History Main / AnimalSuperheroes

* In ''Comicbook/NightwingInfinityFrontier'', Dick gets a puppy named Haley. While she has not yet been seen fighting crime, Tim and Babs have already given her a superhero name: Bitewing.

** A Bat-Hound storyline in ''Batman: Urban Legends'' had him captured by a provider of evil superpets, and escape with the assistance of some of the other animals there, specifically a turtle with super-speed, a powerful but anxious bear, a pickpocket squirrel and a HandicappedBadass genius chicken.

** Then there's Grodd's heroic nephews, Sam Simian of ''ComicBook/AngelAndTheApe'' and Gorilla Gregg of ''Comicbook/TitansAcademy''.

** Then there's Grodd's heroic nephew, Sam Simian of ''ComicBook/AngelAndTheApe.''

** The LSP was phased out at the beginning of [[UsefulNotes/TheBronzeAgeOfComicBooks the Bronze Age]] and banned out of continuity after the 1986 reboot, but they gradually made their way back to canon during the early 00's. Finally, ''ComicBook/SuperSons'' saw the return of the Legion of Super-Pets, now comprising Krypto, Streaky, Damien Wayne's pets Titus and Bat-Cow, and the previously unmentioned Flexi the [[Comicbook/PlasticMan Plastic Bird]] and Clay Critter.

** A Bat-Hound storyline in ''Batman: Urban Legends'' had him captured by a provider of evil superpets, and escape with the assistance of some of the other animals there, specifically a turtle with super-speed, a powerful but anxious bear, a pickepocket squirrel and a HandicappedBadass genius chicken.

** A Bat-Hound storyline in ''Batman: Urban Legends'' had him captured by a provider of evil superpets, and escape with the assistance of some of the other animals there, specifically a turtle with super-speed, a powerful but anxious bear, and a HandicappedBadass genius chicken.

** A Bat-Hound'' storyline in ''Batman: Urban Legends'' had him captured by a provider of evil superpets, and escape with the assistance of some of the other animals there, specifically a turtle with super-speed, a powerful but anxious bear, and a HandicappedBadass genius chicken.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{PAWPatrol}}''

''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfTheAmericanRabbit'' stars a rabbit who fights forest crime by painting himself as the American flag and putting on roller skates to fly around and give speeches of {{Eagleland}} grade-A quality.

* An obscure and very low-quality animated film called ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfTheAmericanRabbit'' stars a rabbit who fights forest crime by painting himself as the American flag and putting on roller skates to fly around and give speeches of {{Eagleland}} grade-A quality.

* ''GG Bond'', a Chinese animated show, stars a pig with superpowers.

* The 1979 movie ''C.H.O.M.P.S.'' is about a super-powered robot that looks like a fuzzy little dog.

** Does Black Panther turning into a ''literal'' anthropomorphic black panther in ''ComicBook/EarthX'' count?

The result of bringing together the most popular action-cartoon genre with the most popular comedy-cartoon genre. Usually come in one of four flavors. One is a FunnyAnimal comic that is a direct parody of superheroes, and likely to consist of bad animal {{pun}}s. Usually considered non-canon in most comic "universes."

Another type often features [[NonHumanSidekick Animal Sidekicks]] and even superhero's pets, and this often ''is'' canon, though unlikely to play a very important role.

Yet another type, though it's really rare compared to the others, is where the hero ''[[{{Animorphism}} transforms]]'' into an animal, albeit superpowered and retaining their intellect. [[AnthropomorphicAnimal This "animal" form could be anthro]].

And the last type, possibly the best known, are straight-up superheroes who just happen to be animals, often [[FunnyAnimal of the very anthropomorphic type]]. You can thank the ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' for this type being so ubiquitous. Compare with TeenageMutantSamuraiWombats, although Samurai Wombats aren't necessarily animals.

* WesternAnimation/KryptoTheSuperdog later got his own AnimatedSeries, where his partners included Streaky the cat (Comicbook/{{Supergirl}}'s pet cat), the Dog Stars and Ace the Bat-Hound ([[Franchise/{{Batman}} Bruce Wayne's]] dog) -- all of whom were based on actual Silver Age comic-book characters.

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* Creator/MarvelComics' ''[[ComicBook/SpiderHam Peter Porker, Spider-Ham]]'', and many others appearing in his universe ([[ComicBook/{{Daredevil}} Deerdevil]], [[ComicBook/DoctorStrange Croctor Strange]], [[ComicBook/CaptainAmerica Captain Americat]], [[ComicBook/IncredibleHulk Hulk Bunny]], [[ComicBook/FantasticFour the Fantastic Fur]], Ducktor Doom.... the list goes on and on).

* Creator/MarvelComics' ''[[ComicBook/SpiderHam Peter Porker, Spider-Ham]]'', and many others appearing in his universe ([[ComicBook/{{Daredevil}} Deerdevil]], [[ComicBook/CaptainAmerica Captain Americat]], [[ComicBook/IncredibleHulk Hulk Bunny]], [[ComicBook/FantasticFour the Fantastic Fur]], Ducktor Doom.... the list goes on and on).

** There's also ''VideoGame/AngryBirdsTransformers'', though that would be a stretch.

* On ''WesternAnimation/YogisTreasureHunt'', Huck Hound, Boo Boo Bear and Quick Draw [=McGraw=] formed the Trio of Triumphs (as Huckle Hero, Ram-Boo Boo and El Kabong).

* On ''WesternAnimation/Yogi'sTreasureHunt'', Huck Hound, Boo Boo Bear and Quick Draw [=McGraw=] formed the Trio of Triumphs (as Huckle Hero, Ram-Boo Boo and El Kabong).

** That was a loose adaptation of the comic book story "Squirrely Burly" (DC issue #1, reprinted in #70). The squirrel was named Twitchy in the comic and Bullet in the TV episode.

* ''WesternAnimation/SuperRobotMonkeyTeamHyperForceGo'': The team consists of a human boy, his [[{{Robosexual}} robot girlfriend]] and five {{Cyborg}} robot monkeys who protect the planet of Shugazoom from the Skeleton King and various other villains.

* ''WesternAnimation/SuperRobotMonkeyTeamHyperForceGo'': The team consists of a human boy, his [[{{Robosexual}} robot girlfriend]] and five {{Cyborg}} robot monkeys who protect the planet of Shugazoom from the Skeleton King and various other villains.