Popular With Furries / Animated Films

• The wolf-based series of Alpha and Omega films are quite popular with furries. On the opposing side, it is also very controversial with furries (mostly wolf ones) due to the character designs and biological inaccuracy.
• Annabelle's Wish has a lot of furry fans, especially millennial furries who grew up watching its broadcasts on Cartoon Network and Fox to a smaller degree.
• Animal Crackers (2017): Duh. Long before the movie became more accessible, it was a Cult Classic within the Furry Fandom, for obvious reasons. And apparently, the fandom has Approval of God, make of that what you will.
• Animalympics is a World of Funny Animals all showing off their athleticism. Bootleg copies of it are common sights at furry convention vendor stalls, and its frequent runs on 80s television ensured it reached a large audience as a gateway drug. It also inspired several of the first generation of furry artists.
• The Argentine-Italian film El Arca is very popular with furries, with Panthy, a black panther club dancer, being probably the most popular character from the film.
• Balto:
  • Balto has a lot of furry fans. It shares much of its fanbase with Disney fans due to the similarities between it and dog-themed Disney films.
  • Balto II: Wolf Quest is often cited as a gateway drug for wolf fanatics.
• The now defunct Blue Sky Studios provides the following examples:
  • Being one of the few series centered around prehistoric mammals, Ice Age has attracted furries. Diego and Shira, in particular, attract cat fans in general. The Scratazons from the supplemental material for the fifth installment are also popular.
  • Rio has a small following among bird fans.
• Many Don Bluth movies have starred characters that have been ingrained within the popularity by the furry fandom. Here's a list of some of them:
  • All Dogs Go to Heaven 2 has a fanbase amongst furries due to the characters Charlie and Sasha (who is about as Ms. Fanservice as a Partially Civilized Animal can be in a kid's film). The original is more obscure, but still has its fans in the furry fandom.
  • Ludmilla's dragon form in Bartok the Magnificent has a very strong following among dragon loving scalies. Her transformation scene in particular is also popular with transformation enthusiasts.
  • Many dinosaur scalies are into The Land Before Time. It and its many sequels, and the TV series spin-off, were a gateway drug for future scalies.
  • Rock-A-Doodle:
    • Chanticleer, Goldie and, for some people, the Duke are all quite popular in the "bird" side of the fandom, appearing in fanart every now and then.
    • While Edmund is unpopular, even in that part of the internet, him being transformed into a Cute Kitten makes him a bit of an Escapist Character.
  • The Cult Classic The Secret of NIMH is practically considered the furry equivalent of a Closet Key. The Direct to Video sequel, The Secret of NIMH 2: Timmy to the Rescue, has its furry fans too.
  • Titan A.E.: If the volume of fan art is anything to go by, Stith (who looks like a cross between kangaroo and bird of prey) is immensely popular compared to the rest of the cast.
• The Boy and the Beast, directed by the same guy as Wolf Children, is about a human boy who ends up in another world populated by Beast Men and becomes friends with a bear man named Kumatetsu. The film is very popular with furries. Kumatetsu especially has a LGBT Fanbase due to his manly appearance, being a literal bear, which artists play up in fanart of him.
• Cats Don't Dance has Funny Animals existing as oppressed minorities alongside privileged human actors in Hollywood during The '40s. Naturally, the pretty female angora Sawyer gets most of the Furry Fandom's attention.
• A lot of Disney Animated Canon films are this due to their focus on animals, especially dogs and cats:
  • 101 Dalmatians had some popularity with furries, but it wasn't until it became a franchise decades later when it garnered a bit more traction, especially in 101 Dalmatians: The Series where characters like Cadpig and Two-Tone appear. This has been bolstered even further by 101 Dalmatian Street years later.
  • The Aristocats is popular with furries who are cat lovers. Duchess is a very popular cat character amongst furries, while her daughter Marie is also popular in the furry fandom, especially in Japan, Brazil, and Italy.
  • Bambi is a relatively rare case of deer being popular with furries. The midquel in particular is seen as So Okay, It's Average by most Disney enthusiasts, but still has a steady fandom due to its more humanised approach. Many fans love the Ensemble Dark Horse Ronno, love the expanded relationship between Bambi and his father, and enjoy the character designs, which are tweaked slightly from the first film to allow a more human range of expressions.
  • The Beast from Beauty and the Beast is quite popular with furries. Several fans (many who aren't even furries) were disappointed at him transforming back into a human at the end. (Amusingly, the 2017 live-action remake gives a nod to the "Human Beast/Prince Adam is sexier pre-transformation" belief at the end of the film, with Belle asking the Prince if he considers growing a beard, and him replying with a playful growl, which is a cut line from the original film.)
