Line #1 Main/RemovableAnimalMarkings


1	In fiction, an animal's natural markings, such as a tiger's or a zebra's stripes or a leopard's spots, are often depicted as being removable. They can either be pulled off, washed off like paint, or fall off, yet the rest of their fur stays the same.
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3	Can also apply to the markings on hands and feet, whether white, lighter colored, darker colored, or black, that look like socks, gloves, boots, stockings, slippers, and mittens.
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5	In RealLife, these markings are part of the animals' anatomy and can't be removed any more than the rest of their fur or feathers can. [[note]]It's often said that tigers have striped skin, but this is only half true. A shaved tiger would still have stripes for the same reason a shaved man still has a 'beard' -- because of their dark follicles.[[/note]]
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7	An unremovable animal marking that looks like an article of clothing is a ClothingAppendage.
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9	SisterTrope to RemovableShell and FurIsClothing.
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12	!!Examples
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16	[[folder:Comics]]
17	* There is a ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'' strip where one of his stripes comes off while Jon is bathing him.
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20	[[folder:Film]]
21	* During the soccer game in ''Film/BedknobsAndBroomsticks'', King Leonidas roars so loud it blows the spots off a cheetah.
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24	[[folder:Literature]]
25	* The children's book ''Put Me in the Zoo'' features a leopard with colorful spots that are removable. In fact, he does many tricks with them, like putting them on other things and changing their color.
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29	* Downplayed in ''Series/SesameStreet'' with Abby Cadabby's freckles. They're mostly normal, but in one episode, she gets a disease that makes them fall off.
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32	[[folder:VideoGames]]
33	* Downplayed with Mabari warpaints in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'': your Mabari warhound can equip different warpaints, changing patterns on its back. This does not just change the aesthetics, but gives it different stat boosts.
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37	* In the WesternAnimation/{{Goofy}} short "Tiger Trouble", Goofy's elephant sits on the tiger. When the tiger gets up, he finds that all his stripes are gone; [[ButtSticker they are now stuck on the elephant's behind]].
38	* The titular Ferocious Beast from ''WesternAnimation/MaggieAndTheFerociousBeast'' sometimes loses his spots.
39	* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheNewAdventuresOfWinnieThePooh'', Tigger loses his stripes during a bath. With his stripes gone, he is convinced he is no longer a Tigger.
40	* From ''WesternAnimation/TexAveryMGMCartoons'':
41	** In the short "Slap-Happy Lion", a lion's roar scares a zebra right out of its stripes, which stay in place. Another roar and the stripes themselves run off.
42	** In the short "Half-Pint Pygmy", the titular LivingMacguffin [[CoconutMeetsCranium throws a coconut at George and Junior]], which also hits other animals including a zebra whose stripes fall like rings in a ring toss and a cheetah whose spots come off its body like coins.
43	* A RunningGag on ''WesternAnimation/RichieRich1980'' is Dollar losing the dollar signs off his fur.
44	* ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'': The white ring marking around Daffy's neck is sometimes removable or treated as a necklace or collar.
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