History FurryConfusion / WebComics

* ''Webcomic/RankAmateur'' has [[LegoGenetics GELF]], like Felix and Guardian, but also has normal animals. This is because GELF are [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Genetically Engineered]] [[AppliedPhlebotinum Life Forms]], creatures who most commonly share DNA with humans, but also with other creatures. In some cases, a form has been made through Computer Aided Design whose DNA is entirely made up specifically for that form.

* In ''Webcomic/WorldOfFizz'', the character Dawn, who is an anthropomorphic cat herself, adopts a non-anthropomorphic cat. Other non-anthropomorphic animals are portrayed for comedic purposes.
* ''Webcomic/KevinAndKell'': Every creature is anthropomorphic, down to the ''bacteria'', and confusion arises on multiple fronts:
** Some of the insects we see are the size of the main characters, about human sized. Others are tiny, as you would expect from insects. The real confusion sets in when we see examples of both sizes from the '''same species''', like the moths. Similarly, Kevin the rabbit is the same height as his wolf wife Kell, and in fact a lot broader than she is.
** Averted when it comes to meat as it's established from the start that the meat does come from other anthropomorphic animals. Of course, this leads to CarnivoreConfusion. The morality of carnivorous people is a recurring and major in- and out-of-universe issue. Apparently it's alright for them to kill herbivores, even though they're quite sapient. In fact, the one of the main foci of the strip is carnivores and herbivores getting involved in relationships, to the point that the eponymous characters are a married carn/herb couple -- and yet there's no problem that Kell's job is to kill massive amounts of herbivores.
*** Apparently murder is acceptable as long as it's part of the natural preying process (the incident that granted everything sapience is pointedly established as having done nothing for morality). This means that predator species can, literally, get away with murder, while the same act is criminal for prey species. Kevin's father is in prison for killing a carnivore (which admittedly gave him a badass cred). No one seems to think this is unfair, either.
*** Further complicating the issue is that it's been established that plants are ''also'' sapient, and only separated from animals by a language barrier that can fairly be overcome with technological aid. By definition, there is no possible way for any animal in the setting to feed without eating another person.
* ''Webcomic/ExterminatusNow'' made it clear very soon that regular, non-"furry" chickens exist. However, it also confirmed that "furry" ones exist too, very anthro, very sapient, and [[spoiler:[[http://exterminatusnow.co.uk/2008-08-02/comic/mort-to-it-than-zombies/blood-bucket-now-only-9-99/ very murdered]]]].
** [[WordOfGod The creators have said]] that there were plans to create new nonintelligent animals for the universe, but they never got around to it.
** [[http://exterminatusnow.comicgenesis.com/d/20071013.html Another comic]] has one character use the StockPhrase "Do bears shit in the woods?" which leads to a discussion which culminates in, "Also, isn't our ''boss'' a bear?"
* ''Webcomic/DanAndMabsFurryAdventures'' gleefully [[http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_167.php plays with this]], [[http://www.missmab.com/Images/Banner_Cows.jpg yes, very much plays with this]], [[http://www.missmab.com/Art/Images/Dont_Ask.jpg seriously]]. [[spoiler:The artist has explained that there are actually "livestock" animals in the DMFA universe along with the normal character, but there's no reason not to have fun with it though]]. Not to mention, Lorenda is at least part demon. It has also been established that she has a tendency to eat the people who piss her off, which is why Jyrras brought her back to Lost Lake.
* ''Webcomic/{{Achewood}}'': Dogs are regarded as animals by the characters; see the strip where barking dogs keep Molly and Roast Beef awake, or the one with Ray's "Magreaux Dog." Despite this, dogs have been shown talking on a few occasions. It could be that cats in the Achewood universe simply look down on dogs and refuse to consider them equals, much like [[CatsAreMean in real life.]] Notably, Roast Beef has a pet dog... but it's an [[RobotDog AIBO]].
* ''Webcomic/YouSayItFirst'' averts this; the pets shown have been Brants (a creature vaguely similar to a rabbit or cat, with blue or purple fur; not the RealLife goose) or fish.
* ''Webcomic/SequentialArt'' depicts a world mixed with humans and anthropomorphic animals... sans Leonard, the TeamPet who is just a regular platypus yet acts somewhat human. A perfectly regular platypus with an as-yet unexplained three-foot poisonous barb that occasionally bursts forth from his upper spine, in place of the barbs on the back of his... Flippers? Claws? Duck feet.
* ''Webcomic/{{SSDD}}'' usually averts any mention of species, but mentions it at least twice in relation to an affair between two characters of different "species" (which is apparently considered an unusual fetish even though it's common amongst featured characters).
* ''Webcomic/NobodyScores'' knows what to do with those damn furries. [[http://nobodyscores.loosenutstudio.com/index.php?id=33 War, and lots of it!]]
* ''Webcomic/MurryPurryFreshAndFurry'' takes place in a world where furries live alongside normal animals, a fact that the characters regularly acknowledge [[http://www.murrypurry.com/?p=138 does not make sense]].

