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[[File:snoopy_typewriter.gif|link=Peanuts (Comic Strip)|frame|It's not that impressive. He has to hunt-and-peck.]] |
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* The Beaver from [[Seth Green]]'s ''Freshmen''. Essentially a take on the X-men's Beast. Except as a tiny fuzzy animal who has an obsession with building dams. |
* The Beaver from [[Seth Green]]'s ''Freshmen''. Essentially a take on the X-men's Beast. Except as a tiny fuzzy animal who has an obsession with building dams. |
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* [[DC Comics|Detective Chimp]]. Gorilla Grodd, ''especially'' in ''[[Justice League]].'' In the [[Silver Age]], [[Supergirl]]'s horse Comet was actually a [[Greek Mythology|centaur]] who had fallen victim to a [[Baleful Polymorph]]. And [[Silver Age]] [[Heroic Dog|Krypto]] had full human intelligence for no real reason except that it was more fun that way (and hey, he's an ''alien'' dog, so why not?). |
* [[DC Comics|Detective Chimp]]. Gorilla Grodd, ''especially'' in ''[[Justice League]].'' In the [[Silver Age]], [[Supergirl]]'s horse Comet was actually a [[Greek Mythology|centaur]] who had fallen victim to a [[Baleful Polymorph]]. And [[Silver Age]] [[Heroic Dog|Krypto]] had full human intelligence for no real reason except that it was more fun that way (and hey, he's an ''alien'' dog, so why not?). |
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** Also [[Memetic Badass|Rex the Wonder Dog]], who once [[Remember When You Blew Up a Sun|nuked a T. rex]], was a fully qualified intellectual ''long'' before the Fountain of Youth gave him the ability to talk. Hell, by that point he had already had a successful career as a newspaper photographer. |
** Also [[Memetic Badass|Rex the Wonder Dog]], who once [[Remember When You Blew Up a Sun?|nuked a T. rex]], was a fully qualified intellectual ''long'' before the Fountain of Youth gave him the ability to talk. Hell, by that point he had already had a successful career as a newspaper photographer. |
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* Barnabas, Destruction (later Delirium)'s dog in ''[[The Sandman]]''. |
* Barnabas, Destruction (later Delirium)'s dog in ''[[The Sandman]]''. |
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** Quoth the Raven, one of {{smallcaps| [[Grim Reaper|Death's]]}} companions. |
** Quoth the Raven, one of {{smallcaps| [[Grim Reaper|Death's]]}} companions. |
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** And the [[Discworld (Literature)/The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents|Amazing Maurice and his rodent friends]]. |
** And the [[Discworld (Literature)/The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents|Amazing Maurice and his rodent friends]]. |
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*** Who follow in the tradition of ''[[Mrs. Frisby and The Rats of NIMH (Literature)|Mrs. Frisby and The Rats of NIMH]]'', complete with a [[Shout |
*** Who follow in the tradition of ''[[Mrs. Frisby and The Rats of NIMH (Literature)|Mrs. Frisby and The Rats of NIMH]]'', complete with a [[Shout-Out]] to the latter rodents' aspiration to found their own civilization in Thorn Valley. |
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** Averted in ''[[Discworld (Literature)/Sourcery|Sourcery]]'', where what Rincewind took to be a highly cultured talking snake turned out to be an extremely thin man sitting behind the snake. |
** Averted in ''[[Discworld (Literature)/Sourcery|Sourcery]]'', where what Rincewind took to be a highly cultured talking snake turned out to be an extremely thin man sitting behind the snake. |
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* ''[[Firekeeper]]'' has these in truckloads, considering that basically every wild animal comes in a smart variety. |
* ''[[Firekeeper]]'' has these in truckloads, considering that basically every wild animal comes in a smart variety. |
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[[Category:Animal Anthropomorphism Tropes]] |
[[Category:Animal Anthropomorphism Tropes]] |
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[[Category:Intellectual Animal]] |
[[Category:Intellectual Animal]] |
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