1 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/54dd9b05f8cf299e1d363f76e7da5b20.jpg]] |
2 | [[caption-width-right:350: The animal kingdom: living proof that TheWorldIsJustAwesome.]] |
3 | |
4 | You know, animals! Those living, moving, eating, breathing, biting, clawing, stinging things that are clearly not human (and are often darn proud of it). |
5 | |
6 | These are tropes that somehow relate to animals, to characters who are animals and to their dealings with humans. |
7 | |
8 | '''Only list tropes on this index if they do not already have an appropriate sub-index.''' |
9 | |
10 | Also note that some tropes may qualify for more than one sub-index. |
11 | |
12 | For tropes about the [[Franchise/TheMuppets muppet]] named Animal, see [[Characters/TheMuppetShow here]] (or, if you can bear an all-capital SelfDemonstratingArticle, then [[SelfDemonstrating/{{Animal}} here]]). |
13 | |
14 | Compare and contrast PlantTropes. |
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16 | !!Tropes: |
17 | [[index]] |
18 | [[foldercontrol]] |
19 | |
20 | [[folder:'''Indexes''']] |
21 | [[AC:General categories]] |
22 | + AnimalAnthropomorphismTropes: Tropes about all kinds of sapient animal characters who act (or even look) like humans. |
23 | ++ BeastMan: Types of humanoid species with features of various animals. |
24 | ++ FunnyAnimalTropes: Tropes about {{Funny Animal}}s and {{Civilized Animal}}s. |
25 | +++ FunnyAnimalAnatomy: Tropes about the anatomical structure of these humanoid animals. |
26 | ++ SlidingScaleOfAnthropomorphism: The varieties of anthropomorphic animal characters, ranging from more humanlike to more animalistic. |
27 | ++ WerebeastTropes: [[OurWerebeastsAreDifferent Werebeasts]] (or therianthropes) are various {{shapeshifting}} creatures who all have the (in)voluntary ability to change between human and animal forms. |
28 | + AnimalMotifs: {{Motifs}} and symbolism involving animals. |
29 | + AnimalStereotypes: {{Stereotype}}s that are often associated with particular animals in media. |
30 | ++ AnimalJingoism: Classic pairs of animals that are often depicted as natural enemies. |
31 | ++ AnimalOccupationStereotypes: Animals typically associated with certain jobs. |
32 | ++ NationalAnimalStereotypes: When animal stereotypes are combined with NationalStereotypes of various countries/regions or human ethnicities/nationalities. |
33 | ++ PleasantAnimalsIndex: Stereotypes of animals considered to be cute, friendly, or heroic. |
34 | ++ ScaryAnimalsIndex: Stereotypes of animals that are often treated as being AlwaysChaoticEvil. |
35 | + BigTropeHunting: Tropes about (animal or human) predators hunting down their prey to capture, kill, and/or eat them. |
36 | ++ MeatOfTheIndex: Tropes about animals or humans consuming the flesh of other (dead) animals for food. |
37 | + AnEggcellentIndex: Tropes about all kinds of animal eggs, for the purpose of reproduction (or consumption as food). |
38 | + PetAndAnimalCompanionTropes: Tamed or domesticated animals that humans keep around for close company. |
39 | ++ AttackAnimal: Animals trained to fight and kill on command. |
40 | ++ LoyalAnimalCompanion: A pet that always stays close to their human friends. |
41 | + TailOfTheIndex: Tropes about tails, an appendage that many animals have. |
42 | ---- |
43 | [[AC:Specific animals]] |
44 | + AquaticAnimalTropes: Tropes for all kinds of water-dwelling animals (which has some considerable overlap with multiple different categories below). |
45 | ++ TheseTropesAreFishy: Tropes about all sorts of cold-blooded, water-breathing vertebrates (including bony fish and cartilaginous fish). |
46 | + AvianTropes: Tropes about birds, warm-blooded vertebrates with beaks, feathers, and wings. |
47 | ++ CorvidTropes: Tropes about birds in the Corvidae family (crows, ravens, magpies, etc). |
48 | ++ ThisIndexQuacks: Tropes about waterfowl birds (ducks, geese, swans, etc). |
