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18	->''"I am not an animal! Well, okay, I'm kind of an animal. My features are animal-like, I don't wear clothes, and I smell a bit outdoorsy most of the time. But I have a job, and I talk and stuff too, so when I say I'm not an animal I think technically I'm on solid ground."''
19	-->-- '''Duckman''', ''WesternAnimation/{{Duckman}}''
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21	They're animals who think, talk and act mostly like human beings. The Funny Animal has almost all the mannerisms of a human being. Sometimes, only their appearance distinguishes them from the [[SonOfAnApe hairless primates]] who draw them. Indeed, one of the main incentives in using such characters are that they are more distinctive, and hence [[FurriesAreEasierToDraw easier to draw]], as recognizable individuals than ordinary humans. Like the CivilizedAnimal, they can be anywhere on the SlidingScaleOfAnimalCommunication.
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23	On the SlidingScaleOfAnthropomorphism, these fall somewhere between the CivilizedAnimal and the BeastMan. As there can be some confusion between all the anthropomorphism tropes, here's a guideline:
24	#The '''SpeechImpairedAnimal''', '''TalkingAnimal''', or '''CivilizedAnimal''' has priorities and motivations that are still that of an animal despite their ability to speak. In other words, imagine your pet knowing English and you should get the idea.
25	#'''Funny Animals''' are [[FourLegsGoodTwoLegsBetter bipedal even if their species is not naturally so,]] most Funny Animal birds have FeatherFingers, whether their wings look completely like wings or look (to varying degrees) like arms. Some Funny Animals [[AnthropomorphicZigZag can shift]] between using [[RunningOnAllFours two legs and four.]] In most situations, they can be replaced by a human and the plot would be mostly identical. A good example from the ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'' cartoons: Scooby-Doo is a SpeechImpairedAnimal. Scrappy-Doo, who might as well be a person in a dog suit, is a Funny Animal.
26	#The '''BeastMan''' is less anthropomorphism and more zoomorphism: instead of taking an animal and giving it more human traits, you take a human and give them more animal traits. Why? Well, this is usually because BeastMan tends to come with IntelligentGerbil: need to come up with an alien or fantastical race? Just take an animal and use it as inspiration. Ask yourself this question: ''Are they considered to be a cat/dog/lizard or are they considered to be a distinct species in their own right?'' If the former, then it's likely this trope, if the latter, it's likely BeastMan. For a more detailed analysis, refer [[Analysis/FunnyAnimal to the analysis page.]]
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28	Practically any cartoon series from UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation, or video games aimed at children younger than 13 have at least one such character.
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30	Funny Animal is the technical term used by cartoonists to refer to the genre and characters. Note that the "funny" in the title isn't literal: Funny Animals can be serious characters too, and an animal who is funny is not necessarily a Funny Animal.
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32	Also note that this is a character trope, meaning that the character isn't supposed to be a human + animal features InUniverse. For that, see {{Animorphism}} or HalfHumanHybrid.
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34	Frequently overlaps with AnimalSuperheroes. May live in a WorldOfFunnyAnimals. May suffer from CarnivoreConfusion and FurryConfusion.
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36	For further tropes pertaining to funny animals, furries and the tropes that appear frequently in their genres, see FunnyAnimalTropes. Compare IntellectualAnimal. Closely related to BeastFable, which is the ancient form of the genre.
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38	!!Example subpages:
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40	[[index]]
41	* FunnyAnimal/WesternAnimation
42	[[/index]]
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44	!!Other examples:
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46	[[foldercontrol]]
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48	[[folder:Advertising]]
49	* Elsie the Cow was a popular mascot for Borden-brand dairy products in the 20th century. In at least one of her incarnations, she was speaking, living in a house, and wearing clothes, and her son was riding a bicycle.
50	* ''Advertising/SexualViolenceWithTheBirdsAndTheBees'': The bird and bees are humanoid in shape and stature -- two arms, two legs, and five fingers on each hand. The bees have human-like mouths instead of mandibles.
51	* Advertising/TommyMcAnairey and his family are all anthropomorphic canaries. Tommy himself sings traditional ballads on the subject of carbon monoxide awareness.
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54	[[folder:Anime and Manga]]
55	* ''Manga/{{Beastars}}'': The core premise of the series is exploring the idea of a world inhabited by funny animals taken to its logical conclusion. Almost every single world-building decision serves this fundamental concept... except Imaginary Chimeras... [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment but we don't talk about those]].
56	* In the first anime adaptation of ''Manga/DragonBall'' anthropomorphic Funny and Talking Animals are common. Oolong (a pig) and Puar (a cat) start off as two of Goku's close companions, and the King of the World (it's a FictionalEarth) is a dog. With a mustache.
57	* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}''
58	** In [[Anime/PokemonTheSeries the anime]], Meowth of the Team Rocket trio taught himself "human talk" and how to stand on his hind legs, all for the love of a female Meowth named Meowzie who said that a human could do more for her than anything he could (as in, the food, housing and adoration), only to be rejected as now she considers him a freak.
59	** In ''Manga/TheElectricTaleOfPikachu'', a story arc centers around the kitten of the very same Meowzie; she's found in a Poké Ball the gang purchases (unable to get captured herself, the mother pops her kitten into an unsold ball to ensure that whoever finds her will give her a good home). When Team Rocket, and thus Meowth, come around making trouble, Meowth meets this kitten and instantly sees her mother in her face and shining coin. Then she tells him it's creepy how he acts like he's a human. Oh heartbreak.
60	** Mewtwo seems quite human-like, but his psychic powers make that easy. In ''Manga/PokemonAdventures'', he actually has Blaine's DNA and is thus a HalfHumanHybrid.