* ''Webcomic/TheKennyChronicles'' regularly shows regular cats, dogs, mice, and chickens alongside [[FunnyAnimal Tarnekis]] but there seems to be a pretty clear distinction between the two ([[http://www.kennychronicles.com/2009/05/04/hell-forget-about-it-later/ this comic]] notwithstanding)
** Also a strip from the sequel comic ''Ferrets vs. Lemmings'' where [[http://ferretsvslemmings.com/archive/dook-dook-doppleganger/ a lemming dressed up a pet ferret like the ferret king.]]
* ''Webcomic/LasLindas'' eventually explains that their anthros are aliens that happen to resemble earth animals, but before that revelation, it's shown that one of the two cow-anthro characters runs ''a milk factory'', and the other runs a dairy farm. To add to the confusion, no non-anthro cows and almost no non-anthro animals have been shown.
* ''[[http://www.tinykittenteeth.com/ Tiny Kitten Teeth]]'': Mewsli is an anthropomorphic cat who has a pet regular cat. Lampshaded in an early comic when he brings the pet cat on a bus and someone thinks that it's his child.[[note]]Which just raises further questions, if they can't tell furries and regular animals apart.[[/note]]
* ''Webcomic/{{Pandect}}'': There's a clear difference between animals with souls and the ability to wear a human form (Aces) and animals without souls. Aces sometimes have a sense when a human or animal is another Ace, but they do not know for certain until the other Ace reveals it.
* ''Webcomic/JackDavidHopkins'': Actually very well avoided. The setting's anthros were originally created experimentally by humans, first just rabbit-people, then, presumably, all species. [[spoiler: The reason we don't see humans in their world is because they killed them all.]] Non-anthro animals remain exactly as they are for us. There is the strange matter that the furries can interbreed, and become strange mixed-species creatures, yet almost all of them appear to be one pure, unmixed species, most likely due to their origins (human DNA with animal bits spliced in) giving them all a base from which to work.
* ''Webcomic/AwkwardZombie'':
** [[https://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/please-explain-this-anomaly This gem]], where the AuthorAvatar player character is walking a regular dog past a couple of shocked [[FunnyAnimal anthropomorphic dog villagers]] in ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing'', used to be the page picture, and the first sentence of TheRant is the source of the caption.
--->''So I'm furnishing my little ''Animal Crossing'' cottage, right? But I don't know if I'm comfortable with keeping a caged canary (which is a furniture item) in the window when my next-door neighbor is a talking, four-foot-tall robin.''
** And again [[https://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/haunch-hunch here]]. Does [[VideoGame/StarFox Fox McCloud]] have fox-like digitigrade feet, or simply very hairy but more human-like plantigrade feet? If the former is true, how the heck does he fit them into his boots?
** Brought up pretty directly [[https://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/not-a-dog-person here]], where [[VideoGame/AnimalCrossing Isabelle]] is rather confused and disturbed at the ''VideoGame/DuckHunt'' dog.
** Lampshaded [[https://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/got-your-tongue here]] when [[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBindingBlade Roy]] assumes that [[VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon Incineroar]] is an animal-like person similar to the ''Star Fox'' characters, only to learn he was really talking to a human-shaped cat.
* Variation in ''Webcomic/BarD'': It's established that all animals exist in both anthropomorphic and non-anthropomorphic varieties . . . which leads to Vas being bewildered when he sees a human, because he can't even begin to imagine what a [[OxymoronicBeing non-anthropomorphic human]] looks like. Shelia's attempt to explain how anthropomorphism works just leads him to believe that humans are "empty shells, devoid of all existence".
* ''WebComic/BrawlInTheFamily'':
** [[http://brawlinthefamily.keenspot.com/2011/08/11/354-animals/ In a strip]] where Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog is rescuing animals trapped in Eggman's robots, one of the freed critters is, much to Sonic's consternation, a perfectly regular, non-anthropomorphic hedgehog.
** [[http://brawlinthefamily.keenspot.com/comic/286-thefishnextdoor/ Another strip]] set in the ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing'' universe lamphsades the game's tendency to pair humanoid and regular versions of the same animals when a fish villager visits town and promptly leaves after seeing everyone cheerfully catching, displaying and eating fish. Note that there are no anthropomorphic fish in the franchise, but this kind of thing does very much happen with frog and octopus villagers.
* ''Webcomic/{{Vinigortonio}}'': A sapient alligator in, in order to avoid getting headshot by Platypus's pendant attack, uses the [[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 Croc-o-style Sniper set]]... which is made from a skinned and decapitated crocodile...
* In ''Webcomic/FruitIncest'', Molo and Zeke are both surprised to find cheetahs at the zoo, but never question why none of the other cheetahs are anthropomorphic.
* In ''Webcomic/{{Concession}}'', Artie and Melusine go fishing and then cook their catches for dinner.
-->'''Artie:''' ''(about to eat fish and crab with Melusine)'' This feels weird. It's like I'm about to watch cannibalism.\\

