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->''"Bill has teeth. Teeth have power!" ''
-->--'''Bill''', ''WesternAnimation/SittingDucks''
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* ''Buzzy the Crow'' has has teeth, and even a gold one.

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* ''Buzzy the Crow'' has has teeth, and even a gold one.

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** Pooza the Wizard, from the ''extremely'' short-lived Adult Swim series ''WesternAnimation/KingStarKing'', has a mug full of pointy fangs. Justified, since he's a magical being of unknown origin with BizarreAlienBiology

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** Pooza the Wizard, from the ''extremely'' short-lived Adult Swim series ''WesternAnimation/KingStarKing'', has a mug full of pointy fangs. Justified, since he's a magical being of unknown origin with BizarreAlienBiologyBizarreAlienBiology.



* The penguins from ''WesternAnimation/ThreeTwoOnePenguins''
** Then again, they're alien penguins, so it might be {{Justified}}.

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* The penguins from ''WesternAnimation/ThreeTwoOnePenguins''
** Then again, they're
''WesternAnimation/ThreeTwoOnePenguins'', although they are alien penguins, so it might be {{Justified}}.penguins.
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* Several promotional posters for ''Film/FoodOfTheGods2'' depict the movie's giant rats baring dog-like (if not saber-toothed tiger-like) fangs at the viewer. Rats and other rodents do not have canine teeth, just central incisors and molars.
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* Unlike their extant cousins, ''Archaeopteryx'', ''Ichthyornis'', ''Hesperornis'', and other prehistoric birds once sported toothy mouths.

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* Unlike Teeth loss was the last character to appear in the lineage leading to modern birds, with their extant cousins, ''Archaeopteryx'', ''Ichthyornis'', ''Hesperornis'', closest relatives (hesperorns and ichthyornithids) having the full set of avian characters but the toothless beak. So, even if other prehistoric birds once sported bird and almost-bird lineages lost their teeth, toothy mouths.birds were the norm, rather than the exception, before the end Cretaceous extinction killed all bird lineages but modern birds.


* Chicken George from ''Manga/{{Fourteen}}''.

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%% needs context * Chicken George from ''Manga/{{Fourteen}}''.

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* In ''Anime/{{Aggretsuko}}'', Eaglette/Washimi grinds her teeth in her sleep.
* ''Anime/DigimonAdventure'', justified when Birdramon. While her previous form, Biyomon, is a large bird with no teeth, Birdramon is a mixture of a bird and a dragon, allowing for sharp teeth.
* The humanoid birds from ''Anime/DoraemonNobitaAndTheWingedBraves'' often display teeth. While they are evolved birds, it may be just one-off gags as they normally don't have teeth.



* The Japanese ''VideoGame/StarFox'' manga gave Falco teeth whenever he needed to look angry or cocky.
* ''Anime/DigimonAdventure'', justified when Birdramon. While her previous form, Biyomon, is a large bird with no teeth, Birdramon is a mixture of a bird and a dragon, allowing for sharp teeth.
* Has been seen numerous times in the ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'', but justified in that the creatures are purely fictional. It's often one-off gags. For example, Dawn's Piplup normally has no teeth, but at times he is shown with them (noticeably when he grates them).
* Carue from ''Manga/OnePiece'', who is a so-called Super Spot-Billed Duck, at first only gets teeth when he is making funny facial expressions. Later on, he always has teeth when he opens his beak. The same goes for other Super Spot-Billed Ducks. Later, the bird Chuchuun, a Super Sparrow, appears and it has teeth too. The author later states that all the bird species in the verse with a species name starting with "Super" have teeth, [[ItRunsOnNonsensoleum because it's more "super" to have teeth than to lack them]].
* The humanoid birds from ''Anime/DoraemonNobitaAndTheWingedBraves'' often display teeth. While they are evolved birds, it may be just one-off gags as they normally don't have teeth.

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* The Japanese ''VideoGame/StarFox'' manga gave Falco teeth whenever he needed to look angry or cocky.
* ''Anime/DigimonAdventure'', justified when Birdramon. While her previous form, Biyomon, is a large bird
There are some scenes in ''Anime/KirbyRightBackAtYa'' showing King Dedede drawn with no teeth, Birdramon is a mixture mouth of them despite being a bird and a dragon, allowing for sharp teeth.
* Has been seen numerous times
penguin-like creature, just like in the ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'', but justified games. This even becomes a major plot point in that the creatures "A Dental Dilemma", where he thinks his pearly whites are purely fictional. It's often one-off gags. For example, Dawn's Piplup normally has no teeth, but at times he is shown with them (noticeably completely invincible to any cavities. He ends up proven wrong, and gets scared shitless when he grates them).
* Carue from ''Manga/OnePiece'', who is a so-called Super Spot-Billed Duck, at first only gets teeth when he is making funny facial expressions. Later on, he always has teeth when he opens his beak. The same goes for other Super Spot-Billed Ducks. Later, the bird Chuchuun, a Super Sparrow, appears and it has teeth too. The author later states that all the bird species in the verse with a species name starting with "Super" have teeth, [[ItRunsOnNonsensoleum because it's more "super"
learns he's due to have them drilled. He ultimately orders the dental monster Hardy to fix them, but he too gets scared of him and ultimately gets his teeth than drilled by Yabui in the end anyway, much to lack them]].
* The humanoid birds from ''Anime/DoraemonNobitaAndTheWingedBraves'' often display teeth. While they are evolved birds, it may be just one-off gags as they normally don't have teeth.
his horror.



