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* In ''Anime/BagiTheMonsterOfMightyNature'', the eponymous Bagi started out as a little kitten whose only unusual features are humanlike eyes (well, that, and the [[AmazingTechnicolorWildlife pinkish fur]], which is pointed out only once). She starts displaying anthropomorphic behavior when she watches an exercise show and starts imitating the dancers. By the time she reaches adulthold, she has become a [[PettingZooPeople Petting Zoo Person]] and can speak the human language, but is still capable of animal-like movement and agility (such as when she and Ryosuke avoid the security systems of the laboratory complex she was born in). Towards the end of the movie, Ryosuke's mother does something to Bagi that causes her to lose her humanity and regress to a feral state.

** The young rabbit in the cartoon, "Rabbit's Kin" appears less anthropomorphic than WesternAnimation/BugsBunny, with a traditional rabbit-like stance in contrast to Bugs' thin, straight legs.

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* In ''Literature/TheCrystalStar'', Codru-Ji children are dog-like creatures called wyrwulves. Then they go through a chrysalis stage and emerge as HumanoidAliens.

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* In the ''Series/DoctorWho'' episode "Gridlock", we meet an interspecies couple - human female and [[{{Catgirl}} catman]] male. They recently had a litter of children who all look like normal kittens (because they were all played by kittens).

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* In ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' your evolutionary state doesn't signify age (for example, a Flareon could have been born yesterday while a Pikachu could be decades old, at least in [[Anime/{{Pokemon}} the anime]]), however, some Pokémon start as a RidiculouslyCuteCritter, but become antropomorphic once they evolved. The list includes (but is not limited to):

* In a ''Franchise/MonsterHigh'' webisode, it's shown in a flashback that Toralei (a werecat girl) was basically a cat with human hair when she was younger, rather then the anthro catgirl she is now.

* ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'': Baby Plucky’s TheFaceless parents are FullyDressedCartoonAnimals and far more anthropomorphic than he is.

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* The mother of ''WesternAnimation/RudolphTheRedNosedReindeer'' is anthropomorphic in [[Creator/MaxAndDaveFleischer Fleischer short]] while Rudolph isn't.

* As a cub, Grizzly from ''WesternAnimation/WeBareBears'' seemed like a normal cub in the wild and made actual bear noises. As a kid and as an adult he is a CivilizedAnimal who lives amongst humans, occasionally wears clothes, and generally behaves in an anthropomorphic manner.

* In ''Anime/BagiTheMonsterOfMightyNature'', the eponymous Bagi started out as a little kitten whose only unusual features are humanlike eyes (well, that, and the [[AmazingTechnicolorWildlife purple fur]], with a FurryFemaleMane, but nobody points them out). She starts displaying anthropomorphic behavior when she watches an exercise show and starts imitating the dancers. By the time she reaches adulthold, she has become a [[PettingZooPeople Petting Zoo Person]] and can speak the human language, but is still capable of animal-like movement and agility (such as when she and Ryosuke avoid the security systems of the laboratory complex she was born in). Towards the end of the movie, Ryosuke's mother does something to Bagi that causes her to lose her humanity and regress to a feral state.

Compare HumanoidFemaleAnimal, a similar distinction based on gender rather than age. See also HumanlikeAnimalAging, AnthropomorphicShift, AppropriateAnimalAttire, and {{Metamorphosis}}. Can result in FurryConfusion.

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* In the classic ''Franchise/SpyroTheDragon'' games all the younger dragons (Spyro, Ember, Flame, hatchlings, etc) are quadrupeds while the Elders and other adults are bipedal and wear pieces of clothing.
* In ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' your evolutionary state doesn't signify age (for example, a Flareon could have been born yesterday while a Pikachu could be decades old, at least in [[Anime/{{Pokemon}} the anime]]), however, some Pokémon start as a RidiculouslyCuteCritter, but become antropomorphic once they evolved. The list includes (but is not limited to):

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* As a cub, Grizzly from ''WesternAnimation/WeBareBears'' seemed like a normal cub in the wild and made actual bear noises. As a kid and as an adult he is a CivilizedAnimal who lives amongst humans, occasionally wears clothes, and generally behaves in an anthropomorphic manner.

** Billy and Masami are both {{Cephalothorax}}es, and Masami looks like a FlyingFace most of the time because [[RetractableAppendages she retracts her limbs into her body]]. Billy's mother and Masami's parents have heads separate from their torsos, and the latter wear clothing, unlike their daughter. We've only seen Billy's opposite-sex parent, so is case could be BizarreSexualDimorphism instead.

