History Main / FunnyAnimalAnatomy

* Anchor from ''WesternAnimation/FindingNemo'' is [[EverythingsEvenWorseWithSharks a hammerhead shark]] whose mouth for some reason is located where his neck would normally be.

* Gorillas and other non-human apes having hands that form into fists. In real life, most apes have longer fingers and shorter thumbs, so they can't form a proper fist like a human can.

*** In reality a starfish has an oral and an aboral surface rather than a true front or back. Usually their oral surface is towards whatever surface the starfish is on and the aboral surface faces away from it. Their mouth is in the centre of the oral surface, their anus is off-centre on the aboral surface, and their "eyes" (really photosensitive spots) are at the end of each of their arms. So Neptune's "anatomical correction"is still not correct.

*** In reality a starfish has an oral and an aboral surface rather than a true front or back. Usually their oral surface is towards whatever surface the starfish is on and the aboral surface faces away from it. Their mouth is in the centre of the oral surface, their anus is off-centre on the aboral surface, and their "eyes" (really photosensitive spots) are at the end of each of their arms.

* Cartoon sheep, goats, mongooses, toads, and octopi usually have humanlike eyes, rather than the horizontal pupils they have in real life.

** Squidward has lips and a big nose (and huge white teeth!), rather than a beak underneath his body like real octopi. He also has a clearly distinct head, neck, and torso, unlike real octopi. A more obvious sign being that he has six tentacles instead of eight. This gives him a more humanlike appearance (the four tentacles on bottom are normally paired up to work as legs).

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* In Berkely Breathed's ''ComicStrip/BloomCounty'' days, the community is abuzz upon learning that one of them is actually female (after much paranoia and speculation, it later turns out to be [[spoiler:Rosebud]]). Portnoy, in a panic, checks himself in the bathroom only to cry, "No dice! Comic strip animals aren't anatomically correct!!"
* ComicStrip/{{Heathcliff}}, in both the comics and the animated series, has a large, bulbous black nose.
* The human characters of ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'' have hands that look like paws.
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** Squidward has lips and a big nose (and huge white teeth!), rather than a beak underneath his body like real octopi. He also has a clearly distinct head, neck, and torso, unlike real octopi. A more obvious sign being that he has six tentacles instead of eight. This gives him a more humanlike appearance.
** The protagonist differs from real sea sponges given that he has a face, limbs and internal organs.

* In Berkely Breathed's ''ComicStrip/BloomCounty'' days, the community is abuzz upon learning that one of them is actually female (after much paranoia and speculation, it later turns out to be [[spoiler: Rosebud]]). Portnoy, in a panic, checks himself in the bathroom only to cry, "No dice! Comic strip animals aren't anatomically correct!!"

** Patrick has his face (eyes and mouth) on one of his arms. {{Lampshade|hanging}}d in one episode, where Neptune puts his face where it should anatomically be-- on his back.

* ''WesternAnimation/RegularShow'': Rigby is supposed to be a North American raccoon, but strongly resembles a Crab Eating Raccoon or a Coati, both of which only have a short brown layer of fur, and more slender bodies. Rigby's lack of a proper face mask has been explained by the fact that he has huge CartoonyEyes, and is occasionally shown blinking where he has black eyelids. This is consistent with his more humanoid looking brother Don too. Rigby's lack of resemblance to his real life counterpart has been PlayedForLaughs on multiple occasions - he comments on the black circles around his eyes as being 'his thing', when he and Mordecai encounter realistic animal versions of themselves Rigby is drawn as a standard gray and black raccoon (present on a comic cover too), and in an early episode, one of the enemies says to him 'what are you supposed to be?'.

* Cartoon sheep, goats, mongooses, toads, and octopi usually have humanlike eyes, rather than the creepy horizontal pupils they have in real life.

* Many of the equine characters of ''WesternAnimation/PeppaPig'' don’t have manes, including Pedro Pony and Zoe Zebra.

* TypicalCartoonAnimalColors: Specific species of cartoon animals are always specific colors.

* The aardvarks from ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'', including the title character, look absolutely ''nothing'' like actual aardvarks at all. This is a case of ArtEvolution, as the first book, ''[[http://www.scholastic.com/content5/media/products/09/9780316110709_xlg.jpg Arthur's Nose]]'', had Arthur look a little more like an aardvark, but over subsequent books changed to his current appearance.

* Cartoon octopuses and squids often have a siphon on each side of their heads as if they are ears. Real cephalopods only have a single siphon. In Japanese media they will have their siphon placed underneath their eyes as if it was some sort of tube-like mouth.

** Squidward has lips and a big nose (and huge white teeth!), rather than a beak underneath his body like real octopi. A more obvious sign being that he has six tentacles instead of eight. This gives him a more humanlike appearance.

** Sloths are usually drawn with dog-like noses. Three-toed sloths may have noses that look somewhat like a dog's nose, but two-toed sloths have noses shaped more like pig snouts.

** Sloths are usually drawn with dog-like noses. Three-toed sloths have noses that look somewhat like a dog's nose, but two-toed sloths have noses shaped more like pig snouts.

** Sloths are usually drawn with dog-like noses. Three-toed sloths have noses somewhat like a dog's nose, but two-toed sloths have noses shaped more like pig snouts.

* Alligators are often drawn with interlocking teeth like crocodiles, and conversely crocodiles will often be depicted with a gator-like overbite. However, this may be because of artists confusing the two crocodilians.

** Sloths are usually drawn with dog-like noses. Three-toed sloths have noses like this, but two-toed sloths have noses shaped more like pig snouts.

** Sloths are usually drawn with dog-like noses. Real sloths have blunt noses shaped more like pig snouts (the nostrils being placed in front of the nose).

* Anteaters tend to have mouths at the base of their snouts, instead of at the tip. Their snouts will also be flexible like an elephant's trunk. Anteaters will also be portrayed with large ears, possibly due to being confused with aardvarks.

* Iguanas and geckos are often depicted with long and sticky tongues like chameleons.

* The ''Tyrannosaurus'' and ''Maiasaura'' in ''Anime/YouAreUmasou'' have small fins or scutes on their backs making them look like Franchise/{{Godzilla}}. Also, the ''Chilantaisaurus'' has horns that are shaped like those of a bull instead of stubby horns like other carnosaurs.

* While the character designs in the ''MyLittlePony'' franchise are usually anatomically correct, the characters in the G3.5 cartoon have strange cone-shaped legs and bulbous circular heads. This design choice sparks the ire of most members of the show's fanbase, whom are used to the ''[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Friendship is Magic]]'' designs which are more realistic than the G3.5 designs but more cartoonish than the other previous gens.