Informed Species

I'm just getting a "no hotlinked images please" message where the image should be.

Apologies:

Here is the fixed version◊

What kind of dragon has the head of a human Muppet who can look creepy to some children?

Edited by Nen_desharu on May 19th 2021 at 11:15:57 AM

What should we do about this example:

• Informed Species: Unlike Dee Dee, Marky and Joey, who only vaguely resemble cockroaches, she does NOT look like a cockroach in the slightest.

Her design is just a Distaff Counterpart design to the main cockroach trio, who by themselves are recognizable as cockroaches. Therefore, there is no confusion regarding her species. The rest of "unsimilarities" is just her being a Funny Animal. She is as recognizable as a cockroach as the main cockroach trio. So I vote cut.

The better trope might be Bizarre Sexual Dimorphism if she looks so different from the boys.

Wasn't there a trope for when female animals look more like humans than their male ones? It uses Donkey Kong for image.

Edited by Delibirda on May 20th 2021 at 11:21:20 AM

Humanoid Female Animal

Per the laconics, that one fits better.

There’s also Sexy Dimorphism.

For HR Pufnstuf, should I expand the entry as:

• Pufnstuf is ostensibly a dragon but looks more like a prototype McDonald's mascot, especially with his round yellow oversized head that resembles a wide-mouthed saggy-eyed human Muppet rather than a dragon. However, Pufnstuf has the torso, limbs, and tail of a stereotypical dragon mascot.

Edited by Nen_desharu on May 20th 2021 at 11:31:36 AM

How 'bout this:

• Humanoid Female Animal: She resembels a human more than the male cockroaches, with her hair, human-like skin tone and legs, as well as breasts

That works.

Edited by Delibirda on May 20th 2021 at 6:46:09 PM

Looks good to me. Though the word "humanoid" needs "-oid" suffix in the end to prevent the wick from becoming the red link.

Shall I add it?

I think yes. Looks good for me.

Added the Pufnstuf example to Informed Species and expanded the example in the work page.

Edited by Nen_desharu on May 20th 2021 at 11:36:37 AM

Added!

From Power Rangers (2017):

Informed Species: While still called by the names of prehistoric animals like their show counterparts, the Zords look quite different: while the Tyrannosaurus is still recognizable as one, the Triceratops has six legs and looks more beetle-like, the Mastodon is an eight-legged insectoid, the Sabertooth more closely resembles a skeletal-looking cheetah, and the Pterodactyl is just straight-up a fighter jet.

I looked up the images for these Zords, and here's what I got from my research:

• Triceratops: while weird-looking, it's still recognizable to me as a triceratops◊.
• Mastodon: okay, it's definitely◊ an oddball◊. It took me a while to realize the design was supposed to be a mastodon, as it looked like some sort of weird monster beetle-pillbug-thing to me at first glance. So I'd say it fits.
• Sabertooth: judging by the pic, I can clearly tell by feline anatomy and saber teeth that it's supposed to be a sabertooth tiger.
• Pterodactyl: eh, I looked at the pic◊ and clearly saw a pterodactyl-esque jet.

My verdict: I think only the Mastodon one fits.

EDIT: damn you, broken image links!

Edited by I--Vanya--I on May 21st 2021 at 8:40:43 PM

Yeah, it's only the Mastodon one, but what should it be rewritten to?

Edited by Delibirda on May 21st 2021 at 6:59:52 PM

Hmm... Lemme try.

• Informed Species: Of all Battle Zords, Mastodon is the only one who barely resembles the animal it was modelled after, with its eight backwards-bent insectoid legs and lack of distinct elephant-like characteristics barring trunk and tusks, and even then the resemblance to these respective body parts is too loose to be correctly identified.

Feel free to fix or alter the text whenever you feel necessary.

Edited by Delibirda on May 22nd 2021 at 2:56:30 PM

From the Western Animation page, there were some entries that were removed. While I can agree with most of them, I rewrited and readded these two from ''Gigantosaurus since I don't think Mazu and Bill look like their respective species, but I want further feedback if they count.

• Mazu is supposed to be an Ankylosaurus, but she looks more like a toad with a tail.
• Bill is supposed to be a Brachiosaurus, but he doesn't have the high-crested skull that makes a Brachiosaurus easily recognizable.

I searched for their images, and yes, Mazu's looks definitely screamed "toad" first for me, and Bill didn't scream "brachiosaurus" to me. So yeah, I think they fit.

This was added to the film page.

• Dr. Dolittle 2 features a One-Scene Wonder weasel character who's actually being played by a ferret.

I'm pretty sure to most people, weasels and ferrets are interchangeable.

Yeah, cut.