History Main / NationalAnimalStereotypes

A number of these stereotypes are particularly widespread and well-recognized, enough so as to merit their own tropes:

* AmericanEagle
* KangaroosRepresentAustralia
* RussianBear
* WesternRattlers
* WildWestArmadillo

[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Obviously]], this is a sub-trope of both NationalStereotypes and AnimalStereotypes. Closely related to AnthropomorphicPersonifications; compare and contrast this trope with NationsAsPeople, when ''humans'' are used to symbolize an entire country. [[WeAreNotAloneIndex And also see]] Website/{{Wikipedia}}'s [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_national_animals list of national animals]].

See '''Analysis.NationalAnimalStereotypes''' for a detailed list of cultural and regional animal stereotypes around the world.

*** The male newsreader of ZNN news is a different species of animal in varioius international releases of the movie. In the American and Canadian version he is a Canadian-accented moose named Peter Moosebridge (an InkSuitActor version of real-life newscaster Peter Mansbridge, longtime anchor (1988-2017) of the Creator/{{CBC}}'s flagship evening NewsBroadcast ''The National''). Most international dubs also keep the moose, though he often loses the accent. In the Australian and New Zealander version, he is a koala. In the Chinese version he is a panda. In the Japanese version he is a tanuki. In the Brazilian version he is a jaguar. When it was revealed that the newsreader was going to change species in some countries, there was a [[EpilepticTrees persistent internet rumor]] that he was going to be a Corgi in the United Kingdom, and many British fans were disappointed when they found that the newsreader in their country was a moose like in the American version. In truth, the movie's crew never intended to include any dog breeds in the movie, and the only canines present are wolves and two species of foxes.

* ''WesternAnimation/PlutoAndTheArmadillo'' has Pluto encountering a female armadillo while in Brazil.

[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Obviously]], this is a sub-trope of both NationalStereotypes and AnimalStereotypes. Closely related to AnthropomorphicPersonifications; compare and contrast this trope with NationsAsPeople, when ''humans'' are used to symbolize an entire country. [[WeAreNotAloneIndex And also see]] {{Wiki/Wikipedia}}'s [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_national_animals list of national animals]].

* n ''Literature/TheNeverendingStory'': There's a centaur whose human part is an African man, while his horse part is a zebra.

* ''Literature/TheLionsCavalcade'' by Alan Aldridge and Harry Wilcock:

** In the episode "The Town Where Everyone Was Nice!", the citizens of a Brazilian town [[spoiler:or so they seem]] are portrayed as birds that are found in South America, such as parrots, toucans, flamingos, and [[SeldomSeenSpecies quetzals]].

*** There is an Asian elephant yoga teacher with the Indian-sounding name Nangi. [[FurryConfusion She's nude]] because she is part of a "[[YouKeepUsingThatWord naturalist]]" hippie club, but she is covered in henna tattoos, also often associated with India.

** In Creator/{{IDW}} continuity, Mega-City Two (West Coast America) has a teddy bear badge, riffing on the Californian bear flag (as well as the idea that they're "friendlier" than Mega-City One Judges).

* Matador {{Anime/Gundam}} (Toro Gundam in the English dub) is... [[http://gundam.wikia.com/wiki/GF13-045NSP_Matador_Gundam well just look at it.]]

** The Indiana boxer is named Great Tiger, and wears tiger-striped pants.

* ''VideoGame/Sly2BandOfThieves'' has Rajan, a tiger, as the antagonist of the India episodes, and some of his guards are monkeys. Frogs are some of the guards in the Paris episode, and the BigBad of ''VideoGame/SlyCooperThievesInTime'', Cyrille Le Paradox, is a FrenchJerk skunk.
* ''VideoGame/SuperMarioOdyssey'' has the locals of Bubbalaine look like snails, fitting the area's French Riviera aesthetic.

** The titular Britsunes are based on foxes, which are stereotypical animals representing both Britain and Japan, and are said to be related to the {{Kitsune}}.

* ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}'': Kislev, a country based on medieval Russia, the Kievan Rus' and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, is heavily associated with bears and bear imagery. Its patron deity is Ursun, the god of bears and strength, it makes heavy use of bear iconography in its flags and symbols, and its late ruler Czar Boris rode a bear into battle.

* ''VideoGame/ThemsFightingHerds'':

* In ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'', Australia has a pet koala, New Zealand has a pet sheep, and Iceland has a pet puffin.
* In ''Manga/{{Pokonyan}}'', the titular character is a mix of raccoon dog and a cat.

