![]() Both the Magical Girl she turns into and the Prince she's trying to save are represented by swans, appropriate since both are graceful dancers who are greatly defined by their love for others. The main character is a duck disguised as a girl, and she's shown as being clumsy and loud with a hidden grace. Mostly played straight in Princess Tutu.Bakarasu, a Speech-Impaired Animal showed up in one Mazinger Z episode and was a semi-recurrent secondary character in Great Mazinger, "helped" the heroes every so often, and he fit quite well with the traits of the heroic corvid: he was cunning, mischievous and trickster, and he enjoyed tweaking the messages he was supposed to deliver and getting Boss in trouble.The "lone wolf" idiom is actually quite clever. Kotaro Inugami of Negima! Magister Negi Magi swears he's a lone wolf, cold and proud with no need for others (namely, girls), but his friend Negi more closely associates him with a Dog (it is his demon species after all.) And as wolves are very social pack hunters, a lone wolf is often hungry and also lonely.Sesshoumaru, Inuyasha's pure-blooded brother, shares Inuyasha's dog-like traits of being possessive, territorial and aggressive, and gradually exhibits the stereotypes of a good dog as well including loyalty and being extremely good with children. The wolf demon Kouga is direct, competitive and likes running. Shippo, the fox demon is small but clever and brave. So he exhibits some traits of a dog, like loyalty and, uh, doggedness. Inuyasha, from the series of the same name, is half dog-demon.Yuki the Rat is an intelligent leader, Rin the Horse is fiercely independent, etc. The cursed Souma family in Fruits Basket - in this case each of the Soumas' personalities follow the character traits specific to their Zodiac sign, e.g.Canine Minks like Wanda and Dogstorm love licking people they like and chewing on bones ( Much to Brook's dismay), Carrot the rabbit Mink often nibbles on people and loves her namesake, Rody the bull Mink is distracted by a piece of fluttery cloth, etc. The Mink Tribe being a tribe of Funny Animals, they naturally have a lot of classic animal behaviours.This is played up a lot at first and then dropped as the story goes on. There's "Cat Burglar Nami" - which is everyone who knows Nami comparing her to a cat that's ultimately kind when it suits her but mostly selfish.Russian Bear: Grizzly or, more rarely, polar bears used to represent the various incarnations of Russia or its fantasy stand-ins.Kangaroos Represent Australia: Kangaroos used as symbols of Australia.American Eagle: Bald eagles used to represent the United States of America.National Animal Stereotypes: Animals as (un)official symbols that represent countries. ![]() What Measure Is a Non-Cute?: Adorableness is better than ugliness.Unpleasant Animal Counterpart: Comparison of good animals vs. ![]()
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