History WMG / BojackHorsemanMiscellaneous

* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Diane_Whipple Diane Whipple]] was a lacrosse player killed by two Presa Canario gangsters named Marjorie "Hera" Knoller and Robert "Bane" Noel. Both of them were out on parole at the time of the killing. As a result, major controversies erupted over the decision to place them on parole as the duo were both known to be violent career criminals.

* Bojack tried to sue the writers of ''Series/SabrinaTheTeenagedWitch'' for having a character named Sabrina. (He was a bit high at the time.) The case was thrown out as a personal name cannot be trademarked and anyway, the comic predated ''Horsin' Around''. [[Creator/NickBakay Nick Bombay]] (who, despite his name, is an American Shorthair "And proud of it".) was a former circus brat who was trained in acrobatics and contortionism but really wanted to go into comedy. When he hand some other comic writers got together to come up with a show, someone suggested adapting one of the old Archie comics, noting that one of the characters is a black cat named Salem. In this universe, Salem is a wizard who happened to be a black cat. When he attempted world domination, the Wizard Council punished him by removing his arms. For the show, Nick would wear blue elbow length gloves that would be later chroma keyed out. He would take advantage of his circus training to do armless stunts that always got a reaction from the live studio audience. In one episode where he was meeting his daughter who didn't know he was missing his arms, Hilda put on furry black gloves and stood behind Salem, pretending to be his arms.

** ''{{Franchise/Batman}}'': Various characters (the ones with [[MeaningfulName animal codenames]], such as ComicBook/ThePenguin) might be literal animals. However, Batman himself is still a human dressed like a bat.
** ''Franchise/WonderWoman'': Interestingly enough, there's a '''canon''' variation of this theory that appears in the actual show itself; during Season 5, the [[Creator/WarnerBros Warbler Bros.]] studio headquarters has a poster for a movie called ''[[Film/WonderWoman2017 Wonder Worm]]''.
* ''{{Franchise/Marvel|Universe}} [[Creator/MarvelComics Comics]]'':
** ''Franchise/SpiderMan'': The titular hero is obviously still a human with spider-like abilities. However, there's one amusingly major difference to his origin story: Peter Parker would've been bit by an irradiated spider that was also anthropomorphic. So just imagine a man-sized spider having a casual conversation with Peter, [[AmusingInjuries before biting him for no apparent reason]].
** ''Franchise/XMen'': {{ComicBook/Nightcrawler}} is an earthworm; a mutant earthworm with non-earthworm traits, like blue skin. Oh, and {{ComicBook/Wolverine}} is obviously a literal wolverine, who just happens to have retractable metal claws.

* ''{{Franchise/Hellboy}}'':

* ''{{Franchise/Clue}}'': Mrs. White is a wolfdog named Mrs. {{Literature/Whitefang}}.

In this world, rodeos are a proud staple of blue-collar horse culture. (Upper-class horses tend to look down on it.) It consists of horses and bulls dressed in western wear chasing each other around with lariats. The champion is whoever can rope up the most opponents in the least amount of time. If you get roped yourself, you're out of the game. Think dodge ball with ropes. Bojack has an uncle on Butterscotch's side who taught him how to use a lariat, which came in handy when saving the baby seahorse. Beatrice discouraged him from associating with such "riff-raff" which was a shame. Uncle Cocoa would've been a much better role model than either of Bojack's parents.

** Steer wrestling is a common activity among working-class bulls and horses. It's a combat sport that consists of a horse chasing a bull and then attempting to tackle him, wrestle him to the ground and pin him until he taps out. The event is judged by how long it takes the horse to pin the bull.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Daria}'' canonically exists in this world as a well-known MTV cartoon as in our world. One difference is Daria is a small Siamese mix cat. Jake Meowendorffer is a Persian and Helen is a Siamese. Daria got more of the Siamese traits and Quinn got more of the Persian traits. Because cats even in this world tend to be born in litters, Daria and Quinn might be in the same grade. They may even have at least one more sibling. Years after the show ran its course, pictures of Daria's face became the inspiration for the Grumpy Cat meme.

* [[WesternAnimation/{{Daria}}]] canonically exists in this world as a well-known MTV cartoon as in this world. One difference is Daria is a small Siamese mix cat. Jake Meowendorffer is a Persian and Helen is a Siamese. Daria got more of the Siamese traits and Quinn got more of the Persian traits. Because cats even in this world tend to be born in litters, Daria and Quinn might be in the same grade. They may even have at least one more sibling. Years after the show ran its course, pictures of Daria's face became the inspiration for the Grumpy Cat meme.

** Keltie Lee Byrne was the supervisor of Nootka, Haida and Tilikum who had cheated the three performers out of their pay in order to keep them longer as indentured servants and who allowed the non-indentured performers to harass and abuse the indentured performers. As a result, the three orcas, who were indentured servants, murder her in retaliation for cheating them out of their pay and fostering a toxic work environment. Sealand of the Pacific quickly fired the three orcas, claimed Keltie's death was a workplace accident and closed down shortly after.

* Joe Camel was a model and small-time actor in the 50's when he got his big break starring in commercials for Camels cigarettes. When the FCC made it illegal to advertise cigarettes on TV, Joe was continued to be used in magazines and billboards. In the 60's, Camel's got on board the feminism train by producing Humps, cigarettes marketed to women. Joe personally "auditioned" the models to advertise Humps. He made enough money by 1987 to invest in a Las Vegas hotel/casino he called "Joe's Place" where he often hosted photo shoots for magazine ads. He was criticized for making smoking look cool, especially for young people. Joe laughed off the claims, until he was diagnosed with lung cancer in 1997. His last photoshoot was of himself in an empty casino, his fur fallen out and looking very unglamorous. It was his way of repenting his years as a cigarette spokesperson. He died before the ad went to print.