** Billy and Masami are both {{Cephalothorax}}es, and Masami looks like a FlyingFace most of the time because [[RetractableAppendages she retracts her limbs into her body]]. Billy's mother and Masami's father have heads separate from their torsos, and the latter wears clothing, unlike his daughter. We've only seen each child's opposite-sex parent, so either could be BizarreSexualDimorphism instead.

Sometimes this trope shows within one character, sometimes it shows between the parent(s) and child or children, and sometimes it shows between a younger or baby character and an unrelated older or adult character of the same species.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheRaccoons'' has two sheepdog characters. One is a bipedal adult and the puppy acts like a normal dog.

* In ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' your evolutionary state doesn't signify age (for example, a Flareon could have been born yesterday while a Pikachu could be decades old. At least in [[Anime/{{Pokemon}} the anime]]), however, some Pokémon start as a RidiculouslyCuteCritter, but become antropomorphic once they evolved. The list includes (but is not limited to):

Compare HumanoidFemaleAnimal, a similar distinction based on gender rather than age. See also HumanlikeAnimalAging, AnthropomorphicShift, AppropriateAnimalAttire, and {{Metamorphosis}}. Can overlap with FurryConfusion.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheTomAndJerryShow'' (2014): The yellow-orange female kitten, Button appears to be a NearlyNormalAnimal or a PartiallyCivilizedAnimal whereas the adult cats (like Tom, Butch, and Toodles) are either CivilizedAnimal or FunnyAnimal in anthropomorphism level.

Compare HumanoidFemaleAnimal, a similar distinction based on gender rather than age. See also HumanlikeAnimalAging, AnthropomorphicShift, AppropriateAnimalAttire, and {{Metamorphosis}}.

* The young rabbit in the ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' cartoon "Rabbit's Kin" appears less anthropomorphic than WesternAnimation/BugsBunny, with a traditional rabbit-like stance in contrast to Bugs' thin, straight legs.

** Billy and Masami are both {{Cephalothorax}}es, and Masami looks like a FlyingFace most of the time because [[RetractableAppendages she retracts her limbs into her body]]. Billy's mother and Masami's father have heads separate from their torsos, and the latter wears clothing, unlike his daughter. We've only seen each child's same-sex parent, so this could be BizarreSexualDimorphism instead.

* {{Inverted}} with the Tyrannosaurus Rex and Daspletosaurus from ''WesternAnimation/DinosaurTrain''. Adult ones stand more like their real counterparts, but juvenile ones stand more upright and have plantigrade feet. The ''Troodons'' show an inversion to a lesser degree and unlike the two aforementioned species. The juvenile ones are as digitigrade as the adult ones.

* A flashback during the ''WesternAnimation/{{Heathcliff}} and the Catillac Cats'' episode "Debutante Ball" shows Cleo and her friend Muffy as non-anthro kittens... with Cleo still sporting her full head of blond hair.

* Played straight and zigzagged with Slappy Squirrel in ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}''. Slappy as a youngster is a FunnyAnimal with the basic body shape of a squirrel, but as a young adult, she has a sexier, more anthropomorphic Borderline PettingZooPerson body shape. However, when she gets old, she reverts to a FunnyAnimal squirrel body shape with bent legs.

* In ''WesternAnimation/MickeyMouseClubhouse''. a duckling lookalike of Donald, Donald Jr., has wings instead of [[HumanlikeHandAnatomy human-like hands]]. This makes him appear less anthropomorphic than Donald, who is a FunnyAnimal. Donald Jr. having regular wings is notable because other ducklings like Donald's nephews, Huey, Dewey, and Louie, have arms for wings just like the adult ducks: Donald, Scrooge [=McDuck=], Daisy, and Ludwig Von Drake.
* As a cub, Grizzly from ''WesternAnimation/WeBareBears'' seemed like a normal cub in the wild and made actual bear noises. As an adult he is a CivilizedAnimal who lives amongst humans, occasionally wears clothes, and generally behaves in an anthropomorphic manner.

In fiction, often, adult FunnyAnimals and PettingZooPeople will be shown looking considerably less anthropomorphic than children, or their offspring will look like {{Nearly Normal Animal}}s. Once they grow up, they suddenly start looking more humanoid than they did as children.

In fiction often times adult FunnyAnimals and PettingZooPerson characters will be shown looking considerably less anthropomorphic as children, or their offspring will look like {{Nearly Normal Animal}}s. Once they grow up they suddenly start looking more humanoid than they did as children.

This could be a way of invoking a FurryReminder but can create FurryConfusion instead. Many times this is a way of emulating human children, who lack several sexual characteristics until puberty and are born with no ability to walk or talk. The animal characters will eventually grow into an anthropomorphic form as they grow.