61	* ''Anime/PrincessTutu'''s Mr. Cat looks exactly as his name implies, and occasionally meows and cleans himself with his paws, but is otherwise a marriage-obsessed ballet instructor. While he is the most prominent one and has the most screen time, there are other guest characters that also fall under this trope.
62	* ''Manga/ShirokumaCafe'' is pretty much about this, as well as their interactions with humans.
63	** Inverted with Mr. Shoebill from Episode 8. He does not talk or act anthropomorphosized, but he is still sentient as the Funny Animal characters and is the editor in chief of a local food magazine.
64	** Is lampshaded in one episode where a nameless human (Nicknamed Mr. Necktie) visits from out of town. And is bewildered that animals can walk and talk and tries to study them. (Despite it's been shown that Funny Animals are everywhere in that universe)
65	* ''Manga/TwilightStarSuiAndNeri'': Animals [[spoiler:in Tetsunagi]] are seen co-existing with humans in TheFuture. They all speak, wear clothing, do day-to-day duties and talk like humans. [[spoiler:However, ''outside'' of Tetsunagi is the very opposite where virtually no animals are sapient in other cities. This is mostly due to Tetsunagi being firstly created from a union between sentient animals and humans originating from a research lab.]]
66	%% * ''Many'' of the other characters in ''Anime/SuzysZooDaisukiWitzy''.
67	* ''Anime/UsagichanDeCue'': Benten Chou is an irritable little runt who was merged with a dog. Unlike the nekomimi, his animal form has face fur, an elongated snout, and a dog's nose in addition to canine ears and tail.
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70	[[folder:Asian Animation]]
71	* In ''Animation/HappyHeroes'', there are several funny animals throughout the series, such as the anthropomorphic cows on Planet Xing and the dog and cat aliens from Planets Wangcai and Miaomei respectively from Season 7 (though the latter group has multiple moments of FurryReminder).
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74	[[folder:Comic Books]]
75	* Looney Leo from ''Comicbook/AstroCity'' is a direct {{Expy}} of Tawky Tawny. A Golden Age theatrical cartoon character brought to life by a mad scientist's machine, he's had a rough time of it, but seems to be getting by okay these days.
76	* Biffo the Bear and Big Eggo from ''ComicBook/TheBeano''.
77	* DC Comics' ''ComicBook/CaptainCarrotAndHisAmazingZooCrew'', which contained several {{Continuity Nod}}s to the other Funny Animal comics DC published.
78	* ''ComicBook/CerebusTheAardvark'' as well as [[spoiler:the other two aardvarks in the series.]]
79	* In ''ComicBook/{{Circles}}'', species is purely aesthetic.
80	* Korky the Cat from ''ComicBook/TheDandy''.
81	* ''ComicBook/{{Horndog}}'': Creator [[Creator/IsaacBaranoff Isaac M. Baranoff]] specifically states that ''Horndog'' and ''ComicBook/HereWolf'' are "Funny ''Aminal''" comics.
82	* Marvel's Comicbook/HowardTheDuck is pretty grouchy about being "trapped in a world he never made!" and is mostly just trying to get by among us weird hairless apes.
83	%%* An early example is ''ComicStrip/KrazyKat'', running from 1913 to 1944.
84	* One of the earliest known funny animal characters would have to be [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Jack Mr.Jack]] created by Jimmy Swinnerton which ran from 1903 - 1935.
85	* ''ComicBook/PinkyAndPepperForever'' is a dark [[FanWorks fan comic]] set in a world of Funny Animals and starring two of the three characters from the ''Toys/PinkieCooperAndTheJetSetPets'' line.
86	* The titular Rupert Bear from ''ComicStrip/RupertBear''.
87	* The titular duo of ''ComicBook/SamAndMaxFreelancePolice''. Some characters, like Sal from [[VideoGame/SamAndMaxFreelancePolice the video games]], also qualify.
88	* ''ComicBook/{{Shazam}}'': Mr. Tawky Tawny is a very civilized version of this in the original ''Captain Marvel''. His origin has varied over the years, but he's generally pretty cheerful about being a humanoid tiger living among humans.
89	* ''ComicBook/{{Superlopez}}'': The Poet Ant is a humanoid radioactive [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin ant]] from ''El castillo de arena'' (''The Sand Castle'').
90	* Mickey the Monkey from ''The Topper''.
91	* Ziggy Pig and Silly Seal are two of Timely Comics' most popular funny animals from the UsefulNotes/GoldenAgeOfComicBooks. Creator/MarvelComics has attempted to revitalize them several times, with cameos in ''ComicBook/{{Deadpool}}'' and one-offs like ''ComicBook/ZiggyPigSillySealComics'' and ''Webcomic/ZiggyPigAndSillySeal2022''.
92	[[/folder]]
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94	[[folder:Films -- Animation]]
95	* ''WesternAnimation/AnimalSoccerWorld'' is [[AnthropomorphicZigZag inconsistent with the anthropomorphism of its characters]], but one notable exception is Harry the pelican, who is the size of a human, wears clothes, and has hair.
96	* The chickens in ''WesternAnimation/ChickenRun'' are difficult to categorize--the humans treat them just like any other chickens, but most of them wear at least one article of clothing and [[TheDitz the stupidest one]] is capable of knitting.
97	* ''WesternAnimation/TheGreatMouseDetective'': Apart from their size and MouseWorld, the cast could be replaced by humans and it wouldn't make any difference at all. Well, except for Toby who is a dog and Felicia who is a cat.
98	* Characters such as [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed Groucho Barx]], Olivia Ostrich, [[HonorableElephant Schnoz Ali]], Zebra, and [[JunglePrincess Dualot]] in ''WesternAnimation/JourneyThroughTheJungleOfWords''.