** Also, Joel, an anthropomorphic dog, once had sex with a non-anthropomorphic dog . . . and Artie will [[NeverLiveItDown never let him forget it]].
* ''Webcomic/RankAmateur'' has [[LegoGenetics GELF]], like Felix and Guardian, but also has normal animals. This is because GELF are [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Genetically Engineered]] [[AppliedPhlebotinum Life Forms]], creatures who most commonly share DNA with humans, but also with other creatures. In some cases, a form has been made through Computer Aided Design whose DNA is entirely made up specifically for that form.
* ''WebComic/{{Precocious}}'':
** One of the many reasons Chrispy made all the characters either cats or dogs was to [[AvertedTrope avert]] this.
** The comments for [[http://www.precociouscomic.com/archive/comic/2013/02/16 'Normal Clothes']] raises this point; when Principal Blessure decides to dress up as [[WesternAnimation/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians Cruella DeVil]] it was theorized that in the Precocious world that the movie is about a woman who kidnaps children (of a specific race) in order to skin them and wear their pelts. In the real world, family movie; In a furry world, ''horror movie.''
* Alexia ([[LionsAndTigersAndHumansOhMy a human]]) makes a rather nasty faux pas around Thisisa (a raccoon) in [[http://catsncameras.com/cnc/?comic=zroom-zroom this]] ''Webcomic/CatsNCameras'' strip. (Warning: The linked comic itself is SFW, but no guarantees about the "funding progress" artwork beside it, which can be anywhere from almost G-rated to NC-17 -- click at your own risk. Much of the rest of the comic NSFW.)
* In ''Webcomic/StubbleTrouble'' Ally, an anthropomorphic cat, owns a regular pet cat.

