History Main / FurAndLoathing

* An educational game called ''VideoGame/TheClueFinders 3rd Grade Adventures'' has the main villain be someone who's illegally poaching animals for their furs.

* Even though ''Series/{{Dallas}}'' and ''Series/{{Dynasty}}'' started in 1978 and 1981 respectively, it seemed in later years, these shows and their spinoffs gave most of the fur coats to the RichBitch characters.

* In VideoGame/BeneathASteelSky, Lamb is proud that his coat is made from the last 10 beavers of the world.

* In ''Film/SisterAct'' Deloris gets a mink coat from her mobster boyfriend in an attempt to win her back. She likes it until she sees the name of [[YourCheatingHeart his wife]] embroidered inside it and [[EveryoneHasStandards gets upset that he actually gave her something that rightfully belonged to his wife]]. She goes to confront him about it which results in her witnessing his murder of his limo driver, which kickstarts the plot of the movie. The fur was used to show that Deloris was a bit TheVamp at the beginning of the movie.

* ''Film/SisterAct'' has a {{Downplayed|Trope}} example. Vince tries to buy Deloris' love back by giving her a mink coat dyed purple. Deloris really likes the coat and since she has another fur coat she clearly doesn't have any issue with wearing fur. However, she discovers that [[YourCheatingHeart Vince's wife's name]] is embroidered inside the coat, which is when she gets mad. Even then, it's not the fact that it's a fur coat but it's the fact that Vince is trying to get her back with stealing somebody else's possession. Her storming to Vince's office to return it makes her an eyewitness to a murder, which kickstarts the plot.

* In ''Film/SisterAct'' Deloris gets a mink coat from her mobster boyfriend and is upset that he's actually given her his wife's fur. She goes to confront him about it and witnesses a murder than that sets up the movie. The fur was used to show Whoopi's character was a bit TheVamp at the beginning of the movie and to show that her boyfriend was a mobster.

* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Braceface}}'' deals with a short tiff between Sharon and Miranda when the former plans to participate in a fashion show wearing fur clothes. In the end, Sharon decides to accept Miranda's decision, whereas Miranda has switched out all the real fur for faux fur.

* A rather ghoulish example happens in one ComicBook/{{Spider Man}} story, where a gangster's wife brags about her new coat, which she believes was taken from Tigra. (Her husband seemingly convinced her that he had killed and skinned Tigra, although everyone present at the event realized he was a BadLiar trying to make himself look big.)
* ''ComicBook/{{The Legend of Wonder Woman|2016}}'': [[ComicBook/{{Cheetah}} Priscilla Rich/Barbara Minerva]] is a cold murderous wealthy socialite who is wearing very prominent furs any time she's out of the house.
* Oswald “The Penguin” Cobblepot sometimes wears fur scarves or coats.

* The despotic House Harkonnen of ''Literature/Dune'' fame earned its early success through manipulation of the market for Bjondax Whale fur.

Fur industry revenues went into a decline through the late '80s and '90s, but this didn't last long. Some other celebrities came along later decided to rebel against the curve, particularly rappers and hip-hop artists. Combined with sites like eBay marketing inexpensive furs, fur has seen a comeback in recent decades. Just go to photo sharing sites and look up "Fur coat", "mink", and even "pimp coat".

* ''ComicBook/{{The Legend of Wonder Woman|2016}}'': [[ComicBook/{{Cheetah}} Priscilla Rich]] is a cold murderous wealthy socialite who is wearing very prominent furs any time she's out of the house.

* Mello from ''Manga/DeathNote'' wears fur-lined coats and [[LeatherMan leather]]. He is a ruthless {{Mafia}} leader, but [[AntiVillain he is also trying to stop Kira]].

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* ComicBook/EmmaFrost from ''Comicbook/XMen'' is a definite RichBitch (although she wasn't as much of an actual bitch as she suddenly became). Her most famous outfit has a cape with a huge white fox collar (assuming this outfit was made for real). However, she first appeared in 1980. Yet when she turned into a hero, it was the early 1990s, and her outfits didn't include fur.
** Of course the costume may make her look like a FemmeFatale, but in a comic book, even the Queen of England would dress [[{{Stripperiffic}} like that]] ([[IWasQuiteALooker at least when she was younger]]).

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* Genius Pixie Opal Koboi in Literature/ArtemisFowl: the Opal Deception has fur-covered seats in her custom-built luxury shuttle, as a sign of her leaving behind the fairy world (most fairies are vegan), and embracing [[HumansAreBastards the human world]]. It should be noted that leather doesn't get a pass in this setting, either; had the seats been made of leather it would have been just as abhorrent to the fairies. However, even Artemis is disgusted by the fur seats.

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* ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight's'' [[BigBad Gilgamesh]] becomes the male example when he appears in a pimped-out fur coat as his 'civilian' dress. This wasn't part of his uniform when he was summoned into the world, but he went shopping and consciously selected it. Personal traits include haughty, disdainful of all others, proud of his vast riches and in fact considers himself owner of ''everything'' in the world -- does he fit the RichBitch aspect yet?

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* The Ice Princess in ''Film/BatmanReturns'' is a total bimbo. While the villainous Catwoman doesn't even wear leather --she wears vinyl-- so she lives, the Ice Princess, well... For wearing fur, RedemptionEqualsDeath.

* In ''Film/TheAvengers1998'', Mrs. Peel's clone wears a fur coat when she tries to murder Steed with a spear gun and pistol.

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* Earlier chapters of ''Manga/InuYasha'' had the titular hero and Kagome confront a pair of minor demon brothers who were the personal enemies of fox youkai BrattyHalfPint Shippo because they were responsible for killing his father and wearing his fur.

