In some animated films, shows, and video games, the anthropomorphic animals, be they PettingZooPeople or {{Funny Animal}}s have fur, feathers, scales, skin, etc. that is either solid colored or look like human skintone colored and with hardly any markings but the non-anthropomorphic/less anthropomorphic animals are bicolor, tricolor, or have other various markings and patterns.

One variant is to have [[PettingZooPeople anthros]] have fur, feathers, or scales that look like human skin or actually just have human-like skin, as well as a normal head of hair atop it (sometimes, facial and body hair is added), in contrast to non-anthro/less anthro animals, which do not. In this variant, the non-anthro or less anthro animals can either have makings or be solid-colored without seeming human-skintoned. This variant is a popular choice when designing PettingZooPeople in juxtaposition with [[NearlyNormalAnimal "normal" animals]].

Another variant is for anthropomorphic animals to be solid colored, but without it looking like a human skintone. The non-anthro/less anthro animals in this variant tend to have various markings on their fur, feathers, scales, skin, etc. This variant is a sometimes used when designing {{Funny Animal}}s in juxtaposition with [[NearlyNormalAnimal "normal" animals]].


This trope is part of a tendency for animal characters to be drawn with more colors and/or more complex markings and patterns the [[SlidingScaleOfAnthropomorphism less anthropomorphic]] they are.

Sometimes, the anthro animals have a head of hair, either regardless of gender or [[FurryFemaleMane depending on gender]] (or [[NonMammalianHair if they are not mammals)]], but non-anthro or less anthro animals lack one. Sometimes, the anthro animals lack a head of hair just as much as the non-anthro/less anthro animals.

It gets really funky when PettingZooPeople (or any animal regardless of [[SlidingScaleOfAnthropomorphism anthropomorphism level]] for that matter) wear makeup or get tattooed.

Subtrope of FunnyAnimalAnatomy. Related to ThroughAFaceFullOfFur.




[[folder: Comics ]]

* Many (but not all) of the {{Dogfaces}} of Carl Barks's ComicBook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse comics, the ComicBook/MickeyMouseComicUniverse comics, ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales'', ''WesternAnimation/GoofTroop'', ''AGoofyMovie'' and ''An Extremely Goofy Movie'' have a fur or skin color that resembles various human skintones, often have human-like head hair, and sometimes do have human-like facial hair and body hair (the Beagle Boys for example have stubble and hair on their arms).
** This is in contrast to the other animal characters in the WesternAnimation/ClassicDisneyShorts world (non-anthro, CivilizedAnimal, or FunnyAnimal), whose fur/feathers/etc. do not resemble human skintones, whether they have markings like WesternAnimation/ChipAndDale or are (mostly) solid colored like Pluto and DonaldDuck.
** The Beagle Boys in WesternAnimation/MickeyDonaldGoofyTheThreeMusketeers, unlike in Carl Barks' and Don Rosa's comics and in WesternAnimation/DuckTales, are grey. Even though it they are still solid colored, they are a type of color that makes them look like they have fur.


[[folder: Film ]]

* ''Disney/TheAdventuresOfIchabodAndMrToad'':
** Badger from tge Disney adaptation of ''Literature/TheWindInTheWillows'' is furless with a light human-like skintone and a white beard, but still has the facial markings of a badger. Badger in the original story and and in other adaptations, on the other hand, looks slightly less anthropomorphic, had a tail, and was furred like a normal badger.
** Also, Mr. Toad's skin looks sort of human skintone except the back of his head.
* Similar to ''Disney/TheAdventuresOfIchabodAndMrToad'' example, Friar Tuck the from the WorldOfFunnyAnimals Disney adaptation of ''Disney/RobinHood'' is furless with a light human-like skintone and a white beard, but still has the facial markings of a badger.
* ''WesternAnimation/AnAmericanTail'':
* The animal looking characters in ''Disney/TreasurePlanet'' do not have fur. It could be justified in that they're aliens.
* The rats from ''WesternAnimation/FlushedAway'' are all depicted with fur that is colored like human flesh. Exceptions would be two of the evil Toad's henchrats, Whitey, who has white fur due to him being an albino rat; and Thimblenose Ted, a zombie-like rat [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin with a thimble on his nose]], who has gray fur.