* In [[http://www.pbfcomics.com/268/ this]] ''ComicStrip/ThePerryBibleFellowship'' strip, a non-anthropomorphic rabbit in a WorldOfFunnyAnimals gets treated as a streaker, complete with [[MoralGuardians pixelating its genital era]] in the TV news.

* Implied by ''Webcomic/LucidSpring''. In this world, the only difference between a sapient animal and an "animalistic" one - an Empty - is the color of their eyes. All Empties have white eyes.
* In [[https://derpibooru.org/523706 this]] ''[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Celestia]]'s Servant Interview'' comic, somepony asks Button Mash how to tame a horse in ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}''.
* One of the characters in ''Webcomic/DeerMe'' is a anthropomorphic poodle who owns a normal poodle who [[UncattyResemblance looks just like him]].
* ''Webcomic/{{AGENCY}}'' is a MassiveMultiplayerCrossover webcomic where all of the characters are FunnyAnimal [[WorldOfMammals mammals]] from various pre-existing works... with the exception of [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Pikachu]], who acts and is treated like a "normal" mouse by the FunnyAnimal characters, with [[Literature/{{Arthur}} D.W.]] even having an EekAMouse reaction to him when he first appears.

** Also, [[AnythingThatMoves Joel]], an anthropomorphic dog, once had sex with a non-anthropomorphic dog . . . and Artie will [[NeverLiveItDown never let him forget it]].

* ''Webcomic/{{Achewood}}'': Dogs are regarded as animals by the characters; see the strip where barking dogs keep Molly and Roast Beef awake, or the one with Ray's "Magreaux Dog." Despite this, dogs have been shown talking on a few occasions. It could be that cats in the Achewood universe simply look down on dogs and refuse to consider them equals, much like [[CatsAreMean in real life.]]

* Justified in [[http://www2.schlockmercenary.com/d/20090616.html those]] [[http://www2.schlockmercenary.com/d/20090611.html two]] trip from ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary'' where a genetically engineered ("uplifted") elephant from the protagonist's mercenary company try to interrogate a uplifted one hiding in a circus full of non-uplifted elephant, of course since he must keep this secret his intention are misinterpreted.
* ''Webcomic/{{Freefall}}'': [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1200/fv01144.htm Florence]] is a genetically engineered creature based on wolves. She occasionally deals with more mundane [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff500/fv00410.htm canines]]. There's [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff500/fv00463.htm another sequence]] that explains how she originally resembled a normal wolf cub, but had to adapt to bipedalism as she matured. Talk about growing pains.

* ''Webcomic/{{Achewood}}'', for all its oddity, partially averts this -- Roast Beef's pet, Winston, is an AIBO ([[RobotBuddy a robot dog]]).
** On the other hand, Ray (a cat) tends to address Roast Beef (also a cat) as "dogg", the irony of which has never been remarked on.
** Dogs are regarded as animals by the characters; see the strip where barking dogs keep Molly and Roast Beef awake, or the one with Ray's "Magreaux Dog." Despite this, dogs have been shown talking on a few occasions. It could be that cats in the Achewood universe simply look down on dogs and refuse to consider them equals, much like [[CatsAreMean in real life.]]

* Implied by ''Webcomic/LucidSpring''. In this world, the only difference between a sapient animal and an "animalistic" one- an Empty- is the color of their eyes. All Empties have white eyes.

* In ''Webcomic/TinasStory'', normal animals exist right along side Hybrids (half-human/half-animal anthromorphic peple). In one sequence we see Tina (a poodle Hybrid) going ga-ga over some poodle pups in a pet store window.

* In ''Webcomic/FurWillFly'', an anthropomorphic rooster is [[http://www.jadephoenix.org/fwf/comics/index.php?date=fur_flysunday1.jpg pictured]] (warning: ugly art, predates the comic's ArtEvolution) [[LetsMeetTheMeat eating regular chicken legs]]. It is later attested that [[CarnivoreConfusion there are "evolved" and "non-evolved" versions of animals]], but still...
** In the same comic, a cat character has numerous pet cats, and says that it's instructive to have a pet with all of your instincts and none of your higher thoughts.

