History FurryConfusion / DisneyAndPixar

*** This leads to some CarnivoreConfusion too; if ''all'' fish can talk, what the hell do mermaids eat? They can't eat sentient fish, because they consider that evil and [[FantasticRacism a reason to hate humans]] but apparently non-sentient fish ''don't exist''. Do all these merpeople subsist on seaweed? In the series, a frequently mentioned merfolk dish is "plankton pate". So does that mean merfolk eat like whales?

** The opening scene of ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017'' involves a non-anthropomorphic seagull getting chased off by various bird-like people, including one who looks like a seagull.
--->'''The Nostalgia Critic''': They're all birds! How does this work? When is Pluto gonna walk Goofy?! It's never explained!!

** Donald's nephews are members of the Junior Woodchucks, who are Boy Scout parodies. The girl scout parodies are the Junior Chickadees. So, are they named after the animals, or a species of anthropomorphic people? And what happens when an anthro woodchuck joins the Junior Woodchucks, or a chickadee the Chickadees?

** ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'': 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 L.G.M.s who worship "the Claw" are sentient, but "the Claw" itself (basically a big toy with little toys inside) is not. Duke Caboom is sapient, but his motorcycle and launcher aren't.
*** However, at the end of the first movie, Woody drives RC Racer ''against his will'' with his remote control to rescue Buzz. Off of that, RC is considered a sentient toy. In the sequel another toy car (possibly a Barbie car) can be driven by the toys, but gives no indication of being sentient, and [[spoiler:Bo Peep's]] Skunkmobile in ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory4'' is similarly inanimate.

*** Aphie the aphid is treated like a pet dog to the ants. This is justified though, as ants have actually "domesticated" aphids in real life.
*** A straighter example from that film, however, would be Thumper. Depending on how you view him, he's either the grasshoppers' insane thug, or their ''pet''. He acts much more animalistic -- specifically [[AllAnimalsAreDogs doglike]] -- than fellow grasshoppers Hopper and Molt, and it's unclear how intelligent he's supposed to be or what his relationship to them is. We do, however, get a scene in the outtakes where he's shown as an "actor" who can talk normally, so make of that what you will.

*** ''WesternAnimation/{{Cars}}'' features Bessie, a non-anthro paving machine. There's also still a dinosaur on the logo for Dinoco, and one RV seen near the end of the film appears to be surrounded by plastic flamingos, while another has a {{jackalope}} tattoo on his rear end -- all this despite flesh-and-blood animals never appearing anywhere in the films.
*** There are also insects that resemble [[StealthPun VW Beetles]], as well as farm vehicles that behave like cattle -- tractors act like cows, while threshing combines serve as bulls. In one of the [[WesternAnimation/PixarShorts spinoff shorts]] starring Mater as a bullfighter, there are bulldozers that also act like bulls similar to the farm equipment in the movie.
*** ''WesternAnimation/Cars2'': There are tiny airplanes that act like birds, and one of the racers' crew chiefs is a VW Beetle; in the first film, VW Beetles are all supposed to be the car equivalent of insects.

** ''House of Mouse'' is definitely one of the worst offenders ever. At one point, we actually get to see [[WesternAnimation/TheJungleBook1967 Baloo]] (a talking, bipedal bear that is completely naked) sitting next to [[WesternAnimation/RobinHood Little John]] (a talking, bipedal bear that wears a hat, a tunic, and shoes, but no pants), and at another, we actually see [[WesternAnimation/{{Pinocchio}} Jiminy Cricket]] (a talking, bipedal cricket that wears clothing) sitting next to [[WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}} Cri-Kee]] (a nontalking, [[FourLeggedInsect quadrupedal]] cricket that is completely naked).

** ''WesternAnimation/RobinHood'': The cast is 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) [[ArtisticLicenseBiology remains unaddressed]], [[HotSkittyOnWailordAction with some nasty implications]].

** ''WesternAnimation/InsideOut'': PlayedForLaughs. Bing Bong has a non-anthropomorphic cat in his bag despite being part cat himself.
*** A version of this appears with the imaginary friends themselves. Bing Bong is a self-aware being capable of independent thought, yet the Imaginary Boyfriend behaves more like a non-sentient robot [[spoiler: who can be cloned and those life is more expendable, whereas Bing Bongs death was taken more seriously]].

** ''WesternAnimation/InsideOut'': PlayedForLaughs. Bing Bong has a non-anthopormorthic cat in his bag despite being part cat himself.

