Robin Hood (1973) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error The story of the legendary outlaw is portrayed with the characters as humanoid animals. Director: Larry Clemmons (story), Ken Anderson (based on: character and story conceptions by) | 6 more credits » Stars: From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC a list of 30 titles created 16 Oct 2012 a list of 42 titles created 05 May 2014 a list of 36 titles created 16 Jun 2014 a list of 35 titles created 10 months ago a list of 47 titles created 8 months ago Search for " Robin Hood " on Amazon.com Connect with IMDb Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 1 win & 1 nomination.

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Fun and romance abound as the swashbuckling hero of Sherwood Forest and his valiant sidekick plot one daring adventure after another to outwit the greedy prince and his partner as they put the tax squeeze on the poor. Written by alfiehitchie Join the MERRIEST MENagerie in the world's best-loved legend. See more » Genres: 6 December 1973 (Argentina) See more » Also Known As: O Roben ton dason See more » Box Office Mono (RCA Photophone Sound Recording) Color: Did You Know? Trivia Maid Marian only appears in the film for 30 minutes, despite being the main love interest. See more » Goofs Skippy the rabbit child is overjoyed at receiving a "whole farthing" for his birthday. King Richard I reigned from 1189 to 1199 - while farthing coins were produced for the first time in the reign of King Edward I (1272-1307). See more » Quotes [the Sheriff and the vultures are building a scaffold to hang Friar Tuck] Sheriff of Nottingham : Well, Trigger. Everything's rigged up and all set.

Trigger : Yep, it's one of the prettiest scaffolds you ever built, Sheriff. Nutsy : Sheriff, don't you reckon you should give that trap door a test? [pulls a lever and opens the trap door, allowing the Sheriff to fall in] Sheriff of Nottingham : Criminently, now I know why your mama called you "Nutsy". The Phony King of England (1972) (New Jersey) – See all my reviews I loved this movie as a kid, as did just about every person I know. So it works for the youngins. As an adult, and an animation fan, I was surprised to learn that this movie is sort of the Disney studio's secret shame. I had nothing but fond memories of it, after all. And I could name at least a dozen Disney films that I would have put ahead of it on my Most Crappy list. I very recently watched it on television after many years, and yes, it is definitely flawed. The quality of the animation is terrible, and the lack of an over arching story makes the whole thing seem frivolous, like it was made for TV and not for a big studio release.

There are holes in the narrative, scenes that should exist that don't, and scenes that have no reason to exist that do. And I think the somewhat random decision to cast the film with animals lends to the Saturday morning vibe as well. But there's enough cool things peaking out from under all the half-assery that rescues the film just enough for it to be enjoyable. Peter Ustinov turns in an excellent, excellent performance as Prince John, at turns hysterical and genuinely nasty. Brian Bedford oozes easy going charm as Robin. He's probably turned in the second most likable performance of the character captured on film. He's just unfortunately delivering it through the poorly animated mouth of a cartoon fox. And though the actual quality of the animation is poor, some of the character animation is pretty clever and expressive. And I have to applaud the choice to add Roger Miller to the mix as a folkie, possibly pot-smoking minstrel rooster. His character adds a cool, Earthy vibe to the proceedings and as others have mentioned, his song, Not in Nottingham, actually sort of works as a blues song. Weird.

So Robin Hood is definitely not the epic tale Disney was capable of churning out in its hey days, but I dug it as a kid, and I still dig it today. You know, looking back at all my reviews on this site, it seems I mostly leap to the defense of classically bad films that I like anyway. That's OK, I guess. Someone has to. 51 of 62 people found this review helpful. Was this review helpful to you? Yes Robin Hood (film) | Disney Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia [ show ] Plot The film recounts the traditional stories of Robin Hood with the characters cast as anthropomorphic animals. It is narrated by Alan-a-Dale who explains that while there are many different versions to the Robin Hood legend, "we folks of the animal kingdom have our own version." Robin Hood teams up with his band of outlaws including Little John, Friar Tuck, and Alan-A-Dale, to assist the people of Nottingham. He does this by returning to the people the money taken from them through oppressive taxation by Prince John and his followers: Sir Hiss and the Sheriff of Nottingham.