99	* The cast of ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda'' are living in a version of Ancient China where the citizens are sapient animals with varying level of anthropomorphism and amount of clothing. In particular, the characters use their animal attributes in their fighting styles, like Crane's wings or Po's [[KevLard body fat]].
100	* Disney's ''WesternAnimation/RobinHood1973'' is the story of ''Myth/RobinHood'' but with {{anthropomorphic animal\|Adaptation}} characters.
101	* The movie ''WesternAnimation/{{Sing}}'' consists of an entire cast of anthropomorphic animals including a koala, a sheep, some pigs, a gorilla, among many others. These animals live in a city, put on shows, and seldom have any furry reminders or even behavioral quirks/gags related to any of their species, save for Ash's quills (her being a porcupine) being a slight nuisance to others.
102	* ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse'':
103	** ComicBook/SpiderHam, unlike the other Spiders, is an anthropomorphic pig who was pulled from an AlternateTooniverse. Because of this, he also happens to operate on ToonPhysics, which he can weaponize to great effect.
104	** The sequel, ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManAcrossTheSpiderVerse'' doubles down on this, with the appearance of [[ComicBook/MarvelApes Spider-Monkey]], Spider-Cat, and to a lesser extent, the Werewolf Spider-Man.
105	* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}}'' the basic premise is that human beings never existed and non-human mammals evolved to develop sapience, bipedal locomotion, opposable thumbs, and the ability to speak, ending up as civilized animals with very human-like lifestyles and society but still drawing much more heavily on their animalistic traits than is usually seen with this trope.
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108	[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
109	* The rabbits in ''Film/{{HOP}}'' walk on two legs, wear clothes, live in houses, and can communicate with humans.
110	* Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse:
111	** {{Deconstructed}} by Rocket Raccoon. He's a walking, talking raccoon that can stand on two legs, hold and fire heavy weaponry, pilot spacecraft, and so on because he had multiple painful experiments performed on him in the past.
112	---> '''Rocket:''' I didn't ask to get made! I didn't ask to be torn apart and put back together over and over and turned into some... some little ''monster!''
113	** Played straight with ComicBook/HowardTheDuck in his handful of short appearances.
114	** ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol3'' expands upon Rocket's past and reveals that the BigBad, the High Evolutionary, engineers a race of intelligent anthropomorphic animals on "Counter-Earth" for his mad goal of creating perfected civilizations.
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117	[[folder:Literature]]
118	* Cheese the Dog and Rare Cheese from Creator/TakashiYanase's ''Literature/{{Anpanman}}'' series are dogs that act like humans, but aren't fully capable of speaking like the other characters in the series.
119	* The animals from ''Literature/AnimalFarm'' start out as {{Nearly Normal Animal}}s that serve as livestock to humans, but they are [[AmplifiedAnimalAptitude intelligent enough to stand up against their human oppressors]]. However, as the plot progresses, the pigs pick up more and more humanlike characteristics; they learn to read and write, live in houses, sleep in beds, walk bipedally and ultimately wear clothing. By the end, as the book explicitly spells out, they are indistinguishable from humans.
120	* ''Literature/BlackDogs'' has Funny Dogs, Ferrets, Wolverines, Badgers, Polar Bears, Hyenas, ''Giant Ground Sloths'', and it is implied that humans are just another breed of Funny Animal that resemble monkeys.
121	* ''Literature/BraveStory'' has quite a large population of these. Of course, they're [[FantasticRacism looked down upon by some.]]
122	%%* All the characters in ''Literature/ElephantAndPiggie''.
123	* ''Literature/FairestOfAll'': Animals in general seem to be capable of speech and human-like thought in the setting. Brogan, an otter, is the one that appears most but even some ants speak and help out in return for being done a favor in the past (along with a jaguar).
124	* The characters in the ''Literature/GeronimoStilton'' series, who are mice but act like humans. The main character, for example, runs a newspaper agency. Interestingly, though the first books seemed to indicate it was a MouseWorld, taking place largely on a fictional island and with the characters being scared of proportionally-sized cats, later books indicate that it's supposed to be "Earth, but everyone is a mouse", with characters visiting locations like London and Paris.
125	* ''Literature/HildaAndRichie'' are two cartoon foxes wearing clothes and living in a mansion.
126	* ''Literature/KattVsDogg'' is set in a world populated by animal people, and not just cats and dogs (though there are those).
127	* ''Literature/KoziolekMatolek''. Oddly enough, in the first few illustrations he is apparently an ordinary goat like the others, and suddenly becomes anthropomorphic once he goes on his quest.
128	* The bar in Didjabringabeeralong in ''Literature/TheLastContinent'' is run by a crocodile, and the clientele includes a flock of sheep in t-shirts (one of which has a slogan advertising a brand of hay), and a giant wombat who gets into an altercation with Rincewind. None of this is entirely explained, although Scrappy hints it's got something to do with how time is mixed up in [=FourEcks=].
129	* The nursery characters living in Reading in the ''Literature/NurseryCrime'' series include bears, tortoises and hares, with the bears at least living in human society (albeit with some prejudice and strict dietary restrictions).
130	* ''The Legend of Podkin One-Ear'' is a fantasy novel about rabbits. It wouldn't require much of a rewrite to make it about {{hobbits}}.
131	* Findus the cat in ''Literature/PettsonAndFindus'' is this, he's basically a small child in a cat's body.
132	* ''Literature/PrideWars'': The Singas are a race of bipedal lions.
133	%%* The works of Creator/RichardScarry, particularly the ''Busytown'' books.
134	* All of the animals characters (With the exception of the Mcduff books) that appear in books made by Creator/RosemaryWells.
135	* ''Literature/SheilaRaeTheBrave'': The main cast are all anthropomorphic animals, though it's unclear if they're mice or rats.
