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Anthropomorphic Foxes in Space

2026-09-16T08:35:57Z

Dogman15: /* Book 4: Sabotage, Escalation, and the Collapse of First Contact */

'''Anthropomorphic Foxes in Space''' (often abbreviated '''AFIS''') is an approximately 400‑page online science‑fiction serial written by Otrstf between 1998 and 2002. The story blends hard science fiction, furry worldbuilding, mind‑uploading concepts, and cross‑cultural diplomacy. It follows a human couple, Dave and Marie, whose accidental encounter with an alien exploration team leads to Marie’s death—and her revival in the cloned body of a young alien [[vixen]] named Chessec.

The story is notable for its early use of the "Intelligent Gerbil" trope, its exploration of mind uploading ethics, and its detailed depiction of alien social structures.

== Plot Overview ==
=== Premise ===
Dave and Marie live a quiet rural life until a D'yimyi exploration team abducts them. During a neural scan aboard the alien ship, a micro‑meteor strike kills Marie’s human body. The crew, unwilling to cause diplomatic catastrophe, revives her by implanting her recorded neural patterns into a cloned D’yimyi body—originally grown as a medical backup for the young contact specialist '''Chessec'''.

Marie awakens as a large, bipedal, digitigrade [[fox]]‑woman, sharing not only Chessec’s body template but also a partial telepathic link with her.

=== Journey to the D’yim’yi Homeworld ===
Dave, Marie, their dog '''Hobo''', and Chessec travel aboard the alien ship to the D’yim’yi homeworld (Diyim’yi). During the voyage:
* Dave establishes himself socially by defeating the ship’s second officer '''Chopka''' in a ritual dominance challenge.
* Marie adapts to her new body and learns the D’yim’yi language rapidly through her psychic link with Chessec.
* Hobo becomes a cultural curiosity, as the D’yim’yi have no domesticated animals.

=== Arrival and Clan Politics ===
Upon landing, the group stays at the estate of '''Captain Amkro''', whose clan is undergoing a leadership struggle. Dave and Marie witness:
* A complex, hierarchical, polygynous society
* Clan alliances and ritual challenges
* The political rise of Amkro’s husband '''Candroc''', who becomes clan leader

Marie and Chessec are formally adopted into Amkro’s family, giving them social protection.

=== Diplomatic Mission ===
Dave presents a proposal to the Exploration Corps Council:
* Controlled first contact with Earth
* Exchange of students and scientists
* Covert acquisition of human technology
* Long‑term cultural and scientific cooperation

The council approves the plan, setting the stage for future Earth–Diyim’yi relations.

==Plot summary==
{{spoiler}}
=== Book 1: First Contact, Transformation, and the Birth of the Mission===
Marie dies aboard a D’yim’yi exploration ship and is resurrected in a cloned fox‑like alien body, creating an involuntary psychic link with Lt. Chessec. Marie and her husband Dave leave Earth under cover of a staged death and travel to the D’yim’yi homeworld, where they navigate clan politics, cultural dominance rituals, and the precarious position of a species that once fought a brutal war against the Jaguars. Dave presents Earth to the Exploration Corps, proposing a cautious first‑contact plan. After returning home, Marie, Dave, and Chessec form a stable triad due to the psychic link, and Chessec accepts her role as Earth’s long‑term liaison. Book 1 ends with the mission defined: humanity is rising fast, the D’yim’yi cannot afford mistakes, and Marie’s new identity binds her future to both worlds.

===Book 2: Recruitment, Catastrophe, and the First Human–Alien Alliances===
Dave quietly builds a human recruitment network while Marie and Chessec screen candidates. A U.S. airborne laser accidentally shoots down Mitzep’s shuttle, leading to Jena’s fatal injuries and her transformation into a M’raenn body. Chessec is captured by federal agents, prompting a violent rescue that destroys U.S. satellites and forces the mission into the open. Marie departs for Diyim’yi to keep diplomatic momentum alive, while Chessec begins formal contact with U.S. and Canadian officials. Canada becomes the first nation to establish friendly relations. A U.S. paramilitary ambush near Camp David nearly kills Chessec, forcing her and Dave to flee across multiple states. Book 2 ends with Earth contact irrevocably changed: alliances forming, factions emerging, and the mission now a geopolitical crisis rather than a covert experiment.

===Book 3: Conspiracy, Coup, and the Rebirth of the Jaguar People===
Marie and Jena begin life on Diyim’yi as “aliens among aliens,” while the Corps suspends Earth contact and plans to forcibly retrieve Chessec. Marie becomes a university counselor and quietly discovers the truth behind the Jaguar war: the foxes used a bioweapon that collapsed Jaguar civilization. Meanwhile, Mitzep’s military assignment at ''Nurnkh'' reveals a secret program raising Jaguar cubs — many immune to the virus and fully intelligent. The program, once meant for peaceful reintegration, has been twisted into unethical bioweapon research.

Marie and Jena rescue their classmate Sheerrwl after a sexual assault and organize a **trial by challenge** to restore her honor, earning political influence. Berypt flees with three jaguar cubs to prevent their execution, and Mitzep’s crew performs an illegal rescue, which the Corps immediately covers up. Annas, manipulated by security forces, breaks under pressure and defects to Marie and Jena.

Pon‑wic, the Corps security chief, stages a coup, assassinates the System Commander, and orders the destruction of all jaguars. Chopka’s crew escapes, fights through a pursuit force, and reaches Earth with critically damaged oxygen systems. Chessec and Dave coordinate a landing and meet a second D’yim’yi ship in Canada, where Annas warns them of the conspiracy. A SOCOM raid on the Canadian base forces emergency evacuation and a race to return home before Pon‑wic’s faction reaches the Council.

Back on Diyim’yi, Chopka, Marie, Kirron, and the cubs testify before the Council, exposing Pon‑wic’s treason and the illegal jaguar‑cub program. The opposition collapses. Marie delivers a powerful speech warning of colonialism, future human contact, and her commitment to raising her children as D’yim’yi. She proposes that Chopka father her child; he agrees only if she joins Clan Candroc as Second Wife, preserving her marriage to Dave while giving him paternal rights. Marie accepts, ending Book 3 with a fragile new political order and the rebirth of the Jaguar people now impossible to hide.

===Book 4: Sabotage, Escalation, and the Collapse of First Contact===
Book 4 pushes the AFIS saga into its most dangerous phase as Commander Dornek resurrects the dying war hero Relloc into the cloned body of a human teenage girl and secretly dispatches her to Earth as a saboteur meant to cripple the U.S. space program. While Relloc struggles to adapt to her new form under Jena’s guidance, she receives covert orders, escapes Diyim’yi, and crash‑lands in Florida with Jena trapped at her side. Jena is tranquilized and caged as an exotic lion, while Relloc is detained as a runaway and later escapes into the juvenile system, building a false identity and infiltrating NASA’s contractor network. Meanwhile, Dave, Marie, Chessec, H’raawl‑Hrkh, Colin, Cindy, and Chuck investigate evidence of Jaguar contact during WWII and uncover that humans possess a Nurnkh hyperdrive conversion unit — proof that Earth is far closer to interstellar capability than anyone realized. As NORAD escalates toward open conflict and the D’yim’yi crew fractures under political pressure, Relloc seduces a NASA firefighter to gain access to Pad 39B and attempts to sabotage a Shuttle launch. Her improvised device fails, and Jena and H’raawl‑Hrkh capture her at the bunker moments before liftoff. The extraction turns deadly when a U.S. fighter strafes the landing site, killing Chessec instantly; Annas’s shuttle‑plane escapes under fire with Relloc and Marie aboard. Months later, Chessec is revived from a two‑year‑old neural backup, Marie returns to Diyim’yi to raise her kits, and Dave remains on Earth — leaving the mission shattered, the political situation unstable, and first contact hanging by a thread.
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'''''Spoilers end here.'''''
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== Characters ==
=== Main Characters ===
* '''Dave Corbett''' – [[Human]] male protagonist; analytical, adaptable, and physically strong. Acts as a cultural bridge.
* '''Marie Corbett''' (Chessec clone) – Originally human; revived in a cloned D’yim’yi body. Shares a psychic link with Chessec.
* '''Chessec''' – Young D’yim’yi contact specialist; Marie’s genetic template and psychic twin.
* '''Hobo''' – Dave and Marie’s [[dog]]; a major point of fascination for the D’yim’yi.

=== D’yim’yi Crew ===
* '''Captain Amkro''' (female) – Ship captain and influential clan member; mentor and protector. She is later promoted to Commodore.
* '''Doctor Plaksa''' (female) – Medical officer who performs the neural transfer.
* '''Chopka''' (male) – Second officer; physically imposing; engages in ritual dominance with Dave.
* '''Lossp''' (male) – Navigator; provides historical background on the Jaguar war.
* '''Mitzep''' – a small, quick‑thinking D’yim’yi shuttle pilot whose mix of competence, nervous humor, and cultural naïveté makes him both an essential crew member and a charming foil to the humans he encounters.
* '''H’raawl‑Hrkh''' - a towering, [[lion]]‑like m’raenn engineer whose quiet loneliness, formidable strength, and unwavering professionalism make her one of the ship’s most respected and intimidating crew members.

=== Other supporting characters ===
* '''Jena''' - a reclusive, legally blind, sharp‑witted human sculptor living alone in the Colorado mountains who later encounters Mitzep by accident when he has to perform an emergency landing with the D’yim’yi shuttle.
* '''Chris''' (human) — Dave’s former intelligence colleague; becomes academic coordinator for the cultural exchange program that is Dave, Marie, and Chessec's idea.

== Setting ==
=== D’yim’yi Species ===
The '''D’yim’yi''' (or "Diyim’yi"; the text is inconsistent) are bipedal, digitigrade fox‑like aliens with:
* Strong scent‑based communication
* Instinctive dominance behaviors
* Clan‑based social structures
* Polygynous family systems
* Advanced cloning and neural recording technology
* Focus on exploring and science when not doing things related to their political clans
* Primitive computers compared to humans
* Starships inherited from the Jaguar conquerors

They live on the planet '''Diyim’yi''' (or "D'yimyi"; again, the text is inconsistent), which also contains non‑sapient animals such as cows, rabbits, ducks, and mice.

=== Other Sapient Species ===
* '''W’parl''' – [[Wolf]]‑like traders or interstellar merchants
** Luissen - W’parl trader; Marie arranges a romantic encounter for Chessec.
* '''[[Jaguar]]s''' – Former conquerors; technologically advanced but defeated. Their planet, or their race name, is called Nurnkh.
* '''Fijuto‑pwe''' – [[Badger]]‑like Neolithic species
* '''M’raenn''' - [[Lion]]‑like frontier engineers or industrial specialists/miners who work in asteroid belts and heavy industry in the outer system; part of the labor caste.
** H’raawl‑Hrkh (see above)

All sapient species share a common evolutionary origin, diverging only 1–15 million years ago.

== Themes ==
* Identity and continuity
* Mind‑uploading ethics
* Cross‑cultural diplomacy
* Clan politics and social hierarchy
* Adaptation to a new body
* Parallel evolution across multiple worlds
* Colonialism, genocide, and historical guilt
* The fragility of first contact
* Political factionalism and institutional collapse
* The ethics of resurrection and memory
* The danger of technological asymmetry
* Found family vs. institutional power
* Interspecies trauma and reconciliation

== Tropes ==
* Intelligent Gerbil
* Emergency Transformation
* Mind uploading
* Alien abduction
* Psychic link between clones
* Culture shock

== Publication History ==
''Anthropomorphic Foxes in Space'' was written by '''Otrstf''' and published online from 1998 to 2002 on Earthlink personal pages. The original site is no longer active, but archived versions are available via the Wayback Machine. Only four books were written, though it's possible the author may have intended to write at least one more book.

* Original: http://home.earthlink.net/~otrstf/
* Archive (July 24, 2019): https://web.archive.org/web/20190724133749/http://home.earthlink.net/~otrstf/

== See Also ==
* [[Wikipedia:Mind uploading|Mind Uploading]]
* [[Wikipedia:Mind transfer in fiction|Mind transfer in fiction]]
* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/IntelligentGerbil "Intelligent Gerbil"]
* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/EmergencyTransformation "Emergency Transformation"]

[[Category:Novels]]
[[Category:1990s novels]]

Anthropomorphic Foxes in Space

2026-09-16T08:35:04Z

Dogman15:

'''Anthropomorphic Foxes in Space''' (often abbreviated '''AFIS''') is an approximately 400‑page online science‑fiction serial written by Otrstf between 1998 and 2002. The story blends hard science fiction, furry worldbuilding, mind‑uploading concepts, and cross‑cultural diplomacy. It follows a human couple, Dave and Marie, whose accidental encounter with an alien exploration team leads to Marie’s death—and her revival in the cloned body of a young alien [[vixen]] named Chessec.

The story is notable for its early use of the "Intelligent Gerbil" trope, its exploration of mind uploading ethics, and its detailed depiction of alien social structures.

== Plot Overview ==
=== Premise ===
Dave and Marie live a quiet rural life until a D'yimyi exploration team abducts them. During a neural scan aboard the alien ship, a micro‑meteor strike kills Marie’s human body. The crew, unwilling to cause diplomatic catastrophe, revives her by implanting her recorded neural patterns into a cloned D’yimyi body—originally grown as a medical backup for the young contact specialist '''Chessec'''.

Marie awakens as a large, bipedal, digitigrade [[fox]]‑woman, sharing not only Chessec’s body template but also a partial telepathic link with her.

=== Journey to the D’yim’yi Homeworld ===
Dave, Marie, their dog '''Hobo''', and Chessec travel aboard the alien ship to the D’yim’yi homeworld (Diyim’yi). During the voyage:
* Dave establishes himself socially by defeating the ship’s second officer '''Chopka''' in a ritual dominance challenge.
* Marie adapts to her new body and learns the D’yim’yi language rapidly through her psychic link with Chessec.
* Hobo becomes a cultural curiosity, as the D’yim’yi have no domesticated animals.

=== Arrival and Clan Politics ===
Upon landing, the group stays at the estate of '''Captain Amkro''', whose clan is undergoing a leadership struggle. Dave and Marie witness:
* A complex, hierarchical, polygynous society
* Clan alliances and ritual challenges
* The political rise of Amkro’s husband '''Candroc''', who becomes clan leader

Marie and Chessec are formally adopted into Amkro’s family, giving them social protection.

=== Diplomatic Mission ===
Dave presents a proposal to the Exploration Corps Council:
* Controlled first contact with Earth
* Exchange of students and scientists
* Covert acquisition of human technology
* Long‑term cultural and scientific cooperation

The council approves the plan, setting the stage for future Earth–Diyim’yi relations.

==Plot summary==
{{spoiler}}
=== Book 1: First Contact, Transformation, and the Birth of the Mission===
Marie dies aboard a D’yim’yi exploration ship and is resurrected in a cloned fox‑like alien body, creating an involuntary psychic link with Lt. Chessec. Marie and her husband Dave leave Earth under cover of a staged death and travel to the D’yim’yi homeworld, where they navigate clan politics, cultural dominance rituals, and the precarious position of a species that once fought a brutal war against the Jaguars. Dave presents Earth to the Exploration Corps, proposing a cautious first‑contact plan. After returning home, Marie, Dave, and Chessec form a stable triad due to the psychic link, and Chessec accepts her role as Earth’s long‑term liaison. Book 1 ends with the mission defined: humanity is rising fast, the D’yim’yi cannot afford mistakes, and Marie’s new identity binds her future to both worlds.

===Book 2: Recruitment, Catastrophe, and the First Human–Alien Alliances===
Dave quietly builds a human recruitment network while Marie and Chessec screen candidates. A U.S. airborne laser accidentally shoots down Mitzep’s shuttle, leading to Jena’s fatal injuries and her transformation into a M’raenn body. Chessec is captured by federal agents, prompting a violent rescue that destroys U.S. satellites and forces the mission into the open. Marie departs for Diyim’yi to keep diplomatic momentum alive, while Chessec begins formal contact with U.S. and Canadian officials. Canada becomes the first nation to establish friendly relations. A U.S. paramilitary ambush near Camp David nearly kills Chessec, forcing her and Dave to flee across multiple states. Book 2 ends with Earth contact irrevocably changed: alliances forming, factions emerging, and the mission now a geopolitical crisis rather than a covert experiment.

===Book 3: Conspiracy, Coup, and the Rebirth of the Jaguar People===
Marie and Jena begin life on Diyim’yi as “aliens among aliens,” while the Corps suspends Earth contact and plans to forcibly retrieve Chessec. Marie becomes a university counselor and quietly discovers the truth behind the Jaguar war: the foxes used a bioweapon that collapsed Jaguar civilization. Meanwhile, Mitzep’s military assignment at ''Nurnkh'' reveals a secret program raising Jaguar cubs — many immune to the virus and fully intelligent. The program, once meant for peaceful reintegration, has been twisted into unethical bioweapon research.

