog City / int_c5ccf60f	type	Internal Reveal
Dog City / int_c5ccf60f	comment	Internal Reveal: In episode Old Dogs, New Tricks, the cartoonists Eliot Shag and Scratch McCollie fight on whether or not to use this trope. As it pertains to a Show Within a Show, it's a bit late to cover up that plot point from the audience.
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Dog City / int_c63cd20a	type	Writing by the Seat of Your Pants
Dog City / int_c63cd20a	comment	Writing by the Seat of Your Pants: In-universe, often as a gag. Sometimes, Ace will be in the midst of a situation or reveal, only for things to sputter because Eliot (as he sheepishly admits) got ahead of himself and doesn't know where to go next (something Ace has called him on more than once). "Cats 'n Dogs" is particularly noteworthy, as the Villain of the Week is left speaking in increasingly vague terms about his fiendish plot until Eliot can actually figure out the details.
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Dog City / int_c75df49a	type	Shout-Out
Dog City / int_c75df49a	comment	Shout-Out: Way too many to name, but here's one example. One live-action segment has a crew member wear a shirt with a "The Mutts Take Manhattan" logo. The first episode is called "The Big Squeak", and ends with Eliot proposing an episode called "The Great Dane Curse" (which would actually be used in Season 2). "Who Watches the Watchdog?" is full of superhero tropes; the title is a reference to Watchmen, and the Watchdog is a Batman spoof created by Fob Canine (a watch/dog pun on Bob Kane). The Watchdog also announces himself with "I am the precious sands in the hourglass of society! I am the time that wounds all heels! I am ... the Watchdog!" a lot like Darkwing Duck's "terror who flaps in the night!". In "Rocketship K9", one of the sci-fi scenes Ace objects to is an alien invasion in a town called Rover's Mill.
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Dog City / int_c77ad743	type	Mentor Archetype
Dog City / int_c77ad743	comment	Mentor Archetype: "Old Dogs, New Tricks" does it on both sides of the story. Eliot is visited by his old art teacher, Scratch McCollie, and ends up clashing with him over how to do the newest episode. Meanwhile, Ace is approached by Sam Spayed (the detective who taught him everything he knows) for help with a case and finds himself irritated by his different tactics. The mentors ultimately prove to still know some useful tricks. The final scene reveals that Scratch and Sam can talk to each other the same way Eliot and Ace do. In the last season, Eliot becomes a mentor figure to Artie, helping him with drawing and overseeing Artie's Mr. Mookie segments.
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Dog City / int_c87737d9	type	Vacation Episode
Dog City / int_c87737d9	comment	Vacation Episode: "The Dog Days of Summer Vacation." Everyone in Eliot's building but him are leaving for vacation, so he's inspired to do a story where Ace takes Rosie, Eddie, and Dot on one. Along the way, Ace has to stop the Vandalizer from wrecking vacations for other dogs.
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Dog City / int_c8db76f6	type	And You Were There
Dog City / int_c8db76f6	comment	And You Were There: Almost; the animated characters are counterparts to the Muppet characters, but have different voice actors.
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Dog City / int_c91408cb	type	Everything Sounds Sexier in French
Dog City / int_c91408cb	comment	Yves' "Yves la France". It's more like a Battle Cry.
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Dog City / int_cb70651c	type	Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane
Dog City / int_cb70651c	comment	Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane: Are Ace and Eliot actually having fourth-wall breaking conversations, or is it entirely in Eliot's head? On one hand, Eliot is the only one Ace is ever shown talking to. On the other, you have cases like Ace somehow being able to shake the desk despite being a two-dimensional character outside the show's real world.
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Dog City / int_d442f9d1	type	ToiletHumor
Dog City / int_d442f9d1	comment	Toilet Humor: Bound of happen with hydrant jokes. Also:
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Dog City / int_d4bf11d1	type	Dramatic Unmask
Dog City / int_d4bf11d1	comment	Dramatic Unmask: Parodied in "The Dog Days of Summer Vacation" when Ace catches the Vandalizer and unmasks him. He sees it's Kitty and can't believe it, so he pulls off more and more masks: Baron, Leon, Screwy Louie, Meat, and Sci-Fido before finally getting to Eliot.
