History FurryConfusion / DisneyAndPixar

** Not to mention Bullseye, a toy horse who acts like a horse, despite the presence of other animal toys who speak and act normally.

** The confusion goes up about eight or nine more levels when Dale discovers an unusual-looking chipmunk-sized animal lost in the park and, because [[AllAnimalsAreDogs he acts just like a dog]], Dale decided to make a pet out of him. Said animal soon reveals that he can talk, that he is an alien, and that [[spoiler: he is a miniature '''Stegosaurus''' [[SomewhereAPalaeontologistIsCrying sent from the Dinosaur Planet to check on the team of explorers who went to visit Earth 250 million years ago]]. And it turns out that those small explorers became the dinosaurs we know when they started eating Earth food; when our hero does this he grows very large and loses his ability to speak.]] Things get straightened up eventually and the alien returns to his ship to go back home, but not before topping off the Furry Confusion bonanza with this line:

** DiabolicalMastermind Thaddeus E. Klang from the "For Whom the Bell Klangs" two-parter seems to be an anthropomorphic cobra (albeit with a metal jaw and hands), just as smart as everyone else. [[spoiler: Except the end reveals he's ''not'' anamorphic. As no one else witnesses this, it seems to serve no purpose but to [[MindScrew confuse the audience.]]]]

** In ''{{Fantasia}} 2000'', pictured on the main page, Donald appears as a deckhand on Noah's Ark, responsible for a group of animals that includes, to Donald's visible puzzlement, a couple of normal ducks. Best LampshadeHanging '''ever.'''

* Applying FridgeLogic to the ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'' films generates a certain amount of Toy Confusion. Just what constitutes a "toy", anyway? The Etch-A-Sketch is animated and sentient, but Molly's [=iPod=] doesn't seem to be. Toy vehicles are self-propelling, but toy versions of other objects (xylophones, tracks for toy trains) have to be put in place by the humanoid toys. The green aliens who worship "the Claw" are sentient, but "the Claw" itself (basically a big toy with little toys inside) is not.

** DiabolicalMastermind Thaddeus E. Klang from the "For Whom the Bell Klangs" two-parter seems to be an anthropomorphic cobra (albeit with a metal jaw and hands), just as smart as everyone else. [[spoiler: Except the end reveals he's ''not'' anamorphic. As no one else witnesses this, it seems to serve no purpose but to confuse the audience.]]

** DiabolicalMastermind Thaddeus E. Klang from the "For Whom the Bell Klangs" two-parter seems to be an anthropomorphic cobra (albeit with a metal jaw and hands), just as smart as everyone else. [[spoiler: Except the end reveals he's ''not'' anamorphic.]]

** DiabolicalMastermind Klang from the "For Whom the Bell Klangs" two-parter seems to be an anthropomorphic cobra (albeit with a metal jaw and hands), just as smart as everyone else. [[spoiler: Except the end reveals he's ''not'' anamorphic.]]

** It gets better. Pete is a cat. His wife is, near as anyone can tell, a dog (species-wise, she's actually rather attractive). They have children together. Let me repeat that: Pete, a cat, married a dog, and [[HotSkittyOnWailordAction they had viable offspring]]. [[Film/{{Ghostbusters}} Dogs and cats, living together.]] Perhaps she was a [[CatGirl cat person]] ({{rimshot}}). Not only that, but their son, PJ appears to be a literal cat-person like Pete, and their daughter Pistol seems to be a "dog" like her mother, making this a case of GenderEqualsBreed.

** It gets better. Pete is a cat. His wife is, near as anyone can tell, a dog (species-wise, she's actually rather attractive). They have children together. Let me repeat that: Pete, a cat, married a dog, and [[HotSkittyOnWailordAction they had viable offspring]]. [[Film/Ghostbusters Dogs and cats, living together.]] Perhaps she was a [[CatGirl cat person]] ({{rimshot}}). Not only that, but their son, PJ appears to be a literal cat-person like Pete, and their daughter Pistol seems to be a "dog" like her mother, making this a case of GenderEqualsBreed.

