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6	->'''Mulan:''' My ancestors sent a little lizard to help me?\
7	'''Mushu:''' Hey, dragon, ''dragon''! Not lizard. I don't do that tongue thing. ''[Does that tongue thing.]''
8	-->-- ''WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}}''
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10	A TalkingAnimal (or at least someone who looks like one) is constantly mistaken for another species as a RunningGag. Often, it can be their BerserkButton, particularly if they consider it a FantasticSlur. This trope often leads to InsistentTerminology or HaveIMentionedIAmADwarfToday.
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12	The {{Trope Namer\|s}} is ''WesternAnimation/CowAndChicken'' spinoff ''WesternAnimation/IAmWeasel''. Not to be confused with IAmNotShazam. Compare with SonOfAnApe, a variant by which comparing humans to other primates is considered insulting. Contrast with the {{inversion}}, AssInALionSkin, for when an animal ''wants'' to be taken for another species.
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14	See MistakenEthnicity and MistakenNationality when it is happening with humans for ethnicities or nationalities respectively, or AccidentalMisnaming when dealing with proper names, or IAmNotSpock when dealing with actors and their characters. See also ADogNamedCat, where an animal is named after a species it's clearly not. If it's the viewers that are confusing a character's species, then that's ViewerSpeciesConfusion.
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22	* One Australian Advertising/CompareTheMeerkat spot has a pest control man hunt down Aleksandr and Sergei because he thinks they're possums. The meerkats get chased out of their home, and Aleksandr spends the entire time ranting about how offensive it is to be mistaken for a possum.
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26	* ''Manga/AyakashiTriangle'': Shirogane is a white cat [[OurSpiritsAreDifferent ayakashi]], but he's so plump that Reo thought he was some kind of pig, and he angrily correct her ("I'm a noble white cat!"). [[BrickJoke Much later]], [[spoiler:Yayo]] starts to gain the ability to see ayakashi, and identifies Shirogane's faint silhouette as "something that resembles a white piglet".
27	* A quite literal example in ''Anime/BNABrandNewAnimal'': Marie Itami insists that she is ''not'' a weasel, she is a ''mink''!
28	** [[AssInALionSkin Inverted]] with main character Michiru Kagemori, who insists that she's a raccoon, not a tanuki. Everyone else is quick to point out, [[spoiler: even before she starts delving into magical shapeshifting ala mythical tanuki]], that she's obviously in denial. She's adamant about this due to hating tanukis when she used to be human.
29	* In ''Anime/DigimonDataSquad'', Masaru's little sister calls Gaomon a dog, prompting him to point out "Would a dog wear boxing gloves?"
30	* A running gag in ''Manga/{{Doraemon}}'': when someone first meets Doraemon, they think he's a tanuki. This makes Doraemon really mad since he's a robotic cat without ears, and on those occasions he literally spells out this trope by name. To the point that when he, Nobita, and Shizuka gets held captive by bird soldiers in the movie ''Anime/DoraemonNobitaAndTheWingedBraves'', Doraemon cries in joy because the soldier correctly identified him as a cat.
31	* In ''Anime/DragonBallZ'', Goku mistakes the cricket sprite Gregory for a grasshopper, much to the latter's annoyance.
32	* Fritz the Bitter Goblin in the ''Anime/DuelMasters'' dub gets very upset when he's called a squirrel.
33	* Val of ''Anime/FairyMusketeers'' would like to remind us that he's a ''wolf'', not a dog. (Even if the domestic dog is ''still'' genetically a clear ''canis lupus'', that is, a wolf.)
34	* In the ''Manga/FairyTail X [[Manga/RaveMaster Rave]]'' crossover, Elie calls the talking cat Happy a bug, much to his annoyance.
35	* In ''Anime/FreshPrettyCure'', Tarte, a ferret, rages at Inori for calling him a ghost.
36	* In ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'', Xiao May is thought to be a cat by everyone in Amestris, but she's really a tiny panda bear. Note that the Chinese word for panda literally means "bear-cat".
37	* ''Anime/GatchamanCrowds'', Pai ''really'' doesn't like it pointed out that he resembles an adorable baby panda.
38	* ''Manga/InuYasha'':
39	** In the episode "The Mysterious, Lecherous Monk" , Inuyasha and Miroku persist in referring to a weasel demon as a "raccoon dog" (tanuki) even when he tries to remind them that "I'm a ''weasel'', dang it!" This despite the fact that one of Miroku's oldest friends (and frequent accomplices) ''is'' a tanuki, so you'd think he'd know the difference.
40	** It's also a RunningGag that Shippo is constantly mistaken for a {{tanuki}} or a squirrel, leading to him saying "I'm a [[AsianFoxSpirit kitsune]]!" (i.e. a fox).
41	** From a different episode:
42	--->'''Villagers:''' Are you in league with that cat demon? ''(Meaning Kirara.)''\
43	'''Inuyasha:''' Who're you calling a ''cat'' demon?!
44	** In another episode, the gang have to fight a tribe of panther demons. Much to them, and their more human like leaders' anger, the main characters often call them cat demons.
45	--->'''Shippo:''' It's the cat demons from the west!\
46	'''Tora:''' Huh? cat demons? My friend and I are panther demons. Don't lump us with ordinary cats or you'll make us angry.
47	** In one of the episodes with the Thunder Brothers, Shippo transforms into a bow. Kagome thinks he turned into a snail...
48	* In ''Anime/Jewelpet2009'', it's a RunningGag that Aqua, a clownfish Jewelpet, keeps getting mistaken for a goldfish. He does ''not'' take kindly to this. (Ironically, his VerbalTic of saying "-gyo" at the end of every sentence derives from "kingyo", which is Japanese for "goldfish".)
49	** This trait still applies to him in ''Anime/JewelpetTwinkle''. But in addition to it, whenever Labra (A polar bear Jewelpet) is in the human world, she is sometimes mistaken for a dog, or is called one by Akari to cover up the fact that she's a bear cub.
50	* ''Manga/JoujuuSenjinMushibugyou'', this trope is deconstructed with Kikyou during the Anthill Invasion arc: despite being a [[MothMenace moth type insect woman]] with all that comes with it, she's adamant in referring to herself as a butterfly and becomes angry and vulgar should someone point out that she isn't. However, she's so deluded with being a butterfly that during the final clash against Isshin she blissfully believe she can dodge all his gun shots by fluttering in a confusing, graceful pattern like butterflies do... while in truth, she really can't, leading to her demise.
51	* ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha'':
52	** Zafira is a wolf man mistaken for a dog every so often, even from his [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld long-time]] allies. Technically, he [[SleepModeSize takes the form of a small dog]] while on Earth, having been convinced by Arf that it's less intimidating than his wolf form. He also prefers to be called a "[[GuardianEntity guardian beast]]" rather than a "{{familiar}}"--an even finer distinction, which Fate's wolf familiar Arf claims to be different ''only'' in terminology.
53	-->'''Vita:''' I'm jealous of Zafira, it's so convenient being a dog...\
54	'''Zafira:''' ...I'm a wolf.
55	** Yuuno often appears in ferret form, and is occasionally taken for a {{familiar}}. In reality, he's a shapeshifting mage.
56	* ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'':
57	** Half-Dog Demon Kotarô usually prefers to call himself a lone wolf.
58	** Chamo, from the same series, is an ermine. ''Anime/NegimaSecondSeason'' combines this trope with RunningGag and InsistentTerminology when the girls of class 3-A refer to him as a rat. [[note]]He has a right to be upset. Rats and ermines aren't even the same species.[[/note]]
59	* Happens in ''Anime/TheNoozles'' when an elderly (and nearly blind) woman sees Blinky and freaks out, thinking he's a giant mole, which she's apparently afraid of. Blinky tries to explain to her that he's actually a koala, which just freaks her out even more, exclaiming "And it talks too!" And with that, she faints. It becomes a RunningGag for the remainder of the episode every time she encounters him.