The true king, King Richard had left for the crusades and Prince John usurped the throne in his absence. The beginning of the film shows Robin Hood robbing Prince John, who is on his way to Nottingham. The angry Prince puts out a reward for Robin Hood's capture, but no one responds. Later, Robin Hood, disguised as a blind beggar, distributes his loot among the townspeople, as they had been suffering as a result of Prince John's heavy taxes. He also secretly attends a birthday party for a young rabbit named Skippy. After discovering that the Sheriff had taken the boy's birthday present as taxes, Robin Hood gifts the young rabbit with a bow and arrow, as well as his hat. Skippy, along with his sisters Sis and Tagalong, and his friend Toby, go out to test the bow and arrow. However, Skippy shoots it into the courtyard of Prince John's castle. Retrieving the arrow leads the children to a run in with Maid Marian, Robin Hood's childhood sweetheart, who tells of her relationship with Robin. A later scene reveals that Maid Marian had left for London sometime before the film, and had only recently returned.

Both Robin Hood and Maid Marian still love each other, but each has their doubts about their relationship. Robin fears that his outlaw status means that he could never pursue a relationship with Maid Marian, who is King Richard's niece, while Marian worries that Robin has forgotten about her while she has been away. Robin Hood later chooses to sneak into an archery tournament held by Prince John, after learning that the prize is a kiss from Maid Marian. Knowing it to be a trap, he disguises himself as a stork. Robin's identity is discovered by Sir Hiss, but the snake is trapped in a barrel by Friar Tuck before he can inform Prince John. Robin wins the tournament. However, his identity is given away thanks to his masterful archery skills, and he is exposed by Prince John and captured. Despite Maid Marian's pleas, Prince John sentences Robin Hood to death, but thanks to some interference on the part of Little John, Robin manages to avoid death. A huge fight breaks out where they tangle with the Captain of the Guard, as well as the Sheriff. Robin Hood manages to escape with Marian, while also proposing to her.

The two of them are joined in the forest, along with the rest of the outlaws and other citizens of Nottingham, who all have a wonderful time mocking the Prince. But when John finds out about this, he orders taxes to be increased even more, to the point of most of the citizens being driven into debt and jailed. Friar Tuck is arrested when he tries to keep the Sheriff from taking money from the church's charity collection box, thus leaving Father Mouse and Mother Mouse to run the church. To scare Robin out of hiding, John plans to hang Friar Tuck. Fortunately, Robin hears of it ahead of time and manages to rescue the Friar as well as the other imprisoned people and steal back the prince's ill-gained gold. They all escape from the castle, but Robin goes back to rescue one of Widow Rabbit's children. Though he succeeds, the guards close the portcullis of the castle, blocking his exit. While trying to escape, he fights the Sheriff (who has become recklessly obsessed with catching him) on the top floor of the castle.

While trying to escape a fire started as a result of the Sheriff's recklessness, Robin is forced to jump from the tower roof into the moat, while being shot at by the Sheriff's posse. When Robin Hood does not emerge, Little John, as well as Prince John, who had been watching, assume Robin Hood is dead. However, Robin Hood survives by swimming under water, using a reed as a snorkel. Enraged, Prince John chases Sir Hiss around the castle. Soon after, King Richard returns from the crusades and straightens everything out. King Richard pardons Robin Hood and imprisons Prince John, the Sheriff, and Sir Hiss before finally allowing Maid Marian and Robin Hood to marry. The fate of the Rhino Guards and Wolf Arrowmen remains unknown. At the end of the film, Skippy joins Robin Hood's Merry Men, this is evidenced by the fact that Skippy stated that "Robin Hood's gonna have kids, so somebody's gotta keep their eye on things." Characters Captain Crocodile , a crocodile, voice: Candy Candido Voices A few of the voice-actors utilized in this production are/were British (Bedford, Evans, Ustinov, Thomas, Shelley, and O'Malley).

However, the creators of the film made the decision to cast quite a number of American character actors in the traditional medieval roles. Many of these individuals were veteran performers from Western-themed movies and television programs, which meant that characters like Friar Tuck and the Sheriff of Nottingham have accents and mannerisms more associated with the rural southwestern United States than with England. This effect was further reinforced by the choice of country singer Roger Miller as the movie's songwriter and narrator. Production Initially, the studio considered a movie about Reynard the Fox. However, due to Walt Disney 's concern that Reynard was an unsuitable choice for a hero, Ken Anderson used many elements from it in Robin Hood. Robin Allan writes in his book Walt Disney and Europe that "Ken Anderson wept when he saw how his character concepts had been processed into stereotypes for the animation on Robin Hood." According to Ward Kimball and Ollie Johnston , one such casualty was the concept of making the Sheriff of Nottingham a goat as an artistic experiment to try different animals for villains, only to be overruled by the director who wanted to keep to the villainous stereotype of a wolf instead.

