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He may be the [[Funny Animal]], the [[Intellectual Animal]], or maybe even the [[Speech-Impaired Animal]], but if there's one thing that he's incredibly good at, it's solving any kind of mystery that comes his way. He can be either a [[Hardboiled Detective]], an [[Inspector Oblivious]], or a [[Defective Detective]]. Whether he does it on his own, or with a friend, or with a group of humans, expect him to help solve the case with ease.
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* Inevitable anime example: ''[[Sherlock Hound (Anime)|Sherlock Hound]]''.
 
== [[Comic Books]] ==
* Detective Chimp from [[DC Comics]].
* In the few stories he narrated himself, [[Batman (Franchise)|Batman]]'s dog Ace the Bat-Hound was shown to be an expert detective.
 
== [[Film]] ==
* ''[[The Great Mouse Detective (Disney)|The Great Mouse Detective]]''
* ''[[That Darn Cat (Film)|That Darn Cat]]''
* In ''[[Oh Heavenly Dog]]'', Chevy Chase plays a priveate eye who is sent back to Earth as a dog on order to [[Who Dunnit to Me?|solve his own murder]].
 
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* Akif Pirincci's ''[[Felidae]]'' series features, as you might guess from the title, a cat detective who solves cat crimes. Not as silly as it sounds.
* ''Three Bags Full'' by Leonie Swann is a murder mystery that gets solved by a flock of sheep.
* The titular hero of the ''[[Basil of Baker Street (Literature)|Basil of Baker Street]]'' series is a [[Mouse World]] version of [[Sherlock Holmes]]. These books were the source material for ''[[The Great Mouse Detective (Disney)|The Great Mouse Detective]]''.
* The ''[[Midnight Louie]]'' series of novels, Midnight Louie being a cat.
 
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== [[Video Games]] ==
* Team Chaotix from ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog (Franchise)|Sonic the Hedgehog]]''.
* [[Everything's Better Withwith Penguins|Pennington]] from ''[[Paper Mario the Thousand Year Door]]''. {{spoiler|Though at the end of the chapter, he reveals he's not a real detective, he just likes to pretend}}.
 
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* [[Scooby -Doo (Animationanimation)|Scooby Doo]], most of the time.
* Brain from ''[[Inspector Gadget (Animation)|Inspector Gadget]]''.
* [[Darkwing Duck (Animationanimation)|Darkwing Duck]], like his inspiration [[Batman (Franchise)|Batman]], is a [[Badass Normal]] [[Animal Superhero]] who also does detective work from time to time.
* Mumbly, though he is said to be an [[Expy]] of [[Wacky Races (Animation)|Muttley]].
* ''[[Clue Club (Animation)|Clue Club]]'' featured two dog characters, Woofer and Whimper. However, Woofer is a bit of a [[Know-Nothing Know-It-All]] and Whimper is his [[Hypercompetent Sidekick]].
* ''[[Jabberjaw (Animation)|Jabberjaw]]'' featured the eponymous shark who helped his human friends, Biff, Shelly, Bubbles and Clamhead, solve mysteries in a futuristic underwater world.
* Subverted with ''[[Hong Kong Phooey]]'', who may be "number one super guy", but the mysteries that he encounters are actually solved by his cat, [[Hypercompetent Sidekick|Spot]].
* ''[[The Sylvester and Tweety Mysteries (Animation)|The Sylvester and Tweety Mysteries]]'', though it's mostly accidental. The bickering among Sylvester, Tweety and often Hector causes clues to appear in front of Granny, who then solves the mysteries herself.
* Snooper and Blabber are a cat-and-mouse detective team from ''The [[Quick- Draw McGraw]] Show''.
* The Hunter from ''[[King Leonardo and His Short Subjects]]''.
* Perry the Platypus from ''[[Phineas and Ferb (Animation)|Phineas and Ferb]]''.
* ''[[Danger Mouse (Animation)|Danger Mouse]]''. He's a secret agent but he still does yeoman's detective work.
 
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