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See [[Mistaken Nationality]] when it is happening with humans for ethnicities or nationalities, or [[My Name Is Not Durwood]] when dealing with proper names.
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== Anime
* ''[[Inuyasha]]''
** In the episode "The Mysterious, Lecherous Monk" , Inu-Yasha and Miroku persist in referring to a weasel demon as a "raccoon dog" (tanuki) even when he tries to remind them that "I'm a ''weasel'', dang it!" This despite the fact that one of Miroku's oldest friends (and frequent accomplices) ''is'' a tanuki, so you'd think he'd know the difference.
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* Averted in ''Dorabase'' with Shiroemon, despite the recent [[Art Evolution]] making his ears longer (thus looking like a rabbit). But probably enforced since it ''is'' [[Art Evolution]].
** Similarly averted with Trump (Drump in some translations), despite having the ''longest'' ears in the series for cat robots. Then again, whether or not he was a cat is never pointed out in-series.
== Fan Works ==
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{{quote|'''Rainbow Dash:''' What the hay are you talking about!? I'm not an earth pony, I'm a pegasus!}}
== Film ==
* Inversion. Ratigan from ''[[The Great Mouse Detective]]'' is a rat, but to call him one is seriously pushing his [[Berserk Button]]. He prefers the title of "a big mouse". The Basil of Baker Street book series (on which this movie was based) has "Padraic" Ratigan as a mouse.
* ''[[Over the Hedge (animation)|Over the Hedge]]'' features a turtle who corrects anyone who call him an amphibian. It also features a pest exterminator with a freakishly strong sense of smell:
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* Lampwick from ''[[Pinocchio (Disney film)|Pinocchio]]'' refers to Jiminy Cricket as a beetle just right before he turns into a donkey.
{{quote|"You mean to tell me you take orders from a grasshopper?"}}
* ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'': Never call an Ent a "tree". Mocked by the [[Riff Trax]] of ''The Two Towers'' movie.
{{quote|"TreeBeard some call me."
"Well then, why did you get so upset when we called you by half your name?!" }}
** Though this is only the case in the movie; it never comes up in the book. Still, it probably makes
* From the [[Mystery Science Theater 3000]] take on ''[[Eegah]]'':
{{quote|'''Character from film:''' It's not a monster! It's a giant!
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{{quote|'''Krull:''' Monkeys are further down the evolutionary ladder... just above humans!}}
** This also pops up in ''Escape From The Planet Of The Apes''. Cornelius tells the commission not to call him and Zira monkeys because it's offensive to them.
== Literature ==
* In the ''[[Redwall]]'' books by Brian Jacques, the heroic and generally weapon-ready hares absolutely cannot stand being referred to as rabbits. (Rabbits in the ''Redwall'' world tend to be quiet and passive.)
* ''[[Discworld]]'':
** The Librarian from ''[[Discworld]]'' (who is an orang-utan) gets ''very upset'' when people call him a monkey. Typically, he expresses it by hanging them by their ankles and banging their head against the floor. To the point they fear to just say the ''word'' monkey, when trying to tell someone not to call him a monkey....
*** Well, not ''all'' the time. At one point in ''[[
*** Not to mention a few gags where a very, ''very'' overstressed character calls the Librarian a monkey, everyone else flinches, and he pats their hand and offers a soothing "ook" instead. ([[Pet the Dog|Aw.]])
*** Although, in one case, a drunken perpetrator is [[Crowning Moment of Funny|mysteriously pitched over the side of a bridge]] on his way home that evening.
*** [[Overly Long Gag|"You don't use the 'M' word. Gets right up his nose, sir. He can't help it, he loses all self-control. Like a red rag to a wossname, sir. 'Ape' is all right, sir, but not the 'M' word. Because, sir, when he gets angry he doesn't just go and sulk, sir, if you get my drift. He's no trouble at all apart from that, sir. All right?]] [[Ignore the Disability|Just don't say monkey.]] ''[[Oh Crap|Ohshit.]]''"
*** To the extent that the ''word'' orang-utan is said to be a BhangBhangDuc (the Disc's Borneo, one presumes) word meaning "definitely
** Still with ''[[Discworld]]'', the short and wiry Nobby Nobbs of the City Watch requires a document signed by the Patrician certifying that he's human to convince some people. Even ''Death'', masquerading as the [[Hogfather]], was unable to determine what species he was.
