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* Russell the otter from ''WebAnimation/HappyTreeFriends'' has a flat tail like a beaver.
** Also from ''WebAnimation/HappyTreeFriends'': Giggles, Flaky, and Cro-Marmot all lack tails, as did Mime during the TV series but was given it back later on. On an antonymous note, Splendid and Petunia have tails that are equal to them in both height and width, if not larger than that.
** Also from ''WebAnimation/HappyTreeFriends'': Giggles, Flaky, and Cro-Marmot all lack tails, as did Mime during the TV series but was given it back later on. On an antonymous note, Splendid and Petunia have tails that are equal to them in both height and width, if not larger than that.
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** Russell the otterfrom ''WebAnimation/HappyTreeFriends'' has a flat tail like a beaver.
**Also from ''WebAnimation/HappyTreeFriends'': Giggles, Flaky, Cro-Marmot, Lumpy and Cro-Marmot all the bear characters [[InexplicablyTailless all lack tails, tails]], as did Mime during the TV series but (but was given it back later on. on).
** On an antonymous note, Splendid and Petunia have tails that are equal to them in both height and width, if not larger than that.
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** On an antonymous note, Splendid and Petunia have tails that are equal to them in both height and width, if not larger than that.
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* Tigger from ''Franchise/WinnieThePooh'' has a springy tail with a blunt tip that he can bounce on. Also Eeyore has a tall that is like a normal donkey's, except it is nailed into his body. Then again, they're technically toys.
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* Tigger from ''Franchise/WinnieThePooh'' has a springy tail with a blunt tip that he can bounce on. Also Eeyore has a tall that is like a normal donkey's, except it is nailed into his body. Then then again, they're technically toys.living toys which [[IThoughtItMeant explains why it's okay and painless]] for the tail to be [[WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids nailed into his body]].
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* Unikitty in "WesternAnimation/Unikitty!" has a tail that seems to be like a cartoony unicorn or horse tail. Puppycorn has a ball-like tail which looks like a tail of a rabbit while Dr. Fox's tail looked like a brush.
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* Unikitty in "WesternAnimation/Unikitty!" "WesternAnimation/Unikitty" has a tail that seems to be like a cartoony unicorn or horse tail. Puppycorn has a ball-like tail which looks like a tail of a rabbit while Dr. Fox's tail looked like a brush.
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* Unikitty in "WesternAnimation/Unikitty!" has a tail that seems to be like a cartoony unicorn or horse tail. Puppycorn has a ball-like tail which looks like a tail of a rabbit while Dr. Fox's tail looked like a brush.
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* Animals with large tails that drag on the ground (such as beavers, kangaroos and certain reptiles) are drawn with their tails sticking upward.
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* Animals with large large, heavy tails that drag on the ground (such as beavers, kangaroos and certain reptiles) are drawn with their tails sticking upward.
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* Hippos with longer and/or thinner tails than in real life. Sometimes they lack tufts at the tip.
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* Cartoon chipmunks that have deer-like tails. Real chipmunks have much longer tails similar to that of a squirrel, but thinner.
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* Cartoon chipmunks that have deer-like tails. Real chipmunks have much longer tails similar to that of a squirrel, but thinner. They may also occasionally be InexplicablyTailless.
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* Animals with large tails that drag on the ground (such as beavers, kangaroos and certain reptiles) are drawn with their tails sticking upward.
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* [[MovieBonusSong "Pet Me, Poppa"]] from ''Theatre/GuysAndDolls'' has the [[ChorusGirls The Goldwyn Girls]] dressed as pussy cats swinging around totally un-catlike tails.
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* Averted with The Chipmunks in the two live action ''Film/AlvinAndTheChipmunks'' movies and the Chipettes in the second one; they have tails like real chipmunks.
** Subverted in the cartoons, where they don't even have tails.
** Subverted in the cartoons, where they don't even have tails.
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* The weasels in Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit have short, stubby tails rather than longish catlike tails like real weasels.
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* Averted with The Chipmunks in the two live action ''Film/AlvinAndTheChipmunks'' movies and the Chipettes in the second one; they have tails like real chipmunks.