** It gets better. Pete is a cat. His wife is, near as anyone can tell, a dog (species-wise, she's actually rather attractive). They have children together. Let me repeat that: Pete, a cat, married a dog, and [[HotSkittyOnWailordAction they had viable offspring]]. [[Film:Ghostbusters Dogs and cats, living together.]] Perhaps she was a [[CatGirl cat person]] ({{rimshot}}). Not only that, but their son, PJ appears to be a literal cat-person like Pete, and their daughter Pistol seems to be a "dog" like her mother, making this a case of GenderEqualsBreed.

** It gets better. Pete is a cat. His wife is, near as anyone can tell, a dog (species-wise, she's actually rather attractive). They have children together. Let me repeat that: Pete, a cat, married a dog, and [[HotSkittyOnWailordAction they had viable offspring]]. Perhaps she was a [[CatGirl cat person]] ({{rimshot}}). Not only that, but their son, PJ appears to be a literal cat-person like Pete, and their daughter Pistol seems to be a "dog" like her mother, making this a case of GenderEqualsBreed.

** Regarding Mickey/Minnie and mice, there's the page image of EekAMouse, and [[http://www.cartoonbrew.com/old-brew/the-wonderful-world-of-gonorrhea-1712.html this]] weird ''Life'' comic about medication, where Mickey tests the drug on lab mice.

* The most obvious [[ClassicDisneyShorts Disney]] example, cited in the quote above: MickeyMouse is an anthropomorphic mouse. His best friend {{Goofy}} is an anthropomorphic dog-man who walks on two legs. Mickey's pet Pluto is a (relatively) normal dog that mostly behaves like a real dog.
** This is parodied on ''Drawn Together'', during a montage of hostage situations. One of those situations is Pluto holding a gun to Goofy's head screaming, "He's the only fucking dog who good enough to wear fucking pants? Well, I want to wear the fucking pants for once!" ([[BlackComedy before casually shooting Goofy and then himself]])

** A segment of TheSimpsons that spoofed ''LadyAndTheTramp'' featured most of the cast as [[AnimalTalk talking, but non-anthropomorphic animals]]. At one point, we see [[LawyerFriendlyCameo a transparent Goofy parody]] being led to the gas room in a dog pound, despite insisting that he's "half human."

** A notable LampshadeHanging occurs during a ''Goof Troop'' episode in which, Goofy, when confronted by a pair of vicious non-anthro canines, says something to the effect of: "I'm great with dogs. It's like I'm one of the family".
** Also in ''GoofTroop'', Goofy had a pet cat, and Pete had a pet dog. While Pete was originally a cat, his later appearances suggest he's a dog or maybe a wolf. And then there are a number of similar but separate characters existing in a number of mutually exclusive universes and a whole bunch of cartoon shorts that have NegativeContinuity anyway. There are even multiple Petes running around the WesternAnimation/DuckTales universe.
** In another episode of ''GoofTroop'', Goofy hears a crash in his garage and assumes it was made by a ''giant mouse''. Aside from a quick cameo in ''AGoofyMovie'', Mickey never appeared on ''Goof Troop'', [[FridgeLogic but]]...
** It gets better. Pete is a cat. His wife is, near as anyone can tell, a dog (species-wise, she's actually rather attractive). They have children together. Let me repeat that: Pete, a cat, married a dog, and [[HotSkittyOnWailordAction they had viable offspring]]. I guess she was a [[CatGirl cat person]] ({{rimshot}}). Not only that, but their son, PJ appears to be a literal cat-person like Pete, and their daughter Pistol seems to be a "dog" like her mother, making this a case of GenderEqualsBreed.

* On the subject of Pete's wife: Most "people" in Disney comics are depicted as [[PettingZooPeople very anthropomorphic dogs]]. They have a black nose and (sometimes) floppy ears, but are otherwise human. Even real historical people (similar to ''Arthur'', see below). Which makes Goofy even more confusing as he looks nothing like the other "dogs".

