Line #22 Quotes/FurryConfusion


1	->''"In these worlds we had funny animals that walked and talked, [[{{dogfaces}} humans with animal parts that walked and talked]], but we also had the kind of animals we are used to in real life - dumb animals that don't read and write or talk or walk on their hind legs. I am dying to know how old time cartoonists decided which creatures were allowed the gifts of intelligence, opposable thumbs or pants. Talk about playing God! Every cartoonist has as much power as the Almighty in making arbitrary decisions about which of his creatures get the good or bad end of the stick."''
2	-->--Creator/JohnKricfalusi on FunnyAnimal comics like WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck, [[Blog/JohnKStuff "Mutant Cartoon Creatures From the Netherworld"]]
3
4	->''"His apartment is full of dogs and cats. Can I mention this or does it completely louse up my metaphor?"''
5	-->-- '''Creator/ArtSpiegelman''', ''ComicBook/{{Maus}}''
6
7	->''"By the way, am I the only one who thinks it's weird that the Statue of Liberty is human when the world is populated by animals?"''
8	-->-- '''WebVideo/TheNecroCritic''', ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfTheAmericanRabbit''
9
10	->''Does anyone else find it strange that we are all fish, but we're also ''''riding'''' fish? I mean, where is the line drawn between which fish can talk and which fish don't?!''
11	-->-- '''Jumbo''', ''WesternAnimation/FishHooks''
12
13	->'''Gordie:''' Alright, alright, Mickey's a mouse, Donald's a duck, Pluto's a dog. What's Goofy?\
14	'''Teddy:''' Goofy's a dog. He's definitely a dog.\
15	'''Chris:''' He can't be a dog. He drives a car and wears a hat.\
16	'''Vern:''' Oh, God. That's weird. What the hell is Goofy?
17	-->-- ''Film/StandByMe''
18
19	->''"Okay, this is something that has bothered me for years, and in all sorts of medium. So I'm furnishing my little ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing'' cottage, right? But I don't know if I'm comfortable with keeping a caged canary (which is a furniture item) in the window when my next-door neighbor is a [[BirdPeople talking, four-foot-tall robin]]. ''
20	->''It's the same thing in what was one of my favorite childrens's shows, ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'', too. He's got a little pet dog, but one of his best friends is also a dog. And it happens again with [[Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon Goofy and Pluto of the Disney universe]]; both are dogs, but they live in different castes of domestic hierarchy. What is this? ''
21	->''And when you encounter this sort of thing at such a young age, it's...I don't know, it's just crippling."''
22	-->-- '''Creator/KatieTiedrich''', ''Webcomic/AwkwardZombie'', [[https://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/please-explain-this-anomaly "Please Explain This Anomaly"]]
23
24	->''"It kind of weirds me out when animals TO animals exist in a world where animals are more like people than animals. ...Let me try that again."''
25	-->-- ''Webcomic/BrawlInTheFamily'', [[http://brawlinthefamily.keenspot.com/comic/286-thefishnextdoor/ "The Fish Next Door"]]
26
27	->''"You got that weird thing I never get, where some of the dinosaurs talk but some don't. And you could argue that maybe they're not as intelligent, but look - [[AllAnimalsAreDogs one of them is like a dog]]. I'm sorry but that's really weird. If it was like a different animal, maybe. But when the rest of the dinosaurs can talk, this is really kind of odd. It's like talking to a person and then another person is suddenly licking and scratching at you. It's, I don't know, just odd."''
28	-->-- '''Creator/DougWalker''', reviewing ''WesternAnimation/{{Dinosaur}}'' as part of ''Disneycember''
29
30	->'''[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Rarity]]:''' Before you go back, to your world I mean, I want give you some of my concepts. [...] I would like you to show my work to some of the ponies you know and ask for their opinions on them. This could really help me expand my business! [...]\
31	'''[[Franchise/AceAttorney Phoenix]]:''' I'll have a little trouble doing that. They don't talk.\
32	'''Rarity:''' They don't... talk? My word... What a strange world you come from Mr. Wright. Mute ponies... none of them fly or use magic?\
33	'''Phoenix:''' They don't do that either. They just sort of sit in petting zoos and perplex. And they kinda smell...
