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[[Funny Animal|Funny Animals]] are handy. Because they're animals that act human without ''looking'' human, they can add a sense of whimsy or comedy to a piece; seeing a group of ''animals'' go about ordinary human lives can help to accentuate just how absurd we are sometimes. If they're played with "realistic" animal traits ([[Most Writers Are Human|or as realistic as circumstances allow]]), they can allow for a unique brand of comedy. If they're being used seriously, they can help give the impression of a different world. Heck, [[Furries Are Easier to Draw|they might just be easier to draw]]. However, in many works that use them, they are a "human substitute." It might get a little too weird [[Fridge Logic|to consider]] what it would be like having both humanoid "animals" and "ordinary" humans running around in the same world--especially if there are ''regular'' animals [[Furry Confusion|running around as well,]] and even more so if some of them ''[[Talking Animal|talk!]]''
Some writers don't care, however. And thus you get worlds where [[Animal Crossing|pointy-hatted young women buy their groceries from six-foot-tall raccoons]], little girls go on play dates [[Little Bear|with grizzly bears]], preteen kids [[My Gym
If the cast is mostly human, expect the talking animals and anthros to be an [[Unusually Uninteresting Sight]]. If the cast of a work is mostly composed of animals, a human may be thrown in as [[Token Human|the furry equivalent of a]] [[Token Minority]]. And if the [[Funny Animal|Funny Animals]] in question are very small and typically go unnoticed by humans, it's a [[Mouse World]].
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== Anime & Manga ==
* ''[[
** Upon being asked about this later, author Akira Toriyama admitted that he simply forgot that such characters existed after the Namek arc.
* ''[[Princess Tutu]]''. Most of the main cast is human--except for Ahiru, who is a duck that can magically turn into a girl--but many of the secondary characters are anthropomorphic animals, including Neko Sensei (the ballet teacher).
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== Comic Books ==
* There was a [[Donald Duck]] comic book story (a spy spoof), and three Mickey Mouse stories (G-rated James Bond style, accompanied by Goofy, not a spoof), where all the other characters were human (and no pig or dog noses).
* [[Cerebus]] was basically the only [[Talking Animal]] in a world of humans (there were a couple of other aardvarks, but they only made small, if significant, appearances). [[Elephant in
* ''[[Howard the Duck (
* [[Sam and Max]] are a dog and a rabbit, but in the comics almost everyone they run into is a human, as well the occasional talking rat or cockroach. Some ordinary, [[Furry Confusion|non-anthropomorphised dogs]] can also be seen in the background of some panels. By the end of the Sam & Max Season Three game, characters across the franchise included a talking fish on a fake body, a non-talking but still sapient fish, some aliens, a race of molemen, a talking chicken, a sentient colony of spacefaring bacteria (Also technically an alien, but he deserves to mentioned separately), sentient computers, giant stone heads, Yog Soggoth, and all sorts of mythological creatures. And yet Sam and Max are still the only [[Funny Animal|funny animals]] in the cast, except for their rarely seen relatives, the anthropomorphic cockroach Sal, and maybe the molemen. And the giant rats and roaches on the moon, but they're aliens.
** Lampshaded in ''The Devil's Playhouse: They Stole Max's Brain!'' in which Sam discovers a canine-ish skull in a museum with a caption saying it belonged to 'one of a hideous and brutish evolutionary dead-end of man-dog hybrids' (obviously implying that Sam's species is separate to normal dogs and considered extinct). Sam complains about the racism and says the skull reminds him of his great uncle. The same museum has a statue of [[Petting Zoo People|Anubis]] in the Ancient Egypt exhibit, which is slimmer and darker and has pointed ears but otherwise looks exactly the same as Sam, which Sam is quite happy about.
* Most characters in the French comic ''[[De Cape
* ''Fable'' -- both the anthropomorphic and realistic animals are capable of speech and human intelligence. It kind of makes you wonder how the Three Little Pigs react to eating their real-world counterparts.