** In ''{{Fantasia}} 2000'', pictured above, Donald appears as a deckhand on Noah's Ark, responsible for a group of animals that includes, to Donald's visible puzzlement, a couple of normal ducks. Best LampshadeHanging '''ever.'''
** One particularly {{Nightmare Fuel}}errific Donald Duck comic strip had him going ''duck hunting''. Like [[http://disneyweirdness.blogspot.com/2009/11/this-only-leads-to-further-questions.html this one]]. The "confusion" part in "FurryConfusion" is especially apparent in panels 2 to 4. In the picture, the ducks seem to notice him in passing as well.

** The Gran Festival starring TheThreeCaballeros ride at Epcot has a moment like this. Like it's source material, the videos combine animation with live action. Looking for Donald, José and Panchito ask a live action chef if he's seen a duck. They quickly realize that they don't want to know the answer to that question, and run off. Another version of the scene has the chef showing them a plate of roast duck, which gets a similar reaction from the duo.

* With all of this in mind, ''Disney/TheLionKing'' level in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII'' is just a carnival of FurryConfusion. Donald is temporarily a non-anthro bird who can ''fly'' and Pete is a non-anthro cat (more specifically, a lion). What makes it worse is the fact that Donald comments on Sora's transformation (into a lion) while avoiding any mention of Goofy's or his own. It should be mentioned that Donald's non-Anthro form is identified, in the ''KingdomHearts'' literature as "Bird Donald". Try to read that without having a PsychicNosebleed.

** In the episode inspired by ''Literature/TheOdyssey'', the Odysseus stand-in, his girlfriend, and most of the supporting cast are Dog-Noses. Circe, of course, turns several of them into non-anthro pigs. Later, Circe herself is turned into a pig as punishment. Here's the thing: Circe was depicted not as a dog-nose, but as an [[PigMan anthropomorphic]] ''[[PigMan pig]]''. Uh... uh?

** WesternAnimation/DuckTales also introduced a new sidekick for Scrooge's nemesis Magica De Spell; her brother Poe who was the subject of a BalefulPolymorph. Specifically he was turned into a... bird. A different species of bird (he is a raven now), to be fair, but still... a bird. He can still talk, he still wears clothes (a hat at least), he still has functional FeatherFingers, and is for all intents and purposes the same character just a different species. Still, he views his fate as awful and wants to turn back into a duck. This despite the fact that he merely seems to have gotten a bit shorter [[CursedWithAwesome and can now]] ''[[CursedWithAwesome fly]]'' (heck, ask an ornithologist and they will make a good argument that duck-to-corvid is an upgrade). He's just ''barely'' less anthro than the other characters.
* One episode of ''Franchise/WinnieThePooh'' had Piglet (a pig) eating ''ham'' at a picnic. No one seemed to notice the grotesque implied cannibalism there, even if Piglet is supposed to be a ''stuffed'' pig... Of course, that brings up the issue of how, exactly, LivingToys digest real food -- but that's probably a [[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=192 different trope (warning: gore).]]

* The cast of Disney's ''Disney/RobinHood'' is (arbitrarily) made up entirely of [[FunnyAnimal anthropomorphic animals]]. It actually manages to avoid some of these issues (they pointedly [[TheUnreveal do not show who or what]] is pulling the carriage at the end), while bringing up entirely new ones (just [[{{Literature/Redwall}} what kind of Church]] do these animals have anyway?)
** How King Richard (a lion) could be the uncle of Maid Marian (a fox) [[YouFailBiologyForever remains unaddressed]]. [[HotSkittyOnWailordAction Beware the implications]].

* Speaking of Chip and Dale, there's an episode of ''Chip 'n' Dale Rescue Rangers'' where Dale wants to get a pet. His desired pets, a frog and a kitten, are fairly standard for a human. But considering his ''other'' best friends are mice and a fly, the wisdom of bringing them home is... questionable, never mind the sight of {{TalkingAnimal}}s having pets. (Not to mention the logistics of getting them up into a tree all by himself.)

