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** Silas the blue-footed booby from the fourth film looks more a generic seagull,
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** The Triceratops from the third film look more like Chasmosaurus or Torosaurus due to their large frills.

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** The Triceratops from the third film look more like Chasmosaurus or Torosaurus due to their large frills. Also, the Kentrosaurus look more like Miragaia.
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* A few of the reviews for ''AnAmericanTail'' when it first came out complained about how un-catlike Tiger looked.

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* A few of the reviews for ''AnAmericanTail'' ''WesternAnimation/AnAmericanTail'' when it first came out complained about how un-catlike Tiger looked.
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*** Averted in early artwork where Pumbaa is certainly a warthog.

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** If I'm correct, their species is never actually identified, so they could be Chasmosaurus or Torosaurus. Likewise, Rudy looks more like a gigantic sailless Spinosaurus than a Baryonyx. Also, the Guanlong look more like raptors and the Kentrosaurus look more like Miragaia.
*** WordOfGod says they are Triceratops, though it might be for simple and more familiar terms (like they called brontotheres "rhinos").



* Priscilla from ''{{Rango}}'' is supposed to be an [[MisplacedWildlife aye-aye]], but she actually looks more a mouse instead.
** She's a [[http://rango.wikia.com/wiki/Priscilla cactus mouse]], explaining the resemblance.
** Rango's love interest is supposed to be some sort of reptile, but she looks more like an...alien...thing...

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* Priscilla from ''{{Rango}}'' is supposed to be an [[MisplacedWildlife aye-aye]], but she actually looks more a mouse instead.
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instead. This has led to conflicting info on her species — logically, she can and should be a [[http://rango.wikia.com/wiki/Priscilla [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cactus_mouse cactus mouse]], explaining but WordOfGod on the resemblance.
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** Rango's love interest Beans is supposed to be some sort of reptile, but she looks more like an...alien...thing...
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** If I'm correct, their species is never actually identified, so they could be Chasmosaurus or Torosaurus. Likewise, Rudy looks more like a gigantic sailless Spinosaurus than a Baryonyx. Also, the Guanlong look more like raptors and Kentrosaurus look more like Miragaia.

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** If I'm correct, their species is never actually identified, so they could be Chasmosaurus or Torosaurus. Likewise, Rudy looks more like a gigantic sailless Spinosaurus than a Baryonyx. Also, the Guanlong look more like raptors and the Kentrosaurus look more like Miragaia.



* Chirin's adult form at the end of ''ChirinNoSuzu'' is supposed to be a ferocious ram, but he vaguely resembles more of a wildebeest or a goat instead and nothing like the other sheep in the film, not even himself as a lamb. [[spoiler:As a result of this, at the end of the film, he ends up being chased out of his own farm!]]

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* Chirin's adult form at the end of ''ChirinNoSuzu'' is supposed to be a ferocious ram, but he vaguely resembles more of a wildebeest an ibex or a goat instead and nothing like the other sheep in the film, not even himself as a lamb. [[spoiler:As a result of this, at the end of the film, he ends up being chased out of his own farm!]]
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** If I'm correct, their species is never actually identified, so they could be Chasmosaurus or Torosaurus. Likewise, Rudy looks more like a gigantic sailless Spinosaurus than a Baryonyx. Also, the Guanlong look more like raptors.

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** If I'm correct, their species is never actually identified, so they could be Chasmosaurus or Torosaurus. Likewise, Rudy looks more like a gigantic sailless Spinosaurus than a Baryonyx. Also, the Guanlong look more like raptors.raptors and Kentrosaurus look more like Miragaia.
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*** WordOfGod says they are Triceratops, though it might be for simple and more familiar terms.

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*** WordOfGod says they are Triceratops, though it might be for simple and more familiar terms.terms (like they called brontotheres "rhinos").

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* [[SeaMonster Cretaceous and Maelstrom]], the main villains of [[IceAge ''Ice Age 2: The Meltdown'']] are supposed to be a Pliosaur and an Icthyosaur respectively, but [[SomewhereAPaleontologistIsCrying they look more like mutated crocodiles instead.]] And the aardvarks look more like giant anteaters with big ears and mouths at the base of their snouts.

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* [[SeaMonster Cretaceous and Maelstrom]], the main villains of [[IceAge ''Ice Age 2: The Meltdown'']] are supposed to be a Pliosaur and an Icthyosaur respectively, but [[SomewhereAPaleontologistIsCrying they look more like mutated crocodiles instead.]] ]]
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*** WordOfGod says they are Triceratops.
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**If I'm correct, their species is never actually identified, so they could be Chasmosaurus or Torosaurus. Likewise, Rudy looks more like a gigantic sailless Spinosaurus than a Baryonyx. Also, the Guanlong look more like raptors.

