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** Saffron and Coriander in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS6E13SpiceUpYourLife Spice Up Your Life]]" are Indian inspired ponies. They have orange and brownish fur respectively, and dark colored manes

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Subtrope of FunnyAnimalAnatomy. Related to ThroughAFaceFullOfFur.

In some animated films, shows, and video games, the anthropomorphic animals, be they PettingZooPeople or {{Funny Animal}}s have fur, feathers, scales, skin, etc. that is either solid colored or look like human skintone colored and with hardly any markings but the non-anthropomorphic/less anthropomorphic animals are bicolor, tricolor, or have other various markings and patterns.

* Many (but not all) of the {{Dogfaces}} of Carl Barks's ComicBook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse comics, the ComicBook/MickeyMouseComicUniverse comics, ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales'', ''WesternAnimation/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).

In an early Webcomic/OzyAndMillie strip, Millie implies that tanning is basically the sun making ones fur a slightly darker shade of whatever color it is.

* In the two ''Franchise/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 [[LiveActionAdaptation the two live action movies]] where they are [[AnthropomorphicShift less anthropomorphic]] and have fur and markings more like that of normal chipmunks.

** Saffron and Coriander in ''[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS6E13SpiceUpYourLife Spice Up Your Life]]'' are Indian inspired ponies. They have orange and brownish fur respectively, and dark colored manes

* Many characters from the SonicTheHedgehog series play with this trope to some degree or another. Many of the characters have apricot human-skintone looking muzzles, bellies, and arms and Rouge the Bat has apricot human-skintone body and muzzle and a white head. It's left vague if Sonic has peach colored fur or if that's his skin, though certain models imply the latter.

* Poodles Galore from [[VideoGame/SPYFox Spy Fox: Operation Ozone]] has Caucasian fur, save for her ears.

** Cheese Sandwich is pretty much Music/WeirdAlYankovic in pony form, and as such they gave him peach-colored fur and curly brown hair to better match his actor (since there's only [[LimitedAnimation so much one can do]] to make a My Little Pony into an [[InkSuitActor Ink Suit]]).

* While the characters in ''Literature/MaxAndRuby'' clearly have fur, most characters are solid toned. At least one character has been shown to have patches but almost everyone has completely white or brown fur.

* Gadget Hackwrench of ''WesternAnimation/ChipNDaleRescueRangers'' is peach-colored and has no real hints of fur on her body at all, whereas WesternAnimation/ChipAndDale and Monterey Jack have markings on their fur. ut she does have a full head of strawberry-blond EightiesHair.

* ''WesternAnimation/AnAmericanTale'':

* Badger from the [[Disney/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.

* Any Native American mice from the ''WesternAnimation/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.

* The animal looking characters in ''Disney/TreasurePlanet'' do not have fur.

* Many characters from the SonicTheHedgehog series play with this trope to some degree or another. Many of the characters have apricot human-skintone looking muzzles, bellies, and arms and Rouge the Bat has apricot human-skintone body and muzzle and a white head.

* Poodles Galore from [[SPYFox Spy Fox: Operation Ozone]] has Caucasian fur, save for her ears.

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{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.
** Basically all the anthro animals are human skintone colored or otherwise solid colored, whether or not they have a head of hair, facial hair, or human-like body hair.

* The FunnyAnimal bears in TheBerenstainBears are all light brown furred, but the normal animals tend to have various markings.
* The FunnyAnimal pigs in {{Olivia}} are pink or 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.
* Gadget Hackwrench of ''WesternAnimation/ChipNDaleRescueRangers'' is peach-colored and has no real hints of fur on her body at all, whereas WesternAnimation/ChipAndDale and Monterey Jack have markings on their fur.
** But she does have a full head of strawberry-blond EightiesHair.
* In the two Franchise/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 [[LiveActionAdaptation the two live action movies]] where they are [[AnthropomorphicShift less anthropomorphic]] and have fur and markings more like that of normal chipmunks.
* Inverted in ''TheSimpsons'' where Bart, Lisa, and Maggie's hair are all colored like their skin.
* The rats from ''WesternAnimation/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.
* The ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' PeripheryDemographic had this as one of their biggest questions. The ponies do indeed have manes, though they're treated as human hair, but it's generally unmentioned 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 they discover their greatest talent or purpose in life. Whether it's just a pattern of differently-colored fur or the mark appears on the pony's skin remained unclear for some time. It was, however, addressed in the episode "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E23PonyvilleConfidential Ponyville Confidential]]", after Snips and Snails get themselves stuck 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 marks was shaven off as well.

* Averted in ''PeppaPig''. Two of the main pony characters clearly have spots while the zebras stripes are clearly displayed on their faces.

* ''WesternAnimation/HarveyBeaks'' applies lotion to himself as if he doesn't have feathers.

* The ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' 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?
** This is finally adressed in the episode "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E23PonyvilleConfidential Ponyville Confidential]]", after Snips and Snails get themselves stuck 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 [[PettingZooPeople Caninu and Felineko]] of ''{{Solatorobo}}'' have both body fur and a full head of hair. Notably, females [[HumanoidFemaleAnimal tend to have peach fur and shorter muzzles]], while males tend to stick to one or two colors (though from a larger palette containing greys, whites, oranges, and other colors that wouldn't make much sense for a human skin).

** Cheese Sandwich is pretty much Music/WeirdAlYankovic in pony form. His fur even resembles Al's skin tone.

* All of the [[CatFolk Thunderians]] from ''WesternAnimation/ThunderCats'' and ''WesternAnimation/ThunderCats2011'' 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.

* All of the [[CatFolk Thunderians]] from ''WesternAnimation/ThunderCats'' and ''WesternAnimation/Thundercats2011'' 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.

* All of the [[CatFolk Thunderians]] from ''WesternAnimation/ThunderCats'' and ''WesternAnimation/ThunderCats2011'' 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.

** Cheese Sandwich is pretty much WeirdAl in pony form. His fur even resembles Al's skin tone.
* All of the [[CatFolk Thundarians]] from ''WesternAnimation/ThunderCats'' and ''WesternAnimation/ThunderCats2011'' 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.

Another variant is for anthropomorphic animals to be solid colored, but without it looking like a human skintone. The non-anthro/less anthro animals in this variant tend to have various markings on their fur, feathers, scales, skin, e.t.c. This variant is a sometimes used when designing {{Funny Animal}}s in juxtaposition with [[NearlyNormalAnimal "normal" animals]].

** This is in contrast to the other animal characters in the WesternAnimation/ClassicDisneyShorts world (non-anthro, CivilizedAnimal, or FunnyAnimal), whose fur/feathers/e.t.c. do not resemble human skintones, whether they have markings like WesternAnimation/ChipAndDale or are (mostly) solid colored like Pluto and DonaldDuck.

In some animated films, shows, and video games, the anthropomorphic animals, be they PettingZooPeople or {{Funny Animal}}s have fur, feathers, scales, skin, e.t.c. that is either solid colored or look like human skintone colored and with hardly any markings but the non-anthropomorphic/less anthropomorphic animals are bicolor, tricolor, or have other various markings and patterns.

* Many (but not all) of the {{Dogfaces}} of Carl Barks's ComicBook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse comics, the ComicBook/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).

* Similar to ''TheAdventuresOfIchabodAndMrToad'' example, Friar Tuck the from the WorldOfFunnyAnimals Disney adaptation of ''Disney/RobinHood'' is furless with a light human-like skintone and a white beard, but still has the facial markings of a badger.

* Averted in ''PeppaPig''. Two of the main pony characters clearly have spots while the zebras stripes are clearly displayed on their faces.