Animal Motifs: Difference between revisions

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** [[Cute Witch|Angela]], for chameleons.

** {{spoiler|[[Improbable Weapon User|Kim]]}}, for raccoons.

** {{spoiler|[[Soul Eater Not|Shaula]]}}, for Scorpions

** {{spoiler|[[Soul Eater Not!|Shaula]]}}, for Scorpions

** And if various [[Wild Mass Guessing]] theories are to be believed: [[Ms. Fanservice|Blair]], for cats.

** While [[Big Badass Wolf|Free]] is male and not necessarily a witch, he does have a multitude of magical powers and has a wolf motif.

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* ''[[In Death]]'' series: Roarke has been compared to a wolf in ''Ceremony In Death'', ''Vengeance In Death'', and ''Promises In Death''. ''Promises In Death'' actually had Eve and several women discussing the men in their lives and comparing them to animals. Nadine got a turtle of a man. Trina got a snake of a man. Mira got an owl of a man. Peabody got a puppy of a man. Mavis got a bear of a man. Louise got a cheetah of a man. Nadine theorizes that Roarke is a panther, but Eve ends up saying "Wolf," and Mira points out that when wolves mate, it's for life.

* In the ''[[Belgariad]]'', each of the gods has a totemic animal: Belar's is a bear, Torak's is a dragon, Chaldan's is a bull, Issa's is a snake, Nedra's is a lion, Mara's is a bat, and Aldur's is an owl. Each god, and his chosen race of people, take on the personality characteristics of their animal, and in some cases go beyond: Barak turns into a bear when a certain condition is met; Salmissra is transformed into a serpent as punishment for her particular meddling; Torak's successor transforms into a dragon on occasion in an effort to impede the party; and the female sorcerers under Aldur's tutelage prefer the form of the owl for themselves (the males prefer the wolf). The sorcerers also wear an amulet each bearing the image of their chosen form.

* In [[Belisarius Series]] different characters have different animals compared with them, usually predatory ones as most of the characters are warriors.

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* Sagat from ''[[Street Fighter]]'' is the embodiment of this trope.

{{quote|''[[Calling Your Attacks|Tiger Shot! Tiger Shot! Tiger Knee! Tiger...Uppercut!]] [[Limit Break|Tigeeer...DESTRUCTION!]]''}}

* While it's not very overt, [[Knight in Shining Armor|Hakumen]] of ''[[~~Blaz Blue~~]]'' apparently has a canine motif. His emblem is the ever-popular [[Obake|nine-tailed fox spirit]], and his stage quote is "The wolf knows what the ill heart thinks." [[Catgirl]] Taokaka has the obvious theme, and then there's the playable [[Blob Monster]] Arakune, whose body is filled with decay...and insects. For bonus points, everyone ''except'' the [[Intentional Engrish for Funny]] announcer pronounces his name as "Arachnae" in the English dub.

* While it's not very overt, [[Knight in Shining Armor|Hakumen]] of ''[[BlazBlue]]'' apparently has a canine motif. His emblem is the ever-popular [[Obake|nine-tailed fox spirit]], and his stage quote is "The wolf knows what the ill heart thinks." [[Catgirl]] Taokaka has the obvious theme, and then there's the playable [[Blob Monster]] Arakune, whose body is filled with decay...and insects. For bonus points, everyone ''except'' the [[Intentional Engrish for Funny]] announcer pronounces his name as "Arachnae" in the English dub.

** [[Big Bad|Hazama]] makes his snake motif really obvious when his drive is Ouroboros, he shoots snakes, he's {{spoiler|responsible for creating the black beast which resemble the Orochi, a hydra like demon}}, he openly defies a god-like entity like the snaky devil, he wields a paired of knives which in some martial arts circle it is referred as the "Fang of the Snake", and it folds out with a curved blades just like the snake's fangs. Even a few characters compare him to a snake.

** A strange case, but [[Anti-Hero|Ragna]] is often compared to an "underdog". Hazama calls him an "adorable little puppy of a man", and Platinum compares him to a stray dog.

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** One of the developer's logs available online also mentions that the signature hood and cloak were designed to create the silhouette of a bird of prey during dramatic leaps.

** There's also the shape of the robes and hood: the tip of the hood resembles an eagle's head, and the below the waist the robes separate to resemble feathers.

*** The final level of ''[[Assassin's Creed Revelations]]'' finally just says "to hell with subtlety" - Ezio goes ''parasailing'' behind a charging carriage, and dispatches mooks by dive-bombing them and slicing their necks with his twin blades.