* ''ComicBook/CaptainCarrotAndHisAmazingZooCrew'':
** The American Eagle in the relaunch is a bald eagle and CaptainPatriotic.
** An early villain was "Kongarilla", a kangaroo turned into a giant by a secret organization. Kongaroo hailed from "Aukstralia" (Earth-C's version of Australia).
* ''ComicBook/{{Condorito}}'': Condorito is a Chilean anthropomorphic condor created by Chilean cartoonist Pepo because he was disappointed about Chile being represented by a mail plane in Creator/{{Disney}}'s ''WesternAnimation/SaludosAmigos''.
* In ''ComicBook/TheMuppetShowComicBook'', when Fozzie goes to another theatre with a SimilarSquad, the counterpart to Sam the Eagle (see below) is a British bulldog.
* ''ComicBook/KnightAndSquire'': One of the British superheroes is a guy in a bulldog costume.
* ''ComicBook/{{Asterix}}'':
** In ''Recap/AsterixInSpain'', Astérix is captured by the Romans and thrown in the arena. He defiantly tells the Roman governor to release his lions, but he smugly replies that they don't have lions there, they have [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurochs aurochs]]. The aurochs looks and acts like a stereotypical Spanish bull, and Astérix literally [[HistoricalInJoke invents bullfighting]] while dealing with it.
** One short story featured a Gaulish rooster called Chanticleerix who outwitted a Roman Eagle.
* ''ComicBook/{{Grandville}}'': In a play on the rooster, the comic portrays Marianne, the personification of France, as a hen.
* ''Franchise/MarvelUniverse'': ''ComicBook/BlackPanther'': The royal family of the fictional African kingdom Wakanda has black panthers as their symbol[[note]]melanistic leopards do exist in Africa, although they are fairly uncommon[[/note]]. Among his enemies, Madame Slay has a spotted leopard motif and M'Baku the Man-Ape has a KillerGorilla motif.

* ''ComicBook/{{Kamandi}}'': Some of the UpliftedAnimal states are based on this: Britain is home to the Bulldog Britanneks, Italy to the Wolf Garibaldeks, Russia to the Commu-Bears, Australia to the Kanga-Rat Murder Society, China to the Mao-Tse-Tigers and Indonesia to the Orang-Utan Surfing Civilization.