* In ''Anime/BagiTheMonsterOfMightyNature'', the eponymous Bagi started out as a little kitten whose only unusual features are humanlike eyes (Well, that, and the [[AmazingTechnicolorWildlife purple fur]], with a FurryFemaleMane, but nobody points them out). She starts displaying anthropomorphic behavior when she watches an exercise show and starts imitating the dancers. By the time she reaches adulthold, she has become a [[PettingZooPeople Petting Zoo Person]] and can speak the human language, but is still capable of animal-like movement and agility (such as when she and Ryosuke avoid the security systems of the laboratory complex she was born in). Towards the end of the movie, Ryosuke's mother does something to Bagi that causes her to lose her humanity and regress to a feral state.

* In ''ComicBook/AvengersAcademy'', Tigra is mostly human-looking, but when her son William was a baby, he looked more like a tiger cub than a human baby

* Baby Po from ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda2'' looks similar to a NearlyNormalAnimal unlike his FunnyAnimal adult form.

* In ''Film/EscapeFromThePlanetOfTheApes'' Zira and Cornelius are played by people in ape costumes who wear clothes, while their baby is played by an actual chimpanzee.

* ''Literature/{{Redwall}}'' babies are all tiny fluffballs with minor differences to tell species apart, once adult they're of different sizes and look more like their real-life counterparts (well, except the clothes, weapons and opposable thumbs).

* In the ''Series/DoctorWho'' episode "Gridlock" we meet an interspecies couple - human female and [[{{Catgirl}} catman]] male. They recently had a litter of children who all look like normal kittens (because they were all played by kittens).

* In ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' your evolutionary state doesn't signify age (for example a Flareon could have been born yesterday while a Pikachu could be decades old, at least in [[Anime/{{Pokemon}} the anime]]) however some Pokemon start as a RidiculouslyCuteCritter, but become antropomorphic once they evolved. The list includes (but is not limited to):

** Beldum, which looks like a dumbell, plays with this trope. By merging itself with another Beldum, it creates a Metang. [[GameplayAndStorySegregation According to the Pokedex]], in order to create a Metagross, which looks like your typical HumongousMecha, you've got to use 4 of these fellas. The intermiedary form, Metang, looks like a mecha without legs.

* Inklings from ''VideoGame/{{Splatoon}}'' are born normal looking squids and can only fully transform into a humanoid form around fourteen.

* In ''{{Webcomic/Sonichu}}'', the adult sonichus are anthropomorphic ripoffs of Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog, but their young forms are teddy bear-like monstrosities with PokemonSpeak called rosies (if female) and sonees (if male).

* ''Literature/LittleBear'' is a FunnyAnimal like his parents but lacks clothes and occasionally displays more animalistic behaviors, like when he drank from a river like a normal bear in TheMovie.

* The young rabbit in the ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' cartoon, "Rabbit's Kin" appears less anthropomorphic than WesternAnimation/BugsBunny, with a traditional rabbit-like stance in contrast to Bugs' thin, straight legs.
* A flashback during the ''WesternAnimation/{{Heathcliff}} and the Catillac Cats'' episode, "Debutante Ball", shows Cleo and her friend Muffy as non-anthro kittens... with Cleo still sporting her full head of blonde hair.

* Played Straight and Zigzagged with Slappy Squirrel in ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}''. Slappy as a kid is a FunnyAnimal with the basic body shape of squirrel, but as a young adult, she has a sexier, more anthropomorphic Borderline PettingZooPerson body shape. However, when she gets old, she reverts to a FunnyAnimal squirrel body shape with bent legs.
* The SpicyLatina butterfly in the Character/PlutoThePup cartoon, ''Disney/SpringtimeForPluto'' looks basically like a human with wings and antennae, but when she was a caterpillar, she looked like the typical cartoon caterpillar, segmented and with two antennae, four arms, and four legs.
* In ''WesternAnimation/MickeyMouseClubhouse''. a duckling lookalike of Donald, Donald Jr., has wings instead of [[HumanlikeHandAnatomy human-like hands]]. This makes him appear less anthropomorphic than Donald, who is a FunnyAnimal. Donald Jr. having regular wings is notable because other ducklings like Donald's nephews, Huey, Dewey, and Louie, have arms for wings just like the adult ducks, Donald, Scrooge [=McDuck=], Daisy, and Ludwig Von Drake.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheTomAndJerryShow'': The yellow-orange female kitten, Button appears to be a NearlyNormalAnimal or a PartiallyCivilizedAnimal whereas the adult cats (like Tom, Butch, and Toodles) are either CivilizedAnimal or FunnyAnimal in anthropomorphism level.