136	* ''Literature/SpectralShadows'' has a bunch of these in Serial 11. Going off the Synopsis Page on the Live Journal site, they're also slated to appear in other serials.
137	* The world of Alan Dean Foster's ''Literature/{{Spellsinger}}'' novels fall under this trope, with species that lack manipulative appendages (such as most hoofed mammals) falling more under CivilizedAnimal instead.
138	* The main character of ''The Straggler's Mask'' is some kind of a rabbit... dog... thing.
139	* In ''Literature/SummerInOrcus'', the population of Orcus includes a nation of anthropomorphic birds. There was also a nation of anthropomorphic dogs, but they were wiped out by Zultan in the backstory.
140	* ''Literature/WhoWetMyPants'': The main characters are animals but behave like humans.
141	* ''Literature/{{Wicked}}'' makes an important distinction between animals, who are your average unintelligent beings, and Animals, who are this.
142	* ''Literature/TheWildOnes'' features an entire city filled with animals who can talk, wear clothes, run shops, and even be part of a gang. Yet said city takes place within a much larger human city, and the animals frequently have to worry about traps the humans put out and getting captured by animal catchers.
143	* Later parts in the story ''Literature/TheWindInTheWillows'' like Toad's car and Toad Hall.
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146	[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
147	* ''Series/AdventuresInWonderland'' 's White Rabbit counted as this. Oddly enough, the March Hare in the same show [[SlidingScaleOfAnthropomorphism was more humanoid]].
148	%%* {{Creator/Studio100}} series ''Bobo'' features anthropomorphic bunnies.
149	* In the spin-off to ''Series/KabouterPlop'' called ''Plop & de Peppers'' all three of the animal friends that is with Plop appear this way.
150	%%* Every character in ''Series/ZoobileeZoo''.
151	%%* All three of the main characters from Creator/{{Studio100}}'s ''Wizzy & Woppy''.
152	* ''Series/TheMagicians2016'': Fillory has many, of every common species. Apparently many of them also have relationships with human Fillorians.
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155	[[folder:Music]]
156	* With the exception of vocalist Ranko, every Music/{{Butaotome}} member has an anthropomorphic animal persona: Paprika is a cat, Comp is a polar bear and Ranko no Ane is a [[AmazingTechnicolorWildlife pink]] rabbit.
157	* ''Music/KidsPraise'':
158	** Charity Churchmouse is simultaneously a mouse and a gospel singer. She lampshades this at one point:
159	---> '''Psalty''': My ''dog'' is flying the plane?!
160	---> '''Charity''': I'm a mouse. What's the difference?
161	** Risky Rat, the go-to villain for the series, also appears to be this. In his visual appearances, he's covered in fur and has a tail.
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164	[[folder:Mythology and Religion]]
165	* OlderThanDirt: The Ancient Egyptians apparently liked funny animals. The story of ''The Mouse As Vizier'' features talking animals who have a very human political system, and several papyri depict animals such as mice, cats, hyenas, antelope, crocodiles, donkeys, monkeys, and lions playing board games, using weapons, drinking out of goblets, and playing musical instruments. Except for standing on their hind legs, they aren't anthropomorphic at all. And they completely ignore natural predator-prey relationships. They even herd livestock and ride chariots [[FurryConfusion pulled by normal animals.]]
166	* A fancy Sumerian lyre, dated to c. 2600 BCE, features inlay scenes that depict funny animals. A bear, jackal, and donkey play music, while a lion and an antelope serve beverages. Except for standing on their hind legs and having hands, they look like normal animals.
167	[[/folder]]
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169	[[folder:Pinball]]
170	* In ''Pinball/PoliceForce'', almost everyone is a Funny Animal, wearing little to no clothing and exhibiting natural body proportions.
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173	[[folder:Podcasts]]
174	* ''Podcast/InterstitialActualPlay'' has the party visit a ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' world and thus change form accordingly. Marche becomes a Cockatiel, Edith becomes a mouse, and Criss Angel becomes a bat. Subverted with Roxanne, who is already an anthropomorphic dog-person. She becomes human.
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177	[[folder:Print Media]]
178	* ''Website/TheOnion'' published an excellent article based on this trope in the editorial section, titled [[http://www.theonion.com/articles/stop-anthropomorphizing-me,11459/ "Stop Anthropomorphizing Me"]], written by Gerald the Dog.
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181	[[folder:Puppet Shows]]
182	* Kermit (and other frogs), Piggy (and other pigs), Fozzie, Rowlf, and assorted other characters on ''Series/TheMuppetShow''. (Scooter, Bunsen, the band and the Whatnots are [[CartoonCreature probably meant to be humanish]], Statler, Waldorf and the Swedish Chef are definitely Muppet humans, and Gonzo is ... whatever.)
183	* ''Series/LeBebeteShow'', a puppet show that satirized UsefulNotes/{{French politic\|al system}}s of TheEighties with a number of puppets being inspired by characters from ''The Muppet Show''.
184	* Series/TopoGigio is an Italian franchise very popular in the [[LatinLand Latin World]] about a funny mouse who uses different kind of clothes (including pajamas and a sleeping hat), lives in a house with proportionally made furniture and even has a [[FurryConfusion miniature pet cat]].
185	* The cast of ''Series/DonkeyHodie'' is a group of animals who act like humans. Aside from the titular donkey protagonist, the series features animals such as pandas, dogs, ducks, dragons and cows, all of them which display human mannerisms.