49 | + InvertebrateIndex: Tropes for all the (literally) spineless animals lacking vertebrae (backbones); including arthropods, mollusks, worms, etc. |
50 | ++ ArachnidTropes: Tropes about spiders, scorpions, and other related eight-legged arthropods. |
51 | ++ InsectIndex: Tropes about all six-legged arthropods with pairs of antennae and compound eyes. |
52 | ++ MolluskTropes: Tropes about mollusks, including gastropods (snails and slugs) and bivalves (clams and oysters). |
53 | +++ CephalopodIndex: Tropes about squids, octopi, and other tentacled marine mollusks. |
54 | + MammalTropes: Tropes about mammals, warm-blooded vertebrates with fur/hair that were raised on their mother's milk. |
55 | ++ AndOnThatIndexHeHadSomePigs: Tropes about hogs and swine, both wild and domestic. |
56 | ++ BearTropes: Tropes about all those big mammals in the Ursidae family. |
57 | ++ BunnyTropes: Tropes about hares and rabbits of the Leporidae family. |
58 | ++ DolphinsDolphinsEverywhere: Tropes about marine mammals called cetaceans (whales, dolphins, and porpoises). |
59 | ++ ElephantTropes: Tropes about elephants and mammoths, distinguished by their huge size and long prehensile snouts. |
60 | ++ EquineAndEquestrianTropes: Tropes about horses, donkeys, mules, etc. |
61 | ++ PrimateIndex: Tropes about apes, monkeys, and lemurs. |
62 | +++ HumansAreIndexed: Tropes about these weird, upright-walking apes, the only animal in the world that's known to read and edit Website/TVTropes pages. |
63 | ++ RodentTropes: Tropes about mice, rats, squirrels, and other related small mammals with long incisor teeth. |
64 | ++ SealTropes: Tropes about marine mammals called pinnipeds (seals, sea lions, and walruses). |
65 | ++ ThisIndexBarks: Tropes about all mammals in the Canidae (dog) family. |
66 | +++ AFoxyIndex: Tropes about foxes, canids that are mostly in the Vulpini tribe. |
67 | +++ WolfTropes: Tropes about (grey) wolves, the wild relatives of domestic dogs. |
68 | ++ ThisIndexIsHavingACowMan: Tropes about cattle, both wild and domestic. |
69 | ++ ThisIndexMeows: Tropes about all mammals in the Felidae (cat) family. |
70 | ++ TropesThatGoBaaa: Tropes about goats and sheep. |
71 | + ReptileAndAmphibianTropes: Tropes about all sorts of cold-blooded, air-breathing vertebrates (from the Reptilia and Amphibia classes). |
72 | ++ IndexInAHalfShell: Tropes about turtles and tortoises, reptiles known for their armored shells. |
73 | ++ SnakeAndSerpentTropes: Tropes about all those elongated, limbless reptiles. |
74 | + TropesaurusIndex: Tropes about various extinct and prehistoric animals, including (but not limited to) the dinosaurs. |
75 | [[/folder]] |
76 | |
77 | [[folder:Tropes (A-M)]] |
78 | * AbsentAnimalCompanion: Pets tend to show up in one episode of an episodic series, and disappear forever by the next. |
79 | * AccidentallyCorrectZoology: A fictional species, or trait of an existing animal, is made up, only for it to turn out to exist in real life. |
80 | * AdaptationSpeciesChange: An adaptation changes a character's species. |
81 | * AdjectiveAnimalAlehouse: A bar called "The ''[Adjective] [Animal]''". |
82 | * AdoringThePests: Someone welcomes vermin animals into their house. |
83 | * AlienAnimals: Extraterrestrial wildlife. |
84 | * AllAnimalsAreDogs: All animals behave the same way as canines. |
85 | * AllAnimalsAreDomesticated: Wild animals can all be easily tamed into docile pets. |
86 | * AllFlyersAreBirds: All flying animals behave the same way as avians. |
87 | * AlternateAnimalAffection: Animals have their own way of showing affection analogous to kissing. |
88 | * AmazingTechnicolorWildlife: Animals with bizarre, unrealistic colors. |
89 | * AmplifiedAnimalAptitude: An animal that's unrealistically smart and may be able to understand language, but isn't anthropomorphic and can't talk. |
90 | * AnachronisticAnimal: An animal shows up in a [[AnachronismStew time period when it didn't even exist yet in real life]]. |