  • Big Hero 6 has Fred, a fan of Kaiju and fantasy creatures. His Fredzilla battle suit drew Kaiju fans thanks its badass yet adorable design. Fred's bedroom room can also get admiration with the fantasy creature models he has.
  • Bolt often gets passed over by Disney fans due to it being made during the tail end of their 2000's Audience-Alienating Era; however, dog and cat fans love it.
  • Brother Bear is about a man who turns into a bear and ultimately decides to stay as one. Bear fans like it and people who like characters who can turn into animals like it.
  • Dinosaur has fans thanks to the use of detailed computer-generated dinosaurs and almost-anthropomorphic lemurs. Aladar's All-Loving Hero attitude and maturation help make him an endearing protagonist.
  • Unusually, most The Fox and the Hound fans tend to ignore Copper and focus on Tod (and his mate Vixey). Foxes are popular in their own right, and it's possible that Bloodhounds aren't "cute" enough for many people. The Singin' Strays in the sequel film (especially Dixie) also have a lot of fans, though not as many as Tod himself.
  • The Great Mouse Detective has a following, but it's one of those Disney films that often gets forgotten—except the dancing showgirl mouse scene. Miss Kitty isn't even humanoid and doesn't have a Furry Female Mane but manages to be extremely popular nevertheless. However, Basil and Ratigan do have their fans.
  • Lady and the Tramp itself has a moderate fandom amongst dog furries; however, the sequel is much more preferred. Fans really like the cute puppies Angel and Scamp.
  • Lilo & Stitch:
    • Stitch, despite being an alien who was only adopted as a "dog", is decently popular with furries due to his cute, animalistic design (he does look like a fluffy blue koala, after all). This also applies to some of his "cousins", including Reuben and (especially) Angel.
    • Fun fact: director/writer Chris Sanders, who is also Stitch's creator and voice actor, has old ties with the furry fandom.
  • The Lion King:
    • The film itself made furries out of many of those who grew up watching it. Many people mistake every lion OC and fursona for a The Lion King OC. It's one of the biggest Disney fandoms due to the appeal of lions, how many Fandom Specific Plots can be created about them, and the large amount of extended media for the franchise.
    • More than a few admit they find Simba or Kovu attractive. They were certainly designed to be cute looking but this unintentionally this led to a number of fangirls and fanboys.
    • Though in Kovu's case, maybe it isn't that surprising. He's primarily based on Romeo after all.
    • Hyenas have also become fairly popular with furries partially because of the film.
  • The Princess and the Frog is very accommodating to frog fans with Tiana and Naveen both contending with being stuck in amphibian forms as a major plot point. It also helps that they both befriend Louis, the anthropomorphic alligator, who is very protective of his new friends, would rather play trumpet than hunt, and has a dream to become human himself, earning him more than a few scalie fans. Louis will still use his alligator traits to protect his friends and intimidate enemies, so he knows when to use his advantages too.
  • Dodger, Rita, Georgette and Oliver from Oliver & Company are quite popular despite their movie being a Cult Classic Disney film.
  • Pinocchio:
    • Honest John and Gideon, an anthropomorphic fox and cat respectively, have their furry fans.
    • The movie also has a slightly disturbing Misaimed Fandom with Transformation Fiction and donkey fans.
  • The Rescuers, like The Great Mouse Detective, is another Disney feature starring mice that's often forgotten, but several furries fondly remember the starring anthropomorphic mice, Bernard and Miss Bianca.
    • Even more forgotten is its sequel, The Rescuers Down Under, but there are many furries attracted to Jake the kangaroo rat.
  • Robin Hood (1973), taking place in a World of Funny Animals, is sometimes regarded as more or less the defining movie for the fandom (at least, until Zootopia came out), and considered one of the biggest gateway drugs to the fandom. Ask any furry who grew up in the 70s when it was first released, or the mid 80s and early 90s when it came out on videocassette, and chances this film helped get them into the fandom. It only makes sense that some of the most common fanart in the fandom is those of the main character and/or Maid Marian.
  • Kanga from Disney's Winnie the Pooh franchise has gained a large following in the furry fandom (especially fans who grew up with the Disneytoon Studios Pooh movies) due to her kind-hearted nature and the only female resident of the Hundred Acre Woods. Her son Roo has also gained a similar following due to his cute and energetic nature.
  • Treasure Planet is another Disney feature that tends to get forgotten, but Captain Amelia and Dr. Delbert Doppler, an anthropomorphic cat and dog respectively, have their furry fans.
