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1''Zoo~la~la'' is a UsefulNotes/{{Furry|Fandom}} Webcomic [[http://i-got-rhythm.deviantart.com/ found on the author's Deviant Art account.]] It is a slice of life comedy revolving around the antics and (mis)adventures of a cast of teenage anthros and humans. The main cast features two human characters, Bianca and Sparky, as well as a group of anthros composed of a tabby cat named J.T., a mink named Brooklyn, a mouse named Marcie, a Border Collie named Jackie, and Sparky's pet mutt, Angel.
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3See also Webcomic/TurnerAcademy, another webcomic by the same author.
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5!!Zoo~la~la contains examples of:
6* AlliterativeName: Fifi la Frou Frou.
7* AnimalsNotToScale: Variant 1; The five anthros are all about the same size as the human cast, despite being a cat, two dogs, a mouse, and a mink.
8%%* AuthorAvatar: A grey cat named Shiloh.
9%%* TheDitz: Angel.
10* EveryoneMeetsEveryone: {{Subverted}} in the Pilot; Angel is introduced to J.T. at the end of the story, and it is established that Jackie, Brooklyn, Marcie, and J.T. already knew each other.
11* FemaleFelineMaleMutt: {{Inverted}} by three of the main five anthros. J.T. the Cat is the only boy in the group while the two dogs, Angel and Jackie, are both girls.
12* FieryRedhead Angel and Sparky, just not so much angry as spunky and free spirited.
13** Averted by Marcie, the quiet bookworm mouse.
14* TheFlapper Despite the webcomic having a modern setting Bianca could qualify as a subversion. Her fashion sense is based on vintage styles, especially 20s looks, she enjoys listening to and singing jazz music, and she was originally going to be drawn as a brunette version of Roxie Hart from the movie version ''Chicago'', however, she is more of a ShrinkingViolet than the typical daring flapper personality.
15* FourGirlEnsemble: The girls from the main five group of anthros:
16** Angel - The Ditz
17** Brooklyn - The Flirt
18** Jackie - The Tomboy
19** Marcie - The Smart One
20* FurAndLoathing: Parodied in the Earth Day comic strip.
21* GirlishPigtails and TomboyishPonytail: {{Inverted}}. Jackie is a tomboy with pigtails while the, not necessarily girly, but more feminine Brooklyn wears her hair in a ponytail.
22* InterspeciesRomance: Seen in the pilot with J.T. and Angel (cat and dog), Marcie and her boyfriend (mouse and some kind of canine), and Brooklyn and her boyfriend (mink and human)
23%%* ItsFakeFurItsFine: Said almost word-for-word by Bianca in the Earth Day strip.
24%%* KnownOnlyByTheirNickname: Sparky.
25* LimitedWardrobe: While the colors vary, Angel is often seen wearing a tank top with a skirt or a sweetheart top dress with a cardigan.
26* LineOfSightName: In the pilot, Jackie comes up with the name "Angel" after looking at her iPod playlist and spotting Aerosmith a song with that title.
27* LongHairIsFeminine: Played straight by Marcie and Brooklyn, however, most of the other female characters (not just the tomboyish Jackie) have hair that is shoulder length or shorter.
28* [[ManicPixieDreamGirl Manic Pixie Dream Boy]] Sparky to Bianca.
29%%* NerdGlasses: Marcie.
30* [[NotSoImaginaryFriend Not So Imaginary Girlfriend]] Played with in the pilot. Originally "Angel" and "Joey" were imaginary dates made up by the characters' friends. Later, the real Angel and J.T. end up meeting each other in person, each thinking the other is their date.
31* OddFriendship Sparky is a total GenkiBoy while Bianca is more quiet and introverted.
32* OverlyLongName: Angelle Raquel Krystal Zephyr Evelyn Maxine Rebecca Dawn Antoinette Juliet Quinn. (Often shortened to "Angelle Raquel Quinn" or just "Angel Quinn")
33* PrincessesPreferPink Angel's "fairy princess" costume at the Mardi Gras masquerade
34* ShorterMeansSmarter Marcie is the smartest one of the group, and she's a mouse.
35* ShoutOut TONS of them, especially with the names.
36** Marcie's full name and species is a shout-out to Creator/WaltDisney. Marcie is short for Marceline (the name of a town where he lived at one point in his childhood), her middle name is Annette (a character from ''WesternAnimation/{{Lady and the Tramp II|ScampsAdventure}}''), and her last name is Walters. (Take a wild guess). Plus, she's a [[WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse mouse]].
37** Brooklyn's middle name is [[Creator/AudreyHepburn Audrey]] and her last name is [[Creator/MarilynMonroe Monroe]].
38** In part of the pilot, Jackie's iPod is shown to have music by Music/BonJovi, Music/BowlingForSoup, and Music/{{Aerosmith}} (the Aerosmith song "Angel" being part of the plot).
39* ShrinkingViolet: Bianca pretty much keeps to herself around anyone except Sparky and her pet birds.
40* SideStoryBonusArt: [[http://i-got-rhythm.deviantart.com/gallery/36387914 a whole folder dedicated solely to this.]]
41* SignificantGreenEyedRedhead: Jackie in the pilot when she wore a red wig for her disguise as the fake girlfriend she made up for J.T.
42* SpeciesSurname: Joey the Cat.
43** However the "T" in J.T. stands for his middle name, Tiger, not "the".
44* StockAnimalName Joey's middle name is "Tiger".
45%%* TeenProtagonist
46* TokenHuman Sparky and Bianca are the only humans in the main cast (however, there have been some other humans, such as Brooklyn's love interest seen in two scenes of the pilot)

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