34	-->-- ''WebAnimation/TurnaboutStorm''
35
36	->'''[[VideoGame/{{Scribblenauts}} Maxwell]]''': Oooh! I love it when they bend the rules! At least it's more fun than the Giant Ape Fights, that just sounds boring.\
37	'''[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Twilight]]''': It's just a less sophisticated form of human wrestling. It's like me going to see a horse race.
38	-->--''Roleplay/WeAreOurAvatars''
39
40	->''"Starring... generic anime guys, [[Music/{{Vocaloid}} Hatsune Riku]], [[SdrawkcabName "Disney" spelled backwards]], [[WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse American Pikachu]], [[Anime/DragonBallZ SSJ Trunks]], [[Film/BoyzNTheHood boys in da hood]], [[WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}} MC Hammer Pants]], [[WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck Aflac]], [[WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast Disney's Wolverine]], [[WesternAnimation/{{The Little Mermaid\|1989}} Evil Adele]], [[VideoGame/{{Portal}} GlaDos]], [[WesternAnimation/PlutoThePup a dog]], and... [[WesternAnimation/{{Goofy}} also a dog]]? Huh. Interesting... [[LampshadeHanging So one wears pants?]]"''
41	-->-- ''[[WebVideo/HonestTrailers Honest Game Trailers]]'', "''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsI''"
42
43	->''"Also, even though you play as an anthropomorphic bear, dogs are still dogs and birds are still birds. And, I mean, I can't blame them for being mad. I'd be pissed too if no one transformed me in a [[TotallyRadical radical, sunglasses-wearing, skateboarding version]] of myself."''
44	-->-- '''WebVideo/JonTron''', ''VideoGame/WallyBearAndTheNoGang''
45
46	->''"What kind of a world -is- this, anyway? You've got talking snake-people and ordinary snakes, you've got birds that wear clothes and those [mutated birds]. You got frogs? And you got frog wizards?"''
47	-->--'''Learoyd, ComicBook/TheAutumnlandsToothAndClaw'''
48
49	->''"Okay, let's talk about the weirdness of this. We have talking, sentient animals going around: Cats, birds, crocodiles, dogs, whatever. That's cool. But we also have regular birds... and squirrels and everything going around! Don't you think the pigeon's looking at him going 'Motherfucker gets to articulate his thoughts with words and has fuckin' thumbs and everything.'"''
50	-->--'''WebVideo/{{Jacksepticeye}}''', ''VideoGame/NightInTheWoods - Part 2''
51
52	->'''The Brain:''' If they're animals, does their school serve bugs and garbage for lunch?\
53	'''Francine:''' I'd like to know how a mouse has a pet dog. Wouldn't the dog eat him?\
54	'''Arthur:''' Andy's not a mouse. He's a...something. I forget.
55	-->--''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'', [[SelfDeprecation poking fun at itself]] in "The Contest"
56
57	->''"They're all'' birds! ''How does that work? When is [[WesternAnimation/PlutoThePup Pluto]] gonna walk WesternAnimation/{{Goofy}}?! IT'S NEVER EXPLAINED!"''
58	-->--'''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic''', reviewing the first episode of the ''[[WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017 DuckTales]]'' reboot
59
60	->''"If Mickey's a mouse, and Minnie's a mouse, and Donald's a duck, and Goofy is a dog, if they're all animals and they can talk, why is Pluto just a fucking dog? Is Mickey just keeping a retarded guy as a pet?"''
61	-->--'''Bo Burnham'''
62
63	->''"(Goofy's) the only fucking dog who's good enough to wear fucking pants?! Well, I wanna wear the fucking pants for once!"''
64	-->-- '''Pluto''' right before [[MurderSuicide shooting Goofy and then himself]], ''WesternAnimation/DrawnTogether''
65
66	->''"So I complete the task, I get the kid's dog and -- h-hang on, stop and think about this. It's designed to look like a real life dog, yet it's sitting next to [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog a giant cartoon hedgehog]]! What kind of world does this game exist in?"''
67	-->--'''WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd''', in his review of ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006''
68
69	->''"The Crimes went on to hang out with their new pony. Ponies are people in this universe, I guess? I'm not actually sure."''
