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== Peculiarities of Certain Kinds of Animal Anthropomorphism ==
 
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* Noses shaped either like human noses or like the generic jellybean shape that looks vaguely like a dog's nose. [[Real Life]] insects and arachnids don't even ''have'' noses to begin with.
* [[Cartoony Eyes|Vertebrate eye structure with sclerae, pupils, the ability to blink, and even irides]].
* Often has [[Four -Legged Insect|four legs]] instead of the correct six if an insect.
* Often has six legs instead of the correct eight if an arachnid.
* Sometimes have [[Non -Mammal Mammaries]]
* Having back legs or back and middle legs located on the abdomen instead of having all legs being located the thorax like they are in [[Real Life]] insects.
* Have legs on the abdomen and a head instead of having all legs and head located on the cephalothorax and an abdomen like they are [[Real Life]] arachnids.
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* Sometimes has a vaguely humanoid torso
 
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== Advertising ==
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== Anime and Manga ==
* The animated adaption of ''[[Maya the Bee (Literature)|Maya the Bee]]''.
 
 
== Film ==
* The bees from ''[[Bee Movie]]''
* Jiminy Cricket from ''[[Pinocchio (Disney film)|Pinocchio]]'' is an extreme example; he looks a little man with a nose and head like a rabbit.
* The bugs in ''[[A BugsBug's Life (Animation)|A Bugs Life]]'' are much more human-like than real insects, having hands (either mitts with thumbs like Heimleich or [[Four -Fingered Hands]]), [[Four -Legged Insect|four legs]] and [[Cartoony Eyes]] with irises. The grasshoppers have six legs and the houseflies have eyes like real houseflies, however.
* Similarly, the ants in ''[[Film/Antz|Antz]]''.
* In ''[[James and Thethe Giant Peach]]'', the giant insects inside the peach have noticably humanlike faces.
* The insects in the ''[[Disney Fairies]]'' books and movies have [[Cartoony Eyes]].
* The fireflies, including Ray, and butterflies in ''[[The Princess and Thethe Frog]]''
* Averted with the cockroach from ''[[Wall WALL-E]]'', [[All Animals Are Dogs|despite his propensity to behave like a dog]].
 
 
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* Charmy Bee from [[Sonic the Hedgehog]] is a two-foot tall bee with only four limbs and a muzzle with a jellybean nose.
* [[Pokémon]]'s bugs vary but usually just have somewhat more mammalian eyes than their real-life counterparts, often only four legs and optional bipedalism. Scyther, however, though nominally a praying mantis, obviously borrows several vital features from vertebrates: its head resembles a reptile, complete with the accompanying mouth, fangs and eyes, and while its forelegs end in curved blades based on those of a praying mantis, its hind legs are clawed. Additionally, though Flygon is arguably only partly based on an antlion, it has a cute mammal-like body, paws and a tail.
* In ''[[Bug! (Video Game)|Bug!]]'' and ''Bug Too'', there are several insects with mammalian-looking characteristics. Two notable examples are Bug's girlfriend from the first game and several enemies from the sequel.
 
 
== Tabletop Games ==
* [[Magic: theThe Gathering]] tends to be inconsistent in this, [[Depending Onon the Artist]] : artists with a clear wildlife illustration background will do [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=83102 well referenced work]; others will [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=129678 just wing it].
 
 
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== [[Western Animation]] ==
* The French short series ''[http://en.[wikipedia.org/wiki/Minuscule_:Minuscule (TV_series)TV series)|Miniscule]]'' features otherwise quite realistically drawn insect characters, but [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-w_cM9nmrQ the small spider's two eyes have pupils.] It also shivers when cold.
* [[Chuck Jones]]' ''The Cricket in Times Square'' averts the body design issues with [http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/images/reviews/81/1195336096_3.jpg Chester Cricket], though he has a cartoonishly-stylized face.
* Ken the weevil and Grubby from ''[[Dirt Girl WorldDirtgirlworld]]'' have faces that look awfully like human faces.
** Mostly averted with the other insects in the show, though.
* The monarch butterfly who's considered a [[Nearly -Normal Animal|perfectly normal]] butterfly in the ''[[Handy Manny]]'' world has correct number of legs (that is, six), but it has [[Cartoony Eyes|Cartoony Vertebrate-Style Eyes]].
* The insects in ''[[The Buzz On Maggie (Animation)|The Buzz Onon Maggie]]''
* The [[Classic Disney Shorts]] are teeming with them.
** Bucky Bug, from the [[Silly Symphony]] "Bugs In Love" and a series of comics set on his hometown of [[Mouse World|Bugville]].
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** The title character from the [[Silly Symphony]] "The Moth and the Flame", which was a [[Humanoid Female Animal]], as well as the more cartoony male moths.
** The [[Pluto the Pup]] cartoon "Pluto in Springtime" had a butterfly that looked more like a '40s [[Pin Up]] with wings.
* Zipper from ''[[ChipandChip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers (animation)|Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers]]'', as well as any other insect characters the Rangers came across.
* The entire population of ''Santo Bugito''.
* The moth and butterfly from the Animaniacs episode, "Wings Take Heart" are this. The moth has four legs, a light facial "mask" marking, and a red, doglike nose and the butterfly looks basically like a human with antennae and wings.
* The female Mantis in ''[[Kung Fu Panda Legends of Awesomeness (Animation)|Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness]]'' has a mammalian bustline, lipstick and blush.
 
 
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[[Real Life]] snakes do not blink, but cartoon snakes are nearly always shown blinking regardless of their level of anthropomorphism.
 
Since snakes don't have leg, arms, feet, or hands and [[Civilized Animal]], [[Funny Animal]], and [[Petting Zoo People]] are almost always bipedal, it is hard to anthropomorphize them beyond a [[Partially -Civilized Animal]], let alone to the [[Petting Zoo People]] tier without actually adding said body parts. So, if you want to make a snake shrug, it would have to use its elongate body to do so. Also, if it's going to be able to grasp objects or gesture, it's tail would have to made prehensile.
 
[[Partially -Civilized Animal]], [[Civilized Animal]], and [[Funny Animal]] snakes are frequently depicted as slithering on their bottom half, while their head and some of their upper body is constantly elevated. It's the closest to walking on two legs you can really pull off with a snake, so almost any anthropomorphized snake will move this way, while real snakes usually keep their head low to the ground while moving and put it up only briefly to analyze the surroundings or make a threat gesture.
 
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