Reused Footage As the film was made during Disney's financial slump following the completion of Phase One of the Florida Project and therefore allotted a small budget, the artists reused footage from previous animated features. This is most noticeable during the song-and-dance number, " The Phony King of England "; the characters' movements strongly resemble those from The Jungle Book , The Aristocats , and Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs . In particular, the section where Little John and Lady Kluck dance together mirrors part of the song "I Wanna Be Like You" from The Jungle Book with Baloo and King Louie respectively, and Robin Hood and Maid Marian mirror the dancing movements of Thomas O'Malley and Duchess during the song " Everybody Wants to Be a Cat " from The Aristocats (from which some of the musicians also mirror the movements of Scat Cat and his gang) and Maid Marian mirror dancing the movements of Snow White during the song "The Silly Song" from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs . The animation of Little John, the bear in Robin Hood, is nearly identical to that of Baloo in The Jungle Book , but Little John more closely resembles a brown or grizzly bear (Baloo was based on an Indian Sloth Bear).

Both characters were voiced by actor Phil Harris , and have similar personalities, though Little John seems a far more responsible character than the "jungle bum" Baloo. When Maid Marian, dances the same moves as Snow White , she is caused to wear a petticoat instead of bloomers. The robe that Prince John wears, and the crown worn by the puppet version of him, are the same robe and crown the king wears in Bedknobs and Broomsticks . In addition, Robin Hood's costume (green tunic and feathered cap) is similar to that of 1953 's Peter Pan , sometimes leading to confusion between the two characters. At the end of the movie, a sound clip of the church bells ringing in Cinderella was used for the wedding church bells. During the beginning of the film, Sir Hiss mesmerizes Prince John with his eyes. This was the same type of ability Kaa the snake had in Disney's 1967 film, The Jungle Book . This short scene also appears to be another re-use of older animation. At one point, one of the elephants who acts as heralds for Prince John attempts to trumpet a warning.

Lady Kluck grabs the trunk, preventing the trumpeting and leaving the elephant flapping his ears ineffectually. The same joke was used in The Jungle Book , with identical sound. The vultures in the movie are identical to one of those (Buzzy) in The Jungle Book. The movie also reuses the same animated shots several times, including those of the rhinos walking and running and those of Sis, Tagalong, and Toby laughing. Several animated clips of the Sheriff of Nottingham are also recycled at different points in the film. Box office and Reception At the time leading up to its release, Robin Hood had a bit of a burden to carry — many observers were treating it as a benchmark to determine whether or not the studio could carry on without the late Walt Disney since this was the studio's first animated feature produced without his involvement. Since Disney had attached his name to all his previous films, it gave the impression among many that the studio was nothing without him. Had the film failed, this impression might have been cemented and might have done serious damage to the studio's reputation. However, Robin Hood was very successful upon its initial release, garnering around $9.5 million, the biggest Disney attraction at that time.

Its 1982 re-release brought in even more income. Critical response was (and remains) somewhat mixed. Judith Crist said it was "nicely tongue-in-cheek without insult to the intelligence of either child or adult." she also notes that the film "has class - in the fine cast that gives both voice and personality to the characters, in the bright and brisk dialogue, in its overall concept." Vincent Canby said that the film "should ... be a good deal of fun for toddlers whose minds have not yet shriveled into orthodoxy" and he called the visual style "charmingly conventional." The Montreal Gazette said that when "Disney cartoon films ... are good, they are very good" and that "there are not many films around these days which an entire family can attend and enjoy.

