History Main / DetectiveAnimal

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Llanargollen}}'', Prys ar Frys is accompanied by Ceri, a dog - or rather, a "Dog-tective" - in solving mysteries. Both are opposite in personalities - Prys ar Frys is much clumsier than his dog companion Ceri, who is an IntellectualAnimal.

* ''VideoGame/DetectivePikachu'' stars an electric rodent who solves crime

%%* ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'': Team Chaotix.

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Llanargollen}}'', Frys ar Prys is accompanied by Ceri, a dog - or rather, a "Dog-tective" - in solving mysteries. Both are opposite in personalities - Frys ar Prys is much clumsier than his dog companion Ceri, who is an IntellectualAnimal.

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Llanargollen}}'', Frys ar Prys is accompanied by Ceri, a dog - or rather, a "Dog-tective" - in solving mysteries. Both are opposite in personalities - Frys ar Prys is much clumsier than his dog companion Ceri, who is an IntelligentAnimal.

%%* ''WesternAnimation/{{Llanargollen}}'': Ceri the Dog-tective.

He may be the FunnyAnimal, the IntellectualAnimal, or maybe even the SpeechImpairedAnimal, but if there's one thing that he's incredibly good at, it's solving any kind of mystery that comes his way. He can be either a HardboiledDetective, an InspectorOblivious, or a DefectiveDetective. Whether he does it on his own, or with a friend, or with a group of humans, expect him to help solve the case with ease. This character may or may not work in a WorldOfFunnyAnimals.

Compare: AnimalSuperheroes.

-->-- '''Jacob Smith, Dallas, TX''', [[Literature/BulwerLyttonContest The Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest 2016]]

-->-- '''Jacob Smith, Dallas, TX''', The Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest 2016

->''"Detective Hammer Logan III woke with a start, images of the bizarre bayou murder still fresh in his mind’s eye—a dame in trouble, body covered with bloody toothprints and saliva—but as sleep lifted, the grizzled detective remembered that he was a dog and the dame a coyote, so he spun on the bed three times and slept the rest of the day."''

* The main protagonists from ''Anime/AnimalDetectivesKiruminzoo'' use devices named "Kirumin", which makes them able to transform into animals. They use them to get clues a normal human couldn't get, as well as communicating with animals and understanding their feelings.

* In the manga ''Billy Bat'', the main character writes a comic book about a detective Bat.
* Averted by Goro in ''Manga/CaseClosed'' -- the clues he gives to Kogoro in "The Cat Sitting Case"/"Secret of the Russian Blue" (Manga/Anime titles respectively) were set out by Conan placing cat treats.

* In ''Animation/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolf: The Little Detective'', Weslie the FunnyAnimal goat becomes a KidDetective and solves mysteries.

* Detective Chimp from Creator/DCComics.
* In the few stories he narrated himself, Franchise/{{Batman}}'s dog Ace the Bat-Hound was shown to be an expert detective.
* Joey Fly and Sammy Stingtail of the ''Joey Fly'' series, a housefly and scorpion respectively.
* ''ComicBook/RexTheWonderDog'' from Creator/DCComics had issues where he demonstrated his capabilities as a detective. He's even best friends with the aforementioned Detective Chimp, although they rarely if ever work on cases together.
* ''ComicBook/FishPolice''. It's pretty much there in the titles.
* Detective-Inspector Archie [=LeBrock=], the badger lead character of ''ComicBook/{{Grandville}}'', and his sidekick Roderick Ratzi.

* Sam Spayed, one of the eponymous cat's former incarnations in ''ComicBook/GarfieldHis9Lives''.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheGreatMouseDetective'' is an AdaptationExpansion of the ''Literature/BasilOfBakerStreet'' books.
* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}}'', Judy Hopps is ''very methodical'' in trying to uncover clues and potential leads on the missing animals case.

* ''Film/ThatDarnCat''
* In ''Film/OhHeavenlyDog'', Creator/ChevyChase plays a private eye who is sent back to Earth as a dog on order to [[WhodunnitToMe solve his own murder]].
* ''Film/PokemonDetectivePikachu'': The title says it all. The little guy even comes with his own deerstalker cap.