  • Zootopia is practically a given, considering it takes place in a World of Funny Animals, while the two main characters are a red fox (Nick Wilde) and a bunny (Judy Hopps) (two animals with extremely large furry followings). In fact, this was such a given that, prior to the film's release, some early spotty marketing led many people to think it would ONLY be popular with furries. But then it went on to be one of the year's most consistently well-reviewed films and make over a billion USD worldwide at the box office, making it the second-highest-earner in the Disney Animated Canon.
  • Ascended Extra characters:
    • Kaa and Sir Hiss are very popular with scalies, especially the former. Snake OCs in the Furry Fandom very commonly have similar hypnotic abilities.
    • Mushu, like Stitch, is another character who has transcended his home series to become almost a stand-alone character. He's a travel-sized wise-cracking Delightful Dragon who has popular Disneyland merchandise and has featured in the Lunar New Year parade as a live action mascot, further boosting his appeal.
• DreamWorks Animation has films of their own that have wound up becoming this:
  • The Bad Guys (2022), despite the popularity of the book series, took until the movie's first trailer for a huge boom of the furry fandom to gain interest in the series. Mr. Wolf and Diane Foxington have garnered notable attention from furries, but Mr. Snake, Mr. Shark, and Webs aren't too far behind either.
  • The How to Train Your Dragon franchise has a steady fanbase of dragon-loving scalies due to its plot revolving around dragons. Toothless is one of the most popular dragon characters out there.
  • Kung Fu Panda, as a work taking place in a World of Funny Animals has a large furry fandom who mostly focus on Tigress (and her relationship with Po).
    • The franchise's fourth installment, Kung Fu Panda 4, introduces a new fox thief character named Zhen, who has proven to be quite popular with furries following her debut in the film's first trailer and the film proper. She gets a lot of heartwarming character development and changes considerably throughout the film.
    • Chameleon in 4. As an antagonist who is a reptile, she is naturally a draw for scalie fans. Chameleon being driven by masters turning her down on teaching her Kung Fu helps add dimension to her backstory and helps avoid making her a cardboard cut-out villain. Plus, she has an awe-inspiring, if not creepy, chimaera-dragon transformation.
  • Madagascar has developed a huge furry fanbase thanks to its cast of lovable talking animals. It also helps that one of them, Gloria, is Best Known for the Fanservice.
  • Over the Hedge isn't as popular with furries as other films, but it has some level of recognition, with RJ and Heather being two of the most popular characters for fan-art.
  • Rise of the Guardians depicts the Easter Bunny as a wise-cracking, snarky anthropomorphic rabbit, giving the Guardians depiction of him a dedicated following of rabbit fans.
  • Puss in Boots from Shrek and his self-titled spin-off, as well as his love interest Kitty Softpaws, are both pretty popular with cat fans for being charismatic, cool, yet adorable anthropomorphic cats. The sequel, Puss in Boots: The Last Wish also appealed to many wolf fans as one of the antagonists is a Creepy Awesome wolf named Death, who has a cool design and a domineering demeanor.
  • Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron was a Gateway Series for many horse fans and horse furries, and is quite popular among the furry fandom due to being one of the few animated features about horses (and wild horses at that, which many people romanticize). It doesn't hurt that the the horses are largely portrayed realistically and are well-animated.
• The Yugoslavian animated film The Elm-Chanted Forest has the attractive lounge singer Fifi Fox, who has a small but fairly dedicated following among fox furries due to her cute-yet-curvaceous appearance, alluring French accent with a nice singing voice, and her graceful dances. It doesn't hurt that there are quite a few shots that focus on her hips and butt, either.
• Fantastic Mr. Fox has an enormous following of furries, particularly owing to the community's long-standing appreciation for anthropomorphic foxes.
• Batty Koda from FernGully: The Last Rainforest is a popular character with bat furries.
• Felidae is a dark and gritty Film Noir film which just happens to star Partially Civilized Animal cats. The contrast confuses or creeps out many, but furries take to it just fine.
• The Garfield Movie: Vic's introduction in the trailer has induced a reaction in furries, by being a large, burly, and very furry alley cat, who's the father to the famous lazy orange cat. It helps he's also voiced by Samuel L. Jackson. Or doesn't, depending on your point of view.
• Gay Purr-ee, a UPA film from the early-1960s, has a following among feline furries.
• The Great Wolf Lodge's 45-minute reboot film called The Great Wolf Pack: A Call to Adventure features 5 mascots from the Great Wolf Kids who are Wiley Wolf, Violet Wolf, Sammy Squirrel, Oliver Raccoon and Brinley Bear.
