History Main / FluffyDryCat

''WesternAnimation/FelixTheCat'' becomes one briefly in ''WesternAnimation/FelixTheCatSavesChristmas''.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994'' exhibits this trope during the "Hakuna Matata" number.

* ''Disney/TheLionKing'' exhibits this trope during the "Hakuna Matata" number.
* ''Disney/TheSwordInTheStone'': Happens to Archimedes the Owl when drying himself after "saving" Arthur as a fish when almost been eaten by a big pike. Complete with umbrella sound and Archie yelling:

* In ''Disney/PigletsBigMovie'', after Piglet receives a bath from Kanga and gets dried off, he poofs into a pink fluff ball that makes him unrecognizable to Pooh and Tigger until he gets himself wet again.

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* In "WesternAnimation/RuggedBear'', Creator/WaltDisney short cartoon, WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck does such a thing with a ''bear'' who pretends to be a carpet in Donald's cabin.

* {{Exaggerated|Trope}} in a story of the ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'' manga: Genma Saotome has found a magic hairgrowth lotion that gives him long, spiky straight hair (worthy of a ''Dragon Ball Z'' character), but only when he gets angry. Then he fells into the koi pond, turning into a panda, and this translate into one gigantic ball of black-and-white fur, round and big enough to just roll around, forcing Ranma into an IndyEscape on the streets of Nerima.

* Happens to [[ComicBook/TheFabulousFurryFreakBrothers Fat Freddy's Cat]] when the titular moggie becomes so revolting of smell that Freddy forcibly washes him. Out on the street again, other tomcats make unwise snarky comments about FFC's gender preferences. FFC is pretty much in the mood for serious violence by then. Mayhem ensues.

* Sometimes happens to ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}.
* Happens to Hobbes from ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'' after Calvin's mom throws him into the dryer.

* A RunningGag in ''ComicStrip/RoseIsRose'' was about Peekaboo being "all fur" (not completely to the extent of IntangibleMan, but almost). There are several scenes where Peekaboo becomes a clawed poofball when startled or angered.

* The above picture is from ''Disney/OliverAndCompany'': Oliver gets drenched by a fire hydrant -- courtesy of Dodger -- then walks over a subway air vent.

* Happens to Archimedes the Owl in ''Disney/TheSwordInTheStone'' when completely drying himself after "saving" Arthur as a fish when almost been eaten by a big moat fish. Complete with umbrella sound and Archie yelling:

* Puss-in-Boots after their ship crashed on shore in ''[[WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}} Shrek the Third]]''
* Happens to WesternAnimation/TheLorax after being sprayed with a garden hose in a mini-movie.
* Not a cat, but the AnimatedAdaptation of ''[[Literature/TheJungleBook Rikki-Tikki-Tavi]]'' features the eponymous mongoose getting this treatment after falling in his young master's bath.
* Another non-feline example in the first ''WesternAnimation/{{Balto}}'' film has Muk and Luk, two polar bears, who practically explode into gigantic balls of fluff when they dry themselves off after [[BigDamnHeroes rescuing Balto from the lake.]]
* In ''Disney/PigletsBigMovie'' after Piglet receives a bath from Kanga and gets dried off he poofs into a pink fluff ball, that makes him unrecognizable to Pooh and Tigger, until he gets himself wet again.

* Toyed with in ''[[Film/AustinPowers Austin Powers: Goldmember]]''. During the infiltration of an enemy submarine, Foxxy Cleopatra shakes out her damp hair and it springs into a huge Afro, accompanied by a humorous sound effect like an umbrella opening.
%%* Snowbell from ''Film/StuartLittle''.

* The Fuzzballs in ''VideoGame/LuigisMansionDarkMoon'''s Secret Mine do this when sucked up and ejected from the Poltergust 5000.

* Happens a few times to The Cheat on ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner''. Especially after he's thrown in the dryer -- he turns into a big lump of fluff.
* ''WebAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsSummertimeShorts'': In the short "Pet Project", Winona becomes suddenly fluffy after Fluttershy dries her off. The dog is a bit surprised, but it doesn't alter her mood much.

* Tracy Butler of ''Webcomic/{{Lackadaisy}}'' gave a young Freckle [[http://lackadaisy.foxprints.com/exhibit.php?exhibitid=341 this treatment.]] Noting that the hair dryer was invented in the 1920s (well after Freckle's kittenhood), she posits that he was just left out in the sun.

** ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E3CastleSweetCastle Castle, Sweet Castle]]", Twilight vigorously dries off Angel Bunny with a towel after giving him ''another'' bath, resulting in his fur puffing up seconds after the towel is removed.
* In the Creator/WaltDisney short cartoon "WesternAnimation/RuggedBear'', WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck does such a thing with a ''bear'' who pretends to be a carpet in Donald's cabin.
* [[TeamPet Momo]] gets a moment of this after being dried out by Aang's airbending in one episode of ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender''.
* [[WeaselMascot Pabu]] follows suit after his [[TeamPet Small Team Pet]] predecessor in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra''.