** One episode of ''House of Mouse'' was actually about WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck attempting to fly like other Disney characters that somehow possess flight (WesternAnimation/{{Dumbo}}, [[WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}} the Magic Carpet]], [[WesternAnimation/TheJungleBook1967 Buzzy, Dizzy, Ziggy, and Flaps,]] and [[WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackofNotreDame Victor, Hugo, and Laverne]]), and when he gives up, he actually had to be helped by WesternAnimation/PeterPan of all characters (that episode actually marked the first time we ever get to hear Peter Pan sing). His desire to fly seems to stem from the fact that internally he knows that, as a duck, he ''should'' be able to fly, and the reason he can't is because he ''doesn't have wings''. Donald temporarily dubs himself "Donald Donkey" since "Donkeys can't fly" (cue Burrito from ''WesternAnimation/TheThreeCaballeros'').

** A 1930s cartoon, ''Mickey's Good Deed'', has Mickey playing Santa Claus to a family of poor cats -- smaller than him. Pete is apparently the absentee father, as there's a picture of him, in prison stripes, on the wall. You can tell they're poor as their empty cupboard is overrun with tiny, non-anthro mice. And why the cats just don't eat them is never addressed.

*** Believe it or not, ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory4'' [[spoiler:''actually addresses this''. The movie introduces a new character in the form of "Forky" -- a random plastic spork who was turned into a toy by a kid who glued google eyes and pipe cleaners to him. As a result, he's conflicted about being a toy when he was previously not one. Having only recently been given consciousness, he insists that he is still "just trash" and tries to throw himself away, which ends up setting off the movie's main conflict.]].

*** ''WesternAnimation/TheLionGuard'' features animals who [[AnimalTalk talk]] but otherwise mostly act like wild animals. Animals hunting others is discussed frequently and the Lion Guard frequently has to stop hyenas from hunting animals (supposedly because they kill too many and are thus disrupting the 'Circle of Life').

** One episode of ''House of Mouse'' was actually about DonaldDuck attempting to fly like other Disney characters that somehow possess flight (WesternAnimation/{{Dumbo}}, [[WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}} the Magic Carpet]], [[WesternAnimation/TheJungleBook1967 Buzzy, Dizzy, Ziggy, and Flaps,]] and [[WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackofNotreDame Victor, Hugo, and Laverne]]), and when he gives up, he actually had to be helped by WesternAnimation/PeterPan of all characters (that episode actually marked the first time we ever get to hear Peter Pan sing). His desire to fly seems to stem from the fact that internally he knows that, as a duck, he ''should'' be able to fly, and the reason he can't is because he ''doesn't have wings''. Donald temporarily dubs himself "Donald Donkey" since "Donkeys can't fly" (cue Burrito from ''WesternAnimation/TheThreeCaballeros'').

** Disney themselves [[LampshadeHanging lampshade the divide]] in the Mickey Mouse short [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVKXj5nCM4I "Dog Show",]] where Mickey tries to cheat by entering Goofy in the obedience trials against non-anthropomorphic dogs.

** The ''WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse2013'' short [[Recap/MickeyMouseS1E11DogShow "Dog Show"]] finally [[LampshadeHanging hung a lampshade]] on it, with Pluto getting injured before the titular show and Mickey having to substitute Goofy in his place, which goes as well as you'd expect. [[spoiler:And apparently, Mickey makes for a better non-anthro dog than Goofy does.]]
** Another 2013 Mickey short, [[Recap/MickeyMouseS5E14EasyStreet "Easy Street"]], has Goofy notice that Pluto lives an easy life as a pet, and decide to imitate a pet dog so he won't have to work for a living. To Pluto's consternation and jealousy, Goofy hogs all of Mickey's treats and attention, and Mickey himself doesn't question this even once. [[spoiler:Pluto finally gets Goofy to leave by tricking him into accompanying him on a trip to a "doggie spa" -- which entails getting washed, something Goofy [[HatesBaths can't stand]]; the spa manager there seems to treat Goofy like a pet dog as well.]]

*** A version of this appears with the imaginary friends themselves. Bing Bong is a self-aware being capable of independent though, yet the Imaginary Boyfriend behaves more like a non-sentient robot [[spoiler: who can be cloned and those life is more expendale, whereas Bing Bongs death was taken more seriously]].