Robin Hood is one of them." New York Magazine called the film "a sweet, funny, slam-bang, good-hearted Walt Disney feature cartoon with a fine cast" and said it was "a feast for the eyes for kiddies and Disney nostalgics." The Milwaukee Sentinel said that the film was "excellent children's fare" and singles out Ustinov's Prince John as "delightful" and says he "practically steals the movie." The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported that "although Robin Hood can't compare with the best Disney cartoon features ( Fantasia , Pinocchio , and Cinderella among them), it's on a par with the company's most recent full-length cartoon, The Jungle Book. The Calgary Herald called Prince John and Sir Hiss "the year's most endearing pair of movie villains." It added that "this offering may lack the dramatic and artistic peaks of the more legendary Disney triumphs of the Forties, but it is a good deal funnier than anything we have seen from this studio for several outings." Reviews written decades after the initial release of the film have been more mixed.

At the movie review site Rotten Tomatoes it has a 55% "Rotten" rating based on 22 reviews. The site's overall assessment is that the film is: "One of the weaker Disney adaptations, Robin Hood is cute and colorful but lacks the majesty and excitement of the studio's earlier efforts." The film received an Academy Award nomination for Best Song for " Love ." It lost to " The Way We Were " from the film of the same name . The American Film Institute nominated Robin Hood for its Top 10 Animated Films list . Release info Main article: Robin Hood (video) The movie was originally released in 1973, followed by a re-release in 1982. The film was released to videocassette in 1984, 1991 (the first two being in the Walt Disney Classics video line), 1994 and 1999 (these two were in the Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection video line), staying in general release since 1991. In 2000, it was released on DVD in the Gold Classic Collection.

On November 28, 2006, the movie was remastered as the "Most Wanted Edition" featuring a deleted scene/alternate ending, as well as a 16:9 matted transfer. As one of the earliest Disney animated features to be released on home video, it is also one of the few to have been released on every home video format. Portions of the film have also been sold on Super 8 reels. It was also shown many times on the Disney Channel during the 1980s and 90s. International release dates Hong Kong: January 23, 1975 Japan: July 5, 1975 Trivia Initially, the studio considered a movie about Reynard the Fox (which had previously been made as a stop-motion film in 1937 by pioneering French filmmaker, Ladislas Starevich). However, due to Walt Disney's concern that Reynard was an unsuitable choice for a hero, Ken Anderson used many elements from it in Robin Hood. Director Byron Howard has stated that the creation of Zootopia was the thought of creating a modern Robin Hood movie with modern CG technology.

The voices of Mother Rabbit, Mother Mouse, and Father Mouse would be cast in the roles of Kanga and Piglet from Winnie the Pooh . Peter Ustinov grew famous playing over-the-top villains. His campy, spoiled, and thoroughly weak-willed portrayal of Prince John is an effective caricature of his own performance as the Roman emperor Nero in the epic film Quo Vadis (1951) . Phil Harris and Andy Devine had both appeared on The Jack Benny Program . Robin Hood, Little John, Friar Tuck, Trigger, Prince John, and the Sheriff of Nottingham appear at the Walt Disney Parks and Resorts as meetable characters. Early design from the some of the characters from the film. This is a unique version of Robin Hood that gives Prince John the place of main villain instead of the Sheriff of Nottingham. The mice bear an almost identical resemblance to those in The Aristocats . Many Robin Hood characters make cameo appearances in various episodes of the House of Mouse television series. Little John and the Sheriff of Nottingham make cameo appearances in the direct-to-video release Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse .

John endlessly sulks over his mother's preference for his brother, a grudge marked by thumb-sucking and the reversion to an infantile state. At one point the behavior culminates in the complaint "Mother always did like Richard best." This is a sly reference to a classic comedy routine by the Smothers Brothers, in which Tom Smothers would bewail the maternal favoritism shown to Dick Smothers. ("Dick" is a common nickname for Richard.) In the historical play and film The Lion in Winter, Richard is indeed shown as being the favorite of their mother, Eleanor of Aquitaine, while John is the favored son of their father, King Henry II. The church bell on Friar Tuck's church is an actual bell, filmed and added in post-production. Friar Tuck was originally envisioned as a pig but was changed to a badger to avoid offending religious sensitivities. Peter Ustinov lent his voice to both the original English-speaking Prince John and Prince John in the German dubbed version of the movie. Although Ustinov also voiced King Richard in the English version, he doesn't do that character's German voice.