%%* ''ComicStrip/{{Hulge}}'' stars an anthropomorphic moose.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}}'':
** The strict police chief Bogo is a Cape buffalo with an African-sounding name (coming from the Swahili word ''m'bogo'', meaning [[ALizardNamedLiz Cape buffalo]]) who fits the ScaryBlackMan stereotype. Bogo is played by Afro-British actor Creator/IdrisElba, who is of Ghanaian and Sierra Leonean descent.
** Renato Manchas, the black jaguar limousine driver, has a Hispanic name and is voiced by Venezuelan-American actor Jesse Corti.
** One of the child cats in the school play at the beginning is [[ADogNamedDog a jaguar named Jaguar]] ([[WordOfGod pronounced 'Hog-u-are']], i.e. Jaguar in Spanish).
** There's a polar bear character with the Russian-sounding name Koslov. [[WhatCouldHaveBeen He was originally intended to be a more prominent character]], head of [[TheMafiya a Russian-type mafia]], complete with the accent, but in the final film he's a non-speaking henchman of the Italian-accented mafioso Mr. Big. Other polar bear mobsters wear attire stereotypical of Russian mobsters, like tracksuits and golden chains.
** There is an Asian elephant yoga teacher with the Indian-sounding name Nangi. [[FurryConfusion She's nude]] because she is part of a "[[YouKeepUsingThatWord naturalist]]" hippie club, but she is covered in henna tattoos, also often associated with India.
** The male newsreader of ZNN news is a different species of animal in varioius international releases of the movie.
*** In the American and Canadian version he is a Canadian-accented moose named Peter Moosebridge (an InkSuitActor version of real-life newscaster Peter Mansbridge, longtime anchor (1988-2017) of the Creator/{{CBC}}'s flagship evening NewsBroadcast ''The National''). Most international dubs also keep the moose, though he often loses the accent.
*** In the Australian version (also shown in New Zealand) he is a koala.
*** In the Chinese version he is a panda.
*** In the Japanese version he is a tanuki.
*** In the Brazilian version he is a jaguar.
*** When it was revealed that the newsreader was going to change species in some countries, there was a [[EpilepticTrees persistent internet rumor]] that he was going to be a Corgi in the United Kingdom, and many British fans were disappointed when they found that the newsreader in their country was a moose like in the American version. In truth, the movie's crew never intended to include any dog breeds in the movie, and the only canines present are wolves and two species of foxes.
* ''WesternAnimation/BrotherBear'': The [[ThoseTwoGuys comedic moose duo, Rutt and Tuke]], talk with a Canadian accent.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheWild'' has Canadian geese with Canadian accents. More bizarrely, it also features Indian (with a touch of Arabic) stereotype ''pigeons'' and Italian-American flamingos and [[SewerGator alligators]].
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Rango}}'':
** The MagicalNativeAmerican is a crow.
** The killer outlaw who serves as the film's villain is a rattlesnake, the most feared animal in the western USA.
** There's also a mariachi band of sombrero-wearing, Mexican-accented owls as well as an elderly, poncho-wearing armadillo.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheRescuersDownUnder'', most Australian animals speak with an Aussie accent, but Jake the Kangaroo Mouse nails the stereotype by wearing a khaki shirt, a slouch hat and carrying a boomerang while being an AwesomeAussie.
* ''WesternAnimation/AllDogsGoToHeaven'' has a pit bull terrier gangster as its main antagonist. A music-loving SewerGator from New Orleans also ([[BigLippedAlligatorMoment quite unexpectedly and strangely]]) appears in the story.
* ''{{Franchise/Madagascar}}'':
** The four main characters are all African animal species, but all of them are voiced by American actors and behave as such. Marty the zebra and Gloria the hippo are voiced by black actors, but fit African-''American'' stereotypes (the former being a JiveTurkey and the latter being a SassyBlackWoman). In [[WesternAnimation/MadagascarEscape2Africa the second movie]], however, African lions apply tribal war paint before a ritual brawl, and giraffes have dance moves based on Masai warriors and appoint Melman as their WitchDoctor.
** King Julien, leader of the lemurs in a Madagascar jungle, is portrayed as being something like a tribal chieftain wearing a spectacular leaf-crown, although his accent is less of an authentic Malagasy accent and more of Creator/SachaBaronCohen doing an AsLongAsItSoundsForeign accent.
** In ''WesternAnimation/Madagascar3EuropesMostWanted'', the American businessman who buys the circus has a pet bald eagle. Vitaly, the Russian-accented Siberian tiger, is TheLeader of the circus gang. The minor character Sonya, while a non-anthropomorphic bear, also has a Russian-sounding name.
** In ''WesternAnimation/PenguinsOfMadagascar'', Corporal the polar bear is Norwegian (although he's voiced by the Swedish actor Creator/PeterStormare).
* ''WesternAnimation/OliverAndCompany'' has a Mexican-accented Chihuahua, Tito, in the gang of dogs.
* In ''Animation/CatCity'', vampire bats are portrayed as Mexican {{bandito}}s.
* Panchito Pistoles, the Mexican caballero of ''WesternAnimation/TheThreeCaballeros'' is a loud, sombrero-wearing, pistol-packing rooster.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Coco}}'': Dante is Miguel’s Xoloitzcuintle who started out as a stray dog and becomes a spirit guide alebrije. Pepita is Imelda’s winged jaguar spirit guide alebrije. Ernesto de la Cruz has Chihuahua alebrijes.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheRoadToElDorado'', the main characters are followed by an armadillo after they arrive in Central America, and the villainous Tzekel-Kan uses his BloodMagic to animate a giant stone jaguar.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{The Little Mermaid|1989}}'' brings us Sebastian, the Jamaican-accented crab.
* During UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, Creator/{{Disney}} tried to cover its loses on the European and Asian markets that were then unavailable by reaching out to Latin America. The result was ''WesternAnimation/SaludosAmigos'', an animated film divided in four segments set in Latin America. The first segment ("Lake Titicaca") has Donald Duck getting in trouble with an obstinate llama in Bolivia. The fourth, "Aquarela do Brasil", introduces the Brazilian parrot José "Zé" Carioca as he shows his country to Donald ("Carioca" is the demonym for people from the city of Rio de Janeiro[[note]]Although most people, even in Brazil, apply the name for residents of the entire State, the actual name for Rio de Janeiro natives who are not from its eponymous capital is ''fluminense''[[/note]].
* José Carioca returned two years later as one of ''WesternAnimation/TheThreeCaballeros'', along with the Mexican rooster Panchito Pistoles, and remains a popular Disney character in Brazil. The Three Caballeros also features birds of Antarctica and South America.
** The beginning of the Argentine/Uruguayan {{gaucho}} segment of that movie features a rufus hornero.
* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Rio}}'', Brazilian birds such as parrots and toucans all share a love for samba music, Carnival and football (soccer).
* ''WesternAnimation/LadyAndTheTramp'':
** Jock is a Scottish terrier. The film also has a bulldog with a Cockney accent as a side character.
** There's a dachshund named Fritz with a German accent.
** Boris the Russian wolfhound fond of quoting Creator/FyodorDostoevsky.
** A duo of slit-eyed, [[AsianBuckTeeth buck-toothed]], and mean Siamese cats named Si and Am antagonize Lady.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheAristocats'', a Siamese cat named Shung Gon (with a similar character design to Si and Am from ''Lady and the Tramp''), who plays the piano with chopsticks and sings with a [[AsianSpeekeeEngrish thick Chinese accent]], is a member of the Scat Cat's music band.
* King Richard and Prince John in ''WesternAnimation/RobinHood1973'' are portrayed as lions. Robin and Marian are, of course, foxes.
* The Scottish King Fergus in ''WesternAnimation/{{Brave}}'' is accompanied by Scottish Deerhounds.
* The Colonel in ''WesternAnimation/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians'' is an English Sheepdog who acts like a typical British officer. A Collie with a Creator/NoelCoward-like voice also appears.
* Angus in ''WesternAnimation/{{Ferdinand}}'' is a Highland bull that is voiced by Creator/DavidTennant with a very heavy Scottish accent.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Valiant}}'' is set during World War II and associates various animal species with specific nationalities:
** The English are represented by pigeons, which is not the usual stereotype, but [[ShownTheirWork the English actually used messenger pigeons in World War II]].
** The Nazis are portrayed as falcons (not quite eagles, but another type of bird of prey). This is TruthInTelevision, since Nazi Germany did actually train falcons to kill enemy homing pigeons.
** In another aversion of the stereotype, the film also features French mice as LaResistance, literally hiding underground from the Nazi falcons.
* The Spanish animated film ''Donkey Xote'' stars a Spanish donkey -- who ''is'' Sancho Panza's donkey mount from ''Literature/DonQuixote'' (and the {{Expy}} of [[WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}} a more famous CGI donkey]]).
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheRoadToElDorado'', one of the animals that accompanies the main characters is Altivo (Spanish for Arrogant), the horse of UsefulNotes/HernanCortez.
* ''WesternAnimation/FreddieAsFRO7'' is a movie about a medieval French prince [[WidgetSeries turned into a frog that then proceeded to become a special agent, and an immortal one at that]]. Many a gag in the movie is had at his superiors mistaking people affirming that yes, he is a frog as some kind of racist statement. Said superiors are also British, so...
* Le Frog and his henchmen from ''WesternAnimation/FlushedAway'' are French frogs who work as assassins. One of them is a [[EveryoneHatesMimes mime]]. Le Frog himself is voiced by an actual French actor, Jean Reno.
* Downplayed in ''WesternAnimation/ThePrincessAndTheFrog'': the [[BewitchedAmphibians frog-turned prince]] Naveen is from the fictional AmbiguouslyBrown kingdom of Maldonia, but his accent sounds vaguely French. He attempts to charm Tiana with EverythingSoundsSexierInFrench. The movie takes place in Louisiana, which has a heavy French-descended population, and French-sounding accents are common. It also features a jazz-loving alligator from Louisiana.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSwanPrincess'': Jean-Bob is a French frog. He believes that he's a {{Bewitched Amphibian|s}}, but in fact he's just a delusional frog.
* ''WesternAnimation/OliverAndCompany'': Georgette the poodle is a {{rich|Bitch}} FrenchJerk, though she is actually a {{Fauxreigner}} but her French name is clearly a nod to the stereotype.
* ''WesternAnimation/Frozen2013'': The Sami ice miner Kristoff owns a pet reindeer named Sven.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Sing}}'':
** Mike the mouse is in debt of a trio of [[RussianBear Russian-accented]] [[TheMafiya gangster]] brown bears who keep pursuing him over the course of the movie.
** There is a JapanesePopMusic GirlGroup of red pandas participating in the singing contest. A case of InterchangeableAsianCultures and/or MisplacedWildlife, as red pandas are native to China, not Japan.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'' takes place in the fictional Middle Eastern kingdom Agrabah, which seems to be a mix between Arabian and Indian culture. The latter is reinforced by Princess Jasmine owning a pet tiger named Rajah (Hindi for "king"), Aladdin getting an elephant (actually his shapeshifted monkey sidekick Abu) as a mount, and the villain Jafar having cobras as his AnimalMotifs. [[note]]There actually ''were'' tigers in parts of the Middle East as recently as the 19th century, and the now-extinct Syrian elephant was also found there. There was also a good deal of trade between India and the Arab world, so it's not unthinkable that Jasmine might give her pet tiger a name deliberately evocative of India, especially if he was imported from there. [[/note]]