* In ''[[Bone]]'', you have talking opossums, bugs and a ''dragon'', as well as the [[Memetic Mutation|stupid, stupid rat creatures]]... then you have—um, whatever the heck the Bones are supposed to be... and then you have humans as well.
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*** In this case, it's probably because [[Universal Adaptor Cast|they're playing parts in a previous work of fiction who were human]] as a [[Show Within a Show]].
* ''[[Disney Animated Canon|Pinocchio]]'' has a cast of mostly humans, but also Foulfellow the Fox, Gideon the Cat, and of course Jiminy Cricket.
** And the abysmal [[Filmation]] movie, ''[[Pinocchio and
** Then again, this is all in line with the novel.
* ''[[
* For the most part, ''[[Night
* ''[[Ratatouille]]'' is full of this; Rémy the rat needs to interact with humans (despite not being able to talk to them) in order to realize his chefly dreams.
* ''[[The Ant Bully]]''
* ''[[Bee Movie]]''
* ''[[The Rescuers (Disney film)|The Rescuers]]'' and ''[[The Rescuers
* In ''[[The Legend of the Titanic]]'', humans slowly start interacting with animals. In its sequel ''In Search Of The Titanic'', everyone seems to interact with everyone, including some [[Animate Inanimate Object|Animate Inanimate Objects]].
* ''[[Madagascar]]''
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* ''[[Animal Farm]]'' has talking, literate animals serving as characterizations of real Soviets. It also ends with the pigs and the humans interacting on seemingly equal footing.
* ''[[The Tale of Despereaux]]'', in both the books and movie.
* In ''[[The Wind in
* ''[[
* Used for plot in ''[[The Master and Margarita]]'', when Behemoth, a demon who takes the form of a giant tomcat, buys tram tickets; everyone feels like something is really wrong but nobody can put their finger on it.
* [[Dave Barry]] tells an unusual version of the story of the grasshopper and the ant. The grasshopper has asked the ant for food, but before he can get a reply both are killed by mischievous Boy Scouts. Too bad; for they could've made a fortune with a pair of talking insects.
* In ''[[Babar]]'', we have intelligent elephants who can communicate with humans and rule a kingdom of anthromorphic crocodiles and monkeys.
* ''[[Wicked (
** Which is, of course, based on ''[[
* [[Paddington Bear (
* [[The Adventures of Fox Tayle
* Bill Hand's series ''The Redaemian Chronicles'' take place in a medieval-style world where humans and [[Funny Animal]] rodents exist side by side.
* ''[[The Magic Pudding]]'' has [[Funny Animal|Funny Animals]] interacting with humans in an Australian setting (the hero is a Koala).
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== Theatre ==
* In [[Wicked (
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** Banjo might not be a small bear, Humba Wumba could be a shamanistic pixie.
*** This would also explain how her head went from tall and skinny in ''Tooie'' to round and cute in ''Nuts & Bolts.''
* The [[Sonic the Hedgehog]] series moved to this kind of world starting with ''[[
** In fact, the series seems to make a distinct differentiation between humans, anthropomorphs, and regular animals. Sonic will go to great lengths to save animals then reward himself by [[Carnivore Confusion|eating a chili dog]] and the other characters aren't able to communicate with [[Team Pet|Chao or Big's pal, Froggy]]. Early promotional "origin stories" and the original plans for Sonic 1 gave Sonic [[Interspecies Romance|a human girlfriend]]. This element would later find itself in [[Sonic the Hedgehog 2006 (
* The ''[[Breath of Fire]]'' series features a plethora of [[Petting Zoo People]] tribes alongside humans.
* ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]''. Come on, you've got Sora fighting ''alongside'' Donald and Goofy.
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** [[Lampshaded]] in Kingdom Hearts 2, when you travel to the world of [[The Lion King]]. All three of you are transformed into animals/slightly less anthropomorphic animals in order to blend in. Sora becomes a lion cub, Goofy becomes a tortoise, and Donald becomes a... bird. But with wings that function!