Phil Harris 's voice as Little John is virtually identical to the voice he used for the character Baloo in Disney's The Jungle Book . Both characters were bears and looked generally similar except for their color. In the jailbreak scene, "God forgive Prince John" is written on the wall when Little John and Friar Tuck enter. Preceding this, in Friar Tuck's cell, the words "Forgive them all" is carved in the wall to the right of Friar Tuck. The alternate ending included in the "Most Wanted Edition" DVD) is a short retelling of the story's conclusion, using still images of colored concept art instead of animation. As Robin Hood leaps off of the castle and into the moat, he is wounded by the arrows shot into the water after him and is carried away by Little John to the church for safety. Prince John enraged that he has once again been outwitted by Robin Hood, follows their trail with Sir Hiss. They see Little John leaving the church and suspect the outlaw to be there as well. Sure enough, inside the church, Prince John finds Maid Marian tending to an unconscious Robin Hood, and draws a dagger to kill the unconscious outlaw.

Before Prince John can strike, however, he is stopped by the appearance of his brother, King Richard, who is appalled to find his kingdom bleak and oppressed in his absence. Abiding his mother's wishes, King Richard decides he can't banish Prince John from the kingdom, but doesn't pardon him from severe punishment. King Richard returns Nottingham to its former glory (before leaving for the third crusade ), and orders Friar Tuck to marry Robin Hood and Maid Marian. A short finished scene from the planned original ending, featuring King Richard stopped by, and revealing himself to, Nutsy and Trigger, appeared in the Ken Anderson episode of the 1980s Disney Channel documentary series Disney Family Album. This scene, at least in animated form, doesn't appear on the "Most Wanted Edition" DVD. In one scene of the film, where Kluck is fighting the men of Prince John, the University of Wisconsin fight song, "On Wisconsin," is played. Nancy Adams, who sang " Love " as Maid Marian's singing voice, was the wife of one of its songwriters, Floyd Huddleston . The song was later featured in the 2009 stop-motion animated film version of Fantastic Mr. Fox.

The film is referenced in Mel Brooks' 1993 film Robin Hood: Men in Tights. Jim Henson's Labyrinth contains a pan-shot of Sarah's book collection, including a book version of Robin Hood with the title character pictured on the front cover. The theme song for the film played during a T-Mobile commercial during the 2014 Super Bowl. This is one of the Disney animated films to have no humans (not counting the opening sequence showing artwork of the human equivalents in a book). Assistant animator (at the time) Floyd Norman admitted on one of his Facebook photos that he personally hated the character Skippy because of his "obnoxious brat" personality. Soundtrack Listing " The Phony King of England " Written by Johnny Mercer Sung by Phil Harris "Whistle Stop" by Roger Miller was sampled and the pitch increased for use on The Hampster Dance website. This sample was later used by the Cuban Boys as part of their song " Cognoscenti Vs. Intelligentsia ." A dance remix using the sample also became a popular hit on Radio Disney.

The music played in the background while Lady Kluck fights off Prince John's goons in an American football style manner is better known as Fight On , the fight song of the University of Southern California and On Wisconsin , the fight song of the University of Wisconsin-Madison . Although a full soundtrack to Robin Hood has never been released on Compact Disc in the US, a record of the film was made at the time of the film's release, including the film's songs and score. Gallery Funny Animal - TV Tropes Funny Animal You need to login to do this. Get Known if you don't have an account Share YMMV "I am not an animal! Well... okay, I'm kind of an animal. My features are animal-like, I don't wear clothes, and I smell a bit outdoorsy most of the time. But I have a job, and I talk and stuff too, so when I say I'm not an animal I think technically I'm on solid ground." — Duckman They're animals who think, talk and act mostly like human beings.

Unlike the Speech-Impaired Animal , Talking Animal , or Civilized Animal (whose priorities and motivations are still that of an animal despite their ability to speak), the Funny Animal has almost all the mannerisms of a human being. Sometimes, only his appearance distinguishes him from the hairless primates who draw him. Indeed, one of the main incentives in using such characters are that they are more distinctive, and hence easier to draw as recognizable individuals, than ordinary humans. Or maybe it's just because Furries Are Easier to Draw . A good comparison, from the Scooby-Doo cartoons: Scooby-Doo is a Speech-Impaired Animal . Scrappy-Doo, who might as well be a midget in a dog suit, is a Funny Animal. The main distinguishing trait of many Funny Animals is that in most situations, they can be replaced by a human and the plot would be mostly identical. Unlike Petting Zoo People , which have animal heads and tails on humanoid bodies, Funny Animals have a body that is generally shaped like that of their respective species (or no species in particular ).