• Kangaroo Jack: G'Day U.S.A.!: Unlike the Bait-and-Switch nature of the original movie’s titular kangaroo, Jackie Legs is a central character in the film and thus his Half-Dressed Cartoon Animal appearance has earned it some Furry attention.
• Once Upon a Forest, an obscure Green Aesop film from the 90s, has a cult following that includes a few furries.
• The One Stormy Night film is about a goat and a wolf who become friends (with a fair chunk of Homoerotic Subtext) despite their families' disapproval. Naturally, it has gained a following amongst furries and is often called the "Japanese Fox and the Hound".
• Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank: This kid-friendly version of Blazing Saddles is ripe for furry love.
• Pixar animated canon:
  • A Bug's Life is about a ant colony which is terrorized each year by a biker gang-esque group of grasshoppers. Atta, Gypsy, and especially Rosie are all very popular with fans of arthropods. Flik also has his fans, helped by his adorkable personality and mission to help his colony.
  • Coco features Imelda's personal Alebrije Pepita, who has features of a dragon, a gryphon and a jaguar and proves herself to be a very protective guardian of the Rivera family. Her brilliant Red/Green Contrast helps too.
  • Luca appeals to Transformation Fiction and Fish Person fans with the film's Sea Monsters being far from "monstrous" and having awe-inspiring vivid colors on their true forms. This fandom even crosses over with Pixar's Turning Red with fans of one film also appreciating the other due to the shared transformation theme.
  • Monsters, Inc. is about a parallel universe populated with a wide variety of monsters who rely upon the screams and later laughter of children. One of the main protagonists, Sulley is popular for being a lovable blue-bear-like humanoid with small horns on his head. He ultimately becomes a protector of Boo who is being menaced by the villain Randall Bogs. Randall himself has popularity with scalies thanks to being a cross between a chameleon and a snake; Monsters University reveals that Randal wasn't always a villain and was even a Lovable Lizard at one point, bolstering his fan base.
  • Turning Red is about a girl who can turn into a red panda whenever she's excited or stressed. Mei also effectively dresses up as a red panda using a cardboard suit, there are lots of characters who wear red panda ear headbands and attachable tails, and there are shirts that say "fur baby" on them. The film pretty much appeals to red panda fans and Transformation Fiction fans.
• The Plague Dogs is considered the similarly dark sister film to Watership Down. It attracts furries, but not as many as Watership Down.
• Rango: Due to starring many anthropomorphized reptiles, this film is quite popular with scalies. Especially Rattlesnake Jake.
• Roadside Romeo stars a bunch of dogs and has a furry-heavy following.
• Rock Dog focuses on rock stars in a World of Funny Animals and thus attracts a following of furries who are also rock music fans.
• Rock and Rule is a Mature Animal Story featuring a Funny Animal and demonic beasts cast singing early 80s rock about The Power of Love. It attracts a following of largely dog fans.
• Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1998): Rudolph, Arrow, and Zoe have led to the film having a small fandom amongst deer fans, while Slyly and Leonard also have a small following among fox and bear fans respectively.
• The monstrous Big Fun Steve and the muscular shark/squid Tentacular from Rumble got quite a bit of praise from some furry communities.
• Mehitabel from Shinbone Alley is very popular with cat fans.
• Haku's dragon form from Spirited Away is a popular dragon character.
• Sing has attracted an audience due to its more varied species compared to most media with anthropomorphic animals. The film is peppered with a large variety of animals both in crowd shots and even starring roles. On top of that, Ms. Crawly manages to avert common stereotypes with reptilian characters.
  • Its sequel, Sing 2, manages to top it with even more characters that gained a fanbase:
    • Porsha Crystal has become very popular in the furry community, on account of being an attractive female wolf with a beautiful singing voice.
    • Suki Lane is also popular for being a tall, elegant Saluki woman who is paired with Buster for the Tiny Guy, Huge Girl appeal.
    • Nooshy also gained some popularity for her tomboyish appearance, personality, and her breakdancing.
    • Clay Calloway and Jimmy Crystal also have gained some popularity among the furry community, particularly among fans of the Bara Genre.
• Watership Down is one of the few animal-related animated films that is very dark (though it's still aimed at children). Watership Down attracts rabbit fans due to its premise, lore, characters, and its ability to easily create OCs.
• Wolf Children is a film about a woman who falls for a werewolf and has two children with him. It has a following among wolf fans, werewolf fans and Transformation Fiction fans.
• Wolfwalkers has become very popular and has gained a lot of furry fans, as the premise is about people turning into wolves as an important plot point, so this is quite inevitable. Robyn in her wolf form has won many furry fans, as many find she in her wolf form as very beautiful and cute.

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