History AnimalMotifs / LiveActionTV

* ''Series/StrangerThings'': [[spoiler:Henry Creel]] is associated with spiders, especially black widows. He developed an obsession with spiders as a child, believing them to be natural predators who prey on the weak, finding a kinship in them. He uses hallucinations of spiders to torment his victims before killing them and incorporates their webs in his physical appearance as Vecna.

** ''Series/KamenRiderGeats'': Ace Ukiyo especially compared to a fox throughout the series, being shown to be cunning and outright manipulative when dealing his others with a defining EstablishingCharacterMoment having him outright tell someone that he just played that stories about foxes have them be known to be deceptive. Then TheReveal that [[spoiler: he's really over 2,000 years old via reincarnation, which is in line with kitsune from old Japanese folk lore, and when's he's brought back from the dead, something that gets directly brought up by Ace when he's brought back to life, considering himself similar to that of a spirit.]]

* ''Series/KamenRiderGeats'': Ace Ukiyo especially compared to a fox throughout the series, being shown to be cunning and outright manipulative when dealing his others with a defining EstablishingCharacterMoment having him outright tell someone that he just played that stories about foxes have them be known to be deceptive. Then TheReveal that [[spoiler: he's really over 2,000 years old via reincarnation, which is in line with kitsune from old Japanese folk lore, and when's he's brought back from the dead, something that gets directly brought up by Ace when he's brought back to life, considering himself similar to that of a spirit.]]

** Zen from ''[[Series/GaroTheOneWhoShinesInTheDarkness The One Who Shines In The Darkness'' has tusks on his helmet, giving him a slight resemblance to a boar.

* ''Series/{{GARO}}'': The helmets of Makai Knights are modeled after wolves baring their teeth.

* ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'':
** Red Ranger: Tyrannosaurus, Dragon, Ape.
*** The helmet’s visor is surrounded by a narrow band of silver zig-zags, invoking a T-Rex’s teeth.
** Black Ranger: Mastodon, Lion, Frog
*** The helmet has silver tusk markings on each side of the visor and a nose guard resembling a trunk.
*** The Power Ax has a long, tubular handle capable of firing power bursts, similar to how a mastodon could absorb and release water from its trunk.
** Blue Ranger: Triceratops, Unicorn, Wolf
*** The helmet has three, horn-like markings on the crown, above the visor.
*** The Power Lance is a double-ended polearm whose three prongs on each end invoke a Triceratops’ horns.
** Yellow Ranger: Sabretooth Tiger, Griffin, Bear
*** The helmet has slanted, feline eye markings above the visor and fangs near the edges of the visor itself.
*** The Power Daggers are a pair of knives that invoke the large, canine teeth of the animal.
** Pink Ranger: Pterodactyl, Firebird, Crane
*** The helmet’s visor has a narrow, triangular protrusion between the eyes, invoking a beak.
*** The Power Bow has an angular stave - the main body of the weapon - which resembles outstretched wings when viewed from above.
** Green Ranger/White Ranger: Dragon, Tiger
*** The Green Ranger helmet has similar zig-zag patterns to the Red Ranger, again invoking teeth.
*** Saba, a talking saber wielded by the White Ranger, has a tiger’s head as the pommel.
* ''Series/PowerRangersZeo'': Sphinx (Zeo Zord III), Bull (Zeo Zord IV), and Phoenix (Zeo Zord V).

** ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'':
*** Red Ranger: Tyrannosaurus, Dragon, Ape
*** The helmet’s visor is surrounded by a narrow band of silver zig-zags, invoking a T-Rex’s teeth.
*** Black Ranger: Mastodon, Lion, Frog

*** Blue Ranger: Triceratops, Unicorn, Wolf

*** Yellow Ranger: Sabretooth Tiger, Griffin, Bear

*** Pink Ranger: Pterodactyl, Firebird, Crane

*** Green Ranger/White Ranger: Dragon, Tiger

* ''Series/AmericanHorrorStoryHotel'' has the Countess/Elizabeth Johnson with a snake motif. The Countess has a snake ring and a snake brooch. Iris refers to Elizabeth as a snake in "Mommy".
* In ''Series/BreakingBad'', Jesse is associated with dogs due to his loyalty and desire for approval and affection.

* In ''Series/CriminalMinds'', Gideon loves birds and is associated with them. When his successor Rossi debuts, the first thing he does is shoot a bird, to indicate that he's nothing like Gideon.

* ''Series/ElChapulinColorado'' means Red Grasshopper in Spanish, and his uniform and some of his superpowers are related to the insect.
* ''Series/ElChavoDelOcho'' several of the nicknames given to the characters are based in animals and related to the person’s physical appearance, of course this nicknames are intended to be derogatory for the characters:

* ''Series/{{Elementary}}'' deliberately uses bees to represent Sherlock's relationships with people and tortoises as a metaphor to his friendship with Watson.

* ''Series/{{Grimm}}'' Most Wesen species are {{Beast M|an}}en associated with a very specific animal:

* On ''Series/ImpracticalJokers'', Murr is frequently compared to ferrets.
* Most Franchise/KamenRider[=s=] have an insect or arachnid theme; in some series it's obvious (such as ''Series/KamenRiderKabuto'', where the characters' {{Transformation Trinket}}s '''are''' their theme creature) while others are less so.

%%* ''Series/{{Kings}}'' seems to have a new one every episode, from butterflies to pigeons to deer.
* In ''Series/TheLeagueOfGentlemen'', Tubbs & Edward have porcine features, live in filth, and Tubbs even breast-feeds a piglet in one scene. Also, Harvey Denton is obsessed with & raises toads, and his appearance and household reflect this.

* In the pilot of ''Series/OnceUponATime'', there is a swan on Henry's night light and on the room key that Granny gives to Emma. Particularly poignant since Snow White has an affinity with birds [[spoiler: and she is Emma's mother and Henry's grandmother]].

* Butterflies appear frequently throughout ''Series/{{Nevertheless}}'''s central romance. Na-bi's name means "butterfly". Her love interest Jae-eon has a butterfly tattoo, makes a butterfly mixed-media sculpture, draws butterflies on womens' arms as a pick-up move, and keeps butterflies in his home. He calls Na-bi "his butterfly" when she comes over.
%%* ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' and ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' use animal themes often. This is most obvious with the mecha.
* In Korean variety show ''Series/RunningMan'', the main cast are given animal motifs fitting of their distinct personality or physical appearance.

* Each ''[[Series/TheSentinel Sentinel]]'' has a spirit animal that appears to guide them; Jim's is a black jaguar, and [[TheMentor Blair's]] is a grey wolf.
* The ''Series/ShoeboxZoo'' were transformed into animal-shaped LivingToys. Fittingly, the proud, excitable Hunter became a horse.

* While Fox Mulder of ''Series/TheXFiles'' hates his [[EmbarrassingFirstName first name]], he's nevertheless equated with a fox on several occasions, such as when [[spoiler: the sister of]] a serial killer with a vendetta against him leaves him the message ''kitsunegari'', Japanese for 'fox hunt'. He's also quite sarcastic, intelligent, sly, and good at hiding his pain/frustration from others (all of which are signs of numerous different talking foxes in myths and fairy tales).