* ''Manga/OnePiece'':
** Carue, who is a so-called Super Spot-Billed Duck, at first only gets teeth when he is making funny facial expressions. Later on, he always has teeth when he opens his beak. The same goes for other Super Spot-Billed Ducks. Later, the bird Chuchuun, a Super Sparrow, appears and it has teeth too. The author later states that all the bird species in the verse with a species name starting with "Super" have teeth, [[ItRunsOnNonsensoleum because it's more "super" to have teeth than to lack them]].
** [[spoiler:While transformed into an [[{{Youkai}} Itsumade]], Saint Marcus Mars has a large set of fangs in his beak, making his animal form look more monstruous.]]
* Has been seen numerous times in the ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'', but justified in that the creatures are purely fictional. It's often one-off gags. For example, Dawn's Piplup normally has no teeth, but at times he is shown with them (noticeably when he grates them).
* ''Anime/ShimaShimaToraNoShimajiro'': Torippi is often shown to have a nice set of pearly whites under his beak, he even needs to get them checked when the town dentist visits the preschool at regular intervals, so it's definitely not a one-off gag.
* The Japanese ''VideoGame/StarFox'' manga gave Falco teeth whenever he needed to look angry or cocky.



* There are some scenes in ''Anime/KirbyRightBackAtYa'' showing King Dedede drawn with a mouth of them despite being a penguin-like creature, just like in the games. This even becomes a major plot point in "A Dental Dilemma", where he thinks his pearly whites are completely invincible to any cavities. He ends up proven wrong, and gets scared shitless when he learns he's due to have them drilled. He ultimately orders the dental monster Hardy to fix them, but he too gets scared of him and ultimately gets his teeth drilled by Yabui in the end anyway, much to his horror.
* In ''Anime/{{Aggretsuko}}'', Eaglette/Washimi grinds her teeth in her sleep.
* ''Anime/ShimaShimaToraNoShimajiro'': Torippi is often shown to have a nice set of pearly whites under his beak, he even needs to get them checked when the town dentist visits the preschool at regular intervals, so it's definitely not a one-off gag.

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* Creator/DonBluth's ''WesternAnimation/ThePebbleAndThePenguin'' has [[Creator/TimCurry the villainous Drake]], who could bite through a coconut with his ridiculous-looking chompers. Just look at his picture on the film's poster.

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* Creator/DonBluth's ''WesternAnimation/ThePebbleAndThePenguin'' has [[Creator/TimCurry the villainous Drake]], who could bite through a coconut with his ridiculous-looking chompers. Just look at his picture on the film's poster. The other penguins also have humanlike teeth as well.


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* ''Birds Like Us'' has Kondor the vulture with a prominent set of teeth in his beak. Unlike most examples, they're a more realistic depiction of human teeth.
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* The birds in ''WesternAnimation/{{Jumanji}}'' have teeth at all times, not for comedy but to make them more frightening. It works.

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* The birds in ''WesternAnimation/{{Jumanji}}'' ''WesternAnimation/JumanjiTheAnimatedSeries'' have teeth at all times, not for comedy but to make them more frightening. It works.
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* Similar to the above, Aardvark from ''WesternAnimation/TheAntAndTheAardvark'' has teeth at the end of his snout, especially in ''WesternAnimation/PinkPantherAndPals''. Aardvarks do have teeth, but just molars.
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** Despite Ruby correctly stating not to have teeth, due to being an ''Oviraptor'', she is occasionally shown having them in some shots.