Marie and Jena rescue their classmate Sheerrwl after a sexual assault and organize a **trial by challenge** to restore her honor, earning political influence. Berypt flees with three jaguar cubs to prevent their execution, and Mitzep’s crew performs an illegal rescue, which the Corps immediately covers up. Annas, manipulated by security forces, breaks under pressure and defects to Marie and Jena.

Pon‑wic, the Corps security chief, stages a coup, assassinates the System Commander, and orders the destruction of all jaguars. Chopka’s crew escapes, fights through a pursuit force, and reaches Earth with critically damaged oxygen systems. Chessec and Dave coordinate a landing and meet a second D’yim’yi ship in Canada, where Annas warns them of the conspiracy. A SOCOM raid on the Canadian base forces emergency evacuation and a race to return home before Pon‑wic’s faction reaches the Council.

Back on Diyim’yi, Chopka, Marie, Kirron, and the cubs testify before the Council, exposing Pon‑wic’s treason and the illegal jaguar‑cub program. The opposition collapses. Marie delivers a powerful speech warning of colonialism, future human contact, and her commitment to raising her children as D’yim’yi. She proposes that Chopka father her child; he agrees only if she joins Clan Candroc as Second Wife, preserving her marriage to Dave while giving him paternal rights. Marie accepts, ending Book 3 with a fragile new political order and the rebirth of the Jaguar people now impossible to hide.

===Book 4: Sabotage, Escalation, and the Collapse of First Contact===
Book 4 pushes the AFIS saga into its most dangerous phase as Commander Dornek resurrects the dying war hero Relloc into the cloned body of a human teenage girl and secretly dispatches her to Earth as a saboteur meant to cripple the U.S. space program. While Relloc struggles to adapt to her new form under Jena’s guidance, she receives covert orders, escapes Diyim’yi, and crash‑lands in Florida with Jena trapped at her side. Jena is tranquilized and caged as an exotic lion, while Relloc is detained as a runaway and later escapes into the juvenile system, building a false identity and infiltrating NASA’s contractor network. Meanwhile, Dave, Marie, Chessec, H’raawl‑Hrkh, Colin, Cindy, and Chuck investigate evidence of Jaguar contact during WWII and uncover that humans possess a Nurnkh hyperdrive conversion unit — proof that Earth is far closer to interstellar capability than anyone realized. As NORAD escalates toward open conflict and the D’yim’yi crew fractures under political pressure, Relloc seduces a NASA firefighter to gain access to Pad 39B and attempts to sabotage a Shuttle launch. Her improvised device fails, and Jena and H’raawl‑Hrkh capture her at the bunker moments before liftoff. The extraction turns deadly when a U.S. fighter strafes the landing site, killing Chessec instantly; Annas’s shuttle‑plane escapes under fire with Relloc and Marie aboard. Months later, Chessec is revived from a two‑year‑old neural backup, Marie returns to Diyim’yi to raise her kits, and Dave remains on Earth — leaving the mission shattered, the political situation unstable, and first contact hanging by a thread.

'''''Spoilers end here.'''''
== Characters ==
=== Main Characters ===
* '''Dave Corbett''' – [[Human]] male protagonist; analytical, adaptable, and physically strong. Acts as a cultural bridge.
* '''Marie Corbett''' (Chessec clone) – Originally human; revived in a cloned D’yim’yi body. Shares a psychic link with Chessec.
* '''Chessec''' – Young D’yim’yi contact specialist; Marie’s genetic template and psychic twin.
* '''Hobo''' – Dave and Marie’s [[dog]]; a major point of fascination for the D’yim’yi.

=== D’yim’yi Crew ===
* '''Captain Amkro''' (female) – Ship captain and influential clan member; mentor and protector. She is later promoted to Commodore.
* '''Doctor Plaksa''' (female) – Medical officer who performs the neural transfer.
* '''Chopka''' (male) – Second officer; physically imposing; engages in ritual dominance with Dave.
* '''Lossp''' (male) – Navigator; provides historical background on the Jaguar war.
* '''Mitzep''' – a small, quick‑thinking D’yim’yi shuttle pilot whose mix of competence, nervous humor, and cultural naïveté makes him both an essential crew member and a charming foil to the humans he encounters.
* '''H’raawl‑Hrkh''' - a towering, [[lion]]‑like m’raenn engineer whose quiet loneliness, formidable strength, and unwavering professionalism make her one of the ship’s most respected and intimidating crew members.

=== Other supporting characters ===
* '''Jena''' - a reclusive, legally blind, sharp‑witted human sculptor living alone in the Colorado mountains who later encounters Mitzep by accident when he has to perform an emergency landing with the D’yim’yi shuttle.
* '''Chris''' (human) — Dave’s former intelligence colleague; becomes academic coordinator for the cultural exchange program that is Dave, Marie, and Chessec's idea.

== Setting ==
=== D’yim’yi Species ===
The '''D’yim’yi''' (or "Diyim’yi"; the text is inconsistent) are bipedal, digitigrade fox‑like aliens with:
* Strong scent‑based communication
* Instinctive dominance behaviors
* Clan‑based social structures
* Polygynous family systems
* Advanced cloning and neural recording technology
* Focus on exploring and science when not doing things related to their political clans
* Primitive computers compared to humans
* Starships inherited from the Jaguar conquerors

They live on the planet '''Diyim’yi''' (or "D'yimyi"; again, the text is inconsistent), which also contains non‑sapient animals such as cows, rabbits, ducks, and mice.

=== Other Sapient Species ===
* '''W’parl''' – [[Wolf]]‑like traders or interstellar merchants
** Luissen - W’parl trader; Marie arranges a romantic encounter for Chessec.
* '''[[Jaguar]]s''' – Former conquerors; technologically advanced but defeated. Their planet, or their race name, is called Nurnkh.
* '''Fijuto‑pwe''' – [[Badger]]‑like Neolithic species
* '''M’raenn''' - [[Lion]]‑like frontier engineers or industrial specialists/miners who work in asteroid belts and heavy industry in the outer system; part of the labor caste.
** H’raawl‑Hrkh (see above)

All sapient species share a common evolutionary origin, diverging only 1–15 million years ago.

== Themes ==
* Identity and continuity
* Mind‑uploading ethics
* Cross‑cultural diplomacy
* Clan politics and social hierarchy
* Adaptation to a new body
* Parallel evolution across multiple worlds
* Colonialism, genocide, and historical guilt
* The fragility of first contact
* Political factionalism and institutional collapse
* The ethics of resurrection and memory
* The danger of technological asymmetry
* Found family vs. institutional power
* Interspecies trauma and reconciliation

== Tropes ==
* Intelligent Gerbil
* Emergency Transformation
* Mind uploading
* Alien abduction
* Psychic link between clones
* Culture shock

== Publication History ==
''Anthropomorphic Foxes in Space'' was written by '''Otrstf''' and published online from 1998 to 2002 on Earthlink personal pages. The original site is no longer active, but archived versions are available via the Wayback Machine. Only four books were written, though it's possible the author may have intended to write at least one more book.

* Original: http://home.earthlink.net/~otrstf/
* Archive (July 24, 2019): https://web.archive.org/web/20190724133749/http://home.earthlink.net/~otrstf/

== See Also ==
* [[Wikipedia:Mind uploading|Mind Uploading]]
* [[Wikipedia:Mind transfer in fiction|Mind transfer in fiction]]
* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/IntelligentGerbil "Intelligent Gerbil"]
* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/EmergencyTransformation "Emergency Transformation"]

[[Category:Novels]]
[[Category:1990s novels]]

Anthropomorphic Foxes in Space

2026-09-08T02:14:53Z

Dogman15: /* D’yim’yi Species */ I wish the author could clarify.

Anthropomorphic Foxes in Space

2026-09-08T01:56:37Z

Dogman15: /* Main Characters */ Their last name is revealed at the end of book 3; not sure if it appeared earlier.

Anthropomorphic Foxes in Space

2026-09-08T01:30:54Z

Dogman15: /* D’yim’yi Crew */

Anthropomorphic Foxes in Space

2026-09-07T13:15:02Z

Dogman15:

Anthropomorphic Foxes in Space

2026-09-07T12:07:18Z

Dogman15: I think this article has improved a lot, but if you disagree, go ahead and add the template back, or start a topic on the talk page, or edit it yourself, or message me.

Anthropomorphic Foxes in Space

2026-09-07T01:44:59Z

Dogman15: /* Other Sapient Species */ Not clear on which.

{{cleanup}}

'''Anthropomorphic Foxes in Space''' (often abbreviated '''AFIS''') is an approximately 400‑page online science‑fiction serial written by Otrstf between 1998 and 2002. The story blends hard science fiction, furry worldbuilding, mind‑uploading concepts, and cross‑cultural diplomacy. It follows a human couple, Dave and Marie, whose accidental encounter with an alien exploration team leads to Marie’s death—and her revival in the cloned body of a young alien [[vixen]] named Chessec.

The story is notable for its early use of the "Intelligent Gerbil" trope, its exploration of mind uploading ethics, and its detailed depiction of alien social structures.

== Plot Overview ==
=== Premise ===
Dave and Marie live a quiet rural life until a D'yimyi exploration team abducts them. During a neural scan aboard the alien ship, a micro‑meteor strike kills Marie’s human body. The crew, unwilling to cause diplomatic catastrophe, revives her by implanting her recorded neural patterns into a cloned D’yimyi body—originally grown as a medical backup for the young contact specialist '''Chessec'''.

Marie awakens as a large, bipedal, digitigrade [[fox]]‑woman, sharing not only Chessec’s body template but also a partial telepathic link with her.

=== Journey to the D’yim’yi Homeworld ===
Dave, Marie, their dog '''Hobo''', and Chessec travel aboard the alien ship to the D’yim’yi homeworld. During the voyage:
* Dave establishes himself socially by defeating the ship’s second officer '''Chopka''' in a ritual dominance challenge.
* Marie adapts to her new body and learns the D’yim’yi language rapidly through her psychic link with Chessec.
* Hobo becomes a cultural curiosity, as the D’yim’yi have no domesticated animals.

=== Arrival and Clan Politics ===
Upon landing, the group stays at the estate of '''Captain Amkro''', whose clan is undergoing a leadership struggle. Dave and Marie witness:
* A complex, hierarchical, polygynous society
* Clan alliances and ritual challenges
* The political rise of Amkro’s husband '''Candroc''', who becomes clan leader

Marie and Chessec are formally adopted into Amkro’s family, giving them social protection.

=== Diplomatic Mission ===
Dave presents a proposal to the Exploration Corps Council:
* Controlled first contact with Earth
* Exchange of students and scientists
* Covert acquisition of human technology
* Long‑term cultural and scientific cooperation

The council approves the plan, setting the stage for future Earth–D’yim’yi relations.

== Characters ==
=== Main Characters ===
* '''Dave''' – [[Human]] male protagonist; analytical, adaptable, and physically strong. Acts as a cultural bridge.
* '''Marie / Chessec‑clone''' – Originally human; revived in a cloned D’yim’yi body. Shares a psychic link with Chessec.
* '''Chessec''' – Young D’yim’yi contact specialist; Marie’s genetic template and psychic twin.
* '''Hobo''' – Dave and Marie’s [[dog]]; a major point of fascination for the D’yim’yi.

=== D’yim’yi Crew ===
* '''Captain Amkro''' (female) – Ship captain and influential clan member; mentor and protector.
* '''Doctor Plaksa''' (female) – Medical officer who performs the neural transfer.
* '''Chopka''' (male) – Second officer; physically imposing; engages in ritual dominance with Dave.
* '''Lossp''' (male) – Navigator; provides historical background on the Jaguar war.
* '''Mitzep''' – a small, quick‑thinking D’yim’yi shuttle pilot whose mix of competence, nervous humor, and cultural naïveté makes him both an essential crew member and a charming foil to the humans he encounters.
* '''H’raawl‑Hrkh''' - a towering, [[lion]]‑like m’raenn engineer whose quiet loneliness, formidable strength, and unwavering professionalism make her one of the ship’s most respected and intimidating crew members.

=== Other supporting characters ===
* '''Jena''' - a reclusive, legally blind, sharp‑witted human sculptor living alone in the Colorado mountains who later encounters Mitzep by accident when he has to perform an emergency landing with the D’yim’yi shuttle.
* '''Chris''' (human) — Dave’s former intelligence colleague; becomes academic coordinator for the cultural exchange program that is Dave, Marie, and Chessec's idea.

== Setting ==
=== D’yim’yi Species ===
The '''D’yim’yi''' are bipedal, digitigrade fox‑like aliens with:
* Strong scent‑based communication
* Instinctive dominance behaviors
* Clan‑based social structures
* Polygynous family systems
* Advanced cloning and neural recording technology
* Focus on exploring and science when not doing things related to their political clans
* Primitive computers compared to humans
* Starships inherited from the Jaguar conquerors

They live on the planet '''Diyim’yi''', which also contains non‑sapient animals such as cows, rabbits, ducks, and mice.

=== Other Sapient Species ===
* '''W’parl''' – [[Wolf]]‑like traders or interstellar merchants
** Luissen - W’parl trader; Marie arranges a romantic encounter for Chessec.
* '''[[Jaguar]]s''' – Former conquerors; technologically advanced but defeated. Their planet, or their race name, is called Nurnkh.
* '''Fijuto‑pwe''' – [[Badger]]‑like Neolithic species
* '''M’raenn''' - [[Lion]]‑like frontier engineers or industrial specialists/miners who work in asteroid belts and heavy industry in the outer system; part of the labor caste.
** H’raawl‑Hrkh (see above)

All sapient species share a common evolutionary origin, diverging only 1–15 million years ago.

== Themes ==
* Identity and continuity
* Mind‑uploading ethics
* Cross‑cultural diplomacy
* Clan politics and social hierarchy
* Adaptation to a new body
* Parallel evolution across multiple worlds

== Tropes ==
* Intelligent Gerbil
* Emergency Transformation
* Mind uploading
* Alien abduction
* Psychic link between clones
* Culture shock

== Publication History ==
''Anthropomorphic Foxes in Space'' was written by '''Otrstf''' and published online from 1998 to 2002 on Earthlink personal pages. The original site is no longer active, but archived versions are available via the Wayback Machine.

* Original: http://home.earthlink.net/~otrstf/
* Archive (July 24, 2019): https://web.archive.org/web/20190724133749/http://home.earthlink.net/~otrstf/

== See Also ==
* [[Wikipedia:Mind uploading|Mind Uploading]]
* [[Wikipedia:Mind transfer in fiction|Mind transfer in fiction]]
* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/IntelligentGerbil "Intelligent Gerbil"]
* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/EmergencyTransformation "Emergency Transformation"]

[[Category:Novels]]
[[Category:1990s novels]]

Anthropomorphic Foxes in Space

2026-09-05T22:19:04Z

Dogman15: /* D’yim’yi Crew */

{{cleanup}}

'''Anthropomorphic Foxes in Space''' (often abbreviated '''AFIS''') is an approximately 400‑page online science‑fiction serial written by Otrstf between 1998 and 2002. The story blends hard science fiction, furry worldbuilding, mind‑uploading concepts, and cross‑cultural diplomacy. It follows a human couple, Dave and Marie, whose accidental encounter with an alien exploration team leads to Marie’s death—and her revival in the cloned body of a young alien [[vixen]] named Chessec.

The story is notable for its early use of the "Intelligent Gerbil" trope, its exploration of mind uploading ethics, and its detailed depiction of alien social structures.

== Plot Overview ==
=== Premise ===
Dave and Marie live a quiet rural life until a D'yimyi exploration team abducts them. During a neural scan aboard the alien ship, a micro‑meteor strike kills Marie’s human body. The crew, unwilling to cause diplomatic catastrophe, revives her by implanting her recorded neural patterns into a cloned D’yimyi body—originally grown as a medical backup for the young contact specialist '''Chessec'''.

Marie awakens as a large, bipedal, digitigrade [[fox]]‑woman, sharing not only Chessec’s body template but also a partial telepathic link with her.

=== Journey to the D’yim’yi Homeworld ===
Dave, Marie, their dog '''Hobo''', and Chessec travel aboard the alien ship to the D’yim’yi homeworld. During the voyage:
* Dave establishes himself socially by defeating the ship’s second officer '''Chopka''' in a ritual dominance challenge.
* Marie adapts to her new body and learns the D’yim’yi language rapidly through her psychic link with Chessec.
* Hobo becomes a cultural curiosity, as the D’yim’yi have no domesticated animals.

=== Arrival and Clan Politics ===
Upon landing, the group stays at the estate of '''Captain Amkro''', whose clan is undergoing a leadership struggle. Dave and Marie witness:
* A complex, hierarchical, polygynous society
* Clan alliances and ritual challenges
* The political rise of Amkro’s husband '''Candroc''', who becomes clan leader

Marie and Chessec are formally adopted into Amkro’s family, giving them social protection.