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}}'':
** One of the titular heroine's sidekicks is a small Chinese dragon named Mushu (who, for some reason, is voiced by Creator/EddieMurphy and thus talks with an African-American accent rather than a Chinese one).
** The Hun/Xiongnu leader Shan Yu has a pet falcon named Hayabusa.
* ''WesternAnimation/BigHero6'': The Hamada family owns a calico Japanese bobtail cat named Mochi. The Hamadas live in the fictional city San Fransokyo, which is partly inspired by Tokyo, and the Hamadas have a Japanese family name.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Fantasia}}'': Bacchus is accompanied by two female centaurs whose top half is an African woman and bottom part is a zebra.
* The characters in ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994'' have Swahili names and occasionally use Swahili phrases (Timon and Pumbaa's motto "Hakuna Matata", for one). However, only four of the main characters are voiced by African-Americans, and only one, the shaman baboon Rafiki, has an African accent.
* In ''WesternAnimation/FindingNemo'', Crush and his fellow sea turtles are Hawaiian SurferDude stereotypes.

* ''Film/OneHundredAndTwoDalmatians'': Cruella notices some poodles while driving in France, which apparently inspire her to create a new dog-fur coat.

* ''Film/CatsAndDogs'': The German representative of the World Dog Council is a German Shepherd. The Chinese representative is a Shar Pei.
* ''Zaschitniki'' ("The Guardians", or "The Defenders") the [[TransatlanticEquivalent Russian version]] of ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'', includes a half-man half-bear superhero.

* ''Creator/RichardScarry's Busy, Busy World'':