* In ''Literature/AnonymousRex'', a velociraptor in disguise as human is a HardboiledDetective. (But the book is set InAWorld where there are dinosaurs living among us, so he's not unique.)
* The title character of the ''Literature/MrsMurphyMysteries''.
* Akif Pirincci's ''Literature/{{Felidae}}'' series features, as you might guess from the title, a cat detective who solves cat crimes. [[MatureAnimalStory Not as silly as it sounds.]]
* ''Three Bags Full'' by Leonie Swann is a murder mystery that gets solved by a flock of sheep.
* The titular hero of the ''Literature/BasilOfBakerStreet'' series is a MouseWorld version of Franchise/SherlockHolmes. These books were the source material for ''WesternAnimation/TheGreatMouseDetective''.
* The ''Literature/MidnightLouie'' series of novels, Midnight Louie being a cat.
* Catseye Gomez is a [[{{Magitek}} thaumagene]] tomcat addicted to old hard-boiled detective archetypes, who plays a key role in investigating murder cases in two of Simon Hawke's ''Wizard'' novels.
* In the ''Sherlock Chick'' children's books, the hero is a chick who was born with detective gear and a deerstalker hat. In his adventures, he solves cases for the other farm animals.
* The titular character in ''Literature/ChetGecko'' is a BigEater lizard PrivateDetective whose activities are limited to his elementary school, where the students and staff are all [[FunnyAnimal Funny Animals]].
* Bug Muldoon of ''Bug Muldoon and the Garden of Fear'' is a beetle private eye who takes jobs from insect clients in the garden where he lives.
* Similar to the Bug Muldoon example, ''Incognito Mosquito, Private Insective'', ''Ace Lacewing'', and ''Spider Kane''.
* '''Private I. Guana'', which features an iguana detective who tries to find a missing HollywoodChameleon for a client.
* ''Detective Dinosaur'' -- the title character is a CluelessDetective assisted by his [[PteroSoarer pterosaur]] HypercompetentSidekick and DaChief, a [[KingOfTheDinosaurs Tyrannosaurus rex]].
* In Walter Brooks' ''Literature/FreddyThePig'' series, one of said character's hobbies was running a detective agency.
* The ''Literature/ChetAndBernie'' detective stories, about private detective Bernie Little, narrated by his dog Chet.
* In ''Literature/CityOfDevils'' and its sequels, ''Literature/FiftyFeetOfTrouble'' and ''Literature/WolfmanConfidential'', the LAPD and local Sheriff's Departments are entirely staffed by werewolves.
* The ''Literature/JoeGrey'' series, featuring a pair of cats with the unique ability to speak and think like humans. After finding out "whodunnit," they phone in anonymous tips to the local police force.
* The ''Sherlock Hound'' novel series by Brenda Sivers. Unrelated to the anime version, beyond "Sherlock Holmes parody".
* ''Literature/TheCatWhoSeries'': Left ambiguously open -- Koko gives clues that in hindsight point directly at the criminal, though it is never made clear whether the clues are coincidental.
* Hettie Bagshott and her sidekick Tilly in ''The No. 2 Feline Detective Agency'' by Mandy Morton.
* ''Old Toffer's Book of Consequential Dogs'', an authorised sequel to ''Literature/OldPossumsBookOfPracticalCats'', has a poem about "Dobson, the Dog Detective"; opposite number to the criminal cat Macavity.

* ''Series/{{Wishbone}}'' played the roles of Franchise/SherlockHolmes in "Literature/TheHoundOfTheBaskervilles" and "Scandal in Bohemia" and Literature/CAugusteDupin in "Literature/ThePurloinedLetter".
* The German Shepherd dog ''Series/InspectorRex'' from the [[ProtagonistTitle eponymous]] UsefulNotes/{{Austria}}n and later Italian crime series. He is a skillful dog who has been helpful to solve many crimes.

* Colambo in ''Series/SesameStreet'' is an ovine Series/{{Columbo}} parody.
* Roland Rat once starred in a series called ''Tales of the Rodent Sherlock Holmes''.
* Episode 103 of ''Series/TheMuppetShow'' had a Sherlock Holmes spoof starring Rowlf.
* In ''Series/MuppetsTonight'', episode 206, there's a sketch in which Sherlock Holmes is a whale.
* In ''Film/MuppetsMostWanted'', Sam the Eagle is a CIA agent on the trail of a stolen painting.

* In the AudioPlay/BigFinishDoctorWho serials, the Doctor's companion Frobisher is an alien called a Whifferdill that can change shape. His favorite shape, and the one he adopts in his day job as a detective, is penguin.

