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** Penguins for Nick, as he used to have a [[{{Franchise/Pokemon}} Piplup]] as his profile picture. The others will usually represent Nick's dialogue with a fitting Piplup image or GIF in their videos. Brent in particular loves making fun of this fact whenever penguins are around, even after he changed his profile picture:
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** Monkeys for Brent, as he frequently makes monkey noises (usually accompanied by a monkey image or GIF) and often plays as monkeys in video games whenever he's given the option.
*** Also sometimes crocodiles, as he is a King K. Rool main in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate''.
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** Monkeys for Brent, as he frequently makes monkey noises (usually accompanied by a monkey image or GIF) and often plays as monkeys in video games whenever he's given the option.
*** Also sometimes crocodiles, as he is a King K. Rool main in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate''.
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** [[Characters/HelluvaBossStolas Stolas]] is an [[OminousOwl owl demon]], so naturally birds are a prominent motif for him. He can occasionally be heard making owl noises, such as hooting or screeching, when excited or stressed out and he's been visually represented with feathers on multiple occasions.
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** [[Characters/HelluvaBossStolas Stolas]] Stolas is an [[OminousOwl owl demon]], so naturally birds are a prominent motif for him. He can occasionally be heard making owl noises, such as hooting or screeching, when excited or stressed out and he's been visually represented with feathers on multiple occasions.
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*** The Barraki all have motifs of sea creatures, which they can command:
**** Pridak embodies the shark's bloodthirstiness and can summon hordes of sharks. The feet on his set can hook together to create a shark's tail fin.
**** Kalmah draws inspiration from cephalopods, and is the breeder of the Barraki's vampiric squid projectiles.
**** Ehlek is inspired by electric eels. He besieges the Matoran settlement of Mahri Nui with an army of eels.
**** Mantax is inspired by rays and like them, he can bury himself in the sand and attack with both venom and electricity.
**** Carapar takes inspiration from crabs and crustaceans, with heavy armor and a pair of pincers
**** Takadox is themed after shrimp and other sea arthropods, thanks to his mandibles and twin knives, which bring to mind the claws of a mantis shrimp.
**** Pridak embodies the shark's bloodthirstiness and can summon hordes of sharks. The feet on his set can hook together to create a shark's tail fin.
**** Kalmah draws inspiration from cephalopods, and is the breeder of the Barraki's vampiric squid projectiles.
**** Ehlek is inspired by electric eels. He besieges the Matoran settlement of Mahri Nui with an army of eels.
**** Mantax is inspired by rays and like them, he can bury himself in the sand and attack with both venom and electricity.
**** Carapar takes inspiration from crabs and crustaceans, with heavy armor and a pair of pincers
**** Takadox is themed after shrimp and other sea arthropods, thanks to his mandibles and twin knives, which bring to mind the claws of a mantis shrimp.
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*** [[{{Pride}} Lucifer]] has snakes, fitting with his role as [[BeenThereShapedHistory the serpent that caused the Fall of Man]]. Most of the snake iconography he's associated with also stylizes the snakes to look like [[WormInAnApple worms crawling out of or coiling around apples]], further alluding to his Biblical significance as the one who gave humanity the Forbidden Fruit. In [[WesternAnimation/HazbinHotel his home show]], he also displays a fondness for [[FoulWaterfowl waterfowl]], making novelty rubber ducks in his spare time and implicitly having true form resembling a swan.
*** [[VillainousGlutton Bee-Lzebub]] is visually depicted as a mix between a fox and a honeybee, but bees are the more prominent motif for her, represented through having antennae on her ears and eyelashes, her abode resembling a giant beehive and frequent references to honey, as well as her nickname being, well, "Bee". What is implied to be her [[OneWingedAngel true form]] also looks more insect-like than her regular form.
*** [[{{Greed}} Mammon]] has a spider motif, with his six additional eyes (giving him eight in total), extra arms and tendency to lounge around on a spider web. He also has [[MonsterClown Fizzarolli]] trapped in a metaphorical "web" as an employee he exploits. His [[OneWingedAngel true, full demon form]] takes this further by giving him long, clawed spider legs.
*** [[{{Lust}} Asmodeus]] has roosters as his main motif; he himself is a hulking demon with colorful rooster feathers, he has decorations with an avian theme (including a cuckoo clock with the "cuckoo" being a rooster with a giant [[{{Pun}} cock]]) and his personality can easily be described as "cocky". Like the mythological Asmodeus, he also has the heads of a goat and a bull projected on his feathery collar, and said heads appear as decorations on his office doors as well.