** Subverted in the cartoons, where they don't even have tails.
* [[MovieBonusSong "Pet Me, Poppa"]] from ''Theatre/GuysAndDolls'' has the [[ChorusGirls The Goldwyn Girls]] dressed as pussy cats swinging around totally un-catlike tails.
* The weasels in Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit have short, stubby tails rather than longish catlike tails like real weasels.
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* Averted with The Chipmunks in the two live action ''Film/AlvinAndTheChipmunks'' movies and the Chipettes in the second one; they have tails like real chipmunks.
** Subverted in the cartoons, where they don't even have tails.
* [[MovieBonusSong "Pet Me, Poppa"]] from ''Theatre/GuysAndDolls'' has the [[ChorusGirls The Goldwyn Girls]] dressed as pussy cats swinging around totally un-catlike tails.
* The weasels in Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit have short, stubby tails rather than longish catlike tails like real weasels.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'', Mei's panda tail is shown to be somewhat prehensile whereas real red panda tails are not prehensile at all.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'', Mei's panda tail is shown to be somewhat prehensile whereas real red panda tails are not prehensile at all. Possibly justified due to the magical nature of the panda.
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* In the fanfic ''Fanfic/TailsOfTheOldRepublic'', a crossover/ FusionFic between ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'' and the videogame ''Franchise/StarWars: VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic'', Tails the fox has two tails like in the games and other media he regularly features in, but taken to [[ExaggeratedTrope extremes]] here. Not only can he [[HeliCritter fly]] with them, [[BewareMyStingerTail fight]] with them, and even [[LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe shield]] himself with them, now that he's been [[PlotRelevantAgeUp aged up]] to adolescence, Tails' namesakes are now ''twice'' as long as he is tall!
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* In the fanfic ''Fanfic/TailsOfTheOldRepublic'', a crossover/ FusionFic between ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'' ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' and the videogame ''Franchise/StarWars: VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic'', Tails the fox has two tails like in the games and other media he regularly features in, but taken to [[ExaggeratedTrope extremes]] here. Not only can he [[HeliCritter fly]] with them, [[BewareMyStingerTail fight]] with them, and even [[LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe shield]] himself with them, now that he's been [[PlotRelevantAgeUp aged up]] to adolescence, Tails' namesakes are now ''twice'' as long as he is tall!
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* Miles "Tails" Power from ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'' has two tails that enable him to fly like a helicopter when he spins them. There's no indication of how this is anatomically possible.
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* Miles "Tails" Power from ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'' ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' has two tails that enable him to fly like a helicopter when he spins them. There's no indication of how this is anatomically possible.
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* Real moose have stumpy little tails, even shorter than that of most other deer. ''Morris the Moose'', from the eponymous picture book series, has a long tail with a tuft on the end, kind of like a unicorn!
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* Real moose have stumpy little tails, even shorter than that of most other deer. ''Morris the Moose'', ''Literature/MorrisTheMoose'', from the eponymous picture book series, has a long tail with a tuft on the end, kind of like a unicorn!
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* Mandrills with long, baboon-like tails. Mandrills actually have very short, stubby tails, and [[ScienceMarchesOn are no longer classified as baboons]].
* Monkeys in general with {{Prehensile Tail}}s, regardless of species. In reality, only certain New World monkeys have prehensile tails.
* Monkeys in general with {{Prehensile Tail}}s, regardless of species. In reality, only certain New World monkeys have prehensile tails.
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* Dinosaurs with overly flexible tails that may or may not drag on the ground. Real dinosaurs held their tails rigid due to their weight and erect leg placement, and theropods in particular are supposed to have stiff and thick tails that are used for balance and leg powering (sometimes this is a case of ScienceMarchesOn however). Although stegosaurids have flexible tails as far as dinosaurs go, able to swing a full 180 degrees, but even these were stiffened and held off of the ground.
* Diplodocid sauropods like ''Apatosaurus'' and ''Diplodocus'' will sometimes be portrayed with shorter tails than in real life, despite the family being known for having long, whip-like tails which they use for defense. Conversely, brachiosaurids have relatively short tails compared to other sauropods, but they will sometimes have long tails similar to those of diplodocids.
