Basic Trope: The witness called to the stand is an animal or an inanimate object. * Played Straight: Tropey the Wonder Dog is called to the witness stand to testify. * Exaggerated: The witness in question is a goldfish in a bowl. * The witness is a water cooler. When asked a question, a bubble comes up through the cooler. * Downplayed: The witness in question is a talking parrot. * Inverted: A human being (or in fantasy-type settings, perhaps one of the Fair Folk) is called to testify. * The lawyers and judge are animals, while the witnesses are all human. * Justified: Tropey is a Talking Animal or Funny Animal and therefore can speak. * Tropey is called up by a Bunny Ears Lawyer who doesn't seem to know what he's doing, but actually does. * Subverte