Half-Dressed Cartoon Animal: Difference between revisions

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* Smokey Bear and Woodsy Owl of the ''United States Forest Service'' were both shirtless forest mascots. Smokey has his signature [[Nice Hat|ranger's hat]] and blue jeans, while Woodsy initially started out with his matching green hat and pants. Woodsy later [[Fully -Dressed Cartoon Animal|added a white shirt and loafers]] to his ensemble.

** Daisy Duck was another exception to the shoeless duck rule. (And the cast of the animated ''[[Mighty Ducks]]'' series were [[Fully -Dressed Cartoon Animal|always fully dressed]], but they inhabited a more realistic universe. Well, as realistic as a universe with giant anthropomorphic hockey-playing ducks and villainous alien dinosaurs voiced by Tim Curry can be.)

* Bernard the mouse from ''[[The Rescuers (Disney)|The Rescuers]]''. Miss Bianca is either an example of this trope or an [[Accessory -Wearing Cartoon Animal]].

** Donald's friend José Carioca was a [[Half -Dressed Cartoon Animal]], with a hat, suit, gloves and no pants, but his comic book series loses the gloves and gives him a pair of blue pants that are slightly torn at the bottom in a way that makes it look like they just painted his lower body blue. This appears to have been done not because they find the idea of a pantsless character offensive, but [[Wearing a Flag On Your Head|so that his design implements all the colours of the Brazilian flag, not just the Green and Yellow]].

** The Chipettes are a different story altogether. In the 1980s cartoon they were [[Fully -Dressed Cartoon Animal|always fully dressed]]. Early promotional material for ''[[AlvinandtheAlvin and the Chipmunks (Film)|Alvinandthe Chipmunks]]: The Squeakquel'' seemed to suggest they were going to wear skirts over their naked lower halves. In the final film the girls wear shirts, and skirts that obviously don't reach that far down, and it seems like the Chipettes make only a half-assed attempt at being fully clothed as it leaves their butts visibly unclothed. So, first they are fully clothed, then implied to be half-naked, then go obviously half-naked...

* Where to begin on ''[[Animaniacs (Animation)|Animaniacs]]''? Yakko wears pants but no shirt. Wakko wears a shirt, but no pants. Dot wears a skirt and bloomers but no shirt. Walter Wolf wears overalls, a hat, and yellow gloves. Rita, Skippy, Slappy ([[Accessory -Wearing Cartoon Animal|she only wears a hat]]), Pinky and the Brain prance around in the nude with pride, but if Minerva Mink ever did the censors would be up in arms!

* The ''[[FostersFoster's Home for Imaginary Friends (Animation)|Fosters Home for Imaginary Friends]]'' episode "Adoptaclypse Now" had a brief scene where it's pointed out that most imaginary friends are nude... and then Mr. Herriman freaks out over not wearing pants. He proceed to hop around in too-big pants for a good duration of the episode.

* Heavily played with in ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'', where clothing of ''any'' sort is a formal item for ponies, and as such runs the gamut from minimal to deeply covering. In Canterlot in particular, it seems that almost everyone wears some clothing, which makes sense since it seems to be populated by upper-crust folk.

** Most of the other (anthropomorphic) animals are either fully clothed or [[Accessory -Wearing Cartoon Animal|Accessory Wearing Cartoon Animals]]. Rango gets a new outfit that includes pants before too long and remains fully clothed for the rest of the movie.

* There are other [[Hanna -Barbera]] characters beside Cindy Bear who are half-dressed, including:

** Maw and Shag Rugg from the Hillbilly Bears are half-dressed, but Floral Rugg borders on [[Fully -Dressed Cartoon Animal|fully dressed]], although she's a [[Barefoot Cartoon Animal]]. Paw Rugg also [[Barefoot Cartoon Animal|goes barefoot]].