Funny Animals are bipedal even if their species is not naturally so , and most Funny Animal birds have Feather Fingers , whether their wings look completely like wings or look (to varying degrees) like arms. Some Funny Animals can shift between using two legs and four . Practically any cartoon series from The Golden Age of Animation , or video games aimed at children younger than 13 have at least one such character. Funny Animal is the technical term used by cartoonists to refer to the genre and characters. Also note that the "funny" in the title isn't literal: Funny Animals can be serious characters too. Frequently overlaps with Animal Superheroes and Intelligent Gerbil . May live in a World of Funny Animals . May suffer from Carnivore Confusion and Furry Confusion . See Petting Zoo People for characters who are even more anthropomorphized, and Civilized Animal and Talking Animal for those who are less anthropomorphized.

For characters who are somewhat between Funny Animal and Petting Zoo People there is the subtrope Borderline Petting Zoo People: Borderline PZP have a body that does not look simply like an animal-accented human body, nor does it keep the basic shape of the animal entirely like a Funny Animal. They look partly humanoid and partly like their species, often they have either humanoid legs and non-humanoid torso, humanoid torso and non-humanoid legs, or look semi-humanoid all over. Many top heavy bipedal animal characters are of the humanoid torso and non-humanoid legs variety. Females are depicted with human-like breasts fairly often. For further tropes pertaining to funny animals, furries and the tropes that appear frequently in their genres, see Funny Animal Tropes . Compare Intellectual Animal . Closely related to Beast Fable , which is the ancient form of the genre. On the Sliding Scale of Anthropomorphism , these fall somewhere between the Civilized Animal (Which has some anthropomorphic traits, but still has the lifestyle and priorities of a wild animal) and the Petting Zoo Person (who might as well be human). Examples: Alexandr and Sergei from Compare the Meerkat . Several Orangina!

ads feature anthropomorphs having a dance party. In their underclothes. For some reason. One British lottery has a fox-man as a mascot. The Symbicort commercials mainly have wolves in the animated segments. Could be a factor that they are all anthropomorphic wolfified versions of the elderly man and his friends and family in the commercials. Art Older Than Radio : Dogs Playing Poker , sixteen paintings done over the course of 17 years (1893 to 1910) by by Cassius Marcellus Coolidge. The dogs don't play poker in some of them, but all of them feature Funny Animal dogs. These works have been parodies many times in modern fiction. Anime & Manga The title character from Black Cat Detective . If Samuel L. Jackson were a cat, then he would also apparently be a Chinese police officer. Tama from Hayate the Combat Butler . He speaks perfect Japanese, can walk on two legs, has a degree in economics and is a qualified boiler room operator. Hayate is the only person who knows he can do it, however; to the rest of the cast he is just a lovable, oafish and above-average intelligent tiger (or 'big cat').

He's also spoken in front of Wataru. When confronted about speaking in front of others he says something about not wanting to shatter the girls' (Maria and Nagi) dreams. Cat Soup : The cats have human characteristics but you have to stop and wonder if at least one of them really is processing the world around them. In Studio Ghibli 's Porco Rosso (The Crimson Pig) the main protagonist is a pig, or more exactly a "pig-headed" human as he has the complete anatomy of a stout person except for the head. He is the only one of his type and lives among a human society who, while aware of his difference, don't find it bizarre and sometimes openly point it out. It's stated that he somehow became a Baleful Polymorph , given that there are pictures (and a flashback) showing him in human form. Many of the other characters in Suzy's Zoo: Daisuki! Witzy . Comicbooks DC Comics' Captain Carrot and His Amazing Zoo Crew! , which contained several Continuity Nods to the other Funny Animal comics DC published. In Amulet , the population of Kanalis.

