History Main / FantasticFoxes

* ''Literature/DragonPearl'': The main character is a gumiho InSpace, as are all her family members.

* ''Webcomic/GeminiJourney'': The [[http://www.geminijourney.com/index.php?c=33 The Great Barley & Bay-Lily Cricus arc]] features a creepy circus with ringmasters who are FantasticFoxes, their characters draw upon folklore and myth depictions of foxes as sly and supernatural.

* ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite'' introduces Zorua and Zoroark, which are based on the yako or nogitsune version of {{Kitsune}} and can create illusions in addition to the zenko {{Kitsune}}-based Vulpix and Ninetales from ''VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue'' and [[VideoGame/PokemonXAndY sixth generation]] starter Fennekin. The Eeveelutions also resemble foxes to a degree, except for Espeon (based on a [[{{Youkai}} nekomata]]). There's also Hisuian Zorua and Zoroark from ''VideoGame/PokemonLegendsArceus'', which draw from the originals' inspirations with some obake thrown in.

* ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite'' introduces Zorua and Zoroark, which are based on the yako or nogitsune version of {{Kitsune}} and can create illusions in addition to the zenko {{Kitsune}}-based Vulpix and Ninetales from ''VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue'' and [[VideoGame/PokemonXAndY sixth generation]] starter Fennekin. The Eeveelutions also resemble foxes to a degree, except for Espeon (based on a [[{{Youkai}} nekomata]]).

* ''VideoGame/{{Temtem}}'' has Reval and Aohi, a line of psychic foxes. Aohi is said to be a sly trickster, and its blue flames bring to mind will-o'-the-wisps.

See CunningLikeAFox and FoulFox for AnimalStereotypes associated with foxes and {{Kitsune}} for the specific Myth/JapaneseMythology. See also TheFairFolk, BeastMan, and FoxFolk.

* ''Anime/{{Digimon}}'': Renamon is a bipedal fox Digimon with yellow fur and piercing blue eyes. While her champion form is a {{Kitsune}} and her ultimate form is a humanoid fox in a white onmyōji robe, her mega form is a human in fox armor.

See CunningLikeAFox for AnimalStereotypes associated with foxes and {{Kitsune}} for the specific Myth/JapaneseMythology. See also TheFairFolk, BeastMan, and FoxFolk.

The feminine association is much weaker in European culture where the archetypical fox tends to be represented as male.

** The Fox Miraculous, inhabited by the foxlike spirit Trixx, gives it holder awesome illusion powers, as shown by Rena Rouge easily summoning an ''immense'' amusement park to distract the [[VillainOfTheWeek Sapotis]].

In keeping with being able to deceive, some legends paint foxes or fox spirits as shapeshifters, able to assume other forms under certain conditions or even at will. Quite often, the assumed form is human but retains some fox-like characteristics.

In Scandanavian myths, foxes created the Northern Lights, called Fox Fire. In Japan, marsh-lights are sometimes referred to as Kitsune-bi meaning "fox fire."

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* In ''Fanfic/TheBridge'', a gumiho referred to as Jeog is featured. She's a centuries old serial killer who chased one of the secondary heroines, Ki Seong, from a fantasy counterpart of Korea, across the ocean to Equestria after murdering Seong's fiance and his family. Her description and appearance treat her more as a vulpine demon than an oversized fox with nine tails, sporting a mouthful of fangs and CreepyLongFingers.

%%* ''Series/{{Grimm}}'': The Fuchsbau are fox-like Wesens.%%And?

** The Fox Miraculous, inhabitated by the fox-like spirit Trixx, gives it holder awesome illusion powers, as shown by Rena Rouge easily summoning an ''immense'' amusement park to distract the [[VillainOfTheWeek Sapotis]].

* In RealLife, calling a girl foxy (as an adjective) is a compliment, implying she is sexually attractive. On the other hand, it can refer to attractive older men who are referred to as {{silver fox}}es. In China, calling a woman ''huli jing'' implies that she's a homewrecker, so it is sort of similar to the English word 'bitch'. Calling a woman a vixen is similarly a comment on her attractiveness, with the added connotations that she is free-spirited or, alternatively, mean-spirited. A vulpine grin has fox-like characteristics - it often indicates the wearer is cunning or tricking the recipient. Also drawing on the fox as trickster concept, to be "outfoxed" means to be outsmarted or conned, and to be "crazy like a fox" is to seem foolish or insane but actually crafty and one step ahead of the competition.