* ''Literature/{{Franklin}}'' was created in Canada and the main cast includes a beaver, a bear, a raccoon, and a Canadian goose. A moose appears as a one-shot character.
* In ''Literature/HarryPotterAndThePhilosophersStone'', the boa constrictor is portrayed as Brazilian, using the word "amigo" when talking to Harry. (The film adaptation [[AdaptationSpeciesChange changed the snake to a Burmese python]] and removed the word "amigo".)
* ''The Lion's Cavalcade'' by Alan Aldridge and Harry Wilcock:
** A jaguar is queen of "Lost El Dorado". (This is partly because the joke of the scene is that the CityOfGold is exclusively home to golden-coloured animals, but it fits this trope as well -- as does the armadillo in her entourage).
** The acts in the Cavalcade include an elephant fakir and "the pyrotechnic Tiger of Royal Bengal".
* The Lion and the Unicorn from ''Literature/ThroughTheLookingGlass'' are the animals from the United Kingdom's coat of arms, representing England and Scotland.
* The children's book ''Literature/TheStoryOfFerdinand'' takes place in Spain, and stars a reluctant bull who would rather sit and smell the flowers than fight the matador.
* In ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'', the loose FantasyCounterpartCulture of Muslim Spain, Dorne, is noted for its fast local breed of horse, which is based on Andalusian and Arabic horses.
* The French main character in ''{{Literature/Perfume}}'' is named Jean-Baptiste Grenouille. ''Grenouille'' is French for "Frog".
* In ''Literature/HisDarkMaterials'' the Panserbjørne, a race of intelligent, armor-wearing polar bears, is associated with the island of Svalbard.
* In ''Literature/TheNeverendingStory'', there's a centaur whose human part is an African man, while his horse part is a zebra.
* In universe example in ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'', where the national animals of Ankh-Morpork are the morepork[[note]]a species of small owls[[/note]] and the hippopotamus. While the former is just a pun, the latter is generally reckoned as a good metaphor for the city, being large, ungainly, unexpectedly dangerous when roused, and wallowing in mud.

* In ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'', there is the Beaver Song from [[ShowWithinAShow Robin "Sparkles"' Canadian kid's show]].
* In the BBC Scotland SaturdayMorningKidsShow ''Fully Booked'', the obligatory puppet mascot was Morag the Highland Cow.
* In all movie incarnations, {{Franchise/Zorro}}'s horse Tornado is a black Andalusian. Although actually played by a black Frisian in the first Creator/AntonioBanderas movie, the dialogue says that he is an Andalusian.
* In the [[WhatCouldHaveBeen original ending]] of ''Film/TheEagle2011'', Esca makes plans to raise horses in Spain.
* In ''{{Film/Gladiator}}'', Maximus says that Spanish horses are some of the best and mentions owning two, named Argento and Scatto (a [[StealthPun stealth reference]] to ''Film/TheLoneRanger'' and Creator/RoyRogers, the names being Latin/[[AsLongAsItSoundsForeign Italian]] for "Silver" and "Trigger").
* In the episode set in Barcelona of the ''Series/TheYoungIndianaJonesChronicles'', the value of neutral Spain to the [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarI Entente war effort]] is reduced to the fact that they sell mules to be used as pack animals in the Western Front. Naturally, the climax takes place in a bullring.
* The German series ''Series/HausmeisterKrause'' parodies ''Vereinsmeierei'', which means an [[SkewedPriorities overemphasized importance of a club membership in someone's life]], as well as an [[SeriousBusiness overbearing importance of rules within the club]]. This gets perceived by Germans as [[CulturalCringe being typically German]]. The club the protagonist Dieter Krause is in is a Dachshund club.
* ''Series/PowerRangersDinoCharge'' liked to play up on Chase's New Zealander heritage, to the point that his skateboard has a kiwi bird silhouette cut into the griptape.

** Sam the Eagle is so American that when he plays a British character in ''Film/TheMuppetChristmasCarol'', he starts talking about how business makes America great and has to be reminded by the narrator that he's British.

* Hilda in the Northern Irish ''Series/SesameStreet'' spin-off ''Series/SesameTree'' is an Irish Hare.

* In ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'', when Queen Albia of England is [[https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20210315 holding formal court]], there are three lions (well, two and a lioness) at the foot of her throne.
* ''Webcomic/KevinAndKell'':
** In the pastiche of ''Film/AChristmasStory'', the [[PekingDuckChristmas Chinese restaurant]] is run by pandas.
** One [[ContestWinnerCameo patron character]] is a British fox traffic cop, who enjoys stopping foxhounds for speeding.

* ''[[Literature/BritsuneGardenSeries Britsune Garden]]'':

* In ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987'' (a world of anthropomorphic birds), the Inuit people are represented by Penguins.