*** [[VillainousGlutton Bee-Lzebub]] is visually depicted as a mix between a fox and a honeybee, but bees are the more prominent motif for her, represented through having antennae on her ears and eyelashes, her abode resembling a giant beehive and frequent references to honey, as well as her nickname being, well, "Bee". What is implied to be her [[OneWingedAngel true form]] also looks more insect-like than her regular form.
*** [[{{Greed}} Mammon]] has a spider motif, with his six additional eyes (giving him eight in total), extra arms and tendency to lounge around on a spider web. He also has [[MonsterClown Fizzarolli]] trapped in a metaphorical "web" as an employee he exploits. His [[OneWingedAngel true, full demon form]] takes this further by giving him long, clawed spider legs.
*** [[{{Lust}} Asmodeus]] has roosters as his main motif; he himself is a hulking demon with colorful rooster feathers, he has decorations with an avian theme (including a cuckoo clock with the "cuckoo" being a rooster with a giant [[{{Pun}} cock]]) and his personality can easily be described as "cocky". Like the mythological Asmodeus, he also has the heads of a goat and a bull projected on his feathery collar, and said heads appear as decorations on his office doors as well.
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*** [[{{Pride}} Lucifer]] has snakes, [[SnakesAreSinister snakes]], fitting with his role as [[BeenThereShapedHistory the serpent that caused the Fall of Man]]. Most of the snake iconography he's associated with also stylizes the snakes to look like [[WormInAnApple worms crawling out of or coiling around apples]], further alluding to his Biblical significance as the one who gave humanity the Forbidden Fruit. In [[WesternAnimation/HazbinHotel his home show]], he also displays a fondness for [[FoulWaterfowl waterfowl]], making novelty rubber ducks in his spare time and implicitly having true form resembling a swan.
*** [[VillainousGlutton Bee-Lzebub]] is visually depicted as a mix between afox [[FoulFox fox]] and a honeybee, [[BeeAfraid honeybee]], but bees are the more prominent motif for her, represented through having antennae on her ears and eyelashes, her abode resembling a giant beehive and frequent references to honey, as well as her nickname being, well, "Bee". What is implied to be her [[OneWingedAngel true form]] also looks more insect-like than her regular form.
*** [[{{Greed}} Mammon]] has aspider [[SpidersAreScary spider]] motif, with his six additional eyes (giving him eight in total), extra arms and tendency to lounge around on a spider web. He also has [[MonsterClown Fizzarolli]] trapped in a metaphorical "web" as an employee he exploits. His [[OneWingedAngel true, full demon form]] takes this further by giving him long, clawed spider legs.
*** [[{{Lust}} Asmodeus]] hasroosters [[CockyRooster roosters]] as his main motif; he himself is a hulking demon with colorful rooster feathers, he has decorations with an avian theme (including a cuckoo clock with the "cuckoo" being a rooster with a giant [[{{Pun}} cock]]) and his personality can easily be described as "cocky". Like the mythological Asmodeus, he also has the heads of a goat [[GruesomeGoat goat]] and a bull [[BrutishBulls bull]] projected on his feathery collar, and said heads appear as decorations on his office doors as well.
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* In ''[[WebAnimation/AmyAnimatedShort Amy]]'', we see this represented in shadows. The titular's shadow is seen as a mouse, something that is small and meek, while her guardian's shadow is a wolf, something predatory. When Amy gets back at her abuser, her shadow becomes a lioness, something that represents courage.
* ''WebAnimation/HelluvaBoss'':
** [[Characters/HelluvaBossBlitzo Blitzo]] has both cats and horses as prominent motifs. For cats, he wakes up Moxxie in the pilot by sitting on his chest and purring, and in "C.H.E.R.U.B", he watches a potential victim of assassination while swaying his tail from side-to-side, like a cat getting ready to pounce. With horses, Blitzo is shown on multiple occasions to be obsessed with them, often having toy ponies, pictures of horses and [[BreadEggsMilkSquick horse-themed pornography]] in his office or on his person.
** [[Characters/HelluvaBossStolas Stolas]] is an [[OminousOwl owl demon]], so naturally birds are a prominent motif for him. He can occasionally be heard making owl noises, such as hooting or screeching, when excited or stressed out and he's been visually represented with feathers on multiple occasions.
