History Analysis / SlidingScaleofAnthropomorphism

In the last 30 years however, the anthropomorphized animated animals have grown in their roles to become much more human like, both in movement, speech, and thought. Compare the animals in ''Disney/{{Bambi}}'' (NearlyNormalAnimal) to the animals in ''Disney/TheLionKing''' (NearlyNormalAnimal, PartiallyCivilizedAnimal) and the mice in ''Disney/{{Cinderella}}'' (CivilizedAnimal) to the mice in ''Disney/TheGreatMouseDetective'' (FunnyAnimal, PettingZooPerson). 

in the 1930s, the {{Funny Animal}}s created (like MickeyMouse, DonaldDuck, and PorkyPig) were basically humans who happen to be drawn as animals for the most part. They live like humans, they act like humans, they own animals as pets. Goofy is [[FullyDressedCartoonAnimal fully dressed]] and even more humanlike.

When that happened (animals being animated, drawn, rendered, or written to be more humanlike) they also began to reflect more a lot of “human” socialization, like more intensified gender coding (through behavior, speech, as well as assigned roles).  The PettingZooPeople, NonMammalMammaries, and HumanoidFemaleAnimal tropes grew more common.

Bipedal, anthropomorphic animals in the 19th and early 20th century were usually of the CivilizedAnimal type. The most notable examples include many of Creator/BeatrixPotter's works and ''TheWindInTheWillows''. ''TheWindInTheWillows'' may [[AnthropomorphicShift shift toward the]] FunnyAnimal trope with Mr. Toad and later parts of the story, but the FunnyAnimal trope really started to rise in the late 1920s with animated cartoons featuring animals.

In the last 30 years however, the anthropomorphized animated animals have grown in their roles to become much more human like, both in movement, speech, and thought. Compare the animals in ''Disney/{{Bambi}}'' to the animals in ''Disney/TheLionKing'' and the mice in ''Disney/{{Cinderella}}'' to the mice in ''Disney/TheGreatMouseDetective''. 

When that happened (animals being animated to be more humanlike) they also began to reflect more a lot of “human” socialization, like more intensified gender coding (through behavior, speech, as well as assigned roles).  The PettingZooPeople, NonMammalMammaries, and HumanoidFemaleAnimal tropes grew more common.

Bipedal, anthropomorphic animals in the 19th and early 20th century were usually of the CivilizedAnimal type. The most notable examples include many of Creator/BeatrixPotter's works and ''TheWindInTheWillows''.

Before the rise of the modern FurryFandom, the PettingZooPeople type of animal was few and far between and the HumanoidFemaleAnimal and NonMammalMammaries tropes were less common. The most notable early examples of this are most of the cats that Tom of ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry'' swoon over.

Bipedal, anthropomorphic animals in the 19th and early 20th century were usually of the CivilizedAnimal type. The most notable examples include Creator/BeatrixPotter's works and ''TheWindInTheWillows''.

Bipedal, anthropomorphic animals in the 19th and early 20th century were usually of the CivilizedAnimal type. The most notable examples include Creator/BeatrixPotter's works and Literature/TheWindInTheWillows.

Before the rise of the modern FurryFandom, the PettingZooPeople type of animal was few and far between and the HumanoidFemaleAnimal and NonMammalMammaries tropes were less common. The most notable early examples of this are most of the cats that Tom of ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry'' swoon over.

Animal anthropomorphizing has evolved over time. In the 19th century and in earlier decades of the 20th century, animals were usually presented as less humanlike than they are now.   This can be seen in the 1942 Disney movie, ''Disney/{{Bambi}}''. Even though the animals can speak, they still move pretty realistically as animals, and what they think about/talk about is more focused on “animal” concerns and uses animal logic. Animals were also seen as less “gendered” creatures.

Before the rise of the modern FurryFandom, the PettingZooPeople type of animal was few and far between and the HumanoidFemaleAnimal was less common.

I think when that happened (animals being animated to be more humanlike) they also began to reflect more a lot of “human” socialization, like more intensified gender coding (through behavior, speech, as well as assigned roles) et cetera. 

Animal anthropomorphizing has evolved over time. In the 19th century and in earlier decades of the 20th century, animals were usually presented as less humanlike than they are now.   This can be seen in the 1942 Disney movie, ''Disney/{{Bambi}}''. Even though the animals can speak, they still move pretty realistically as animals, and what they think about/talk about is more focused on “animal” concerns and uses animal logic. Animals were also seen as less “gendered” creatures. 