* ''WesternAnimation/TaleSpin'':
** Russians are represented by boars in the USSR-parody country of Thembria. Boars are normally not the animal used for Russians or Soviets, but they are a native species of Russia and one of their species [[ShownTheirWork is known as the Eurasian Wildboar]].
** The two-part episode "For Whom the Bell Klangs" is located in some Indian-looking country with a King Cobra villain and the rest of the natives as gray wolves.
** Baloo and Kit travel to the Artic in one episode, meeting polar bears with Inuit attire who speak [[TontoTalk broken English]].
** "Last Horizons" features the lost kingdom [[TheShangriLa Panda-La]], inhabited by pandas portrayed as stereotypical Chinese -- so stereotypical, in fact, that the episode was banned due to being considered racist.
** In "Double or Nothing", Baloo and Kit visit what seem to be a Northern African desert country populated by hippos (hippos are natives of North Africa).
* Probably one of Canada's most iconic animated series is ''WesternAnimation/TheRaccoons'' helping the association.
* The ''WesternAnimation/BojackHorseman'' character [[Characters/BojackHorsemanMainCharacters Mr. Peanutbutter]] (an anthropomorphic Labrador Retriever dog) grew up in Canada's Labrador Peninsula (in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador). Not only that, but everyone in Peanutbutter's hometown are also Labrador Retrievers.
* ''WesternAnimation/KidVsKat'': Averted with Mr. Kat. Although Kid Vs Kat is a Canadian produced TV series and Mr Kat appears to be a Sphynx cat, he is not portrayed as a Canadian Sphynx. In fact, he is an evil alien mastermind who only looks like a Sphynx cat.
* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'':
** Bison are portrayed as teepee-dwelling, feathered headdress-wearing FantasyCounterpartCulture of Native Americans.
** Yakyakistan is a country to the North from Equestria, inhabited by sapient yaks that wear Mongol-style hats, have a heavily violence-based culture, and communicate in HulkSpeak.
** Zecora the zebra is portrayed as an African WitchDoctor, in contrast to the American- or British-accented horse cast.
* ''WesternAnimation/RoadRovers'': Hunter is a Golden Retriever from America, Colleen is a Rough Collie from United Kingdom, Blitz is a Doberman from Germany, Shag is a Sheepdog from Switzerland, and Exile is a Husky from Russia.
* ''WesternAnimation/AroundTheWorldWithWillyFog'':
** The QuintessentialBritishGentleman Willy Fog is a lion, while his opponents, the {{Clueless Detective}}s Dix and Bully, are a beagle and a bulldog, respectively.
** Bison have a poignant scene in the American stage (though as non-sapient animals), the native Sioux are portrayed as coyotes and Transfer disguises as a coyote more than once, posing both as a Native and as an Euro-American. San Francisco is home to an old {{prospector}} raccoon, a cougar sheriff and golden retriever gunslingers. The Union Pacific president is an American Black Bear.
** Elephants are non-sentient, so most funny animals in the show's version of India are cats and many of them are tigers. Princess Romy is a black panther, likely to make her stand out from the rest.
** Ship captains tend to be bears for some reason, the one Chinese captain is a panda.
** The Yokohama police chief that angrily reminds Dix and Bully that Japan is not a British colony and that their arrest order against Fog is worthless there is a fox. Meanwhile, Rigodon and Tico are guests in the humble home of two Japanese macaques.
** In ''Willy Fog 2'', based on Creator/JulesVerne's ''Literature/JourneyToTheCenterOfTheEarth'' and ''Literature/TwentyThousandLeaguesUnderTheSea'', the Canadian harpooner Ned Land is a polar bear. FurryConfusion ensues when Ned fights a non-sentient polar bear... [[MisplacedWildlife in]] [[PolarBearsAndPenguins Antarctica]].
* ''WesternAnimation/DangerMouse'':
** The Queen of the United Kingdom is a corgi.
** {{Establishing Shot}}s of New York have the Statue of Liberty as an eagle. There's also a recurring InnocentBystander who's an eagle HawaiianShirtedTourist.
** Santa Claus is a polar bear.
* WesternAnimation/QuickDrawMcGraw's sidekick Baba Looey is a sombrero-wearing Mexican burro.
* ''{{WesternAnimation/Gargoyles}}'':
** One of the four surviving Mayan gargoyles has a large snake-like tail instead of legs and a face more reptilian looking than any other gargoyle in the series, being clearly inspired by [[FeatheredSerpent the serpent-god Quetzalcoatl]] (he also has feathered wings).

** The Australian member of The Pack is named Dingo, while another of its members, Wolf, is descended from (and eventually possessed by) a Viking chief.
* The Chihuahua dog in ''WesternAnimation/{{Foofur}}'' is named Pepe.
* In one ''WesternAnimation/HouseOfMouse'' skit, a group of parrots called "Parrots of the Caribbean" perform a song; they are clearly a reference to the ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean''.
* The 1943 [[WesternAnimation/PlutothePup Pluto]] short ''WesternAnimation/PlutoAndTheArmadillo'' has Pluto encountering a female armadillo while in Brazil.
* ''WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse2013'':
** In the short "[[Recap/MickeyMouseS3E2OneManBand One Man Band]]", the Queen of England is a Corgi.
** In the short ''[[Recap/MickeyMouseS2E8MumbaiMadness Mumbai Madness]]'', the passenger is an anthropomorphic Asian Elephant (implied to be Ganesh himself).
* The extremely Welsh ''WesternAnimation/IvorTheEngine'' has a red dragon called Idris.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfPussInBoots'', Pajuna is a Highland cow with a strong Scottish accent and a tartan-trimmed skirt.
* In ''WesternAnimation/JakersTheAdventuresOfPiggleyWinks'', Ferny's father Don Toro is a Spanish bull living in Ireland. (Ferny is short for Fernando. Interestingly, while Don Toro is the standard black bull, Ferny -- who has an Irish accent -- has a Fresien coat, emphasizing the connection between his dad's accent and appearance.)
* In the ''WesternAnimation/ChipNDaleRescueRangers'' episode "When Mice Were Men", the Rangers visit the fictional Spanish town Tramplonia. The main antagonist is a Spanish bull named "[[AsLongAsItSoundsForeign El Emenopio]]".
* ''{{WesternAnimation/Hurricanes}}'':

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': In one "Treehouse of Horror" episode, the French launch a nuclear attack on Springfield after Mayor Quimby insults them by calling them frogs. As the president approves the strike, he says "We'll see who is like the frog!", and all his cabinet members laugh in a MauriceChevalierAccent that makes it sound like croaking, their throats inflating as they do.
* In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WikrVO6YGGY this]] animated short, titled ''à la Française'', people at the French royal court are depicted as chickens.