91 | * AngryAnimalisticGrowl: The growl of an animal means they're completely ticked off. |
92 | * AnimalAssassin: A deadly animal is used as a murder weapon. |
93 | * AnimalAthleteLoophole: An underdog sports team brings a pet in to play and wins the game. |
94 | * AnimalBattleAura: An animal motif appears around or behind a martial artist in battle. |
95 | * AnimalChickMagnet: Women who like animals want to date men who share a similar interest in pets. |
96 | * AnimalDisguise: A human disguised as an animal. |
97 | * AnimalEspionage: Animals are used as spies. |
98 | * AnimalEyes: A human with animal-like eyes. |
99 | * AnimalGenderBender: An animal's gender isn't consistent with their appearance because they look closer to a specimen of the opposite gender. |
100 | * AnimalGoesToSchool: An animal not normally seen in a school setting is in one. |
101 | * AnimalIsTheNewMan: Animals have replaced humans as Earth's dominant species and have become sapient. |
102 | * AnimalLover: A person who is very fond of animals. |
103 | ** FriendToAllLivingThings: Someone who loves all animals and is loved by them. |
104 | *** FriendToBugs: Someone who even likes insects and other creatures that aren't considered to be cute by most people. |
105 | ** NaiveAnimalLover: A foolish human who wrongly believes that [[AllAnimalsAreDomesticated wild animals are all friendly and harmless]]. |
106 | * AnimalMecha: A {{Mecha}} built in the shape of an animal. |
107 | * AnimalMetaphor: When an animal is used for symbolism. |
108 | * AnimalNamingConventions: Animals don't have human names, or if they do, they have another, "real" name separate from what the humans named them. |
109 | * AnimalNemesis: A human who sees an animal as their nemesis. |
110 | * AnimalReactionShot: A ReactionShot from an animal. |
111 | * AnimalSpeciesAccent: A talking animal who speaks with an accent reminiscent of their species. |
112 | * AnimalStampede: A destructive, running group of scared animals. |
113 | * AnimalSuperheroes: Anthropomorphic animals who fight crime. |
114 | * AnimalSweetOnObject: An animal gets the hots for an inanimate object, usually mistaking it for an animal of the same species. |
115 | * AnimalTesting: Animals are used as test subjects in laboratory experiments, because it's far more legal than [[TestedOnHumans doing the same to humans]]. |
116 | ** LabPet: An animal test subject is treated as a pet by the scientist studying them. |
117 | * AnimalThemedSuperbeing: A {{superhero}} or {{supervillain}} who styles their name, costume, or abilities after an animal. |
118 | * AnimalWrongsGroup: A group of animal rights activists who are willing to hurt and kill other human beings if it will help their goal to prevent animals from being harmed or killed. |
119 | * AnimalisticAbomination: An EldritchAbomination which looks or acts like a much more monstrous version of an ordinary animal. |
120 | * AnimalsHateHim: Animals react negatively to a particular individual. |
121 | ** EvilDetectingDog: An animal is able to sense the presence of evil people, dangerous situations, and/or supernatural phenomena. |
122 | * AnimalsLackAttributes: Animals are depicted without genitalia. |
123 | * AnimalsNotToScale: An animal isn't the same size as it would be in real life. |
124 | * AnimalsRespectNature: Animals have a special respect for nature and the cycle of life. |
125 | * AnimalsSeeInMonochrome: Animals, especially dogs and to a lesser extent cats, see in black-and-white. |
126 | * {{Animorphism}}: When a person [[{{Shapeshifting}} (in)voluntarily transforms into]] a non-human animal. |
127 | ** AttractiveBentSpecies: A human transformed into an animal is attractive to other animals of that same species (or vice versa). |
128 | ** OurWerebeastsAreDifferent: Instead of a [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent werewolf]], someone transforms into a different kind of were-animal. |
