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Want an easy way to show that your character is loyal? Make him a dog! Want your female member to come off as graceful, but don't know how to show it? Make her a cat! One characterization shortcut is to somehow compare the character to an animal species that the audience's culture commonly projects certain anthropomorphic personality traits upon. This can be done in several ways: The respective animal frequently follows the rules set by What Measure Is a Non-Cute?. Quite possibly one of The Oldest Ones in the Book. And oh. Be wary of Animal Jingoism, accidential or intentional.

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  • Animal Stereotypes
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  • Want an easy way to show that your character is loyal? Make him a dog! Want your female member to come off as graceful, but don't know how to show it? Make her a cat! One characterization shortcut is to somehow compare the character to an animal species that the audience's culture commonly projects certain anthropomorphic personality traits upon. This can be done in several ways: The respective animal frequently follows the rules set by What Measure Is a Non-Cute?. Quite possibly one of The Oldest Ones in the Book. And oh. Be wary of Animal Jingoism, accidential or intentional.
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  • Want an easy way to show that your character is loyal? Make him a dog! Want your female member to come off as graceful, but don't know how to show it? Make her a cat! One characterization shortcut is to somehow compare the character to an animal species that the audience's culture commonly projects certain anthropomorphic personality traits upon. This can be done in several ways: 1. * Actually making said character the animal. 2. * Make the character an anthropomorphic animal, sometimes with the explanation that they're actually an alien race that coincidentally shares all of their traits with a terrestrial animal. (You may want to bring up "parallel evolution" here.) 3. * Alternatively, just give them some of the features of the animal in question. 4. * Have a character with the ability to transform into said animal. 5. * Have it mystically revealed that the person's "soul" is that of said animal. 6. * Just have random people repeatedly compare them to the animal. 7. * Give them a complementary pet that is said animal. 8. * Give them a character design that is evocative of that animal. 9. * Give them a thematically-appropriate name The respective animal frequently follows the rules set by What Measure Is a Non-Cute?. Quite possibly one of The Oldest Ones in the Book. Pretty much any Funny Animal story ever will use this. For personality traits of Muggles, see Dying Like Animals and Fighting for Survival. The Other Wiki has attempted to make their own version of this page. You decide how good it is. And oh. Be wary of Animal Jingoism, accidential or intentional.
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