70	-->--'''Narrator''', ''VideoGame/InvestiGatorTheCaseOfTheBigCrime''
71
72	->'''[[VideoGame/SlyCooper Carmelita]]:''' How was your first patrol? Any luck?\
73	'''[[WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}} Nick]]:''' Well, most of Muggshot’s goons are laying low…\
74	'''Judy:''' …but we did collar one suspect!\
75	'''Carmelita:''' Excellent. May I see?\
76	'''Judy:''' Of course!\
77	''[Judy gestures, ecstatically and with both arms, through the two-way mirror of the interrogation room.]''\
78	''[Inside, a bulldog is sleeping, slobbering onto the table.]''\
79	'''Carmelita:''' …\
80	'''Nick:''' …?\
81	'''Judy:''' ???\
82	'''Carmelita:''' [[YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe …Is this a joke?]]\
83	'''Judy:''' What? No! No no no! Look, I’m sorry he fell asleep, I just, we’re treating him gently, actually we think there might be something ‘wrong’ with him, we didn’t want to put too much -\
84	'''Carmelita:''' That’s a dog.\
85	'''Judy:''' Yeah! Just like the rest of Muggshot’s gang!\
86	'''Nick:''' Not that we based the arrest entirely on racial profiling.\
87	'''Judy:''' Oh! No! Of course not! I didn’t - yes. We found him guarding one of Muggshot’s legal properties.\
88	'''Nick:''' And when we approached, he attacked us without warning. Pretty bone-headed move, honestly.\
89	'''Carmelita:''' Mmhmm. Probably because it’s a dog.\
90	'''Nick:''' Woah, hey!\
91	'''Judy:''' Carmelita, [[MistakenForRacist you can’t just say something like that!]] I thought you of all people -\
92	'''Carmelita:''' No, listen. I… really don’t know how to explain this to you. It’s a dog.\
93	'''Judy:''' Like Muggshot.\
94	'''Carmelita:''' No. Not like Muggshot.\
95	'''Nick:''' Muggshot is a dog.\
96	'''Carmelita:''' Muggshot is a dog, but not like this dog is a dog. It’s… you know, [[DistinctionWithoutADifference a dog?]] An animal you take home and feed and bring around on a leash?\
97	'''Nick:''' …\
98	'''Judy:''' …\
99	'''Carmelita:''' …\
100	'''Judy:''' …\
101	'''Nick:''' …wait, I think I get it.\
102	'''Carmelita:''' [[HopeSpot Thank god.]]\
103	'''Nick:''' [[ComicallyMissingThePoint I bet over in Paris you get a lot of weird "alternative lifestyles", huh?]] [[TheyJustDontGetIt Well, whatever. I’m not one to kinkshame.]]\
104	'''Carmelita:''' [[BigNo NO]]
105	-->-- '''[[https://extraneousdominomask.tumblr.com/post/162205227287/a-zooplecoop-where-nick-and-judy-interrogating-a Tumblr post]]'''
106
107	->''"I caught a frog! Or it's a new neighbor...and I have some apologizing to do."''
108	-->-- '''Player character, upon catching a frog with their fishing rod''', ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossingNewHorizons''
109
110	->''"Welcome to the world of Goofy. Where the fish are fish, the birds are birds, and everyone else is somewhere on the spectrum between dog, cat and man."''
111	-->-- '''Narrator''' in the WebVideo/HonestTrailers for ''WesternAnimation/AGoofyMovie''.
112
113	-> ''What a weird world where a tree is more sapient and thus less desirable to kill than a moving entity.''
114	-->-- '''Skawo''', ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-M8TfeJaRc Paper Mario: The Origami King - Part 4 - Tree Sappyience]]
115
116	-> ''2 cats need a home! One of them is a person.''
117	-->-- '''Bulletin board advertisement''', ''[[VideoGame/TheJackboxPartyPack Patently Stupid]]''
118
119	-> ''…Me, with a cat? Wouldn't that be like… Slavery?''
120	-->--'''[[CatGirl Fel]]''', ''Webcomic/MyLifeWithFel'', [[https://mylifewithfel.com/post/181 page 174]]
121
122	-> ''His neighbors are shown to be other animals, usually dressed and walking on their hind legs, but the lion is naked like Sylvester. The lion also walks on all fours. This universe is somewhat inconsistent.''