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* Chirin's adult form at the end of ''ChirinNoSuzu'' is supposed to be a ferocious ram, but he vaguely resembles more of a wildebeest or a goat instead and nothing like the other sheep in the film, not even himself as a lamb. As a result of this, at the end of the film, he ends up being chased out of his own farm!

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* Chirin's adult form at the end of ''ChirinNoSuzu'' is supposed to be a ferocious ram, but he vaguely resembles more of a wildebeest or a goat instead and nothing like the other sheep in the film, not even himself as a lamb. As [[spoiler:As a result of this, at the end of the film, he ends up being chased out of his own farm!farm!]]
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** The Triceratops from the third film look more like Chasmosaurus or Torosaurus due to their large frills. Also, the female looks like a Zuniceratops since she lacks a visible nose horn.

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** The Triceratops from the third film look more like Chasmosaurus or Torosaurus due to their large frills. Also, the female looks like a Zuniceratops since she lacks a visible nose horn.
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** The Triceratops from the third film look more like Chasmosaurus or Torosaurus due to their large frills. Also, the female looks like a Zuniceratops since it lacks a visible nose horn.

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** The Triceratops from the third film look more like Chasmosaurus or Torosaurus due to their large frills. Also, the female looks like a Zuniceratops since it she lacks a visible nose horn.
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** The Triceratops from the third film look more like Chasmosaurus or Torosaurus due to their large frills. Also, the female looks like a Zuniceratops due to lacking a visible nose horn.

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** The Triceratops from the third film look more like Chasmosaurus or Torosaurus due to their large frills. Also, the female looks like a Zuniceratops due to lacking since it lacks a visible nose horn.
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* [[SeaMonster Cretaceous and Maelstrom]], the main villains of [[IceAge ''Ice Age 2: The Meltdown'']] are supposed to be a Mosasaurus and an Icthyosaurus, respectively, but [[SomewhereAPaleontologistIsCrying they look more like mutated crocodiles instead.]] And the aardvarks look more like giant anteaters with big ears and mouths at the base of their snouts.
** The Triceratops from the third film look more like Chasmosaurus and Torosaurus due to their large frills. Also, the female looks like a Zuniceratops due to lacking a visible nose horn.

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* [[SeaMonster Cretaceous and Maelstrom]], the main villains of [[IceAge ''Ice Age 2: The Meltdown'']] are supposed to be a Mosasaurus Pliosaur and an Icthyosaurus, Icthyosaur respectively, but [[SomewhereAPaleontologistIsCrying they look more like mutated crocodiles instead.]] And the aardvarks look more like giant anteaters with big ears and mouths at the base of their snouts.
** The Triceratops from the third film look more like Chasmosaurus and or Torosaurus due to their large frills. Also, the female looks like a Zuniceratops due to lacking a visible nose horn.
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** Actually, Cretaceous and Maelstrom are a ''Metriorhynchus'' and ''Globidens'' respectively, but they still don't look much like the real animals (Maelstrom more so).

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** Actually, Cretaceous and Maelstrom are a ''Metriorhynchus'' and ''Globidens'' respectively, but they still don't The Triceratops from the third film look much more like Chasmosaurus and Torosaurus due to their large frills. Also, the real animals (Maelstrom more so).female looks like a Zuniceratops due to lacking a visible nose horn.

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* Jiminy Cricket from ''Disney/{{Pinocchio}}'' is so heavily anthropomorphized that he looks more like a little green man with a rabbit nose and no ears. Animator Ward Kimball, who designed him, admitted that "he's a cricket because we ''say'' he's a cricket."

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* Jiminy Cricket from ''Disney/{{Pinocchio}}'' is so heavily anthropomorphized that he looks more like a little green man with a rabbit nose and no ears. Animator Ward Kimball, who designed him, admitted that "he's a cricket because we ''say'' he's a cricket."" And then the live-action adaptation actually had him as a tiny human.


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** Rango's love interest is supposed to be some sort of reptile, but she looks more like an...alien...thing...

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* [[SeaMonster Cretaceous and Maelstrom]], the main villains of [[IceAge ''Ice Age 2: The Meltdown'']] are supposed to be a Mosasaurus and an Icthyosaurus, respectively, but [[SomewhereAPaleontologistIsCrying they look more like mutated crocodiles instead.]]
** And the aardvarks look more like giant anteaters with big ears and mouths at the base of their snouts.

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* [[SeaMonster Cretaceous and Maelstrom]], the main villains of [[IceAge ''Ice Age 2: The Meltdown'']] are supposed to be a Mosasaurus and an Icthyosaurus, respectively, but [[SomewhereAPaleontologistIsCrying they look more like mutated crocodiles instead.]]
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** Actually, Cretaceous and Maelstrom are a ''Metriorhynchus'' and ''Globidens'' respectively.