=== Diplomatic Mission ===
Dave presents a proposal to the Exploration Corps Council:
* Controlled first contact with Earth
* Exchange of students and scientists
* Covert acquisition of human technology
* Long‑term cultural and scientific cooperation

The council approves the plan, setting the stage for future Earth–D’yim’yi relations.

== Characters ==
=== Main Characters ===
* '''Dave''' – [[Human]] male protagonist; analytical, adaptable, and physically strong. Acts as a cultural bridge.
* '''Marie / Chessec‑clone''' – Originally human; revived in a cloned D’yim’yi body. Shares a psychic link with Chessec.
* '''Chessec''' – Young D’yim’yi contact specialist; Marie’s genetic template and psychic twin.
* '''Hobo''' – Dave and Marie’s [[dog]]; a major point of fascination for the D’yim’yi.

=== D’yim’yi Crew ===
* '''Captain Amkro''' (female) – Ship captain and influential clan member; mentor and protector.
* '''Doctor Plaksa''' (female) – Medical officer who performs the neural transfer.
* '''Chopka''' (male) – Second officer; physically imposing; engages in ritual dominance with Dave.
* '''Lossp''' (male) – Navigator; provides historical background on the Jaguar war.
* '''Mitzep''' – a small, quick‑thinking D’yim’yi shuttle pilot whose mix of competence, nervous humor, and cultural naïveté makes him both an essential crew member and a charming foil to the humans he encounters.
* '''H’raawl‑Hrkh''' - a towering, [[lion]]‑like m’raenn engineer whose quiet loneliness, formidable strength, and unwavering professionalism make her one of the ship’s most respected and intimidating crew members.

=== Other supporting characters ===
* '''Jena''' - a reclusive, legally blind, sharp‑witted human sculptor living alone in the Colorado mountains who later encounters Mitzep by accident when he has to perform an emergency landing with the D’yim’yi shuttle.
* '''Chris''' (human) — Dave’s former intelligence colleague; becomes academic coordinator for the cultural exchange program that is Dave, Marie, and Chessec's idea.

== Setting ==
=== D’yim’yi Species ===
The '''D’yim’yi''' are bipedal, digitigrade fox‑like aliens with:
* Strong scent‑based communication
* Instinctive dominance behaviors
* Clan‑based social structures
* Polygynous family systems
* Advanced cloning and neural recording technology
* Focus on exploring and science when not doing things related to their political clans
* Primitive computers compared to humans
* Starships inherited from the Jaguar conquerors

They live on the planet '''Diyim’yi''', which also contains non‑sapient animals such as cows, rabbits, ducks, and mice.

=== Other Sapient Species ===
* '''W’parl''' – [[Wolf]]‑like traders or interstellar merchants
** Luissen - W’parl trader; Marie arranges a romantic encounter for Chessec.
* '''[[Jaguar]]s''' – Former conquerors; technologically advanced but defeated. Their planet is called Nurnkh.
* '''Fijuto‑pwe''' – [[Badger]]‑like Neolithic species
* '''M’raenn''' - [[Lion]]‑like frontier engineers or industrial specialists/miners who work in asteroid belts and heavy industry in the outer system; part of the labor caste.
** H’raawl‑Hrkh (see above)

All sapient species share a common evolutionary origin, diverging only 1–15 million years ago.

== Themes ==
* Identity and continuity
* Mind‑uploading ethics
* Cross‑cultural diplomacy
* Clan politics and social hierarchy
* Adaptation to a new body
* Parallel evolution across multiple worlds

== Tropes ==
* Intelligent Gerbil
* Emergency Transformation
* Mind uploading
* Alien abduction
* Psychic link between clones
* Culture shock

== Publication History ==
''Anthropomorphic Foxes in Space'' was written by '''Otrstf''' and published online from 1998 to 2002 on Earthlink personal pages. The original site is no longer active, but archived versions are available via the Wayback Machine.

* Original: http://home.earthlink.net/~otrstf/
* Archive (July 24, 2019): https://web.archive.org/web/20190724133749/http://home.earthlink.net/~otrstf/

== See Also ==
* [[Wikipedia:Mind uploading|Mind Uploading]]
* [[Wikipedia:Mind transfer in fiction|Mind transfer in fiction]]
* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/IntelligentGerbil "Intelligent Gerbil"]
* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/EmergencyTransformation "Emergency Transformation"]

[[Category:Novels]]
[[Category:1990s novels]]

Anthropomorphic Foxes in Space

2026-09-05T22:09:51Z

Dogman15: /* Other Sapient Species */

{{cleanup}}

'''Anthropomorphic Foxes in Space''' (often abbreviated '''AFIS''') is an approximately 400‑page online science‑fiction serial written by Otrstf between 1998 and 2002. The story blends hard science fiction, furry worldbuilding, mind‑uploading concepts, and cross‑cultural diplomacy. It follows a human couple, Dave and Marie, whose accidental encounter with an alien exploration team leads to Marie’s death—and her revival in the cloned body of a young alien [[vixen]] named Chessec.

The story is notable for its early use of the "Intelligent Gerbil" trope, its exploration of mind uploading ethics, and its detailed depiction of alien social structures.

== Plot Overview ==
=== Premise ===
Dave and Marie live a quiet rural life until a D'yimyi exploration team abducts them. During a neural scan aboard the alien ship, a micro‑meteor strike kills Marie’s human body. The crew, unwilling to cause diplomatic catastrophe, revives her by implanting her recorded neural patterns into a cloned D’yimyi body—originally grown as a medical backup for the young contact specialist '''Chessec'''.

Marie awakens as a large, bipedal, digitigrade [[fox]]‑woman, sharing not only Chessec’s body template but also a partial telepathic link with her.

=== Journey to the D’yim’yi Homeworld ===
Dave, Marie, their dog '''Hobo''', and Chessec travel aboard the alien ship to the D’yim’yi homeworld. During the voyage:
* Dave establishes himself socially by defeating the ship’s second officer '''Chopka''' in a ritual dominance challenge.
* Marie adapts to her new body and learns the D’yim’yi language rapidly through her psychic link with Chessec.
* Hobo becomes a cultural curiosity, as the D’yim’yi have no domesticated animals.

=== Arrival and Clan Politics ===
Upon landing, the group stays at the estate of '''Captain Amkro''', whose clan is undergoing a leadership struggle. Dave and Marie witness:
* A complex, hierarchical, polygynous society
* Clan alliances and ritual challenges
* The political rise of Amkro’s husband '''Candroc''', who becomes clan leader

Marie and Chessec are formally adopted into Amkro’s family, giving them social protection.

=== Diplomatic Mission ===
Dave presents a proposal to the Exploration Corps Council:
* Controlled first contact with Earth
* Exchange of students and scientists
* Covert acquisition of human technology
* Long‑term cultural and scientific cooperation

The council approves the plan, setting the stage for future Earth–D’yim’yi relations.

== Characters ==
=== Main Characters ===
* '''Dave''' – [[Human]] male protagonist; analytical, adaptable, and physically strong. Acts as a cultural bridge.
* '''Marie / Chessec‑clone''' – Originally human; revived in a cloned D’yim’yi body. Shares a psychic link with Chessec.
* '''Chessec''' – Young D’yim’yi contact specialist; Marie’s genetic template and psychic twin.
* '''Hobo''' – Dave and Marie’s [[dog]]; a major point of fascination for the D’yim’yi.

=== D’yim’yi Crew ===
* '''Captain Amkro''' (female) – Ship captain and influential clan member; mentor and protector.
* '''Doctor Plaksa''' – Medical officer who performs the neural transfer.
* '''Chopka''' (male) – Second officer; physically imposing; engages in ritual dominance with Dave.
* '''Lossp''' – Navigator; provides historical background on the Jaguar war.
* '''Mitzep''' – a small, quick‑thinking D’yim’yi shuttle pilot whose mix of competence, nervous humor, and cultural naïveté makes him both an essential crew member and a charming foil to the humans he encounters.
* '''H’raawl‑Hrkh''' - a towering, [[lion]]‑like m’raenn engineer whose quiet loneliness, formidable strength, and unwavering professionalism make her one of the ship’s most respected and intimidating crew members.

=== Other supporting characters ===
* '''Jena''' - a reclusive, legally blind, sharp‑witted human sculptor living alone in the Colorado mountains who later encounters Mitzep by accident when he has to perform an emergency landing with the D’yim’yi shuttle.
* '''Chris''' (human) — Dave’s former intelligence colleague; becomes academic coordinator for the cultural exchange program that is Dave, Marie, and Chessec's idea.

== Setting ==
=== D’yim’yi Species ===
The '''D’yim’yi''' are bipedal, digitigrade fox‑like aliens with:
* Strong scent‑based communication
* Instinctive dominance behaviors
* Clan‑based social structures
* Polygynous family systems
* Advanced cloning and neural recording technology
* Focus on exploring and science when not doing things related to their political clans
* Primitive computers compared to humans
* Starships inherited from the Jaguar conquerors

They live on the planet '''Diyim’yi''', which also contains non‑sapient animals such as cows, rabbits, ducks, and mice.

=== Other Sapient Species ===
* '''W’parl''' – [[Wolf]]‑like traders or interstellar merchants
** Luissen - W’parl trader; Marie arranges a romantic encounter for Chessec.
* '''[[Jaguar]]s''' – Former conquerors; technologically advanced but defeated. Their planet is called Nurnkh.
* '''Fijuto‑pwe''' – [[Badger]]‑like Neolithic species
* '''M’raenn''' - [[Lion]]‑like frontier engineers or industrial specialists/miners who work in asteroid belts and heavy industry in the outer system; part of the labor caste.
** H’raawl‑Hrkh (see above)

All sapient species share a common evolutionary origin, diverging only 1–15 million years ago.

== Themes ==
* Identity and continuity
* Mind‑uploading ethics
* Cross‑cultural diplomacy
* Clan politics and social hierarchy
* Adaptation to a new body
* Parallel evolution across multiple worlds

== Tropes ==
* Intelligent Gerbil
* Emergency Transformation
* Mind uploading
* Alien abduction
* Psychic link between clones
* Culture shock

== Publication History ==
''Anthropomorphic Foxes in Space'' was written by '''Otrstf''' and published online from 1998 to 2002 on Earthlink personal pages. The original site is no longer active, but archived versions are available via the Wayback Machine.

* Original: http://home.earthlink.net/~otrstf/
* Archive (July 24, 2019): https://web.archive.org/web/20190724133749/http://home.earthlink.net/~otrstf/

== See Also ==
* [[Wikipedia:Mind uploading|Mind Uploading]]
* [[Wikipedia:Mind transfer in fiction|Mind transfer in fiction]]
* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/IntelligentGerbil "Intelligent Gerbil"]
* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/EmergencyTransformation "Emergency Transformation"]

[[Category:Novels]]
[[Category:1990s novels]]

Anthropomorphic Foxes in Space

2026-09-05T22:08:51Z

Dogman15: /* D’yim’yi Crew */

{{cleanup}}

'''Anthropomorphic Foxes in Space''' (often abbreviated '''AFIS''') is an approximately 400‑page online science‑fiction serial written by Otrstf between 1998 and 2002. The story blends hard science fiction, furry worldbuilding, mind‑uploading concepts, and cross‑cultural diplomacy. It follows a human couple, Dave and Marie, whose accidental encounter with an alien exploration team leads to Marie’s death—and her revival in the cloned body of a young alien [[vixen]] named Chessec.

The story is notable for its early use of the "Intelligent Gerbil" trope, its exploration of mind uploading ethics, and its detailed depiction of alien social structures.

== Plot Overview ==
=== Premise ===
Dave and Marie live a quiet rural life until a D'yimyi exploration team abducts them. During a neural scan aboard the alien ship, a micro‑meteor strike kills Marie’s human body. The crew, unwilling to cause diplomatic catastrophe, revives her by implanting her recorded neural patterns into a cloned D’yimyi body—originally grown as a medical backup for the young contact specialist '''Chessec'''.

Marie awakens as a large, bipedal, digitigrade [[fox]]‑woman, sharing not only Chessec’s body template but also a partial telepathic link with her.

=== Journey to the D’yim’yi Homeworld ===
Dave, Marie, their dog '''Hobo''', and Chessec travel aboard the alien ship to the D’yim’yi homeworld. During the voyage:
* Dave establishes himself socially by defeating the ship’s second officer '''Chopka''' in a ritual dominance challenge.
* Marie adapts to her new body and learns the D’yim’yi language rapidly through her psychic link with Chessec.
* Hobo becomes a cultural curiosity, as the D’yim’yi have no domesticated animals.

=== Arrival and Clan Politics ===
Upon landing, the group stays at the estate of '''Captain Amkro''', whose clan is undergoing a leadership struggle. Dave and Marie witness:
* A complex, hierarchical, polygynous society
* Clan alliances and ritual challenges
* The political rise of Amkro’s husband '''Candroc''', who becomes clan leader

Marie and Chessec are formally adopted into Amkro’s family, giving them social protection.

=== Diplomatic Mission ===
Dave presents a proposal to the Exploration Corps Council:
* Controlled first contact with Earth
* Exchange of students and scientists
* Covert acquisition of human technology
* Long‑term cultural and scientific cooperation

The council approves the plan, setting the stage for future Earth–D’yim’yi relations.

== Characters ==
=== Main Characters ===
* '''Dave''' – [[Human]] male protagonist; analytical, adaptable, and physically strong. Acts as a cultural bridge.
* '''Marie / Chessec‑clone''' – Originally human; revived in a cloned D’yim’yi body. Shares a psychic link with Chessec.
* '''Chessec''' – Young D’yim’yi contact specialist; Marie’s genetic template and psychic twin.
* '''Hobo''' – Dave and Marie’s [[dog]]; a major point of fascination for the D’yim’yi.

=== D’yim’yi Crew ===
* '''Captain Amkro''' (female) – Ship captain and influential clan member; mentor and protector.
* '''Doctor Plaksa''' – Medical officer who performs the neural transfer.
* '''Chopka''' (male) – Second officer; physically imposing; engages in ritual dominance with Dave.
* '''Lossp''' – Navigator; provides historical background on the Jaguar war.
* '''Mitzep''' – a small, quick‑thinking D’yim’yi shuttle pilot whose mix of competence, nervous humor, and cultural naïveté makes him both an essential crew member and a charming foil to the humans he encounters.
* '''H’raawl‑Hrkh''' - a towering, [[lion]]‑like m’raenn engineer whose quiet loneliness, formidable strength, and unwavering professionalism make her one of the ship’s most respected and intimidating crew members.

=== Other supporting characters ===
* '''Jena''' - a reclusive, legally blind, sharp‑witted human sculptor living alone in the Colorado mountains who later encounters Mitzep by accident when he has to perform an emergency landing with the D’yim’yi shuttle.
* '''Chris''' (human) — Dave’s former intelligence colleague; becomes academic coordinator for the cultural exchange program that is Dave, Marie, and Chessec's idea.

== Setting ==
=== D’yim’yi Species ===
The '''D’yim’yi''' are bipedal, digitigrade fox‑like aliens with:
* Strong scent‑based communication
* Instinctive dominance behaviors
* Clan‑based social structures
* Polygynous family systems
* Advanced cloning and neural recording technology
* Focus on exploring and science when not doing things related to their political clans
* Primitive computers compared to humans
* Starships inherited from the Jaguar conquerors

They live on the planet '''Diyim’yi''', which also contains non‑sapient animals such as cows, rabbits, ducks, and mice.

=== Other Sapient Species ===
* '''W’parl''' – [[Wolf]]‑like traders or interstellar merchants
** Luissen - W’parl trader; Marie arranges a romantic encounter for Chessec.
* '''[[Jaguar]]s''' – Former conquerors; technologically advanced but defeated
* '''Fijuto‑pwe''' – [[Badger]]‑like Neolithic species
* '''M’raenn''' - [[Lion]]‑like frontier engineers or industrial specialists/miners who work in asteroid belts and heavy industry in the outer system; part of the labor caste.
** H’raawl‑Hrkh (see above)

All sapient species share a common evolutionary origin, diverging only 1–15 million years ago.

== Themes ==
* Identity and continuity
* Mind‑uploading ethics
* Cross‑cultural diplomacy
* Clan politics and social hierarchy
* Adaptation to a new body
* Parallel evolution across multiple worlds

== Tropes ==
* Intelligent Gerbil
* Emergency Transformation
* Mind uploading
* Alien abduction
* Psychic link between clones
* Culture shock

== Publication History ==
''Anthropomorphic Foxes in Space'' was written by '''Otrstf''' and published online from 1998 to 2002 on Earthlink personal pages. The original site is no longer active, but archived versions are available via the Wayback Machine.