** All the SevenDeadlySins have an Animal Motif.
*** [[{{Pride}} Lucifer]] has snakes, fitting with his role as [[BeenThereShapedHistory the serpent that caused the Fall of Man]]. Most of the snake iconography he's associated with also stylizes the snakes to look like [[WormInAnApple worms crawling out of or coiling around apples]], further alluding to his Biblical significance as the one who gave humanity the Forbidden Fruit.
*** [[VillainousGlutton Bee-Lzebub]] is visually depicted as a mix between a fox and a honeybee, but bees are the more prominent motif for her, represented through having antennae on her ears and eyelashes, her abode resembling a giant beehive and frequent references to honey, as well as her nickname being, well, "Bee". What is implied to be her [[OneWingedAngel true form]] also looks more insect-like than her regular form.
*** [[{{Greed}} Mammon]] has a spider motif, with his six additional eyes (giving him eight in total), extra arms and tendency to lounge around on a spider web. He also has [[MonsterClown Fizzarolli]] trapped in a metaphorical "web" as an employee he exploits. His [[OneWingedAngel true, full demon form]] takes this further by giving him long, clawed spider legs.
*** [[{{Lust}} Asmodeus]] has roosters as his main motif; he himself is a hulking demon with colorful rooster feathers, he has decorations with an avian theme (including a cuckoo clock with the "cuckoo" being a rooster with a giant [[{{Pun}} cock]]) and his personality can easily be described as "cocky". Like the mythological Asmodeus, he also has the heads of a goat and a bull projected on his feathery collar, and said heads appear as decorations on his office doors as well.
* The French animated short [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3A-KBiWfdHM "Meet My Family"]] (turn on captions for English translation) features the members of the titular family with animal-like designs to compliment their various colorful personalities, some more subtle than others; the most subtle are the twin aunts at the beginning, who don't borrow any visible traits from an animal, but the room they're introduced in is decorated all over with cute pictures of dogs; the cousins resemble chickens as a possible GossipyHens joke; the grandfather has a cane in the shape of a fox's head and his green eyes, pointed sideburns and triangular eyebrows compliment that motif; the mother is a LeanAndMean RichBitch who slithers about like a snake; and the grandmother is a short, plump, friendly woman with a wide mouth like a toad.
* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sq-j03_Tr4M Only Girls Get It]]" depicts [[AllPeriodsArePMS various symptoms of PMS]] as women turning into animals; a prickly hedgehog, a starving black bear, an emotional elephant, and a solitary lioness.
* ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlue'':
** Caboose has dogs as a motif, specifically, a very big, dumb one. He's [[NiceGuy friendly]], not very smart, and has unrefined manners. This motif gets played up during ''[[WebAnimation/RedVsBlueTheChorusTrilogy The Chorus Trilogy]]'', where he treats [[MiniMecha Freckles]] as if it was a puppy, expresses fear at being taken to "the vet", and likes to take walks through parks to exercise. It's also revealed in Season 15 that he's color blind.
** Agent Washington has cats as a motif. His personality in ''[[WebAnimation/RedVsBlueTheRecollection The Recollection]]'' is similar to [[CatsAreMean an abused cat]], [[CatsAreSnarkers he's one of the most sarcastic characters in the series]], and during flashbacks in ''[[WebAnimation/RedVsBlueTheProjectFreelancerSaga The Project Freelancer Saga]]'', his EndearinglyDorky personality is outright compared to a naive kitten, and his training room locker has [[KindheartedCatLover pictures of cats in it]]. And to top it all off, just like the myth of cats having nine lives, [[MadeOfIron the man seemingly refuses to let anything kill him]]. Also, in ''The Shisno Paradox'', he mentions that he had previously owned a cat.
** As his name would imply, Sharkface is identified as a [[ThreateningShark shark]], rather ironic for a {{Pyromaniac}}. His helmet visor is painted with a shark's mouth akin to old-school nose art, and tattoos of sharks on his chest and back. He is also a fierce hunter trying to find Carolina and Washington to kill them.
* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'':
** Ruby Rose is associated with wolves. She is based on Literature/LittleRedRidingHood, she's first introduced fighting Beowolves, a type of [[AnimalisticAbomination monstrous wolf-creature]], when she sleeps, she wears pajamas with a cartoonish wolf-face and wears a wolf-eyed SleepMask, her CirclingBirdies are little wolves, and her bedroom has Beowolf action figures in it. Also, WordOfGod states that she was supposed to appear more "wolf-like", but animation constraints prevented it.