* Happens to Dukey in ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyTest'', after he fails to thwart an evil pair of pants who have taken over the title character's mind.
* One Characters/PinkPanther cartoon is "Tickled Pink" in which Pink gets a pair of magic roller skates that send him careening into a car wash. After the heat lamps dry him, Pink emerges as a large pink ball of fluff on skates.

** And in fandom circles, the OC [[Blog/AskFlufflePuff Fluffle Puff]] and other [[FluffyPony Fluffy Ponies]] are perpetually this.

* In WesternAnimation/Piglet'sBigMovie after Piglet receives a bath from Kanga and gets dried off he poofs into a pink fluff ball, that makes him unrecognizable to Pooh and Tigger, until he gets himself wet again.

* In the Creator/WaltDisney short cartoon ''Rugged Bear'', WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck does such a thing with a ''bear'' who pretends to be a carpet in Donald's cabin.

* Happens to [[ComicBook/TheFabulousFurryFreakBrothers Fat Freddy's Cat]] when the titular moggie becomes so revolting of smell that Freddy forcibly washes him. Out on the street again, other tomcats make unwise snarky comments about FFC's gender preferences. FFC is prety much in the mood for serious violence by then. Mayhem ensues.

* A RunningGag in ''ComicStrip/RoseIsRose'' was about Peekaboo being "all fur" (not completely to the extent of IntangibleMan, but almost). There're several scene where Peekaboo becomes a clawed poofball when startled or angered.

* Happens to Dukey in ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyTest'', after he fails to thwart an evil pair of paints who have taken over the title character's mind.

-->'''Archimedes:''' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPdhvYFD1Oc Pinfeathers and gollyfluff!]]

** ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': In [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E3CastleSweetCastle "Castle, Sweet Castle"]], Twilight vigorously dries off Angel Bunny with a towel after giving him ''another'' bath, resulting in his fur puffing up seconds after the towel is removed.

* This happens to the semi-feline robot [[VideoGame/MegaManV Pluto]] in ''[[http://stardroids.net/wordpress/?p=444 Stardroids]]'' after he is [[http://stardroids.net/wordpress/?p=442 unceremoniously dumped into the drum of a washer-dryer]]. [[http://stardroids.net/wordpress/?p=440 He ends up as fluffy as cat-android-ly possible]]. Static electricity must be quite a thing in the Stardroids universe.

** WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': In [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E3CastleSweetCastle "Castle, Sweet Castle"]], Twilight vigorously dries off Angel Bunny with a towel after giving him ''another'' bath, resulting in his fur puffing up seconds after the towel is removed.

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* The above picture is from ''Disney/OliverAndCompany'': Oliver gets drenched by a fire hydrant - courtesy of Dodger - then walks over a subway air vent.

* Happened to Archimedes the Owl in ''Disney/TheSwordInTheStone'' when completely drying himself after "saving" Arthur as a fish when almost been eaten by a big moat fish. Complete with umbrella sound and Archie yelling;
-->"[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPdhvYFD1Oc Pinfeathers and gollyfluff!]]"

* Another non-feline example in the first ''{{Balto}}'' film has Muk and Luk, two polar bears, who practically explode into gigantic balls of fluff when they dry themselves off after [[BigDamnHeroes rescuing Balto from the lake.]]

* Snowbell from ''Film/StuartLittle''.

* ''VideoGame/{{Bubsy}}'' does this after riding a waterslide and drying off.

* Happens a few times to The Cheat on ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner''. Especially after he's thrown in the dryer—he turns into a big lump of fluff.

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* Tracy Butler of ''{{Webcomic/Lackadaisy}}'' gave a young Freckle [[http://lackadaisy.foxprints.com/exhibit.php?exhibitid=341 this treatment.]] Noting that the hair dryer was invented in the 1920s (well after Freckle's kittenhood), she posits that he was just left out in the sun.

* Salem in ''WesternAnimation/SabrinaTheAnimatedSeries'' exhibits this trope once.
* Happens to WesternAnimation/ThePinkPanther too.
* ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes''

* This happens to a few of the ''Franchise/MyLittlePony'' characters (Gusty, Licketysplit and Heart Throb) in the episode "The Glass Princess" after the enemies capture them for their hair and force them through a cleaning process similar to a car wash. After they're dried, they come out looking poofy for a few seconds. In this case, it's one of the few times it's obvious that the ponies have fur all over their bodies and not just on their manes and tails (as real horses do).
** [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic The fourth incarnation]] features a bunny being overdried and fluffed by this.
** And in fandom circles, the OC [[AskFlufflePuff Fluffle Puff]] and other [[FluffyPony Fluffy Ponies]] are perpetually this.

* This happens to ''WesternAnimation/MrBogus'' in the third act of the episode "[[Recap/MrBogusS3E2BTV B-TV]]", after getting [[UpToEleven blow dried by Mole]].
* Happens to Dukey in ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyTest'', after he fails to thwart an evil pair of paints who have taken over the titular character's mind.

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* Happens to [[ComicBooksTtheFabulousFurryFreakBrothers Fat Freddy's Cat]] when the titular moggie becomes so revolting of smell that Freddy forcibly washes him. Out on the street again, other tomcats make unwise snarky comments about FFC's gender preferences. Mayhem ensues.