Airedale
Airedale noun - Breed of large wiry-coated terrier bred in Yorkshire.
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Dog
Dog noun - A domestic mammal that is related to the wolves and foxes.
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- Chuck Jones' 1945 Looney Tunes short "Fresh Airedale" involves a housecat who repeatedly takes the blame for things that are done by the evil family dog.
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Brutally subverted in the Looney Tunes "Fresh Airedale" by Chuck Jones - a conniving dog (he lets in house burglars who pay him off with meat) sets himself up to look heroic, while the family cat, who is heroic, gets nothing but scorn.
Source: Heroic Dog -
In Charlie Dog's debut cartoon Little Orphan Airedale, he plays with this trope by mimicking the faces of people passing by until he sees Porky Pig, showing that both of them have similar faces.
Source: Uncatty Resemblance
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