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[[Civilized Animal
▲[[File:peterbirdy_244.png|link=The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends|frame|Not all Civilized Animals are as cute as this...]]
Like [[Funny Animal
▲[[Civilized Animal|Civilized Animals]] exhibit some form of civilized manner, but otherwise occupy their species's natural role in the ecosystem and (especially) the food chain. They generally display half the mannerisms of a human character and half the mannerisms of an animal character. They may wear clothes (often being [[Accessory-Wearing Cartoon Animal|accessory wearing]], [[Half-Dressed Cartoon Animal|half dressed]] or even [[Barefoot Cartoon Animal|barefoot, but otherwise fully-dressed]]), or may live in houses, and are frequently depicted as walking on two legs; but their anthropomorphism stops abruptly at this point, as their everyday concerns are for ordinary activities such as acquiring food and avoiding predation by larger animals. Civilized Animals are typical of children's stories, especially that of British literature.
▲Like [[Funny Animal|Funny Animals]], [[Civilized Animal|Civilized Animals]] usually have a body that is generally shaped like that of their respective species, even though they are typically bipedal. [[Civilized Animal|Civilized Animals]], like [[Funny Animal|Funny Animals]], tend to be bipedal even if their species is not naturally so, and most [[Civilized Animal]] birds have [[Feather Fingers]], whether their wings look completely like wings or look like arms. Many [[Civilized Animal|Civilized Animals]] [[Anthropomorphic Zig Zag|can shift between using two legs and four]].
A related trope is [[Mouse World]].
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* A [[Funny Animal]] has most or even all the mannerisms of a human character, and generally if replaced by a human, the plot will be mostly or even nearly identical.
* A [[Partially-Civilized Animal]] exhibits some form of civilized manner, but is more likely to have all the body shape and the majority of the mannerisms
* [[Talking Animal
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== Anime and Manga ==
▲* ''[[Pokémon (Anime)|Pokémon]]'': Meowth of the Team Rocket trio fits this trope.
== Comic Books ==
* ''[[Mouse Guard]]'', both comic and role-playing game.
* Ellsworth Bheezer and Bruto the mynah birds from the [[Mickey Mouse Comic Universe]].
* Numerous characters in ''[[
== Film ==
* ''[[The Fantastic Mr. Fox]]''.
* The mice and other small animals from both [[The Rescuers (Disney film)|Rescuers movies]] fit this trope to a T. Orville and Wilbur the albatrosses in ''[[The Rescuers (Disney film)|The Rescuers]]'' and the ''[[The Rescuers Down Under]]'' respectively also fit this trope.
* Most of [[Don Bluth]]'s films feature these.
* The Big Bad Wolf, The Three Little Pigs, The Three Blind Mice, and Puss in Boots in the [[Shrek]] movies.
* The chickens from ''[[
* The animals from ''[[
* The mice from ''[[Cinderella (Disney film)|Cinderella]]'' wear clothes (either [[Half-Dressed Cartoon Animal|half dressed]] or [[Fully-Dressed Cartoon Animal|fully dressed]]), talk, and walk on two legs, but they live like normal mice and worry about being eaten by Lucifer the cat.
* The animals in ''[[Song of the South]]''.
* ''[[
* ''[[The Lion King]]'': Timon and Rafiki. Even moreso in ''[[Timon and Pumbaa]]''.
* ''[[The Aristocats]]'': Roquefort the mouse is a definite
* Lucky Jack from [[Home
* ''[[Madagascar]]''
* The guinea pigs and star-nosed mole in Disney's ''[[
* The wild animals in [[Over the Hedge (
* ''[[Rango]]''.
* The farm animals from ''[[Rock
== Literature ==
* Early chapters in ''[[The Wind in
▲* Early chapters in ''[[The Wind in The Willows]]'' exemplified this trope, but later parts of the story exhibit an [[Anthropomorphic Shift]] towards [[Funny Animal|Funny Animals]].
* The ''[[Redwall]]'' books.
* ''Peter Rabbit'' is perhaps the most iconic form for some people. Beatrix Potter's other works also exemplify this trope.
* In the ''[[Narnia]]'' books, talking animals live in their natural environment in huts with windows and can talk to humans, but they usually don't wear clothes and don't always walk upright (though they sometimes use armor in battle, and in the unreleased first draft ''Animaland'', the ''did'' wear clothes and walk upright).
* ''[[
* In ''The Emerald City of Oz'' (one of the later [[Land of Oz
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"It is fun--when you're the genuine article," agreed his Majesty. "But look at me now! I live in a marble palace instead of a hole in the ground. I have all I want to eat, without the joy of hunting for it. Every day I must dress in fine clothes and wear that horrible crown till it makes my head ache. Rabbits come to me with all sorts of troubles, when my own troubles are the only ones I care about. When I walk out I can't hop and run; I must strut on my rear legs and wear an ermine robe! And the soldiers salute me and the band plays and the other rabbits laugh and clap their paws and cry out: 'Hail to the King!' Now let me ask you, as a friend and a young lady of good judgment: isn't all this pomp and foolishness enough to make a decent rabbit miserable?" }}
::Dorothy manages to convince him that he is really better off as a civilized rabbit, however.
* The ancient Greek ''[[
* The civilized dinosaurs in [[Dinotopia]], who are either the second or third group. They live in buildings, speake in their own languages, but usually don't wear clothing, although some wear armor or adornment on horns, spikes, plates, ect.
== Newspaper Comics ==
* Snoopy from ''[[Peanuts]]'' can't talk, lives in a doghouse, doesn't wear clothes, and is Charlie Brown's dog, but he does manage to act largely human. Sometimes to the point that some members of the cast forget that he is a dog.