** Blake Belladonna has cats as a motif. For one, she's a [[CatGirl cat]] [[LittleBitBeastly Faunus]], she's also sneaky and mysterious, and like many Faunus, she has traits reminiscent of the animal she's a hybrid of, such as liking fish and being scared of dogs.
** Adam Taurus has a bull motif. He's a bull Faunus, his last name is the latin word for "Bull", the markings on his CoolMask resemble horns, and [[spoiler:when he removes his blindfold, he's revealed to have been branded over his left eye by the SDC, just like how cattle is branded in farms]].
** Junior, the club owner Yang fights in the "Yellow" trailer, has bears as a motif. He's the third largest character in the series, his real name, Hei Xiong, is Chinese for "Black Bear", his club's DJ wears a bear costume, and all of his henchmen use axes with the word "bear" engraved on it.
** Team CRDL (pronounced "cardinal") contains four members who are all associated with birds. The leader is Cardin Winchester, whose name is associated with cardinals, and he wears a breastplate with a bird in flight on it. Two other teammates also wear armor with birds found somewhere on them: Dove Bronzewing, who is associated with pigeons and doves, and Sky Lark, who is associated with the skylark. The remaining member is Russell Thrush, who looks more like a punk and doesn't wear armor. All the birds have Christian folklore attached to them, hence the "church knight" appearance of most of the team.
** Velvet Scarlatina has rabbits as a motif. She's a rabbit Faunas, and her eyes are animated differently from other characters, being much wider and more doe-eyed to emphasize her [[BunniesForCuteness cute appearance]].
** Raven Branwen has birds, specifically, as her name implies, ravens, as a motif. Her last name means "Blessed Raven", her CoolMask resembles a bird's face and beak, she styles her hair in a way that resembles bird feathers, and like her brother, [[spoiler:she can [[VoluntaryShapeshifting magically shape-shift into a bird]]]].
** Arslan Altan, the leader of Team ABRN, has lions as a motif. She's the leader of the team, a position associated with lions, her first name is Turkish for "Lion", and her color scheme brings lions to mind.
** Tyrian Callows has scorpions as a motif. He's a scorpion Faunus, his wrist-blades resemble pincers, and his ponytail resembles a scorpion's tail.
** Ilia Amitola has a chameleon motif. She's a chameleon Faunus, her weapon is a whip that lashes out like a chameleon's tongue, and her ponytail curls back in on itself like a chameleon's tail.
** Trifa, a member of the White Fang working under the Albain brothers, has a spider motif. She's a spider Faunus, her symbol is a spider, and her short sword's blade is attached to the handle by a spider-like design.
** Lil' Miss Malachite used to be afraid of spiders. As a result, she decided to overcome that fear by making spiders work for her. She now runs a criminal information network in Mistral, using the symbol of a spider sitting on a web to identify her criminal headquarters. Every single member of her organization can be identified by the presence of a tattoo of the same symbol somewhere on their body. And to top it all off, she is based on the nursery-rhyme character, Little Miss Muffet.
** Clover Ebi has kingfishers as a motif. His weapon is named after them, his design (his hair in particular) seems inspired by the bird, and the kingfisher is associated with good fortune, [[spoiler:but also tragic death]].
** Harriet Bree has hares as a motif. Her nickname is "Hare", the blond tufts of hair in the front of her hairline resemble long ears, and her semblance is SuperSpeed.
** Marrow Amin has dogs as a motif. He's a canine Faunus, his weapon is a [[MixAndMatchWeapon boomerang-rifle]] named Fetch, and his semblance can paralyze Grimm with the command "Stay".
** Fiona Thyme has sheep as a motif. She's a sheep Faunus, her hair resembles a sheep's wool, her earrings resemble the tags farm sheep are given, and she has a shy and gentle personality.
** Robyn Hill has birds as a motif. Her personal symbol is a bird with flared wings, and wings extend out of her crossbow whenever she prepares to use it.
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* From Website/{{Killerbunnies}}, we have Arachne, who, fitting of her name, tends to have a spider motif and behaves very much like one, which is to say, she won't bother unless bothered.
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* WebVideo/TheCarpetbagger associates himself with possums. They show up in most of his animated intros. In [[https://youtu.be/XhHcu1UrHts this video]], he explains that this is because he finds possums [[FreakyIsCool weirdly fascinating]], and because possums are associated with the DeepSouth, which is where his channel originally focused on before he started branching out to the whole US.