186	[[/folder]]
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188	[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
189	* [[https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/738542624197181472/811910289368940634/tjube3rng6b31.png This]] ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' features an unusual example where the Funny Animal is just a normal animal who acts like a human in a world of humans. [[ADogNamedDog Bearington]] had maxed out his [[MasterOfDisguise disguise skill]] to successfully make himself appear human, and his bluff skill to let him fake speaking English by growling and gesturing. He later hired a butler and gave him a magic item that let him [[SpeaksFluentAnimal speak Bear]] so he could act as a translator. Bearington would eventually be knighted by the queen for his heroic deeds. At the following banquet celebrating his knighthood, a random guest was the first and only person to ever make a high enough Perception roll to see through the disguise. [[CassandraTruth He was arrested by the castle guards for his outrageous insult against the venerable Sir Bearington]].
190	* In ''TabletopGame/{{Wanderhome}}'', the player characters and the NPC "kith" are animal-folk, who are depicted in the artwork as bipedal, capable of manual manipulation, and of human intelligence. Insects and other bugs stand in as the FantasticFaunaCounterpart.
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193	[[folder:Toys]]
194	%%* Toys/{{Fabuland}}, a [[BuiltWithLego LEGO]] theme from the [[TheEighties 80s]].
195	* Certain characters from ''Toys/GoGosCrazyBones'' are this trope. Case in point: Lucky Rab, an anthropomorphic rabbit.
196	* ''Toys/PinkieCooperAndTheJetSetPets'' is a fashion doll line featuring furry dogs.
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199	[[folder:Video Games]]
200	* It'd be easier to list the few human characters in ''Franchise/AnimalCrossing'' as the sheer number of examples of funny animals in each entry in the series (including Japan-only villagers) put together could possibly fill up half of this page alone (let's just say the game's title is well deserved). The [[TokenHuman only human(s)]] in the games are the PlayerCharacter(s) and presumably their parents.
201	* Most of the characters in the ''VideoGame/BanjoKazooie'' series are this, including the titular bear and bird, [[TheDitz Captain]] [[ThisLoserIsYou Blubber]] & [[FatIdiot Boggy]].
202	* ''VideoGame/BeyondGoodAndEvil'' has these for most of the NPC's: Pig-men, shark-men, walrus-men, etc. Taking pictures of them with the camera names their species in the form of "[Species] Sapien." ''VideoGame/BeyondGoodAndEvil2'', a prequel to ''Beyond Good and Evil'' reveals that they were genetically engineered slave labor designed to withstand hostile alien environments.
203	* ''VideoGame/BrutalPawsOfFury'', a game that came out during the 16-bit fighting game boom, has a cast entirely made up of funny animals (most of them {{Half Dressed Cartoon Animal}}s)
204	* ''VideoGame/{{Bug\|1995}}''. Most of the arthropod enemies in the game aren't, though.
205	* The Mimigas from ''VideoGame/CaveStory'' are rabbit-people. Other than subsisting on flowers ([[HalfDressedCartoonAnimal and not wearing pants]]) they don't act any different than their human neighbors. (And at least two of them are humans who were magically transformed.)
206	* ''VideoGame/CoolCoolToon'' has a pink and white rabbit-creature called Yusa who brings the human protagonists to Cool Cool Town. She stands out as one of the few residents of Cool Cool Town who isn't a monster.
207	%%* ''VideoGame/CrashBandicoot'', well, to an extent, with Ripper Roo and Tiny Tiger who avert this somewhat.
208	* In ''VideoGame/CreepyCastle'', a good part of the cast are bugs like the hero, Moth.
209	* ''VideoGame/CrusaderKingsII'': Any number of GoodBadBugs involving Glitterhoof and Horse M.D., a pair of horses added as randomly generated characters in the ''Conclave'' and ''Reaper's Due'' {{DLC}}s. By abusing a couple of loopholes in the rules[[note]]They both have a "Horse" trait that is supposed to prevent them from being landed or marrying and producing offspring with nominally human characters, but this doesn't stop you from educating children in Horse culture and then landing them, nor Catholic rulers from nominating them as heirs to bishoprics.[[/note]], you can generate entire dynasties of horses that are as playable as any other, leading to such utter lunacy as [[http://kotaku.com/that-time-a-horse-conquered-the-ancient-world-1757913762 Empress Rainbow Dash of the (restored) Roman Empire]].
210	* ''VideoGame/{{Cuphead}}'': Ribby and Croaks and Porkrind are examples of funny animals, and the DLC adds the Howling Aces to the list. The rest of the animal bosses are {{Civilized Animal}}s (or outright {{Talking Animal}}s in the case of Wally Warbles and Grim Matchstick) since their species informs their behavior and setting.
211	%%* ''VideoGame/DarkChronicle''. Dr. Dell.
212	%%* Some characters (but not all) in ''VideoGame/DynamiteDux''.
213	* In ''VideoGame/{{Frebbventure}}'', pretty much the entire population of Earth has been transformed into beastmen, a form of animal-human hybrid. This includes catmen, deermen, possummen, and even anteatermen. Late game story cutscenes reveal this is the doing of [[BigBad Ulcethot]], with the implication he mostly did so for a laugh. [[spoiler: The implication that he was splicing his own DNA into the population does raise the implication this may have been done for experimentation with [[KiManipulation Xell]]. As well, Rose was around as a kitsune ''before'' Ulcethot even came to Earth, raising further questions as to whether or not this was due to genetic experimentation after all.]]
214	* ''VideoGame/GodOfWarRagnarok'' introduces Ratatoskr, the mythical squirrel that resides on Yggdrasil. He appears as a larger-than-average squirrel dressed in travel wear and with an [[EyepatchOfPower eyepatch]], and his animations and dialogue are overall [[NonStandardCharacterDesign more cartoony and whimsical]] compared to the gritty presentation the series is known for. (He's also voiced by internet comedian and voice actor Creator/SungWonCho.)
215	* ''VideoGame/HappylandAdventures'': The protagonist is an anthropomorphic dog, befitting their role in guiding the Happylanders to a safety zone like a sheepdog gathering and herding sheep.
