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14	->''Beatrice Bright is for animal rights--\
15	She's waiting for Animal Day to arrive.\
16	And though you see her\
17	In her new fox fur,\
18	The fox that she wears is ''alive.
19	-->-- "Warmhearted", ''Literature/{{Falling Up\|Silverstein}}'' by Creator/ShelSilverstein
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21	Basically when a character is wearing one or more fur-bearing animals like a fur garment.
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23	This is usually done to show a close relationship between an owner and pet that the pet would do this, or as a joke where TheReveal is that the garment is of living animals.
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25	This also nicely averts FurAndLoathing, unless the animals are enslaved to do this.
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27	A SubTrope of PrettyInMink, ImprovisedClothes.
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29	A SisterTrope to ItsFakeFurItsFine (in averting the implications of real fur), FeatherBoaConstrictor (wearing a snake similarly), GardenGarment (wearing plants that avoid withering), HeadPet, ParrotPetPosition, and RightHandCat.
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31	Contrast CruellaToAnimals, SapientFurTrade.
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34	!!Examples
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36	[[foldercontrol]]
37
38	[[folder:Advertising]]
39	* In a fairly creepy Hanes [=ComfortBlend=] commercial, a man wears live kittens instead of a shirt.
40	* Similarly, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWKPEYKKXSA this ad for cat treats]] involves a man's two fuzzy cats attaching themselves to his ankles and being mistaken for boots.
41	* {{Inverted\|Trope}} in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOPT8SEYHws an ad for Eos shave cream]] -- apparently, this shave cream makes your skin so soft that the ''foxes'' will want to wear ''you''. Margot is getting college credit for it. The boy the other fox is wearing is not.
42	[[/folder]]
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44	[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
45	* ''Anime/SailorMoon'':
46	** In an episode of the anime, Usagi uses the Disguise Pen to put herself in fancy clothes for sneaking into a posh reception... and she wears a disgruntled Luna around her neck as a fur stole.
47	** In the opening sequence for the ''S'' movie, Minako tries on several outfits in a retail shop. The last one is a super-revealing dress topped with a full-length fur coat, and she's also wearing a fastidiated Artemis as a stole.
48	[[/folder]]
49
50	[[folder:Comic Books]]
51	* In ''ComicBook/FlashpointBeyond'', the coonskin hat Corky Baxter of the Time Masters wore in the original ''Comicbook/RipHunter'' book turns out to be a live raccoon named Crockett.
52	* ''ComicBook/{{Lumberjanes}}'' combines this with HeadPet: Molly's coonskin hat is actually a live raccoon named Bubbles who just sleeps on her head until she needs some help.
53	* In a one-page gag from ''ComicBook/TheSmurfs''[='=] "Romeo and Smurfette", one of the Smurfs tries to give what Smurfette thinks is a fur stole, only that it turns out to be a hairy caterpillar.
54	[[/folder]]
55
56	[[folder:Comic Strips]]
57	* In one early ''ComicStrip/BloomCounty'' strip, Limekiller's ex-wife has tracked him down to the eponymous backwater, and is commenting on the inhabitants, saying they are.. "Provincial". Her fur coat[[note]]It could be a fox ''or'' a weasel[[/note]] pops to life and snarls "PEASANTS!!"
58	* In ''ComicStrip/OverTheHedge'' Verne once wore [[http://www.gocomics.com/overthehedge/2017/01/07 Hammy]] around his shoulders to keep warm.
59	[[/folder]]
60
61	[[folder:Fan Works]]
62	* ''Fanfic/PackStreet'': [[https://w.secret.graphics/media/search/91D-PyuNv-XLLrT88X96Cw Charlie]] offers herself up (Or at least, is offered by Al and doesn't seem to mind) to be a scarf for Velvet in one gag comic, giving her a compliment as she does so.
63	[[/folder]]
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65	[[folder:Films -- Animated]]
66	* A strange case in ''Film/ArthurAndTheInvisibles'', where the Minimoy King's royal apparel includes a (quite living) white ferret-like creature clinging to him to simulate a long beard.
67	* Guy from ''WesternAnimation/TheCroods'' wears his pet sloth Belt as ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin. The sequel introduces another accessorized sloth (Sash), as well as [[spoiler:that Gran's "hair" is actually a living, gliding creature, Wigasus]].
68	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen\|2013}}'' went through loads of character designs in its DevelopmentHell, one even giving Elsa a [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/elsa_in_ermine.jpg coat of live ermines]].
69	* Enkefru Stengelføhn-Glad of ''WesternAnimation/PinchcliffeGrandPrix'' wears a fox around her neck which is obviously alive enough to bob its head in accord to the music.
70	* ''WesternAnimation/TheThiefAndTheCobbler'' has a scene where the Thief sneaks across a giant fur blanket to steal the princess's things. The blanket turns out to be made from live wolves, who aren't happy about the intruder.