** The confusion goes up about eight or nine more levels when Dale discovers an unusual-looking chipmunk-sized animal lost in the park and, because [[AllAnimalsAreDogs he acts just like a dog]], Dale decided to make a pet out of him. Said animal soon reveals that he can talk, that he is an alien, and that [[spoiler: he is a miniature '''Stegosaurus''' [[SomewhereAPalaeontologistIsCrying sent from the Dinosaur Planet to check on the team of explorers who went to visit Earth 250 million years ago]]. And it turns out that those small explorers became the dinosaurs we know when they started eating Earth food; when our hero does this he grows very large and loses his ability to speak.]] Things get straightened up eventually and the alien returns to his ship to go back home, but not before topping off the FurryConfusion bonanza with this line:

*** You think this is bad? Here is my two cents. Chip'n'Dale live in the same world as Donald, as shown by several episodes. However Rescue Rangers takes place in the world of Humans, not Antrho-animals, Humans, which shown by the Pilot and a few others. However Rescue Rangers are still live in the same world as say, Darkwing Duck (as shown by one issue of it's new comic book). So question is - where do humans go during different shows? The only answers i can think of - there is Human only city and Animal only city, and some mix. Oh and weren't Chip and Dale part of Bambie movie?

* Bronx and the other "gargoyle beasts" like him in ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'' are kind of an odd, borderline case. At first glance, Bronx is a wingless Gargoyle, and isn't really any physically different from the talking Gargoyles aside from lacking wings. But he acts like, and is treated as, a non-talking, non-loincloth-wearing animal. A few episodes (such as the one that introduced Puck) explicitly pointed out that he was the other Gargoyles' "dog", while [[WordOfGod the shows' creator]] described him as their equivalent of a non-human ape.

* Minnie Mouse has a cat named Figaro in some chapters of ''HouseOfMouse''. A joke from the writers, maybe?

* The show ''HouseofMouse'' is definitely one of the worst offenders ever. At one point, we actually get to see [[Disney/TheJungleBook Baloo]] (a talking, bipedal bear that is completely naked) sitting next to [[Disney/RobinHood Little John]] (a talking, bipedal bear that wears a hat, a tunic, and shoes, but no pants), and at another, we actually see [[Disney/{{Pinocchio}} Jiminy Cricket]] (a talking, bipedal cricket that wears clothing) sitting next to [[Disney/{{Mulan}} Cri-Kee]] (a nontalking, [[FourLeggedInsect quadrupedal]] cricket that is completely naked).
** One episode of ''House of Mouse'' was actually about DonaldDuck attempting to fly like other Disney characters that somehow possess flight (Disney/{{Dumbo}}, [[Disney/{{Aladdin}} The Magic Carpet]], [[Disney/TheJungleBook Buzzy, Dizzy, Ziggy, and Flaps,]] and [[Disney/TheHunchbackofNotreDame Victor, Hugo, and Laverne]]), and when he gives up, he actually had to be helped by Disney/PeterPan of all characters! (that episode actually marked the first time we ever get to hear Peter Pan sing) Wait a minute, isn't Donald supposed to be a ''bird?''
*** This is addressed, indirectly, in the episode, when Donald temporarily dubs himself "Donald Donkey" as "Donkeys can't fly", indicating that he internally knows that, as a duck, he ''should'' be able to fly.
** The "what is Goofy" question is lampshaded in House of Mouse. [[Disney/{{Hercules}} Hades]] calls Goofy over to complain about the menu using his name without authorization, then gets derailed by asking what Goofy is supposed to be.
* Applying FridgeLogic to the ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'' films generates a certain amount of [[FurryConfusion Toy Confusion]]. Just what constitutes a "toy", anyway? The Etch-A-Sketch is animated and sentient, but Molly's [=iPod=] doesn't seem to be. Toy vehicles are self-propelling, but toy versions of other objects (xylophones, tracks for toy trains) have to be put in place by the humanoid toys. The green aliens who worship "the Claw" are sentient, but "the Claw" itself (basically a big toy with little toys inside) is not.