216	%%* ''VideoGame/InheritTheEarth'': The entire cast is like this, more or less, due to humans being extinct.
217	* ''VideoGame/{{Inkulinati}}'': The majority of the Beasts are animals of some variety, which walk around like people, wear a few articles of clothing, and carry weapons and other tools.
218	* ''VideoGame/KeroBlaster'': The protagonist is a bipedal frog wearing nothing but a necktie, and his boss and his scientist co-worker are both talking cats that stand on two legs and wear a suit and a lab coat respectively.
219	* ''VideoGame/{{Lugaru}}'' and its sequel ''VideoGame/{{Overgrowth}}'' features a cast full of these, and it's heavily implied that the game takes place [[ApocalypseHow after the fall of mankind]].
220	* The characters of ''VideoGame/{{Night in the Woods}}'' are all visually represented as funny animals, fittingly rendered in a charming [[Creator/RichardScarry Busytown]]-esque art style.
221	* In ''VideoGame/OdinSphere'', the Pooka are rabbit-folk the size of dwarves that talk and walk like humans. [[spoiler: It makes sense seeing as they're actually humans who were cursed into that form.]]
222	* In ''VideoGame/{{Overcooked}},'' many of the unlockable chefs are animal people, such as cats and dogs, bears, lizards, and a raccoon in a wheelchair.
223	* ''VideoGame/{{Paladins}}'':
224	** Pip the Rogue Alchemist is a vulpin, a species of humanoid fennec foxes who hail from a small agricultural village called Brightmarsh. While most vulpines are family-oriented and keep to themselves, Pip is an orphan with a desire to adventure outside his hometown.
225	** Pepper, a DistaffCounterpart to Pip, added in Battle Pass 3. Pepper comes from an alternate universe, and came into Pips Universe while he was experimenting in his workshop. While she is ostensibly just a very fancy skin for Pip, Pepper has unique character icons on related emotes and on the gameplay HUD, something no other character skin does. Because of this, the game treats the two as two separate characters.
226	** Moji is a leipori, a humanoid rabbit species who are attuned to nature. While the rest of the leipori fled to the forests to avoid getting involved in the war raging across the Realm, Moji took it upon herself to summon the great nature spirits to defend the world. Humorously, she gets really excited about meeting Pip, complementing his fur and tail.
227	* ''VideoGame/PenguinDiner'': Penny and the customers are all penguins who wear clothing, and in the sequel as well, chefs are also a thing and they aren't penguins, the penguins have been seen watching TV, ordering off menus and paying according to their satisfaction.
228	* Morgana from ''VideoGame/{{Persona 5}}'' is a [[TalkingAnimal Talking Cat]] that sits in chairs, picks locks, shows you how to make thief tools like smoke bombs, and learns to be an auto mechanic in his spare time. In the MentalWorld of the Palace, he also turns into an anthropomorphized form that walks on two legs, fights with swords and slingshots, and wears a bandanna and a UtilityBelt.
229	%%* Pretty much everyone in ''VideoGame/{{Pizza Express}}''
230	* Roughly half the playable characters in ''VideoGame/RivalsOfAether'': Zetterburn and Forsburn (lion and hyena respectively), Wrastor (BirdPeople), Absa (goat), Kragg (rhinoceros beetle), Maypul (raccoon), Clairen (panther), Ranno (frog), Mollo (moth), and Pomme and Olympia (mice). Orcane, Etalus, Sylvanos, Eliana, and Hodan are exceptions, being {{Civilized Animal}}s instead (or an UpliftedAnimal in Sylvanos's case). {{VideoGame/Ori\|AndTheBlindForest}} is a CartoonCreature, and VideoGame/ShovelKnight is... it's unclear.
231	* Several [=NPCs=] in ''VideoGame/ShovelKnight'' are anthropomorphized versions of such animals like horses, deer, peacocks, goats, roosters, frogs, hedgehogs, and rams. Shovel Knight himself may or may not be an anthropomorphic fish.
232	* ''Franchise/SlyCooper'': Everybody -- most are humanoid animals, with some variants as deemed stylistically appropriate. The Contessa is the greatest departure, being a spider-centaur creature, while Arpeggio the parrot and Sir Raleigh the frog are essentially unmodified animals.
233	* ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' stars various Funny Animal characters who live alongside humans. Sonic's "animal friends" from the classic games are the exception (they're {{Partially Civilized Animal}}s).
234	* ''VideoGame/TailConcerto'', ''VideoGame/{{Solatorobo}}'' and ''VideoGame/FugaMelodiesOfSteel'' are set in a world of {{floating continent}}s in the sky, populated by dog-people and cat-people. While they mostly act like humans, the dogs are prone to chewing on bones and their national pastime seems to be frisbee-catching.
235	* ''VideoGame/ToontownOnline'' is an MMORPG based around Funny Animals.
236	* ''VideoGame/TyTheTasmanianTiger'', [[FollowTheLeader much like]] ''VideoGame/CrashBandicoot'', both of them starring obscure Australian mammals.
237	* The majority of monsters in ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'' are anthropomorphized animals like goats, dogs, cats, fish, etc. Some of them play the trope fully straight while others are basically semi intelligent but still act mostly animal.
238	* ''VideoGame/UrbanRivals'': Most of the cast is human, but all of the Jungo clan falls under this.[[/folder]]
239
240	[[folder:Visual Novels]]
241	* Squeaker in ''VisualNovel/FleuretBlanc'', a dog who acts exactly like a human except for the occasional bark. Le Neuvieme even says he is a "perfect French gentleman". [[MagicalRealism Nobody except Kant finds this odd.]]