*** Simba also comments on the fact that Sora looks different than he remembered, as he was a summon from the original [[Kingdom Hearts]] who fought alongside a human Sora, and suddenly he's a lion cub!
* For great justice, [[Super Mario Bros.|Mario]] makes the cut. In addition to humanoids (the vast majority, and perhaps [[Super Mario Bros
* ''[[Beyond Good
* In ''[[The Legend of Zelda]]: Link's Awakening'', there's an entire village full of nothing but animals.
** Justified as {{spoiler|the whole thing is a dream of the Wind Fish. Even the dreams of [[Space Whale|space whales]] [[Real Dreams Are Weirder|don't have to make sense]].}}
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== Webcomics ==
* ''[[Sequential Art (
** This is lampshaded in one strip, in which the main character's attempts to gain police assistance are disregarded as the ramblings of a harmless lunatic when he mentions the species of his roomates. Though it might also have something to do with his previous calls concerning a boogyman.
* In ''[[Las Lindas]]'', there's actually even pretty good back-story for this. Admittedly there aren't that many humans around, but...
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* ''[[Funny Farm]]''. Only main characters are furry - pretty much if they've lived in the boarding house, or are related to somebody who lived in the house (and not even then all the time.) they are going to be an animal. Anybody who's only role is part of the massive corporate conspiracy Concordant will be human, which the exception of Mr. Seinbeck.
** According to [[Word of God]], all the characters are supposed to be technically human. The anthropomorphic ones are just drawn that way for the benefit of the readers. Doesn't quite excuse some elements (for example, the constant gag about Ront's large nose).
* This was the case at one point in ''[[Jack (
** Officially, the humans created the furries. Then Jack got genocidal and led his ilk into driving the humans into extinction. That's why he's Wrath. The "main" setting of Jack is a couple of thousand years after the human genocide.
* The [[Web Comic]] ''[[Kaspall]]'' takes place in a [http://kaspall.xepher.net/index.php world that's mostly populated by anthropomorphic characters], but humans (and other species) frequently get transported there by accident and have to try to integrate into its society.
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** Also note that Bun-Bun (the other talking animal) is... not exactly your average bunny.
* In ''[http://reynardnoir.wordpress.com/ Reynard Noir]'', humans freely intermingle with animals and no one finds this strange (offensive, in some cases, but not strange).
* ''[[
* The Webcomic ''[[
* ''[[
** However, said wolf is basically a social experiment for pushing pet rights, he technically still has an owner. And pets in general have more limited freedom than humans - they are required to be on leash in public and once it was noted that they themselves don't get to hear their rights at all if they run afoul of the law. But since the comic takes place in a specifically pet friendly area they have more leeway
* In the world of [[Concession]], [[Word of God]] is that furry/human segregation has only been stopped in the past decade, and they still don't interact much, but they show up sometimes. A human customer at the movie theatre claimed to be there to "pick up some fine, fine pussy", and then revealed his girlfriend to be a guinea pig. ("You were expecting-" "A cat, yes, would have completed the joke ...") Joel's mother Lorelei is annoyed that her boss, the mayor, is human, and says she half-expects him to "chain me up in the backyard".
* Played with in [http://www.awkwardzombie.com/index.php?page=0&comic=052807 this] [[Awkward Zombie]] comic.
* [[Frog Raccoon Strawberry]] takes place in such a world.
* ''[[
* [[
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* ''[[Courage the Cowardly Dog]]'' is another show with a human-[[Talking Animal]]-[[Funny Animal]] trifecta. While Courage is an ordinary dog, a few recurring characters (such as the psychotic Katz and Shirley the Medium, who appeared to be a Chihuahua) were Funny Animals.
* Played with in ''[[Alfred J Kwak]]''. While a human does show up he's in fact the ''least'' human of any creature; he's a beastlike caveman shown for entertainment to the talking animals in circus shows, and presumably zoos.
