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{{quote|Am I a mouse, a dog, or a bear? All you need to know is that... I'm the principal!!|Nezu|[[My Hero Academia]]}}

~~Nonhuman~~ drawn or animated ~~characters~~ of ambiguous species.

A '''Cartoon Creature''' is a nonhuman drawn or animated character of ambiguous species.

There are several cartoon characters who are certainly not human. However, they are also clearly not any species of readily identifiable animal either. Some of them appear to be [[Mix-and-Match Critters]]. They don't really have a species, they're just... [[Generic Cuteness|cute]].

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== Advertising ==

* One of [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvNyqU5DArw&feature=player_detailpage#t=17s the Sci-fi Channel's ads] featured a woman playing with her [[Ridiculously Cute Critter|pet]]. Said pet—presumably extraterrestrial—had a vaguely Chihuahua-like overall appearance, large batlike ears, huge expressive eyes, an extremely long striped tufted tail, and a long forked tongue that it used to daintily touch the tongue of its owner.

== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==

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* Q-chan from ''[[Pet Shop of Horrors]]'' is some sort of rabbit-devil creature with a cream-coloured pear-shaped body and rabbit ears, little white horns, black bat wings, a black devil tail, and black duck feet. [[Unusually Uninteresting Sight|No-one ever really asks what he is.]]

* Ryo-Ohki from the various series in the ''[[Tenchi Muyo!]]'' franchise appears to be a rabbit-cat hybrid, meowing and devouring carrots; the fandom in fact routinely refers to her as a "cabbit". She has a pass, though, in that she's an genetically-engineered organism that's ''also a starship''. And a four-year-old girl. And a suit of powered armor. Depending on the continuity.

== [[Comic Books]] ==

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** Well, Grimer started out as an expy of Grima Wormtongue from "Lord of the Rings", so...magically corrupted human?

* [[The Smurfs]] are close to being an [[Ur Example]].

== [[Eastern Animation]] ==

* [[Cheburashka]] from Russian cartoons, pictured above. He appears to be part teddy bear, part koala, and part monkey. Cheburashka is the name of his species they agreed on. Originally his name was translated into English as "Topple". Cheburashka, according to the book is "a funny little creature, unknown to science, who lives in the tropical forest". Some people say that he reminds lorids.

== [[Literature]] ==

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* The main character of [[Jungledyret Hugo]] (which was originally a children's book, and then a movie)

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== [[Live-Action TV]] ==

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* Several [[The Muppet Show|Muppets]], most notably the [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|"Anything" and "Whatnot" Muppets]]. There are also specific characters, like Scooter, Beauregard, and Gonzo the Great, the last of which was revealed to be {{spoiler|an alien}} in ''[[Muppets from Space]]''. Gonzo was defined as a "Weirdo" in ''[[Muppet Babies]]'', and a ".... whatever" in most of his other appearances. Kermit once described him as [[Dissimile|"sort of like a chicken, but not really."]]

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== [[Live Action TV]] ==

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* Several [[The Muppet Show|Muppets]], most notably the [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|"Anything" and "Whatnot" Muppets]]. There are also specific characters, like Scooter, Beauregard, and Gonzo the Great, ~~who~~ was revealed to be an {{spoiler|alien}} in ''[[Muppets from Space]]''. Gonzo was defined as a "Weirdo" in ''[[Muppet Babies]]'', and a ".... whatever" in most of his other appearances. Kermit once described him as [[Dissimile|"sort of like a chicken, but not really."]]

** In [[Jim Henson]]'s early 1950s shows, ''all'' the puppets were fairly abstract. Even Kermit (one of his earliest characters) was only declared to be a frog in the mid-60s, and only consistently one following his role as [[The Narrator]] of ''[[The Frog Prince]]'' in 1971.

** ''[[Sesame Street]]'''s Anythings are kind of like cartoon humans. ''[[The Muppet Show]]'''s Whatnots tended to look like [[Fraggle Rock|Fraggles]].

** ''[[Sesame Street]]'''s Anythings are kind of like cartoon humans. ''[[The Muppet Show]]''{{'}}s Whatnots tended to look like [[Fraggle Rock|Fraggles]].

** Fraggles themselves, as well as Doozers and Gorgs. And all the other weird stuff that lives down there.

== [[Mythology And Religion]] ==

* The god Set in ancient Egyptian religion has the head of a unknown and mysterious creature that resembles a composite of an aardvark, a donkey, and a jackal. Modern Egyptologists usually refer to it as the "Set animal", "Typhonic beast", or "sha".

** A few theorize that the head isn't an aardvark, but rather some species of gar or other pointy-faced carnivorous fish; whatever they are, they were the ones that ate Osiris' willie when Set cut him up and threw him in the Nile. It can't just be a fish, though, since statues show it as some sort of emaciated hyena-looking thing.

== Newspaper Comics ==

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* Mooch from ''[[Mutts]]'' [[media:mooch.gif|looks rather like]] [[media:untitled 1.png|Yakko Warner]] from ''[[Animaniacs]]'', except with smaller, more pointed ears, a bigger nose, and without the cheek tufts and tan colored pants. The resemblance would be even more noticeable if Mooch were drawn in the same style Yakko is drawn, or if Yakko were drawn in the same style Mooch is drawn.

* [[wikipedia:Eugene the Jeep|Eugene the Jeep]] from ''[[Popeye]]'' comics looks like a dog sized, yellow, spotted, ambiguous looking cat-thing with a big, lightbulb-looking nose. Meanwhile, the animated cartoons define him as some sort of dog.

== [[Video Games]] ==

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* Many ''[[Monster Rancher]]'' characters fit the bill. Many are based off plants, inanimate objects, mythological creatures, and animals (albeit rather loosely with most examples).

* Nobody can figure out what kind of animal ''[[Ardy Lightfoot]]'' is supposed to be, although "fox cat" is the best guess.

== [[Web Comics]] ==

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* Keith, and Basitins in general, from ''[[Twokinds]]'' is a good example.

* Molly and Snookums from ''[[The Inexplicable Adventures of Bob]].''

== [[Web Original]] ==

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** Not quite- they're actually based on Mab, a [[Catgirl]].

* Vatsy the catlike character of [[Vatsy and Bruno]] is a borderline case.

== [[Western Animation]] ==

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