* Similarly, pterosaurs (especially if it's a ''Pteranodon'') with long tails. In real life, most of them, including the Pteranodon, have short tails. However, some pterosaurs like ''Rhamphorhynchus'' have long tails, but they do not have crests like ''Pteranodon''[[note]]although some long-tailed pterosaurs do have crests, but they are very different than the one ''Pteranodon'' possesses[[/note]].
* Mosasaurs are usually portrayed with paddle-like tails, while plesiosaurs and pliosaurs have theirs tapering to a point. In real life, all of these marine reptiles had shark-like tail flukes.
* Diplodocid sauropods like ''Apatosaurus'' and ''Diplodocus'' will sometimes be portrayed with shorter tails than in real life, despite the family being known for having long, whip-like tails which they use for defense. Conversely, brachiosaurids have relatively short tails compared to other sauropods, but they will sometimes have long tails similar to those of diplodocids.
* Similarly, pterosaurs (especially if it's a ''Pteranodon'') with long tails. In real life, most of them, including the Pteranodon, have short tails. However, some pterosaurs like ''Rhamphorhynchus'' have long tails, but they do not have crests like ''Pteranodon''[[note]]although some long-tailed pterosaurs do have crests, but they are very different than the one ''Pteranodon'' possesses[[/note]].
* Mosasaurs are usually portrayed with paddle-like tails, while plesiosaurs and pliosaurs have theirs tapering to a point. In real life, all of these marine reptiles had shark-like tail flukes.
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* Saber-toothed cats tend to be depicted with long tails similar to other big cats. Primitive saber-toothed cats like ''Machairodus'' have tails like this, but advanced ones like ''Smilodon'' have very stubby tails like a lynx or a bobcat.
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* Dinosaurs with overly flexible tails, or ones that drag on the ground. The bigger dinosaurs held their tails rigid and level with their bodies. Even stegosaurids, who were able to swing their tails a full 180 degrees, still held them off the ground.
* Saber-toothed cats tend to be depicted with long tails similar to other big cats. This was true of primitive saber-toothed cats like ''Machairodus'', but advanced ones like ''Smilodon'' had very stubby tails like a lynx or a bobcat.
* Pterosaurs (especially if it's a ''Pteranodon'') with long tails. Most of them, including the Pteranodon, had short tails. Some pterosaurs like ''Rhamphorhynchus'' had long tails, but their heads looked very different from the ''Pteranodon'' mould (with a long crest) that is most commonly drawn.
* Diplodocid sauropods like ''Apatosaurus'' and ''Diplodocus'' will sometimes be portrayed with rather short tails, despite the family being known for having long, whip-like tails. Conversely, brachiosaurids had relatively short tails compared to other sauropods, but they are sometimes drawn with long tails similar to those of diplodocids.
* Mosasaurs were long thought to have paddle-like tails. It is now the consensus that they had a shark-like vertical fluke.
* Dinosaurs with overly flexible tails, or ones that drag on the ground. The bigger dinosaurs held their tails rigid and level with their bodies. Even stegosaurids, who were able to swing their tails a full 180 degrees, still held them off the ground.
* Saber-toothed cats tend to be depicted with long tails similar to other big cats. This was true of primitive saber-toothed cats like ''Machairodus'', but advanced ones like ''Smilodon'' had very stubby tails like a lynx or a bobcat.
* Pterosaurs (especially if it's a ''Pteranodon'') with long tails. Most of them, including the Pteranodon, had short tails. Some pterosaurs like ''Rhamphorhynchus'' had long tails, but their heads looked very different from the ''Pteranodon'' mould (with a long crest) that is most commonly drawn.
* Diplodocid sauropods like ''Apatosaurus'' and ''Diplodocus'' will sometimes be portrayed with rather short tails, despite the family being known for having long, whip-like tails. Conversely, brachiosaurids had relatively short tails compared to other sauropods, but they are sometimes drawn with long tails similar to those of diplodocids.