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** Actually, Cretaceous and Maelstrom are a ''Metriorhynchus'' and ''Globidens'' respectively.respectively, but they still don't look much like the real animals (Maelstrom more so).
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** Actually, Cretaceous and Maelstrom are a ''Metriorhynchus'' and ''Globidens'' respectively.
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** Most of the dinosaurs in the movie don't really look like their real-life counterparts, especially the Tyrannosaurus and Maiasaura. Triceratops and Parasaurolophus are exceptions, however.

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** Most of the dinosaurs in the movie don't really look like their real-life counterparts, especially the Tyrannosaurus and Maiasaura. Triceratops The Triceratops, Protoceratops, and Parasaurolophus are exceptions, however.
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** Most of the dinosaurs in the movie don't really look like their real-life counterparts, especially the Tyrannosaurus and Maiasaura.

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** Most of the dinosaurs in the movie don't really look like their real-life counterparts, especially the Tyrannosaurus and Maiasaura. Triceratops and Parasaurolophus are exceptions, however.
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** Also most of the dinosaurs in the movie don't really look like their real-life counterparts, especially the Tyrannosaurus and Maiasaura.

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** Also most Most of the dinosaurs in the movie don't really look like their real-life counterparts, especially the Tyrannosaurus and Maiasaura.
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** Also most of the dinosaurs in the movie don't really look like their real-life conterparts, especially the Tyrannosaurus and Maiasaura.

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** Also most of the dinosaurs in the movie don't really look like their real-life conterparts, counterparts, especially the Tyrannosaurus and Maiasaura.
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** Also most of the dinosaurs in the movie, especially the Tyrannosaurus and Maiasaura.

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** Also most of the dinosaurs in the movie, movie don't really look like their real-life conterparts, especially the Tyrannosaurus and Maiasaura.
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* Chirin's adult form at the end of ''ChirinNoSuzu'' is supposed to be a ferocious ram, but he vaguely resembles more of a wildebeest instead and nothing like the other sheep in the film, not even himself as a lamb. As a result of this, at the end of the film, he ends up being chased out of his own farm!

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* Chirin's adult form at the end of ''ChirinNoSuzu'' is supposed to be a ferocious ram, but he vaguely resembles more of a wildebeest or a goat instead and nothing like the other sheep in the film, not even himself as a lamb. As a result of this, at the end of the film, he ends up being chased out of his own farm!
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* Chirin's adult form at the end of ''ChirinnoSuzu'' is supposed to be a ferocious ram, but he vaguely resembles more of a wildebeest instead and nothing like the other sheep in the film, not even himself as a lamb. As a result of this, at the end of the film, he ends up being chased out of his own farm!

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* Chirin's adult form at the end of ''ChirinnoSuzu'' ''ChirinNoSuzu'' is supposed to be a ferocious ram, but he vaguely resembles more of a wildebeest instead and nothing like the other sheep in the film, not even himself as a lamb. As a result of this, at the end of the film, he ends up being chased out of his own farm!
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** In a similar case, the titular Allosaurus from ''TheValleyofGwangi'' looks more like a T. Rex with three fingers.