60	* Horus from ''Anime/OhSuddenlyEgyptianGod'' gets visibly upset whenever he's compared to a penguin (thanks to the chibi character designs).
61	* In ''Anime/{{Ojarumaru}}'', Kisuke is an oni, but looks enough like a chick that others tend to mistake him for that species, much to his dismay.
62	-->'''Kisuke:''' Kii-kun is not a chick, ppii!
63	* ''Anime/OnegaiMyMelody'', Baku the tapir is constantly mistaken for an eggplant, since he's purple.
64	* ''Manga/OnePiece'''s Tony Tony Chopper is frequently mistaken for a tanuki/raccoon-dog in his hybrid form and a yeti (at least once) in human form. His real form is that of a small anthropomorphic reindeer. Franky has also referred to him as a "Gorilla" and even "Gorilla-Deer" when he realizes he's a Devil Fruit user. In ''Anime/BaronOmatsuriAndTheSecretIsland'', the Tearoom Pirates and the Baron mistake him for an otter. Constantly having to correct people has really started to [[BerserkButton piss him off]].
65	* Happens to Misty in the dub of ''Anime/PokemonTheOriginalSeries'', when a [[WildChild kid]] [[RaisedByWolves raised by Kangaskhan]] mistakes her for a Pokémon, much to her chagrin (in the Japanese version, he asked about drinking from her breasts).
66	* ''Manga/SetonAcademyJoinThePack'': Jin calls Ranka a dog, which offends her because she is a wolf. Due to his hatred of animals, Jin says he doesn't care and keeps calling her a dog.
67	** [[LaserGuidedKarma Jin gets on the receiving end of this trope]] when Ranka's sister [[spoiler:and their father]] call him a chimpanzee.
68	* ''Shadows of Spawn'' -- a manga adaptation of Todd [=McFarlen=]'s ''Spawn''. Ken Kurosawa (who is the series' Spawn) encounters an intelligent wolf spawn named Mangler, whom he often mistakes for a dog.
69	* In one episode of ''Anime/SmilePrecure'', Wolfrun becomes irate when Miyuki's grandmother mistakes him for a fox.
70	* ''Anime/SpaceDandy'''s Meow is very insistent on being called a Betelgeusian, and ''not'' a space cat. His catlike mannerisms don't exactly help his case.
71	* Belbel in ''Manga/ThereBeyondTheBeyond'' is a magician who looks suspiciously like a rabbit, and [[BerserkButton gets mad]] when compared to one.
72	* In ''Anime/YuGiOhGX'', Neo-Spacian Aqua Dolphin is called a fish by Judai, and replies that he is a mammal.
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76	* B'dg in the ''ComicBook/GreenLantern'' comics is often called a talking squirrel. To be fair, that is exactly what he looks like.
77	* ''ComicBook/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'': DependingOnTheWriter (it seems to have been introduced by Creator/BrianMichaelBendis) but even though it's in his name, do not refer to Rocket Raccoon as a raccoon -- doing so will make him show you his gun collection... the bad way.
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81	* ''Fanfic/AllAssortedAnimorphsAUs'': At the end of "What if Jake was stuck in morph?", Tom teases Jake about being a cat for three years, asking if he had mouse-shaped toys or coughed up any hairballs. Jake corrects him; he was a tiger, not a housecat.
82	* In the ''Fanfic/AvengersOfTheRing'' sequel ''Methteilien'', various parties who have visited Middle-Earth mistake Groot for an Entling when they first meet him, and even Groot speculates that there may be some past connection between his species and the Ents.
83	* In ''Fanfic/DaughterNature'', Luz is actually a young goddess rather than a mortal human. When she meets Eda, she repeatedly tries to reveal this only to be talked over each time. It takes until she seemingly dies and displays the ability to shapeshift for her to finally have to chance to explain her true nature to Eda and King. When this ends up happening again with Willow and Gus, she concludes that rather than get stuck trying and failing to disclose this information to everyone she meets, it'll be easier just roll with any future misconceptions unless a person directly asks.
84	* In ''Fanfic/{{Fallen Angel\|TylecAsroc}}''. though she never tells it to his face, Amy thinks that Knuckles the echidna is an anteater.
85	* In the ''Manga/FairyTail'' fanfic ''[[Fanfic/AlternateTailSeries Fairy Tail: An Alternate Tail]]'', Pantherlily often corrects other that he is not a cat but rather an Exceed.
86	* In ''Fanfic/MyLittleMagesTheNightmaresReturn'', Spike is still a baby dragon but looks more like an iguana except for his coloring. He protests vehemently being called an iguana, though, despite the fact he can only do so through his PsychicLink with Twilight since he's too young to talk.
87	* ''WebAnimation/TurnaboutStorm'':
88	** [[VisualNovel/AceAttorney Phoenix]] calls [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Twilight]] a "talking horse" shortly after first seeing her. She is quick to correct him (doubling as a small ComicallyMissingThePoint moment from Phoenix's perspective).
89	--->'''Twilight Sparkle:''' Excuse me! I am not a horse, I happen to be a pony.\
90	'''Phoenix Wright:''' OH! Okay! A talking '''''PONY''''', [[SarcasmMode that explains everything!]]
91	** Another instance, this time directed at Phoenix. Fluttershy, as her name implies, does not speak to anyone she doesn't know personally (preferring the company of animals), but immediately opens up to him upon learning his first name and assuming that ''[[ADogNamedDog that was his species]]''.
92	** He also mistook Rainbow Dash with an earth pony in another opportunity; she didn't take that one lightly.
93	--->'''Rainbow Dash:''' What the hay are you talking about!? I'm not an earth pony; I'm a pegasus!
94	* In a ''Franchise/KungFuPanda'' fanfic ''Fanfic/TheVow'', [[NinjaMaid Jade]] is a dhole, but she can be easily mistaken for a fox or a jackal. Upon first meeting her, [[NobleWolf Zhan the Wolf Boss]] confuses her for a jackal and nearly starts beating her due to the [[FantasticRacism deep animosity between wolves and jackals]] before she corrects him.
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98	* Ratigan from ''WesternAnimation/TheGreatMouseDetective'' is (as his name implies) a rat, but [[BerserkButton call him a rat]] and you're dead meat. Presumably he hates being called that due to the [[YouDirtyRat connotations]]. Instead, he wants to be referred to as a "big mouse".
99	* Call Pumbaa from ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994'' a pig only if you're in a ''real'' hurry to die. Simba and Timon can get away with it, though.
100	** Apparently he's okay with [[TheyCallMeMisterTibbs "Mr. Pig"]], though.
101	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}}'':
102	** There is some confusion when Mulan meets Mushu for the first time, hence the page quote. He's just not the size you'd expect for a dragon.
103	** Mushu himself calls Mulan's horse Khan a cow until the DarkestHour, where he accuses him of ''really'' being a sheep.
104	* In ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyTheMovie2017'', one of the thugs in Klugetown refers to Spike as a "gecko," which he takes offense to.
105	* ''WesternAnimation/OverTheHedge'' features a turtle who corrects anyone who call him an amphibian. It also features pest exterminator Dwayne [=LaFontant=] (AKA: The Verminator) with a freakishly strong sense of smell:
106	-->'''Dwayne:''' ''(sniffing)'' Possum, porcupine, skunk, squirrel, raccoon... amphibian...\
107	'''Vern:''' ''(under his breath)'' ''Reptile.''\
108	'''Dwayne:''' No... ''(sniffs again)'' ...reptile.
109	* Lampwick from ''WesternAnimation/{{Pinocchio}}'' refers to Jiminy Cricket as a beetle just right before he turns into a donkey.