123	-->-- '''Cassandra Gelvin''' on ''Sylvester and the Magic Pebble'', ''Website/DontReadThisToMyKids''
124
125	-> ''[while looking at a dakimakura with a CatGirl on it]'' ...I don't know how I feel about this.
126	-->-- '''[[WesternAnimation/TopCat Choo-Choo]]''' (who is herself a sapient cat,) ''WesternAnimation/{{Jellystone}}''
127
128	->'''Trixie:''' Pinkie! You've got a rooster and a monkey to deal with -- how's that going?\
129	'''Pinkie Pie:''' It's going AMAZING. Sure, Mr. Monkey was having an eensy bit of trouble with the choreography at first... but that was BEFORE I bonded with him about our shared love of literature! See, I was in the middle of telling him [[Literature/JourneyToTheWest this story Mistmane told me, about the King of the Monkeys, and how he was BEST FRIENDS with a pigotaur and a sand troll... and how one day they all teamed up to help this sweet unicorn librarian travel ALL the way to Shire Lanka to check out a book he really wanted!]] It's going over GREAT!\
130	'''Imperial Monkey:''' Ook.\
131	'''Trixie:''' Uh... Pinkie? I think that's just a regular monkey. Like... not the sentient kind? I'm sure he likes you, but I don't know if he understands... you know... any of that.\
132	'''Pinkie Pie:''' Really?! Aw, nuts... I thought he was just a really good listener!
133	-->-- ''VideoGame/MyLittlePonyGameloft'', "A Mistmane New Year"
134
135	->''Why is Socks a dog? Yeah, I know the show's about dogs, but Socks is a dog-dog who walks on four legs and bites and barks.''
136	-->-- '''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDj3RD6v1Jk Margie]]''' on ''WesternAnimation/{{Bluey}}''
137
138	->''The Tibbles call her a scaredy-cat, which is a weird insult when you realize cats[[note]]accompanied by a photo of Sue Ellen and Jenna, who are cats[[/note]] are people in this world.''
139	-->-- ''WebVideo/{{FUDW}}'' on ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}''
140
141	->'''Jeanette:''' What the heck is that?!\
142	'''Jake:''' Looks like a cat but walks on all fours.
143	-->-- ''Webcomic/RamTheRobot'', "[[https://rafvicalv.com/RAMtheRobot/index.html?pg=15#showComic R.A.M. and the Portal]]"
144
145	->'''R.A.M.:''' [Ahh! What is that?! I think I blew a fuse!]\
146	'''Jake:''' It looks like a rabbit but walks on all fours.
147	-->-- ''Webcomic/RamTheRobot'', "[[https://rafvicalv.com/RAMtheRobot/index.html?pg=50#showComic R.A.M. Across the Multiverse]]"
148
149	->''"is it morally acceptable to have feelings for your friend's pokemon"''
150	-->-- [[BlandNameProduct Gloomle]] search by '''[[VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon Incineroar]]''', ''Webcomic/EveryoneIsHome'', [[https://www.woodenplankstudios.com/comic/pokemontage-everyone-is-home/ "Pokémontage"]]
151
152	->''"And is it fair, that WesternAnimation/{{Pluto}} has to sleep in a doghouse, and wear a leash, while WesternAnimation/{{Goofy}}, who is also a dog, gets to drive around in a car and play golf with [[WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse Mickey]]!?"''
153	-->-- '''Louis Stevens''', ''Series/EvenStevens''
154
155	->'''Vector:''' Frogs don't talk, okay!? That's just how it is!\
156	'''Espio:''' Or is that just how you perceive it? How can you know what they think?\
157	'''Vector:''' I don't ''care'' what they think!\
158	'''Charmy:''' Because you're—\
159	'''Vector:''' Not because I'm racist! We talk, they ''don't!'' There's nothing to think about [[TemptingFate unless we come across a non-sapient crocodile or something!]]\
160	''(Team Chaotix comes across a non-sapient crocodile or something)''\
161	'''Charmy:''' Like that?\
162	''([[{{beat}} Vector pauses for a moment]])''\
163	'''Vector:''' ''(quietly)'' …Maybe God ''has'' forsaken us.
164	-->-- [[https://youtu.be/usf06ziW8z4?feature=shared "They're not like us"]] by '''WebVideo/{{Jehtt}}''' (based on ''VideoGame/SonicHeroes'')

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