* Original: http://home.earthlink.net/~otrstf/
* Archive (July 24, 2019): https://web.archive.org/web/20190724133749/http://home.earthlink.net/~otrstf/

== See Also ==
* [[Wikipedia:Mind uploading|Mind Uploading]]
* [[Wikipedia:Mind transfer in fiction|Mind transfer in fiction]]
* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/IntelligentGerbil "Intelligent Gerbil"]
* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/EmergencyTransformation "Emergency Transformation"]

[[Category:Novels]]
[[Category:1990s novels]]

Anthropomorphic Foxes in Space

2026-09-05T21:51:10Z

Dogman15: /* Other Sapient Species */

{{cleanup}}

'''Anthropomorphic Foxes in Space''' (often abbreviated '''AFIS''') is an approximately 400‑page online science‑fiction serial written by Otrstf between 1998 and 2002. The story blends hard science fiction, furry worldbuilding, mind‑uploading concepts, and cross‑cultural diplomacy. It follows a human couple, Dave and Marie, whose accidental encounter with an alien exploration team leads to Marie’s death—and her revival in the cloned body of a young alien [[vixen]] named Chessec.

The story is notable for its early use of the "Intelligent Gerbil" trope, its exploration of mind uploading ethics, and its detailed depiction of alien social structures.

== Plot Overview ==
=== Premise ===
Dave and Marie live a quiet rural life until a D'yimyi exploration team abducts them. During a neural scan aboard the alien ship, a micro‑meteor strike kills Marie’s human body. The crew, unwilling to cause diplomatic catastrophe, revives her by implanting her recorded neural patterns into a cloned D’yimyi body—originally grown as a medical backup for the young contact specialist '''Chessec'''.

Marie awakens as a large, bipedal, digitigrade [[fox]]‑woman, sharing not only Chessec’s body template but also a partial telepathic link with her.

=== Journey to the D’yim’yi Homeworld ===
Dave, Marie, their dog '''Hobo''', and Chessec travel aboard the alien ship to the D’yim’yi homeworld. During the voyage:
* Dave establishes himself socially by defeating the ship’s second officer '''Chopka''' in a ritual dominance challenge.
* Marie adapts to her new body and learns the D’yim’yi language rapidly through her psychic link with Chessec.
* Hobo becomes a cultural curiosity, as the D’yim’yi have no domesticated animals.

=== Arrival and Clan Politics ===
Upon landing, the group stays at the estate of '''Captain Amkro''', whose clan is undergoing a leadership struggle. Dave and Marie witness:
* A complex, hierarchical, polygynous society
* Clan alliances and ritual challenges
* The political rise of Amkro’s husband '''Candroc''', who becomes clan leader

Marie and Chessec are formally adopted into Amkro’s family, giving them social protection.

=== Diplomatic Mission ===
Dave presents a proposal to the Exploration Corps Council:
* Controlled first contact with Earth
* Exchange of students and scientists
* Covert acquisition of human technology
* Long‑term cultural and scientific cooperation

The council approves the plan, setting the stage for future Earth–D’yim’yi relations.

== Characters ==
=== Main Characters ===
* '''Dave''' – [[Human]] male protagonist; analytical, adaptable, and physically strong. Acts as a cultural bridge.
* '''Marie / Chessec‑clone''' – Originally human; revived in a cloned D’yim’yi body. Shares a psychic link with Chessec.
* '''Chessec''' – Young D’yim’yi contact specialist; Marie’s genetic template and psychic twin.
* '''Hobo''' – Dave and Marie’s [[dog]]; a major point of fascination for the D’yim’yi.

=== D’yim’yi Crew ===
* '''Captain Amkro''' – Ship captain and influential clan member; mentor and protector.
* '''Doctor Plaksa''' – Medical officer who performs the neural transfer.
* '''Chopka''' – Second officer; physically imposing; engages in ritual dominance with Dave.
* '''Lossp''' – Navigator; provides historical background on the Jaguar war.
* '''Mitzep''' – a small, quick‑thinking D’yim’yi shuttle pilot whose mix of competence, nervous humor, and cultural naïveté makes him both an essential crew member and a charming foil to the humans he encounters.
* '''H’raawl‑Hrkh''' - a towering, [[lion]]‑like m’raenn engineer whose quiet loneliness, formidable strength, and unwavering professionalism make her one of the ship’s most respected and intimidating crew members.

=== Other supporting characters ===
* '''Jena''' - a reclusive, legally blind, sharp‑witted human sculptor living alone in the Colorado mountains who later encounters Mitzep by accident when he has to perform an emergency landing with the D’yim’yi shuttle.
* '''Chris''' (human) — Dave’s former intelligence colleague; becomes academic coordinator for the cultural exchange program that is Dave, Marie, and Chessec's idea.

== Setting ==
=== D’yim’yi Species ===
The '''D’yim’yi''' are bipedal, digitigrade fox‑like aliens with:
* Strong scent‑based communication
* Instinctive dominance behaviors
* Clan‑based social structures
* Polygynous family systems
* Advanced cloning and neural recording technology
* Focus on exploring and science when not doing things related to their political clans
* Primitive computers compared to humans
* Starships inherited from the Jaguar conquerors

They live on the planet '''Diyim’yi''', which also contains non‑sapient animals such as cows, rabbits, ducks, and mice.

=== Other Sapient Species ===
* '''W’parl''' – [[Wolf]]‑like traders or interstellar merchants
** Luissen - W’parl trader; Marie arranges a romantic encounter for Chessec.
* '''[[Jaguar]]s''' – Former conquerors; technologically advanced but defeated
* '''Fijuto‑pwe''' – [[Badger]]‑like Neolithic species
* '''M’raenn''' - [[Lion]]‑like frontier engineers or industrial specialists/miners who work in asteroid belts and heavy industry in the outer system; part of the labor caste.
** H’raawl‑Hrkh (see above)

All sapient species share a common evolutionary origin, diverging only 1–15 million years ago.

== Themes ==
* Identity and continuity
* Mind‑uploading ethics
* Cross‑cultural diplomacy
* Clan politics and social hierarchy
* Adaptation to a new body
* Parallel evolution across multiple worlds

== Tropes ==
* Intelligent Gerbil
* Emergency Transformation
* Mind uploading
* Alien abduction
* Psychic link between clones
* Culture shock

== Publication History ==
''Anthropomorphic Foxes in Space'' was written by '''Otrstf''' and published online from 1998 to 2002 on Earthlink personal pages. The original site is no longer active, but archived versions are available via the Wayback Machine.

* Original: http://home.earthlink.net/~otrstf/
* Archive (July 24, 2019): https://web.archive.org/web/20190724133749/http://home.earthlink.net/~otrstf/

== See Also ==
* [[Wikipedia:Mind uploading|Mind Uploading]]
* [[Wikipedia:Mind transfer in fiction|Mind transfer in fiction]]
* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/IntelligentGerbil "Intelligent Gerbil"]
* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/EmergencyTransformation "Emergency Transformation"]

[[Category:Novels]]
[[Category:1990s novels]]

Anthropomorphic Foxes in Space

2026-09-05T21:48:49Z

Dogman15: /* Characters */ No spoilers for what happens to Jena.

{{cleanup}}

'''Anthropomorphic Foxes in Space''' (often abbreviated '''AFIS''') is an approximately 400‑page online science‑fiction serial written by Otrstf between 1998 and 2002. The story blends hard science fiction, furry worldbuilding, mind‑uploading concepts, and cross‑cultural diplomacy. It follows a human couple, Dave and Marie, whose accidental encounter with an alien exploration team leads to Marie’s death—and her revival in the cloned body of a young alien [[vixen]] named Chessec.

The story is notable for its early use of the "Intelligent Gerbil" trope, its exploration of mind uploading ethics, and its detailed depiction of alien social structures.

== Plot Overview ==
=== Premise ===
Dave and Marie live a quiet rural life until a D'yimyi exploration team abducts them. During a neural scan aboard the alien ship, a micro‑meteor strike kills Marie’s human body. The crew, unwilling to cause diplomatic catastrophe, revives her by implanting her recorded neural patterns into a cloned D’yimyi body—originally grown as a medical backup for the young contact specialist '''Chessec'''.

Marie awakens as a large, bipedal, digitigrade [[fox]]‑woman, sharing not only Chessec’s body template but also a partial telepathic link with her.

=== Journey to the D’yim’yi Homeworld ===
Dave, Marie, their dog '''Hobo''', and Chessec travel aboard the alien ship to the D’yim’yi homeworld. During the voyage:
* Dave establishes himself socially by defeating the ship’s second officer '''Chopka''' in a ritual dominance challenge.
* Marie adapts to her new body and learns the D’yim’yi language rapidly through her psychic link with Chessec.
* Hobo becomes a cultural curiosity, as the D’yim’yi have no domesticated animals.

=== Arrival and Clan Politics ===
Upon landing, the group stays at the estate of '''Captain Amkro''', whose clan is undergoing a leadership struggle. Dave and Marie witness:
* A complex, hierarchical, polygynous society
* Clan alliances and ritual challenges
* The political rise of Amkro’s husband '''Candroc''', who becomes clan leader

Marie and Chessec are formally adopted into Amkro’s family, giving them social protection.

=== Diplomatic Mission ===
Dave presents a proposal to the Exploration Corps Council:
* Controlled first contact with Earth
* Exchange of students and scientists
* Covert acquisition of human technology
* Long‑term cultural and scientific cooperation

The council approves the plan, setting the stage for future Earth–D’yim’yi relations.

== Characters ==
=== Main Characters ===
* '''Dave''' – [[Human]] male protagonist; analytical, adaptable, and physically strong. Acts as a cultural bridge.
* '''Marie / Chessec‑clone''' – Originally human; revived in a cloned D’yim’yi body. Shares a psychic link with Chessec.
* '''Chessec''' – Young D’yim’yi contact specialist; Marie’s genetic template and psychic twin.
* '''Hobo''' – Dave and Marie’s [[dog]]; a major point of fascination for the D’yim’yi.

=== D’yim’yi Crew ===
* '''Captain Amkro''' – Ship captain and influential clan member; mentor and protector.
* '''Doctor Plaksa''' – Medical officer who performs the neural transfer.
* '''Chopka''' – Second officer; physically imposing; engages in ritual dominance with Dave.
* '''Lossp''' – Navigator; provides historical background on the Jaguar war.
* '''Mitzep''' – a small, quick‑thinking D’yim’yi shuttle pilot whose mix of competence, nervous humor, and cultural naïveté makes him both an essential crew member and a charming foil to the humans he encounters.
* '''H’raawl‑Hrkh''' - a towering, [[lion]]‑like m’raenn engineer whose quiet loneliness, formidable strength, and unwavering professionalism make her one of the ship’s most respected and intimidating crew members.

=== Other supporting characters ===
* '''Jena''' - a reclusive, legally blind, sharp‑witted human sculptor living alone in the Colorado mountains who later encounters Mitzep by accident when he has to perform an emergency landing with the D’yim’yi shuttle.
* '''Chris''' (human) — Dave’s former intelligence colleague; becomes academic coordinator for the cultural exchange program that is Dave, Marie, and Chessec's idea.

== Setting ==
=== D’yim’yi Species ===
The '''D’yim’yi''' are bipedal, digitigrade fox‑like aliens with:
* Strong scent‑based communication
* Instinctive dominance behaviors
* Clan‑based social structures
* Polygynous family systems
* Advanced cloning and neural recording technology
* Focus on exploring and science when not doing things related to their political clans
* Primitive computers compared to humans
* Starships inherited from the Jaguar conquerors

They live on the planet '''Diyim’yi''', which also contains non‑sapient animals such as cows, rabbits, ducks, and mice.

=== Other Sapient Species ===
* '''W’parl''' – [[Wolf]]‑like traders or interstellar merchants
* '''[[Jaguar]]s''' – Former conquerors; technologically advanced but defeated
* '''Fijuto‑pwe''' – [[Badger]]‑like Neolithic species
* '''M’raenn''' - [[Lion]]‑like frontier engineers or industrial specialists/miners who work in asteroid belts and heavy industry in the outer system; part of the labor caste.

All sapient species share a common evolutionary origin, diverging only 1–15 million years ago.

== Themes ==
* Identity and continuity
* Mind‑uploading ethics
* Cross‑cultural diplomacy
* Clan politics and social hierarchy
* Adaptation to a new body
* Parallel evolution across multiple worlds

== Tropes ==
* Intelligent Gerbil
* Emergency Transformation
* Mind uploading
* Alien abduction
* Psychic link between clones
* Culture shock

== Publication History ==
''Anthropomorphic Foxes in Space'' was written by '''Otrstf''' and published online from 1998 to 2002 on Earthlink personal pages. The original site is no longer active, but archived versions are available via the Wayback Machine.

* Original: http://home.earthlink.net/~otrstf/
* Archive (July 24, 2019): https://web.archive.org/web/20190724133749/http://home.earthlink.net/~otrstf/

== See Also ==
* [[Wikipedia:Mind uploading|Mind Uploading]]
* [[Wikipedia:Mind transfer in fiction|Mind transfer in fiction]]
* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/IntelligentGerbil "Intelligent Gerbil"]
* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/EmergencyTransformation "Emergency Transformation"]

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Star Fox

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'''''Star Fox''''' is a series of [[:Category:Video games|video games]] started by [[Wikipedia:Nintendo|Nintendo]] in 1993. It is a very successful series, continuing to draw an avid fan base from most Nintendo gamers to this day. A number of [[furs]] claim to have been drawn into the [[fandom]] because of this game series, and one instance - ''Star Fox Adventures'' - won the [[Ursa Major Awards#2002|2002 Ursa Major Award]] for ''Best Anthropomorphic Game''.

==Production history==

===Star Fox===
[[image:IMAGE7.png|left|thumb|The ''Star Fox'' title screen]]
[[image:IMAGE.png|right|thumb|The ''Star Fox'' map screen]]
In 1993, Nintendo's feature system, the [[wikipedia:Super Nintendo Entertainment System|Super Nintendo Entertainment System]] (or SNES for short) was blessed with the gift of the [[wikipedia:Super FX|Super FX]] graphics chip. This chip, when installed on certain game cartridges, would enable the system to generate and display polygonal 3D sprites and backgrounds which would be a graphical leap potentially larger than that of ''[[Final Fantasy VI]]'' or ''Super Mario World''. The first game to feature this chip was the premier release of ''Star Fox'', a video game classified as a shooter. It was licensed entirely by Nintendo with the help of Argonaut Software in a contract for three Super FX chip games.

''Star Fox'' was hailed as a marvel of graphics technology at the time, and it took a while for the game to really take off as people dived into its unique world. Nintendo later released a second version of the home game and a limited number of cartridges which were used in the "Weekend Competition". This more competitive version kept track of your score and gave you a limited amount of time in which to play. It also sparked the creation of a wristwatch version of the game which was a promotional item people could get from collecting cereal box tops. [[Comic]]s and [[plushies]] followed and were considered the most important aspect to the game’s universe.

===Star Fox 2===
[[Image:ZSNESSF2CAP.png|left|thumb|The "final" version of the SNES game: ''Star Fox 2'']][[image:SF2 - Wolfen.png|thumb|right|Star Wolf's debut appearance]]
In 1995, demand started rising for another game in the series. Nintendo again started work to create a game superior in quality as much as possible. Their efforts included the introduction of all-range stages for the entirety of the game, two additional characters named Miyu (replacing the Andross look alike "Saru" from the alpha) and Fay (replacing a Fara look alike named Lady from another alpha version), new ships and ship transformations, a map in which players could literally fly everywhere, new enemies, and the introduction of Star Wolf. This title was tentatively called ''[[wikipedia:Star Fox 2|Star Fox 2]]'' and held promise as a title that would use the improved [[wikipedia:Super FX|Super FX 2]] chip to control the graphics. This game also included more - and higher quality - synthetic voice clips than its predecessor. However, the release of the [[wikipedia:Nintendo 64|Nintendo 64]] system promised more capability than the SNES and the ''Star Fox 2'' project was scrapped in its final bug-testing stages and thus was never released outside the beta cartridges that were in the company and the demos that were seen at E3.

These few cartridges were eventually turned into ROMS and distributed across the Internet in its original Japanese form. Patches were eventually made and a more or less final version of this beta game was released on the internet. This release had some rumors attached to it. At one time at the E3 expo that it was a feature in, one avid fan tried to steal the cartridge. He never left the booth with it as he was arrested, but Nintendo dropped charges soon thereafter.

Further, Nintendo had sent out eight copies of the full game to major magazines so they could make a review by release day. When the game was canceled, Nintendo asked for the cartridges to be returned. A few magazine companies complied, and a few did not. One of these cartridges showed up at an auction once and sold for over ten thousand dollars due to the rarity of a complete cartridge. It is from one of these cartridges that the ROM circulating the internet was copied from.

Due to the technical completion of ''Star Fox 2'', the third and final game in the contract, Argonaut Software parted ways with Nintendo and returned to its former productions.

===Star Fox 64===
[[image:StarFox64-01.png|left|thumb|''The Star Fox 64'' title screen]]
[[image:StarFox64-05.png|right|thumb|An Arwing firing a smart bomb as seen in ''Star Fox 64'']]
Two years later in 1997, after many discussions from Nintendo and sneak previews, ''Star Fox 64'' was released. This was the first game in the series to use voice actors for real-time dialog, the first ever addition of the Rumble Pack to let players "feel" the game (such as when they got hit by enemy fire), and greater levels of detail along with a rework of the sprites and new vehicles.