* Joe Camel was a model and small-time actor in the 50's when he got his big break starring in commercials for Camels cigarettes. When the FCC made it illegal to advertise cigarettes on TV, Joe was continued to be used in magazines and billboards. He made enough money by 1987 to invest in a Las Vegas hotel/casino he called "Joe's Place" where he often hosted photo shoots for magazine ads. He was criticized for making smoking look cool, especially for young people. Joe laughed off the claims, until he was diagnosed with lung cancer in 1997. His last photoshoot was of himself in an empty casino, his fur fallen out and looking very unglamorous. It was his way of repenting his years as a cigarette spokesperson. He died before the ad went to print.

In this world, rodeos are a proud staple of blue-collar horse culture.(Upperclass horses tend to look down on it.) It consists of horses and bulls dressed in western wear chasing each other around with lariats. The champion is whoever can rope up the most opponents in the least amount of time. If you get roped yourself, you're out of the game. Think dodge ball with ropes. Bojack has an uncle on Butterscotch's side who taught him how to use a lariat, which came in handy when saving the baby seahorse. Beatrice discouraged him from associating with such "riff-raff" which was a shame. Uncle Cocoa would've been a much better role model than either of Bojack's parents.

In this world, rodeos are a proud staple of blue-collar horse culture.(Upperclass horses tend to look down on it.) It consists of horses and bulls dressed in western wear chasing each other around with lariats. The champion is whoever can rope up the most opponents in the least amount of time. Bojack has an uncle on Butterscotch's side who taught him how to use a lariat, which came in handy when saving the baby seahorse. Beatrice discouraged him from associating with such "riff-raff" which was a shame. Uncle Cocoa would've been a much better role model than either of Bojack's parents.

* [[Series/MisterEd Mr. Ed]] was a TV show in the early to mid 60's, but with a very different premise. Shortly after architect Wilber Post built a cottage on his property to use as an office, his old college roommate Ed Lane (Played by Bamboo Harvester) showed up, disowned by his rich family due to his partying too hard and embarrassing the family. The first season was Wilber hiding the fact from his wife that Ed was living in his office. When Connie Hines complained that it made her character look stupid, the second season had her find out about Ed, and be OK with him living in the cottage as long as he got a job to pay for his share of groceries. From season 2 on, there was a running gag about Ed getting jobs and money-making schemes that blew up in his face. Because of the time, what he did with girls he brought to the cottage was left to inuendo and they were only shown dancing to rock music. Despite the character being something of a ladies' man, there was a rumor that Bamboo was gay. Actually, he was asexual.

* [[Series/MisterEd]] was a TV show in the early to mid 60's, but with a very different premise. Shortly after architect Wilber Post built a cottage on his property to use as an office, his old college roommate Ed Lane (Played by Bamboo Harvester) showed up, disowned by his rich family due to his partying too hard and embarrassing the family. The first season was Wilber hiding the fact from his wife that Ed was living in his office. When Connie Hines complained that it made her character look stupid, the second season had her find out about Ed, and be OK with him living in the cottage as long as he got a job to pay for his share of groceries. From season 2 on, there was a running gag about Ed getting jobs and money-making schemes that blew up in his face. Because of the time, what he did with girls he brought to the cottage was left to inuendo and they were only shown dancing to rock music. Despite the character being something of a ladies' man, there was a rumor that Bamboo was gay. Actually, he was asexual.

* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustave_(crocodile) Gustave]] was Nile Crocodile who was feared throughout his homeland of Burundi as a serial killer who was said to have killed and eaten 200-300 people during the late 1990s and early 2000s. A film shot in 2004 documented the attempts of self-taught private investigator to capture him. Due to the risk of civil war in Burundi at that time, they were unable to capture Gustave. While it was rumored that he was killed in 2019, there was no concrete evidence supporting such allegations and he still remains something of a boogeyman in his home country.

* Throughout the 50's, 60's and even some of the 70's, [[Franchise/{{Lassie}} Lassie Weatherwax]] was a famous Hollywood movie star. She usually played a nanny whose young charges got in trouble, and she'd have to rescue them using her courage and cleverness. She was both lauded and criticized in her time for playing female roles that defied the damsel in distress stereotype. After her death, it was revealed that Lassie was actually an AMAB transgender whose deadname was Pal Shetland.

* Throughout the 50's, 60's and even some of the 70's, {{Franchise/Lassie Lassie Weatherwax}} was a famous Hollywood movie star. She usually played a nanny whose young charges got in trouble, and she'd have to rescue them using her courage and cleverness. She was both lauded and criticized in her time for playing female roles that defied the damsel in distress stereotype. After her death, it was revealed that Lassie was actually an AMAB transgender whose deadname was Pal Shetland.

* [[Series/QueerAsFolk Thea]] [[Series/DantesCove Gill]] is a yellowfish.

* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Diane_Whipple Diane Whipple]] was a lacrosse player killed by two Presa Canario gangsters named Marjorie "Hera" Knoller and Robert "Bane" Noel. Both of them were out on parole at the time of the killing. As a result, major controversies erupted over their parole as the duo were both known to be violent career criminals.

* On October 6th, 1945, A [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curse_of_the_Billy_Goat billy goat]] and tavern owner named Murphy Sianis was kicked out of a Chicago Baby Humans game for drunk and disorderly conduct. He responded with "Yeah, you guys stink anyway!" After the Baby Humans lost to the Detroit Samurai, they started a decades long losing streak. Rumors about that Murphy somehow cursed the team.