* Mosasaurs were long thought to have paddle-like tails. It is now the consensus that they had a shark-like vertical fluke.
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* Perry the Platypus from ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' has a [[http://cdn2-b.examiner.com/sites/default/files//c5/f3/c5f3d5f20ac3e35307c18193f455e1df.jpg "waffle"]] striped tail that isn't teal, like the rest of his body. Platypi are known for their "duck bills" and their "''beaver tails,''" especially after Perry's theme song which claims "he's got a beaver tail and a bill." [[http://cdn.easyapps.nl/pictures/000/000/000/117/209/994_800x600.jpg?r=0 Real platypi have furry tails]]. The only similarity to [[https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/378800000255924629/483bfb0cd9f5e808b80386ce14a90783.jpeg beavers' tails]] is that they are both wide and flat.
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* Perry the Platypus from ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' has a [[http://cdn2-b.examiner.com/sites/default/files//c5/f3/c5f3d5f20ac3e35307c18193f455e1df.jpg "waffle"]] striped tail that isn't teal, like the rest of his body.that's orange. Platypi are known for their "duck bills" and their "''beaver tails,''" especially after Perry's theme song which claims "he's got a beaver tail and a bill." [[http://cdn.easyapps.nl/pictures/000/000/000/117/209/994_800x600.jpg?r=0 Real platypi have furry tails]]. The only similarity to [[https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/378800000255924629/483bfb0cd9f5e808b80386ce14a90783.jpeg beavers' tails]] is that they are both wide and flat.
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* Speaking of squirrels, cartoon squirrels' tails are usually neater looking than the brush-like tails they have in real life.
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* Similarly, pterosaurs (especially if it's a ''Pteranodon'') with long tails. In real life, most of them have short tails. However, some pterosaurs like ''Rhamphorhynchus'' have long tails, but they do not have crests like ''Pteranodon''[[note]]although some long-tailed pterosaurs do have crests, but they are very different than the one ''Pteranodon'' possesses[[/note]].
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* Similarly, pterosaurs (especially if it's a ''Pteranodon'') with long tails. In real life, most of them them, including the Pteranodon, have short tails. However, some pterosaurs like ''Rhamphorhynchus'' have long tails, but they do not have crests like ''Pteranodon''[[note]]although some long-tailed pterosaurs do have crests, but they are very different than the one ''Pteranodon'' possesses[[/note]].
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* The mice in ''WesternAnimation/TheGreatMouseDetective'' have thin tails, while the rat Ratigan has a long, fleshy, wormlike tail differentiating him from the mice, among [[MyInstinctsAreShowing other things...]]
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* Downplayed: The mice in ''WesternAnimation/TheGreatMouseDetective'' have thin (although not thread thin) tails, while the rat Ratigan has a long, fleshy, wormlike tail differentiating him from the mice, among [[MyInstinctsAreShowing other things...]]
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* Franchise/ScoobyDoo is a [[http://www.ttsgreatdanes.com/Buffy/buffysidegreat.JPG Great Dane and has a tail like one]], but it often curls and waves like that of a cat.
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* Franchise/ScoobyDoo is a [[http://www.ttsgreatdanes.com/Buffy/buffysidegreat.JPG Great Dane and has a tail like one]], one,]] but it often curls and waves like that of a cat.
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* Jaguars with leopard-like tails. Jaguars have shorter, stockier tails.
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* Miles 'Tails' Power from ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'' has two tails that enable him to fly like a helicopter when he spins them. There's no indication of how this is anatomically possible.
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* Miles 'Tails' "Tails" Power from ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'' has two tails that enable him to fly like a helicopter when he spins them. There's no indication of how this is anatomically possible.
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* Dinosaurs with overly flexible tails that may or may not drag on the ground. Real dinosaurs held their tails rigid, and theropods in particular are supposed to have stiff and thick tails that are used for balance and leg powering (sometimes this is a case of ScienceMarchesOn however). Although stegosaurids have flexible tails as far as dinosaurs go, able to swing a full 180 degrees, but even these were stiffened and held off of the ground.
