Talk:List of animal superheroes

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Anthropomorphic?[edit]

Is the word being used correctly? Some of the characters listed might cross the line and are more akin to Superhero "pets" with some human qualities rather then anthropomorphic animals. Others are essentially "human" only with some distinctly animal traits. Either the list should be edited or the word anthropomorphic removed from the title. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.193.148.137 (talk) 12:05, 11 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Question[edit]

Are'y sure that this "concept was made famous" by the 1985 cartoon ThunderCats? Mighty Mouse appeared in 1942. Smerdis of Tlön 13:38, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Bad title for this page?[edit]

I think that using the term "superheroes" for this page is really very misleading. The majority of characters listed here have no "super powers" whatsoever. For a few, it is even debatable if they would be considered "heroes".

--The Rizz (23:34, June 22, 2005)

Indeed, some of these characters (notably Scrooge McDuck) are not heroes at all. Is there a real need for this page? Isn't this better suited to a category?

--Fritz the CopyCat 16:00, 14 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

In addition to some of the characters not being superheroes, Krypto (who is a superhero) isn't anthropomorphic... Daibhid C 22:56, 19 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

He is in the cartoon that the listing links to.

Coyoty 02:40, 20 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Not in the episodes I've seen. Daibhid C 19:05, 20 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You don't think talking, using technology, having human facial expressions, etc. is anthropomorphic?

Coyoty 19:59, 20 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

When you put it like that, yes. I was working on the basis that he only talks to other animals (and Kevin) and remains quadrapedal, but you're right, he's still been anthropomorphised to some degree. Daibhid C 20:53, 20 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe a good title would be "List of major anthropomorphic characters" or something. Or we could replace the list with a category. Oc t ane ^{[improve me]} 25.01.08 1847 (UTC)

Jak & Daxter[edit]

What about Jack and Dexter?

Move this page[edit]

The 'anthropomorphic' is pretty redundant. --Nydas 19:21, 27 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Not really ... Krypto the Superdog and Streaky the Supercat are just two examples of "animal superheroes" who do not fit the definition of anthropomorphic. --Dennette 19:37, 27 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Except that List of animal superheroes currently redirects here. There's no real point to the anthropomorphic distinction. Why bother excluding the small handful of animal superheroes who (debatably) aren't anthropomorphic? --Nydas 18:53, 28 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Sam & Max[edit]

I want to add Sam & Max but they don't have any superpowers as far as I know. Max might have some in the realm of being a very versatile tool. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Psamathos (talk • contribs) 01:57, 20 January 2007 (UTC).[reply]

Red links[edit]

I'm not exactly sure why red-linked characters are being deleted. A 'red-link' means that a page has not yet been created, but when one is the pages will automatically be linked. If a red-link really offends someone, then turn it into text. Deleting the link entirely makes the entry inaccurate. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Qvamp (talk • contribs) 04:48, 2 March 2007

The problem is not just "that a page has not yet been created" ... in some cases, the page has been deleted, and in many cases, it will never be created ... one could add Geriatric Gangrene Jujitsu Gerbils, Super Slug, or Fierce Ferret to the list, or any number of fictional or non-notable characters, but they would not be "accurate" entries ... put them back when they have articles, otherwise they do not belong in the list. (And learn how to sign your posts!) 72.75.112.145 (talk · contribs) 16:11, 4 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure that this is a problem. What you're describing is The Purpose of Wikipedia. Again, you chose to remove the context without removing just the link. I stand by the fact that this content should not be removed. You want the redlinks gone... create the pages. If you have an overwhelming need... change them into text instead of links. Removing them (especially as an 'anonymous') is bad form. Qvamp 05:49, 14 April 2007 (UTC)QVamp[reply]

Detective Chimp[edit]

If human level intellegence for an animal is considered a super-power, then Detective Chimp should deffinatly be on this list. 70.236.14.246 20:23, 21 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Cleaning Up List[edit]

As I and several others mentioned in the recent AFD, this list needs some massive cleanup. I started off this effort by removing the many entries that were either completely non-notable or completely made up. These were basically the ones that either returned no search results or sources at all (outside of this list or its mirrors), or those who, upon searches, I discovered were some random person's made up character on their own personal page or Deviantart account. I think I got the majority of the uncontroversial removals, but there may still be some I overlooked that still need to be pruned.

The harder task now, is to remove the ones that, while potentially notable, do not fit the criteria of being a "superhero" at all. For example, The Great Mouse Detective and Sherlock Hound are anthromorphic interpretations of Sherlock Holmes - a detective, not a superhero. Similarly, the characters from Usagi Yojimbo really could not be considered to be superheroes. These examples really do not belong on this list. Similar to this are the many entries for characters that appeared in a single episode of a series. While the various series themselves are notable, one-off characters that appeared in a single episode are not, and including them here is just WP:LISTCRUFT. Before I started the effort of cleaning these out, though, I felt I should put my reasoning up on the talk page, to give other editors a chance to agree/disagree with the removal of these entries. Rorshacma (talk) 16:54, 3 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]