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* In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaLinksAwakening'', there's an entire village full of nothing but animals. Justified as [[spoiler: the whole thing is a dream of the Wind Fish. Even the dreams of {{space whale}}s don't have to make sense.]]

** Mind you, that Donald and Goofy are from ''a completely different world'' than Sora's.
** {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII'', when you travel to the [[WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994 Pride Lands]]. All three of you are transformed into animals/slightly less anthropomorphic animals in order to blend in. Sora becomes a lion cub, Goofy becomes a tortoise, and Donald becomes a... bird. But with wings that function!
*** Simba also comments on the fact that Sora looks different than he remembered, as he was a summon from the original [[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsI game]] who fought alongside a human Sora, and suddenly he's a lion cub!

* ''WesternAnimation/TheBadGuys'' is set in modern-day Los Angeles where the world is populated by humans but the principle characters are anthropomorphic animals.

* ''Jason and the Heroes of Mount Olympus'' has both humans and anthropomorphic animals interacting freely with each other, and portraying gods and goddesses in Greek mythology. Two of the main characters are Mercury and Venus, respectively a rabbit and a squirrel.

* The ''Literature/LittleBear'' books (and TV show) had {{Funny Animal}}s (Little Bear and his family), {{Talking Animal}}s (most of Little Bear's friends), Little Bear's friend Emily and her grandmother (who were both humans), ''and'' Emily's non-anthropomorphic, non-talking dog, Tutu.

* ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'' mainly features odd stylized characters that are [[CartoonCreature variously not-quite-human and obviously-not-human]], but also features human characters, usually shown in live-action, although a couple have been animated 'in-person' (Crack Stuntman, his fellow voice actors and his boss A. Chimendez -- the RecycledINSPACE versions of Limozeen don't count because they're in a ShowWithinAShow). The [=SBCG4AP=] episode Baddest of the Bands touches upon the concept of humans co-existing with the odd denizens of Free Country USA, with a human named Wade leaving a message on Marzipan's answering machine in which he calls her a 'baseball-bat dude', and calls Strong Mad and The Cheat 'creatures', saying that they freak people out.

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** Played with in ''Film/TheMuppets'', especially with the Oscar-winning musical number "Man or Muppet". There is at least some awareness the Muppets are a different sort of creature from humans, but no explanation is forthcoming for why Gary has a Muppet brother in Walter and no one ever seems to find it strange.

* ''WesternAnimation/BoJackHorseman'' takes place in a world much like our own, except that humans coexist with {{Funny Animal}}s (and there are a lot of different kinds of animals featured; even ''insects'' are anthropomorphic in this world!). {{Interspecies Romance}}s are quite common, and some real-life celebrities have {{Fictional Counterpart}}s who are animals, such as [[Creator/QuentinTarantino Quentin Tarantulino]] and Creator/EthanHawke (who's literally a hawk). There's also pretty much every variation of the {{Species Surname}} trope: Bojack Horseman [[PlayedStraight is indeed a horse]] (or a horseman if you will), Vanessa Gecko [[SubvertedTrope is human]], Maggot Gyllenhaal has her species [[InvertedTrope as her first name]], Matthew Fox and Scott Wolf appear together and have [[ParodiedTrope each others species' as surnames]], Vincent Adultman [[ZigZaggingTrope is a human male but not an adult]] (but it's [[JustifiedTrope not his real name anyway]]), Officer Meow Meow Fuzzyface [[ImpliedTrope sure sounds like a cat name]], Neal [=McBeal=]'s name [[GeniusBonus rhymes with his species]] but it's unclear whether he's just [[JustForPun a seal who's in the navy]] or [[LogicalExtreme an actual Navy S.E.A.L.]] and then there are tons of characters [[AvertedTrope with completely normal names]].

* Alan Dean Foster's ''Literature/{{Spellsinger}}'' novels have {{Funny Animal}}s and humans co-existing, although there's some FantasticRacism with humans who somehow sense that this isn't the way it works in other worlds. It's also noted that humans are shorter than they are in our world, although whether this is an actual genetic difference or just due to the diet in a MedievalStasis world isn't revealed. Also InterspeciesRomance between Humans and the anthropomorphic animals is not frowned upon in this fantasy world, except for the main character Jon-Tom, who being from our world is the only character to find that concept a turnoff. Despite [[spoiler: Flor is also from our world, though unlike Jon-Tom not only does she have no culture shock, but she ends up dating an anthropomorphic rabbit (mentioned in passing)]].

** Later spin-offs are a bit more vague; ''WesternAnimation/SonicBoom'' is set on a tiny island full of such sapient species, with only Eggman as something resembling a human, but there are hints here and there that humans do exist outside of the island, and the Ancient clan that takes up a lot of the lore is so diverse in terms of species it is very possible a human did end up part of their ranks. [[ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogIDW Sonic IDW]], on the other hand, takes after the games exclusively, with nary a human in sight. As for the Mobius world that spawned all this? Not only did it die with the cancellation of the Archie comics, but SEGA has [[{{Jossed}} gone out of their way to ensure via mandate that it can never be used or even referenced ever again.]]

* Subverted in ''Series/MisterRogersNeighborhood'' where the Land Of Make Believe has talking animals but it is made clear that it doesn't really exist.