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* Dinosaurs with overly flexible tails that may or may not drag on the ground. Real dinosaurs held their tails rigid, rigid due to their weight and erect leg placement, and theropods in particular are supposed to have stiff and thick tails that are used for balance and leg powering (sometimes this is a case of ScienceMarchesOn however). Although stegosaurids have flexible tails as far as dinosaurs go, able to swing a full 180 degrees, but even these were stiffened and held off of the ground.
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* Meeko the raccoon from ''Disney/{{Pocahontas}}'' has a tail that looks really thick at the base and tapers to a fine point, whereas real raccoons usually [[http://theodorafur.com/yahoo_site_admin/assets/images/001.83174138_std.JPG have tails with a blunt tip or have one that at least doesn't taper as much]]. To be fair, a raccoon's tail can taper to a fine point but most raccoons' tails do not look that thick at the base.
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* Meeko the raccoon from ''Disney/{{Pocahontas}}'' ''WesternAnimation/{{Pocahontas}}'' has a tail that looks really thick at the base and tapers to a fine point, whereas real raccoons usually [[http://theodorafur.com/yahoo_site_admin/assets/images/001.83174138_std.JPG have tails with a blunt tip or have one that at least doesn't taper as much]]. To be fair, a raccoon's tail can taper to a fine point but most raccoons' tails do not look that thick at the base.
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* Rafiki from ''Disney/TheLionKing'' is a mandrill that has a tail like a baboon.
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* Rafiki from ''Disney/TheLionKing'' ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994'' is a mandrill that has a tail like a baboon.
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* The mice in Disney's ''Disney/{{Cinderella}}'' have wire-thin tails about the width of a drawn line.
* The mice in ''Disney/TheGreatMouseDetective'' have thin tails, while the rat Ratigan has a long, fleshy, wormlike tail differentiating him from the mice, among [[MyInstinctsAreShowing other things...]]
* [[WhatMeasureisaNonCute The coelacanths]] from ''Disney/AtlantisTheLostEmpire'' for some reason have extremely small normal-looking fish tails. In real life, a coelacanth's tail is actually large and paddle-shaped.
* Near the middle of ''Disney/{{Aladdin}}'', the Genie actually transforms Abu the monkey into an elephant... ...with a monkey tail.
* The mice in ''Disney/TheGreatMouseDetective'' have thin tails, while the rat Ratigan has a long, fleshy, wormlike tail differentiating him from the mice, among [[MyInstinctsAreShowing other things...]]
* [[WhatMeasureisaNonCute The coelacanths]] from ''Disney/AtlantisTheLostEmpire'' for some reason have extremely small normal-looking fish tails. In real life, a coelacanth's tail is actually large and paddle-shaped.
* Near the middle of ''Disney/{{Aladdin}}'', the Genie actually transforms Abu the monkey into an elephant... ...with a monkey tail.
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* The mice in Disney's ''Disney/{{Cinderella}}'' ''WesternAnimation/{{Cinderella}}'' have wire-thin tails about the width of a drawn line.
* The mice in''Disney/TheGreatMouseDetective'' ''WesternAnimation/TheGreatMouseDetective'' have thin tails, while the rat Ratigan has a long, fleshy, wormlike tail differentiating him from the mice, among [[MyInstinctsAreShowing other things...]]
* [[WhatMeasureisaNonCute The coelacanths]] from''Disney/AtlantisTheLostEmpire'' ''WesternAnimation/AtlantisTheLostEmpire'' for some reason have extremely small normal-looking fish tails. In real life, a coelacanth's tail is actually large and paddle-shaped.
* Near the middle of''Disney/{{Aladdin}}'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'', the Genie actually transforms Abu the monkey into an elephant... ...with a monkey tail.
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* The aardvarks' tails on ''WesternAnimation/TheRaccoons'' are shorter and stubbier compared to real aardvarks' tails. Well, the male aardvarks on the show have tails, but not the females.
** Speaking of which, the raccoons' tails are overly fluffy and large enough to sweep across the floor.
** Speaking of which, the raccoons' tails are overly fluffy and large enough to sweep across the floor.