History Analysis / HumanoidFemaleAnimal

* Gloria the hippo from ''WesternAnimation/{{Madagascar}}'' and Gia the jaguar from the third movie.
* Tigress from ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda'' doesn't have human-like breasts or HartmanHips. Instead, she looks lean, sleek, feminine and sexy without abusing feline anatomy.
** The Wu sisters, Mei Ling, and the soothsaying goat from the second movie are two other examples. In fact, ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda'' is good at subverting HumanoidFemaleAnimal overall.
* Kitty Softpaws from ''WesternAnimation/PussInBoots''

* Lady Kluck from ''WesternAnimation/RobinHood''

The media tends to depict bipedal or anthropomorphic female animal characters with mostly or completely humanoid body proportions and human-like breasts rather than as a bipedal animal. For reference, a human torso is about three head lengths, legs are another three head lengths, and arms are three-and-a-half head lengths (we'll call this the 3-3-3½ ratio). Cats, dogs, and lizards have a 4-2-2 ratio. They tend to be sexualized as well. An early example of anthropomorphic female animal characters who are on the more "human" end of the sliding scale of anthropomorphism with humanoid body shapes is Van Beuren Studio's feline character in "The Farmerette," done in 1932. There were a few other early examples, but female animals of this level of anthropomorphism have become more common since the 1980s. Due to this, it is now natural for a naked or even partly dressed female animal character to seem awkward to the viewer unless she is a NearlyNormalAnimal, TalkingAnimal or PartiallyCivilizedAnimal, resulting in the PantslessMalesFullyDressedFemales trope. This tendency is even greater with fanart of female animal characters in media.

In a few species in the animal kingdom, like many birds, some mammals, and anglerfish, the sex dictates a huge visual disparity, yet it is nearly inevitable that it is the female anthropomorphic character who loses the animalistic traits. When anthropomorphic male animals are illustrated, they're allowed to retain the look of the respective species they happen to be, but when female anthropomorphic characters, the artists are pushing the immediate visual recognition of femininity which results in "prettifying." In some instances, sexualization of the original animal character.

The media tends to depict bipedal or anthropomorphic female animal characters with mostly or completely humanoid body proportions and human-like breasts rather than as a bipedal animal. For reference, a human torso is about three head lengths, legs are another three head lengths, and arms are three-and-a-half head lengths (we'll call this the 3-3-3½ ratio). Cats, dogs, and lizards have a 4-2-2 ratio. They tend to be sexualized as well. An early example of anthropomorphic female animal characters who are on the more "human" end of the sliding scale of anthropomorphism with humanoid body shapes is Van Beuren Studio's feline character in "The Farmerette," done in 1932. There were a few other early examples, but female animals of this level of anthropomorphism have become more common since the 1980s. Due to this, it is now natural for a naked or even partly dressed female animal character to seem awkward to the viewer unless she is a NearlyNormalAnimal, TalkingAnimal or PartiallyCivilizedAnimal. This tendency is even greater with fanart of female animal characters in media.

* Miss Bianca from ''v/TheRescuers''

* Abby Mallard, Foxy Loxy, and Goosey Loosey from ''Disney/ChickenLittle''
* Olivia Flaversham from ''Disney/TheGreatMouseDetective''
* Miss Bianca from ''Disney/TheRescuers''

* Lulubelle from the "Bongo" segment of ''Disney/FunAndFancyFree''
* Lady Kluck from ''Disney/RobinHood''

The tendency for media to sexualize women more than men does not apply only to human and DemiHuman characters. This tendency also extends to alien, monster, and animal characters (fictional or nonfictional species). With all three, the females are usually made more anthropomorphic than the males as well.

The media tends to depict bipedal or anthropomorphic female animal characters with [[PettingZooPeople mostly or completely humanoid body proportions]] and human-like breasts rather than as a run-of-the-mill FunnyAnimal or CivilizedAnimal. They tend to be sexualized as well. An early example of anthropomorphic female animal characters who are on the more "human" end of the sliding scale of anthropomorphism with humanoid body shapes is Van Beuren Studio's feline character in "The Farmerette," done in 1932. There were a few other early examples, but female animals of this level of anthropomorphism have become more common since the 1980s. Due to this, it is now natural for a naked or even partly dressed female animal character to seem awkward to the viewer unless she is a NearlyNormalAnimal, TalkingAnimal or PartiallyCivilizedAnimal. This tendency is even greater with fanart of female animal characters in media.