129 | * ArtisticLicenseAnimalCare: Humans treat their pets in ways that would be very dangerous in real life. |
130 | * ArtisticLicenseMarineBiology: Sea life portrayed inaccurately in fiction for the purposes of the story. |
131 | * AscendedToCarnivorism: An herbivorous animal decides to try out meat and move up to another level in the food chain. |
132 | * AssInALionSkin: An animal pretending to be another of a different species. |
133 | * BadPeopleAbuseAnimals: When a villain decides to (literally) KickTheDog by needlessly harming and mistreating animals, usually for sadistic reasons. |
134 | ** BeastlyBloodsports: Animals are forced to [[GladiatorGames fight to the death for the entertainment of callous humans]]. |
135 | ** BlackComedyAnimalCruelty: When the abuse of animals is played for [[BlackComedy dark humor]]. |
136 | ** CruellaToAnimals: It's shown how vile a person is by establishing that they're willing to kill animals for their meat or hide, especially EndangeredSpecies. |
137 | *** FurAndLoathing: Wearing animal skins signifies a character as a villain. |
138 | ** HuntingIsEvil: People who hunt wild animals (especially for reasons besides acquiring their meat for food) are often portrayed as bad guys. |
139 | *** EgomaniacHunter: An arrogant game hunter who gets too much enjoyment from killing animals for sport. |
140 | *** EvilPoacher: A hunter who is willing to illegally kill or capture endangered wildlife for money. |
141 | ** MicrowaveTheDog: Killing a pet by putting it into a microwave. |
142 | * BatScare: Characters are exploring an environment void of other people but where animals are present, then a group of flying animals fly out, scaring them. |
143 | * BeastFable: Using animals to tell a story with a [[AnAesop moral]]. |
144 | * BeastOfTheApocalypse: An animal who tries to bring out an apocalypse. |
145 | * BestialityIsDepraved: Gags involving humans having sex with animals. |
146 | * BilingualAnimal: An animal that both speaks a human language and its animal language. |
147 | * ButtBiter: An animal bites someone on their behind. |
148 | * CallASmeerpARabbit: Calling an unusual creature the name of a mundane animal. |
149 | * CaninesPrimaryFelinesSecondary: A work features both cats and dogs, and the cats play second fiddle to the dogs in some way. |
150 | * CarnivoreConfusion: The dietary concerns of sapient/anthropomorphic animals become a lot more morally complicated when it comes to eating meat. |
151 | * CartoonCreature: An animal of indeterminate species. |
152 | * CatDogDichotomy: Cats and dogs are depicted as being each other's polar opposites. |
153 | * ChasingAButterfly: A kid or similarly innocent character chases a small animal out of curiosity. |
154 | * ChildrenInTow: An animal being followed by its offspring. |
155 | * CockroachesWillRuleTheEarth: A BadFuture, in which humans are extinct and a species evolved from a small animal has taken our place. |
156 | * ColdBloodedWhatever: A vertebrate creature which has mixed traits of reptiles, amphibians, and fish. |
157 | * ConeOfShame: Dogs wearing cones around their necks to keep them from picking at stitches from surgery. |
158 | * ConvenientDecoyCat: A character being chased is about to be caught due to making a noise, but then a small animal shows up and the chaser mistakenly thinks the animal made the sound. |
159 | * CreepyHairlessAnimal: Bald mammals look freaky. |
160 | * CryingCritters: Non-anthropomorphic animals cry. |
161 | * CubCuesProtectiveParent: If you foolishly approach a young animal, their angry parent will attack you for getting too close to their child. |
162 | * CuteButCacophonic: A small animal with a loud cry. |
163 | * CuteClumsyCreature: Cute animal + Place full of fragile objects = Chaos! |
164 | * DeadAnimalWarning: Sending someone an animal's corpse as a warning. |
165 | * DeathbringerTheAdorable: A cute, harmless animal with a deceptively scary name. |
