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* In ''[[Utawarerumono]]'', the people have expressive tails as well as expressive ears.
* Holo from ''[[Spice and Wolf]]'', whose ears twitch when she hears something interesting and sag when she is feeling sad.
* Very weirdly, there's an episode of ''[[Tasogare Otome x Amnesia]]'' in which one girl is put into a [[Catgirl]] [[Meido|Maid]] [[Cosplay|costume]], and at one point, her ears are shown to fold down in response to her feeling sad.
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* Eo from [[Argo]] has unusually expressive ears for an android.
* Seen on the titular character in Anna Dewdney's ''Llama Llama'' picture books
* Oddly, in the ''Drake Majstral'' books by [[Walter Jon Williams]], humans have developed these -- presumably through some kind of genetic modification while they were dominated by the alien Khosali, who wanted their subjects to share at least some of their body language. (As [[Master Race|imperialist conquerors]] go, the Khosali were surprisingly easy-going, even egalitarian.)
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* [[Garfield]] will sometimes lay his ears back when he's angry, when he's frightened, or when he's groggy in the morning and [[Must Have Caffeine|hasn't had his coffee yet]].
* Similarly, in ''[[Peanuts]]'', Snoopy's ears rise when he is startled or receives good news. In one strip from the 1950s, Schroeder was listening to music on the radio, and Snoopy made a square with his ears.
* Dogbert from ''[[Dilbert]]'' has ears that fly up sometimes. He's used the "cuteness" factor to manipulate people.
** And sometimes he is "[http://dilbert.com/strip/1998-04-20 being sarcastic with his ears]".
== Table Top Games ==
* ''The [[Traveller]] Adventure'': Vargr [bipedal wolf] characters were shown as having Expressive Ears, including flattening the ears against the skull when afraid.
* In ''[[Dungeons
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* Absolutely any [[Furry Comic]] has this. The author of ''[[Gene Catlow]]'' even admited that he liked to draw furries because [[Furries Are Easier to Draw|it's easier to draw their expressions]] when using things like tails and ears.
* The angels in ''[[Misfile]]'', particularly Rumisiel.
* Frequent for any long-eared characters appearing in ''[[Awkward Zombie]]''.
* ''[[Lackadaisy Cats]]'' is a webcomic where the creator received several awards based off the expressions of her anthropomorphic cats.
* In ''[[Drowtales]]'' the elven races have expressive ears, as seen in [https://web.archive.org/web/20190915134009/http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?id=638 the first and third panel].
* ''[[Corner Alley 13]]'' demonstrates this [http://corneralley.comicgenesis.com/d/20040519.html regarding elves].
* In the [[Mega Crossover]] [[Fanfic|fan]][[Web Comic|comic]] ''[[Roommates 2007|Roommates]]'': [[Cats|Misto]] (he IS an anthropomorphic cat) and [[Labyrinth|Jareth]] (It's not clear yet if this is a family trait or not in his case).
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* ''[[Eerie Cuties]]'' has this done by Kade Whiteclaw, on account of being a werecat. When he's enthusiastic (which happens often), the ears pop up, starting from [http://www.eeriecuties.com/strips-ec/i_am_no_mister his first appearance]. The local ocelot-girl Tabitha doesn't seem to emote with ears, except leaning them forward when she focuses attention - but then again, [[Genki Girl|she's ''constantly'' excited about ''something'']].
* ''[[Schlock Mercenary]]'' got Fobott'r, represented by Corporal Andy Thnempha. [http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2014-11-10 Whose ears definitely can droop].
== Web Original ==
* With the change in animation software between V3 and V4, Blake from ''[[RWBY]]'' -- who'd always had cat ears -- acquired new expressibility with them, which the production crew called "Ear Acting".
== Western Animation ==
* Stitch from ''[[Lilo and Stitch]]''.
** Disney uses that trope a lot, especially for rabbits (Bambi) and elephants (Dumbo, Tarzan).
** The Beast has these in ''[[Beauty and the Beast]]''.
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* Roo on ''[[Winnie the Pooh]]'' does it when he's sad. I'm not sure if Rabbit does it, but I've definitely seen it with Roo.
* Used with Rabbit and possibly Mouse as well on ''[[wikipedia:My Friend Rabbit|My Friend Rabbit]]''.
* ''[[Star Trek: The
* Fievel in ''[[An American Tail]]'', who's ears go down when he's sad and up when he's alert. There's also a couple of scenes in which he shifts them around to try to listen for his father's violin. They're forced down whenever he wears his iconic hat though.
* Horton in ''[[Horton Hears a Who!]]''.
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