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== Literature ==

* The ''[[Doctor Dolittle]]'' series of children's books, whose Doctor Dolittle had these powers. They were published in the ~~1920's~~. It was made into a film twice; a fairly faithful musical adaptation in 1967, and an almost related [[In Name Only]] comedy starring Eddie Murphy in 1998.

* The ''[[Doctor Dolittle]]'' series of children's books, whose Doctor Dolittle had these powers. They were published in the 1920s. It was made into a film twice; a fairly faithful musical adaptation in 1967, and an almost related [[In Name Only]] comedy starring Eddie Murphy in 1998.

** One of the major changes in the two is that in the original story Doctor Dolittle ''learned'' how to speak with the animals from his talking parrot. In the Eddie Murphy movie (and sequel), it's an almost magical ability that he (and later [[In the Blood|his daughter]]) possessed. It's an actual plot point in the original stories that animals have ''different'' languages, and just because you can speak to dogs doesn't mean you can speak to, say, crayfish. Doolittle puts lot of effort into learning more languages. It is also established that any human who makes the effort ''could'' learn animal tongues.

** The 1967 musical version even brings up the meat problem. Dr. Dolittle explains that he is now a vegetarian because he doesn't like to make a habit of eating his friends, then launches into a song about how hard it is not to. If memory serves, he does cook some bacon for the carnivores to eat (which makes the pig quite upset).

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* Shiro Akebono (Battle Kenya) in the ''[[Super Sentai]]'' series, ''[[Battle Fever J]]'' is a wild child that can talk to animals.

** Later on, [[Name's the Same|another Shiro]] ([[Choudenshi Bioman|Red One]]) is also able to talk to animals as part of his power.

** Kakeru Shishi/Gao Red from ''[[Hyakujuu Sentai Gaoranger]]'' can talk to animals as well as being an actual ~~vetenarian~~. He tried to have a similar talk to Orgs... which failed and shocked him.

** Kakeru Shishi/Gao Red from ''[[Hyakujuu Sentai Gaoranger]]'' can talk to animals as well as being an actual veterinarian. He tried to have a similar talk to Orgs... which failed and shocked him.

*** His ''[[Power Rangers Wild Force]]'' counterpart Cole can also do this (Which is slightly more justified by the fact he was raised in the jungle.)

* George Sunday in ''[[My Hero (TV)]]'' uses a device called the Interspecies ~~Interpereter~~ in Series 3 #3 which allows him to talk to animals (except dung beetles, as George says "why would you want to, they live in dung"), specifically his in-laws' dog. Janet [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshades]] this.

* George Sunday in ''[[My Hero (TV)]]'' uses a device called the Interspecies Interpreter in Series 3 #3 which allows him to talk to animals (except dung beetles, as George says "why would you want to, they live in dung"), specifically his in-laws' dog. Janet [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshades]] this.

{{quote|'''Janet''': "Oh god, I'm living with Doctor Dolittle!"}}

** It returns in Series 6 #3 where George in his new persona, George Monday, uses it on the in-laws' cat to find out why Janet gives it so much attention.

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** Also doubles as an [[Actor Allusion]] in Hurricane Fluttershy, when When Twilight Sparkle, voiced by Tara Strong (the voice actor for Bubbles), is chattered at by a Squirrel, to which her response is "Do I LOOK like I speak squirrel?"

* Because of the fact that he was raised by animals, Mowgli from ''[[The Jungle Book (Disney film)|The Jungle Book]]'' actually gained the ability to talk to animals (such as Baloo the bear and Bagheera the panther) and understand what they are saying.

* Apparently Beast Boy from [[Teen Titans (animation)|Teen Titans]] possesses this ability as he was able to communicate with a group of raptor-like dinosaurs while ~~mimicing~~ their form when they found themselves stuck in a [[Lost World]] stuck in time. Subverted as the translation revealed they still intended to eat team of heroes, culminating in a short skirmish.

* Apparently Beast Boy from [[Teen Titans (animation)|Teen Titans]] possesses this ability as he was able to communicate with a group of raptor-like dinosaurs while mimicking their form when they found themselves stuck in a [[Lost World]] stuck in time. Subverted as the translation revealed they still intended to eat team of heroes, culminating in a short skirmish.