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In many cartoon TV shows, films, and video games, the female animal characters may be drawn more obviously anthropomorphic than the male animals.
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== Comic Books ==
* In the ''[[
* In ''[[
* Subverted in ''[[
* In the ''Ze Carioca'' comics starring Jose Carioca from [[The Three Caballeros]], the female parrots look distinctly more humanoid than the male parrots, to the point that the former have [[Non-Mammal Mammaries]].
** ... And Rosinha Rocha practically [[Petting Zoo People|looks like a human, except with a beak!]]
* This is taken to extremes in the ''[[
* A comic book spinoff of ''[[Who Framed Roger Rabbit?]]'' introduces, Jessica's rival, Winnie Weasel. [http://www.google.co.uk/images?hl=en&source=imghp&biw=1362&bih=520&q=toon+patrol&gbv=2&aq=f&aqi=g4g-m1&aql=f&oq= The male weasels depicted in the movie are built roughly like real weasels standing on their back legs]. [http://www.imagebam.com/image/69cedd80783599 This is Winnie.]
* Another Disney example: look at Morgana Macawber (human-like) compared with Magica DeSpell in the more recent ''[[Darkwing Duck]]'' comics. (Also, for reference, Sarah Bellum and Beatrice Brute versus Ammonia Pine and Gosalyn.)
* In ''[[Finder]]'' female [[Catgirl|Nyima]] are humanoid bipeds, while the males look like lions. The reasons for this aren't fully explained, but it seems to involve some sort of hormonal manipulation that suggests the Nyima were uplifted.
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== Film ==
* Inverted in ''[[
* Sawyer from ''[[
** Not that much, though. The biggest difference seems to be that Danny's really, really skinny while Sawyer's got [[Hartman Hips]]. [http://images2.fanpop.com/images/photos/5700000/Cat-Do-Dance-and-Sing-cats-dont-dance-5708491-720-540.jpg\] [http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8GkAJMf7k50/TOt_b3dxuZI/AAAAAAAAAzw/4qu6Necv95s/s1600/catsdo3.jpg\] [http://images2.fanpop.com/images/photos/5700000/Face-off-cats-dont-dance-5708010-720-540.jpg\] [http://images2.fanpop.com/images/photos/6200000/what-my-list-cats-dont-dance-6285537-720-540.jpg\]
*** There's also the difference between where those hips are. Sawyer's got the leg to body ratio closer to human, Danny doesn't.
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* Same holds true for the mice in ''[[The Great Mouse Detective]]'', especially with Kitty Mouse.
** Olivia Flaversham may be an aversion, but then again she's young.
* In ''[[The Pebble and
* Inverted (!) in ''[[Rover Dangerfield]]'', where the character of Rover is humanized quite a bit (he can even stand on his hind legs while doing comedic bits), while the canine love interest looks like a real dog.
* Maid Marian from Disney's ''[[Robin Hood (Disney film)|Robin Hood]]''. What makes this even more obvious is the fact that ''all'' of her dance moves are based on those of ''[[[[Snow White (Disney film)|Snow White]]''!
* Goldie from ''[[Rock
* Beans looks considerably more human-like than [[Rango]]. Also, Angelique the vixen looks considerably more human-like than the other characters, whether male or female.
* Frog!Tiana from ''[[The Princess and
* Inverted in ''[[Open Season]]'', where Eliot the Mule Deer is almost always bipedal, while Giselle, his love interest, is a full-on quadrupedal [[Talking Animal]].
== Video Games ==
* Krystal from ''[[
* With the notable exception of The Contessaa (who is a spider-centaur-thing with no humanoid legs), the female characters in the ''[[Sly Cooper]]'' video games tend to have more human-like bodies than the male characters.
** With the exception of THE inspector, there's not much difference, especially in the Holland hotel in Sly 3.
* Rouge the Bat from ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' qualifies, even compared to the other females.