The system map split the game into three routes similar to the original game, and unlike the original, it allowed players to change routes depending on their performance in the last mission. This made the game more diverse and expansive than before, since the player could pick a path through the enemy lines to get to the final level which in itself had two possible layouts depending on the attack approach the player took.

Unknown to many players however, were the elements of the game which were carried over from ''Star Fox 2''. Star Wolf, the All Range Mode, and the Wolfen were reused from ''Star Fox 2'' and played a pivotal role in the game, as you could not go through the game without having to go through these things at least once. Each mission also carried a score cap which the player had to meet or exceed to get a medal for that stage, with a requirement that the entire team survive. Collecting all the medals for every stage on the map would unlock an expert mode with more enemies, a smarter AI, and the fragility of the Arwing increased. It also had extras for multiplayer mode which could be unlocked for performing certain tasks; all of this gave the game a decent replay value.

Many people use this game as the definition for what is canon in the Star Fox universe. Star Fox 64 was considered the "test dummy" of what the [[wikipedia:Nintendo 64|Nintendo 64]] could do and was, in simple terms, a remake of the original SNES game.

===Dinosaur Planet===
[[File:playingitsafe_dinosaurplanet_large.png|thumb|right|This is a small collection of the very few pieces of artwork made for ''Dinosaur Planet''. The top was to be the cartridge label, the bottom was character sketches. Krystal is portrayed here as an [[anime]]-ish character and Prince Tricky is present as well.]]
Started in late 1999, ''Dinosaur Planet'' was intended to be Rare's (a.k.a '''Rareware''') final project for Nintendo before moving on to the [[W:GameCube|GameCube]] which was called '''Project Dolphin''' at the time. This game was intended to push the limits of the N64's technology and Rare even had a back story for the game. In fact, they had kept it such a good secret that when they revealed it on the cover of the year 2000 E3 coverage issue of Nintendo Power, the game was closer to completion than many people thought despite the tidbits of information floating around. In fact, they planned to release it in the fourth quarter of 2000.

The game was a tremendous undertaking, having been put on full display at E3 2000 next to ''[[Conker's Bad Fur Day]]'',{{cn}} so people visiting the booth knew the game existed. It was slated to be the largest cartridge released for the N64 with a total size of 512Mb.{{cn}} Stores like [[Best Buy]] had already started taking pre-orders for the title.

As the game got closer to being released, people began to feel that something was wrong. There was no advertising for the game, no magazine articles, no previews, not a single thing. The game had more or less evaporated. And sure enough, much like ''Star Fox 2'', the game was at a stage of final bug testing when it was canceled.

It seemed that the main character had a resemblance very close to Fox McCloud, the primary character in the Star Fox series. Also, around that same time, Nintendo was working on an adventure game that was to take place on an unspecified planet in the Lylat System. The title wasn't decided and the game wasn't even playable yet so a lot was still in the air. Nintendo wanted to get the game out before the GameCube was launched and unfortunately, it appeared that it wasn't going to happen. In their attempts to get the game out, they began to look for complete or near-complete projects that they could convert into what they wanted. Since Rare was a second party, Nintendo had a considerable influence on them and convinced Rare to convert the game into what would later be called ''Star Fox Adventures: Dinosaur Planet''.{{cn}}

Unfortunately, the executives at Rare were torn on the decision. Half the company was for this conversion while half were against it.{{cn}} However, since Nintendo had pulled their title, they missed their launch window for that year and there was no feasible way to market their game in the next year because the GameCube was being released as the replacement for the Nintendo 64. ''Dinosaur Planet'' was thus officially canceled then, and the conversion process began.

==== Recovered files ====

In February of 2021, a video game preservation group called ''[[Forest of Illusion]]'' announced on their Twitter page that they successfully acquired a disc containing a development build of Dinosaur Planet from a private game collector in Sweden. The contents of the disc, which has since been released online by the group, dates the build approximately to December 1, 2000: at the same time Rare was slowly transitioning the titular game into Star Fox Adventures for the Nintendo GameCube<ref>https://tcrf.net/Proto:Star_Fox_Adventures/Dinosaur_Planet</ref>.

===Star Fox Adventures===
[[image:SFAdventuresCover.png|frame|left|Case cover art for ''Star Fox Adventures'']]
[[image:Space_Stage.png|right|thumb|Stages like this marked every transit point from level to level. The SF64 Arwing was streamlined in SFA.]]
Due to increasing stress between Nintendo and Rare at that point, Rare felt insulted that Nintendo hadn't put up any official advertisement effort into their last project: ''Conker's Bad Fur Day''. This was in part due to the fact that the game ran in total contrast to the image Nintendo wanted. Further, the game got little to no publicity because the game's main character was a protagonist who drank, cussed, and urinated in addition to making numerous sex jokes- what little publicity it ''did'' garner was negative. This had soured relations with Nintendo a bit and proved to be a bumpy ride for fans everywhere.

Nintendo wanted the now renamed ''Star Fox Adventures'' to be a [[wikipedia:GameCube|GameCube]] launch title, but it was already 2002 and the system had been out for at least six months. New games were getting hard to come by, just as with the Nintendo 64, and it was not a good image that was being projected.

There had been a few big guns prepared for the fall season which included ''Metroid Prime'' and ''The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker''. They chose to put ''Star Fox Adventures'' into this lineup, although there was a drawback to this kind of power play in that there was almost nothing of value that had been released so far that year except for ''Sonic Adventure 2: Battle''. With everything starting to hit at the same time, Nintendo was competing with itself and ''Wind Waker'' was delayed till 2003. The official reason given for the delay was "translation issues" although unofficially, people believed it was to avoid overshadowing the holiday season.
[[Image:KrystalSFA2.png|frame|left|Krystal is the game's damsel in distress. She was a playable character for only the introduction chapter.]]
[[Image:KrystalSFA.png|frame|right|Krystal is also rumored to have used her telepathic abilities to communicate with the inhabitants of Dinosaur Planet without a translator and to feel their pain, as seen here.]]

In the graphical position, ''Star Fox Adventures'' was a masterpiece. The Rare team managed to pull off "fur shading" which let characters have a colored wire frame fur that would react to the environment around them, such as sway in the wind and move their faces and [[tail]]s, something which Microsoft claimed that only Xbox could do and was eventually done on the Xbox in the remake of ''Bad Fur Day'', ''[[Conker: Live and Reloaded]]''. It added a tremendous degree of realism and naturalness to the game that no other game of the time could manage. The cinematic scenes allowed the story to be fleshed out and were choreographed with the animators and musicians to create a movie-like level of quality and depth.

Most of the music for ''Star Fox Adventures'' was ported from the N64 version of ''Dinosaur Planet'' and enhanced in places to allow for the GameCube's additional sound chip. The remaining music was newly composed to be streamed from the disc through live recordings during the cinematics. All of this was managed by David Wise of ''Donkey Kong Country'' fame. Gameplay was like a modified version of the N64 Zelda title ''Ocarina of Time''. Some people complained about that, but others enjoyed it. It was quite a departure from Rare's portfolio of games, which were mostly extensive yet well done item quests.

People wondered why Falco wasn't in the game until the very end of the story and some grew angry about it, demanding to know why he was missing in the first place. In the technical view, there wasn't enough time to work him into the main story, but from the creative standpoint a comic was released by Nintendo of Japan to cover Falco's lack of involvement and to bridge the gap between ''Star Fox 64'' and ''Star Fox Adventures'', which was meant to happen after the SF64 timeline. Unfortunately, it was released after the US version of ''Adventures'' had hit store shelves.

After the release of ''Star Fox Adventures'', Rare parted ways with Nintendo to work under Microsoft and have produced a number of games for both the Xbox and Xbox 360. They have also continued to make a number of smaller titles for the Gameboy Advance and DS.

===Star Fox: Assault===
[[image:Starfox-3.png|thumb|right|Early screenshot of the Multiplayer mode]]
[[image:SFAst.png|left|124px|thumb|The ''Star Fox: Assault'' case cover]]
During a brief conflict with Rare over ''Star Fox Adventures'', Nintendo had been working on a new [[wikipedia:GameCube|GameCube]] title as a direct follow-up of the story from ''Star Fox 64''. They were not planning for the dispute with Rare to end with Nintendo winning the copyrights to Krystal, Tricky, and the other original cast for ''Star Fox Adventures'': this new game was going to be a single-player arcade version of ''Star Fox 64'', yet another remake. However, through luck and their legal department, this game project was scrapped and started over from the ground up. The result was that only one poster for the arcade game was released and only the multiplayer was available for review at E3 2003.

This time around, though, Nintendo contracted Namco to be the new home of Star Fox, and Namco started working on the newest chapter in Star Fox history. Since Nintendo had won the rights to the Star Fox Adventures characters, Namco was able to continue down the path that Rare had begun in Star Fox Adventures, including being able to use Krystal. This caused a setback in the development time and the game was pushed back by at least a year. The new game was to be a story-driven shooter that had ground-based missions thrown into the game's structure and design.
[[image:KrystalAssault.png|140px|thumb|left|Krystal makes a return appearance in Star Fox Assault as a pilot with a less revealing wardrobe.]]
[[image:300px-Assault_arwing.png|right|thumb|The Arwing also got a bit of a graphical improvement. Its capabilities now included the ability to hover at a dead stop for at least ten seconds.]]

The game's single-player debut made its appearance during the E3 2004 Media Press Conference, and was fully playable on the show floor the very next day. It was proof that Namco could bring the Star Fox franchise together and fans could continue on what is considered one of the longest running and most celebrated space shooters in gaming history. At the time though, the game didn't have a name and it was being simply called ''Star Fox Triforce''. A year afterward, the name was changed to ''Star Fox Armada'' since the game's major focus had been shifted into the story, but it was again renamed simply to ''Star Fox 2'' which was the name of the unreleased SNES predecessor. When fans became confused, it was clarified that this game and the unreleased SNES game had nothing in common except for the name. At E3 2004, the name changed again, this time to ''Star Fox - Coming This Fall''. It was a humorous name, but it conveyed to the fans that Nintendo had no clue what they were really going to call the game.

After one last name change, Namco finally released ''Star Fox: Assault'' to store shelves in February of 2005. It was intended to be released Christmas of 2004, but they had a delay due to fan requests that the game have a LAN mode. This required a total overhaul of the multiplayer engine and thus the option never saw the light of day. Fans had been waiting long enough for the next flight adventure, and Namco was not willing to risk negative publicity and another E3 showoff since there were already two such showings under that game's belt; thus it hit the shelves without the LAN ability. However, some interesting notes about the game point out that the main enemy presence in the story resembles that of the [[MemoryAlpha:Borg|Borg]] from Star Trek. It was a humorous similarity in demeanor and goals.

===Star Fox: Command===
[[Image:scr 049.jpg|thumb|right|Screenshot from ''Star Fox Command''; top half shows the player's Arwing on the DS' top screen while the bottom half shows the radar readout on the bottom screen]]
[[Image:sfcboxart.jpg|thumb|left|''Star Fox Command'' box art]]
In August 2006, Nintendo released Star Fox: Command for the [[wikipedia:Nintendo DS|Nintendo DS]]. Command marks the first time the Star Fox series has ever been on a Nintendo handheld or had online multiplayer. Developed by Kyoto based developer Q-Games, Command is in many ways a revival of the cancelled Star Fox 2 (Q-Games was formed by many of the ex-Argonaut Software development teams that worked on Star Fox and Star Fox 2).

The story takes place some time after the events of Assault and the Star Fox team has split up, with Fox and ROB 64 being the only remnants of Star Fox left.
A new threat has invaded the Lylat System: the Anglar, a race of [[anthropomorphic]] [[fish]] aliens from the acidic seas of Venom who's intention is to rule the Lylat System by attacking all of the planets in it. When the Anglar attack Fox's homeworld of Corneria, he begins to counterattack the Anglar forces.

Throughout the game players meet up with both new characters (like Peppy's daughter Lucy Hare) and old ones. (Bill Grey and Katt Monroe make their first appearance since Star Fox 64) The game features various branching pathways which the player can choose at various points in the game. This also marks the first time that you can play as characters other than Fox in single player. The game contains over 30 missions and 9 different endings. Players can only go on one path at the beginning of the game but after getting the first ending the player will gain a "Key of Destiny" which can be used only once each new play-through to go on a different path.

The game is a revival of Star Fox 2 in terms of gameplay as the development team felt like going back to that game and updating many of the gameplay aspects for Command to better fit the Nintendo DS. All aircraft controls (with the exception of shooting lasers) take place on the touch screen while the action itself takes place on the upper screen in all-range mode styled fights.

On an interesting note, Star Fox: Command does contain references and cameos for the F-Zero series (a futuristic racing series also done by Nintendo), which has, in turn, made references to the Star Fox series by way of the character James McCloud, who looks stunningly like the character, though human.

===Star Fox Zero===
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===Starlink: Battle for Atlas===
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===Star Fox (2026)===
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== Characters ==
{{main|List of Star Fox characters}}

==References==
* [http://gc.advancedmn.com/article.php?artid=4209 Star Fox in review] - Main history article. Most of this WikiFur article was written with it as a base.
* [[wikipedia:Star Fox|Star Fox]] on Wikipedia.

== See also ==
* [[LylatRPG]] IRC RPG taking place in the Star Fox 64 world.
* [[Starfox MUSH]]
* [[CEG|Corneria Elite Guard]]
* [[d20 Lylat]]
* [[Queer as Lylat]]
* [[A Fox In Space]]
* [[wikipedia:Star Fox (video game)|Star Fox (video game)]] on Wikipedia.
* [[wikipedia:Star_Fox_Series|Star Fox Series]] on Wikipedia.

==External links==
* [http://www.arwinglanding.net/ Arwing Landing] - A Star Fox fan site with more info on the Star Fox games and screenshots.
* [http://starfox-online.net/ Star Fox Online] - A Star Fox fan site/forum with the latest news, media, and information pertaining to anything Star Fox related.
* [http://www.starfox.org/ StarFox.org] - A Star Fox fan forum.
* [http://starwolf64.tripod.com/ Star Wolf's Star Fox 64 Page]

==References==
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Fox McCloud

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|colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | [[Image:FoxAssault.jpg|250px|Fox McCloud in ''[[Star Fox: Assault]]''.]]
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!colspan="2" style="font-size: larger;" | '''Fox McCloud'''
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|'''Gender''' || Male
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|'''Age''' || 29-30
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|'''Height''' || 5 feet 8 inches
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|'''Weight''' || 155 pounds
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|'''Homeworld''' || Papetoon
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|'''Fur color''' || Brown and white
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|'''Eye color''' || Green/Blue
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'''Fox McCloud''' is a fictional [[character]] who is also the hero and star of the video games ''[[Star Fox]]'', ''[[Star Fox 2]]'', ''[[Star Fox 64]]'', ''[[Star Fox Adventures]]'', ''[[Star Fox: Assault]]'', and ''[[Star Fox Command]]''. Fox is also a playable character in all of the "Super Smash Bros." games

His teammates include [[Slippy Toad]], [[Peppy Hare]], [[Falco Lombardi]], [[R.O.B.]], and [[Krystal]].

==Physical appearance ==
Fox has green eyes which sometimes appear to be blue, orange-brown fur, and his golden-brown white-highlighted hair is cut into a crew cut. The rest of his skin is a cream-colored tone. He additionally has a bushy white-tipped tail which appears to be very short in Star Fox 64 and Command, implying that it might have been cut off at a certain point. Fox is of medium/short height and medium weight, but this is contradicted in the Super Smash Bros. games, where he is a mid-sized target, but additionally very light.<br />

Fox wears a flight jacket and a communications helmet in ''Star Fox'', ''Star Fox 2'', and ''Star Fox 64''. This can also be seen in the games ''Super Smash Bros.'' and ''Super Smash Bros. Melee''. In ''Adventures'', his look was updated. He loses the helmet and puts on a red scarf and zips open his jacket. He also wears some hard metal boots and switches his pants color from gray to green. He also wears a knee pad on his left leg. In ''Star Fox: Assault'', Fox wears all green and a white jacket, apparently lightly armored. He also wears more pads on his elbows and knees and has a communicator on his arm. He also has a back pack for carrying items, including rock candies and Krystal's Staff in ''Adventures'' to weapons in ''Assault''. In Command, Fox goes back to wearing his classic outfit from Star Fox 64.