166 | * DeceptivelyCuteCritter: An animal pretends to be sweet and innocent to manipulate human characters. |
167 | * DelusionsOfDoghood: A human believes they are an animal. |
168 | * DetectiveAnimal: An animal who solves crimes and mysteries. |
169 | * DiligentDraftAnimal: Draft animals (donkeys, horses, mules, and oxen) are portrayed as diligent and hardworking. |
170 | * DireBeast: A larger version of an existing animal. |
171 | * DisneyCreaturesOfTheFarce: A scene that parodies the whole "animals love Disney princesses" thing. |
172 | * DisneyDogFight: Two people want custody of a pet, so they let the pet decide. |
173 | * DiurnalNocturnalAnimal: A nocturnal animal is somehow active during the daytime. |
174 | * DogsHateSquirrels: Dogs depicted as attacking squirrels. |
175 | * ADogNamedCat: An animal is named after something of a different species. |
176 | * ADogNamedDog: An individual animal's name is the same as its species. |
177 | * ADogNamedPerro: An individual animal is named after the name of its species in a different language than the one primarily used in the work it's in. |
178 | * DubSpeciesChange: A translation changes a character's species. |
179 | * EarsAsHair: Anthropomorphic animals style their ears like hair. |
180 | * EarNotch: When an animal has a notch out of their ear, that's a sign that they've been through bad stuff and/or are tough or evil. |
181 | * EasternZodiac: Zodiacs from East Asian countries that tie animals into personality types. |
182 | * EggLayingMale: Males of oviparous species are capable of laying eggs in fiction. |
183 | * ElephantGraveyard: A place where very large animals (usually elephants, hence the name) go to die. |
184 | * EmergencyFoodSupplyAnimal: When there's an emergency, a domesticated animal gets eaten. |
185 | * EndangeredPest: An endangered species causes somebody a significant problem that's difficult to deal with because the organism is endangered. |
186 | * EndangeredSpecies: An (animal) species that is almost extinct due to natural or artificial causes. |
187 | * EnemyToAllLivingThings: Someone who animals are scared of, or who causes living things to die. |
188 | * EscapedAnimalRampage: An animal held in captivity by humans somehow escapes and causes trouble. |
189 | * EvenTheDogIsAshamed: Everybody is mad at somebody, even an animal. |
190 | * EvenTheRatsWontTouchIt: When a food is so gross or tough that even vermin aren't interested in it. |
191 | * ExitPursuedByABear: The villain ends up chased by an animal that intends to harm them. |
192 | * ExplosiveBreeder: An animal that is capable of giving birth to numerous offspring at once. |
193 | * ExpressiveEars: A character uses their ears to express emotion. |
194 | * FantasticFaunaCounterpart: Either a made-up species that behaves like a certain real species, or an extant species that behaves like another, more familiar species. |
195 | * FantasticMedicinalBodilyProduct: A creature has a bodily product, such as blood, spittle, etc. that has healing properties. |
196 | * FantasticVermin: Magical, alien, or otherwise otherworldly everyday pests. |
197 | * FedToTheBeast: Throwing a captive person to a hungry animal so they can be EatenAlive. |
198 | * FluffyDryCat: When an animal is soaked, then dried, it looks fluffier than usual. |
199 | * FluffyNotFat: An animal appears to be large, but most of its "bulk" is actually fur, hair, feathers, etc. |
200 | * FluffyTheTerrible: A dangerous animal with a deceptively cute pet name. |
201 | * FollowTheWhiteRabbit: Characters chase an animal into a strange place. |
202 | * FoodAndAnimalAttraction: A character has food on their person that attracts an animal. |
203 | * ForebodingCarcass: The dead body of an animal is used to foreshadow that there's danger afoot. |
204 | * ForebodingFleeingFlock: A group of animals running away spells danger. |
205 | * FormerlySapientSpecies: Animals that were once people. |
206 | * FreeRangePets: Someone allows their pets to roam around wherever they please. |
