History Analysis / FurryConfusion

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Madagascar}}'' -- Sure, Alex stands on two legs while everyone else walks on all fours, but he's a lion while everyone else is a different species.

An animal character who owns a pet is usually viewed as being FurryConfusion more than a human with a pet is. But, depending on the situation, this is not always the case. For example, it's technically no more FurryConfusion for [[MickeyMouse a mouse]] or any animal beside a dog to have a pet dog than it is for a human to have a pet dog unless there are "anthro" dogs in the same universe. It's just FurryConfusion for any animal to have a ''member of its own species'' as a ''pet'' or even be a species closely related to their pet in some cases.

Sometimes, one animal in a bipedal stance and the other in a quadpedal stance is used to stage a scene with two characters talking to each other, looking at each other, or walking alongside each other. The smaller animal assumes a bipedal stance to hold their head at roughly the same eye level as the larger animal, who stands quadrupedally to keep their head at roughly eye level as the smaller animal. This can be done even with related animals without causing FurryConfusion.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Madagascar}}''
* The cats in ''WesternAnimation/TheAristocats''

* The original ''Literature/{{Babar}}'' books and TV series.
* The ''Franchise/WinnieThePooh'' franchise, both original literature and Disney adaptation.

* ''WesternAnimation/WordWorld''
* ''Literature/{{Babar}} and The Adventures of Badou''
* ''WesternAnimation/ThePenguinsOfMadagascar''
* ''WesternAnimation/FatherOfThePride''
* Spike and Tyke in ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry''.
* The stuffed animals in ''WesternAnimation/DocMcStuffins''.

* The cats in ''Disney/TheAristocats''

!!A Quadrupedal Animal Character and a Bipedal Animal Character Together is Not Always Furry Confusion

* The original ''Literature/{{Babar}}'' books and TV series

* Spike and Tyke in ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry''

!!An Animal Character With a Pet is Not Always Furry Confusion

!!A TalkingAnimal and a Mute Animal on Similar Levels of Anthropomorphism is Not Furry Confusion

!!TalkingAnimal[=s=] as Opposed to NearlyNormalAnimal[=s=] Alongside FunnyAnimal[=s=] Softens FurryConfusion

Unless the "anthro" and "real" animal are of the same species or of very closely related species, sapient, speech-capable, but non-anthropomorphic animals alongside FunnyAnimal[=s=] and/or CivilizedAnimal[=s=] softens the furry confusion in the situation.

Unless the "anthro" and "real" animal are of the same species or of very closely related species, sapient, speech-capable, but non-anthropomorphic animals alongside FunnyAnimal[=s=] and/or CivilizedAnimal[=s=] softens the furry confusion in the situation.

* The stuffed animals in ''DocMcStuffins''

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Ratatouille}}'', there are scenes where Remy walks on two legs and Emile walks on all fours.

* In ''{{Ratatouille}}'', there are scenes where Remy walks on two legs and Emile walks on all fours.

* ''{{Madagascar}}''

An animal character who owns a pet is usually viewed as being FurryConfusion more than a human with a pet is. But, depending on the situation, this is not always the case. For example, it's technically no more FurryConfusion for [[MickeyMouse a mouse]] or any animal beside a dog to have a pet dog than it is for a human to have a pet dog unless there are "anthro" dogs in the same universe. It's just FurryConfusion for any animal to have a ''member of its own species'' as a ''pet'' or even be a species closely related to their pet.
* In real life, humans can have pet monkeys.

A TalkingAnimal and mute animal of the same species or of related species is not FurryConfusion unless the two are at distinctly different levels of anthropomorphism (i.e., a talking FunnyAnimal or CivilizedAnimal and a mute NearlyNormalAnimal).

An animal character who owns a pet is usually viewed as being FurryConfusion more than a human with a pet is. But, depending on the situation, this is not always the case. For example, it's technically no more FurryConfusion for [[MickeyMouse a mouse]] or any animal beside a dog to have a pet dog than it is for a human to have a pet dog unless there are "anthro" dogs in the same universe. It's just FurryConfusion for any animal to have a ''member of its own species'' as a ''pet'' or be a species closely related to their pet.

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* In {{Ratatouille}}, there are scenes where Remy walks on two legs and Emile walks on all fours.

* The original ''{{Babar}}'' books and TV series

* ''WordWorld''
* ''{{Babar}} and The Adventures of Badou''
* ''ThePenguinsOfMadagascar''
* ''FatherOfThePride''

[[FourLegsGoodTwoLegsBetter A quadrupedal animal character and a bipedal animal character]] of the same (or related) species on the same level as or similar level to each other is not FurryConfusion as long as the two characters are capable of walking on two legs. Also, if a two-legged animal and a non-bipedal-stance-capable four-legged animal are treated on par with each other, then there is very little or no FurryConfusion unless the two animals are of the same (or related) species.

!!Examples in Which a Quadrupedal Animal Character and a Bipedal Animal Character Together is Not Always Furry Confusion

* For example, the scenes in {{Ratatouille}} where Remy walks on two legs and Emile walks on all fours.

** There's hardly any (or at least very little) FurryConfusion among the two-legged and non-bipedal-stance-capable four-legged animals in ''WordWorld'', ''{{Babar}} and The Adventures of Badou'' and the original ''{{Babar}}'' books and TV series, and ''{{Madagascar}}'' and ''ThePenguinsOfMadagascar''.