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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14 | [[foldercontrol]] |
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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. |
18 | [[/folder]] |
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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. |
22 | [[/folder]] |
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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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28 | [[folder:PuppetShows]] |
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. |
34 | [[/folder]] |
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36 | [[folder:WesternAnimation]] |
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. |
45 | [[/folder]] |
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