110	-->"You mean to tell me you take orders from a grasshopper?"
111	* In ''WesternAnimation/RiseOfTheGuardians'', Jack Frost insults Bunnymund the Easter Bunny by calling him "the Easter kangaroo". A bit of LampshadeHanging here, since Bunnymund is played by Creator/HughJackman, who amps up the AwesomeAussie accent. Also note that Aussies would consider it an [[InsultToRocks insult to kangaroos]], rabbits being invasive pests down under.
112	* At one point in ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooAndTheCyberChase'', [[ItMakesSenseInContext Fred attempts to bullfight a lion]]. At first he shouts, "Toro, toro!" which causes the lion to look around in confusion, as if to say "Bull? Where?". Fred thinks for a moment, then shouts, "Leo, leo!"[[note]] ''Technically'', he should be saying "león" but given that he was in a Roman Colosseum-like virtual world at the time, shouting "leo" would have been more appropriate than "león", but eh, details [[/note]]
113	* [[ButtMonkey Jeremy the Crow]] suffers from this In ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretOfNIMH'': [[DramaQueen Aunt Shrew]] calls him "Black Buzzard", before she leaves and [[NiceGirl Cynthia]] innocently calls him "Turkey" and He clarifies that he is not a turkey and when he meets [[BirdsOfAFeather Miss Right]], Cynthia thinks that "Miss Right" is another turkey.
114	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}}'': Flynn keeps referring to Rapunzel's chameleon sidekick Pascal as a frog. Probably deliberately to annoy[=/=]insult Pascal, since Flynn really doesn't like him at first and is trying to get rid of Rapunzel and Pascal.
115	** In the series, when they first met, Rapunzel calls Pascal a frog, not out of meanness, but youthful naivete.
116	* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Tarzan}}'': When Tantor first meets Tarzan, he thinks it's a piranha. Later, he says that Tarzan could be some subspecies of elephant, on the basis that both [[StockAnimalDiet enjoy a peanut]].
117	* In ''WesternAnimation/ToyStoryOfTerror'', on the manager's board of toys to sell, Mr. Pricklepants, a hedgehog, is labeled as a "German beaver." Trixie, a Triceratops, is labeled as a "Stegosaurus."
118	* In ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'', Mei's giant red panda form is mistaken for a bear form by one of her classmates.
119	* Elsa the Pterodactyl from ''WesternAnimation/WereBackADinosaursStory'' apparently hates being referred to as a bat but [[ArtisticLicensePaleontology she's okay with being referred to as a dinosaur]].
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123	* A minor RunningGag in ''Film/TheBigLebowski'' is that the Dude and Walter will often misidentify animals (Walter's ex-wife's dog is not a Pomeranian, and a pet ferret is not a marmot), though this being a relatively realistic movie with no {{talking animal}}s, the creatures in question do not take offense.
124	* Obviously played for laughs in ''Film/{{Caddyshack}}'' when the gopher steals Rodney Dangerfield's golfball as he's trying to sink a putt.
125	-->'''Al:''' That kangaroo stole my ball!
126	* The Creator/EddieMurphy ''Film/DrDolittle'' has a RunningGag with Dolittle referring to his daughter Maya's pet guinea pig, Rodney, as a "rat" or a "guinea rat."
127	-->'''Dr. Dolittle''': Whatever; they're both rodents. I'll find your rodent; I'll put down some of that sticky paper for him.\
128	'''Maya''': No, not that!\
129	'''Dr. Dolittle''': It'll be fine; you peel him right off it, and he'll live.
130	* ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'': Never call an Ent a "tree". Mocked by the Podcast/{{Rifftrax}} of ''[[Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheTwoTowers The Two Towers]]'' movie.
131	-->"[=TreeBeard=] some call me."\
132	"Well then, why did you get so upset when we called you by half your name?!"
133	:: Though this is only the case in the movie; it never comes up in the book. Still, it probably makes sense -- most shepherds wouldn't like being called "sheep", even if their name is Mr. Sheep-Herd.
134	* Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse:
135	** ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy2014'': Rocket seems at first to be [[IntelligentGerbil an alien that happens to look like a raccoon]]. Gamora repeatedly calls him a rodent[[note]]though about all a raccoon and a rat have in common is that they're placental mammals; raccoons are in the same order as dogs and cats. ''Humans'' are more closely related to rodents[[/note]], much to his annoyance. What's notable about Rocket is that in the comics, [[SpeciesSurname "Raccoon" is his surname]], but he's only known by the name [[OnlyOneName "Rocket"]] in the [[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse MCU]]. And because he's not from Earth, he doesn't know what a raccoon is and dislikes being called one.
136	** People calling him various animals becomes a bit of a RunningGag in [[Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol2 the sequel]]. Peter calls him a trash panda, [[spoiler:Ego]] calls him a triangle-faced monkey, Nebula calls him a fox, Yondu calls him a rat, and Mantis calls him a crabby puppy.
137	** The gag continues in ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'', with Thor calling him a rabbit throughout the film. Initially confused, Rocket doesn't seem to mind that shortly after.
138	** Continued further as ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' reveals that ''all'' Asgardians apparently think raccoons are rabbits.
139	** Continued even further and finally resolved in ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol3'', with events such as Gamora dismissively calling him a badger. [[spoiler:Then, towards the end, Rocket finds the cage he was taken from before the High Evolutionary uplifted him...with a little panel identifying the species within as Earth raccoons, prompting him to finally get over it and start going by "Rocket Raccoon".]]
140	* ''Franchise/PlanetOfTheApes'':
141	** ''Film/EscapeFromThePlanetOfTheApes''. Cornelius tells the commission not to call him and Zira monkeys because it's offensive to them. Zira, ever the PoliticallyIncorrectHero, is also extremely insistent that chimpanzees and gorillas (whom she [[FantasticRacism has something against]]) are not the same thing. When an orderly refers to [[spoiler: Zira's unborn son as a "little monkey", it hits the BerserkButton of an already-very-stressed-out Cornelius, who accidentally kills the guy in a violent outburst.]]
142	** Krull from Tim Burton's version of ''Film/PlanetOfTheApes2001'' seriously dislikes being called a "monkey":
143	--->'''Krull:''' Monkeys are further down the evolutionary ladder... just above humans!
144	* In the Creator/CartoonNetwork TV Movie [[Series/OutOfJimmysHead Re-Animated,]] [[RogerRabbitEffect Crocco]] gets offended when he's called a "pea-brained crocodile."
145	-->'''Crocco:''' [[ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne I'll have you know I'm a pea-brained alligator.]] Crocco is just a family name.
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149	* In the ''Literature/ApprenticeAdept'' books, the unicorn Clip explains that black or brown unicorns are considered inferior because they look like a horse, and it is even worse if you actually compare them to a horse. Unicorns don't always enjoy knowing that their ancestors are horses, and Clip points out that it's just like how humans don't always enjoy knowing that their ancestors are apes.
150	* In the sixth ''Literature/ArtemisFowl'' book, Opal consistently mistakes the [[MacGuffin lemur]] [[ItMakesSenseInContext for a monkey,]] to which Artemis [[RunningGag always responds]] that it's a lemur. This becomes a plot point at the end, when [[spoiler: Artemis switches the lemur for a stuffed monkey when Opal isn't looking.]] [[ComicallyMissingThePoint On the bright side,]] she finally says "lemur."
151	* In the ''Literature/TheBadGuys'' books, Mr. Piranha is constantly mistaken as a "mutant sardine" by the news, much to his extreme irritation.
152	* ''Literature/TheCatWhoSeries'': Eddie Trevelyan, who's working on Polly Duncan's house in book #17 (''The Cat Who Blew the Whistle''), refers to Koko as a weasel a couple of times. There are also a couple other instances in which Koko and Yum Yum are mistaken for animals other than cats, due to the somewhat unusual appearance of Siamese in comparison with the types of cats people are used to, particularly at a distance.
