History Main / UpliftedAnimal

* ''{{Freefall}}'' also has this... Chimps were the first to be uplifted, but it didn't work very well, since they turned out to be natural sociopaths. Main character Florence is an uplifted Wolf, part of an experimental breed - only 14 of them exist so far. If all goes well (which is likely, since Florence is both a main character, AND terrifyingly intelligent), they'll turn into a full species.

* In David Weber's EmpireFromTheAshes Trilogy, [[Cyborg cybernetic implants]] are standard issue for everyone, with advanced equipment for the military. Dog-adapted cybernetic enhancements are paired with genetic tinkering to make dogs smart enough to play chess, talk with a [[TranslatorCollar implant]] and the strength to hew [[SpaceMarines Imperial Marines]] to shreds. Oh, and they have [[HeroicSacrifice undying loyalty]] to the Imperial family.

* In David Weber's Empirefromtheashes Trilogy, [[cyborg cybernetic implants]] are standard issue for everyone, with advanced equipment for the military. Dog-adapted cybernetic enhancements are paired with genetic tinkering to make dogs smart enough to play chess, talk with a [[TranslatorCollar implant]] and the strength to hew [[spacemarines Imperial Marines]] to shreds. Oh, and they have [[Heroicsacrifice undying loyalty]] to the Imperial family.

* The Choblik race from the modern novel continuity of the StarTrekExpandedUniverse. Choblik today are cyborgs; they were previously mere woodland creatures until the "Great Builders" installed their implants, artificially giving them sapience. Prior to this, they were just smarter-than-usual wild animals. The unknown race responsible for the uplift are considered their "gods". Torvig Bu-kar-nguv from StarTrekTitan is a Choblik.

* The Choblik race from the modern novel continuity of the StarTrekExpandedUniverse. Choblik today are cyborgs who were mere wildlife until the "Great Builders" installed their implants, artificially giving them sapience. Prior to this, they were just smarter-than-usual woodland creatures. The unknown race responsible for the uplift are considered their "gods". Torvig Bu-kar-nguv from StarTrekTitan is a Choblik.

* The Choblik race from the modern novel continuity of the StarTrekExpandedUniverse. Choblik today are cyborgs who were non-sapient until the "Great Builders" installed their implants, artificially giving them sapience. Prior to this, they were just smarter-than-usual woodland animals. The unknown race responsible for the uplift are their "gods". Torvig Bu-kar-nguv from StarTrekTitan is a Choblik.

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* The final episode of ''{{Gunbuster}}'' shows an Orca as one of the crew of a human ship.
* ''MarsDaybreak'' shows that among the human colonists of Mars are a small number of porpoises/whales wearing PoweredArmor that allows them to move on land and translates their speech. A talking cat also happens to be a member of the crew, which is not considered ''too'' unusual.
* Boota from TengenToppaGurrenLagann.
* {{IGPX}} has a dog for Team Edgeraid, and Luca the cat for team Satomi. Realistic in that the only time we hear either of them talk is within the mech cockpits. As their lips don't move, there's probably a mixture of genetic modification and neural implants.
* Ein from CowboyBebop. Unusual in that he doesn't talk, but has hacking skills even better than Ed's.
* In OutlawStar two super-intelligent cats help a human pilot a CombiningMecha.

* {{Traveller}} has uplifted apes and dolphins (though you hardly hear about them), and the Vargr were genetically engineered by the [[{{Precursors}} Ancients]] from wolves.

* BeyondGoodAndEvil is set on an alien planet inhabited by humans all manner of sapient animals, such as pigs. It is not explained where they came from however uplifting seems to be the most likely scanario.
* When the dolphins' most noble traits, among them Intellegence, are stolen in ''EccoTheDolphin: Defender of the Future'', they turn into dumb animals. Humans artificially uplift them in the Man's Nightmare levels. Well, the story ''was'' written by [[{{Uplift}} David Brin]]...

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* In Cory Doctorow's short story, ''[[IncrediblyLamePun I, Rowboat]]'', one of the hobbies of members of the transHuman race (and some robots) is uplifting individuals of a species to see what happens. The main antagonist of the story is an uplifted coral reef. By the end of the story, we find that [[spoiler:the reef has been uplifted several times in the past and each time manages to kill itself off before regenerating in a non-sentient form]].

** However, the members of Florence's breed are ''not'' equal members of society: They are legally property. In practice, she is treated as an equal by ''most'' of the humans around her, but she has no more legal rights than a toaster. One of the things keeping her and others of her kind from doing too much about this is that they want to become a species -- and for this they need to impress the humans, who can choose to help them or wipe them out as they please.

* IGPX has a dog for Team Edgeraid, and Luca the cat for team Satomi. Realistic in that the only time we hear either of them talk is within the mech cockpits. As their lips don't move, there's probably a mixture of genetic modification and neural implants.
* Ein from Cowboy Bebop. Unusual in that he doesn't talk, but has hacking skills even better than Ed's.

* Muntz' dogs in ''Up'' have been given the power to communicate in human speech, and to fly airplanes, among other things.

* In the climax of ''Perelandra'', Tor announces as part of his plans for the new civilization of Venus that they will raise up the brighter species of animal until they become ''hnau''--Old Solar for "sapient beings".
* MrsFrisbyAndTheRatsOfNimh, and related books has the titular Rats. Notable in it's merely modern setting.

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* DavidBrin's {{Uplift}} series features dogs, dolphins, chimps and [[spoiler:Gorillas]]

* DungeonsAndDragons wishes you to remember the spell Awaken

* {{Traveller}} has uplifted apes and dolphins (though you hardly hear about them), and the Vargr were genetically engineered by the [[{{Precursors}} Ancients]] from wolves.