* A running thing in the comics was that Br'er Fox and Br'er Bear were after various animals (Chip, Dale, Bambi, etc) sometimes to eat them and sometimes to sell them to a pet store. This slightly works since the Br'ers are more humanlike and actually live in houses and wear clothes. However, [[http://animationrecapsandotherstuff.blogspot.com/2012/06/furry-confusion-no-sale.html one comic]] has Br'er Bear getting so mad at Br'er Fox that he ties the fox up and takes him off wanting to sell ''Br'er Fox'' to a zoo, despite the fact that both Br'ers are closer to people than they are animals. So are humans still the elite in the Disneyverse? Can animals willingly sell each other? Who would want Br'er Fox, anyway? Many, many, many questions are raised.

*** In another episode, Goofy hears a crash in his garage and assumes it was made by a ''giant mouse''. Aside from a quick cameo in ''WesternAnimation/AGoofyMovie'', Mickey never appeared on ''Goof Troop'', [[FridgeLogic but]]...
** A 1930s cartoon, ''Mickey's Good Deed'', has Mickey playing Santa Claus to a family of poor cats -- smaller than him. Pete is apparently the absentee father, as there's a picture of him, in prison stripes, on the wall. You can tell they're poor as their empty cupboard is overrun with tiny, non-anthro mice. And why [[FridgeLogic the cats just don't eat them is never addressed]].

** ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast'' actually did this with furniture. Considering the fact that ''all'' of the Beast's servants were turned into furniture due to a magic spell, it's actually never explained what happened to the actual furniture inside the Beast's castle. The west wing of the castle has been more or less destroyed over the years by the Beast's various rampages. Now, was he simply vandalizing his own furniture, [[FridgeHorror or outright]] '''[[FridgeHorror attacking and even killing servants]]'''?

** ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'': Applying FridgeLogic to the 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 L.G.M.s who worship "the Claw" are sentient, but "the Claw" itself (basically a big toy with little toys inside) is not. Duke Caboom is sapient, but his motorcycle and launcher aren't.

** ''WesternAnimation/TheGoodDinosaur'' features talking non-avian dinosaurs, but also birds (including chickens with theropod hands) that are non-sentient and kept as pets or even livestock. Seeing as birds are classified as living dinosaurs, it seems odd that the birds in the movie wouldn't be alongside their non-avian relatives as sentient lifeforms. Even weirder, a group of pterosaurs--which, contrary to popular belief, are not dinosaurs--are also shown to be sentient and capable of speech (and insane).

* ''Franchise/DonaldDuck'': Regular ducks have been shown to exist alongside the anthropomorphic kind. Adding to the weirdness parade, in a theatrical cartoon, Donald once encountered a ''recipe for roast duck'' in a cookbook, which he angrily ripped up. In a different cartoon he heard another recipe for it on a radio cooking show. His only comment was "Over my dead body".

** In a 1941 short, "Chef Donald", Donald is pasting clippings of recipes into a scrapbook, until he spots a recipe for ''roast duck''. He then angrily yanks it out and throws it away.

** {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d at last in ''WesternAnimation/MightyDucksTheAnimatedSeries'' animated series, where two of the eponymous anthro ducks (from [[AnotherDimension another universe]]) spend the end of an episode discussing the differences between themselves and Earth ducks.

** {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d at last in ''WesternAnimation/TheMightyDucks'' animated series, where two of the eponymous anthro ducks (from [[AnotherDimension another universe]]) spend the end of an episode discussing the differences between themselves and Earth ducks.

* "''WesternAnimation/TheWormTurns": Mickey is working on a courage potion and goes around testing it on a variety of non-anthropomorphic animals -- including a normal mouse that was being chased around by a cat. Things also get pretty awkward whenever Chip and Dale appear in the same cartoon as Mickey.

** Another 2013 Mickey short, [[Recap/MickeyMouseS5E14EasyStreet "Easy Street"]], has Goofy notice that Pluto lives an easy life as a pet, and decide to imitate a pet dog so he won't have to work for a living. To Pluto's consternation and jealousy, Goofy hogs all of Mickey's treats and attention, and Mickey himself doesn't question this even once. [[spoiler:Pluto finally gets Goofy to leave by tricking him into accompanying him on a trip to a "doggie spa" - which entails getting washed, something Goofy [[HatesBaths can't stand]]; the spa manager there seems to treat Goofy like a pet dog as well.]]
* In "The Worm Turns", Mickey is working on a courage potion and goes around testing it on a variety of non-anthropomorphic animals -- including a normal mouse. Things also get pretty awkward whenever Chip and Dale appear in the same cartoon as Mickey.