* ''WebVideo/GameGrumps'':
** WebVideo/{{Jon|Tron}} tends to prefer bird {{Franchise/Pokemon}}, along with having a bird sidekick in his own series.
** Danny is associated with unicorns (''WesternAnimation/TheLastUnicorn'' is reportedly his favorite movie, and an early Music/NinjaSexParty song, "Unicorn Wizard," established his love for the creature) and Arin is associated with cats (he has pet cats and Dan's AffectionateNickname for him is "big cat"). Their respective fursonas, crossing over with their ColorMotifs, are a blue unicorn and a pink lion respectively[[note]]the latter is AscendedFanon due to fanartists drawing Arin's fursona as a big cat based on Dan's nickname[[/note]], which have appeared in media such as ''Game Grumps Live'' shows and even ''official body pillows.''
* ''WebVideo/TheMinervaAlliance'': The titular Minerva Alliance has birds as its motif. Its logo is the face of a barn owl, its base of operations, Eyrie Command, is named after the term for an eagle's nest and its personnel have bird-themed codenames, such as "Agent Sparrow", "Agent Peregrine", etc.
* ''WebVideo/SMPLive'':
** Cooper has a fish motif, being a FishPerson and having fish as a main element of his branding.
** A more subtle one compared to other server members, but Gold is associated with parrots, as he has many, and is very fond of them.
** Despite his name being a type of bear, Grizzly's animal motif is dogs -- particularly pugs, as his mascot is one and one can be seen on his skin.
** Travis is associated with both dogs and monkeys -- the former due to his branding, and the latter due to his skin. Both reflect his {{Keet}} personality quite well.
** Schlatt is associated with sheep due to his mascot being one.
** Wilbur has two, and both are sea animals: Whales, due to his "whale facts" booth, and squids, as he performs [[MythologyGag "The Squid Song"]] during the [[TalentContest SMPLive Talent Show]].
* LetsPlay/YoVideogames: Dogs (to be more precise, Pomeranians) are Maximilian's animals of choice. After all, his mascot, Benny, is one. Taken to a logical extreme where, in ''Videogame/TokyoJungle,'' Max plays as a Pomeranian while his friend Matt favors the saber-toothed tiger.
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* Communications Workers of America has a [[http://www.cwa-union.org/pages/see_n_say See 'n' Say toy]] which depict business officials as animals based on their negative traits.
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* In ''Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Momma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad'', when the ultra-snobbish Madame Rosepettle is interrogating Rosalie, she asks her if her love for cats includes alley cats. "Especially alley cats," Rosalie says. "I thought so," Madame Rosepettle says, and resumes her previous SlutShaming tirade. That "alley cat" happens to be an old derogatory epithet for a sexually free woman is probably not a coincidence here.
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* In Art/NorthAmericaPortraitOfAContinent, national and state animals appear readily in their appropriate locations, totaling well over 400. Just a handful of examples include a polar bear near Churchill, Manitoba (and several other places in the Arctic tundra), a lobster off the coast of Maine, sled-dogs headed for Nome, a clay-coloured thrush in Costa Rica, a white raven in Haida Gwaii, a bighorn sheep (among several other creatures) in Nevada...
* ''Art/ThePersistenceOfMemory'': Ants are gnawing away at the leftmost, orange watch while a fly sits on another, symbolizing rot and decay of memory.
* The Weimaraner is the trademark of William Wegman's works.
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* In ''Animation/GuardianFairyMichel'', the Black Hammers' robots are all shaped like animals, such as a gorilla, a frog, a kangaroo, and a dog.
* ''Animation/HappyHeroes'': It's not touched upon much, but based on part of his hood forming a beak-like shape and him owning a pet owl, Huo Haha seems to be associated with owls.
* ''Animation/WhiteSnake2019'': The General and his forces are associated with cranes, he even makes a giant magical crane [[PaperMaster made of paper]] during the FinalBattle.
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* PlayedForLaughs in [[http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3155/3330408877_99ec3e1fe3.jpg this strip]] by Creator/{{Quino}}.
* Besides having a tiger for a best friend, Calvin from ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'' frequently visualizes himself as animals. His favorites are dinosaurs, with him usually as an ''Allosaurus'' or a ''Tyrannosaurus rex'', and those around him as herbivores.
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* ''Literature/LoneWolf'': Lone Wolf has a wolf motif, unsurprisingly.