* The webcomic ''Moo & Keo'' gives us [[http://www.mookeo.com/archive/2009-06-01-2a7061a/ this example]].

** Averted when it comes to meat as it's established from the start that the meat does come from other anthropomorphic animals. Of course, this leads to CarnivoreConfusion. The morality of carnivorous people is a recurring and major in- and out-of-universe issue. Apparently it's alright for them to kill herbivores, even though they're quite sapient. In fact, the one of the main foci of the strip is carnivores and herbivores getting involved in relationships, to the point that the eponymous characters are a married carn/herb couple -- and yet there's no problem that [[MoralDissonance Kell's job is to kill massive amounts of herbivores]].

** [[http://brawlinthefamily.keenspot.com/2011/08/11/354-animals/ In a strip]] where Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog is rescuing animals trapped in Eggman's robots, one of the freed critters is, much to Sonic's consternation, a perfectly regular, non-anthropomonrphic hedgehog.

** Lifespans are also massively screwed up -- just check out [[http://www.kevinandkell.com/2008/kk0707.html this strip]], where a teenaged fifteen-year-old wolf is asking for relationship advice. For those not knowing, at fifteen years a wolf in the real world would be either dead or in their dotage. One day, however, is about right for (adult) mayflies.
** The morality of carnivorous people is a recurring and major in- and out-of-universe issue. Apparently it's alright for them to kill herbivores, even though they're quite sapient. In fact, the one of the main foci of the strip is carnivores and herbivores getting involved in relationships, to the point that the eponymous characters are a married carn/herb couple -- and yet there's no problem that [[MoralDissonance Kell's job is to kill massive amounts of herbivores]].

** [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic1-052807.php This gem]], where the AuthorAvatar player character is walking a regular dog past a couple of shocked [[FunnyAnimal anthropomorphic dog villagers]] in ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing'', used to be the page picture, and the first sentence of TheRant is the source of the caption.

** And again [[http://awkwardzombie.com/index.php?page=0&comic=122914 here]]. Does [[VideoGame/StarFox Fox McCloud]] have fox-like digitigrade feet, or simply very hairy but more human-like plantigrade feet? If the former is true, how the heck does he fit them into his boots?
** Brought up pretty directly [[http://awkwardzombie.com/index.php?page=0&comic=040819 here]], where [[VideoGame/AnimalCrossing Isabelle]] is rather confused and disturbed at the ''VideoGame/DuckHunt'' dog.
** Lampshaded [[http://awkwardzombie.com/index.php?page=0&comic=092319 here]] when [[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBindingBlade Roy]] assumes that [[VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon Incineroar]] is an animal-like person similar to the ''Star Fox'' characters, only to learn he was really talking to a human-shaped cat.

* Explained in ''Webcomic/{{Freefall}}'': [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1200/fv01144.htm Florence]] is a genetically engineered creature based on wolves. She occasionally deals with more mundane [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff500/fv00410.htm canines]]. There's [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff500/fv00463.htm another sequence]] that explains how she originally resembled a normal wolf cub, but had to adapt to bipedalism as she matured. Talk about growing pains.
* Every creature in ''Webcomic/KevinAndKell'' is anthropomorphic, down to the ''bacteria''. The confusion here mainly has to do with their size. Some of the insects we see are the size of the main characters, about human sized. Others are tiny, as you would expect from insects. The real confusion sets in when we see examples of both sizes from the '''same species''', like the moths.
** Lifespans are also massively screwed up -- just check out [[http://www.kevinandkell.com/2008/kk0707.html this strip]]. For those not knowing, a fifteen year old wolf in the real world would be either dead or in their dotage. One day, however, is about right for (adult) mayflies.
** And then there's the morality of carnivorous people; apparently it's alright for them to kill herbivores, even though they're quite sapient. In fact, the one of the main foci of the strip is carnivores and herbivores getting involved in relationships, to the point that the eponymous characters are a married carn/herb couple -- and yet there's no problem that [[MoralDissonance Kell's job is to kill massive amounts of herbivores]].
** Apparently murder is acceptable as long as it's part of the natural preying process (the incident that granted everything sapience is pointedly established as having done nothing for morality). This means that predator species can, literally, get away with murder, while the same act is criminal for prey species. Kevin's father is in prison for killing a carnivore (which admittedly gave him a badass cred). No one seems to think this is unfair, either.

