

Butt-Monkey: Kenny Fowler, the red-haired and bespectacled boy the dogs sometimes encounter, frequently gets the short end of the stick.They were sent to "cartoon boot camp" and given the names Hammy (Little Dog) and Loafy (Big Dog). Boot Camp Episode: Happens in the episode "Cartoon Canines".Boisterous Bruiser: Hollywood is a big man and often tries to get the dogs on his good side.Blinding Bangs: Big Dog's eyes are covered by a tuft of hair.The Blind Leading the Blind: In "Seeing Eye Dogs", the dogs are sold to the blind Hollywood by a wig store owner to get him off his back, but they eventually lead Hollywood into a construction site.It zooms to outside the Y-Mart's parking lot, the whole city, and then the world as he keeps screaming "No!" Big "NO!" / The Scream: The episode "Door Jam" ends with Little Dog repeatedly screaming "No" when he and Big Dog are trapped inside the Y-Mart while the can they spent the episode trying to get by entering the Y-Mart is on the other side of the door.Big Eyes, Little Eyes: Big Dog has beady little eyes under his Blinding Bangs.Big Eater: Big Dog has an enormous appetite and always thinks about food.They all get into a brawl represented as the typical ball of smoke with limbs sticking out before we cut to the next scene, where it turns out all of them have been shorn somehow. Big Ball of Violence: Occurs in "Sheep Dogs" when Hollywood and the dogs prepare to shear a sheep.Be Careful What You Wish For: When each dog wished to be the other in "Far-Out Friday", it resulted in a "Freaky Friday" Flip.Art Shift: "Hobo Hounds" is done in the style of a black-and-white silent era cartoon.

Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking: In "Return of Red", when Granny commands the two dogs to attack the wolf that ate her alive, she suggests that they bite him, scratch him, or pee on him.Animals Fear Neutering: At the end of "Let's Make a Right Price", Little Dog faints after Bill Beaker reminds the audience to spay and neuter their pets.They thought they were in a dream, and tried to wake up from it no matter what. All Just a Dream: Played in an interesting way in the episode "Day Dream".It's probably best not to think about which dog was the "Adam" and which was the "Eve". Thousands of years later all of civilization looks like the two stupid dogs. The Dogs end up swimming to a nearby island. Suddenly the storms passes and an overjoyed Noah shouts "Drop anchor, brethren!" Big Dog then throws the anchor in the air, sinking the ship. After eating all of the food on the Ark, chewing off the horns of the unicorns, and other disasters, Hollywood/Noah finally gets sick of the dogs and tries to throw them overboard. Adam and Eve Plot: This happened at the end of "Hollywood's Ark".2 Stupid Dogs provides examples of ( Secret Squirrel tropes go to their own page):