153	* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'':
154	** The Librarian of Unseen University (who is an orang-utan) gets ''very upset'' when people call him a monkey. Typically, he expresses it by hanging them by their ankles and banging their head against the floor. They fear to just say the ''word'' monkey, when trying to tell someone not to call him a monkey.... The ''word'' orang-utan is said to be a [=BhangBhangDuc=] (the Disc's Borneo, one presumes) word meaning "definitely NOT a monkey".
155	--->[[OverlyLongGag "You don't use the 'M' word. Gets right up his nose, sir. He can't help it, he loses all self-control. Like a red rag to a wossname, sir. 'Ape' is all right, sir, but not the 'M' word. Because, sir, when he gets angry he doesn't just go and sulk, sir, if you get my drift. He's no trouble at all apart from that, sir. All right?]] [[IgnoreTheDisability Just don't say monkey.]] ''[[OhCrap Ohshit.]]''"
156	*** The exceptions are in ''Literature/SoulMusic'', where Glod thwarted a prank by UU students with "These boys called you a monkey. I'd make them feel sorry, if I were you...." and in ''Literature/LordsAndLadies'', where Weaver manipulates the extremely dim Carter into using the M-word. The Librarian pats Carter on the head and pours him a drink ([[PetTheDog Aw]]). Later that night an "unknown assailant" drops Weaver off the bridge into the Lancre River.
157	---> "Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, especially simian ones. They're not all that subtle."
158	** The short and wiry Nobby Nobbs of the City Watch requires a document signed by the Patrician certifying that he's human (even then, what it technically says is that ''the balance of probability'' is that he's human) to convince some people. Even ''Death'', masquerading as the Hogfather, is unable to determine what species he is. [[spoiler:Going by the later books, he may very well have had a goblin in his ancestry.]]
159	--->'''Death:''' [[AC:And what's your name, little... person?]]\
160	'''Nobby:''' Nobby Nobbs, Hogfather.\
161	'''Death:''' [[AC:And have you been a good bo... a good dwa... a good gno... a good individual?]]
162	** The [[ViolentGlaswegian Nac Mac Feegles]] also insist that they are not the generic "gnome", but "Pictsies", and [[InconsistentSpelling the spelling is also important:]] They are not "pixies".
163	* ''Literature/{{Endling}}'': Byx is a dairne, a species which resemble bipedal dogs. However, she dislikes being called a dog, as she is not one.
164	--> '''Byx''': Let me make clear: I am not a dog.\
165	'''Khara''': Yes, I know. If you were a dog, I wouldn't be debating this with you.
166	* There is a running gag in Literature/TheMoomins in which the eponymous species show frustration at being called “hippos”.
167	* In the ''Literature/MythAdventures'' series, people from the dimension Perv are Pervects, not Perverts, and don't you forget it.
168	* In the first ''Literature/PercyJackson'' book, Percy meets the Greek-mythological dragon known as Echidna. He mentions the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echidna_(disambiguation) Australian mammal]] called the echidna, which was named after the mythological dragon. Echidna is [[BerserkButton irked by this comparison]]; she always hated having a small anteater named after her.
169	* In the ''Literature/{{Redwall}}'' books by Brian Jacques, the heroic and generally weapon-ready hares absolutely cannot stand being referred to as rabbits, since rabbits in the ''Redwall'' world tend to be quiet and passive [[UpperClassTwit Upper Class Twits]] as opposed to the hares being, essentially, RAF pilots.
170	* In ''Literature/SonicTheHedgehogInTheFourthDimension'', an imaginary creature (long story) refers to Sonic and Tails to Sonic as "you and your ''ilk''". Tails replies indignantly, "I'm a ''fox'', not an ''ilk''." The fault is Tails', though, as "ilk" is an infrequently used term used similar to "kind" used to describe similar cohorts. The creature was merely referring to Sonic and Tails as both being real animals.
171	* In ''Literature/{{Spellsinger}}'', Mudge the otter is frequently called a "water rat". When characters mis-species him deliberately to bad-mouth him (rats being second-class citizens in this world), he lets it slide. However, when in the final books some people who don't know better do it, Mudge is offended and proceeds to angrily correct them.
172	* In the ''Franchise/StarWars'' Expanded Universe, the rodent-like Chadra-Fans are sometimes mistaken for Ranats. Ranats, for their part, have been mistaken for womp rats -- an especially grievous insult, since womp rats are not sentient and Ranats themselves are (falsely) considered to be only semi-sentient.
173	* In ''Literature/{{Storyteller}}'', Loquastro, the mynah bird gets mistaken for a crow by several characters, much to his chagrin.
174	* ''Literature/TortallUniverse'': In one scene in ''Wolf Speaker'', Daine is telepathically communicating with Tkaa, who then passes on her message to Numair, while riding in the mind of a marmot named Quickmunch. Later on in the conversation, Daine informs Numair that if he keeps on incorrectly identifying Quickmunch's species, the marmot will bite him.
175	[[/folder]]
176
177	[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
178	* In ''Series/DoctorWho'', several species of aliens resent being described as looking like Earth animals (or, in the case of the Sontarans, boiled potatoes).
179	** The Vinvocci resemble cacti, but object being referred to as such by the jubilant Wilf (and the Doctor, who actually is just correcting Wilf's grammar after Wilf calls them "cactuses"), calling the choice of terminology "racist". They also dislike being mistaken for Zocci, who look similar to them but are short and red instead of tall and green.
180	** The Abzorbaloff resents Rose mistaking it for a Raxacoricofallapatorian.
181	** The Doctor can get a bit tetchy when people tell him he looks human.
182	--->'''Amy:''' You look human.\
183	'''Eleventh Doctor:''' No, ''you'' look Time Lord. We came first.
184	* In Colombian series "El Show de Perico", Amanda is a tapir who is often mistaken for another animal, and she angrily points out that she is not that animal but a tapir.
185	* Occurs with human John Crichton in ''Series/{{Farscape}}''. Due to being pretty much physically identical ([[BizarreAlienBiology at least externally]]), he is often mistaken for a Sebacean, which is unfortunate since they're mostly bad guys.
186	* Inverted in ''Series/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy1981'' when Arthur Dent is assumed to be an ape. But as the Guide points out humans are sensitive about their relatives, and don't invite them to dinner.
187	* From the ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' take on ''Film/{{Eegah}}'':
188	-->'''Roxy:''' I didn't say it was a monster! It's a giant!\
189	'''Crow:''' There's a big difference!
190	* A RunningGag in ''Series/{{Pixelface}}'' is that visitors to the console, such as Alexia's parent, keeping thinking that Rex is somebody's pet; usually mistaking him for some kind of dog.
191	* Data, on ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'', would occasionally correct people that he is an android, not a robot.
192	[[/folder]]
193
194	[[folder:Music]]
195	* In 1968, the band Canned Heat teamed up with Music/AlvinAndTheChipmunks to do a version of the Chipmunk Song ("Christmas Don't Be Late"). The intro to the song was Bob "The Bear" Hite barging into the Chipmunks' recording session as it was Canned Heat's turn to use the studio, and asking somebody to "get those mice out of here", drawing protests from the insulted chipmunks.
196	* Flanders and Swann's ''The Gnu Song'' has two references to g-nus (that's the way they say it in the song) objecting to being confused with "similar" animals like bison, okapis and hartebeests. One even threatens to sue.
