'''Basic Trope''': A world where animals substitute for people.
* '''Straight''': Alice is an alligator and Bob is a buffalo. They both speak English, live in houses, use money, wear clothes, and eat human foods. There is nothing unusual about that.
* '''Exaggerated''':
** [[LogicalExtreme In this universe, every eukaryotic organism is intelligent]], even cockroaches, worms and amoebas. It is a highly advanced civilization where it is not unusual to see a dog driving a car, a fly talking on his phone, [[CarnivoreConfusion a cow eating a hamburger]], or even an amoeba somehow wearing clothing. Different species intermix freely, and their offspring may be of either species or a hybrid.
** Bob's best friends, Ibrahim and Altan, [[AnachronisticAnimal are a]] ''[[SharkMan Pakicetus]]'' and a ''[[BirdPeople Veloci]][[LizardFolk raptor]]'' respectively, and there is nothing unusual about that.
* '''Downplayed''': [[LionsAndTigersAndHumansOhMy Alice and Bob live with humans.]]
* '''Justified''': The work takes place in an alternate universe where humans never evolved, and all other species are sapient instead.
* '''Inverted''': The work focuses on a purely human civilization, with no non-human animals to be seen anywhere.
* '''Subverted''': A dog-person attends a party, but later it is revealed this is just a hyper-realistic costume.
* '''Double Subverted''': Underneath the dog costume, [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext he is actually a cat.]]
* '''Parodied''': Even though the animals are clearly very civilized, they also still eat each other.
* '''Zig-Zagged''': A dog-person attends a party, but later it is revealed this is just a hyper-realistic costume. However, underneath the dog costume, [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext he is actually a cat.]] But it turns out the cat was a hyper-realistic costume. But then it's revealed that underneath the costume is a wolf, but it also turns out to be a costume, [[OverlyLongGag and so on.]]
* '''Averted''': The world has humans as the dominant species, and animals are merely domestic.
* '''Enforced''':
** The creator is an animal lover who wanted to make a world composed entirely of animals.
** The creator is a member of the UsefulNotes/FurryFandom.
** The creator thinks FurriesAreEasierToDraw.
* '''Lampshaded''': "Alice is an alligator, and Bob is a buffalo. That's a bit weird."
* '''Invoked''': A mad scientist genetically engineers animals to be sapient and humanoid, so he can study the evolution of a civilization with many species.
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* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': [[InterspeciesRomance "So the alligator is in love with a buffalo?"]] "That's probably not unusual in this world. For one thing, the mayor of Troperville is a penguin who married a snake."
* '''Played for Laughs''': Bob gives Alice meat as a gift, and she gives him a fish. Awkwardness follows.
* '''Played for Drama''': The carnivore animals oppress the herbivore animals, keeping them from rebelling or questioning the status quo, Two young animals, Alice - an alligator of the carnivore clan - and Bob - a buffalo of the herbivore clan - must keep their friendship a secret.
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