242	[[/folder]]
243
244	[[folder:Web Animation]]
245	* ''WebAnimation/ChickenAndMoose'' are these, though they also appear to be made of metal.
246	%% * ''WebAnimation/TheDamnFew.''
247	* ''WebAnimation/HappyTreeFriends'': All the characters are cute, colorful anthropomorphic animals that [[SpeakingSimlish talk in gibberish]]. They act very much like humans, although some have more animalistic traits than others (like the anteater trying to eat ants, who are also anthropomorphic).
248	%%* Administrivia/ZeroContextExample
249	* ''WebAnimation/{{Musophobia}}'':
250	** The main character is an anthropomorphic elephant who wears clothes, is bipedal, sleeps in a bed, has set up dozens of mouse traps around said bed, and displays very human expressions. If the character was a human, the short would largely stay the same, albeit loosing out on the reference to the ElephantsAreScaredOfMice belief.
251	** A more humanoid, cartoon mouse character in a suit and hat appears throughout the elephant's nightmare and they end up vomiting dozens of rodents onto the latter.
252	* ''WebAnimation/RabbitGames'': The main character, Percy, is an anthropomorphic rabbit.
253	[[/folder]]
254
255	[[folder:Webcomics]]
256	* ''Webcomic/ThirtyTwoKickUp'' is a FightingSeries that takes place in a world of 1930's-style funny animals living alongside humans.
257	* In ''Webcomic/AliceAndTheNightmare'', Rougina is served by a pack of fluffy, bipedal, talking and clothes-wearing rabbits.
258	* ''Webcomic/BugPudding'', with its inspiration firmly rooted in UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation, breathes this trope.
259	* ''Webcomic/CaribbeanBlue'' 's primary casts consist of nekomimis, hybrids, and a talking cat. Everyone else is just a generic guy and gal.
260	* ''Webcomic/PracticeMakesPerfect'' 's Funny animals are center stage.
261	* ''Webcomic/ChevalierTheQueensMouseketeer'' is a romantic fantasy adventure that features a cast of Funny Animals.
262	* In ''Webcomic/CorgiQuest'', anthropomorphic corgis seem to have filled the niche that humans normally fill.
263	%%* ''Webcomic/DanAndMabsFurryAdventures''
264	* Carson the Muskrat from ''Webcomic/DorkTower''. He doesn't wear clothes [[note]]except for uniforms at work or costumes at conventions[[/note]], but otherwise uses computers, gets jobs, drives cars, and functions socially like everyone else.
265	* ''Webcomic/TheDynamiteTwinsAndFriends''. Many of the characters, even in the larger Franchise/{{KGC Universe}} as a whole, are animals. Most of them have little to no clothing.
266	%%* The Demonic Duck from ''WebComic/ElGoonishShive''.
267	* Most of the cast in ''Webcomic/{{Endtown}}'', created from humans due to a mutating plague.
268	* In ''Webcomic/EverydayHeroes'', Summer's classmate is has a cow-like head and tail. She and her father are actually from another planet, yet no one comments on [[WeirdnessCensor their appearance]]. WordOfGod has it that other alien races fall under this trope (for example, [[spoiler: the "Dogs Of War"]]).
269	* ''Webcomic/TheEyeOfRamalach'' 's world is populated with anthropomorphic animals, most notably serpants and raccoons.
270	* Fillbert from ''Webcomic/{{Fillbert}}'', a cat, is hired for multiple jobs, and at one point says they don't do catlike things while updating their resumé.
271	* ''Webcomic/TheFuzzyPrincess'' is about a bunch of funny animals from a distant kingdom living with humans.
272	* ''Webcomic/GeorgeTheDragon'' is a Funny Animal, surrounded by Funny Animals.
273	* In ''Webcomic/{{Harkovast}}'', every character is a talking animal person, with each nation being made up of a particular animal. The only possible exception is the Nameless, whose species is indeterminate at the moment due to their all covering armour and helmets.
274	* ''Webcomic/TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob'' recently introduced a group of anthropomorphic talking animals of mysterious origins, the main one being a crow named Zimmy.
275	* ''Webcomic/TheKAMics'' Mr. & Mrs. Rockhound cartoons have anthropomorphic dogs in place of humans.
276	* ''Webcomic/{{Knighthood}}'' follows Joy's adventures to becoming a knight in the ''Webcomic/LasLindas'', which is populated with anthropomorphic animals.
277	* ''Webcomic/{{Lackadaisy}}'' is about a down-on-its-luck crime gang in Prohibition-era UsefulNotes/StLouis. Oh, and they're all anthropomorphic cats.
278	* The story of ''Webcomic/LasLindas'' follows Mora Linda's ongoing efforts to run a dairy farm. All the characters are anthropomorphic animals ranging from bovines to cats to rabbits.
279	%%* The cast of ''Webcomic/LastRes0rt''.
280	* ''Webcomic/{{Loserz}}'' is not a furry comic, but occasionally Max and Cecil have an appearance.
281	* The pathologically enthusiastic [[http://revfitz.com/comic/issue135/ sheep]] in ''Webcomic/MrSquare''.
282	* The Skrii'qek of ''Webcomic/NahastLandsOfStrife'' are a race of birds of prey who talk and act like humans.
283	* In the ''Webcomic/NoRestForTheWicked'', Perrault is a Funny Animal -- as opposed to the TalkingAnimal from the source FairyTale, Literature/PussInBoots.
284	* The entire cast of ''WebComic/OzyAndMillie''.
285	* Everyone in ''Webcomic/ThePackrat'' except for the Website/YouTube "celebrities" in [[http://www.umop.com/art/kb013.jpg the November 2010 strip]].
286	* ''Webcomic/{{Paprika}}'' 's primary casts consist of nekomimis, hybrids, and a talking cat. Everyone else is just a generic guy and gal.