197	[[/folder]]
198
199	[[folder:Puppet Shows]]
200	* ''Series/TheMuppetShow'':
201	** In the episode with ventriloquist Edgar Bergen, his dummy Charlie [=McCarthy=] sees Kermit the Frog and tells Bergen, "Call the janitor, there's a toad loose in the theater." Kermit corrects him, explaining that "frogs are handsome, debonair and charming, while toads are ugly and give you warts." [=McCarthy=] then backtracks himself: "I guess the toad is supposed to be here."
202	** The King from the Muppets' rendition of "The Frog Prince" kept making the same mistake about Kermit's little nephew Robin.
203	* In ''Film/TheGreatMuppetCaper'', Neville (John Cleese) mistook Kermit for a lizard, but then again, he also thought Miss Piggy was male. Later on, a girl confuses Kermit for a bear before her father corrects her (bears wear hats).
204	* In ''Film/AMuppetFamilyChristmas'', Fozzie's mother keeps calling Kermit a lizard, no matter how many times he corrects her.
205	* From ''Series/MuppetsTonight'', Pepe is constantly telling people that he's a king prawn, not a shrimp.
206	* Also from Franchise/TheMuppets, there is the RunningGag surrounding [[http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Gonzo#What_is_Gonzo.3F Gonzo the Great]] and his indetermined species. He's been called an alien, a "Whatever", a "Weirdo", a "Thing", etc.
207	-->'''Kermit:''' [Gonzo looks] a little like a turkey. Yeah, a little like a turkey, but not much.
208	** Though he does strongly resemble a Russian insectivore called a "desman".
209	* On ''Series/SesameStreet'', Snuffy gets upset whenever he is mistaken for an elephant, to the point where [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGNXmivflso he once sang a whole song about it]]. After the song, an elephant reveals that a lot of people have mistaken him for a snuffleupagus. That being said, in ''Film/DontEatThePictures'', he's ok with pretending to be an elephant.
210	[[/folder]]
211
212	[[folder:Radio]]
213	* In the [[http://www.zbs.org/ ZBS Foundation]] series ''Ruby: Adventures of a Galactic Gumshoe'', rat-faced alien Rodant Kapoor has to constantly correct pronunciation of his name. ("Not rodent, ''Rodant!''")
214	* Though not an animal, the AmoralAttorney Howard Weazelle in the ''Radio/AdventuresInOdyssey'' episode "A Victim of Circumstance" (understandably) insists on the proper pronunciation of his name.
215	** '''Bart:''' ''(reading) Howard J. Weasel.''
216	** '''Rodney:''' ''That's ''Wie''-zel.''
217	** '''Weazelle:''' ''Actually, it's Wea-''zelle.'' It's French.''
218	[[/folder]]
219
220	[[folder:Video Games]]
221	* In ''VideoGame/BanjoTooie'', Kazooie refers to Honey B. as "wasp lady". Honey B. responds by stating that she's actually a bee. Kazooie then proceeds to call her "hornet girl".
222	* Yuuki Terumi of ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'' fame is prone to doing this as per his {{politically incorrect\|Villain}} nature. In some instances, he calls the [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent wolflike Valkenhayn]] house-dog names (Fido and Old Yeller, for example), and at the end of her CS Arcade run he calls Makoto a chipmunk. This is just the tip of his FantasticRacism, mind you...
223	* Upon creating a Holy Dragon in ''VideoGame/{{Disgaea 3\|AbsenceOfJustice}}'', it'll take a moment to inform your other characters, that despite looking like a dog, it's indeed a dragon, after which it says [[HypocriticalHumor "woof"]].
224	* Buzz Buzz, an insect of indeterminate species who provides much of the exposition early on in ''VideoGame/EarthBound1994'', introduces himself thus: "A bee I am... not..." Shortly afterward, Lardna Minch mistakes him for a dung beetle and squishes him.
225	* In ''Videogame/FinalFantasyTacticsAdvance'', it's common knowledge that nobody ever should call a Bangaa (the reptilian humanoid race of Ivalice) a lizard; that is, common knowledge to everyone but the protagonist, who crashlanded in the world almost immediately before. Said innocent confusion instead leads to Marche almost getting, one would expect, killed. Likewise, upon their first prolonged meeting, Marche confuses Montblanc, a Moogle, for a ''stuffed animal''...
226	** The sequel has a ShoutOut where Montblanc manages to prevent Luso from making the same mistake. Luso knew they were Bangaa, but he didn't know how far his insult would hit or his frustration with the Bangaa in-question caused him to speak without thinking.
227	* In ''VideoGame/GranblueFantasy'', a common running gag is that Vyrn, the tiny flying dragon that always accompanies the player, is always referred to as a lizard by others to his frustration.
228	* ''VideoGame/JakAndDaxter'':
229	** Daxter has been referred to as everything from a muse (sparky yellow cat-things) to a muskrat, though he asserts he is, in fact, an ottsel. In an inversion of the trope name, though, he is, in the most literal sense, a weasel: an ottsel is [[MixAndMatchCritter an otter/weasel hybrid]], which are both members of the family Mustelidae.
230	** Played straight in ''VideoGame/PlayStationAllStarsBattleRoyale'', where Clank from ''Franchise/RatchetAndClank'' calls Daxter a weasel creature. This seems to be Daxter's BerserkButton, as it is what eventually leads to Jak and Ratchet battling.
231	--->'''Clank:''' Did that... weasel... creature just call me a "sidekick?"\
232	'''Daxter:''' WEASEL CREATURE?\
233	'''Jak:''' Maybe it's time someone taught you some manners! (''Daxter hands Jak his gun, as Ratchet draws his Omniwrench'')
234	* Max of ''VideoGame/JaysJourney'' refers to Atolla, a man [[ForcedTransformation turned into a lion]], as a "talking kitty" throughout the game. Mind, [[TheDitz Max]] has [[MindRape his own issues]], but an NPC [[StrangeMindsThinkAlike makes the same mistake]], referring to Atolla as a "calico", to Jay's utter bewilderment.
235	* The Wind Fish in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaLinksAwakening'' reminds you that it is neither [[SpaceWhale wind nor fish]] when you finally meet it.
236	* In ''Videogame/LegoMarvelSuperheroes'' if you walk around in Manhattan as Spider-Man, a civilian will make the same gag as in WesternAnimation below by calling you "Insect Boy." And if you walk around as Doctor Octopus? He'll call you Professor Squid. (Though animal misidentification [[AccidentalMisnaming isn't his only problem]]; he also thinks Black Widow is Dark Window.)
237	* In ''VideoGame/TheLostVikings II'', the vikings are joined by a werewolf, Fang; it's a RunningGag after he joins the group to have the vikings mistake his species (or at least make horrible animal puns in his presence).
238	* ''VideoGame/{{Lunar}}'':
239	** In ''VideoGame/LunarTheSilverStar'', Nall, a creature who appears to be a flying-cat, [[BerserkButton reacts badly]] when anyone refers to him as such, although he is at a loss as to what he is until almost the end of the game.
240	** ''VideoGame/LunarEternalBlue'' has Ruby, a nigh identical cat-like NonHumanSidekick who [[InfallibleBabble knows exactly what she is,]] [[OurDragonsAreDifferent a baby Red Dragon]]. She reacts to other people's disbeleif at least as badly as Nall.
241	--->'''Ruby:''' Hel-'''''lo'''''! Time for your eye exam! I am not a cat!
242	* In ''VideoGame/{{Lunistice}}'''s character select screen, unlocked after beating the game once, the third bullet point in Hana's description reads "Not a fox", implying that she is often confused for one.
243	* ''VideoGame/NamuAmidaButsuUtena'': Even if he has a crocodile tail, General Kubira is ''not'' a crocodile. He's a ''boar''[[note]]''Kiṃbhīra'' is the Heavenly General of the Boar of the EasternZodiac[[/note]].