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** In a similar case, the titular epononymous Allosaurus from ''TheValleyofGwangi'' ''TheValleyOfGwangi'' looks more like a T. Rex with three fingers.
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* The Aracuan Bird from ''TheThreeCaballeros'' is pink, unlike its real world counterpart.
* A few of the reviews for ''AnAmericanTail'' when it first came out complained about how un-catlike Tiger looked.
* [[http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110408184553/kungfupanda/images/9/93/ShifuGreen.JPG Shifu]] the red panda from ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda'', with his huge round ears, more whitish orangey fur, and dark brown hands, is not that easy to identify as a [[http://www.pluspets.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Red-Panda4.jpg red]] [[http://www.pluspets.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Red-Panda2.jpg panda]], which has medium sized, rounded triangular ears and is more reddish with a black underside and legs.
* [[{{Godzilla}} Zilla]], a.k.a., the American {{Godzilla}}, is an interesting variation. He's supposed to be a mutated marine iguana, but his physical structure is more akin to that of a theropod dinosaur. Of course, since he is mutated, this might be justified.
** Anguirus doesn't really look much like an Ankylosaur.
* ''TheLandBeforeTime'':
** Cera is hardly recognizeable as a Triceratops since she only has one horn.
** Poor Ducky. Sources can't decide if she's a Parasaurolophus, an Edmontoaurus, or a Saurolophus since she doesn't really look completely like one or the other.
** Likewise, Hyp and his father don't really look much like Hypsilophodons.
** The "Yellow Bellies" from ''The Wisdom Of Friends'' hardly look like the dinosaurs they're supposed to be either.
* ''TheLionKing''
** Rafiki is stated to be a mandrill, but he looks slimmer and more bluish gray than a real mandrill and has the tail of a baboon.
** Zazu is supposed to be a yellow-billed hornbill. And, while he does look like a bird with a yellow beak, he doesn't look much like the bird he's supposed to be.
*** Zazu is [[http://lionking.wikia.com/wiki/Zazu actually]] supposed to be a [[http://www.underwater.org/mermaid/tanzania/images/hornbill1-800.jpg red-billed hornbill.]] [[SarcasmMode Note the resemblance.]]
** Mild Example: Pumbaa is supposed to be a warthog, but he looks a little more like a domesticated pig with a mane and tusks than an actual warthog.
---> '''Pumbaa''': [[BerserkButton They call me... ...MISTER PIG!!!"]]
* Jiminy Cricket from ''Disney/{{Pinocchio}}'' is so heavily anthropomorphized that he looks more like a little green man with a rabbit nose and no ears. Animator Ward Kimball, who designed him, admitted that "he's a cricket because we ''say'' he's a cricket."
* Remember the fact that [[Disney/TheGreatMouseDetective Ratigan]] actually hates being called a rat? WordofGod actually confirms that he is actually indeed a mouse, but for some reason he looks like a rat. Hint? Just count the number of fingers!
* Flounder in ''Disney/TheLittleMermaid'' is portrayed as a large yellow fish with blue fins and stripes and nothing like actual flounders (which are large, flat brown fish whose eyes are both on one side of its face) at all. However, that could just be his name, not his species. Also, many of the species described in the song "Under the Sea" look ''nothing'' like their real-life counterparts.
* [[SeaMonster Cretaceous and Maelstrom]], the main villains of [[IceAge ''Ice Age 2: The Meltdown'']] are supposed to be a Mosasaurus and an Icthyosaurus, respectively, but [[SomewhereAPaleontologistIsCrying they look more like mutated crocodiles instead.]]
** And the aardvarks look more like giant anteaters with big ears and mouths at the base of their snouts.
* [[TimCurry Drake]], the villain of ''ThePebbleAndThePenguin'', actually looks very un-penguinlike if you look very closely.
* Kron and Bruton from ''{{Dinosaur}}'' are supposed to be Iguanodons like Aladar and Neera, but Kron looks more like an Altirhinus and Bruton looks more like a Muttaburrasaurus since real Iguanodons do not have nose crests like they do.
* Frankie the flea from ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerryTheMovie'' for some reason actually looks more like a large green mosquito than an actual flea. Also, fleas aren't the same size as mice!
** Similarly, the largest member of [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment the Singing Cat Gang]] actually does not look like a cat at all and looks more like a gorilla instead.
* Priscilla from ''{{Rango}}'' is supposed to be an [[MisplacedWildlife aye-aye]], but she actually looks more a mouse instead.
** She's a [[http://rango.wikia.com/wiki/Priscilla cactus mouse]], explaining the resemblance.
* Chirin's adult form at the end of ''ChirinnoSuzu'' is supposed to be a ferocious ram, but he vaguely resembles more of a wildebeest instead and nothing like the other sheep in the film, not even himself as a lamb. As a result of this, at the end of the film, he ends up being chased out of his own farm!
--->'''Narrator''': ...but to them, he was neither ram nor wolf, but a monster...
* The large theropod featured in the "Rite of Spring" segment of ''Disney/{{Fantasia}}'' is supposed to be a TyrannosaurusRex, but it looks more like an Allosaurus instead.
** In a similar case, the titular Allosaurus from ''TheValleyofGwangi'' looks more like a T. Rex with three fingers.
* As noted by many youtube commentators of {{Felidae}}, Kong is decidedly dissimilar to the more anatomically correct cats that populate the movie, looking more like a bufallo/bull-dog hybrid than an actual cat.
* Baloo from ''Disney/TheJungleBook'' is supposed to be a sloth bear, but he doesn't even look like one at all! The only indication that he's a sloth bear are of course, the long, sharp claws unique to that animal.
* The Chilantaisaurus from ''YouAreUmasou'' barely looks like the real animal in that it has bull shaped horns and a short, rounded snout (which led to some mistaking it for a Carnotaurus). At least it's the same size as Tyrannosaurus and retains the huge arms and claws.
** Also most of the dinosaurs in the movie, especially the Tyrannosaurus and Maiasaura.
** The bit with the Chilantaisaurus may be HandWaved, in that no decent skull material of the dinosaur has been found yet.
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