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* Cheburashka from Russian cartoons, pictured above. He appears to be part teddy bear, part koala, and part monkey. Cheburashka is the name of his species they agreed on. Originally his name was translated into English as "Topple". Cheburashka, according to the book is "a funny little creature, unknown to science, who lives in the tropical forest". Some people say that he reminds lorids.

** ''SesameStreet'''s Anythings are kind of like cartoon humans. ''TheMuppetShow'''s Whatnots tended to look like [[FraggleRock Fraggles]].

* Standard portrayal of Pete and [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pjfb8.gif PJ (Pete Junior)]] from {{Classic Disney Shorts}} and ''GoofTroop''. In ''GoofTroop'', ''AGoofyMovie'', and ''An Extremely Gooy Movie'', they seem to be portrayed as dogs, but are considered cats even in that show and that movie.

** Most normal-types also qualify. Like, what the hell is [[http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Wigglytuff_(Pokémon) Wigglytuff]] suppose to be? And what about [[http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Clefairy_(Pokémon) Clafairy?]] Is it some sort of pixie/rabbit/puffball? Or what about [[http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Chansey_(Pokémon) Chansey?!]] WTF is it?! Or [[http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Lickitung_(Pokémon) Lickitung?!]] Or [[http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Togepi_(Pokémon) Togepi?!]] Or [[http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Exploud_(Pokémon) Exploud?!?!]] [[{{Madagascar}} What are they?! WHAT ARE THEY?!]]...

** Roxanne from AGoofyMovie pretty much looks like a human with a dog nose. But whatever she is, [[FetishFuel she's hot.]]

* Plue from ''RaveMaster'' / ''GrooveAdventureRave''. He's something like a snowman crossed with a dog. The theme song identifies him as a "carrot-nosed" dog. You ''know'' it was [[ThisIsYourPremiseOnDrugs thought up when the creators were high]] if even ''they'' don't know what he is.

* Viral the beastman in TengenToppaGurrenLagann. While the Beastmen generals have much more recognisable AnimalMotifs (gorilla, scorpion, peacock/owl, armadillo), he looks like a human with shark teeth and paws.
** He's called "A shark with cat genetics". So I assume he's some sort of MixAndMatchCritter
* Many {{Digimon}} are cleary examples of this trope in action. There's some who look like [[http://jbchost.com.br/henshin/imgmat/2009/08/10_digimon_5.jpg animals or plants]], there's some who look like [[http://i38.tinypic.com/2lia79z.jpg humans]], some who look like [[http://www.majhost.com/gallery/IppoDigimon/image/imperiomaquinas.jpg objects or machines]] and we have stuff like [[http://lh6.ggpht.com/_zVgnlumM0qM/S70WMlRuiII/AAAAAAAABIY/fVK1pFso2gI/korosuno.jpg these.]]

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* Several of the potential students in ''MagiciansQuestMysteriousTimes / Enchanted Folk and the School of Wizardry'' don't have any readily identifiable species. While many of them are based on [[FunnyAnimal animals]] (or [[FunnyPlant plants]], or [[AnimateInanimateObject inanimate objects]]), some of them are just... ''things.'' Good examples include the "cupcake girls" (human-ish yet not all that human girls with cupcakes/ice cream/''something'' on their heads), Matthew the cat/dog/bear critter, and Matt the... the... err, alien? It's not very clear.
* Many characters from ''FinalFantasy IX'' are either [[HumanoidAnimals people with various animal parts or anthro-animalesque creatures]].

* Many {{Pokemon}} are viewed as this, but a lot can be traced back to at least one real life species. Nevertheless it has the king of this trope, Eevee. Thanks to an UnstableGeneticCode, it has ''seven'' evolutions, and all of them are as indeterminate as it is. WordOfGod says the original Eevee is inspired by a fox; probably [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fennec_fox a Fennec]] -- compare: [[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1195139/Gotta-catch-The-Pok-mon-cubs-receive-public-showing-Tokyo-Zoo.html Fennec pups]] and [[http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_t3RDd4xvt5Q/SpbuPwFdBqI/AAAAAAAAE_I/tycl5Ot67W0/s320/pikachu.jpg Pikachu]].

*** Most normal-types also qualify. Like, what the hell is [[http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Wigglytuff_(Pokémon) Wigglytuff]] suppose to be? And what about [[http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Clefairy_(Pokémon) Clafairy?]] Is it some sort of pixie/rabbit/puffball? Or what about [[http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Chansey_(Pokémon) Chansey?!]] WTF is it?! Or [[http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Lickitung_(Pokémon) Lickitung?!]] Or [[http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Togepi_(Pokémon) Togepi?!]] Or [[http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Exploud_(Pokémon) Exploud?!?!]] [[{{Madagascar}} What are they?! WHAT ARE THEY?!]]...
**** Wigglytuff is a balloon/blob. Clefable is a stylized fairy, Lickitung is a gecko(extending tongue and fat tail)...and Togepi is a chicken egg/chick. Also I belive Ampharos is an electric Llama.
***** Well, technically, Lickitung (and its evolution, Lickilicky) is based off of the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue-tongued_skink Blue-Tongued Skink]] (a type of medium-sized lizard found in Australia)...though Lickitung's tongue is pink instead of bright blue. Lickitung/Lickilicky using its tongue as a form of defense is the same as how blue-tongued skinks use their tongues to ward off predators. Their long tongues are also reminiscent of chameleons. Ampharos is still a sheep...just a naked one. Togepi is supposed to be loosely based off of hatchlings whereas its evolutions (Togetic, Togekiss) are loosely based off of birds.'
***** Exploud is obviously not an animal, but a sound system. Not all Pokémon are based purely on animals and myths.