244	* [[TeamPet Kohaku]] of ''VideoGame/Onmyoji2016'' would like many people, especially [[VitriolicBestBuds Hiromasa]], to know that it is a ''fox'', not a dog.
245	* In ''VideoGame/Persona5'', Morgana often objects to being considered a cat (or worse a {{Yokai}} like a Bake-Neko or "Monster Cat"), despite ''everything'' about him indicating as such including his own "Meow-varlous" puns, as despite his memory loss he's convinced [[WasOnceAMan he had to be human at some point given that he can talk at all]]. As it turns out, [[spoiler:he's actually a cognitive being that represents humanity's hope]].
246	* In ''VideoGame/SamAndMaxHitTheRoad'', a fisherman catches a giant fish:
247	-->'''Fisherman:''' Holy mackerel!\
248	'''Fish:''' I'm a trout, stupid! [[note]]The fish is actually a prop, and it's Max talking inside.[[/note]]\
249	'''Fisherman:''' Holy trout!
250	* In ''VideoGame/SonicAndTheSecretRings'', the Djinn Erazor repeatedly calls Sonic a "blue rat", even when he was [[AndIMustScream sucked back inside of his lamp for the rest of eternity.]] And each time he did, Sonic repeatedly reminded him that he was a hedgehog, and not a rat. Sonic got the last word in that argument.
251	* In ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphoniaDawnOfTheNewWorld'', the main characters are accompanied by a Centurion (a spirit-creature) named Tenebrae, who has a vaguely lupine appearence. When the party runs into [[TheDitz Collette]], a hero of the previous game, she promptly starts referring to Tenebrae as a "doggie", much to his annoyance. When he requests a name more appropriate of his power and dignity, he is instead titled "Mr. Doggie."
252	* ''VideoGame/TwistedWonderland'': Grim is a decidedly ''feline'' creature, but does not appreciate being called a ''cat''.
253	* In ''VideoGame/Uncharted4AThiefsEnd'', while playing a stage of ''VideoGame/{{Crash Bandicoot\|1996}}'', Nate keeps calling the main character a fox despite being corrected by Elena.
254	* In the Nintendo DS RPG ''VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou'', Shiki sewed herself a stuffed cat named "Mr. Mew", and she gets extremely angry when Neku (repeatedly) mistakes it for a pig. [[CallingYourAttacks "Go, Mr. Mew!"]] [[CombinationAttack "Get 'em, piggy!"]]
255	[[/folder]]
256
257	[[folder:Web Animation]]
258	* ''WebAnimation/HelluvaBoss'': In “Spring Broken”, during a beach party a human woman spots the imp Moxxie and mistakes him for a possum. In which the party goes would toss him into a beer keg and toss him around. [[BrickJoke Later in the episode, when Millie gets him out of the keg, he got drunk from swallowing the beer, and then slurs to Verosika that a human called him a possum.]]
259	* ''WebAnimation/InanimateInsanity'': When voting in “Inanimate Smackdown”, Bow gets confused about what type of fruit [[ADogNamedDog Apple]] is.
260	-->'''Bow:''' I am sick and tired of that kiwi! vote ping Or is she a lemon….or a guava?\
261
262	[[/folder]]
263
264	[[folder:Webcomics]]
265	* Murphy from ''Webcomic/BoyAndDog'' mistakes Rowan (a human baby) and Milo (an adult cat) for dogs.
266	* The species of ''Webcomic/ExploitationNow'''s Ralph is a RunningGag in the strip. Whatever people guess, he denies with indignation. (He looks most like a no-name-brand [[Franchise/FinalFantasy Moogle]].)
267	* In ''Webcomic/FletcherApts'', the main character Bob, a hamster who is rather ambiguous-looking, is mistaken for different rodents (a squirrel [[http://www.fletcherapts.com/archive/20060505.html here]] and a rat [[http://www.fletcherapts.com/archive/20060724.html here]]) and produces a rant about it, which no-one pays attention to.
268	* In ''Webcomic/{{Freefall}}'', Florence Ambrose, a red wolf, get almost invariably mistaken for a dog on first contact.
269	* George Fennec, from ''Webcomic/KevinAndKell'', is often thought to be a rabbit. (A fennec is a type of fox with huge ears.)
270	* [[spoiler:Caliborn]] from ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' doesn't really care about his {{leprechaun}} minions beyond unlocking them to complete his quest and thus misnames them as several other animals or fantasy species. His nicknames include "frog men", "toad goblins", gnomes, elves and "puppet people".
271	* In ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary'', the title character is often mistaken for a pile of dung.
272	* Rappy, an Otter, from ''Webcomic/RappyTheRiverOtter'' is often confused for a weasel.
273	* In all of the ''Webcomic/{{Rhapsodies}}'' [[ChristmasEpisode Christmas stories]], Kevin is constantly mistaking Bert, a Koala, for a woodchuck.
274	[[/folder]]
275
276	[[folder:Web Original]]
277	* ''Roleplay/WeAreOurAvatars'':
278	** [[Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya Kyon]] once mistook [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006 Silver]] for, of all things, a parrot. Later [[Manga/FullmetalAlchemist Hohenheim]] mistakes him for a parakeet. And mind reading Pikadevil revealed that he believes that he is a hen. His being mistaken for a bird has become a Running Gag. And then the Lost Vikings came along, and mistook him for a platypus, a duck, a swallow, a goat, a cow, and an elephant of all things and later on, he learns that he's 1/16th bird.
279	** Klonoa's a Phantomillian; he's not a Mobian, he's not a rabbit, and not a nekomata.
280	* In a WebVideo/{{Retsupurae}} video in which LetsPlay/ChipCheezum tackles an LP of ''VideoGame/{{Okami}}'', the kid starts calling Amaterasu a...bunny. Chip then rages that Ammy is not a bunny, she's a ''dog''. The original description read "IT'S A DOOOOOOOOG", but later "SHUT UP IT'S A WOLF" was added.
281	* Played for horror in [[Website/SCPFoundation SCP-953]]. Under no circumstances should one ever confuse her for a [[AsianFoxSpirit Kitsune]]. She is a [[AnimalisticAbomination Kumiho]]. Despite her loathing of being confused for her distant, less homicidal kin, however, she happily exploits the confusion. It makes enthralling her victims easier.
282	* ''WebVideo/SuperMarioLogan''
283	** Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog (featured prominently in the "Mario and Bowser's Stupid and Crazy Adventure" story arc) does not like being called a cat.
284	** The Crocodile in the episode, "Bowser Junior's Broccoli Problem!" hates being called an alligator. When Junior, Joseph, and Cody kept mistaking him for an alligator, he had to show them the differences between an alligator and a crocodile just to prove he was a crocodile.
285	* ''WebVideo/DontHugMeImScared'' dabbles in this in the third episode. Duck Guy refers to both a butterfly and a maggot as "pesky bee[s]". The Yellow Guy refers to Shrignold as "A little baby pigeon", despite him clearly being a butterfly.
286	* ''WebAnimation/DSBTInsaniT'': Bear thinks Chilly the chinchilla is a squirrel, and Andy thinks Angie the snow leopard is a cheetah.
287	* In the first episode of ''WebAnimation/RoboSplaat'', Splaat asserts that he is not a robot like everyone seem to think, and explains that he's actually an ink splat. In real life, Splaat - who appeared in Creator/KlaskyCsupo's 1998 VanityPlate - was often assumed to be some kind of robot due to his appearance.
288	[[/folder]]
289
290	[[folder:Western Animation]]
291	* ''WesternAnimation/AaahhRealMonsters''. Ickis is [[BerserkButton rather insistent]] that he is ''not'' a bunny, but a long-eared gremlin.
292	* ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'':
293	** Flame Princess mistakes Finn for a water elemental when she notices tears coming from his eyes.
294	** Happens again in "Up a Tree", when a chipmunk mistakes him for a squirrel.