==Appearance in games==
Fox McCloud has been featured in several games, beginning with the original ''[[Star Fox]]'' for the [[Super Nintendo]]/[[Super Famicom]]:
*''[[Star Fox]]'' ([[Wikipedia:scrolling shooter|Scrolling Shooter]], 1993, [[Wikipedia:Super Nintendo Entertainment System|SNES]])
*''[[Star Fox 2]]'' ([[Wikipedia:scrolling shooter|Scrolling Shooter]], 1995, [[Wikipedia:Super Nintendo Entertainment System|SNES]])
*''[[Star Fox 64]]'' ([[Wikipedia:scrolling shooter|Scrolling Shooter]], 1997, [[Wikipedia:Nintendo 64|N64]])
*''[[Star Fox Adventures]]'' ([[Wikipedia:adventure game|Adventure Game]], 2002, [[Wikipedia:Nintendo GameCube|GCN]])
*''[[Star Fox: Assault]]'' ([[Wikipedia:scrolling shooter|Scrolling Shooter]], 2005, [[Wikipedia:Nintendo GameCube|GCN]])
*''[[Star Fox: Command]]'' ([[Wikipedia:scrolling shooter|Scrooling Shooter]], 2006, [[Wikipedia:Nintendo DS|DS]])
*''[[Star Fox 64 3D]]'' ([[Wikipedia:scrolling shooter|Scrolling Shooter]], 2011, [[Wikipedia:Nintendo 3DS|3DS]])
*''[[Star Fox Zero]]'' ([[Wikipedia:scrolling shooter|Scrolling Shooter]], 2016, [[Wikipedia:Wii U|Wii U]])
*''[[Star Fox Guard]]'' ([[Wikipedia:tower defense|Tower Defense]], 2016, [[Wikipedia:Wii U|Wii U]])
*''[[Super Smash Bros.]]'' ([[Wikipedia:fighting game|Fighting Game]], 1999, [[Wikipedia:Nintendo 64|N64]])
*''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'' ([[Wikipedia:fighting game|Fighting Game]], 2001, [[Wikipedia:Nintendo GameCube|GCN]])
*''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'' ([[Wikipedia:fighting game|Fighting Game]], 2008, [[Wikipedia:Wii|Wii]])
*''[[Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS]]'' ([[Wikipedia:fighting game|Fighting Game]], 2014, [[Wikipedia:Nintendo 3DS|3DS]])
*''[[Super Smash Bros. for Wii U]]'' ([[Wikipedia:fighting game|Fighting Game]], 2014, [[Wikipedia:Wii U|Wii U]])
*''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'' ([[Wikipedia:fighting game|Fighting Game]], 2018, [[Wikipedia:Nintendo Switch|Switch]])
*''[[Star Fox (2026 video game)|Star Fox]]'' ([[Wikipedia:scrolling shooter|Scrolling Shooter]], 2026, [[Wikipedia:Nintendo Switch 2|Switch 2]] - a remake of ''Star Fox 64'')

Fox also has small cameos in other games, notably ''[[Stunt Race FX]]'', where a portrait of him can be found in track-side billboards. In ''[[F-Zero GX]]'', a Fox McCloud custom paintjob can be applied to the vehicles. Another cameo is in ''[[Super Mario RPG]]'' where his Arwing can be seen on a crate.

==Love life==
In the 1993 Nintendo Power Star Fox comic, Fox had what fans considered to be a romantic relationship with [[Fara Phoenix]]. However, many believe that the comics were not official canon, and that the character of Fara Phoenix did not really exist in the Star Fox universe.

In ''Star Fox Adventures'', it was hinted that there was a relationship growing when he met Krystal, (referring to her as "beautiful") and there was some mutual interest shown in Krystal. According to some [http://krystal.dwightdesign.com/audio/index.html#unused unused audio] in ''Adventures'', Fox and Krystal originally were going to have a much deeper relationship, but this was ultimately scrapped for unknown reasons.

In ''Star Fox Assault'', Krystal and Fox's relationship is advanced (though not a major part of the story). Krystal's affection for Fox can been seen in her constant desire to help Fox, and the way she flirtatiously tells Fox that they "finally have a mission together" during Sauria's invasion. Fox is quite shy about anything personal between the two, stammering if Krystal flirts with him. Fox's affection for Krystal can be most notably seen during the cutscene after the Sauria mission. When Tricky tells Fox to bring Krystal to Sauria on their honeymoon, Fox frantically tells Tricky, "We're not there yet." Tricky playfully points out that Fox just said "yet," resulting in Fox trying to change the subject. Krystal giggled to herself during their conversation, showing that she was entertained and not bothered by this exchange. Obviously they're falling in love with each other, but for now, fans can only guess where the relationship is going until the next installment of the series.

In ''Star Fox: Command'' the game's prologue shows that Fox and Krystal had been pursuing a relationship, but Fox broke it off as he did not want to put Krystal in danger. The story path taken by the player depends on what happens to Fox and Krystal's relationship (however, none of the endings in Command are canon so the official future of Fox and Krystal's love life is unknown).

{{wikipedia|Fox McCloud}}

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The Adventures of Fox Tayle

2026-09-05T01:18:06Z

Dogman15:

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| image = [[File:Fox Tayle book cover.jpg|300px]]
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| author = Jay Wollenweber
| cover_artist = Jay Wollenweber (Wannabemustangjockey)
| country = United States
| language = English
| series =
| genre = Action
| publisher = Canitaur Press
| release_date = 2021
| media_type =
| pages = 536
| isbn = 9798744281243
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'''The Adventures of Fox Tayle''' is a 48‑chapter anthropomorphic action‑adventure novel featuring '''Fox Tayle''', a genetically engineered [[fox]] supersoldier who escapes government captivity and fights for legal personhood in the United States. The story blends furry themes, biotechnology ethics, conspiracy thriller elements, and cross‑country travel, culminating in Fox’s recognition as the first non‑human U.S. citizen.

==Overview==
{{Q|The program was top secret. A medical experiment decades in the making. Bio-engineered warriors made from ordinary creatures with the sole purpose to fight America's battles.<br>Now the sole survivor of Operation Plume, vulpine soldier Fox Tayle fights for survival and freedom in a strange and unforgiving world of shadowy figures and unknown loyalties.<br>He must investigate his past, come to terms with his present and secure his own future - and learn a few lessons along the way about life, love and what it means to be human.|4=summary|5=on the back of the book}}
''The Adventures of Fox Tayle'' follows Fox from his origins in a secret military bioweapons program to his eventual freedom in Colorado. The narrative explores themes of identity, humanity, trauma, found family, and civil rights. Fox’s journey takes him across the United States and Canada as he evades federal agents, confronts the corrupt politician behind his creation, and forms meaningful bonds with humans who help him survive.

The story is notable within furry literature for its detailed depiction of an anthropomorphic protagonist navigating real‑world environments, its blend of action and emotional depth, and its exploration of what it means to be a person.

==Publication history==
''The Adventures of Fox Tayle'' started out as a short story written as part of a high school assignment in 2005, with limited illustrations. From March 2005 to June 2007, more of the story was written, and most of the chapters were illustrated by the author. Illustrations continued until July 2006. From June 2007 to December 2012, no chapters were published. The remainder of the story was published between December 24 and December 27, 2012. In September 2021, the story was cleaned up, expanded, and revised into a printed softcover book, which was then published on Amazon and also sold digitally for Kindle devices.

==Plot summary==

===Origins and escape===
Fox Tayle begins life as a normal red fox before being captured by BioCon Corporation, a defense contractor operating under the black‑budget project '''Operation Plume'''. Through genetic modification and intensive training, Fox becomes an anthropomorphic soldier alongside two other canids, '''[[German Shepherd|Shep]]''' and '''[[Wolf]]'''. When the program is shut down, Fox escapes during a purge that kills his squadmates.

===Life on the run===
Fox hides in the Mojave Desert with conspiracy theorist Wanda Meyers, whose death in a missile strike becomes the emotional catalyst for the rest of the story. Fox later finds refuge at the San Francisco SPCA, where he meets '''Diana Foxworthy''', who becomes his closest human ally and eventual partner.

===Escalation and recapture===
After multiple raids and escapes, Fox is captured at a furry convention and returned to BioCon. A sympathetic employee helps him escape again, leading to a series of high‑intensity chases through California, Nevada, Canada, and the Midwest.

===Amish refuge===
Fox spends nearly three weeks hiding with the Sadler family, an Old Order Amish household in Pennsylvania. During this time he repairs vehicles, recovers physically, and forms a friendship with the Sadlers’ son, J.T.

===Washington, D.C. confrontation===
Fox reaches Washington, D.C. and forces a face‑to‑face meeting with the President after a dramatic chase through the capital. He is captured again, but a recorded confession from Congressman Jack Archer — the true mastermind behind Operation Plume — leads to Archer’s arrest.

===Resolution===
Fox receives a presidential pardon and legal recognition as a U.S. citizen. One year later, he lives peacefully in Colorado with Diana and her family, having finally achieved safety and closure.

==Characters==

===Fox Tayle===
The protagonist, a genetically engineered anthropomorphic fox created as part of Operation Plume. Fox struggles with trauma, identity, and the desire to be treated as a person rather than property. His enhanced senses, strength, and military training shape his journey across North America.

===Diana Foxworthy===
A human SPCA worker who befriends Fox, shelters him, and ultimately becomes his partner. Diana plays a central role in Fox’s emotional development and survival.

===Wanda Meyers===
A conspiracy researcher who becomes Fox’s first human friend. Her death profoundly affects Fox and motivates his later actions.

===Dr. Theodore Cardiff===
Fox’s creator and lead scientist at BioCon. Cardiff’s relationship with Fox is complex, blending paternal attachment with scientific detachment.


==Themes==
* Identity and personhood
* Trauma and recovery
* Ethics of genetic engineering
* Government secrecy and corruption
* Found family and trust
* Civil rights for non‑human persons

==See also==
* [[Furry literature]]

==External links==
* [https://www.deviantart.com/wannabemustangjockey/gallery/28972763/fox-tayle Author's gallery] for the story on [[DeviantArt]]
* [https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09F1G41P3/ Amazon.com] listing for the physical or digital book

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[[Category:2000s short stories]]
[[Category:2010s novels]]
[[Category:2020s novels]]

Anthropomorphic Foxes in Space

2026-09-04T21:29:41Z

Dogman15: /* Other Sapient Species */

{{cleanup}}

'''Anthropomorphic Foxes in Space''' (often abbreviated '''AFIS''') is an approximately 400‑page online science‑fiction serial written by Otrstf between 1998 and 2002. The story blends hard science fiction, furry worldbuilding, mind‑uploading concepts, and cross‑cultural diplomacy. It follows a human couple, Dave and Marie, whose accidental encounter with an alien exploration team leads to Marie’s death—and her revival in the cloned body of a young alien [[vixen]] named Chessec.

The story is notable for its early use of the "Intelligent Gerbil" trope, its exploration of mind uploading ethics, and its detailed depiction of alien social structures.

== Plot Overview ==
=== Premise ===
Dave and Marie live a quiet rural life until a D'yimyi exploration team abducts them. During a neural scan aboard the alien ship, a micro‑meteor strike kills Marie’s human body. The crew, unwilling to cause diplomatic catastrophe, revives her by implanting her recorded neural patterns into a cloned D’yimyi body—originally grown as a medical backup for the young contact specialist '''Chessec'''.

Marie awakens as a large, bipedal, digitigrade [[fox]]‑woman, sharing not only Chessec’s body template but also a partial telepathic link with her.

=== Journey to the D’yim’yi Homeworld ===
Dave, Marie, their dog '''Hobo''', and Chessec travel aboard the alien ship to the D’yim’yi homeworld. During the voyage:
* Dave establishes himself socially by defeating the ship’s second officer '''Chopka''' in a ritual dominance challenge.
* Marie adapts to her new body and learns the D’yim’yi language rapidly through her psychic link with Chessec.
* Hobo becomes a cultural curiosity, as the D’yim’yi have no domesticated animals.

=== Arrival and Clan Politics ===
Upon landing, the group stays at the estate of '''Captain Amkro''', whose clan is undergoing a leadership struggle. Dave and Marie witness:
* A complex, hierarchical, polygynous society
* Clan alliances and ritual challenges
* The political rise of Amkro’s husband '''Candroc''', who becomes clan leader

Marie and Chessec are formally adopted into Amkro’s family, giving them social protection.

=== Diplomatic Mission ===
Dave presents a proposal to the Exploration Corps Council:
* Controlled first contact with Earth
* Exchange of students and scientists
* Covert acquisition of human technology
* Long‑term cultural and scientific cooperation

The council approves the plan, setting the stage for future Earth–D’yim’yi relations.

== Characters ==
=== Main Characters ===
* '''Dave''' – [[Human]] male protagonist; analytical, adaptable, and physically strong. Acts as a cultural bridge.
* '''Marie / Chessec‑clone''' – Originally human; revived in a cloned D’yim’yi body. Shares a psychic link with Chessec.
* '''Chessec''' – Young D’yim’yi contact specialist; Marie’s genetic template and psychic twin.
* '''Hobo''' – Dave and Marie’s [[dog]]; a major point of fascination for the D’yim’yi.

=== D’yim’yi Crew ===
* '''Captain Amkro''' – Ship captain and influential clan member; mentor and protector.
* '''Doctor Plaksa''' – Medical officer who performs the neural transfer.
* '''Chopka''' – Second officer; physically imposing; engages in ritual dominance with Dave.
* '''Lossp''' – Navigator; provides historical background on the Jaguar war.
* '''Mitzep''' – Young pilot; comic relief and cultural foil.

== Setting ==
=== D’yim’yi Species ===
The '''D’yim’yi''' are bipedal, digitigrade fox‑like aliens with:
* Strong scent‑based communication
* Instinctive dominance behaviors
* Clan‑based social structures
* Polygynous family systems
* Advanced cloning and neural recording technology
* Focus on exploring and science when not doing things related to their political clans
* Primitive computers compared to humans
* Starships inherited from the Jaguar conquerors

They live on the planet '''Diyim’yi''', which also contains non‑sapient animals such as cows, rabbits, ducks, and mice.

=== Other Sapient Species ===
* '''W’parl''' – [[Wolf]]‑like traders or interstellar merchants
* '''[[Jaguar]]s''' – Former conquerors; technologically advanced but defeated
* '''Fijuto‑pwe''' – [[Badger]]‑like Neolithic species
* '''M’raenn''' - [[Lion]]‑like frontier engineers or industrial specialists/miners who work in asteroid belts and heavy industry in the outer system; part of the labor caste.

All sapient species share a common evolutionary origin, diverging only 1–15 million years ago.

== Themes ==
* Identity and continuity
* Mind‑uploading ethics
* Cross‑cultural diplomacy
* Clan politics and social hierarchy
* Adaptation to a new body
* Parallel evolution across multiple worlds

== Tropes ==
* Intelligent Gerbil
* Emergency Transformation
* Mind uploading
* Alien abduction
* Psychic link between clones
* Culture shock

== Publication History ==
''Anthropomorphic Foxes in Space'' was written by '''Otrstf''' and published online from 1998 to 2002 on Earthlink personal pages. The original site is no longer active, but archived versions are available via the Wayback Machine.

* Original: http://home.earthlink.net/~otrstf/
* Archive (July 24, 2019): https://web.archive.org/web/20190724133749/http://home.earthlink.net/~otrstf/

== See Also ==
* [[Wikipedia:Mind uploading|Mind Uploading]]
* [[Wikipedia:Mind transfer in fiction|Mind transfer in fiction]]
* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/IntelligentGerbil "Intelligent Gerbil"]
* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/EmergencyTransformation "Emergency Transformation"]

[[Category:Novels]]
[[Category:1990s novels]]

Anthropomorphic Foxes in Space

2026-09-04T21:27:59Z

Dogman15: /* Other Sapient Species */

{{cleanup}}

'''Anthropomorphic Foxes in Space''' (often abbreviated '''AFIS''') is an approximately 400‑page online science‑fiction serial written by Otrstf between 1998 and 2002. The story blends hard science fiction, furry worldbuilding, mind‑uploading concepts, and cross‑cultural diplomacy. It follows a human couple, Dave and Marie, whose accidental encounter with an alien exploration team leads to Marie’s death—and her revival in the cloned body of a young alien [[vixen]] named Chessec.

The story is notable for its early use of the "Intelligent Gerbil" trope, its exploration of mind uploading ethics, and its detailed depiction of alien social structures.

== Plot Overview ==
=== Premise ===
Dave and Marie live a quiet rural life until a D'yimyi exploration team abducts them. During a neural scan aboard the alien ship, a micro‑meteor strike kills Marie’s human body. The crew, unwilling to cause diplomatic catastrophe, revives her by implanting her recorded neural patterns into a cloned D’yimyi body—originally grown as a medical backup for the young contact specialist '''Chessec'''.

Marie awakens as a large, bipedal, digitigrade [[fox]]‑woman, sharing not only Chessec’s body template but also a partial telepathic link with her.

=== Journey to the D’yim’yi Homeworld ===
Dave, Marie, their dog '''Hobo''', and Chessec travel aboard the alien ship to the D’yim’yi homeworld. During the voyage:
* Dave establishes himself socially by defeating the ship’s second officer '''Chopka''' in a ritual dominance challenge.
* Marie adapts to her new body and learns the D’yim’yi language rapidly through her psychic link with Chessec.
* Hobo becomes a cultural curiosity, as the D’yim’yi have no domesticated animals.