Even though there are a lot of anthropomorphic female animals that are full-on PettingZooPeople, there are still some female {{Funny Animal}}s and {{Civilized Animal}}s. For example, [[WesternAnimation/TheSecretOfNIMH Mrs. Brisby]] and [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Penelope Pussycat]] may be anthropomorphic female animals, but they [[http://www.btchflcks.com/2011/12/animated-childrens-films-secret-of-nimh.html don’t have a busting chest, long human-like legs, or a human-shaped butt]].

* Magicia De Spell from the ComicBook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse and ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales''.

* Tillie the tiger cub from the SillySymphony, "Elmer The Elephant''.

* Ortensia the cat and Francine Cottontail from the ''OswaldTheLuckyRabbit'' cartoons.

* MinnieMouse and Daisy Duck from the WesternAnimation/ClassicDisneyShorts

* MinnieMouse and Daisy Duck from the ClassicDisneyShorts

* Bear, Sheep, and Kangaroo from ''WordWorld''.

* Arlene from the ''{{Garfield}}'' comics, shows, and specials

* Marlene the otter from ''ThePenguinsOfMadagascar''

* Bessie and Abby in ''BackAtTheBarnyard''.

* Molly Cunningham from ''TaleSpin''

* Hallie the hippo and Lambie the lamb from''DocMcStuffins''.

** Also, Sylvester's mom and Mac and Tosh's aunt in ''TheLooneyTunesShow'' have the basic proportions of their species, even though the former has small WrongTypeOfMammalMammaries.
* Babs Bunny, Fifi La Fume, Sweetie and Shirley the Loon from ''TinyToonAdventures''

* {{Heathcliff}}'s girlfriend, Sonja, has the same round body type that he has.

* Gadget Hackwrench of ''WesternAnimation/ChipNDaleRescueRangers'' and Rebecca Cunningham of ''TaleSpin'' do have somewhat more humanoid proportioning than the other mice and bears respectively, but they are not totally humanoid the way some forms of media proportion female characters.

In a few species in the animal kingdom, like many birds, some mammals, and anglerfish, the sex dictates a huge visual disparity, yet it is nearly inevitable that it is the female anthropomorphic character who loses the animalistic traits. When anthropomorphic male animals are illustrated, they're allowed to retain the look of the respective species they happen to be, but when female anthropomorphic characters, the artists are pushing the immediate visual recognition of femininity which results in "prettifying." In some instances, sexualization of the original animal character

!How Media Tend to Proportion Anthropomorphic Female Animal Characters, and Its Effects

This trope arises from artists who tend to associate "feminine" tells with human female SecondarySexualCharacteristics when drawing female animals. By contrast, the designs of male and prepubescent female animal characters are usually composed of [[FunnyAnimal basic shapes that remain]] [[CivilizedAnimal faithful to their species]] rather than having a humanoid body shape because male characters are not held to the same standard. Prepubescent female animal characters are not held to the same standard because prepubescent girls aren't really either.

!One Reason for This Trope

One reason for this trope is that MenAreGenericWomenAreSpecial. Indeed, as we are a species largely used to seeing our fellows clothed, it is only logical that we would come to see masculinity as an absence of feminine traits.

This trope arises from artists who tend to associate "feminine" tells with human female SecondarySexualCharacteristics when drawing female animals. By contrast, the designs of male and prepubescent female animal characters are usually composed of [[FunnyAnimal basic shapes that remain]] [[CivilizedAnimal faithful to their species]] rather than having a humanoid body shape because male characters are not held to the same standard. Prepubescent female animal characters are not held to the same standard because prepubescent girls aren't either.

* Kanga from both the original and Disney versions of ''WinnieThePooh''

* Magicia De Spell from the ComicBook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse and ''DuckTales''.

* Dixie Kong and Wrinkly Kong from the ''DonkeyKongCountry'' games

The media tends to depict bipedal or anthropomorphic female animal characters with [[PettingZooPeople mostly or completely humanoid body proportions]] and human-like breasts rather than as a run-of-the-mill FunnyAnimal or CivilizedAnimal. They tend to be sexualized as well. Due to this, it is now natural for a naked or even partly dressed female animal character to seem awkward to the viewer unless she is a NearlyNormalAnimal, TalkingAnimal or PartiallyCivilizedAnimal. This tendency is even greater with fanart of female animal characters in media.

* Gosalyn from ''DarkwingDuck''

* Magicia De Spell from the DisneyDucksComicUniverse and ''DuckTales''.