History Main / FurIsSkin

** This is in contrast to the other animal characters in the ClassicDisneyShorts world (non-anthro, CivilizedAnimal, or FunnyAnimal), whose fur/feathers/e.t.c. do not resemble human skintones, whether they have markings like ChipAndDale or are (mostly) solid colored like Pluto and DonaldDuck.
** The Beagle Boys in MickeyDonaldGoofyTheThreeMusketeers, unlike in Carl Barks' and Don Rosa's comics and in WesternAnimation/DuckTales, are grey. Even though it they are still solid colored, they are a type of color that makes them look like they have fur.

* Badger from the [[TheAdventuresOfIchabodAndMrToad Disney adaptation of]] TheWindInTheWillows is furless with a light human-like skintone and a white beard, but still has the facial markings of a badger. Badger in the original story and and in other adaptations, on the other hand, looks slightly less anthropomorphic, had a tail, and was furred like a normal badger.

* Gadget Hackwrench of ''WesternAnimation/ChipNDaleRescueRangers'' is peach-colored and has no real hints of fur on her body at all, whereas ChipAndDale and Monterey Jack have markings on their fur.

It gets really funky when PettingZooPeople (or any animal regardless of [[SlidingScaleOfAnthropomorphism anthropomorphism level]] fo that matter) wear makeup or get tattooed.

* All of the [[CatFolk Thundarians]] from ''[[WesternAnimation/{{Thundercats}} [=ThunderCats=]]]'' and ''[[WesternAnimation/{{Thundercats 2011}} [=ThunderCats (2011)=]]]'' have this trait. The ContinuityReboot takes more care to show "tufts" of fur at places like shoulders and elbows, and occasionally shows facial or bodily fur bristling with anger or surprise, though ThroughAFaceFullOfFur still occurs.

* Many (but not all) of the {{Dogfaces}} of Carl Barks's ComicBook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse comics, the MickeyMouseComicUniverse comics, ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales'', ''GoofTroop'', ''AGoofyMovie'' and ''An Extremely Goofy Movie'' have a fur or skin color that resembles various human skintones, often have human-like head hair, and sometimes do have human-like facial hair and body hair (the Beagle Boys for example have stubble and hair on their arms).

* Inverted with the Whos in the animated ''HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas''; their hair is the same color as their skin.

* In the AlvinAndTheChipmunks cartoons, the Chipmunks and the Chipettes are both peach colored, but the Chipettes look like they just have peach colored skin and [[FurryFemaleMane have human-like head hair]]. The Chipmunks still look like they have fur, however.
** Contrast that to [[Film/AlvinAndTheChipmunks the two LiveAction movies]] where they are [[AnthropomorphicShift less anthropomorphic]] and have fur and markings more like that of normal chipmunks.

* Many (but not all) of the {{Dogfaces}} of Carl Barks's ComicBook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse comics, the MickeyMouseComicUniverse comics, ''DuckTales'', ''GoofTroop'', ''AGoofyMovie'' and ''An Extremely Goofy Movie'' have a fur or skin color that resembles various human skintones, often have human-like head hair, and sometimes do have human-like facial hair and body hair (the Beagle Boys for example have stubble and hair on their arms).

** The Beagle Boys in MickeyDonaldGoofyTheThreeMusketeers, unlike in Carl Barks' and Don Rosa's comics and in DuckTales, are grey. Even though it they are still solid colored, they are a type of color that makes them look like they have fur.

* The FunnyAnimal pigs in {{Olivia}} have various human-like skintones, but no head of hair, but the normal animals (except Edwin the black furred pet cat of Olivia) tend to have various markings.

* Inverted with the Whos in ''HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas''; their hair is the same color as their skin.

* Any Native American mice from the ''AnAmericanTail'' series will have reddish fur that echo the typical skin color of their human counterparts. The rest of the mice have brownish fur for the most part.

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* The rats from ''FlushedAway'' are all depicted with fur that is colored like human flesh. Exceptions would be two of the evil Toad's henchrats, Whitey, who has white fur due to him being an albino rat; and Thimblenose Ted, a zombie-like rat [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin with a thimble on his nose]], who has gray fur.

* Many (but not all) of the {{Dogfaces}} of Carl Barks's DisneyDucksComicUniverse comics, the MickeyMouseComicUniverse comics, DuckTales, GoofTroop, AGoofyMovie and An Extremely Goofy Movie have a fur or skin color that resembles various human skintones, often have human-like head hair, and sometimes do have human-like facial hair and body hair (the Beagle Boys for example have stubble and hair on their arms).

It gets really funky when PettingZooPeople wear makeup or get tattooed.

* In {{Arthur}}, Sue Ellen the PettingZooPerson cat has red hair and solid peach fur over the rest of her body, but Nemo the normal pet cat is black and white with a bicolor pattern.

* Badger from the [[TheAdventuresOfIchabodAndMrToad Disney adaptation of]] TheWindInTheWillows looks furless and has a light human-like skintone and a white beard, but still has the facial markings of a badger, whereas Badger in the original story and and in other adaptations looks slightly less anthropomorphic, had a tail, and was furred like a normal badger.

* All of the [[CatFolk Thundarians]] from ThunderCats and ThunderCats2011 have this trait.
** Although it should be pointed out that the 2011 revival takes more care to show "tufts" of fur at places like shoulders and elbows, and occasionally shows facial or bodily fur bristling with anger or surprise.

** Occasional characters, such as Bridget in the first movie and Nellie Brie in the 4th, don't look like they have any fur at all (or very little fur anyway).

** This is finally adressed in the episode "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E23PonyvilleConfidential Ponyville Confidential]]", after Snips and Snails get themselves tuck together with bubble gum. Later we see their fur was shaven off in places to get them apart, and indeed, the part with their cutie mark was shaven off as well.

* The ''MyLittlePony: FriendshipIsMagic'' PeripheryDemographic has this as one of their biggest questions. The ponies do indeed have manes, though they're treated as human hair, but no mention is made as to whether they have purple, blue, orange, etc. body hair/fur or they have no body hair and it's actually their skin. It gets a little weirder when talking about one of the most well-known elements of the show: the "cutie mark", a symbol of some sort that appears on a pony's hindquarters when he or she discovers his or her purpose in life. The question is, if a pony does indeed have body hair, what happens if they try to shave off the cutie mark? Is the mark on their skin as well?

* Many (but not all) of the {{Dogfaces}} of Carl Barks's ScroogeMcDuckUniverse comics, the MickeyMouseComicUniverse comics, DuckTales, GoofTroop, AGoofyMovie and An Extremely Goofy Movie have a fur or skin color that resembles various human skintones, often have human-like head hair, and sometimes do have human-like facial hair and body hair (the Beagle Boys for example have stubble and hair on their arms).