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{{quote|''Covered with towels? Ack! [[Trope Namer|My instincts are showing.]] I just buried a Tupperware bowl.''|'''[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff700/fv00612.htm Florence Ambrose]''', ''[[Freefall (Webcomic)|Freefall]]''}} |
{{quote|''Covered with towels? Ack! [[Trope Namer|My instincts are showing.]] I just buried a Tupperware bowl.''|'''[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff700/fv00612.htm Florence Ambrose]''', ''[[Freefall (Webcomic)|Freefall]]''}} |
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A non-human character tries to live amongst humans. Or maybe a human character is made [[Half |
A non-human character tries to live amongst humans. Or maybe a human character is made [[Half-Human Hybrid|half-non-human]]. He does a good job of hiding his non-humanness, but occasionally his species's normal (and non-human) behavior comes out. |
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[[Transformation Causes|Whatever the reason for a transformation]] may be, this is almost guaranteed to happen during or after [[Shapeshifting]]. This may include food preferences unusual for their current form or other [[Animal Stereotypes|stereotypical behavior]]. |
[[Transformation Causes|Whatever the reason for a transformation]] may be, this is almost guaranteed to happen during or after [[Shapeshifting]]. This may include food preferences unusual for their current form or other [[Animal Stereotypes|stereotypical behavior]]. |
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In cases of shapeshifting, it's similar to [[The Mind Is a Plaything of The Body]]. For non-shapeshifting cases, it's similar to [[Fee Fi Faux Pas]]. Compare also with [[Furry Reminder]]. |
In cases of shapeshifting, it's similar to [[The Mind Is a Plaything of The Body]]. For non-shapeshifting cases, it's similar to [[Fee Fi Faux Pas]]. Compare also with [[Furry Reminder]]. |
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== Anime & Manga == |
== Anime & Manga == |
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* One of Aesop's fables involves this. Two of the gods have a bet as to how much people can change themselves. One of them turns a cat into a human woman, and sets her up to marry. The other god demonstrates that some things never change by causing a mouse to run through the wedding ceremony, causing the cat-bride to embarrass herself when she tries to chase and eat it. |
* One of Aesop's fables involves this. Two of the gods have a bet as to how much people can change themselves. One of them turns a cat into a human woman, and sets her up to marry. The other god demonstrates that some things never change by causing a mouse to run through the wedding ceremony, causing the cat-bride to embarrass herself when she tries to chase and eat it. |
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** [[Ambrose Bierce]] does his usual piss-take on it by having the cat-turned woman not try to chase it, but rather to [[Eek |
** [[Ambrose Bierce]] does his usual piss-take on it by having the cat-turned woman not try to chase it, but rather to [[Eek! A Mouse!|scream and carry on so much]] that the human she was falling in love with gets fed up. |
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== Literature == |
== Literature == |