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* ''Manhua/RavagesOfTime'' leans on the same Shu = Dragon and Wu = Tiger motifs that they usually get in popular lore, while Sima Yi is the titular phoenix in the series' Chinese title[[note]]''Fiery Phoenix Scorches the Plains'', the rest being the translated/reordered name of Liaoyuan Huo[[/note]], although at least twice the infamous "''wolf neck''" comes into play.
* ''Manhua/SchoolShock'' has SuperSoldier {{Cyborg}}s named Vanguards. They are themed on bees, praying mantises, ants, moths and spiders.
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* In the ''Podcast/CoolKidsTable'' game ''Small Magic'', the royal family is connected to birds. They tend to listen to them and those assisting the family.
* The main cast of ''Podcast/TheAdventureZoneBalance'' all have animal associations, laid out explicitly with their disguises in ''Petals to the Metal'' and elaborated later on.
** Magnus is associated with bears; it's later revealed that [[spoiler: a bear taught him the meaning of bravery.]] He's also associated with dogs, as he repeatedly asks for a dog as a pet, [[spoiler: his first heroic act was rescuing a dog from bullies, and after the world is saved he opens a dog training school.]]
** Merle is associated with owls; later, [[spoiler: when he loses an eye, he gets an eyepatch with an owl on it.]]
** Taako is associated with mongooses; it's later revealed that [[spoiler: a family of mongooses taught him how to speak "animal".]]
* Brian Davis of ''True Geordie'' has a liking towards to lions. He has a massive lion tattoo on his upper right bicep and there is a lion poster in his studio. In the interview with Logan Paul, there is a lion figure in the background. He also wore a t-shirt of a lion.
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* [[TheSixties 1960s]] Portuguese [[UsefulNotes/AssociationFootball soccer]] player Eusebio was also known as "The Black Panther" because of his speed, his powerful strike, and [[TokenBlack the fact that he was black]].
** Soviet goalkeeper Lev Yashin was "The Black Spider" for its impressive saves and an all-black uniform.
* Quite a few national soccer teams have animals on the logo (France has a rooster, England has three lions), or as a nickname (Brazil are the "Little Canary team", Nigeria the "Super Eagles", Cameroon "The Indomitable Lions").
** Common for domestic clubs as well. The Premier League currently includes The Tigers (Hull), The Black Cats (Sunderland), The Eagles (Crystal Palace), The Foxes (Leicester), The Magpies (Newcastle), The Swans (Swansea) and The Throstles (West Bromwich Albion, though largely out of use).
* Many American sports teams--too many to count, really. A decent estimate is that about a quarter to half the sports teams in the US and Canada are named for animals, and all of those will exploit this in their advertising.
* Kobe Bryant is known as "The Black Mumba".
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* Most of the Creator/CirqueDuSoleil shows directed by Franco Dragone from ''Saltimbanco'' through ''Theatre/LaNouba'' invoke bird imagery, usually through one or more characters and their costume(s).
** ''Saltimbanco'': The Songbird (the lead singer).
** ''Mystere'': The Red Bird, the Birds of Prey, and the bungee trapeze artists.
** ''Alegria'': The evil nobles are known as the Nostalgic Old Birds, and wear masks that appear a cross between human and bird faces.
** ''Quidam'': Zoe has a pet bird in a cage in the opening scene.
** ''La Nouba'': The Green Bird.
* ''Theatre/ALittleNightMusic'':
-->'''Carl-Magnus''': Watch him, Charlotte. Watch them both like a...\\
'''Charlotte''': Hawk, I know, dear. You're a tiger, I'm a hawk. We're our own zoo.
* Birds are strongly associated with ''Theatre/{{Lizzie}}''. Lizzie is fascinated by the pigeons in her family's barn, even talking to them sometimes, and is distraught when they are killed. She's described early on as "not the brightest bird," and the song "The Soul of the White Bird" is used as a metaphor for her mental state. She also makes lots of references to "flying away," and the last sound of the show is a flock of birds taking off -- symbolizing Lizzie's freedom.
* ''Theatre/PrimaFacie'': In the opening lines Tessa compares herself to a thoroughbred horse — a well-trained powerhouse with killer instincts — in her legal career.
* In {{Theatre/Trifles}}, Minnie is represented by birds and this is given more details in the book ''A Jury of Her Peers'', where, it's mentioned that, before her marriage, Minnie was a free spirit, who loved to sing and wore pretty clothes. Before and during her marriage, she kept a canary to which John killed, said canary representing herself from years ago and the the Minnie that was "killed" by her marriage. Likewise, the caged bird is meant to represent a woman's place in 19th/early 20th century society.
