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Florestan
Since: May, 2015
2025-10-24 09:00:17
I'd say Fantastic Fauna Counterpart — see this in the second paragraph: "In the other version, the animals are mundane species, but clearly fill the role of other, more familiar species — for example, an underwater setting where fish and other sea creatures act like mammals and birds..."

Looking for a trope where an animal, either one specifically or the entire species in-universe, acts and or is treated like a completely different animal altogether. This would apply to anthropomorphic characters as well.
Ex: In Spongebob, they have jellyfish, who are called such, but behave and are treated like honeybees (and to an extent, butterflies).
Edited by Doujinguy567