287	* ''Webcomic/{{Pinch}}'' is a food-themed CyberPunk {{Dystopia}} with funny animal characters.
288	* ''WebComic/{{Precocious}}'' features a large cast of "superintelligent" children that happen to be made up of anthropomorphic canines and felines.
289	%%* ''Webcomic/RaeTheDoe'': The entire cast
290	* Outside the occasional human, the entire world of ''Webcomic/{{Rascals}}'' is populared with anthropomorphic animals with a focus on cats and rabbits.
291	* In ''Webcomic/RealmOfOwls'' the owl people's appearance follows owl anatomy for the most part, but they have some human-like attributes, such as [[HumanlikeHandAnatomy hands instead of wings]]. It is also hard to tell genders apart, for the differences are as minimal as with most of the real-life owl species.
292	* "Funny" may be [[CosmicHorrorStory a bit of a misnomer]] for ''Webcomic/RubyQuest'' and ''Webcomic/NanQuest'', but they do feature animals who for all intents and purposes act as humans.
293	%%* ''Webcomic/{{SERGOM}}'': the entire crew.
294	* Bun-Bun and Percy the Wooly Mammoth from ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'' are half-way between this and {{Talking Animal}}s. Percy even had his own psychiatric business.
295	* ''Webcomic/ThreeJaguars''. The jaguars are also personifications of the artist's impulses.
296	* ''Webcomic/TinaOfTheSouth'' 's world is populated with anthropomorphic animals.
297	* ''Tiny Kitten Teeth''- There are animals that actually exist as animals, alongside funny animals, usually no distinction between species aside from stature. Don't try to make logic of it.
298	* In ''Webcomic/UrbanUnderbrush'', the two rabbits dress in clothing and run an explosive business. The rest of the animals are {{Talking Animal}}s.
299	* ''Webcomic/VGCats'': Leo and Aeris are a pair of anthropomorphic cats. Their families are also anthropomorphic cats.
300	%%* All of the pets in ''Webcomic/VirtualPetPlanet''.
301	* When ''Webcomic/TheWhiteboard'' started, only the main cast were funny animals, while almost all of the rest of the cast were no-neck bubbleheaded humans with no distinctive facial features. The artist later experimented with more realistic humans, but then around 2012 went with the entire cast being funny animals, converting fan favorites [[ThoseTwoGuys Larry and Daryl]] from bubbleheads to squirrels without any commentary on the change InUniverse.
302	%%* ''Webcomic/WorkingDoodles'' includes many different examples.
303	* In ''Webcomic/YokokasQuest'', Yfa's siblings are nomadic animals who [[TalkingAnimal can talk]], wear [[HalfDressedCartoonAnimal some clothes]] or [[AccessoryWearingCartoonAnimal accessories]], stay in a furnished tent, own and presumably read books, make medicines, and so on. Yfa's family are later encountered living in an inn that the parents own and run.
304	%%* Most of the characters in ''Webcomic/YuckHeads'' are this.
305
306	[[/folder]]
307	[[folder:Web Original]]
308	%%* The furry characters in ''Roleplay/DarwinsSoldiers''.
309	%%* Some people are made into this as a result of over-exposure to a RIDE's Tail Growth Nanites in ''[=FreeRIDErs=]''
310	* In ''Literature/TheImpossibleMan'', Dom Coqui is a four foot tall talking frog.
311	* In ''WebVideo/KidTimeStorytime'', the teddy bear brothers Pink Bear, Red Bear, and Green Bear, and their grandmother Abuela Bear, are depicted as talking and bipedal.
312	* A third of the population of ''Literature/MetamorKeep'' is like this because of an unbreakable curse, though there have been other reasons such as [[VoluntaryShapeshifting other forms of magic]] and [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent being bitten a were critter]] for why they show up. The other two curses were [[FountainOfYouth being made several years younger]] [[OlderThanTheyLook and unable to age]] and [[GenderBender becoming the opposite sex]] though it's the funny animal curse that's the most common amongst the Keepers due to a mix of [[UsefulNotes/FurryFandom the writers' preference]] and because [[MostWritersAreMale Most of the writers are Adult Cisgendered Males]]
313	* In the ''WebOriginal/{{Paradise}}'' setting, humans are randomly, permanently transformed into Funny Animals (and occasionally [[GenderBender gender-changed]]) by causes unknown. A WeirdnessCensor renders these changes InvisibleToNormals, who continue to see the Changed as their original human selves (and genders), leading to a {{Masquerade}} on the part of the Changed in order to keep from being committed to mental institutions or worse. Eventually the WeirdnessCensor comes down, leading to TheUnmasquedWorld.
314	* ''Website/CollegeHumor'': {{Deconstructed}} and {{played for laughs}} with "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbs0vSwCWs8 Narnia Dogs Can't Stand]]", where the titular dogs not only try to stand but do other human things even though it's really unnecessary. When the children aren't looking they go right back to doing things like sniffing each other's butts or licking themselves.
315	* ''Literature/{{Plonqmas}}'': Applies to Plonq and all the other characters except for Santa Claus, who is the only human in these stories. They wear clothes, walk upright, consume human food, have human jobs, and generally behave like humans.
316	* Creator/JamieBarker has made a good few funny animal characters. Examples include characters from her games ''[[https://fakegamercomics.itch.io/moonpup2069 Moon Pup 2069]]'', ''[[https://fakegamercomics.itch.io/rebel-kitsune Rebel Kitsune]]'' and ''[[https://fakegamercomics.itch.io/kidcanarymidnighttower Kid Canary and the Midnight Tower]]'', as well as half the cast of her webcomic ''[[https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/chillzoo/list?title_no=641780 Chillzoo]]''.
317	[[/folder]]

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