History Main / GenialGiraffe

* Melman the giraffe is one of the protagonists of the ''Franchise/{{Madagascar}}'' series. He's high-strung but sweet, and TheHeart of the team. He even eventually hooks up with Gloria the hippo!

* The Giraffe in Creator/RoaldDahl's ''Literature/TheGiraffeAndThePellyAndMe'' is one of the protagonists, who uses her stretchy neck to help the animals in their window-cleaning business.

* Melman the giraffe is one of the protagonists of the ''WesternAnimation/{{Madagascar}}'' series. He's high-strung but sweet, and TheHeart of the team. He even eventually hooks up with Gloria the hippo!

* Inverted from the [[Myth/ClassicalMythology greco-roman]] point of view, where the giraffe is the ugly abomination that happens when a camel and a leopard love each other too much.

* Giraffes are among the many friendly animals found in ''VideoGame/{{Snapimals}}''. They can often be seen strutting around cheerfully, giving animals rides, or even letting cheetahs do high dives from their heads!

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Zarafa}}'' might be a loose adaptation of the real historical giraffe's life, but its unlikely that it got her friendly disposition wrong. "Zarafa" means "giraffe" in [[UsefulNotes/ArabicLanguage Arabic]].

* ''Literature/{{Bravelands}}'': Giraffes are introduced when Fearless the lion is on the hunt for a hyena that raided his baboon troop's territory. They act friendly (though are also kind of condescending). It's played more straight in a Sky-centric chapter, where Sky's little cousin Moon plays happily near giraffes, and one giraffe happily tells Sky that they don't mind Moon playing near them as long as he doesn't trip them.
* ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'': In the first of the {{Gamebook|s}} ''Alternamorphs'' books, your protagonist's battle morph of choice is a giraffe, meaning ''you'' are the heroic giraffe of the story.
* ''Literature/TheAntAndTheElephant'': {{Subverted}}. When the hornbill asks the giraffe to help lift her and her egg back up to her nest, he haughtily refuses, believing that he'd look like an idiot. And when the elephant untangles the vine that gets wrapped around his legs, he just gallops away without a word of thanks.

* In Muslim tradition, it's the giraffe, not the [[KingOfBeasts lion]], who is considered the queen of the beasts, due to its delicate nature.

* ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing'' subverts this with Gracie, who is rather condescending and stuck-up.

* Nurse Shortnick from ''Webcomic/{{Sparklecare}}'' is an anthropomorphic giraffe, and one of [[TokenGoodTeammate the few friendly staff members]] at Sparklecare Hospital. In the one scene of the comic she has appeared in thus far, she is shown taking good care of Kid Dies, a young patient. In the spinoff "Barry's Notes" videos, she states that she is friends with everyone.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/SillySymphonies'' short, "Elmer Elephant", the titular character befriends Joe Giraffe, an elderly giraffe who wears several collars. The elderly giraffe empathizes with Elmer for being teased by the other animals, as they used to tease him as well. He and the pelicans also assist Elmer in putting out a fire that breaks out at Tillie Tiger's house.

* Nina from ''WesternAnimation/CampLazlo'', who is an extremely adorable geek and probably the friendliest of the Squirrel Scouts to the Bean Scouts, especially [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Clam]].

* Averted with Ramaraffe from ''WesternAnimation/MaoMaoHeroesOfPureHeart''. She's one of 3 henchmen serving under the [[BigBad main villain]] Orangusnake, [[MinionWithAnFInEvil but she's far from an effective lackey.]]
* Nessa from ''WesternAnimation/MyBigBigFriend'' is a sweet, pink giraffe and [[BrattyHalfPint Lilli]]’s ImaginaryFriend.
* Cleo the giraffe from Creator/{{Terrytoons}}' ''Sidney the Elephant'' series is the sweet and quiet-spoken reason contrasting Sidney's insecurities.
* On ''WesternAnimation/TheHairBearBunch,'' Stretch the giraffe and his buddies come in handy for sliding down in an escape by the bears.
* Chuck Jones' "Nelly's Folly" from the WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes line centers on a singing giraffe who becomes a star and ultimately is brought down to earth after a scandal.

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* Just 20 minutes drive away from downtown Nairobi, there is a special hotel called [[https://www.thesafaricollection.com/properties/giraffe-manor/ Giraffe Manor]], where guests regularly interact with the giraffes in the area, who are all but encouraged to stick their heads through the windows for treats provided by the guests.

* The Giraffe in Creator/RoaldDahl's ''The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me'' is one of the protagonists, who uses her stretchy neck to help the animals in their window-cleaning business.

* Cleo the giraffe from Creator/{{Terrytoons}}' ''Sidney the Elephant'' series is the. Sweet and quiet-spoken reason contrasting Sidney's insecurities.

* Cleo the giraffe from Creator/{{Terrytoons}}' ''Sidney the Elephant'' series is the reason contrasting Sidney's insecurities.

* Chuck Jones' "Nelly's Folly" from the WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes line center on a singing giraffe who becomes a star and ultimately is brought down to earth after a scandal.

* Cleo the giraffe from Creator/Terrytoons' ''Sidney the Elephant'' series is the reason contrasting Sidney's insecurities.