[[folder: Video Games ]]

* The [[PettingZooPeople Caninu and Felineko]] of ''VideoGame/{{Solatorobo}}'' have both body fur and a full head of hair. Notably, females [[HumanoidFemaleAnimal tend to have peach fur and shorter muzzles]], while males tend to stick to one or two colors (though from a larger palette containing greys, whites, oranges, and other colors that wouldn't make much sense for a human skin).
* Poodles Galore from ''[[VideoGame/SPYFox Spy Fox: Operation Ozone]]'' has caucasian fur, save for her ears.
* Starting with ''VideoGame/CrashOfTheTitans'' the titular protagonist of ''Franchise/CrashBandicoot'' has had tattoos on his fur.


[[folder: Webcomics ]]

* In an early Webcomic/OzyAndMillie strip, Millie implies that tanning is basically the sun making ones fur a slightly darker shade of whatever color it is.


[[folder: Western Animation ]]

** Sue Ellen the PettingZooPerson cat has red hair and solid peach fur over the rest of her body, but Nemo the normal pet cat is black and white with a bicolor pattern.
** Subverted with Arthur's pet dog, Pal, who is solid colored.
* The FunnyAnimal bears in ''Literature/TheBerenstainBears'' are all light brown furred, but the normal animals tend to have various markings.
* The FunnyAnimal pigs in ''WesternAnimation/{{Olivia}}'' are pink or have various human-like skintones, but no head of hair, but the normal animals (except Edwin the black furred pet cat of Olivia) tend to have various markings.
* Gadget Hackwrench of ''WesternAnimation/ChipNDaleRescueRangers'' is peach-colored and has no real hints of fur on her body at all, whereas WesternAnimation/ChipAndDale and Monterey Jack have markings on their fur. But she does have a full head of strawberry-blond EightiesHair.
* At the end of one episode of ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife'', the eponymous wallaby ends up getting a sunburn after an afternoon at the beach, which makes it bizarre [[FridgeLogic considering the fact that he's from Australia]].
* In the first two ''Franchise/AlvinAndTheChipmunks'' cartoons, the Chipmunks and the Chipettes are both peach colored, but the Chipettes look like they just have peach colored skin and [[FurryFemaleMane have human-like head hair]]. The Chipmunks still look like they have fur, however. Contrast that to [[LiveActionAdaptation the two live action movies]] where they are [[AnthropomorphicShift less anthropomorphic]] and have fur and markings more like that of normal chipmunks. ''WesternAnimation/ALVINNNAndTheChipmunks'' mixes the two designs. They look even more anthropomorphic than before but aren't human sized, have tails, and have stripe markings on their faces that make it more obvious that they have light colored fur.
* Inverted in ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' where Bart, Lisa, and Maggie's hair are all colored like their skin.
* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'':
** Cheese Sandwich is pretty much Music/WeirdAlYankovic in pony form, and as such they gave him peach-colored fur and curly brown hair to better match his actor (since there's only [[LimitedAnimation so much one can do]] to make a ''My Little Pony'' character into an [[InkSuitActor Ink Suit]]).
** Similarly, Sunset Shimmer and Flash Sentry, who were both created for ''[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirls Equestria Girls]]'' and get far more screen time as humans than ponies, have peach colored skin/coats.
** Saffron and Coriander in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS6E13SpiceUpYourLife Spice Up Your Life]]" are Indian inspired ponies. They have orange and brownish fur respectively, and dark colored manes
* All of the [[CatFolk Thunderians]] from ''WesternAnimation/ThunderCats1985'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{Thundercats 2011}}'' have this trait. The ContinuityReboot takes more care to show "tufts" of fur at places like shoulders and elbows, and occasionally shows facial or bodily fur bristling with anger or surprise, though ThroughAFaceFullOfFur still occurs.
* Inverted with the Whos in the animated ''WesternAnimation/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas''; their hair is the same color as their skin.
* Averted in ''WesternAnimation/PeppaPig''. Two of the main pony characters clearly have spots while the zebras stripes are clearly displayed on their faces.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry'' short "Little Quacker", Quacker's dad Henry has a ''tattoo'' on his upper arm/wing.
* Brandy from ''WesternAnimation/BrandyAndMrWhiskers'' got a tan in at least one episode despite being a dog.
* ''WesternAnimation/HarveyBeaks'' applies lotion to himself as if he doesn't have feathers. He has a tuft on his head that makes it clear he doesn't have blue skin.
* While the characters in ''Literature/MaxAndRuby'' clearly have fur, most characters are solid toned. At least one character has been shown to have patches but almost everyone else has completely white or brown fur.