* Most characters in the French comic ''ComicBook/DeCapeEtDeCrocs'' are human, but the leads are a fox and a wolf (with a rabbit sidekick trailing behind). They are acknowledged as such (for example, when they fall into the sea : "One cannon and two canines overboard!"), but definitely fit into the category of UnusuallyUninterestingSight. They each have a human love interest, although we eventually learn Don Lope, the wolf, used to be in love with another wolf ; there are a few other background characters who are various species of animals, and none of this is ever commented upon. However, CarnivoreConfusion is actually addressed, in a hilarious way.

* Disney's ''WesternAnimation/{{Pinocchio}}'' has a cast of mostly humans, but also Honest John the Fox, Gideon the Cat, and of course Jiminy Cricket.
* The Creator/{{Filmation}} movie ''WesternAnimation/PinocchioAndTheEmperorOfTheNight'' has obvious {{exp|y}}ies of each of these characters. Then again, this is all in line with the novel.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheRescuers'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheRescuersDownUnder''. Mice and other small animals are part of an international organization that rescues young children. The children communicate with animals easily; it's implied that the adults don't have that ability, however.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Cinderella}}'' has anthropomorphic mice that talk to the human Cinderella, and are transformed into non-morphic horses.
* ''WesternAnimation/CatsDontDance'' is set in an alternate 1930s where animals are trying to break into movies (and act as stand-ins for ethnic and social minorities).
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Hoodwinked}}'' is an adaptation of ''Little Red Riding Hood'', and expands greatly on the idea of a talking wolf by taking place in a modernized storybook hamlet filled with {{Funny Animal}}s, including the Three Little Pigs [[VisualPun as police officers]]. There's also one minor character who's a human in a white-tiger costume. This is never explained or remarked on.

* The ''Franchise/ShiningSeries'' games have a lot of anthropomorphic characters that you can include on your force, though the majority of the characters are humans, [[OurElvesAreDifferent elves]], or [[OurCentaursAreDifferent centaurs]]. This descends into FurryConfusion at one point in ''VideoGame/ShiningForce II'', where a boss is a photo-realistic rat and one member of your team is an anthropomorphic one. Once Camelot stopped developing the series, this trait became much less pronounced, largely being ignored save for the occasional wolfling.

* ''Literature/WinnieThePooh'', of course, has Christopher Robin, though the GangOfCritters is understood to be composed of his stuffed animals. According to the WordOfGod, Owl and Rabbit were real forest animals while the rest were toys. (This is reasonably clear in the original illustrations.)

* ''WesternAnimation/BojackHorseman'' takes place in a world much like our own, except that humans coexist with {{Funny Animal}}s (and there are a lot of different kinds of animals featured; even ''insects'' are anthropomorphic in this world!). {{Interspecies Romance}}s are quite common, and some real-life celebrities have {{Fictional Counterpart}}s who are animals, such as [[Creator/QuentinTarantino Quentin Tarantulino]] and Creator/EthanHawke (who's literally a hawk). There's also pretty much every variation of the {{Species Surname}} trope: Bojack Horseman [[PlayedStraight is indeed a horse]] (or a horseman if you will), Vanessa Gecko [[SubvertedTrope is human]], Maggot Gyllenhaal has her species [[InvertedTrope as her first name]], Matthew Fox and Scott Wolf appear together and have [[ParodiedTrope each others species' as surnames]], Vincent Adultman [[ZigZaggingTrope is a human male but not an adult]] (but it's [[JustifiedTrope not his real name anyway]]), Officer Meow Meow Fuzzyface [[ImpliedTrope sure sounds like a cat name]], Neal [=McBeal=]'s name [[GeniusBonus rhymes with his species]] but it's unclear whether he's just [[JustForPun a seal who's in the navy]] or [[LogicalExtreme an actual Navy S.E.A.L.]] and then there are tons of characters [[AvertedTrope with completely normal names]].

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* The original ''VideoGame/BanjoKazooie'' was basically an all Funny Animal[=/=]TalkingAnimal world [[WitchSpecies (no telling what Gruntilda or Mumbo are supposed to be)]], but ''Banjo-Tooie'' brought in several humans; most notably, the shamaness Humba Wumba. All the human characters are also ''way'' bigger than Banjo - he must be a very small bear.

* ''VideoGame/{{Littlewood}}'': The cast is a mix of humans and anthropomorphic animals. The town the PlayerCharacter is restoring eventually welcomes both a bird man and a cat man. Elsewhere, they can run into a rabbit, a pig or a monkey.

* ''VideoGame/{{Littlewood}}'': The cast is a mix of humans and anthropomorphic animals. The town in which the PlayerCharacter lives eventually welcomes both a bird man and a cat man. Elsewhere, they can run into a rabbit, a pig or a monkey.

If the cast is mostly human, expect the talking animals or anthropomorphic animals to be an UnusuallyUninterestingSight. If the cast of a work is mostly composed of animals, a human may be thrown in as [[TokenHuman the furry equivalent of a]] TokenMinority. And if the {{Funny Animal}}s in question are very small and typically go unnoticed by humans, it's a MouseWorld.

* ''Animation/HappyHeroes'' features numerous funny animals in the background, existing alongside the HumanAliens of Planet Xing.