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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]]''}}
A non-human character tries to live amongst humans. Or maybe a human character is made [[Half
[[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]].
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== 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.
** [[Ambrose Bierce]] does his usual piss-take on it by having the cat-turned woman not try to chase it, but rather to [[Eek!
== Literature ==
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