History Main / ToothyBird

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** Despite retaining his teeth in ''[[SpinoffBabies Baby Looney Tunes]]'', [[WallBanger Daffy somehow got upset]] that he didn't have any teeth because he wouldn't get any money from the tooth fairy. He still had teeth in that episode and nobody noticed them, not even himself.

** Quackerjack from ''DarkwingDuck'' always has teeth. Negaduck has also been seen with them. Darkwing (Negaduck's not-so-evil twin) can display them for a shiny smile.

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* The Goodfeathers from {{Animaniacs}}.

The tendency of illustrators to give humanlike teeth to animals that lack them in RealLife.

The trope namers are all the birds in traditional animation who often appear lack teeth normally - but [[SuddenAnatomy will suddenly have them in order to form a human-based facial expression that requires them]]. A big toothy grin, clenched teeth of rage, and so on .
This trope can also cover teeth appearing on other non-toothed animals (eg turtles), but birds are overwhelmingly the most common animals to be subjected to it.

This is almost exclusively seen in traditional animation. In CGI, on the other hand, the transient teeth would be harder to implement, since all animation of a character is done from a fixed model.

A somewhat rarer form of the trope is for the not-normally-toothed animal to have teeth at all times. This is somewhat more common in CGI, given the difference between traditional and computer animation.

Similar to NoMouth where a mouth appears only when the character is speaking. See also CartoonyEyes and FeatherFingers. For the record, actual toothed birds existed (once) and are known as [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odontornithes Odontolcae or Odontotormae]], depending on how their teeth are set.

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* Chicken George from [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/fourteen/ Fourteen]]. Justified because he's a mutant chicken man.

* In ''{{Peanuts}}''. Woodstock and other birds have done this.

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* In the brazilian seventies-era children book series ''A Galinha Nanduca'' (Nanduca, The Chicken) The titular bird has teeth, and this is actually the major plot point of the stories: when people realize she has teeth, everyone tries to capture her to make money out of the poor animal, causing a [[ChaseScene huge havoc]] where ever she goes, eventually [[MonumentalBattle destroying the city]]. One of the books has even a [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed famous brazilian entertainer]] to join the chase, eventually promising a good reward to anyone who catches her.

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* Several of the gryphons in [[ThePrideOfLife The Pride of Life]] have permanent teeth. Probably justified in that they have lion ancestry.
* The gryphons in ''SkinDeep'' have teeth in their beaks, but WordOfGod says that their beaks are actually more similar to dinosaur-jaws than to bird-beaks.

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* DaffyDuck is the poster boy for this, showing off his Schroedinger's Teeth in pretty much every appearance. Most other LooneyTunes birds also do this at least occasionally.
** Despite retaining his teeth in [[SpinoffBabies Baby Looney Tunes]], [[WallBanger Daffy somehow got upset]] that he didn't have any teeth because he wouldn't get any money from the tooth fairy. He still had teeth in that episode and nobody noticed them, not even himself.
*DonaldDuck has also been known to call pearly whites into existence, mainly to express anger.
** Or when he has a particularly mischievous smile.
* In another Disney example, Iago from ''Disney/{{Aladdin}}'' sports a [[http://www.aladdincentral.org/images/displayimage.php?album=59&pos=1 fine set of choppers]].
** The animator stated Iago was designed that way to [[InkSuitActor resemble his voice actor]], Gilbert Gottfried.
* Yet also a Disney example: not ''really'' a bird, but Perry the Platypus from ''PhineasAndFerb'' has a teeth-ful beak, and often shows when he makes a sound.
* Ducks in general seem to make up a lot of these, although this may be an artifact of ducks being the most frequently featured birds in cartoons. Examples include:
** LoboTheDuck and HowardTheDuck both have permanent teeth, perhaps in order to give them a way to hold their cigars. (Probably justified with Howard since he's from an alternate universe and can't really fly (it's believed birds have no teeth to lighten their skulls).
** CountDuckula, by necessity, has teeth. OurVampiresAreDifferent, but not ''that'' different.
** ''{{Duckman}}'' and his family.
** Quackerjack from ''DarkwingDuck'' always has teeth. Negaduck has also been seen with them. Darkwing (Negaduck's not-so-evil twin) can display them for a shiny smile.
** Dr. [= LeQuack =] from ''CourageTheCowardlyDog''.
* Birds in Aardman Animation's works will have [[http://www.impawards.com/2000/chicken_run_ver1.html humanlike teeth]] if and when they talk. Examples include ''ChickenRun'' and ''CreatureComforts''.
*''Buzzy the Crow'' has has teeth, one of them even being gold!

** Related JohnKricfalusi example: Stanley the elephant in the TinyToonAdventures episode "Who Bopped Bugs Bunny?" has his mouth (with teeth) ''at the end of his trunk''.
*** Conversely, the anteaters from the ''Ice Age'' movies have mouths at the bases of their snouts, not at the tips where they ought to be. Not sure if they ever show visible teeth inside those displaced mouths, but if they do, that's also wrong as anteaters are toothless.

* DonBluth's ''ThePebbleAndThePenguin'' has [[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 earliest birds to appear in the fossil record had teeth. These were lost, along with certain other features like bony tails, in the Neornithes, the group that contains all modern birds.
**... and regained in [[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/article1138908.ece these]].
*** They still carry the gene. Rarely, they can actually develop them (in the embryonic stage).
** It might be noted that the reason only toothless birds exist today is because a few species of toothless birds survived the K-T extinction versus none of the toothed species.
* The University of Louisville Cardinal has teeth.

* The deep ocean squid species ''Promachoteuthis sulcus'' looks like it has human teeth. Actually, it's an optical illusion created by the squid's teeth-like lips, but that doesn't make it [[http://www.boingboing.net/2007/10/26/strange-squid-with-h.html any less creepy looking.]]
* Saw-Billed Ducks are a weird example, as their bills have serrations on the inside edges to help them grip slippery fish. Not true teeth, but their function is similar. From the side, an open-beaked duck looks as if it has a set of minature shark teeth.

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* The earliest birds to appear in the fossil record had teeth. These were lost, along with certain other features like clawed wings and bony tails, in the Neornithes, the group that contains all modern birds.

* Has been seen numerous times in the ''{{Pokemon}}'' anime.

The trope namers are all the birds in traditional animation who often appear lack teeth normally - but [[SuddenAnatomy will suddenly have them in order to form a human-based facial expression that requires them]]. A big toothy grin, clenched teeth of rage, and so on .

* Prince Naveen from ''ThePrincessAndTheFrog'' has teeth even when a frog, as his toothy grin is a big part of his character design. Tiana, however, does not retain her teeth as a frog.
** Also, Ray the firefly and his family all have teeth.

** Quackerjack from ''DarkwingDuck'' always has teeth. Negaduck has also been seen with them.

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Similar to NoMouth where a mouth appears only when the character is speaking. See also CartoonyEyes and FeatherFingers.

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* Daffy Duck is the poster boy for this, showing off his Schroedinger's Teeth in pretty much every appearance. Most other LooneyTunes birds also do this at least occasionally.

* Another non-bird example: Pluto is a non-anthro dog with very un-doglike teeth. Come to think of it, his humanlike teeth are pretty creepy too.

* Prince Naveen from PrincessAndTheFrog has teeth even when a frog, as his toothy grin is a big part of his character design. Tiana, however, does not retain her teeth as a frog.

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*** They still carry the gene. Rarely, they can actually develop them (in the embryonic stage). OrSoIHeard.