In the last 30 years however, the anthropomorphized animated animals have grown in their roles to become much more human like, both in movement, speech, and thought. Compare the animals in ''Disney/{{Bambi }}'' to the animals in ''Disney/TheLionKing'' and the mice in ''Disney/{{Cinderella}}'' to the mice in ''Disney/TheGreatMouseDetective''. 

!Peculiarities of Certain Kinds of Animal Anthropomorphism

PartiallyCivilizedAnimal, CivilizedAnimal, and FunnyAnimal snakes are frequently depicted as slithering on their bottom half, while their head and some of their upper body is constantly elevated. It's the closest to walking on two legs you can really pull off with a snake, so almost any anthropomorphized snake will move this way, while real snakes usually keep their head low to the ground while moving and put it up only briefly to analyze the surroundings or make a threat gesture.

* Though not a straight example of this trope, ''StarTrek'''s Andorians fit this description, at least how they were originally conceived, as having both mammalian and insect-like traits.

* The bugs in ''ABugsLife'' are much more human-like than real insects, having hands (either mitts with thumbs like Heimleich or FourFingeredHands), [[FourLeggedInsect four legs]] and CartoonyEyes with irises. The grasshoppers have six legs and the houseflies have eyes like real houseflies, however.

PartiallyCivilizedAnimal, CivilizedAnimal, and FunnyAnimal snakes are frequently depicted as slithering on their bottom half, while their head and some of their upper body is constantly elevated. It's the closest to walking on two legs you can really pull off with a snake, so almost any anthropomorphized snake will move this way, while real snakes usually keep their head low to the ground while moving and put it up only briefly to analyze the surroundings or make a threat gesture.

* Similarly, the ants in ''{{Antz}}''.

* The insects in ''TheBuzzOnMaggie''

* Charmy Bee from SonicTheHedgehog.

* The animated adaption of ''MayaTheBee''.

CivilizedAnimal and FunnyAnimal snakes are frequently depicted as slithering on their bottom half, while their head and some of their upper body is constantly elevated. It's the closest to walking on two legs you can really pull off with a snake, so almost any anthropomorphized snake will move this way, while real snakes usually keep their head low to the ground while moving and put it up only briefly to analyze the surroundings or make a threat gesture.

There is a much greater tendency to actually add facial and bodily features to insects and arachnids that simply aren't present on their real counterparts in order to anthropomorphize them. Other animals are much less commonly subject to this when they are anthropomorphized. Typically, those facial and bodily features are human or otherwise mammalian.

There is a much greater tendency to truly add facial and bodily features that simply aren't present on real insects and aracnids to them when they are anthropmorphized than is done to most other animals when they are anthropomorphized. Typically, those facial and bodily features are human or otherwise mammalian.

There is a much greater tendency to truly add facial and bodily features that simply aren't present on real insects and aracnids when they are anthropmorphized than to most other animals when they are anthropomorphized. Typically, those facial and bodily features are human or otherwise mammalian.

There is a much greater tendency to truly add facial and bodily features that really aren't present on real insects and aracnids when they are anthropmorphized than to most other animals when they are anthropomorphized. Typically, those facial and bodily features are human or otherwise mammalian.

Since snakes don't have leg, arms, feet, or hands and CivilizedAnimal, FunnyAnimal, and PettingZooPeople are almost always bipedal, it is hard to anthropomorphize them beyond a PartiallyCivilizedAnimal without actually adding said body parts. So, if you want to make a snake shrug, it would have to use its elongate body to do so. Also, if it's going to be able to grasp objects or gesture, it's tail would have to made prehensile.

Since snakes don't have legs, it is hard to anthropomorphize them beyond a PartiallyCivilizedAnimal without actually adding legs.

There is a much greater tendency to truly add facial and bodily features that really aren't present on real insects and aracnids when they are anthropmorphized than when most other animals are anthropomorphized. Typically, those facial and bodily features are human or otherwise mammalian.

'''Some Mammalian, Anthropomorphic, and other Vertebrate-Like Facial and Bodily Features That Cartoon Insects and Arachnids Are Often Drawn With:'''

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!Insect and Arachnid Anthropomorpism

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