Unusually, it's due to a curse, and we actually see people in the process of turning into them. Tawky Tawny is a very civilized version of this in the original Captain Marvel . The titular duo of Sam & Max: Freelance Police , with Sam leaning slightly further towards being a Petting Zoo Person than Max but still having enough animal coding to be this trope. Some characters, like Sal from the video games , also qualify. Carson the Muskrat from Dork Tower . He doesn't wear clothes note except for uniforms at work or costumes at conventions, but otherwise uses computers, gets jobs, drives cars, and functions socially like everyone else. Very common in British Comics examples include Biffo the Bear and Big Eggo from The Beano , Korky the Cat from The Dandy , Mickey the Monkey from The Topper and Rupert Bear . Superlï¿½pez : The Poet Ant, a humanoid radioactive ant from El castillo de arena (The Sand Castle). In the Doctor Who comics, the Sixth Doctor's companion Frobisher is drawn to look like this kind of character, though he's technically a shapeshifter who chooses to take the form of a funny anthropomorphic penguin most of the time.

In Circles , species is purely aesthetic. One of the earliest known funny animal characters would have to be Mr.Jack created by Jimmy Swinnerton which ran from 1903 - 1935. Film Also Howard the Duck at the stinger. The penguins in Happy Feet are an odd case; at times they uncomfortably straddle the line between penguins who can talk and penguin-people. The chickens in Chicken Run are difficult to categorise—the humans treat them just like any other chickens, but most of them wear at least one article of clothing and the stupidest one is capable of knitting. The cast of The Great Mouse Detective could be replaced by humans and it wouldn't make any difference at all. Well, except for Toby who is a dog. Disney's Robin Hood is the story of Robin Hood but with anthropomorphic animal characters. The cast of Kung Fu Panda . In particular, the characters use their animal attributes in their fighting styles, like Crane's wings or Po's body fat . Tigress and Tai Lung come the closest to crossing over into Petting Zoo People , but they are still distinctly feline.

In Zootopia the basic premise is that human beings never existed and mammals evolved to develop sapience, bipedal locomotion, opposable thumbs, and the ability to speak, ending up as civilized animals with very human-like lifestyles and society but still drawing much more heavily on their animalistic traits than is usually seen with this trope. Literature Brave Story has quite a large population of these. Of course, they're looked down upon by some. Spectral Shadows has a bunch of these in Serial 11. Going off the Synopsis Page on the Live Journal site, they're also slated to appear in other serials. All of the animals characters (With the exception of the Mcduff books) that appear in books made by Rosemary Wells . The Wild Ones features an entire city filled with animals who can talk, wear clothes, run shops, and even be part of a gang. Yet said city takes place within a much larger human city, and the animals frequently have to worry about traps the humans put out and getting captured by animal catchers. Live-Action TV Adventures in Wonderland 's White Rabbit counted as this. Oddly enough, the March Hare in the same show was more like a Petting Zoo Person .

Kermit (and other frogs), Piggy (and other pigs), Fozzie, Rowlf, and assorted other characters on The Muppet Show . (Scooter, Bunsen, the band and the Whatnots are probably meant to be humanish , Statler, Waldorf and the Swedish Chef are definitely Muppet humans, and Gonzo is ... whatever.) All three of the main characters from Studio 100 's "Wizzy & Woppy". Another Studio100 example is the Live-Action series "Bobo" which features anthropomorphic bunnies. In the spin-off to Kabouter Plop called "Plop & de Peppers" all three of the animal friends that is with Plop appear this way. Newspaper Articles The Onion published an excellent article based on this trope in the editorial section, titled "Stop Anthropomorphizing Me" , written by Gerald the Dog. Newspaper Comics Snoopy from Peanuts is an odd corner case, in that he lives in a dog house and doesn't speak, but still manages to be very expressive , and largely acts human, with some members of the cast occasionally forgetting that he's a dog.

Otto, Sarge's dog in Beetle Bailey , is another example of a non-talking Funny Animal. When first introduced in the strip he was more of a regular dog, but over time Mort Walker began having him walk upright, don a full uniform, etc. The Far Side has funny animals of all kinds, from cows to insects to amoebas (the Rule of Funny superseding the fact that protozoans are not animals). Hobbes from Calvin and Hobbes . Hobbes is really a mix of Funny Animal and Talking Animal ; he walks on two legs and sleds, plays baseball, and talks with Calvin sometimes and walks on four legs, pounces, ands runs around friskily other times. The main characters of Pearls Before Swine are all Funny Animals who live in a Crapsack World . My Cage is a funny animal world taking place in a universe where all the humans disappeared and the animals left behind eventually evolved into anthros. Pinball In Police Force , almost everyone is a Funny Animal, wearing little to no clothing and exhibiting natural body proportions. The only exceptions are the police officers, who are Petting Zoo People . Toys Fabuland , a LEGO theme from the 80s .