207 | * FromStrayToPet: A feral animal living in the wild gets taken into a human home. |
208 | * FurIsClothing: An animal's fur is treated like clothing, with shaved animals treated as if they were naked. |
209 | * FurIsSkin: An animal's fur is conflated with its skin. |
210 | * GenderEqualsBreed: Two animals have children whose genders are determined by which parent they look like. |
211 | * GhostlyAnimals: The undead spirits of nonhuman animals. |
212 | * GiantAnimalWorship: A primitive tribe worships a large animal. |
213 | * GiantFlyer: A huge, flying creature. |
214 | * GoodTamingEvilTaming: Heroes tame animals with affection, while villains tame them in an abusive way. |
215 | * HeliCritter: Animals who can use parts of their bodies as propellers. |
216 | * HerbivoresAreFriendly: Plant-eating animals are harmless and docile. |
217 | * HibernationMigrationSituation: Drama arises when an animal character needs to hibernate or migrate after the seasons change. |
218 | * HilarityInZoos: Going to the zoo, played for comedy. |
219 | * HypnosisProofDogs: Mind control only affects humans, not animals. |
220 | * IAmNotWeasel: An animal is mistaken for a species it plainly isn't. |
221 | * {{Imprinting}}: Young animals assume the first living thing they see is their parent. |
222 | * IncompetentGuardAnimal: An animal is assigned to guard something but bungles it up. |
223 | * IncorrectAnimalNoise: An animal makes the wrong sound, and it's not played as a joke. |
224 | * InformedSpecies: When a cartoon animal looks nothing like the species they're supposed to be. |
225 | * IntellectualAnimal: An animal with human-level intelligence. |
226 | * IntelligentGerbil: An creature resembling an animal, who's anthropomorphic, but ''not'' sapient. |
227 | * InterspeciesAdoption: A young animal is raised by [[ParentalSubstitute adoptive parents]] from another species. |
228 | ** RaisedByWolves: A human child who was raised by wild animals. |
229 | ** RaisedInCaptivity: A member of a wild animal species who was raised in a human environment. |
230 | * InterspeciesFriendship: Two animals of different species befriend each other. |
231 | ** ACatInAGangOfDogs: A cat who socializes with a group of dogs. |
232 | ** PredatorPreyFriendship: A friendship between two different animals who are supposedly natural enemies. |
233 | * InterspeciesRomance: Two animals of different species fall in love with each other. |
234 | ** HotSkittyOnWailordAction: Romance between a larger animal and a smaller animal of both vastly different sizes and species. |
235 | * IntroducedSpeciesCalamity: A new invasive species is introduced to an area and ends up damaging the local ecosystem. |
236 | * KillerRabbit: A small, cute animal that is actually quite deadly. |
237 | * KindlyVet: A vet who's a NiceGuy or gal. |
238 | * LastOnesPloy: An animal that’s part of an endangered species uses their status to receive legal protection. |
239 | * LickedByTheDog: An animal or baby shows affection towards an intimidating character. |
240 | * ALizardNamedLiz: A non-human creature has a name that references their species. |
241 | * MakeTheDogTestify: Animals have to appear in a courtroom trial. |
242 | * MatingSeasonMayhem: An animal going into heat is a plot point. |
243 | * MechanicalAnimals: Robots that resemble or are based on animals. |
244 | * MenagerieOfMisery: A collection of animals kept in inadequate accommodations. |
245 | * MessyMaleFancyFemale: Male animals look scruffy while females look neat. |
246 | * MightyRoar: Large animals always roar loudly. |
247 | * UsefulNotes/MilitaryAnimals: Animals that are trained and used by humans for warfare. |
248 | * MimicSpecies: A species of animal whose evolutionary history has it mimic another species. |
249 | * MiracleGroMonster: A character has a strange pet that, if one particular thing happens to them, they will grow and grow. |