*** The final level of ''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]'' finally just says "to hell with subtlety" - Ezio goes ''parasailing'' behind a charging carriage, and dispatches mooks by dive-bombing them and slicing their necks with his twin blades.

* In ''[[BioShock (series)]] 2'', [[Big Bad]] Sofia Lamb's cult uses the Butterfly to represent rebirth due to their belief in sacrificing the individual for the good of the group.

** It has other meanings behind it as well. The Adam-producing slug is seen as Rapture's current state (the caterpillar), with the butterfly being the Utopia that Rapture is destined to become through Lamb's cult.

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* ''[[Advance Wars]]: Days of Ruin/Dark Conflict'' has the 12th Independent Legion, which uses a wolf as their symbol. In the US version their unit is nicknamed "Brenner's Wolves" after their leader, and Brenner's [[Leitmotif]] in the EU version (where he is called O'Brian) is named "Indomitable Wolf". Like a wolf pack, the Legion is very loyal to one another and work much like [[The Drifter]], wandering from place to place as they're needed.

* Philemon of ''[[Persona (video game)|Persona]]'' is ''really'' big on [[Butterfly of Death and Rebirth]], to the point [[Word of God]] says he's ''all'' the butterflies seen in the third and fourth games.

* Deliberately invoked by the faculty of [[Wizarding School|Iris Academy]] in ''[[Magical Diary]]''. All students are sorted into one of six houses based on their gender and personality traits. Horses, Butterflies and Snakes for girls. Wolves, Falcons and Toads for boys.

* Deliberately invoked by the faculty of [[Wizarding School|Iris Academy]] in ''[[Magical Diary: Horse Hall]]''. All students are sorted into one of six houses based on their gender and personality traits. Horses, Butterflies and Snakes for girls. Wolves, Falcons and Toads for boys.

* In ''[[Mother 3]]'', Porky Minch takes his unfortunate name and [[Fat Bastard]] status and has the audacity to turn ''it'' into an animal motif, theming his entire empire and the Pigmask Army after pigs.

* Ganondorf from the ''Zelda'' series has always had a pig/boar motif. He transforms into a boar-like creature called "Ganon" at some point in a lot of the games he appears in.

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== Real Life ==

* Toyotomi Hideyoshi's nickname was "Monkey" (Saru), allegedly given by Oda Nobunaga because of his facial resemblance to a monkey. This recognition directly contributed to the popular image of Toyotomi Hideyoshi being a monkey styled person, both in appearance and mode of behaviour

* Most countries have an animal they use as a symbol for the nation as a whole. The United States have their bald eagle, of course, while Russia has [[Everything's Worse with Bears|the bear]], the United Kingdom the scrappy but lovable bulldog (officially it's actually the Lion but the bulldog characterisation stuck), India has the tiger, Thailand has the elephant, Israel the Lions of Judah and China has its whiskered dragon. Other countries apparently had to take whatever animal mascots were left over: Canada has the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HmgemMkfKA mighty beaver], Spain has the black bull, while France is unofficially associated with the Gallic rooster. Empires with great reach or which were viewed as secular and religious authorities often adopt the double-headed eagle: the Byzantine Empire, the Holy Roman Empire, the old Russian Empire, the [[Warhammer ~~40000~~|Imperium of Man]], etc.

* Most countries have an animal they use as a symbol for the nation as a whole. The United States have their bald eagle, of course, while Russia has [[Everything's Worse with Bears|the bear]], the United Kingdom the scrappy but lovable bulldog (officially it's actually the Lion but the bulldog characterisation stuck), India has the tiger, Thailand has the elephant, Israel the Lions of Judah and China has its whiskered dragon. Other countries apparently had to take whatever animal mascots were left over: Canada has the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HmgemMkfKA mighty beaver], Spain has the black bull, while France is unofficially associated with the Gallic rooster. Empires with great reach or which were viewed as secular and religious authorities often adopt the double-headed eagle: the Byzantine Empire, the Holy Roman Empire, the old Russian Empire, the [[Warhammer 40,000|Imperium of Man]], etc.

** Actually, Judah has the [[Captain Obvious|Lion of Judah]]; each of the tribes has its own animal motif. However, due to the loss of the Ten Tribes,<ref>Reuben, Simeon, Naftali, Issachar, Asher, Dan, Zebulun, Gad, Ephraim, and Menasheh</ref> most modern Jews descend from the tribe of Judah. Hence the term "Judah-ism", or Judaism. Or "Jew" and derivatives thereof, for that matter.

* Australia's Coat of Arms features a Kangaroo and an Emu, two fearsome, Australia-only animals that can't walk/jump/run backwards. Seriously. That's why they picked them.