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[[folder:Toys]]
* Franchise/{{LEGO}}:
** Numerous ''Toys/LEGOCastle'' and ''Toys/{{Aquazone}}'' factions.
** The animal tribes of ''WesternAnimation/LegendsOfChima'' utilize motifs based, of course, on themselves.
** ''Toys/{{Bionicle}}'':
*** Vastus has a snake motif, with snake ornaments on his shoulders, a helmet based off a snake, and a snake-like staff with the fangs forming a blade that injects venom.
*** Although the '08 Makuta and Shadow Matoran respectively shapeshifted or were mutated into bat or insect-looking forms, it seems the masks that some wore had been vaguely animal-like to begin with.
** ''Toys/HeroFactory'''s ''Jungle Planet'' line had the Heroes adopting various animal motifs for their new armor.
* ''Toys/MermaidHigh'': Mari sports an octopus motif in her outfit.
* ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'': Bumblebee has a bug/insect motif that varies in strength between incarnations. Obviously, there's his name and yellow coloration evoking a bee, but his original vehicle mode is a Volkswagen ''Beetle''. Some incarnations give him "wings" and/or "stingers" to play up the bee aspect.
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[[folder:Art]]
* In Art/NorthAmericaPortraitOfAContinent, national and state animals appear readily in their appropriate locations, totaling well over 400. Just a handful of examples include a polar bear near Churchill, Manitoba (and several other places in the Arctic tundra), a lobster off the coast of Maine, sled-dogs headed for Nome, a clay-coloured thrush in Costa Rica, a white raven in Haida Gwaii, a bighorn sheep (among several other creatures) in Nevada...
* ''Art/ThePersistenceOfMemory'': Ants are gnawing away at the leftmost, orange watch while a fly sits on another, symbolizing rot and decay of memory.
* The Weimaraner is the trademark of William Wegman's works.
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[[folder:Asian Animation]]
* In ''Animation/GuardianFairyMichel'', the Black Hammers' robots are all shaped like animals, such as a gorilla, a frog, a kangaroo, and a dog.
* ''Animation/HappyHeroes'': It's not touched upon much, but based on part of his hood forming a beak-like shape and him owning a pet owl, Huo Haha seems to be associated with owls.
* ''Animation/WhiteSnake2019'': The General and his forces are associated with cranes, he even makes a giant magical crane [[PaperMaster made of paper]] during the FinalBattle.
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[[folder:Comic Strips]]
* PlayedForLaughs in [[http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3155/3330408877_99ec3e1fe3.jpg this strip]] by Creator/{{Quino}}.
* Besides having a tiger for a best friend, Calvin from ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'' frequently visualizes himself as animals. His favorites are dinosaurs, with him usually as an ''Allosaurus'' or a ''Tyrannosaurus rex'', and those around him as herbivores.
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[[folder:Game Books]]
* ''Literature/LoneWolf'': Lone Wolf has a wolf motif, unsurprisingly.
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[[folder:Manhua]]
* ''Manhua/RavagesOfTime'' leans on the same Shu = Dragon and Wu = Tiger motifs that they usually get in popular lore, while Sima Yi is the titular phoenix in the series' Chinese title[[note]]''Fiery Phoenix Scorches the Plains'', the rest being the translated/reordered name of Liaoyuan Huo[[/note]], although at least twice the infamous "''wolf neck''" comes into play.
* ''Manhua/SchoolShock'' has SuperSoldier {{Cyborg}}s named Vanguards. They are themed on bees, praying mantises, ants, moths and spiders.
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[[folder:Podcasts]]
* In the ''Podcast/CoolKidsTable'' game ''Small Magic'', the royal family is connected to birds. They tend to listen to them and those assisting the family.
* The main cast of ''Podcast/TheAdventureZoneBalance'' all have animal associations, laid out explicitly with their disguises in ''Petals to the Metal'' and elaborated later on.
** Magnus is associated with bears; it's later revealed that [[spoiler: a bear taught him the meaning of bravery.]] He's also associated with dogs, as he repeatedly asks for a dog as a pet, [[spoiler: his first heroic act was rescuing a dog from bullies, and after the world is saved he opens a dog training school.]]
** Merle is associated with owls; later, [[spoiler: when he loses an eye, he gets an eyepatch with an owl on it.]]
** Taako is associated with mongooses; it's later revealed that [[spoiler: a family of mongooses taught him how to speak "animal".]]