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Dog City / int_d6b5863	type	Driven to Madness
Dog City / int_d6b5863	comment	Driven to Madness: Poor Screwy Louie, who's life was one series of bad events after another, every one caused by a screw coming loose around him. Eventually he snapped and went on a mad crusade to remove every screw in the city. In the same episode, Ace came close to going mad himself from his own pet peeve of failing to answer the phone in time. Though Louie himself helps calm Ace down and bring him back from the brink.
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Dog City / int_dbca2c99	type	Red Herring
Dog City / int_dbca2c99	comment	Red Herring: At the scene of every crime in "Is It Arf?", a bespectacled dog is constantly seen walking around with objects and Ace openly wonders who he is. This guy is revealed to not be the real thief; he's just an accountant helping with police paperwork. His name? Red Herring.
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Dog City / int_dc057cf3	type	Adaptation Name Change
Dog City / int_dc057cf3	comment	Adaptation Name Change: Ace Yu/Hart and Bugsy Them/Vile
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Dog City / int_df9eda66	type	Write Who You Know
Dog City / int_df9eda66	comment	Write Who You Know: In-universe. All the various characters in the cartoon world appear to based on the dogs Eliot knows in real life. Rosie is the pretty Girl Next Door he crushes on, Bugsy Vile is his obnoxious superintendent, Kitty is his landlady, and so on.
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Dog City / int_e03a1c39	type	Growing Muscles Sequence
Dog City / int_e03a1c39	comment	Growing Muscles Sequence: Ya Gotta Have Hart, where in-universe Executive Meddling wanted Ace to become a superhero named "Wonder Dog", complete with super strength, speed and leap tall obstacles. Ace disapproved of the meddling, but the idea of being dogly muscular didn't seem like a completely bad idea, judging by his reaction when Eliot pops his suit with a pencil.
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Dog City / int_e13156e1	type	Mama Bear
Dog City / int_e13156e1	comment	Mama Bear: Terri's new business associate loudly condemns Artie for damaging his hat. Terri flips out on the guy for that and calls off their business deal.
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Dog City / int_e5fbedc6	type	Rivals Team Up
Dog City / int_e5fbedc6	comment	Rivals Team Up: One episode forced Ace and Bugsy to work together against Meat the Butcher.
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Dog City / int_eb99df21	type	Funny Animal
Dog City / int_eb99df21	comment	Funny Animal: There are plenty of furry reminders, but the characters are essentially humans.
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Dog City / int_eedee4d	type	The Starscream
Dog City / int_eedee4d	comment	The Starscream: Frisky would like to be in charge, but there's two things stopping him from actively seeking to overthrow Bugsy Vile. One, he's better at spotting the flaws in Bugsy's plans than the ones in his own. Two, he's way too small.
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Dog City / int_f16da697	type	Undying Loyalty
Dog City / int_f16da697	comment	Undying Loyalty: "Cats 'n Dogs" demonstrates that even villainous dogs like Bugsy are loyal to their associates and take betrayal seriously. Unlike the other featured cats, Kitty reveals she took that lesson to heart.
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Dog City / int_f273b1cb	type	Devil in Plain Sight
Dog City / int_f273b1cb	comment	Devil in Plain Sight: Played with. Ace is convinced that there's something going on with the puppy he's babysitting. He's right of course - he's actually babysitting Puppyface Felson. However, every time he confronts Eliot about it, Eliot gaslights him by having Puppyface turn on the waterworks or do something adorable.
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Dog City / int_f5a3e496	type	Suspiciously Similar Substitute
Dog City / int_f5a3e496	comment	Suspiciously Similar Substitute: Terri Springer replaced Colleen as Eliot's love interest. Surprisingly, she was voiced by the same actress, the writers just thought she'd be a more interesting character.
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Dog City / int_f6d73bdf	type	Obsolete Mentor
Dog City / int_f6d73bdf	comment	Obsolete Mentor: Deconstructed in "Old Dogs, New Tricks" with the two mentors, Scratch and Sam. Both worry they're over the hill, and both prove irritating to their former students when trying to do things their way, seemingly hurting more than helping. However, it then becomes reconstructed when Eliot realizes that Scratch actually gave him the best possible ending for the story, while Sam saves Ace and foils Baron.
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Dog City / int_fdc1e848	comment	Will They or Won't They?: Eliot and Colleen/Terri, Ace and Chief Rosie O'Gravy.
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