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** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsFHEK_o9U8 "But a greyhound fur tuxedo would be best. So let's prepare these dogs..."]]

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* In an early ''ComicStrip/GetFuzzy'' Sunday strip, Bucky accuses a woman wearing a fleece coat on the subway of being a "Muppet killer".

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* In one episode, Phoebe on ''Series/{{Friends}}'' got a fur coat as a gift and, being the hippie of the group, constantly complained about how evil it was - until she tried it on and decided it looked good. For the rest of the episode, she justified wearing it using very spurious and shaky logic, and eventually she gave it to a hobo when a squirrel made her feel guilty.
* ''Series/VeronicaMars'' [[FeeFiFauxPas wears a coat with a faux-fur collar]] while talking to some animal rights activists, realizes it, and takes it off. One of them sneaks behind her and moves to chop the collar off; Veronica catches her, shrieking "It's fake!" (This is probably important to actress Kristen Bell, who is herself one of the sane-ish kinds of animal rights activists.)

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* Despite the late medieval setting, in ''TabletopGame/{{Ironclaw}}'' the only character shown wearing something made from another creature's fur is [[http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2010/089/5/e/Ironclaw__Amalsand_by_andrewk.png Lady Amalsand Jakoba]], because every species of fur-bearing mammal [[WorldOfFunnyAnimals in the setting is sapient]]. There's plenty of leather though since reptiles aren't intelligent.

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* This is spoofed in ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2''. One of the many cosmetic items replaces the Medic's lab coat with one that's been lined with white fur, and [[https://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/Der_Wintermantel the description]] offers a "guarantee" that "at least three endangered species went extinct during the making of this product", and then it ends with [[ItsFakeFurItsFine "Note: fur is synthetic"]].

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* Parodied by ''Webcomic/ZooLaLa'' in a similar way to the above mentioned Josie and the Pussycats example in [[http://i-got-rhythm.deviantart.com/gallery/36656679 this strip]]

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* Given the level of technology in ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' and where they live, Sokka and Katara are apparently wearing animal furs to keep warm, with no stigma attached. Although there was this dialogue in ''Bato of the Water Tribe''
-->'''Katara:''' Bato! It looks like home!\\

'''Aang:''' (unenthusiastically) Yeah... nothing's cozier than dead animal skins.

--> '''Yoink''': It was the best I could do on such short notice, eh?

* ''Film/SisterAct'' has a {{Downplayed|Trope}} example. Vince tries to buy Deloris back by giving her a mink coat dyed purple. Deloris really likes the coat and since she has another fur coat she clearly doesn't have any issue with wearing fur. However, she sees that Vince's wife's name is embroidered inside the coat, which when Deloris rejects the coat. [[EveryoneHasStandards Her rage at trying to be bought off with somebody else's posession]] and her storming to Vince's office to return it makes her an eyewitness to a murder, which kickstarts the plot.

* InvertedTrope in ''Hell on Heels: The Battle for Mary Kay'', Mary Kay wears fur, and even gives a black mink coat to the best saleswoman each year. The film portrays these woman as hard working, while TheRival, who eventually makes her company fold, never wears fur.

This is not about the politics of wearing fur, but simply how the mainstream media portrays it since the mid 1980s. In that time, groups such as PETA finally gained some traction, through celebrities building up a BandWagonTechnique. Wearing animal fur was considered the mark of evil. Leather is usually given a pass since the rest of the animal was killed for meat anyway, and as Creator/TerryPratchett put it, "would ''you'' tell a [[AllBikersAreHellsAngels 300-pound biker]] to give up his jacket?"[[note]][[http://www.fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/peta-crashes-biker-gathering-not-to-be-missed/27275 someone did...]][[/note]]

It should be noted that cavemen, [[MagicalNativeAmerican Native Americans]] and arctic tribes like the Inuit never wear fur, they wear ''skins'', so it's all right, since it makes you CloserToEarth as a culture. Note that in RealLife, Inuit and northern Indians actually do wear fur in modern days, and not the synthetic kind which doesn't retain heat as well. Political correctness goes out the window at 40 below. Same goes with [[HuskyRusskie Russians]], who aren't politically correct people in general but are baffled by this trend especially and tend to think anti-fur activists are [[AnimalWrongsGroup all deranged freaks]].

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* One of Creator/CartoonNetwork's ''WesternAnimation/WhatACartoon'' one-shots, ''Yoink Of the Yukon'', revolved around [[BearsAreBadNews a grizzly bear named Nook]] and his feud with the Royal Canadian Mounties over their allowal of fur trapping in the Yukon. Mind you, this being meant for comedy, fur trapping here is portrayed as literally stealing the clothes off the critters backs, leaving then naked and freezing in the snow. The issue is resolved when the main charactr Yoink, after much conflict, ends up outfitting all of Nooks friends with a set of tuxedos he got off the Home Shopping Network.

* In addition to a whole bunch of wacky gear clearly designed to attract as much attention as possible,[[note]]Such as a bowler hat, umbrella, and plague doctor's mask[[/note]] "The Villain" ''Wrestling/MartyScurll usually wears a black fur coat to the ring.

* In addition to a whole bunch of wacky gear clearly designed to attract as much attention as possible,[[note]]Such as a bowler hat, umbrella, and plague doctor's mask[[/note] "The Villain" ''Wrestling/MartyScurll usually wears a black fur coat to the ring.

* Played with in a ''JosieAndThePussycats'' comic. Alexandra has a line of fur coats, which Melody says is cruel. Alexandra explains that they are manmade, and starts naming off the synthetic ingredients. Melody [[DumbBlonde doesn't get it]] and demands she free the Orlons.