** In the short ''Herr Meets Hare'', a Herman Goering caricature has a Dachshund as a hunting dog and an eagle as a hunting bird.
** In another short, ''Daffy -- The Commando'', the main antagonist is a Nazi commander named Von Vultur, a dark brown anthropomorphic vulture.
* Fritz in ''WesternAnimation/{{Foofur}}'' is a German Schnauzer (with Otto von Bismarck-like mustache).
* ''{{Franchise/Madagascar}}'':

* ''WesternAnimation/LittlestPetShop2012'':
** Sunil Nevla speaks with a rather thick, stereotypical Indian accent, as do all other mongooses in the series. His name is also Hindi for "cyan mongoose." Another mongoose, Shahrukh, is a Bollywood star and engages in a musical number very much like what you'd expect to find in a Bollywood movie.
** Penny Ling is a panda, and her immediate family lives in Shanghai. That being said, Penny herself does not embody any Chinese stereotypes, instead fully embracing the North American setting where she lives, and when she meets said family in "[[Recap/LittlestPetShop2012S2E23ShanghaiHiJinks Shanghai Hi-Jinks]]," Penny is unable to find any common ground with them.
* Fu Dog from ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDragonJakeLong'' is a Shar-pei who is peers with the Chinese-American dragon.

* The Japanese investors that visit Megacat City in ''WesternAnimation/SwatKats'' always alongside the mayor are Siamese cats. They are presented always as polite and friendly and not the YellowPeril steteotype though.
* The antagonist Mirage from ''WesternAnimation/AladdinTheSeries'' is an evil goddess with the appearance of a cat-headed woman, designed after the Egyptian goddess Bastet, and carrying an Ancient Egypt aesthetic.
* ''WesternAnimation/AlfredJKwak'':
** The show depicts racist white geese oppresing native black ducks, as a metaphor for [[UsefulNotes/TheApartheidEra Apartheid South Africa]].
** The villain Dolf is essentially an anthropomorphic bird version of UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler. While he is referred to as a crow, his character design with a crooked beak definitely recalls the German Imperial Eagle.
** The Egyptians are mainly represented by cats, due to the association between Ancient Egypt and cats.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TingaTingaTales'', all African animals speak with an African accent and use some [[GratuitousForeignLanguage Gratuitious Swahili]]. Hippo, in particular, is portrayed as a SassyBlackWoman.
* ''WesternAnimation/PuppyInMyPocketAdventuresInPocketville'' includes Koty, a koala who speaks with an Australian accent.

* ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife'': The main character is a wallaby with an Aussie accent.
* ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'': The Tasmanian government tried to use the Tasmanian Devil character in publicity to encourage tourism, but was never able to settle a deal with Creator/WarnerBros. On the other hand, WB and the Tasmanian government did collaborate in a campaign using Taz stuffed toys in order to fund the preservation of the Tasmanian devil, as it is an endangered species.
* In the WesternAnimation/{{Pixar Short|s}} ''Lava'', which takes place in Hawaii, there is a pair of green sea turtles cuddling romantically at the [[GeniusLoci volcano protagonist]]'s coastline (among other animal couples).
* In the 1946 Creator/TexAvery cartoon ''[[WesternAnimation/TexAveryMGMCartoons The Hick Chick]]'', the villain who steals Lem's girlfriend is a French rooster with a moustache and a MauriceChevalierAccent.

%%* ''VideoGame/PunchOut'': Bear Hugger, especially in the Wii game where he has an actual grizzly bear for a sparring partner.%%His nationality is...?