295	* ''WesternAnimation/TheAngryBeavers'' are constantly mistaken for weasels. Or, more commonly, for "pointy bird things". It's not surprising at all -- even for a kid's show, they don't look remotely like beavers except their tails.
296	* ''{{WesternAnimation/Animaniacs}}'':
297	** The Warner siblings aren't based on any real sort of animal, but are often refered to as dogs, cats or monkeys. Not that the Warners seem to mind, as even ''they'' don't know what they're supposed to be. Whenever asked what they are supposed to be, they simply reply, "We're the Warner Brothers! ([[MyFriendsAndZoidberg And the Warner Sister!]])"
298	** WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain are mice, not rats.
299	** Defied with Rita and Runt. Runt has a disposition to chase cats, but is too stupid to realize that his friend Rita is one (he thinks she's a dog). It's probably for the best, though.
300	* In one of ''WesternAnimation/TheAntAndTheAardvark'' cartoons, Aardvark has chased Charlie Ant on to a beach, but the lifeguard on duty refuses to let Aardvark go after him, thinking he's a dog, and stating that dogs aren't allowed on the beach without a leash. After several attempts, the lifeguard calls a dogcatcher and has Aardvark sent to the pound.
301	* Lucy from ''WesternAnimation/BenAndHollysLittleKingdom'' couldn't tell the difference between elves and fairies in Season 1. The last instance of this was at the end of the episode Lucy's Picnic, where she mistakes King Thistle for an elf. In Season 2 this trope is averted.
302	* A Creator/KidsWB promo for ''WesternAnimation/ChannelUmptee3'' had Creator/{{Jim Cummings\|VoiceActor}} mistakenly identifying Ogden the Ostrich as a chicken.
303	-->'''Ogden:''' ''[points to [[WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}} Chicken Boo]]]'' See? Chicken! ''[points to himself]'' Not a chicken!\
304	'''Cummings:''' Well, ya do ''look'' like a chicken...\
305	'''Ogden:''' Do not!
306	* In the ''WesternAnimation/ChipNDaleRescueRangers'' episode "Out of Scale", "Ratso" Ratskiwatski sends his two thugs out for squirrels for his daughter. They pick up Chip and Dale. ''None'' of the humans can tell the difference, and call them squirrels throughout, each time corrected with a "[We're] chipmunks!" from one or both of them. Not that they ever pick up on this...
307	** Worth noticing is how HilariousInHindsight it is because in most non-english-speaking countries, there is no ''word'' for chipmunk (since in those countries there are no chipmunks period), and Chip and Dale ''are'' called squirrels in comics and cartoons. In ''Rescue Rangers'', they replaced the gag by having other people call them "mice" and their angry answer being "WE ARE SQUIRRELS!".
308	* ''WesternAnimation/CowAndChicken'' and its spinoff[=/=]TropeNamer, ''WesternAnimation/IAmWeasel'':
309	** Cow is often called by the Red Guy various hoofed mammals like a moose, a horse, or an antelope while Chicken is called other farm birds like a turkey or a duck.
310	** Weasel is often mistaken by other characters (particularly the Red Guy) as various rodents, such as a squirrel, a gerbil, or a hamster (weasels aren't even rodents). Baboon is mistaken for various other kinds of primates like a gorilla or an orangutang.
311	* ''WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck'' had this problem with the superhero group "The Justice Ducks". Neptunia constantly reminds them that she is not a duck (she's a mutated fish) while Stegmutt will say that he used to be a duck (he was a duck turned into a Stegosaurus).
312	* Fang from ''WesternAnimation/DaveTheBarbarian'' is always being mistaken for a monkey, to the point where "I'm not a monkey!" is her catchphrase. She even is delighted that when she meets her idol, he calls her a human. (Even after him doubting for a second.)
313	* Being an EdutainmentShow, ''WesternAnimation/DinosaurTrain'' frequently has to clarify what is and isn't a dinosaur. For example:
314	** In "Carla Cretoxyrhina", when Buddy says he loves meeting big dinosaurs, Carla clarifies that sharks are ''fish'' (note that this show usually has NoCartoonFish).
315	** In "Paulie Pliosaurus", Buddy asks the titular character if he's dinosaur, but Paulie says he doesn't even know what a dinosaur is.
316	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Disenchantment}}'': A running gag is Luci being mistaken for a cat (talking animals are common enough that nobody's surprised when he speaks).
317	* ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'':
318	** Another not-animal but not human so it probably counts: fairies don't like being confused with Pixies and vice-versa.
319	** Lawn gnomes also hate being confused for Pixies, to the point where they wrote a rap about it.
320	* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Fangface}}'' episode "The Space Monster Mishap", the title characterーa werewolfーis deeply offended when an astronaut mistakes him for a dog.
321	* WesternAnimation/HeckleAndJeckle, billed on screen as "the talking magpies," are often mistaken to be crows.[[note]]Both are in the family ''Corvidae'', and their exact species is a bit of an informed attribute; they are frequently depicted with entirely black feathers, making them look more like crows than like any particular species of magpie anyway.[[/note]]
322	* ''WesternAnimation/ItsPony'': Mr. Pancks, the landlord owner of the apartment the Bramley's live in, will generally have a tendency to mistake Pony as some sort of "Big Weird Dog".
323	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Kaeloo}}'': A RunningGag is to have somebody call Olaf an auk instead of an emperor penguin.
324	* Possibly the example to beat all others goes to Rufus of ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'', a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naked_mole_rat naked mole rat]]. Various characters assume him to be a gerbil, bald mouse, nude rat, and mutant vermin, [[spoiler:and in [[CrossOver one case]], an alien genetic experiment]].
325	** Lampshaded in a crossover episode with Kim Possible, where Lilo describes him as an "Alien Gerbil that ''thinks'' he's a hamster".
326	* Happens at least once in ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPandaLegendsOfAwesomeness'' with Fung, the leader of the Croc Bandits. In the episode, "Good Croc, Bad Croc", Po and Fung are playfully insulting each other for how lame they are, until Po calls Fung a “moron alligator”, causing Fung to sternly tell him that he's a ''crocodile'', even pointing out that his snout is "totally different" from a gator's.
327	* Doctor Hamsterviel of ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitchTheSeries'' is frequently mistaken for a gerbil or other small rodent, insisting that he is, in fact "hamster-like". Though he really does look considerably more like a gerbil/rabbit hybrid than a hamster.
328	* Done with much humor in one of the episodes of ''Disney's WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfTarzan'', where a greedy scientist catches a supernatural silver gorilla with healing abilities. Much to his annoyance he repeatedly has to remind his henchman that it is an ape, and not a "giant monkey".
329	* In ''WesternAnimation/LittlestPetShop2012'', Russell the Hedgehog is constantly mistaken for a porcupine.
330	** In the episode ''What, Meme Worry?'', Sunil is mistaken for an otter, a weasel, a bear cub and a fur turtle. In the Brazilian Portuguese dub, his species is even changed to be a weasel.
331	* ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' has some examples:
332	** Some of the myriad ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' shorts featured Henery Hawk, an angry chicken-hawk who would violently react whenever anyone called him otherwise.
333	** The black-and-white cat that [[LovableSexManiac Pepe [=LePew=]]] would always "romance". He constantly thinks she is a skunk.
334	** Hippety Hopper was a baby kangaroo whom Sylvester would always mistake for a giant mouse.
335	* ''WesternAnimation/TheLooneyTunesShow'':
336	** Daffy thinks Speedy Gonzales is a rat.
337	** In the same show, Mac and Tosh occasionally get mistaken for squirrels, to which they respond in deadpan unison, "We're gophers."
338	** In "Year of the Duck", Lola thought that Daffy was a crow and thought ducks were beavers and thought Porky was a seal.