{{quote|'''Death:''' {{smallcaps|And what's your name, little... person?}}
'''Nobby:''' Nobby Nobbs, Hogfather.
'''Death:''' {{smallcaps|And have you been a good bo... a good dwa... a good gno... a good individual?}} }}
** The [[Violent Glaswegian|Nac Mac Feegles]] of ''[[Discworld]]'' also insist that they are not the generic "gnome", but "Pictsies". And [[Spell My Name with an "S"|the spelling is also important:]] They are not "pixies".
* In one scene in ''Wolf Speaker'', Daine is telepathically communicating with Tkaa, who then passes on her message to Numair, while riding in the mind of a marmot named Quickmunch. Later on in the conversation, Daine informs Numair that if he keeps on incorrectly identifying Quickmunch's species, the marmot will bite him.
* In the first ''[[Percy Jackson]]'' book, Percy meets the Greek-mythological dragon known as Echidna. He mentions the [[wikipedia:Echidna (disambiguation)|Australian mammal]] called the echidna, which was named after the mythological dragon. Echidna is [[Berserk Button|irked by this comparison]]; she always hated having a small anteater named after her.
* In one United Kingdom ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' book, an imaginary creature (long story) refers to Sonic and Tails to Sonic as "you and your ''ilk''". Tails replies indignantly, "I'm a ''fox'', not an ''ilk''." The fault is Tails', though, as "ilk" is an infrequently used term used similar to "kind" used to describe similar cohorts. The creature was merely referring to Sonic and Tails as both being real animals.
* In the ''[[Myth Adventures]]'' series, people from the dimension Perv are Prevects, not Perverts, and don't you forget it.
== Live-Action TV ==
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* Occurs with human John Crichton in ''[[Farscape]]''. Due to being pretty much physically identical ([[Bizarre Alien Biology|at least externally]]), he is often mistaken for a Sebacean, which is unfortunate since they're mostly bad guys.
* Data, one ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'', would occasionally correct people that he is an android, not a robot.
== Music ==
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* Flanders and Swann's ''The Gnu Song'' has two references to g-nus (that's the way they say it in the song) objecting to being confused with "similar" animals like bison, okapis and hartebeests. One even threatens to sue over it.
* To this day since its release, people think Three Dog Night's ''Joy To The World'' is called "Jeremiah Was A Bullfrog," simply because it's the song's first line.
== New Media ==
* Extremely common on [[EBay]], where anything with spots will half the time be labeled as "tiger pattern", and vice versa.
== Radio ==
* In the [http://www.zbs.org/ ZBS Foundation] series ''Ruby: Adventures of a Galactic Gumshoe'', rat-faced alien Rodant Kapoor has to constantly correct pronunciation of his name. ("Not rodent, ''Rodant!''")
== Puppet Shows ==
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** The King from the Muppets' rendition of "The Frog Prince" kept making the same mistake about Kermit's little nephew Robin.
* From ''[[Muppets Tonight]]'', Pepe is constantly telling people that he's a king prawn, not a shrimp.
* Also from [[The Muppets]], there is the [[Running Gag]] surrounding [http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Gonzo#What_is_Gonzo.3F Gonzo the Great] and his
{{quote|'''Kermit:''' [Gonzo looks] a little like a turkey. Yeah, a little like a turkey, but not much.}}
== Video Games ==
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'''Fisherman''': Holy trout! }}
* In ''[[Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World]]'', the main characters are accompanied by a Centurion (a spirit-creature) named Tenebrae, who has a vaguely lupine appearence. When the party runs into [[The Ditz|Collette]], a hero of the previous game, she promptly starts referring to Tenebrae as a "doggie", much to his annoyance. When he requests a name more appropriate of his power and dignity, he is instead titled "Mr. Doggie."
== Web Comics ==
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* In ''[[Freefall]]'', Florence Ambrose, a red wolf, get almost invariably mistaken for a dog on first contact.
* In ''[[Schlock Mercenary]]'', the title character is often mistaken for a pile of dung.
== Web Original ==
* In a video of "[[Chip Cheezum]]"s, where they're Retsupuraeing someones LP of "
== Western Animation ==
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