71	[[/folder]]
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73	[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
74	* ''Film/GhostbustersII'' has a freaky scene where the evil slime terrorizes New York, and one poor lady in a fur coat steps into the slime and has the [[RaisingTheSteaks coat reanimate]], turning into a pack of pissed-off minks.
75	* ''Film/{{Hellzapoppin}}'': During the chaotic performance of Jeff's revue, Mrs. Rand notices her fur stole has fallen to the floor and asks her husband to pick it up for. He reaches down and picks a Pekingese that escaped from the stage and places it around her neck. She wears it for several seconds before noticing.
76	* ''Film/MunsterGoHome'': Series/TheMunsters are traveling by ship to England to see a castle they inherited. Grandpa Munster accidentally turns into a wolf (having mistaken wolf pills for seasick pills) and is worn by Lily to get through customs when he hasn't changed back yet.
77	[[/folder]]
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79	[[folder:Literature]]
80	* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'': In ''Literature/{{Maskerade}}'', Nanny Ogg takes her cat Greebo to the opera and wears him around her neck. Someone later comments that her fur stole is eating someone's food in another seat.
81	-->'''Nanny:''' I happen to believe in beauty without cruelty.
82	* In the poem "Warmhearted" from ''Literature/{{Falling Up\|Silverstein}}'' (as quoted above), animal activist Beatrice Bright wears a fox around her neck, which the narrator says is actually a living fox and not a faux fur garment.
83	* ''Literature/MythAdventures'': In ''Myth-Quoted'', one of the Tipp campaign managers wears a fur coat that's actually a bunch of living rodents. She insists they're loyal to her when M.Y.T.H. Inc. speculates that they might be the ones leaking candidates' dirty laundry to the press.
84	* ''Literature/OutboundFlight'': In ''Survivor's Quest'', the Geroons come aboard the ''Chaf Envoy'' wearing furs. [[spoiler:When they reveal themselves as the [[PlanetLooters planet-looting]] Vagaari, they remove stasis devices from the furs, which come to life as vicious animals that the Vagaari promptly sic on the Chiss delegation.]]
85	* ''Literature/VorkosiganSaga'': In ''Brothers in Arms'', there's a live, genetically engineered fur blanket that "feeds" on light, so it doesn't even have a head, and appears nonliving until it's touched. Knowing that it's alive ends up being a plot point.
86	* In ''Literature/WestOfEden'', the [[LizardFolk Yilanè]] use a fur-bearing animal as a cloak. One spin-off, set during a particularly bad cold snap, has one lament "We can't breed our cloaks fast enough!"
87	[[/folder]]
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89	[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
90	* Not seen but joked about in an episode of ''Series/TheGoldenGirls''. The ladies decide to start up a business where they breed minks for fur. Dorothy mentions some surprise that FriendToAllLivingThings Rose was OK with it. When Rose asks if the minks really ''have'' to be killed, Sophia quickly snaps, "No, Rose, many women like wearing coats that urinate!"
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93	[[folder:Puppet Shows]]
94	* ''Series/{{Dinosaurs}}'': In "Slave to Fashion", the teenage girl Charlene gets a coat which is a real mink-like creature. The coat is very snooty and [[ToxicFriendInfluence starts telling her which friends are not high-class enough to be friends of "theirs"]]. In the end Charlene decides some fashions just aren't worth it.
95	* ''Series/{{Mongrels}}'': In one episode Nelson's dead girlfriend gets turned into a fox fur stole and while trying to steal her back Nelson winds up taking the stole's place for a while.
96	[[/folder]]
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98	[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
99	* ''TabletopGame/{{GURPS}} Bio-Tech'' has the "skullcat" as an example of a bio-gadget. It's a feline genetically engineered into a hat. Its body temperature keeps your head warm, and it purrs soothingly.
100	* ''TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}}'': The goddess Kazutal is usually depicted wearing a live jaguar like a shawl.
101	[[/folder]]
102
103	[[folder:Theatre]]
104	* A number of trainers show such costumes made of ferrets, often with a fox collar. Just search for "ferret coat" on Website/YouTube.
105	** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ELiTfyqOqg Walking the streets in a ferret coat]].
106	** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fB0jml3iLBc Schmarlovski Circus]], with AudienceParticipation.
107	[[/folder]]
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109	[[folder:Theme Parks]]
110	* Ride/DisneyThemeParks: In one scene from ''Ride/CountryBearJamboree'', Henry wears a coonskin cap that's actually a live raccoon named Sammy.
111	[[/folder]]
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113	[[folder:Video Games]]
114	* ''VideoGame/BrawlStars'': Lola owns a sentient fox scarf. In her other skins, it can become a HoverBoard, an [[SnakesAreSinister alien snake]], a [[ThoseWilyCoyotes coyote]] and an AsianFoxSpirit.