* Brian Davis of ''True Geordie'' has a liking towards to lions. He has a massive lion tattoo on his upper right bicep and there is a lion poster in his studio. In the interview with Logan Paul, there is a lion figure in the background. He also wore a t-shirt of a lion.
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[[folder:Sports]]
* [[TheSixties 1960s]] Portuguese [[UsefulNotes/AssociationFootball soccer]] player Eusebio was also known as "The Black Panther" because of his speed, his powerful strike, and [[TokenBlack the fact that he was black]].
** Soviet goalkeeper Lev Yashin was "The Black Spider" for its impressive saves and an all-black uniform.
* Quite a few national soccer teams have animals on the logo (France has a rooster, England has three lions), or as a nickname (Brazil are the "Little Canary team", Nigeria the "Super Eagles", Cameroon "The Indomitable Lions").
** Common for domestic clubs as well. The Premier League currently includes The Tigers (Hull), The Black Cats (Sunderland), The Eagles (Crystal Palace), The Foxes (Leicester), The Magpies (Newcastle), The Swans (Swansea) and The Throstles (West Bromwich Albion, though largely out of use).
* Many American sports teams--too many to count, really. A decent estimate is that about a quarter to half the sports teams in the US and Canada are named for animals, and all of those will exploit this in their advertising.
* Kobe Bryant is known as "The Black Mumba".
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Theatre]]
* Most of the Creator/CirqueDuSoleil shows directed by Franco Dragone from ''Saltimbanco'' through ''Theatre/LaNouba'' invoke bird imagery, usually through one or more characters and their costume(s).
** ''Saltimbanco'': The Songbird (the lead singer).
** ''Mystere'': The Red Bird, the Birds of Prey, and the bungee trapeze artists.
** ''Alegria'': The evil nobles are known as the Nostalgic Old Birds, and wear masks that appear a cross between human and bird faces.
** ''Quidam'': Zoe has a pet bird in a cage in the opening scene.
** ''La Nouba'': The Green Bird.
* ''Theatre/ALittleNightMusic'':
-->'''Carl-Magnus''': Watch him, Charlotte. Watch them both like a...\\
'''Charlotte''': Hawk, I know, dear. You're a tiger, I'm a hawk. We're our own zoo.
* Birds are strongly associated with ''Theatre/{{Lizzie}}''. Lizzie is fascinated by the pigeons in her family's barn, even talking to them sometimes, and is distraught when they are killed. She's described early on as "not the brightest bird," and the song "The Soul of the White Bird" is used as a metaphor for her mental state. She also makes lots of references to "flying away," and the last sound of the show is a flock of birds taking off -- symbolizing Lizzie's freedom.
* ''Theatre/PrimaFacie'': In the opening lines Tessa compares herself to a thoroughbred horse — a well-trained powerhouse with killer instincts — in her legal career.
* In {{Theatre/Trifles}}, Minnie is represented by birds and this is given more details in the book ''A Jury of Her Peers'', where, it's mentioned that, before her marriage, Minnie was a free spirit, who loved to sing and wore pretty clothes. Before and during her marriage, she kept a canary to which John killed, said canary representing herself from years ago and the the Minnie that was "killed" by her marriage. Likewise, the caged bird is meant to represent a woman's place in 19th/early 20th century society.
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[[folder:Toys]]
* Franchise/{{LEGO}}:
** Numerous ''Toys/LEGOCastle'' and ''Toys/{{Aquazone}}'' factions.
** The animal tribes of ''WesternAnimation/LegendsOfChima'' utilize motifs based, of course, on themselves.
** ''Toys/{{Bionicle}}'':
*** Vastus has a snake motif, with snake ornaments on his shoulders, a helmet based off a snake, and a snake-like staff with the fangs forming a blade that injects venom.
*** Although the '08 Makuta and Shadow Matoran respectively shapeshifted or were mutated into bat or insect-looking forms, it seems the masks that some wore had been vaguely animal-like to begin with.
** ''Toys/HeroFactory'''s ''Jungle Planet'' line had the Heroes adopting various animal motifs for their new armor.
* ''Toys/MermaidHigh'': Mari sports an octopus motif in her outfit.
* ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'': Bumblebee has a bug/insect motif that varies in strength between incarnations. Obviously, there's his name and yellow coloration evoking a bee, but his original vehicle mode is a Volkswagen ''Beetle''. Some incarnations give him "wings" and/or "stingers" to play up the bee aspect.
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