339	* ''WesternAnimation/MagicalGirlFriendshipSquad'': A RunningGag involves Nut often being mistaken for a raccoon when she's in fact a red panda.
340	* ''WesternAnimation/MightyMax'':
341	** Virgil is constantly referred to as a chicken. ("Fowl, actually.") Which makes it even more confusing since Virgil has revealed more than once that his race is in fact the [[EvolutionaryLevels next evolutionary stage]] of mankind. So somehow humans managed to evolve from bipedal primates into a class whose fossil record indicates they should have evolved from therapod dinosaurs?
342	** There was also an episode with Beetle Brow with a running gag of "Bug." "Beetle." "Whatever!"
343	* In a non-animal example, in ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'', Dr. Doofenshmirtz is an [[MadScientist Evil Scientist]], but because he wears a white lab coat, he is constantly mistaken for a pharmacist.
344	-->'''Doofenshmirtz''': Really? Really? Why does everyone always, y'know, stampede to that conclusion? Lots of other people wear lab coats, you know. Why can't you say, "Oh, look! A rocket scientist!" or "A veterinarian!"?\
345	'''Stacy''': Are you a veterinarian?\
346	'''Doofenshmirtz''': No, but that's not the point.
347	** Also at various points, Perry the Platypus is mistaken for a rodent, a marsupial, [[BreadEggsBreadedEggs a beaver, a duck, and a beaver-duck]].
348	* ''WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow'':
349	** Ren is constantly referred to as other animals like a rat, a weasel, and even, most commonly, a mosquito and he angrily corrects then that he's a chihuahua.
350	--->'''Ren:''' I'm an Asthma-Hound Chihuahua!
351	** Also, Stimpy himself is mistaken for a dog by his [[NegativeContinuity two-episode-lasting]] owner George Liquor. Even after Stimpy corrects him, he still insists otherwise.
352	--->'''Stimpy:''' I'm a cat.\
353	'''George Liquor:''' Atta boy, Rex.
354	* ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife'':
355	** Rocko is typically mistaken for a beaver. He's also mistaken for a dog once. As he's explained many times, he's a wallaby -- "Like a kangaroo, only smaller." He's even been mistaken for a ''platypus'' at one point.
356	** On the same show, [[MeaningfulName Heffer]] is often referred to as a cow, and has to correct people that he's a steer. [[PlayingWithATrope In this case, it's not a distinction of species, but sex]]; "cow" is the word for a ''female'' bovine, even if it's sometimes used for the species as a whole. Technically, he should probably say he's a bull, because Heffer being a steer would mean he was castrated.
357	* ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'': Three anthropomorphic dogs take offence at Scaramouche's words:
358	->'''Dog A''': Rover?\
359	'''Dog B''': Barking?!\
360	'''Dog C''': I think he's calling us dogs.
361	* The French dub of the ''WesternAnimation/ShimmerAndShine'' theme song has this line: "De génie ou de fée", as the translation for "Your genies divine". While their correct species (genies) is mentioned here, it also incorrectly refers to them as fairies.
362	* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'':
363	** In one episode, Bart and Lisa are rescued by a clan of hillbillies. The patriarch claims that he married a bear and started a family with it after wandering away from a school excursion. His (human) wife keeps loudly insisting that "I ain't a bear!" He's so convinced that he responds to everything she says with "Raar raar raar! No one understands you, she-bear!"
364	** Grampa Simpson misidentifies the family dog Santa's Little Helper, walking across the room wearing a cone collar, as the lamp trying to escape.
365	--->'''Grampa:''' ''(Chasing SLH in another episode)'' That raccoon stole my lamb chop!
366	* ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'':
367	** Dr. Qwark, of ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog'', is constantly being mistaken for a duck, despite being human. "I'm not a duck!"
368	** Mechanical example at the beginning of the ''WesternAnimation/SonicBoom'' episode, "[[CircusEpisode Circus of Plunders]]". When Sonic and his friends battle Dr. Eggman's Octopus Bot, they constantly confuse it for different eight-legged creatures, much to his annoyance. It even gets to the point where ''he'' starts doing it!
369	--->'''Eggman:''' "Next time, study your cephalopods before we do battle!"
370	* A running gag in the original ''[[WesternAnimation/SpiderMan1967 Spider-Man]]'' cartoon involved the bad guy of the week refer to Spider-Man as an insect, at which point Spidey angrily yells, "Spiders are not insects! They're arachnids!!!"
371	* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants''. This has happened to Sandy Cheeks a few times, especially in the episode "Someone's in the Kitchen with Sandy", where townsfolk mistake a naked Sandy for a ferret and even a goat among other things.
372	* Naarky from ''WesternAnimation/StarlandKrew'' is inaccurately called a bunny when he's really an aardvark.
373	--->'''Naarky:''' And I am not... a ''bunny!''
374	* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012'', an irate New Yorker named Vic tries to make money from a video he took of the turtles fighting, and throughout the episode he kept referring to them as "Kung-Fu Frogs".
375	** Hilariously this is lampshaded when he gets mind-controlled by the Kraang in a later episode, calling them "The ones known as the turtles that I call frogs".
376	* In ''WesternAnimation/TheTick'', Arthur's white moth costume, complete with long thick antennae, is confused for a rabbit.
377	** Speak, the "dog" that The Tick rescued in South America, was actually a capybara (described by his vet as "a giant rat"). Tick makes the mistake of calling Speak a dog one more time while bathing him, but profoundly apologizes for the mistake and assures Speak that he respects his "lifestyle choice."
378	* In ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'', animal lover Elmyra Duff mistook Dizzy Devil (a tasmanian devil) for a dog and Fifi La Fume (a skunk) for a cat. The latter even had to remind her otherwise (though in the latter's case, Elmyra ''knew'' she was a skunk, but thought "skunk" meant "stinky kitty").
379	* ''WesternAnimation/AThousandAndOneAmericas'': Chris' pet dog Lon gets upset every time he's mistaken for a different animal. In the third episode, the tribal people who live in of the Valley of Mexico repeatedly mistake him with a coyote. Considering that dogs were a rare sight for the majority of pre-Columbian civilizations of Mexico in RealLife (the main exception being the Mayans, which usually ate them as part of their diet), the confusion is understandable.
380	* Inverted with Baboon in ''Animation/TingaTingaTales'', who often corrects others that he's a baboon and ''not'' a monkey -- baboons ''are'' monkeys, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_World_monkey Old World monkeys]] to be exact.
381	* ''WesternAnimation/TheTwistedTalesOfFelixTheCat'' had a woman mistake Felix for a squirrel and a raccoon in the episode "Black Magic Bag".
382	* Not quite animal, but Larry the Cucumber of ''WesternAnimation/VeggieTales'' is often mistaken for a pickle, which bothers him.
383	* A RunningGag in ''WesternAnimation/WordGirl'' is that the titular heroine's monkey sidekick, Captain Huggy Face, is often mistaken for other animals by people. He has been called a hedgehog, (flying) rabbit, dog, koala, rat, aardvark (in tights), ferret, otter, llama, a hairy kid, and many more.
384	* In the first episode of ''WesternAnimation/XiaolinShowdown'', Raimundo refers to Dojo (who is a small dragon) as a gecko. Dojo is... not pleased, and [[{{Sizeshifter}} shapeshifts into his larger form]] to intimidate him. This may be a reference to the ''WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}}'' example.
385	-->'''Dojo''': ''(Leering down at Raimundo)'' [[PunctuatedForEmphasis Don't]]. ''[[PunctuatedForEmphasis Ever]].'' [[PunctuatedForEmphasis Call me a gecko!]]\
386	'''Raimundo''': ''(Nervously)'' M-My mistake!
387	[[/folder]]

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