250 | * MisplacedWildlife: Animals appear in locations where they're very unlikely to be seen in real life. |
251 | * MixAndMatchCritters: An animal that looks like a combination of two or more animals. |
252 | * MountedMook: A {{mook|s}} would ride a (usually evil) creature either for traversal or for battle. |
253 | * MultipleTailedBeast: A creature with more than one tail. |
254 | * MusicSoothesTheSavageBeast: Music can make aggressive animals behave. |
255 | * MysteriousAnimalSenses: Animals with bizarre senses. |
256 | [[/folder]] |
257 | |
258 | [[folder:Tropes (N-Z)]] |
259 | * NatureIsNotNice: Wild animals live in a [[CrapsackWorld harsh, cruel, unforgiving world]] where every minute is spent just trying to survive. |
260 | * NeverWorkWithChildrenOrAnimals: When children or animals on set do something the directors didn't want them to do. |
261 | * NiceKitty: Making BabyTalk to a dangerous animal to try to appease it. |
262 | * NoAnimalsWereHarmed: A work gives a disclaimer that despite the film depicting animals getting killed, imperiled, or abused, such depictions were simulated and no animal involved in the film was hurt for real. |
263 | * NoisyNature: Animals making sounds even when they logically should be quiet. |
264 | * TheNoseKnows: A character with an enhanced sense of smell. |
265 | * NotSoExtinct: An animal species that was believed to have died out long ago turns out to still exist. |
266 | * OurCryptidsAreMoreMysterious: Legendary and mythical animals that are not proven to exist in the real world. But works of fiction on the other hand... |
267 | * PaleFemalesDarkMales: Females of an animal species have lighter colors while males are darker. |
268 | * ParasitesAreEvil: Animals that live in or on other animals are depicted as evil. |
269 | * APetIntoTheWild: A domestic animal who lived with humans becomes a stray, and now has to fend for itself in the wilderness. |
270 | * PetsVersusStrays: Domestic animals and feral animals don't really agree on the merits of life with humans. |
271 | * APigNamedPorkchop: An animal is named after the meat, food, or other animal products that could come from it. |
272 | * {{Planimal}}: A hybrid creature that is both a plant and an animal. |
273 | * PortrayedByDifferentSpecies: An animal is portrayed as a different species. |
274 | * PoundsAreAnimalPrisons: Pounds are treated as being the animal equivalent of a prison. |
275 | * PredationIsNatural: Animals eating other animals is simply a fact of life that can't be avoided. |
276 | * PredatorsAreMean: Animals that eat other animals are depicted as being evil. |
277 | * PregnantReptile: A non-mammal bears live young. |
278 | * RaisingTheSteaks: [[NonhumanUndead Non-human animals turned into undead zombies]]. |
279 | * RampageFromANail: A persistent injury drives an animal into a frenzy. |
280 | * RealisticSpeciesCartoonySpecies: Animals tend to look less (semi)realistic than humans in animated cartoons. |
281 | * RidiculouslyCuteCritter: An animal designed to be cute. |
282 | * RoadApples: Jokes about animal poop. |
283 | * SapientAllAlong: A seemingly dumb animal turns out to actually be just as smart as humans are. |
284 | * SapientPet: A domestic animal companion who has humanlike intelligence. |
285 | * SapientSteed: A mounted animal with the same intellect as the person who rides it. |
286 | * ScareTheDog: When a guard dog or similar animal is intimidated by a scary character. |
287 | * ScavengersAreScum: When the hero is a carnivore, the villain will often be a scavenger. |
288 | * ShyShelledAnimal: A shy animal with a shell. |
289 | * SidekickCreatureNuisance: A bumbling animal sidekick. |
290 | * SignatureRoar: A monster or animal has a specific noise in lieu of a CharacterCatchphrase. |
291 | * SillyAnimalSound: Animals making the wrong sounds, played for comedy. |
292 | * SmallTaxonomyPools: Fiction only shows a few familiar species. |