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** Despite Ruby being correctly stating stated not to have teeth, due to being an ''Oviraptor'', she is occasionally shown having them in some shots.
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** Despite Ruby correctly stating not to have teeth, due to being an ''Oviraptor'', she is occasionally shown having them in some shots.
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* ''WesternAnimation/ExtremeDinosaurs'': Bullzeye is yet another ''Pteranodon'' with teeth. In fact, all of the main heroes sport sets of sharp teeth, even the herbivores like Stegz, Spike, and Hardrock.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid'': Humpback whales are drawn with cone-shaped teeth, rather than baleens.
* ''WesternAnimation/StreetSharks'': Downplayed. Slammu takes the form of a whale shark with a set of huge sharp teeth like the other sharks. Real whale sharks have teeth so small that they look toothless.
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* ''WesternAnimation/SonicBoom'': Soar the Eagle and D. B. Platypus both sport beaks full of teeth, with the former having more pointed ones.


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%% * The Babylon Rogues from the ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'' series sometimes have teeth.

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%% * ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'':
** Knuckles has a set of sharp teeth, despite real echidnas being toothless.
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The Babylon Rogues from the ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'' series Rogues, who are anthropomorphic birds, sometimes have teeth.
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* ''WesternAnimation/Pingu'': The penguins are sometimes shown with teeth in the earlier episodes.

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* ''WesternAnimation/Pingu'': ''WesternAnimation/{{Pingu}}'': The penguins are sometimes shown with teeth in the earlier episodes.
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* ''WesternAnimation/Pingu'': The penguins are sometimes shown with teeth in the earlier episodes.
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* WesternAnimation/PlutoThePup is a non-anthro dog with very un-doglike teeth (that are pretty creepy). Especially noticeable in "Canine Caddy", where the gopher and WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse are drawn with species appropriate buck teeth, but Pluto still has a mouth full of teeth that all look like incisors or flat molars.

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* WesternAnimation/PlutoThePup is a non-anthro dog with very un-doglike human-like teeth (that are pretty creepy). Especially noticeable in "Canine Caddy", where the gopher and WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse are drawn with species appropriate buck teeth, but Pluto still has a mouth full of teeth that all look like incisors or flat molars.
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* ''WebAnimation/HappyTreeFriends'': Sniffles is an anteater who, in "Spare Me", is shown to have ''two'' sets of teeth, one at the bottom of his snout, and another at the top of it.
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* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dmitry_Khvostov Count Dmitry Khvostov]], once synonymous with graphomania in Russian literary circles, did this likely as a blunder in a fable called "The Two Pigeons", where one of the pigeons, being caught in a trap, "bit through knots with his teeth and got his freedom". This led to Creator/AlexanderPushkin calling Khvostov "the father of toothy pigeons" in a poem.
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* Has been seen numerous times in the ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' anime, but justified in that the creatures are purely fictional. It's often one-off gags. For example, Dawn's Piplup normally has no teeth, but at times he is shown with them (noticeably when he grates them).

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* Has been seen numerous times in the ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' anime, ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'', but justified in that the creatures are purely fictional. It's often one-off gags. For example, Dawn's Piplup normally has no teeth, but at times he is shown with them (noticeably when he grates them).
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* ''WebOriginal/{{Serina}}'': The Vivas are a group of ovoviviparous birds that have developed tooth-like plates on their tongues and palates that allow them to grind up plants without the aid of gastroliths, it's established that they're descended from a group of goose-like birds (called aardgeese) and the plates are derived from the pecten that they possessed. Their carnivorous relatives, the Banshees, don't have teeth but they do have small barbs on their tongues much like cats.

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* ''WebOriginal/{{Serina}}'': ''Website/{{Serina}}'': The Vivas are a group of ovoviviparous birds that have developed tooth-like plates on their tongues and palates that allow them to grind up plants without the aid of gastroliths, it's established that they're descended from a group of goose-like birds (called aardgeese) and the plates are derived from the pecten that they possessed. Their carnivorous relatives, the Banshees, don't have teeth but they do have small barbs on their tongues much like cats.
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* ''WebOriginal/JurassicImpact: The pseudobirds, a clade of birds that are direct descendants of ''Archaeopteryx''-like theropods, retain teeth.

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* ''WebOriginal/JurassicImpact: ''WebOriginal/JurassicImpact'': The pseudobirds, a clade of birds that are direct descendants of ''Archaeopteryx''-like theropods, retain teeth.
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** ''WebOriginal/JurassicImpact: The pseudobirds, a clade of birds that are direct descendants of ''Archaeopteryx''-like theropods, retain teeth.

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** * ''WebOriginal/JurassicImpact: The pseudobirds, a clade of birds that are direct descendants of ''Archaeopteryx''-like theropods, retain teeth.

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** ''WebOriginal/JurassicImpact: The pseudobirds, a clade of birds that are direct descendants of ''Archaeopteryx''-like theropods, retain teeth.



* ''WebOriginal/JurassicImpact: The pseudobirds, a clade of birds that are direct descendants of ''Archaeopteryx''-like theropods, retain teeth.

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