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'''Dogfaces''', or dognoses, are [[Petting Zoo People]] dogs that populate the [[Disney Ducks Comic Universe]], [[Mickey Mouse Comic Universe]], ''[[DuckTales (1987)|DuckTales]], [[Goof Troop]], [[A Goofy Movie]]'', and ''An Extremely Goofy Movie'' and some of the [[Classic Disney Shorts]]. One even shows up in the [[Quack Pack]] episode, "All Hands On Duck." [[Goofy]] and his son, Max are supposed to be '''Dogfaces''' too. Similar character designs have been used by other cartoon studios as well, though Disney is largely the [[Trope Codifier]].
▲'''Physical Characteristics Common to '''Dogfaces'''/Dognoses:'''
* They often have [[Fur Is Skin|human-skintone colored fur or skin]].
** [[Goofy]] and Max have black fur all over their bodies. Goofy has a flesh colored muzzle and Max has a flesh colored face.
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Even though they are most prominent in the [[Disney]] universe, '''Dogfaces'''/dognoses are not exclusive to [[Disney]].
* [[Big Foot]]: There is a dogface version of him in ''[[A Goofy Movie]]''. ▼
▲== Tropes that apply to [[Disney]] Dogfaces ==
▲* [[Big Foot]]: There is a dogface version of him in [[A Goofy Movie]].
* [[Carl Barks]]
* [[Cartoon Creature]]
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* [[Don Rosa]]
* [[Executive Meddling]]: [[Carl Barks]] loved drawing humans, and wanted to include them in his [[Donald Duck]] stories, but the higher ups demanded Dogfaces to be used all the time. He snuck some humans here and there, before completely sending his bosses' wishes to screw themselves with his classic story ''Dangerous Disguise'', in which Donald and his nephews are the sole ducks in a world otherwise exclusively populated by humans. He got the warning of his life for that one, and was forbidden from using humans ever again. His chief editor declared that it simply looked bad, and that it "took the ducks out of their own world".
** Subverted in the [[Donald Duck]] ''cartoons''. If you pay attention, dogfaces populate Donald's world only early on; unlike many of the [[Mickey Mouse]] toons before, Don's universe was much more likely to shelter actual humans; in fact, ''[[Quack Pack]]'' settled on using them instead of dogfaces because there was already a rich history of duck-human interactions on these [[Classic Disney Shorts]].
* [[Fully-Dressed Cartoon Animal]]
* [[Fur Is Skin]]: Many of them have this.
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* [[Older Than You Think]]
* [[Species Surname]]: Completely averted, but for some reason played straight with [[Quirky Miniboss Squad|the Beagle Boys]] and Penny Pooch from ''Minnie 'N Me'' line of merchandise.
* [[Theodore Roosevelt]]: <s>
* [[Captain Ersatz]]: The bank robbers in [http://disneyweirdness.blogspot.com/2010/10/excellent-idea.html this John Stanley ''Woody Woodpecker'' strip] look awfully like the [[Disney Ducks Comic Universe|Beagle Boys]].▼
== Disney Examples ==▼
* [[Treasure Planet]]: The character, Dr. Doppler is actually one of these, though he atypically evidences some canine behavior traits.▼
* [[Pete]] and P.J. are portrayed as Dogfaces in ''[[Goof Troop]]'', ''[[A Goofy Movie]]'', and ''An Extremely Goofy Movie'', but they are really cats, even in those appearances.▼
** [[Pete]] and his (unnamed) son in the [[Cameo]] in "Father's Week End" are actual Dogfaces, however.▼
* Most secondary, tertiary and background characters in the [[Mickey Mouse Comic Universe]].▼
* Surprisingly averted with Penelope Poodle from ''[[Minnies Bow Toons]]''; she is an anthropomorphic poodle instead of a dogface. ▼
▲== Tropes that apply to Non-Disney Dogfaces ==
▲* [[Captain Ersatz]]: The bank robbers in [http://disneyweirdness.blogspot.com/2010/10/excellent-idea.html this John Stanley Woody Woodpecker strip] look awfully like the [[Disney Ducks Comic Universe|Beagle Boys]].
* [[Fully-Dressed Cartoon Animal]]
* [[Fur Is Skin]]: Like the Disney ones, most of them have this.
* [[Older Than You Think]]
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▲== Disney Examples ==
▲* ''[[Treasure Planet]]'': The character, Dr. Doppler is actually one of these, though he atypically evidences some canine behavior traits.
▲* [[Pete]] and P.J. are portrayed as Dogfaces in ''[[Goof Troop]]'', ''[[A Goofy Movie]]'', and ''An Extremely Goofy Movie'', but they are really cats, even in those appearances.
▲** [[Pete]] and his (unnamed) son in the [[Cameo]] in
▲* Most secondary, tertiary and background characters in the ''[[Mickey Mouse Comic Universe]]''.
▲* Surprisingly averted with Penelope Poodle from ''[[Minnies Bow Toons]]''; she is an anthropomorphic poodle instead of a dogface.
== Non-Disney Examples ==
* J. P. Cubish from one [[Looney Tunes]] cartoon and ''Daffy Duck's Quackbusters''
* [[Betty Boop]] started out as one of these before [[Art Evolution|her dog nose was removed and her floppy ears replaced with hoop earrings.]]
* The very first episode of the Fleischer ''[[Popeye (comic strip)|Popeye]]'' cartoon featured dogfaces as background characters, though this is an example of [[Early Installment Weirdness]], most other ''Popeye'' shorts feature strictly humans.
* '''Mazing Man'': Maze's best friend/HeterosexualLifePartner Denton Fixx is fully human, but has a dog face (though it makes him look like a dogface). (The [[Floating Head Syndrome|Floating Head]] in the upper left [http://d1466nnw0ex81e.cloudfront.net/iss/600w/482/104821/645444.jpg here.)]{{Dead link}}
* There are a few [[Tex Avery MGM Cartoons]], especially in the 1950s, that feature dogfaces.
** They showed up a lot in Warner Bros. oneshots from the 30's as well, many of which, such as "Thugs With Dirty Mugs", were directed by [[Tex Avery]].
* Dogfaces even show up in [[Walter Lantz]]'s [http://stanleystories.blogspot.com/2010/02/killer-not-filler-john-stanleys-woody.html ''New Funnies'' comics] that [[Woody Woodpecker]] also shows up in.
* The original ''[[Underdog (animation)|Underdog]]'' (a.k.a. Shoeshine) and Sweet Polly Purebred look like dognoses, unlike the [[Disney]] [[Underdog (film)|version]] of both characters, who are a beagle and a cocker spaniel respectively.
* The dogs in the movie, ''[[Rock and Rule]]''.
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* The Whos from various [[Doctor Seuss]] works are similar.
* Several characters from ''[[Arthur (animation)|Arthur]]'', such as Binky Barnes.
* [[Bosko the Talk-Ink Kid]] was eventually redesigned into one of these to mask that he was originally a racist
* Of the various [[Funny Animal]] people in ''[[Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy]]'', the most common are dog-like people. They bear a strong resemblance to the Disney dogfaces, especially in their "snouts." Given their Egyptian origins, they're probably jackal-people.
* One of the planes from ''[[Jay Jay the Jet Plane]]'' has a face that looks like that of a dogface.
* Leo Ortolani's peculiar style makes all of his human characters look like not dogs, but monkeys. Ths is especially evident for the protagonist of ''[[Rat-Man]]'', who without his Rat-costume seems perpetually naked and in fact looks like a monkey rather than a human.
* Timburr and its evolutionary family from ''[[Pokémon]]'' resemble overly muscular dog-faces.
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