115	* In ''VideoGame/EliteBeatAgents'', when the Carrington sisters are shipwrecked, one of the things they get the animals to do are wrap around their shoulders to keep them warm.
116	* ''VideoGame/PapaLouieArcade'': Crystal has a pet mink named Cannoli around her neck.
117	[[/folder]]
118
119	[[folder:Visual Novels]]
120	* Prison warden Patricia Roland from ''[[VisualNovel/GyakutenKenji2 Ace Attorney Investigations 2]]'' wears a live silver fox around her neck which acts as an ExpressiveAccessory. [[spoiler:Ends up Exaggerated when her VillainousBreakdown reveals that her large "fur coat" is also composed entirely of live foxes, who all simultaneously decide to jump off her body at once]].
121	[[/folder]]
122
123	[[folder:Webcomics]]
124	* In ''Webcomic/KevinAndKell'':
125	** Bruno was introduced as a wolf wearing what looked like a sheepskin draped over his back. It later turned out the "skin" was a live sheep, his [[InterspeciesRomance girlfriend]] Corrie.
126	** Kell's mother, Elanor, tries day trading, and [[http://www.kevinandkell.com/1999/kk1110.html makes enough]] to actually [[ConspicuousConsumption pay minks to be a coat for her]]. She later buys a bad stock and trades it for a BankruptcyBarrel.
127	* In ''Webcomic/LegendOfBill'', the inept BarbarianHero comes up with this arrangement while stuck in the high mountains without a blanket. Unfortunately, the animals mutiny as they are offended by the smell.
128	* In ''Webcomic/SomethingPositive'', [[http://www.somethingpositive.net/sp01292002.shtml after Choo-Choo Bear peed on Davan's scarf]], he still finds a wearable pink scarf, one with a face.
129	* In a set of ''Webcomic/TwoKinds'' spinoff comics, a half-dragon girl wears her half-brother as living clothes.
130	[[/folder]]
131
132	[[folder:Western Animation]]
133	* ''WesternAnimation/OneHundredAndOneDalmatiansTheSeries'': Cruella sometimes wears her ferret, Scorch, around her neck like a boa.
134	* In Catwoman's first appearance in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'', she is carrying her cat, Isis, around her neck, to help in one of her thefts.
135	* In an older ''WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck'' cartoon, a bear trying to escape hunters disguises himself as the bearskin rug in a hunter (Donald, natch)'s cabin. After Donald finally leaves, it turns out the original rug, which the bear had stuffed in a trunk, was another bear who had the idea first.
136	* In the ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' short "The Unbearable Bear", a bear cop presents his wife a live fox (who'd been trying to rob their house) around her neck, in order to cheer her up after he'd woken her up trying to catch the robber. When the fox starts to come to, the cop hits him on the head to knock him out again.
137	* In the ''WesternAnimation/MerrieMelodies'' cartoon "Fox Pop" (1942), a fox overhears a radio announcement that fox furs are fashionable that season. The fox immediately imagines a woman wearing him, wrapped (alive) around her neck.
138	* ''WesternAnimation/OKKOLetsBeHeroes'': One of the minor characters, Ted Viking, wears a talking fox scarf named Foxy around his neck.
139	* In the ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' episode "Run Run Away", Candace [[ImagineSpot imagines herself being a model]], and we see a shot of her in {{Fashion Magazine}}s, including one where she is wearing a white cat around her neck.
140	* In one ''WesternAnimation/ThePinkPanther'' cartoon, the Panther, having blow-dried his fur fluffy, crashes a banquet by letting himself be worn as a stole.
141	* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' has a "WesternAnimation/TreehouseOfHorror" segment that parodies ''Literature/TheIslandOfDoctorMoreau'', where Dr. Hibbert transforms several characters into animals. One scene has him wearing a fox around his neck, which is actually a transformed Mr. Burns.
142	* In ''WesternAnimation/{{The Smurfs\|1981}}'' episode "Gargamel's Sweetheart", Evelyn the witch wears her pet weasel around her neck like a stole.
143	* ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'':
144	** In the episode, "Prom-ise Her Anything", Elmyra wears Furrball as a sash as part of her prom outfit.
145	** In the short, "Fur-Gone Conclusion" from the episode, "Rainy Daze", Babs, as Buffy Vanderbunny, wears a Baby Seal as a sash in order to save him from [[FurAndLoathing being skinned alive]] by Gotcha Grabmore. She even tells her that wearing live animals is the latest fashion.
146	[[/folder]]
147
148	[[folder:Real Life]]
149	* Apparently Ragdoll cats are so docile, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmfMoVqxeVg they make fine scarves.]]
150	[[/folder]]

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