* ''VideoGame/StreetFighterII'': In the original Japanese, Balrog the American boxer and [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed transparent expy]] of Mike Tyson, is named M. Bison.
* ''VideoGame/AgeOfEmpiresII'':
** The first expansion changes the wolves and golden eagles in Mesoamerican maps to jaguars and macaws, even though wolves and eagles were historically present in Mexico (in fact, the golden eagle was sacred to the Aztecs and that's why it's on Mexico's flag). As a result, jaguars will attack your human units despite being notorious for being the only big cat with no known cases of maneaters in real life. The Aztec unique unit is the Jaguar Warrior, a clubman wearing a jaguar skin.
** The African expansion replaces wolves with lions and crocodiles, boars with elephants, deer with ostriches and zebras, sheep with goats, and eagles with vultures and storks (even though it's mostly set in the Sahel, where similar African golden wolves, warthogs, and eagles are present, and zebras are not).
** The southeast Asian expansion adds tigers, Komodo dragons, rhinos, and water buffaloes (even though, again, boars and wolf-like dholes are present).
** The Central Asian expansion adds snow leopards, mountain goats, and Bactrian camels.
** The two Spanish unique units are the Conquistador and the Missionary. The former rides a horse that is thinner and darker haired than other cavalry units, clearly meant to be an Andalusian. The latter rides a donkey (the only unit that does). The Spanish also have access to all cavalry technologies and as a result their cavalry is among the strongest in the game.
** Though camels are available to half the civilizations, the strongest are trained by the Saracens (Arabs). Before ''The African Kingdoms'', the Saracens were also the only civilization with two camel units: the usual Camel (a Muslim-looking rider on top of a dromedary) and the mid-ranged Mameluke, who rides a Bactrian camel.
** The North African Berbers introduced in said expansion have the common Camel rider and the long ranged Camel Archer.
** The more Muslim/Central Asian of the civs introduced in ''The Last Khans'', the Tatars, have the common Camel and a unique explosive Bactrian Camel, along with more profitable herding animals.
** The Indian unique unit is an archer riding, of course, an Asian elephant. However, the other civilization with an elephant unique unit, the Persians, has [[MisplacedWildlife African elephants]], despite the Persians historically getting theirs from India.
** The only South American civilization, the Incas, begin every game with a llama.
* ''VideoGame/BreathOfFireII'': Jean is a [[FunnyAnimal humanoid frog]] who peppers his speech with GratuitousFrench and has a reputation for preparing excellent cuisine (as long as you don't mind eating insects).
* ''VideoGame/Sly2BandOfThieves'' has Rajan, a tiger, as the antagonist of the India episodes, and some of his guards are monkeys. Frogs are some of the guards in the Paris episode, and the BigBad of ''VideoGame/SlyCooperThievesInTime'', Cyrille Le Paradox, is a FrenchJerk skunk.
* ''VideoGame/SuperMarioOdyssey'' has the locals of Bubbalaine look like snails, fitting the area's French Riviera aesthetic.
* ''VideoGame/FreedomPlanet'' is set in world whose FantasyCounterpartCulture is primarily China and is inhabited by {{Funny Animal}}s. As a result, all of the native characters are of species that can be found in modern-day China, including several giant pandas. Mayor Zhao also highly resembles a red panda. The protagonist, Lilac, is an Eastern Dragon, though with so many liberties taken that [[InformedSpecies she doesn't really look like one at all]].
* ''VideoGame/CrashBandicoot3Warped'': Dingodile is a mix of a dingo and a crocodile, and talks with an Australian accent. Many of the other characters, including Crash himself, are also based on Australian animals, but Dingodile is the only one who really plays up the stereotype.
* ''VideoGame/TheNewZealandStory'' is set in a fantastical depiction of New Zealand where the player controls Tiki the kiwi, who has to rescue his friends from a leopard seal.
* ''VideoGame/{{Pathway}}'': The {{Canine Companion}}s for the Nazi Troops happen to be the German Shepherds.
* ''VideoGame/DontStarve'''s Woody is all Canadian, and is cursed to turn into a Werebeaver in the light of the full moon, and if he chops down too many trees. The Werebeaver form allows him to shred through trees and enemies and grants night vision, but he cannot use items and his sanity takes a hit from this. Don't Starve Together adds two new {{Werebeast}} forms into the mix, both still very Canadian, a Weremoose and Weregoose that provide the same downsides as the Werebeaver but their own, unique upsides, the Weremoose being a tanky powerhouse and the Weregoose being a fast but fragile form that can run on water.

* King Richard and Prince John in ''WesternAnimation/RobinHood'' are portrayed as lions. Robin and Marian are, of course, foxes.

->''"Having outgrown the [[WesternAnimation/{{Dumbo}} crude portrayal of African-Americans as black crows]], in 1967 Disney decides to [[WesternAnimation/TheJungleBook1967 portray them as monkeys]]. All animals in the jungle speak in proper British accents. Except, of course, for the jive-talking, gibberish-spouting monkeys. Did we mention they desperately want to become 'real people'?"''
-->-- ''Website/{{Cracked}}'', [[https://www.cracked.com/article_15677_the-9-most-racist-disney-characters.html "The 9 Most Racist Disney Characters"]]

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'' takes place in the fictional Middle Eastern kingdom Agrabah, which seems to be a mix between Arabian and Indian culture. The latter is reinforced by Princess Jasmine owning a pet tiger, Aladdin getting an elephant (actually his shapeshifted monkey sidekick Abu) as a mount, and the villain Jafar having cobras as his AnimalMotifs. [[note]]There actually ''were'' tigers in parts of the Middle East as recently as the 19th century, and the now-extinct Syrian elephant was also found there. That doesn't explain Rajah's Indian-sounding name, though. [[/note]]

** The Australian member of The Pack is named Dingo.

[[caption-width-right:350:Spot all the national animals![[note]]Clockwise from the top-left corner: [[AmericanEagle American bald eagle]], {{Russian bear}}, French rooster, German black eagle, British lion, Italian wolf, Austrian two-headed eagle, Chinese dragon, and Japanese leopard.[[/note]]]]

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Moana}}'', the protagonist's animal sidekick that accompanies her to her journey is a [[CluckingFunny comically stupid]] chicken named Hei Hei. In the first few scenes of the movie, she also has a piglet sidekick named Pua. A baby sea turtle also appears briefly in the movie's opening scene, where Moana, still a toddler, helps it return to the sea.

* In a Spanish cartoon series based on ''Literature/{{Sandokan}}'', the main character, known as "[[TheRedBaron the Tiger of Malaysia]]", is portrayed as literally an anthropomorphic tiger.

** ''Fanfic/UnderTheNorthernLights'': Tarandroland is a nation of Norse reindeer. There is also mention of "camel sultanates".