=== Arrival and Clan Politics ===
Upon landing, the group stays at the estate of '''Captain Amkro''', whose clan is undergoing a leadership struggle. Dave and Marie witness:
* A complex, hierarchical, polygynous society
* Clan alliances and ritual challenges
* The political rise of Amkro’s husband '''Candroc''', who becomes clan leader

Marie and Chessec are formally adopted into Amkro’s family, giving them social protection.

=== Diplomatic Mission ===
Dave presents a proposal to the Exploration Corps Council:
* Controlled first contact with Earth
* Exchange of students and scientists
* Covert acquisition of human technology
* Long‑term cultural and scientific cooperation

The council approves the plan, setting the stage for future Earth–D’yim’yi relations.

== Characters ==
=== Main Characters ===
* '''Dave''' – [[Human]] male protagonist; analytical, adaptable, and physically strong. Acts as a cultural bridge.
* '''Marie / Chessec‑clone''' – Originally human; revived in a cloned D’yim’yi body. Shares a psychic link with Chessec.
* '''Chessec''' – Young D’yim’yi contact specialist; Marie’s genetic template and psychic twin.
* '''Hobo''' – Dave and Marie’s [[dog]]; a major point of fascination for the D’yim’yi.

=== D’yim’yi Crew ===
* '''Captain Amkro''' – Ship captain and influential clan member; mentor and protector.
* '''Doctor Plaksa''' – Medical officer who performs the neural transfer.
* '''Chopka''' – Second officer; physically imposing; engages in ritual dominance with Dave.
* '''Lossp''' – Navigator; provides historical background on the Jaguar war.
* '''Mitzep''' – Young pilot; comic relief and cultural foil.

== Setting ==
=== D’yim’yi Species ===
The '''D’yim’yi''' are bipedal, digitigrade fox‑like aliens with:
* Strong scent‑based communication
* Instinctive dominance behaviors
* Clan‑based social structures
* Polygynous family systems
* Advanced cloning and neural recording technology
* Focus on exploring and science when not doing things related to their political clans
* Primitive computers compared to humans
* Starships inherited from the Jaguar conquerors

They live on the planet '''Diyim’yi''', which also contains non‑sapient animals such as cows, rabbits, ducks, and mice.

=== Other Sapient Species ===
* '''W’parl''' – [[Wolf]]‑like traders
* '''[[Jaguar]]s''' – Former conquerors; technologically advanced but defeated
* '''Fijuto‑pwe''' – [[Badger]]‑like Neolithic species
* '''M’raenn''' - [[Lion]]‑like frontier engineers or industrial specialists/miners who work in asteroid belts and heavy industry in the outer system; part of the labor caste.

All sapient species share a common evolutionary origin, diverging only 1–15 million years ago.

== Themes ==
* Identity and continuity
* Mind‑uploading ethics
* Cross‑cultural diplomacy
* Clan politics and social hierarchy
* Adaptation to a new body
* Parallel evolution across multiple worlds

== Tropes ==
* Intelligent Gerbil
* Emergency Transformation
* Mind uploading
* Alien abduction
* Psychic link between clones
* Culture shock

== Publication History ==
''Anthropomorphic Foxes in Space'' was written by '''Otrstf''' and published online from 1998 to 2002 on Earthlink personal pages. The original site is no longer active, but archived versions are available via the Wayback Machine.

* Original: http://home.earthlink.net/~otrstf/
* Archive (July 24, 2019): https://web.archive.org/web/20190724133749/http://home.earthlink.net/~otrstf/

== See Also ==
* [[Wikipedia:Mind uploading|Mind Uploading]]
* [[Wikipedia:Mind transfer in fiction|Mind transfer in fiction]]
* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/IntelligentGerbil "Intelligent Gerbil"]
* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/EmergencyTransformation "Emergency Transformation"]

[[Category:Novels]]
[[Category:1990s novels]]

Anthropomorphic Foxes in Space

2026-09-04T21:26:21Z

Dogman15: /* D’yim’yi Species */

{{cleanup}}

'''Anthropomorphic Foxes in Space''' (often abbreviated '''AFIS''') is an approximately 400‑page online science‑fiction serial written by Otrstf between 1998 and 2002. The story blends hard science fiction, furry worldbuilding, mind‑uploading concepts, and cross‑cultural diplomacy. It follows a human couple, Dave and Marie, whose accidental encounter with an alien exploration team leads to Marie’s death—and her revival in the cloned body of a young alien [[vixen]] named Chessec.

The story is notable for its early use of the "Intelligent Gerbil" trope, its exploration of mind uploading ethics, and its detailed depiction of alien social structures.

== Plot Overview ==
=== Premise ===
Dave and Marie live a quiet rural life until a D'yimyi exploration team abducts them. During a neural scan aboard the alien ship, a micro‑meteor strike kills Marie’s human body. The crew, unwilling to cause diplomatic catastrophe, revives her by implanting her recorded neural patterns into a cloned D’yimyi body—originally grown as a medical backup for the young contact specialist '''Chessec'''.

Marie awakens as a large, bipedal, digitigrade [[fox]]‑woman, sharing not only Chessec’s body template but also a partial telepathic link with her.

=== Journey to the D’yim’yi Homeworld ===
Dave, Marie, their dog '''Hobo''', and Chessec travel aboard the alien ship to the D’yim’yi homeworld. During the voyage:
* Dave establishes himself socially by defeating the ship’s second officer '''Chopka''' in a ritual dominance challenge.
* Marie adapts to her new body and learns the D’yim’yi language rapidly through her psychic link with Chessec.
* Hobo becomes a cultural curiosity, as the D’yim’yi have no domesticated animals.

=== Arrival and Clan Politics ===
Upon landing, the group stays at the estate of '''Captain Amkro''', whose clan is undergoing a leadership struggle. Dave and Marie witness:
* A complex, hierarchical, polygynous society
* Clan alliances and ritual challenges
* The political rise of Amkro’s husband '''Candroc''', who becomes clan leader

Marie and Chessec are formally adopted into Amkro’s family, giving them social protection.

=== Diplomatic Mission ===
Dave presents a proposal to the Exploration Corps Council:
* Controlled first contact with Earth
* Exchange of students and scientists
* Covert acquisition of human technology
* Long‑term cultural and scientific cooperation

The council approves the plan, setting the stage for future Earth–D’yim’yi relations.

== Characters ==
=== Main Characters ===
* '''Dave''' – [[Human]] male protagonist; analytical, adaptable, and physically strong. Acts as a cultural bridge.
* '''Marie / Chessec‑clone''' – Originally human; revived in a cloned D’yim’yi body. Shares a psychic link with Chessec.
* '''Chessec''' – Young D’yim’yi contact specialist; Marie’s genetic template and psychic twin.
* '''Hobo''' – Dave and Marie’s [[dog]]; a major point of fascination for the D’yim’yi.

=== D’yim’yi Crew ===
* '''Captain Amkro''' – Ship captain and influential clan member; mentor and protector.
* '''Doctor Plaksa''' – Medical officer who performs the neural transfer.
* '''Chopka''' – Second officer; physically imposing; engages in ritual dominance with Dave.
* '''Lossp''' – Navigator; provides historical background on the Jaguar war.
* '''Mitzep''' – Young pilot; comic relief and cultural foil.

== Setting ==
=== D’yim’yi Species ===
The '''D’yim’yi''' are bipedal, digitigrade fox‑like aliens with:
* Strong scent‑based communication
* Instinctive dominance behaviors
* Clan‑based social structures
* Polygynous family systems
* Advanced cloning and neural recording technology
* Focus on exploring and science when not doing things related to their political clans
* Primitive computers compared to humans
* Starships inherited from the Jaguar conquerors

They live on the planet '''Diyim’yi''', which also contains non‑sapient animals such as cows, rabbits, ducks, and mice.

=== Other Sapient Species ===
* '''W’parl''' – [[Wolf]]‑like traders
* '''[[Jaguar]]s''' – Former conquerors; technologically advanced but defeated
* '''Fijuto‑pwe''' – [[Badger]]‑like Neolithic species
* '''M’raenn''' - [[Lion]]‑like frontier engineers

All sapient species share a common evolutionary origin, diverging only 1–15 million years ago.

== Themes ==
* Identity and continuity
* Mind‑uploading ethics
* Cross‑cultural diplomacy
* Clan politics and social hierarchy
* Adaptation to a new body
* Parallel evolution across multiple worlds

== Tropes ==
* Intelligent Gerbil
* Emergency Transformation
* Mind uploading
* Alien abduction
* Psychic link between clones
* Culture shock

== Publication History ==
''Anthropomorphic Foxes in Space'' was written by '''Otrstf''' and published online from 1998 to 2002 on Earthlink personal pages. The original site is no longer active, but archived versions are available via the Wayback Machine.

* Original: http://home.earthlink.net/~otrstf/
* Archive (July 24, 2019): https://web.archive.org/web/20190724133749/http://home.earthlink.net/~otrstf/

== See Also ==
* [[Wikipedia:Mind uploading|Mind Uploading]]
* [[Wikipedia:Mind transfer in fiction|Mind transfer in fiction]]
* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/IntelligentGerbil "Intelligent Gerbil"]
* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/EmergencyTransformation "Emergency Transformation"]

[[Category:Novels]]
[[Category:1990s novels]]

Anthropomorphic Foxes in Space

2026-09-04T21:25:05Z

Dogman15: /* Other Sapient Species */

{{cleanup}}

'''Anthropomorphic Foxes in Space''' (often abbreviated '''AFIS''') is an approximately 400‑page online science‑fiction serial written by Otrstf between 1998 and 2002. The story blends hard science fiction, furry worldbuilding, mind‑uploading concepts, and cross‑cultural diplomacy. It follows a human couple, Dave and Marie, whose accidental encounter with an alien exploration team leads to Marie’s death—and her revival in the cloned body of a young alien [[vixen]] named Chessec.

The story is notable for its early use of the "Intelligent Gerbil" trope, its exploration of mind uploading ethics, and its detailed depiction of alien social structures.

== Plot Overview ==
=== Premise ===
Dave and Marie live a quiet rural life until a D'yimyi exploration team abducts them. During a neural scan aboard the alien ship, a micro‑meteor strike kills Marie’s human body. The crew, unwilling to cause diplomatic catastrophe, revives her by implanting her recorded neural patterns into a cloned D’yimyi body—originally grown as a medical backup for the young contact specialist '''Chessec'''.

Marie awakens as a large, bipedal, digitigrade [[fox]]‑woman, sharing not only Chessec’s body template but also a partial telepathic link with her.

=== Journey to the D’yim’yi Homeworld ===
Dave, Marie, their dog '''Hobo''', and Chessec travel aboard the alien ship to the D’yim’yi homeworld. During the voyage:
* Dave establishes himself socially by defeating the ship’s second officer '''Chopka''' in a ritual dominance challenge.
* Marie adapts to her new body and learns the D’yim’yi language rapidly through her psychic link with Chessec.
* Hobo becomes a cultural curiosity, as the D’yim’yi have no domesticated animals.

=== Arrival and Clan Politics ===
Upon landing, the group stays at the estate of '''Captain Amkro''', whose clan is undergoing a leadership struggle. Dave and Marie witness:
* A complex, hierarchical, polygynous society
* Clan alliances and ritual challenges
* The political rise of Amkro’s husband '''Candroc''', who becomes clan leader

Marie and Chessec are formally adopted into Amkro’s family, giving them social protection.

=== Diplomatic Mission ===
Dave presents a proposal to the Exploration Corps Council:
* Controlled first contact with Earth
* Exchange of students and scientists
* Covert acquisition of human technology
* Long‑term cultural and scientific cooperation

The council approves the plan, setting the stage for future Earth–D’yim’yi relations.

== Characters ==
=== Main Characters ===
* '''Dave''' – [[Human]] male protagonist; analytical, adaptable, and physically strong. Acts as a cultural bridge.
* '''Marie / Chessec‑clone''' – Originally human; revived in a cloned D’yim’yi body. Shares a psychic link with Chessec.
* '''Chessec''' – Young D’yim’yi contact specialist; Marie’s genetic template and psychic twin.
* '''Hobo''' – Dave and Marie’s [[dog]]; a major point of fascination for the D’yim’yi.

=== D’yim’yi Crew ===
* '''Captain Amkro''' – Ship captain and influential clan member; mentor and protector.
* '''Doctor Plaksa''' – Medical officer who performs the neural transfer.
* '''Chopka''' – Second officer; physically imposing; engages in ritual dominance with Dave.
* '''Lossp''' – Navigator; provides historical background on the Jaguar war.
* '''Mitzep''' – Young pilot; comic relief and cultural foil.

== Setting ==
=== D’yim’yi Species ===
The '''D’yim’yi''' are bipedal, digitigrade fox‑like aliens with:
* Strong scent‑based communication
* Instinctive dominance behaviors
* Clan‑based social structures
* Polygynous family systems
* Advanced cloning and neural recording technology
* Primitive computers compared to humans
* Starships inherited from the Jaguar conquerors

They live on the planet '''Diyim’yi''', which also contains non‑sapient animals such as cows, rabbits, ducks, and mice.

=== Other Sapient Species ===
* '''W’parl''' – [[Wolf]]‑like traders
* '''[[Jaguar]]s''' – Former conquerors; technologically advanced but defeated
* '''Fijuto‑pwe''' – [[Badger]]‑like Neolithic species
* '''M’raenn''' - [[Lion]]‑like frontier engineers

All sapient species share a common evolutionary origin, diverging only 1–15 million years ago.

== Themes ==
* Identity and continuity
* Mind‑uploading ethics
* Cross‑cultural diplomacy
* Clan politics and social hierarchy
* Adaptation to a new body
* Parallel evolution across multiple worlds

== Tropes ==
* Intelligent Gerbil
* Emergency Transformation
* Mind uploading
* Alien abduction
* Psychic link between clones
* Culture shock

== Publication History ==
''Anthropomorphic Foxes in Space'' was written by '''Otrstf''' and published online from 1998 to 2002 on Earthlink personal pages. The original site is no longer active, but archived versions are available via the Wayback Machine.

* Original: http://home.earthlink.net/~otrstf/
* Archive (July 24, 2019): https://web.archive.org/web/20190724133749/http://home.earthlink.net/~otrstf/

== See Also ==
* [[Wikipedia:Mind uploading|Mind Uploading]]
* [[Wikipedia:Mind transfer in fiction|Mind transfer in fiction]]
* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/IntelligentGerbil "Intelligent Gerbil"]
* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/EmergencyTransformation "Emergency Transformation"]

[[Category:Novels]]
[[Category:1990s novels]]

The Adventures of Fox Tayle

2026-09-04T20:11:52Z

Dogman15:

{{Infobox book
| title = The Adventures of Fox Tayle
| title_orig =
| translator =
| image = [[File:Fox Tayle book cover.jpg|300px]]
| image_caption =
| author = Jay Wollenweber
| cover_artist = Jay Wollenweber (Wannabemustangjockey)
| country = United States
| language = English
| series =
| genre = Action
| publisher = Canitaur Press
| release_date = 2021
| media_type =
| pages = 536
| isbn = 9798744281243
| preceded_by =
| followed_by =
}}
'''The Adventures of Fox Tayle''' is a 48‑chapter anthropomorphic action‑adventure novel featuring '''Fox Tayle''', a genetically engineered [[fox]] supersoldier who escapes government captivity and fights for legal personhood in the United States. The story blends furry themes, biotechnology ethics, conspiracy thriller elements, and cross‑country travel, culminating in Fox’s recognition as the first non‑human U.S. citizen.

==Overview==
''The Adventures of Fox Tayle'' follows Fox from his origins in a secret military bioweapons program to his eventual freedom in Colorado. The narrative explores themes of identity, humanity, trauma, found family, and civil rights. Fox’s journey takes him across the United States and Canada as he evades federal agents, confronts the corrupt politician behind his creation, and forms meaningful bonds with humans who help him survive.

The story is notable within furry literature for its detailed depiction of an anthropomorphic protagonist navigating real‑world environments, its blend of action and emotional depth, and its exploration of what it means to be a person.

==Publication history==
''The Adventures of Fox Tayle'' started out as a short story written as part of a high school assignment in 2005, with limited illustrations. From March 2005 to June 2007, more of the story was written, and most of the chapters were illustrated by the author. Illustrations continued until July 2006. From June 2007 to December 2012, no chapters were published. The remainder of the story was published between December 24 and December 27, 2012. In September 2021, the story was cleaned up, expanded, and revised into a printed softcover book, which was then published on Amazon and also sold digitally for Kindle devices.

==Plot summary==

===Origins and escape===
Fox Tayle begins life as a normal red fox before being captured by BioCon Corporation, a defense contractor operating under the black‑budget project '''Operation Plume'''. Through genetic modification and intensive training, Fox becomes an anthropomorphic soldier alongside two other canids, '''[[German Shepherd|Shep]]''' and '''[[Wolf]]'''. When the program is shut down, Fox escapes during a purge that kills his squadmates.

