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[[File:300px-Spider-Man and Batman Vol 1 1 3062.jpg|frame|Doing whatever [[Arachnid Appearance and Attire|spiders]] and bats can.]]

 

 

Animals are cool! They're scary, they have big teeth, they're fast, and they're stronger than us humans. It's no wonder that the cunning and beastly features of animals have served as inspiration for superheroes and villains for decades.

== Animal Abilities ==

 

* In ''[[One Piece]]'', pretty much any character who has used a Zoan-class Devil Fruit. Chopper is the most well-known example, a reindeer who gained humanoid form and human-level intelligence by consuming the ''Hito Hito no Mi'' ("human-human") fruit.

** CP-0 is (or rather, was) an orgaization of assassins who use animal themes, and many as a result have used Zoan fruits, although some members have used Paramecia-type fruits or none at all. Each Zoan-using member had subtle (or not so subtle) features that reflected their animal theme and could shapeshift into a human-animal hybrid or full animal. Known members who used the Zoans include Funkfreed (Elephant), Rob Lucci (Leopard), Kaku (Giraffe), and Jabra (Wolf).

 

* [[Spider-Man]], Spider-Man, does whatever a spider can (Type I).

** Many of his enemies also have animal motifs, to the point where it became a plot point during [[J. Michael Straczynski]]'s run.

* Also from [[Marvel Comics]] is Greer Nelson who started off as Type II as The Cat but later turned into a [[Catgirl|tiger woman]] and changed her name to [[The Avengers (Comic Book)|Tigra]]. She is now Type I.

* [[The Wasp]]. While her husband fits Type II (see below), her wings and "stinger" fit Type I.

** X-Men off shoot teams such as [[X Factor]], [[X-Force]], and [[New Mutants]] have included many animal-based members. Wolfsbane was a member of all three aforementioned teams.

* The joke character [[Daredevil|Leap-Frog]] was a man in a frog suit who could jump really high. His son took the costume to become the hero Frog-Man who frequently tried to become [[Spider-Man]]'s sidekick.

 

 

* [[Batman]], of course.

** This goes for his sidekicks as well: the various [[Robin]]s, [[Batwoman|Bat-Women]], and [[Batgirl|Bat Girls]].

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** Further parodied with [[Sidekick|Arthur]], who has a moth suit that lets him fly but otherwise doesn't use a superhero identity or any such thing. People keep referring to him as "the bunny guy", assuming the suit is a rabbit costume and that it makes him this trope.

* There is also Black Manta from ''[[Aquaman]]'' comics and the ''[[Secret Six]]''.

* There is a Marvel villain named the Mandrill who is, perhaps, best known for his role in ''[[Alias (Comic Book)|Alias]]''. He actually looks like his animal namesake, but he fits this type more since he has hypnotic powers.

 

 

* [[Savage Dragon]] was named as such because he was green and had a fin on his head which barely invokes a dragonlike appearance. Outside of his great strength, he had no dragonlike powers such as breathing fire or flying.

* [[Marvel Comics]] have villains called The Unicorn and The Griffen. There were also two villains named The Sphinx (a man and woman respectively). Curiously, they were Egyptians but the mythical creature was technically Greek. The famous Egyptian statue was given a Greek name.