* ''Webcomic/DanAndMabsFurryAdventures'' gleefully [[http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_167.php plays with this]], [[http://www.missmab.com/Images/Banner_Cows.jpg yes, very much plays with this]], [[http://www.missmab.com/Art/Images/Dont_Ask.jpg seriously]]. [[spoiler:The artist has explained that there are actually "livestock" animals in the DMFA universe along with the normal character, but there's no reason not to have fun with it though]].
** Not to mention, Lorenda is at least Part demon. It has also been established that she has a tendency to eat the people who piss her off, which is why Jyrras brought her back to Lost Lake.

* In an early ''[[http://www.catandgirl.com Cat and Girl]]'', the anthropomorphic eponymous Cat [[http://catandgirl.com/?p=1548 flirts with a non-anthropomorphic cat]].

* Mewsli from ''[[http://www.tinykittenteeth.com/ Tiny Kitten Teeth]]'' is an anthropomorphic cat who has a pet regular cat. Lampshaded in an early comic when he brings the pet cat on a bus and someone thinks that it's his child.[[note]]Which just raises further questions, if they can't tell furries and regular animals apart.[[/note]]
* Appears in ''Webcomic/{{Pandect}}'', where there is a clear difference between animals with souls and the ability to wear a human form (Aces) and animals without souls. Aces sometimes have a sense when a human or animal is another Ace, but they do not know for certain until the other Ace reveals it.
* Actually very well avoided in ''Webcomic/{{Jack|DavidHopkins}}'' -- Their anthros were originally created experimentally by humans, first just rabbit-people, then, presumably, all species. [[spoiler: The reason we don't see humans in their world is because they killed them all.]] Non-anthro animals remain exactly as they are for us. There is the strange matter that the furries can interbreed, and become strange mixed-species creatures, yet almost all of them appear to be one pure, unmixed species, most likely due to their origins (human DNA with animal bits spliced in) giving them all a base from which to work.

-->''So I'm furnishing my little Animal Crossing cottage, right? But I don't know if I'm comfortable with keeping a caged canary (which is a furniture item) in the window when my next-door neighbor is a talking, four-foot-tall robin.''

* ''WebComic/BrawlInTheFamily'' [[http://brawlinthefamily.keenspot.com/2011/08/11/354-animals/ visits the]] ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' universe.
* A sentient alligator in ''Webcomic/{{Vinigortonio}}'' in order to avoid getting headshot by Platypus's pendant attack uses the [[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 Croc-o-style Sniper set]]... which is made from a skinned and decapitated crocodile...

* The universe of ''Webcomic/CorgiQuest'' features anthropomorphic corgis alongside ordinary horses, wolves, eagles, wolverines, dinosaurs, and likely much more. To make matters more confusing, most of the "ordinary" animals appear to be sentient.

* In [[https://derpibooru.org/523706 this]] ''[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Celestia's]] Servant Interview'' comic, somepony asks Button Mash how to tame a horse in VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}.

* In ''Webcomic/{{Ayuri}}'' The [[CatFolk catlike alien]] Saye is very surprised by the appearance of Earth cats.

** The comments for [[http://www.precociouscomic.com/archive/comic/2013/02/16 'Normal Clothes']] raises this point; when Principal Blessure decides to dress up as [[Disney/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians Cruella DeVil]] it was theorized that in the Precocious world that the movie is about a woman who kidnaps children (of a specific race) in order to skin them and wear their pelts. In the real world, family movie; In a furry world, ''horror movie.''