Videogames It'd be easier to list the few human characters in Animal Crossing as the sheer number of examples of funny animals in each entry in the series (including Japan-only villagers) put together could possibly fill up half of this page alone (let's just say the game's title is well deserved). The only human(s) in the games are the Player Character (s) and presumably their parents. Beyond Good & Evil has these for most of the NPC's: Pig-men, shark-men, walrus-men, etc. Taking pictures of them with the camera names their species in the form of "[Species] Sapien." Brutal: Paws of Fury , a game that came out during the 16-bit fighting game boom, has a cast entirely made up of funny animals (most of them Half Dressed Cartoon Animals ) Bug! . Most of the arthropod enemies in the game aren't, though. The Mimigas from Cave Story are rabbit-people. Other than subsisting on flowers ( and not wearing pants ) they don't act any different than their human neighbors.

(And at least two of them are humans who were magically transformed.) Crash Bandicoot , well, to an extent, with Ripper Roo and Tiny Tiger who averts this somewhat. The Banjo-Kazooie series are full of these, especially Captain Blubber & Boggy . Several NPCs in Shovel Knight are anthropomorphized versions of such animals like horses, deers, peacocks, goats, roosters, frogs, hedgehogs and rams. The majority of monsters in Undertale are anthropomorphized animals like goats, dogs, cats, fish, etc. Some of them play the trope fully straight while others are basically semi intelligent but still act mostly animal. Morgana from Persona 5 is a Talking Cat that sits in chairs, picks locks, shows you how to make thief tools like smoke bombs, and learns to be an auto mechanic in his spare time. In the Mental World of the Palace, he also turns into an anthropomorphized form that walks on two legs, fights with swords and slingshots, and wears a bandana and a Utility Belt . In Creepy Castle , a good part of the cast are bugs like the hero, Moth.

Crusader Kings II : Any number of Good Bad Bugs involving Glitterhoof and Horse M.D., a pair of horses added as randomly generated characters in the Conclave and Reaper's Due DLCs . By abusing a couple of loopholes in the rulesnote They both have a "Horse" trait that is supposed to prevent them from being landed or marrying and producing offspring with nominally human characters, but this doesn't stop you from educating children in Horse culture and then landing them, nor Catholic rulers from nominating them as heirs to bishoprics., you can generate entire dynasties of horses that are as playable as any other, leading to such utter lunacy as Empress Rainbow Dash of the (restored) Roman Empire . Visual Novels Squeaker in Fleuret Blanc , a dog who acts exactly like a human except for the occasional bark. Le Neuvieme even says he is a "perfect French gentleman". Nobody except Kant finds this odd. Webcomics Working Doodles includes many different examples. Most of the characters in Yuck Heads are this. In Alice and the Nightmare , Rougina is served by a pack of fluffy, bipedal, talking and clothes-wearing rabbits.

When The Whiteboard started, only the main cast were funny animals, while almost all of the rest of the cast were no-neck bubbleheaded humans with no distinctive facial features. The artist later experimented with more realistic humans, but then around 2012 went with the entire cast being funny animals, converting fan favorites Larry and Daryl from bubbleheads to squirrels without any commentary on the change In-Universe . Web Originals A third of the population of Metamor Keep is like this because of an unbreakable curse, though there have been other reasons such as other forms of magic and being bitten a were critter for why they show up. The other two curses were being made several years younger and unable to age and becoming the opposite sex though it's the funny animal curse that's the most common amongst the Keepers due to a mix of the writers' preference and because Most of the writers are Adult Cisgendered Males "Funny" may be a bit of a misnomer for Ruby Quest and Nan Quest , but they do feature animals who for all intents and purposes act as humans. The sentient chimpanzees, orangutans, and gorillas from the Global Guardians PBEM Universe .

Also the super-heroine Black Betty, a gene-altered humanoid skunk who highly resembles a female Pepe LePew . Chicken And Moose are these, though they also appear to be made of metal. Western Animation The entire cast of The Angry Beavers . Even the humans in the show are treated as such.

Question: In Robin Hood the title character was portrayed as which animal?
Answer: Fox