* ''[[
** Not surprising since Bonkers was a [[Captain Ersatz]] of [[Who Framed Roger Rabbit?|Roger Rabbit]].
* Quite a few [[Hanna-Barbera]] cartoons had this. While a lot of HB 'toons featured run-of-the-mill [[Talking Animal|Talking Animals]], there were also shows such as ''[[Top Cat]]'', ''[[Hong Kong Phooey]]'' and more, I'm sure.
** In ''[[Hong Kong Phooey]]'', Penry is the only anthropomorphic animal in the series... which is probably supposed to make even more ridiculous the fact that nobody thinks a lowly police janitor could be Hong Kong Phooey.
* ''[[Alvin and The Chipmunks]].'' Songwriter finds (abducts?) some (freakishly large) talking chipmunks in the forest, puts them in co-ordinated clothing and makes them sing pop songs. And they befriend three giant female talking chipmunks owned/parented by some wealthy dowager. Nothing weird about that. [[What Do You Mean It Wasn't Made
** Interestingly, there is an episode where Alvin finds another chipmunk in the park, also his size and intelligent. It seems as though in the universe of the show, chipmunks just look like that...
** An Easter special revealed that various other anthropomorphic rodents exist in the Chipmunks universe, including rabbits, badgers, and porcupines.
*** Badgers are not rodents, but carnivorans, though, so who knows what other freaks lurk in the chipmunkverse...
* Part of the premise of ''[[My Gym
* ''[[Duckman]]'' has ducks and pigs and chickens and teddy bears and humans and [[Biological Mashup|weird hybrids]] and plenty of other animals.
* ''[[Johnny Bravo]]'' is composed mainly of humans, yet the main character often has run-ins with [[Talking Animal|TalkingAnimals]]. One episode has him going on a blind date with an antelope; as if that wasn't enough, at dinner his food (a crab) [[Carnivore Confusion|turns out to be his date's ex!]] [[Check, Please!]]. In another episode, he went on a date with a girl who turned out to be a werewolf.
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{{quote| '''Cleveland''': Aaah, a bear!<br />
'''Tim the Bear''': Aaah, a black man! Aaah! You see? It don't feel so good, does it? Is very reductive. }}
* ''[[
* In ''[[Catscratch]]'', humans, Funny Animals, and regular animals all coexist. Cats, dogs, and mice talk and act relatively human, although cats and dogs are still kept as pets and mice are still regularly chased (and presumably eaten) by the cats. Rabbits and newts are also kept as pets, but they have no human traits. Bears and even a woolly mammoth have also appeared, but they didn't talk either. No one, not even the show's humans, considers any of this unusual.
** And Kraken are magical aliens.
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** There was also a minor character who appeared periodically named [[Ironic Nickname|Mr. Sunshine]]. He looked like a small green humanoid with a pig's tail. None of the characters know exactly what species he is.
** Another episode had a human training a dog in a Dog Park (which was also populated by animal people walking non-anthropomorphic dogs, including another two legged, clothed dog).
* [[Disney]] has used this idea in several animated series (besides the aforementioned ''[[
** In ''[[The Mighty Ducks (
** In ''[[
*** The Quack Pack one is especially strange, as one of the nephews has a one episode crush/flirtation thing with a female human.
*** For some reason, there was at least ''one'' episode in the series that featured "[[Dogface|dog-nosed]]" supporting characters; the one where Donald has to serve one more day in the navy.
* The 1972 series ''[[Western Animation/The Houndcats|The Houndcats]]'' is a [[X Meets Y|mash-up]] of ''[[Mission Impossible (TV series)|Mission Impossible]]'', ''[[The Wild Wild West (TV series)|The Wild Wild West]]'' and the short-lived ''[[The Bearcats]]''. As with ''[[
* ''[[Biker Mice From Mars]]'' has a similar setup to ''[[The Mighty Ducks (
* ''[[Chowder]]'' is all over the place with this. Its world is populated by humans, [[Talking Animal|Talking Animals]], [[Funny Animal|Funny Animals]], [[Mix-and-Match Critters]], mythological creatures, and extinct animals.