* When {{spoiler|Tess is turned into an ottsel}} at the end of ''[[Jak 3
* ''[[Ratchet and Clank]]'', sister series to the above, also plays with this trope. Sasha, [[Girl of the Week]] from game three, has a decidedly human face shape and hair. Both Ratchet and ''Sasha's own father'' have more feline facial features (and, in her father's case, a lion-like mane for hair).
** See also Angela from game two, who's actually a female Lombax (Ratchet's species).
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== Western Animation ==
* In ''[[
* In ''[[
* In ''[[
** Notably, however, Hector, Wordsworth and Mungo were about the same height, as were most dogs and other adversaries.
** An exception is Heathcliff's girlfriend Sonja, who has the same round body type that he does. Notably, Sonja is from the original comic unlike Cleo.
* Gadget Hackwrench, the female mouse from ''[[Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers (
* The female [[Dogfaces]] in ''[[
** This has been lampshaded by both [[Don Rosa]] and [[Carl Barks]], who draw "real" historical characters with this generic doglike feature because [[Walt Disney]] informed both artists that it would be less jarring to see them around [[Funny Animal|Funny Animals]].
*** [[Walt Disney]] wasn't even alive when [[Don Rosa]] began to draw Duck-comics. In any case, Barks made exceptions quite often, especially with many 'ethnic' characters. Rosa on the other hand made only one exception, in ''Quest for [[Kalevala]]'', where the Finnish god-heroes were drawn with human noses and five fingers.
* Rebecca Cunningham from ''[[
* Lola Bunny and Melissa Duck from the ''[[
** Tina Russo from the new ''[[
** [[Bugs Bunny]] inexplicably makes himself more humanoid when he [[Wholesome Crossdresser|cross-dresses]].
* The female cats in ''[[
** [[Depending
* Bernice, Grandma-Ma, and Agnes Delrooney from ''[[
* Kitty Katswell of ''[[
* Many of the female characters from ''[[Arthur (
* Magaret the cardinal from ''[[
** Margaret's friend Eileen is a humanoid mole, but apart from her tail and feet she looks completely human.
* Inverted hard with the two cats from [[The Simpsons]]; the Simpson family's pet cat, Snowball II (a female cat) and Scratchy (a male [[Funny Animal]] cat) from [[The Itchy and Scratchy Show]]. This is likely because Snowball II is a "real" cat and Scratchy is a "cartoon" cat.
** Scratchy (the [[Four Legs Good, Two Legs Better|bipedal]] cat) and Snowball II (the normal quadrupedal cat) show up together in ''The Simpsons [[Treehouse of Horror]] IX'' segment, "The Terror of Tiny Toon". The two cats are at [[Sliding Scale of Anthropomorphism|such differing levels of anthropomorphism]] that [[Furry Confusion]] ensues.
* In the second cartoon series, but not in [[Alvin and the Chipmunks
* ''[[
** Rita is a [[Civilized Animal]] cat who often walks on two legs, but her friend, Runt, is a four-legged [[Talking Animal]] dog.
** Newt the dog is a [[Civilized Animal]] and Wilford B. Wolf is a [[Funny Animal]], but Minerva Mink is a [[Petting Zoo Person]].
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* The two adult female leads in ''[[Birdz]]'' (Betty Storkowitz and Miss Finch) qualify. Both have [[Non-Mammal Mammaries]] and the latter has [[Hartman Hips]].
* Played straight in ''[[Western Animation]]/{{Kaeloo]]'', where the female animals shown in men's magazines are bordering on [[Little Bit Beastly]]. Even Kaeloo herself, who [[Viewer Gender Confusion|lacks]] most forms of [[Tertiary Sexual Characteristics]] has some serious junk in the trunk and has a light curve to her hips which is often accentuated in the way she stands. She is also significantly less prone to dropping a [[Furry Reminder]] than her male friends.
* Common in [[Hanna-Barbera]] cartoons with animal protagonists. One notable aversion being [[Yogi Bear
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