History Main / PantomimeAnimal

* ''WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'': One of the costumes worn at the Feast of Fools is [[WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}} a horse with two rear ends.]]

* The 1982 ''wuxia'' fantasy movie ''Film/BuddhasPalm'' features a ''Main/{{Kirin}}'' played by two actors in a costume.

* ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'' took this UpToEleven with the ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jabba_the_Hutt#Production_and_design incredibly]]'' intricate multi-person puppet used for [[StarfishAliens Jabba the Hutt]].

[[caption-width-right:350:"Shhh! It's me! I'm [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar the horse's head!]] Ha-cha-cha-cha!"]]

* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1942'': In the very first issue Diana and Etta wear a two person baby elephant suit while trying to figure out what is killing some circus elephants. Their act almost works, but the other elephants treat them like something odd and they're figured out by the villains.

A non-[[TalkingAnimal talking]] animal played by a human actor wearing an animal suit. Larger quadrupeds such as horses may require two actors. Though pantomime animals don't talk (at least, [[TheVoiceless they're not supposed to talk]]), they may make appropriate animal noises on cue and often can dance as well - pantomime is a highly stylised, non-realistic theatre form where RuleOfFunny is common. Avoids all the hassle of [[NeverWorkWithChildrenOrAnimals working with real live animals]] although sometimes real animals, usually ponies, appear briefly for the effect. Children or dwarfs, on the other hand, may be needed to play smaller creatures.

See also PeopleInRubberSuits. InUniverse examples can overlap with AnimalDisguise. A human version of this would be TotemPoleTrench; some ''in''human versions include TheWormThatWalks and CombiningMecha.

* [[Creator/{{Loriot}} Loriot]] has a subversion - the pantomime horse doing all the impossible gags only possible by two pantomimes is played - by a horse.

* Common in {{Pantomime}}.
* The lion in ''Theatre/AndroclesAndTheLion''.

* ''(ding-dong)'' '''''WHO'S THAT AT THE DOOR?!?''''' [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed Secretariat]] on ''Series/TheLateLateShow with Creator/CraigFerguson''.

* ''Series/SesameStreet'' has Barkley the dog.

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* The two rebels disguised as a cow in ''Film/TopSecret''. One insists on playing the rear end, causing his compatriot to gripe, "Fine, be an asshole!"

See also PeopleInRubberSuits. A human version of this would be TotemPoleTrench; some ''in''human versions include TheWormThatWalks and CombiningMecha.

* In the {{Classic Disney Short|s}} ''Moose Hunters'', Donald and Goofy don a two-person moose costume (supposedly female, though [[AnimalGenderBender it has antlers]]) to lure a male moose to Mickey.

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* A ''[[ComicStrip/TheFarSide Far Side]]'' comic has two pantomime actors arguing. One (whose ass is a good three or four times wider than him) demands to know why he's always the rear end of the horse.

* Pain and Panic briefly dressed up as a female {{Pegasus}} near the end of ''Disney/{{Hercules}}'', with the two forming the individual halves of the Pegasus.

* ''Disney/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'': One of the costumes worn at the Feast of Fools is [[Disney/{{Aladdin}} a horse with two rear ends.]]
* Shows up at the Mardi Gras party in ''Disney/ThePrincessAndTheFrog''.

* The elephant and rhinoceros costumes used in the Broadway musical version of ''Disney/TheLionKing''.

* ''Series/FatherBrown'': In "The Tree of Truth", Father Brown and Sid play the Daisy the Cow in the Cristmas pantomime.

* Certain scenes in the extended edition of ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings: The Fellowship of the Ring'' had a pantomime Bill the Pony used in long shots, as it would have been too difficult to travel there with a real animal.

* The two rebels disguised as a cow in ''Film/TopSecret'', probably the funniest gag in the movie. One insists on playing the rear end, causing his compatriot to gripe, "Fine, be an asshole!"

* [[Creator/{{Loriot}}]] has a subversion - the pantomime horse doing all the impossible gags only possible by two pantomimes is played - by a horse.

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A non-[[TalkingAnimal talking]] animal played by a human actor wearing an animal suit. Larger quadrupeds such as horses may require two actors. Though pantomime animals don't talk (at least, [[TheVoiceless they're not supposed to talk]]), they may make appropriate animal noises on cue and often can dance as well - pantomime is a highly stylised, non-realistic theatre form where RuleOfFunny and PowersAsThePlotRequires are in full effect. Avoids all the hassle of [[NeverWorkWithChildrenOrAnimals working with real live animals]]. Children or dwarfs, on the other hand, may be needed to play smaller creatures.

A non-[[TalkingAnimal talking]] animal played by a human actor wearing an animal suit. Larger quadrupeds such as horses may require two actors. Though pantomime animals don't talk (at least, [[TheVoiceless they're not supposed to talk]]), they may make appropriate animal noises on cue and often can dance as well - pantomime is a highly stylised, non-realistic theatre form where RuleOfFunny and PowersAsThePlotDemands are in full effect. Avoids all the hassle of [[NeverWorkWithChildrenOrAnimals working with real live animals]]. Children or dwarfs, on the other hand, may be needed to play smaller creatures.