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* Nergal from [[TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy Billy and Mandy]] is supposed to be a demon. The name is taken from Sumerian (I believe) mythology, and medieval demonologists placed "Nergal" as the head of Hell's secret police.

*** The MickeyMouseClubhouse version of Pete looks reasonably like the cat, but the KingdomHearts "present day" version of Pete, though still a cat, looks more like a French Bulldog.

* Cheburashka from Russian cartoons, pictured above. He appears to be part teddy bear, part koala, and part monkey. Cheburashka is the name of his species they agreed on (roughly translated as Tumbledown)

***** Well, technically, Lickitung (and its evolution, Lickilicky) is based off of the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue-tongued_skink Blue-Tongued Skink]] (a type of medium-sized lizard found in Australia)...though Lickitung's tongue is pink instead of bright blue. Lickitung/Lickilicky using its tongue as a form of defense is the same as how blue-tongued skinks use their tongues to ward off predators. Their long tongues are also reminiscent of chameleons. Ampharos is still a sheep...just a naked one. Togepi is supposed to be loosely based off of hatchlings whereas its evolutions (Togetic, Togekiss) are loosely based off of birds.

* Ralph in ''Twice Upon a Time'' is an "[[VoluntaryShapeshifting All Purpose Animal]]". His ShapeshifterDefaultForm is a generically cute little animal of... some sort. With nerd glasses.

* Standard portrayal of Pete and [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pjfb8.gif PJ (Pete Junior)]] from {{Classic Disney Shorts}} and ''GoofTroop''. In ''GoofTroop'' and ''AGoofyMovie'', they seem to be portrayed as dogs, but are considered cats even in that show and that movie.
** Originally (before he was pitted against Mickey Mouse in 1928), Pete was depicted as an [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Black_Bear American black bear]]. In the early days when he was pitted against Mickey, he was a black cat with a white face, a modest looking chin, and a tail. Now he is depicted as an ambiguous looking cat without a tail, a flesh colored muzzle, and a ''really'' big chin.

* The "All-Purpose Pet" in the ''Norby the Robot'' series by IsaacAsimov. She is described as normally looking like a cat, but as her name suggests she is able to [[EmpathicShapeshifter transform and adapt to any need]], and she is said to be bioengineered with Smilodon genes.

* Several [[TheMuppetShow Muppets]], most notably the [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin "Anything" Muppets]] and Gonzo the Great, who was revealed to be an [[spoiler:alien]] in ''Muppets from Space''. Gonzo was defined as a "Weirdo" in MuppetBabies, and a ".... whatever" in most of his other appearances. Kermit once described him as [[{{Dissimile}} "sort of like a chicken, but not really."]]

* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene_the_Jeep Eugene the Jeep]] from ''{{Popeye}}'' comics looks like a dog sized, yellow, spotted, ambiguous looking big cat with a big, lightbulb-looking nose, but the animated cartoons define him as some sort of dog.

* Cheburashka from Russian cartoons, pictured above. He appears to be part teddy bear, part koala, and part monkey.

* ''KrazyKat''. (S)he even fits the {{Ambiguous Gender}} Trope. (s)he may be the piration for Yakko, Wakko, and Dot from ''{{Animaniacs}}'', and Mooch from {{Mutts}}.

**** Wigglytuff is a balloon/blob. Clefable is a stylized fairy, Lickitung is a gecko(extending tounge and fat tail)...and Togepi is a chicken egg/chick. Also I belive Ampharos is an electric Llama.

* Rare non-animal example: Percy of {{Thomas the Tank Engine}}. While most other characters are based on real locomotive classes, Percy is a heavily hybridized mix of several other steam engine designs.* Ralph in ''Twice Upon a Time'' is an "[[VoluntaryShapeshifting All Purpose Animal]]". His ShapeshifterDefaultForm is a generically cute little animal of... some sort. With nerd glasses.

* Rare non-animal example: Percy of {{Thomas the Tank Engine}}. While most other characters are based on real locomotive classes, Percy is a heavily hybridized mix of several other steam engine designs.
* Ralph in ''Twice Upon a Time'' is an "[[VoluntaryShapeshifting All Purpose Animal]]". His ShapeshifterDefaultForm is a generically cute little animal of... some sort. With nerd glasses.

* Wubzy from ''WowWowWubzy.'' He is most likely to be an ambiguously drawn cougar (by the way his ears look) or housecat.

Vatsy the catlike character of VatsyAndBruno is a borderline case.

** During the production process, they started out as ducks. But everyone thought they looked too much like three miniature versions of Plucky Duck from ''TinyToonAdventures''. So they added noses and ears and doggy tails.

* Chu-Chu from ''RevolutionaryGirlUtena'' is ''said'' to be a monkey, but he's blue and looks as much like a mouse or rat as a primate.

You may be able to [[TheYoshi ride them]] [[MSPaintAdventures like a mechanical bull]].

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