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* In ''WesternAnimation/TheRescuersDownUnder'', [[GiantFlyer Marahute the eagle]] is this to [[EvilPoacher Percival McLeach]].
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They're fully sapient and thus not a proper example of this trope.


* In ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' this is essentially an institution, with every single one of the show's [[CardCarryingVillain Card-Carrying]] [[MadScientist Evil Scientists]] (of which there are many) having an intelligent animal secret agent as a "nemesis," and seemingly more than one organization devoted to the training and assignment of these agents. Unlike most examples, these animal nemeses tend to be the aggressor in the dynamic (being sent to foil their human enemies' evil schemes as a matter of routine), and the results tend to be reciprocal FriendlyEnemy relationships. The series' most prominent example is, of course, Perry the Platypus as nemesis to Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz, [[spoiler:until the latter makes a HeelFaceTurn and they become a regular old InterspeciesFriendship by the end of the series and into StealthSequel ''WesternAnimation/MiloMurphysLaw''.]]
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Migration}}'': The Mallards (especially Mack and Pam) end up - unwillingly - becoming this to the EvilChef.

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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Migration}}'': The Mallards (especially Mack and Pam) end up - unwillingly accidentally - becoming this to the EvilChef.EvilChef, who spends most of the second half of the film hunting them down.
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* After Chicago gangster "Nails" Morton was thrown, dragged and kicked to death in 1923 when the horse he was riding went wild, enraged members of Dean O'Banion's Northside gang took this to absurd extremes by giving a mob-style execution to an animal incapable of understanding one. After either renting the horse from the stable or allegedly stealing it at gunpoint, it was led to where Nails had been killed; Louis "Two-Gun" Alterie, known as being hot-headed even for a Northsider, supposedly punched the horse in the face, and the beast was then killed with four bullets to the head. The incident, along with other rough outlines of the O'Banion gang's history, would go on to inspire the plot of ''Film/ThePublicEnemy1931''.
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Migration}}'': The Mallards (especially Mack and Pam) end up - unwillingly - becoming this to the EvilChef.
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* ''Webcomic/SleipnirEquineInvaderFromJupiter'': Downplayed with Clint regarding Jericho, a stallion with whom he had an antagonistic relationship as a child. Still alive and healthy as, well, a horse almost two decades later, Jericho promptly headbutts Clint into a patch of mud and feces before trying to bite him, forcing Jess to break up the fight before her brother can get hurt. [[spoiler:Despite the antagonism between them, Clint is heartbroken when General Kincaid kills Jericho when the horse attacks him to protect Clint.]]
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* Parodied in ''Literature/{{Railsea}}'' by Creator/ChinaMieville, in which Captain Naphi is perpetually hunting Mocker-Jack, the blonde giant mole that took her arm. In the community Naphi comes from, '''every''' real hunter is required to have an Animal Nemesis that they've been maimed by and which has some symbolic or metaphorical meaning to them, and it turns out that [[ObfuscatingDisability she didn't actually lose the arm]].

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* Parodied in ''Literature/{{Railsea}}'' by Creator/ChinaMieville, in which Captain Naphi is perpetually hunting Mocker-Jack, the blonde giant mole that took her arm. In the community Naphi comes from, '''every''' real hunter is required to have an Animal Nemesis that they've been maimed by and which has some symbolic or metaphorical meaning to them, and it turns out that [[ObfuscatingDisability she didn't actually lose the arm]].arm]] and was only pretending to have an ArtificialLimb so they'd take her vendetta seriously.
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Please note that animals [[SlidingScaleOfAnthropomorphism with clearly human intelligence, behavior, and ability to communicate with humans]] do not qualify. Someone must be seeking revenge against an animal that acts ''like an animal''.

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Please note that animals [[SlidingScaleOfAnthropomorphism with clearly human intelligence, behavior, and ability to communicate with humans]] do not qualify. Someone must be seeking revenge against an animal that acts ''like an animal''.
animal''. For villains who act animalistic, see FeralVillain.
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* Al Bundy went through this in one episode of ''Series/MarriedWithChildren'', becoming obsessed with a rabbit that ruined his vegetable garden and trying to kill it. Of course, HilarityEnsues, especially given that the rabbit has the intellectual advantage.

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* Al Bundy went through this in one episode of ''Series/MarriedWithChildren'', becoming obsessed with a rabbit that ruined his vegetable garden and trying to kill it. Of course, HilarityEnsues, this is PlayedForLaughs, especially given that the rabbit has the intellectual advantage.
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* ''ComicBook/GodzillaTheHalfCenturyWar'' is the tale of one man's fifty-year struggle against the King of the Monsters.
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* ''WesternAnimation/DragonsTheNineRealms'': The BigBad Buzzsaw blames Thunder for the fire that destroyed his lumber company. As such, he starts hunting him down seeking to kill him. After learning about the Riders, he extends his animosity to Thunder's Rider Tom as well. However, his main target remains Thunder.

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