293 | * SlidingScaleOfAnimalCast: A scale of number of animals compared to humans in fiction, from no humans to no animals. |
294 | * SlidingScaleOfAnimalCommunication: A scale that ranges from no animals being able to talk to all animals being able to talk. |
295 | * SmartAnimalInconvenientInstincts: An animal that's sapient but has inconvenient instincts. |
296 | * SpeciesEqualsGender: Certain kinds of animals are more likely to be depicted as being male or female. |
297 | * SpeciesSurname: An anthropomorphic animal has their species as their family name. |
298 | * SqueamishAboutSlaughter: Animal slaughter scares, or grosses out, a character. |
299 | * SquirrelsInMyPants: Animals in somebody's clothes make the person squirm. |
300 | * StockAnimalBehavior: Animal species are stereotyped as all acting in a certain way. |
301 | * StockAnimalDiet: Different animals prefer [[TrademarkFavoriteFood specific types of food]]. |
302 | * StockAnimalFacts: Common facts (or myths) often stated about specific animals. |
303 | * StockAnimalName: Humans aren't very original when it comes to naming animals. |
304 | * StrayAnimalStory: A story focusing on stray or feral animals. |
305 | * SuperPersistentPredator: A predatory animal chases the protagonists to kingdom come. |
306 | * SuspiciouslyStealthyPredator: A predatory animal that doesn't know about human technology, yet avoids it or knows how to neutralise it. |
307 | * TheSwarm: A group of very small, dangerous creatures. |
308 | * TaxonomicTermConfusion: Terms like "domain", "species", and "genus" get confused. |
309 | * TerrifyingPetStoreRat: An animal is meant to be scary, yet fails to look or act scary due to being played by a tame animal. |
310 | * ThisBearWasFramed: Somebody commits a murder and frames an animal. |
311 | * TranslatorCollar: Something that can enable animals to talk to humans. |
312 | * TreatedWorseThanThePet: Someone's status in their family is so low that even animals are treated better or valued more than they are. |
313 | * TributeToFido: An author writes a tribute to a real-life animal in their story. |
314 | * TroublemakingNewPet: A character with a pet gets a second pet, who makes a mess and the owner assumes the original pet made the mess. |
315 | * TuftOfHeadFur: An animal with a tuft of fur or feathers on their head. |
316 | * UnpleasantAnimalCounterpart: The EvilCounterpart of a "good" animal. |
317 | * UnusualAnimalAlliance: When a group of animals are in trouble, they'll have to team up despite ordinarily not being inclined to do so. |
318 | * UrineTrouble: An animal urinates on something or someone for comic effect. |
319 | * VegetarianCarnivore: A predatory animal decides to eat plants instead. |
320 | * VerberCreature: An animal's species is named after what they do. |
321 | * VertebrateWithExtraLimbs: A vertebrate animal with more than four limbs. |
322 | * ViewerSpeciesConfusion: Viewers get an animal character's species wrong. |
323 | * WeaponizedAnimal: Using an animal with weapons mounted on it to attack. |
324 | * WeNamedTheMonkeyJack: Naming a pet after someone as an insult or tribute. |
325 | * WhaleEgg: An animal that gives birth to its young in real life is depicted as laying eggs. |
326 | * WhatMeasureIsANonCute: It's considered okay to kill animals that are ugly or terrifying. |
327 | * WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: It's considered okay to mercilessly kill any creature that isn't human. |
328 | * WildlifeCommentarySpoof: Parodies of nature shows. |
329 | * WoodlandCreatures: Forest animals. |
330 | * WrestlerOfBeasts: Characters are shown as awesome by having them fight (and sometimes even win against) ferocious animals in close quarters without relying on traps or ranged weaponry. |
331 | * XenophobicHerbivore: Prey animals are not fond of their natural predators for obvious reasons. |
332 | * YetAnotherBabyPanda: Animal videos on the news. |
333 | [[/folder]] |
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