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* Inklings from ''VideoGame/{{Splatoon}}'' are born normal-looking squids and grow steadily more anthropomorphic over time until the age of 14, at which point they become fully humanoid with the ability to shift back to squid form at will.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'' you can find an anthropomorphic rabbit walking her little brother, a normal rabbit, on a leash.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Temtem}}'', Pycko, Crystle, and Skail begin as quadrupedal, but they become bipedal in their final evolutions.

* 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 FunnyAnimal 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, [[spoiler:Ryosuke's mother does something to Bagi that causes her to lose her humanity and regress to a feral state]].

* The fictional apes Mangani in ''Film/GreystokeTheLegendOfTarzanLordOfTheApes'' are played by people in Yeti-like suits, however their babies are RealLife chimp babies.

* ''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).

** Nidoqueen and Nidoking are large, bipedal monsters who start as rabbit-esque quadrapeds named Nidoran.

* Inklings from ''VideoGame/{{Splatoon}}'' are born normal looking squids and grow steadily more anthropomorphic over time until the age of 14, at which point they become fully humanoid with the ability to shift back to squid form at will.

* In ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'' this happens with [[CatFolk the Kaka Clan]]. As toddlers, or "kittens", they look more like little kittens in cute hooded coats who can walk on their hindlegs. As they get older, they become more humanoid-looking, though they still have their tails.

* In ''Webcomic/{{Freefall}}'', Florence began as a normal looking wolf pup before growing into the FunnyAnimal wolf she is now as an adult.

* In a ''Toys/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.

* Unsurpisingly used in ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}''. While frog kids around the age of ten are about as anthropomorphic as the adults, the much younger frog kids are tadpoles, depicted as balls with faces and a tail [[spoiler: and eventually legs]].
* 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 human-like body shape. However, when she gets old, she reverts to more squirrelly body shape with bent legs.

* {{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.

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Bluey}}'', Bluey's cousin Socks is one, and behaves like a puppy rather than a human baby. Older puppies, including Socks's sister Muffin, act like human children. Both noticably mature in this spectrum over time.

* 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 anthropomorphic once they evolved. The list includes (but is not limited to):

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Bluey}}'', Bluey's cousin Socks is one, and behaves like a puppy rather than a human baby. Older puppies, including Socks's sister Muffin, act like human children.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Temtem}}'', Crystle and Skail begin as quadrupedal, but they become bipedal in their final evolutions.

** Beldum, which looks like a dumbbell, 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 four of these fellas. The intermiedary form, Metang, looks like a mecha without legs.

* In ''WesternAnimation/Bluey'', Bluey's cousin Socks is one, and behaves like a puppy rather than a human baby. Older puppies, including Socks's sister Muffin, act like human children.

* Inklings from ''VideoGame/{{Splatoon}}'' are born normal looking squids and can only fully transform into a humanoid form around age 14.

* Disney's ''Disney/{{Pinocchio}}'' has two cat characters. One is a bipedal mute FunnyAnimal adult cat named Gideon and the other is a quadrupedal kitten named Figaro who, aside from crossing his arms the way a human would and sleeping in a bed human-style, behaves like a normal kitten.

* ''Fanfic/FlamesShade'' depicts this behavior-wise with [[LittleBitBeastly Faunus]] cubs. While adult Faunus can [[MyInstinctsAreShowing mostly]] behave like humans, very young Faunus have no such qualms. Ace is a particularly feral cat Faunus infant who plays like a cat, bites, snarls, and generally acts like a kitten.

* The SpicyLatina butterfly in the WesternAnimation/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.

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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 fiction, often, adult FunnyAnimals and PettingZooPeople will be shown looking considerably more anthropomorphic than child ones. Their own offspring might even look like {{Nearly Normal Animal}}s. Once they grow up, they suddenly start looking more humanoid than they did as children.

* 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, [[spoiler:Ryosuke's mother does something to Bagi that causes her to lose her humanity and regress to a feral state]].

* In ''Webcomic/{{Freefall}}'', Florence began as a normal looking wolf pup before growing into the PettingZooPerson wolf she is now as an adult.

* 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.

** Baby Lola Bunny in ''WesternAnimation/BabyLooneyTunes'' is a FunnyAnimal like the rest of the animal characters, but adult Lola in every other incarnation is a PettingZooPerson with a buxom figure.

* ''WesternAnimation/TuffPuppy'': Baby and kid Kitty Katswell is a FunnyAnimal like most of the male animal characters, but teen and adult Kitty is a PettingZooPerson.

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** Meowth's evolved form [[InvertedTrope inverts this]], Meowth is already bipedal and it evolves into Persian, which walks on all fours like a real cat.

In fiction, often, adult FunnyAnimals and PettingZooPeople will be shown looking considerably more 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 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.

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

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 mature.