History Main / AnimalMotifTeam

* ''Fanfic/BreathOfTheWild'' adapts and expands upon the events of the namesake game. Among these expansions is [[spoiler: the introduction of different spirit animals meant to be wielded by specific {{Chosen One}}s, each one fitting with each members' animal motif. Link and Zelda respectively wield the Wolf and the Owl. Impa is revealed to be one of these heroes only recently chosen, and Ganondorf is the fourth hero who was corrupted by Demise's curse before he could become one. Impa wields the Frog, and Ganondorf wields the Boar, hence Calamity Ganon's appearance as a spectral boar. Together, they are meant to serve as Hyrule's collection EliteFour.]]

* ''Franchise/DCComics'':

** During ''ComicBook/ForeverEvil2013'', Cheetah got her own crew of animal themed villains named the Menagerie, among them Lion-Mane, Elephant Man, Hellhound, Zebra-Man and a partially brainwashed Sam Simeon.
* ''Franchise/MarvelComics'':
** In ''ComicBook/{{Spiderverse}}'', Peter Parker and other Spider-Men in the multiverse decided to become a team in order to defeat the main villain, Morlun, who has been killing a lot of the Spider-Men across the multiverse
** A villainous example is the Serpent Society; a team of snake-themed supervillains. Like many superhero and -villain teams, it has a shifting roster of members, but notable (former) members include Anaconda, King Cobra, Black Mamba, Cottonmouth, Death Adder, Princess Python, Asp and Diamondback.
** The current incarnation of the Savage Six is made up of Vulture, Rhino, Tarantula, King Cobra, Stegron and Scorpion.

* In ''LightNovel/SwordArtOnlineAlternativeGunGaleOnline'', all of Team LPFM's members possess {{Animal Motif}}s.
** LLENN invokes a rabbit with her small size, SuperSpeed of bounding round the battlefield, and her hat that has two ears that resemble a rabbit. Not to mention she is constantly called a rabbit InUniverse as an InSeriesNickname of sorts.

** ''Series/AvataroSentaiDonbrothers'': The season is themed around the ''Literature/{{Momotaro}}'' fairy tale, but the story involves enough animals (or mythical creatures) to count (and the {{Sixth Ranger}}s not based on the story also have animal themes): Momotaro (Red), Oni (Yellow), Monkey (Blue), Dog (Black), Pheasant (Pink), and [[TigerVsDragon Dragon and Tiger]] (Gold); plus a Shark (Purple) as an EvilCounterpart.

* ''WesternAnimation/PJMasks'' has the main trio of Connor/Catboy (cat), Amaya/Owlette (owl) and Greg/Gekko (lizard), with occasional [[SixthRanger fourth members]] Armadylan (armadillo) and An Yu (dragon).

* ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'': The team fights aliens by turning into Earth animals, with each having a preferred battle morph: Jake (TheLeader) uses a tiger, Rachel (TheBigGirl) uses a grizzly bear (or an African elephant), Cassie (TheChick) uses a wolf, Marco (TheLancer) uses a gorilla, Tobias suffered ModeLock as a red-tailed hawk (though he regained his morphing ability, he tends to stay in his hawk body during battles), and Ax uses his own Andalite body. These animals are so iconic that Visser Three tries to defeat a staged attack using captured animals during his trial, only to look stupid when the real deal shows up.

* ''Manga/TokyoMewMew'': The series is about five teenage girls who, while transforming into magical girls, have the powers and appearance (specifically, they have ears and tails) of the animals they were fused with in their DNA structure, thanks to the Mew Project. The members were Mew Ichigo (cat), Mew Mint (bird), Mew Lettuce (porpoise), Mew Pudding (monkey), and Mew Zakuro (wolf). The manga sequel, ''Tokyo Mew Mew a la Mode'' adds a new member, Mew Berry (bunny/cat) and the video game features Mew Ringo (penguin).

* In ''Anime/KirakiraPreCureALaMode'', each of the Cures is associated with an animal as well as a dessert item: Cure Whip (rabbits and shortcake), Cure Custard (squirrels and pudding), Cure Gelato (lions and ice cream), Cure Macaron (cats and macarons), Cure Chocolat (dogs and chocolate), and Cure Parfait (pegasi and parfaits). In Cure form, they fit the LittleBitBeastly trope by having ears and tails of their respective animals, plus a superpower associated with that animal as well (for example, Cure Chocolat has a [[TheNoseKnows powerful sense of smell]] like a dog).

* ''Manga/TokyoMewMew'':
** The series is about five teenage girls who, while transforming into magical girls, have the powers and appearance (specifically, they have ears and tails) of the animals they were fused with in their DNA structure, thanks to the Mew Project. The members were Mew Ichigo (cat), Mew Mint (bird), Mew Lettuce (dolphin/porpoise), Mew Pudding (monkey), and Mew Zakuro (wolf).
** Its sequel, ''Tokyo Mew Mew a la Mode'', made Zoey powerless, causing the girls to gain a new member, Mew Berry (bunny).

* ''Franchise/DCComics'':
** The ''ComicBook/BatmanFamily'' are all either themed after bats (Batman, Batgirl, Batwoman) or birds (Robin, Nightwing).
** The Terrible Trio, obscure Batman rogues, are a villainous example. The animals they are themed and named after are Fox, Shark, and Vulture.
** During ''ComicBook/ForeverEvil2013'', Cheetah got her own crew of animal themed villains named the Menagerie, among them Lion-Mane, Elephant Man, Hellhound, Zebra-Man and a partially brainwashed Sam Simeon.

** LLENN invokes a rabbit with her small size, SuperSpeed of bounding round the battlefield, and her NiceHat that has two ears that resemble a rabbit. Not to mention she is constantly called a rabbit InUniverse as an InSeriesNickname of sorts.

** Oda himself gives the Straw Hat Pirates an animal motif for each, based on one SBS post: Luffy is a monkey, Zoro is a shark, Nami is a cat, Usopp is an armadillo, Sanji is a duck, Robin is a crane, [[ShapedLikeItself Chopper is a reindeer]], Franky is a bull and Brook is a horse.

** The series is about five teenage girls who, while transforming into magical girls, have the powers and appearance (only on ears and with tails) of the animals they were fused with in their DNA structure, thanks to the Mew Project. The members were Mew Ichigo (cat), Mew Mint (bird), Mew Lettuce (dolphin/porpoise), Mew Pudding (monkey), and Mew Zakuro (wolf).

** During ''ComicBook/ForeverEvil'', Cheetah got her own crew of animal themed villains named the Menagerie, among them Lion-Mane, Elephant Man, Hellhound, Zebra-Man and a partially brainwashed Sam Simeon.