* ''Spud: Dog Detective'' stars a dog on the case to solve the mystery of who had killed his master.

%% * Team Chaotix from ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog''.
* [[EverythingsBetterWithPenguins Pennington]] from ''VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor''. [[spoiler:Though at the end of the chapter, he reveals he's not a real detective, he just likes to pretend]].
* ''Barnyard Sherlock Hooves'' features a cow and a rat trying to determine what became of their missing friends.
* Even Pokemon gets in on this with ''VideoGame/DetectivePikachu,'' which was also made into a [[Film/PokemonDetectivePikachu movie]].

* In ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'', the cat-like Writer's Block plays a detective during the "Detective Block" storyline.

* The ''WebVideo/CreamHeroes'' episode ''Don't Trust Kitties'' has Lulu turn detective to uncover who raided the kitchen at night and made a mess with the trat box to get a reward. After interviewing witnesses (Momo and Chuchu) he learns the suspect has 'long, white fur.' Lulu fingers Coco and captures him. [[spoiler: However, this turns out to be a frame up. The suspect with the long, white fur was Lala and Lulu was her accomplice. As such Lulu not only got away with his crime but was actually rewarded for it.]]

* Franchise/ScoobyDoo, most of the time.
* Brain from ''WesternAnimation/InspectorGadget''.
* WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck, like his inspiration Franchise/{{Batman}}, is a BadassNormal AnimalSuperhero who also does detective work from time to time.
* Mumbly, though he is said to be an {{Expy}} of [[WesternAnimation/WackyRaces Muttley]].
* ''WesternAnimation/ClueClub'' featured two dog characters, Woofer and Wimper. However, Woofer is a bit of a KnowNothingKnowItAll and Wimper is his HypercompetentSidekick.

* Subverted with ''WesternAnimation/HongKongPhooey'', who may be "number one super guy", but the mysteries that he encounters are actually solved by his cat, [[HypercompetentSidekick Spot]].
* Ceri the Dog-tective in ''WesternAnimation/{{Llanargollen}}'', big time.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSylvesterAndTweetyMysteries'', though it's mostly accidental. The bickering among Sylvester, Tweety and often Hector causes clues to appear in front of Granny, who then solves the mysteries herself.
* WesternAnimation/SnooperAndBlabber are a cat-and-mouse detective team.
* The Hunter from ''WesternAnimation/KingLeonardoAndHisShortSubjects''.
* Perry the Platypus from ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb''.
* ''WesternAnimation/DangerMouse''. He's a secret agent but he still does yeoman's detective work.
* Chip of ''WesternAnimation/ChipNDaleRescueRangers'' does most of the detective work for the group.
* Ace Yu/Ace Hart from ''WesternAnimation/DogCity''.
* WesternAnimation/{{Droopy}} and his son Dripple starred in several cartoons in ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerryKids'' and eventually their own spin-off series ''WesternAnimation/DroopyMasterDetective'' in which they played the roles of 1940's style private detectives.
* WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck in ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' shorts:
** As [[ComicStrip/DickTracy Duck Twacy]] in ''WesternAnimation/TheGreatPiggyBankRobbery''.
** As [[Franchise/{{Dragnet}} Sgt Joe Monday]] in ''WesternAnimation/RocketSquad''.
** As [[Franchise/SherlockHolmes Dorlock Homes]] in ''WesternAnimation/DeduceYouSay''
** As Boston Quackie in ''WesternAnimation/BostonQuackie''
** As China Jones in ''China Jones''
* ''WesternAnimation/FishPolice'', the InNameOnly adaptation of the comic book mentioned above. [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin They're fish, and they're police]].
* ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' had a ShowWithinAShow called ''Duck-Tective'', which is about a duck (a [[IntellectualAnimal highly intelligent, but otherwise ordinary]], duck) in a deerstalker hat solving mysteries.

** As [[ComicStrip/DickTracy Duck Twacy]] in ''The Great Piggy Bank Robbery''.
** As [[Franchise/{{Dragnet}} Sgt Joe Monday]] in ''Rocket Squad''.
** As [[Franchise/SherlockHolmes Dorlock Homes]] in ''Deduce, You Say!''

* In the manga''Billy Bat'', the main character writes a comic book about a detective Bat.

* In the manga''Manga/Billy Bat'', the main character writes a comic book about a detective Bat.