** Another Pixar example would be that aphid in ''WesternAnimation/ABugsLife''.

* ''TheBraveLittleToaster'': Although all electronic devices are sapient (though the humans don't even realize this), the junkyard cars are all sapient as well, but the Master's car isn't (probably because he is constantly using it all the time, considering if the aforementioned statement is actually true).

* The cast of Disney's ''RobinHood'' is (arbitrarily) made up entirely of [[FunnyAnimal anthropomorphic animals]]. It actually manages to avoid some of these issues (they pointedly [[TheUnreveal do not show who or what]] is pulling the carriage at the end), while bringing up entirely new ones (just [[{{Redwall}} what kind of Church]] do these animals have anyway?)
** How King Richard (a lion) could be the uncle of Maid Marian (a fox) [[YouFailBiologyForever remains unaddressed]].

* The show ''HouseofMouse'' is definitely one of the worst offenders ever. At one point, we actually get to see [[Disney/TheJungleBook Baloo]] (a talking, bipedal bear that is completely naked) sitting next to [[Disney/RobinHood Little John]] (a talking, bipedal bear that wears a hat, a tunic, and shoes, but no pants), and at another, we actually see [[Disney/{{Pinocchio}} Jiminy Cricket]] (a talking, bipedal cricket that wears clothing) sitting next to [[{{Mulan}} Cri-Kee]] (a nontalking, [[FourLeggedInsect quadrupedal]] cricket that is completely naked).

* One episode of ''WinnieThePooh'' had Piglet (a pig) eating ''ham'' at a picnic. No one seemed to notice the grotesque implied cannibalism there, even if Piglet is supposed to be a ''stuffed'' pig... Of course, that brings up the issue of how, exactly, LivingToys digest real food -- but that's probably a [[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=192 different trope (warning: gore).]]

* With all of this in mind, the ''LionKing'' level in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII'' is just a carnival of FurryConfusion. Donald is temporarily a non-anthro bird who can ''fly'' and Pete is a non-anthro cat (more specifically, a lion). What makes it worse is the fact that Donald comments on Sora's transformation (into a lion) while avoiding any mention of Goofy's or his own. It should be mentioned that Donald's non-Anthro form is identified, in the ''KingdomHearts'' literature as "Bird Donald". Try to read that without having a PsychicNosebleed.

** In another episode of ''GoofTroop'', Goofy hears a crash in his garage and assumes it was made by a ''giant mouse''. Aside from a quick cameo in ''A Goofy Movie'', Mickey never appeared on ''Goof Troop'', [[FridgeLogic but]]...

** This is parodied on ''Drawn Together'', during a montage of hostage situations. One of those situations is Pluto holding a gun to Goofy's head screaming, "He's the only fucking dog who good enough to wear fucking pants? Well, I want to wear the fucking pants for once!" ([[DeadBabyComedy before casually shooting Goofy and then himself]])

** Also in ''GoofTroop'', Goofy had a pet cat, and Pete had a pet dog. While Pete was originally a cat, his later appearances suggest he's a dog or maybe a wolf. And then there are a number of similar but separate characters existing in a number of mutually exclusive universes and a whole bunch of cartoon shorts that have NegativeContinuity anyway. There are even multiple Petes running around the DuckTales universe.

* Speaking of Disney ducks, ''DuckTales'' gave us at least two episodes with some good examples of Furry Confusion:

** DuckTales also introduced a new sidekick for Scrooge's nemesis Magica De Spell; her brother Poe who was the subject of a BalefulPolymorph. Specifically he was turned into a... bird. A different species of bird (he is a raven now), to be fair, but still... a bird. He can still talk, he still wears clothes (a hat at least), he still has functional FeatherFingers, and is for all intents and purposes the same character just a different species. Still, he views his fate as awful and wants to turn back into a duck. This despite the fact that he merely seems to have gotten a bit shorter [[CursedWithAwesome and can now]] ''[[CursedWithAwesome fly]]'' (heck, ask an ornithologist and they will make a good argument that duck-to-corvid is an upgrade). He's just ''barely'' less anthro than the other characters.