** To wit: Chowder and Panini are bear/cat/rabbit mash-ups, Mung Daal is a blue human, Truffles is a fairy, Schnitzel is a rock monster, Gazpacho is a woolly mammoth, and Endive is an orange human (or possibly an ogre). Random townspeople are everything else.
* The world of ''[[
* ''[[Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' is an excellent example. Humans (both with regular skin colours and [[Amazing Technicolor Population|odd ones]]), anthropomorphic animals, regular animals, aliens, and robots all exist in Mobius, and there seems to be no problem.
** For example, in one episode an anthropomorphic rabbit is reading a newspaper and is holding a normal dog by the leash. Just seconds later, an anthropomorphic dog comes into the shot! Weird stuff.
* In the [[Christmas Special]] ''[[Twas the Night Before Christmas]]'', the humans and the humanoid sapient mice of Junctionville openly interact on at least a professional basis, ie. a clockmaker has a mouse assistant and the human mail carriers have mice counterparts who ride on their bags to deal with the mouse population's mail.
* The film ''[[
* ''[[Regular Show]]'': In a show whose cast includes a talking gumball dispenser, an [[Abominable Snowman]], a ghost and a lollipop man, a six-foot blue jay and a talking raccoon are the most ''ordinary'' characters.
* ''[[The Looney Tunes Show]]'' is even more-so this than the original [[Looney Tunes]], as its premise involves Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and other equally anthropomorphic animal characters from the Looney Tunes Show living their day-to-day lives amongst an otherwise human populace, without either sort ever batting an eye at the differences between each other when put into direct confrontation. A little different from the original Looney Tunes, as Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck's human-like behaviors were often implied to be outside of the norm for animals in their world, and characters like Sylvester and Tweetie seemed to communicate with their master in the same way that [[
* ''[[Cinderella (Disney film)|Cinderella]]'' has anthropomorphic mice that talk to the human Cinderella, and are transformed into non-morphic horses.
* ''[[The Problem Solverz]]'' has Alfe, who is part human, part dog, and part anteater, working alongside the human Horace and half-robot Roba. Then there's Tux Dog, a tall, wealthy, and well-dressed canine whose enemy is Bad Cat, a giant cat with an even bigger casino. Nobody questions any of this, but given the show's [[Cloudcuckooland|unusual world]]...
* [[Harvey Birdman, Attorney
* ''[[
* ''[[Get Muggsy]]'' (a spin-off from a kids' club founded by the now-defunct shopping mall company Mills Corporation) has a beaver, raccoon, opossum and spider all interacting with humans repeatedly.
* ''[[
* Gromit from ''[[Wallace and Gromit]]'' acts like Wallace's sidekick but is still treated like a dog at times (he winds up sleeping in a dog house, for example).
* ''[[Scooby Doo]]'', depending on the writer.
* ''[[Family Guy]]'', depending on the joke.
* Most ''[[Looney Tunes]]'', ''[[Tiny Toon Adventures]]'', and ''[[
* ''[[The Penguins of Madagascar]]''
* Dukey the dog in ''[[Johnny Test]]'' is an [[Uplifted Animal]] experiment created by Susan and Mary, specifically as a friend for Johnny.
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* In ''[[Flip the Frog]]'', practically every human, [[Funny Animal]], [[Nearly-Normal Animal]], [[Intellectual Animal]], and even [[Animate Inanimate Object]] interacts with each other on regular basis.
* The title character of ''[[Curious George]]'', but not so much the other animal characters.
* ''[[Adventures
* One episode of ''[[Aladdin (Disney film)|Aladdin]] [[The Animated Series]]'' dealt with the team finding themselves in a hidden village populated by [[Funny Animal]] people who believed [[Humans Are Bastards]].
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