* The Creator/MarvelComics superspy White Fox is the last kumiho. She's a VoluntaryShapeshifter, has SuperSenses, SuperSpeed and SuperReflexes, and SpeaksFluentAnimal.

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Foxes are nocturnal and associated with the Moon; they are also extremely graceful animals, like cats. For these reasons, they are often associated with the feminine, although subversions do exist. A shapeshifting fox will assume the form of an attractive female. Even if a shapeshifting fox take form of a human male in eastern culture, odds are high that they are {{Bishonen}}.

The feminine association is much weaker in European culture where the archetypical fox tends to be represented as male. Still, this is the main reason why [[FoxyVixen foxes tend to be more sexualized in media]].

** ''WesternAnimation/RobinHood'': Disney' version was originally intended to be an AnimatedAdaptation of the Reynard myths, until Disney realized just how much "Anti" an AntiHero Reynard really was.
** ''WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}}'': Nick Wilde, a consummate con man. Interestingly, he is conned right back by Judy Hopps, a rabbit, which is also commonly depicted as a trickster in folklore.

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%%* ''ComicBook/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesIDW'': There are two: Alopex is a mutant Artic fox; Kitsune is a {{kitsune}}.%%Fantastic how?
* The Creator/MarvelComics superspy White Fox is the last kumiho. She's a VoluntaryShapeshifter, has SuperSenses, SuperSpeed and SuperReflexes, and SpeaksFluentAnimal.

* ''VideoGame/LaTale'': There are several {{Palette Swap}}ped fox girls. One variety is even called Gumihos. They were so popular the company later added them as a pet.
* ''VideoGame/MapleStory'' has this an enemy type, although they appear as multi-tailed foxes rather than girls with multiple tails and ears.
* ''VideoGame/NamcoXCapcom'' and ''Super Robot Taisen OG Saga: Endless Frontier'': Xiaomu is a 765 Chinese year old werefox, while her nemesis Saya is a [[{{Kitsune}} Japanese werefox]].
* ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite'' introduces Zorua and Zoroark, which are based on the yako or nogitsune version of {{Kitsune}} and can create illusions in addition to the zenko {{Kitsune}}-based Vulpix and Ninetales from ''VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue'' and [[VideoGame/PokemonXAndY sixth generation]] starter Fennekin. The Eeveelutions also resemble foxes to a degree, except for Espeon (based on a [[{{Youkai}} nekomata]]).

* In ''VideoGame/JadeEmpire'' the Forest Shadow and her fox-spirit servants look like six-foot-tall anthropomorphic fox women with two tails. They're said to take human form to test humans with tricks, and Forest Shadow does manipulate you into meeting with her in her realm and into slaying a demon she bound centuries ago, [[spoiler: even if you decide to kill her first.]]

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** There's also a family of magically [[AnimalUplifting uplifted]] foxes in the later books whom Abigail befriends and occasionally persuades to do surveilance work using FoodAsBribe. This is surprisingly easy, because for some reason presumably connected to why they were uplifted in the first place, they believe they're spies.

* ''Literature/RiversOfLondon'': Reynard Fossman is a fae with red hair, a pointy face and an aura of disreputability that makes PC Grant want to arrest him on general principles. In ''The Hanging Tree'' he turns out to be a [[LegacyCharacter descendant]] of the original Reynard. Possibly CunningLikeAFox, but not nearly as much as he thinks, with a tendency to get in over his head. Also possibly a shapeshifter, since in a fight he ''almost'' seems to grow a muzzle before he starts biting people.

* The protagonist of ''Literature/HuntersMoon1989'' is a clever fox vixen named O-ha who lives in the English wilderness.

* ''VideoGame/SpiritTales'', Aka Glory Destiny, has the Lunar Fox tribe as one of its 3 selectable races. They begin as a human with fox ears and a tail, but eventually gain the ability to transform into a humanoid fox form. Fitting this trope, they are the settings magic specialists.