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* How come there are so many pantsless male [[Funny Animal|Funny Animals]] ([[Donald Duck]], [[Animaniacs (Animation)|Wakko Warner]], [[Winnie the Pooh]], and [[Looney Tunes|Porky Pig]] being examples)?

* How come there are a lot of shirtless female [[Funny Animal|Funny Animals]] ([[Epic Mickey|Ortensia]], [[Animaniacs (Animation)|Dot Warner]], [[Yogi Bear (Animation)|Cindy Bear]], and sometimes [[Classic Disney Shorts|Minnie Mouse]] being examples)?

** In twentieth century western culture, a skirt was a [[Tertiary Sexual Characteristics|tertiary sexual characteristic]], used as an easily silhouettable shorthand way to say that a character will fill some approximation of a feminine gender role. They can go shirtless because they lack a certain [[Non -Mammal Mammaries|secondary]] sexual characteristic. Adding a shirt would push the character too close to the [[Petting Zoo People]] tier.

** Again, a skirt as a tertiary sexual characteristic. Otherwise, you may need to add a [[Every Girl Is Cuter With Hair Decs|hair]] [[Accessory -Wearing Cartoon Animal|dec]]. Notice Daisy's big @$$ bow.

* Why are there not as many [[Petting Zoo People]] who are half dressed, whether shirtless (like [[Animaniacs (Animation)|were-form Wilford B. Wolf]]) or pantless (like [[Sonic X|Sally Acorn]]), as there are half dressed [[Civilized Animal|civilized]] and [[Funny Animal|funny animals]]?

** For one thing, [[Petting Zoo People]] are generally taller (in heads) and look more anthropomorphic than [[Funny Animal|Funny Animals]], meaning they have room for more clothing. For another, PZPs ''dress'' [[Fully -Dressed Cartoon Animal|like humans]] as a shorthand way to say that PZPs ''think and act'' like humans.

* Why aren't there as many shoe-wearing pantless or bare-bottomed half-dressed animals (e.x., Daisy Duck and [[Tiny Toon Adventures (Animation)/Characters|Fowlmouth]]) as there are shoe-wearing shirtless half-dressed animals (e.x., [[Mickey Mouse]] and Minnie Mouse)?

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