* Hobbes from ''[[Calvin and Hobbes]]''.
* Verne, Hammy, and RJ from [[Over the Hedge (
== Video Games ==
* ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog]]''
** The small animals who are freed from the badniks.
** Also, the students in the PC title Sonic's Schoolhouse, who mention that they have realistic animal eating habits, etc in the field trip videos.
* Puchi from ''[[Mr. Driller]]''.
* The animals in ''[[
* Many of the animals in [[American McGee's Alice]] follow this trope. Others, like the cat and the Mock Turtle, choose to go naked.
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* In ''[[The Intrepid Girlbot]]'', Raccoon #1 has demonstrated [https://web.archive.org/web/20131012135031/http://www.intrepidgirlbot.com/2009/05/15/pinkies-out/ some ability to be civilized], but she's still very much prey to her animal nature.▼
* ''[[CHEVALIER]]'' This romantic fantasy adventure webcomic is a great example. [http://shivae.net/chevalier/ Here]{{Dead link}}▼
▲* In ''[[The Intrepid Girlbot]]'', Raccoon #1 has demonstrated [http://www.intrepidgirlbot.com/2009/05/15/pinkies-out/ some ability to be civilized], but she's still very much prey to her animal nature.
▲* ''[[CHEVALIER]]'' This romantic fantasy adventure webcomic is a great example. [http://shivae.net/chevalier/ Here]
* ''Little Dee'': Dee's adopted family.
* The sentient canid species in ''[[Wurr (Webcomic)|Wurr]]'' (at least the two to which we've been officially introduced). No clothing beyond the occasional collar, and very canine body language and (for the most part) behavior. However, the hounds seem to at least build shrines to the deceased, while the dogs have tents, jewelry, and currency.
== Web Original ==
* Most foods in ''[[The Annoying Orange]]'' fit, even though they're not really animals.
== Western Animation ==
* The animal characters from ''[[Madagascar]]'' and its TV show spin-off, ''[[
* Many of the
▲* The animal characters from ''[[Madagascar]]'' and its TV show spin-off, ''[[The Penguins of Madagascar (Animation)|The Penguins of Madagascar]]'' may not be able to talk to humans, don't exactly live in houses, and usually don't wear clothes, but they do fit this trope a lot of the time.
▲* Many of the {[[Looney Tunes (Animation)|Looney Tunes]] animal characters, including [[Bugs Bunny]], [[Daffy Duck]], [[Wile E Coyote and The Road Runner (Animation)|Wile E. Coyote]], and [[Sylvester Cat and Tweety Bird]].
** [[Bugs Bunny/Characters|Bugs Bunny]] belongs in this trope. Although his behavior is entirely human, he still lives in a burrow and has to worry about being hunted or eaten. There was an odd situation in the cartoon "Hare Splitter" where Bugs and his rival live in furnished burrows and wear only their fur, while their contested girlfriend lives in a frame house and is fully dressed.
** Same with [[Daffy Duck]] (although he tends towards [[Funny Animal]] in later works), and a lot of other [[Looney Tunes]] animal characters.
** Sylvester's characterization ranged from being a normal cat to being a [[Funny Animal]], but he usually fit either this trope or the [[Talking Animal]] trope.
* Also the same with a lot of the ''
** Furrball is usually portrayed as a normal cat who can walk on two legs, but was also sometimes portrayed as a [[Funny Animal]] or a
* ''[[
** Slappy and Skippy Squirrel exemplify this trope because they live in a tree and fight predator animals while still walking on two legs, talking, and sometimes wearing clothes.
** Rita the cat is also a good example of this trope, she walks on two legs, manipulates things in her paws like they were human hands, talks, and wears clothes and accessories (albeit rarely), but is treated like a normal cat for the most part in the episodes she stars in.
** Even though Minerva Mink is a full-on [[Petting Zoo Person]] complete with a human frame, in the two episodes she actually starred in, she lives in a log in a forest and Newt tried to hunt her in one of those two episodes.
*** Minerva's foe, Newt the dog plays this trope much straighter. He is portrayed as having an owner in "Meet Minerva" and "Puttin On The Blitz," but unlike most of the other dogs in the show, he often walks on two legs and manipulates things in his paws like they were human hands.
* ''[[
* Some of [[Tex Avery]]'s MGM characters (Droopy, [[Screwy Squirrel]], etc.).
* ''[[Little Bear]]''.
* ''[[Franklin]]'', both the books and TV series.
* ''[[Winnie the Pooh]]'', as far as you can say for stuffed animals. Except for the [[Nearly-Normal Animal|Nearly Normal Animals]], Buster, Small, and the squirrels from ''My Friends Tigger and Pooh'', some of the characters are [[Talking Animal
* The eponymous character of ''[[Courage the Cowardly Dog]]''. Most of the other animal characters either [[Funny Animal
* Brian Griffin from ''[[
* The insects and arachnids in ''[[
* Many of the animals in ''[[Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers (
* ''[[
* ''[[Curious George]]'', unlike the other animals.
* [[Chip and Dale]] in the [[Classic Disney Shorts]] are [[Partially-Civilized Animal|Partially Civilized Animals]], but otherwise, they fit squarely in this trope.
* Gromit, of ''[[Wallace and Gromit]]'' definitely qualifies.
* A few of the "non-anthro" animals in the ''[[Arthur (
* The dinosaurs from ''[[Dinosaur Train]]'', especially the Troodons, who are responsible for operating the titular train.
* The eponymous equines of ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
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{{Sliding Scale of Anthropomorphism}}
[[Category:Fantastic Sapient Species Tropes]]
[[Category:Cartoon Characters]]
[[Category:Animal Anthropomorphism Tropes]]
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