===Life on the run===
Fox hides in the Mojave Desert with conspiracy theorist Wanda Meyers, whose death in a missile strike becomes the emotional catalyst for the rest of the story. Fox later finds refuge at the San Francisco SPCA, where he meets '''Diana Foxworthy''', who becomes his closest human ally and eventual partner.

===Escalation and recapture===
After multiple raids and escapes, Fox is captured at a furry convention and returned to BioCon. A sympathetic employee helps him escape again, leading to a series of high‑intensity chases through California, Nevada, Canada, and the Midwest.

===Amish refuge===
Fox spends nearly three weeks hiding with the Sadler family, an Old Order Amish household in Pennsylvania. During this time he repairs vehicles, recovers physically, and forms a friendship with the Sadlers’ son, J.T.

===Washington, D.C. confrontation===
Fox reaches Washington, D.C. and forces a face‑to‑face meeting with the President after a dramatic chase through the capital. He is captured again, but a recorded confession from Congressman Jack Archer — the true mastermind behind Operation Plume — leads to Archer’s arrest.

===Resolution===
Fox receives a presidential pardon and legal recognition as a U.S. citizen. One year later, he lives peacefully in Colorado with Diana and her family, having finally achieved safety and closure.

==Characters==

===Fox Tayle===
The protagonist, a genetically engineered anthropomorphic fox created as part of Operation Plume. Fox struggles with trauma, identity, and the desire to be treated as a person rather than property. His enhanced senses, strength, and military training shape his journey across North America.

===Diana Foxworthy===
A human SPCA worker who befriends Fox, shelters him, and ultimately becomes his partner. Diana plays a central role in Fox’s emotional development and survival.

===Wanda Meyers===
A conspiracy researcher who becomes Fox’s first human friend. Her death profoundly affects Fox and motivates his later actions.

===Dr. Theodore Cardiff===
Fox’s creator and lead scientist at BioCon. Cardiff’s relationship with Fox is complex, blending paternal attachment with scientific detachment.


==Themes==
* Identity and personhood
* Trauma and recovery
* Ethics of genetic engineering
* Government secrecy and corruption
* Found family and trust
* Civil rights for non‑human persons

==See also==
* [[Furry literature]]

==External links==
* [https://www.deviantart.com/wannabemustangjockey/gallery/28972763/fox-tayle Author's gallery] for the story on [[DeviantArt]]
* [https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09F1G41P3/ Amazon.com] listing for the physical or digital book

[[Category:Novels]]
[[Category:2000s short stories]]
[[Category:2010s novels]]
[[Category:2020s novels]]

The Adventures of Fox Tayle

2026-09-04T20:09:08Z

Dogman15: Different aspects of the book were published in three different decades.

{{Infobox book
| title = The Adventures of Fox Tayle
| title_orig =
| translator =
| image = [[File:Fox Tayle book cover.jpg|300px]]
| image_caption =
| author = Jay Wollenweber
| cover_artist = Jay Wollenweber (Wannabemustangjockey)
| country = United States
| language = English
| series =
| genre = Action
| publisher = Canitaur Press
| release_date = 2021
| media_type =
| pages = 536
| isbn = 9798744281243
| preceded_by =
| followed_by =
}}
'''The Adventures of Fox Tayle''' is a 48‑chapter anthropomorphic action‑adventure novel featuring '''Fox Tayle''', a genetically engineered fox supersoldier who escapes government captivity and fights for legal personhood in the United States. The story blends furry themes, biotechnology ethics, conspiracy thriller elements, and cross‑country travel, culminating in Fox’s recognition as the first non‑human U.S. citizen.

==Overview==
''The Adventures of Fox Tayle'' follows Fox from his origins in a secret military bioweapons program to his eventual freedom in Colorado. The narrative explores themes of identity, humanity, trauma, found family, and civil rights. Fox’s journey takes him across the United States and Canada as he evades federal agents, confronts the corrupt politician behind his creation, and forms meaningful bonds with humans who help him survive.

The story is notable within furry literature for its detailed depiction of an anthropomorphic protagonist navigating real‑world environments, its blend of action and emotional depth, and its exploration of what it means to be a person.

==Publication history==
''The Adventures of Fox Tayle'' started out as a short story written as part of a high school assignment in 2005, with limited illustrations. From March 2005 to June 2007, more of the story was written, and most of the chapters were illustrated by the author. Illustrations continued until July 2006. From June 2007 to December 2012, no chapters were published. The remainder of the story was published between December 24 and December 27, 2012. In September 2021, the story was cleaned up, expanded, and revised into a printed softcover book, which was then published on Amazon and also sold digitally for Kindle devices.

==Plot summary==

===Origins and escape===
Fox Tayle begins life as a normal red fox before being captured by BioCon Corporation, a defense contractor operating under the black‑budget project '''Operation Plume'''. Through genetic modification and intensive training, Fox becomes an anthropomorphic soldier alongside two other canids, '''Shep''' and '''Wolf'''. When the program is shut down, Fox escapes during a purge that kills his squadmates.

===Life on the run===
Fox hides in the Mojave Desert with conspiracy theorist Wanda Meyers, whose death in a missile strike becomes the emotional catalyst for the rest of the story. Fox later finds refuge at the San Francisco SPCA, where he meets '''Diana Foxworthy''', who becomes his closest human ally and eventual partner.

===Escalation and recapture===
After multiple raids and escapes, Fox is captured at a furry convention and returned to BioCon. A sympathetic employee helps him escape again, leading to a series of high‑intensity chases through California, Nevada, Canada, and the Midwest.

===Amish refuge===
Fox spends nearly three weeks hiding with the Sadler family, an Old Order Amish household in Pennsylvania. During this time he repairs vehicles, recovers physically, and forms a friendship with the Sadlers’ son, J.T.

===Washington, D.C. confrontation===
Fox reaches Washington, D.C. and forces a face‑to‑face meeting with the President after a dramatic chase through the capital. He is captured again, but a recorded confession from Congressman Jack Archer — the true mastermind behind Operation Plume — leads to Archer’s arrest.

===Resolution===
Fox receives a presidential pardon and legal recognition as a U.S. citizen. One year later, he lives peacefully in Colorado with Diana and her family, having finally achieved safety and closure.

==Characters==

===Fox Tayle===
The protagonist, a genetically engineered anthropomorphic fox created as part of Operation Plume. Fox struggles with trauma, identity, and the desire to be treated as a person rather than property. His enhanced senses, strength, and military training shape his journey across North America.

===Diana Foxworthy===
A human SPCA worker who befriends Fox, shelters him, and ultimately becomes his partner. Diana plays a central role in Fox’s emotional development and survival.

===Wanda Meyers===
A conspiracy researcher who becomes Fox’s first human friend. Her death profoundly affects Fox and motivates his later actions.

===Dr. Theodore Cardiff===
Fox’s creator and lead scientist at BioCon. Cardiff’s relationship with Fox is complex, blending paternal attachment with scientific detachment.


==Themes==
* Identity and personhood
* Trauma and recovery
* Ethics of genetic engineering
* Government secrecy and corruption
* Found family and trust
* Civil rights for non‑human persons

==See also==
* [[Furry literature]]

==External links==
* [https://www.deviantart.com/wannabemustangjockey/gallery/28972763/fox-tayle Author's gallery] for the story on [[DeviantArt]]
* [https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09F1G41P3/ Amazon.com] listing for the physical or digital book

[[Category:Novels]]
[[Category:2000s short stories]]
[[Category:2010s novels]]
[[Category:2020s novels]]

The Adventures of Fox Tayle

2026-09-04T20:07:36Z

Dogman15: I think my draft is ready for publishing.

{{Infobox book
| title = The Adventures of Fox Tayle
| title_orig =
| translator =
| image = [[File:Fox Tayle book cover.jpg|300px]]
| image_caption =
| author = Jay Wollenweber
| cover_artist = Jay Wollenweber (Wannabemustangjockey)
| country = United States
| language = English
| series =
| genre = Action
| publisher = Canitaur Press
| release_date = 2021
| media_type =
| pages = 536
| isbn = 9798744281243
| preceded_by =
| followed_by =
}}
'''The Adventures of Fox Tayle''' is a 48‑chapter anthropomorphic action‑adventure novel featuring '''Fox Tayle''', a genetically engineered fox supersoldier who escapes government captivity and fights for legal personhood in the United States. The story blends furry themes, biotechnology ethics, conspiracy thriller elements, and cross‑country travel, culminating in Fox’s recognition as the first non‑human U.S. citizen.

==Overview==
''The Adventures of Fox Tayle'' follows Fox from his origins in a secret military bioweapons program to his eventual freedom in Colorado. The narrative explores themes of identity, humanity, trauma, found family, and civil rights. Fox’s journey takes him across the United States and Canada as he evades federal agents, confronts the corrupt politician behind his creation, and forms meaningful bonds with humans who help him survive.

The story is notable within furry literature for its detailed depiction of an anthropomorphic protagonist navigating real‑world environments, its blend of action and emotional depth, and its exploration of what it means to be a person.

==Publication history==
''The Adventures of Fox Tayle'' started out as a short story written as part of a high school assignment in 2005, with limited illustrations. From March 2005 to June 2007, more of the story was written, and most of the chapters were illustrated by the author. Illustrations continued until July 2006. From June 2007 to December 2012, no chapters were published. The remainder of the story was published between December 24 and December 27, 2012. In September 2021, the story was cleaned up, expanded, and revised into a printed softcover book, which was then published on Amazon and also sold digitally for Kindle devices.

==Plot summary==

===Origins and escape===
Fox Tayle begins life as a normal red fox before being captured by BioCon Corporation, a defense contractor operating under the black‑budget project '''Operation Plume'''. Through genetic modification and intensive training, Fox becomes an anthropomorphic soldier alongside two other canids, '''Shep''' and '''Wolf'''. When the program is shut down, Fox escapes during a purge that kills his squadmates.

===Life on the run===
Fox hides in the Mojave Desert with conspiracy theorist Wanda Meyers, whose death in a missile strike becomes the emotional catalyst for the rest of the story. Fox later finds refuge at the San Francisco SPCA, where he meets '''Diana Foxworthy''', who becomes his closest human ally and eventual partner.

===Escalation and recapture===
After multiple raids and escapes, Fox is captured at a furry convention and returned to BioCon. A sympathetic employee helps him escape again, leading to a series of high‑intensity chases through California, Nevada, Canada, and the Midwest.

===Amish refuge===
Fox spends nearly three weeks hiding with the Sadler family, an Old Order Amish household in Pennsylvania. During this time he repairs vehicles, recovers physically, and forms a friendship with the Sadlers’ son, J.T.

===Washington, D.C. confrontation===
Fox reaches Washington, D.C. and forces a face‑to‑face meeting with the President after a dramatic chase through the capital. He is captured again, but a recorded confession from Congressman Jack Archer — the true mastermind behind Operation Plume — leads to Archer’s arrest.

===Resolution===
Fox receives a presidential pardon and legal recognition as a U.S. citizen. One year later, he lives peacefully in Colorado with Diana and her family, having finally achieved safety and closure.

==Characters==

===Fox Tayle===
The protagonist, a genetically engineered anthropomorphic fox created as part of Operation Plume. Fox struggles with trauma, identity, and the desire to be treated as a person rather than property. His enhanced senses, strength, and military training shape his journey across North America.

===Diana Foxworthy===
A human SPCA worker who befriends Fox, shelters him, and ultimately becomes his partner. Diana plays a central role in Fox’s emotional development and survival.

===Wanda Meyers===
A conspiracy researcher who becomes Fox’s first human friend. Her death profoundly affects Fox and motivates his later actions.

===Dr. Theodore Cardiff===
Fox’s creator and lead scientist at BioCon. Cardiff’s relationship with Fox is complex, blending paternal attachment with scientific detachment.


==Themes==
* Identity and personhood
* Trauma and recovery
* Ethics of genetic engineering
* Government secrecy and corruption
* Found family and trust
* Civil rights for non‑human persons

==See also==
* [[Furry literature]]

==External links==
* [https://www.deviantart.com/wannabemustangjockey/gallery/28972763/fox-tayle Author's gallery] for the story on [[DeviantArt]]
* [https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09F1G41P3/ Amazon.com] listing for the physical or digital book

User:Dogman15/Sandbox

2026-09-04T20:06:41Z

Dogman15: /* Characters */ Not sure if they should be included.

{{Infobox book
| title = The Adventures of Fox Tayle
| title_orig =
| translator =
| image = [[File:Fox Tayle book cover.jpg|300px]]
| image_caption =
| author = Jay Wollenweber
| cover_artist = Jay Wollenweber (Wannabemustangjockey)
| country = United States
| language = English
| series =
| genre = Action
| publisher = Canitaur Press
| release_date = 2021
| media_type =
| pages = 536
| isbn = 9798744281243
| preceded_by =
| followed_by =
}}
'''The Adventures of Fox Tayle''' is a 48‑chapter anthropomorphic action‑adventure novel featuring '''Fox Tayle''', a genetically engineered fox supersoldier who escapes government captivity and fights for legal personhood in the United States. The story blends furry themes, biotechnology ethics, conspiracy thriller elements, and cross‑country travel, culminating in Fox’s recognition as the first non‑human U.S. citizen.

==Overview==
''The Adventures of Fox Tayle'' follows Fox from his origins in a secret military bioweapons program to his eventual freedom in Colorado. The narrative explores themes of identity, humanity, trauma, found family, and civil rights. Fox’s journey takes him across the United States and Canada as he evades federal agents, confronts the corrupt politician behind his creation, and forms meaningful bonds with humans who help him survive.

The story is notable within furry literature for its detailed depiction of an anthropomorphic protagonist navigating real‑world environments, its blend of action and emotional depth, and its exploration of what it means to be a person.

==Publication history==
''The Adventures of Fox Tayle'' started out as a short story written as part of a high school assignment in 2005, with limited illustrations. From March 2005 to June 2007, more of the story was written, and most of the chapters were illustrated by the author. Illustrations continued until July 2006. From June 2007 to December 2012, no chapters were published. The remainder of the story was published between December 24 and December 27, 2012. In September 2021, the story was cleaned up, expanded, and revised into a printed softcover book, which was then published on Amazon and also sold digitally for Kindle devices.

==Plot summary==

===Origins and escape===
Fox Tayle begins life as a normal red fox before being captured by BioCon Corporation, a defense contractor operating under the black‑budget project '''Operation Plume'''. Through genetic modification and intensive training, Fox becomes an anthropomorphic soldier alongside two other canids, '''Shep''' and '''Wolf'''. When the program is shut down, Fox escapes during a purge that kills his squadmates.

===Life on the run===
Fox hides in the Mojave Desert with conspiracy theorist Wanda Meyers, whose death in a missile strike becomes the emotional catalyst for the rest of the story. Fox later finds refuge at the San Francisco SPCA, where he meets '''Diana Foxworthy''', who becomes his closest human ally and eventual partner.

===Escalation and recapture===
After multiple raids and escapes, Fox is captured at a furry convention and returned to BioCon. A sympathetic employee helps him escape again, leading to a series of high‑intensity chases through California, Nevada, Canada, and the Midwest.

===Amish refuge===
Fox spends nearly three weeks hiding with the Sadler family, an Old Order Amish household in Pennsylvania. During this time he repairs vehicles, recovers physically, and forms a friendship with the Sadlers’ son, J.T.

===Washington, D.C. confrontation===
Fox reaches Washington, D.C. and forces a face‑to‑face meeting with the President after a dramatic chase through the capital. He is captured again, but a recorded confession from Congressman Jack Archer — the true mastermind behind Operation Plume — leads to Archer’s arrest.

===Resolution===
Fox receives a presidential pardon and legal recognition as a U.S. citizen. One year later, he lives peacefully in Colorado with Diana and her family, having finally achieved safety and closure.

==Characters==

===Fox Tayle===
The protagonist, a genetically engineered anthropomorphic fox created as part of Operation Plume. Fox struggles with trauma, identity, and the desire to be treated as a person rather than property. His enhanced senses, strength, and military training shape his journey across North America.

===Diana Foxworthy===
A human SPCA worker who befriends Fox, shelters him, and ultimately becomes his partner. Diana plays a central role in Fox’s emotional development and survival.

===Wanda Meyers===
A conspiracy researcher who becomes Fox’s first human friend. Her death profoundly affects Fox and motivates his later actions.

===Dr. Theodore Cardiff===
Fox’s creator and lead scientist at BioCon. Cardiff’s relationship with Fox is complex, blending paternal attachment with scientific detachment.


==Themes==
* Identity and personhood
* Trauma and recovery
* Ethics of genetic engineering
* Government secrecy and corruption
* Found family and trust
* Civil rights for non‑human persons

==See also==
* [[Furry literature]]

==External links==
* [https://www.deviantart.com/wannabemustangjockey/gallery/28972763/fox-tayle Author's gallery] for the story on [[DeviantArt]]
* [https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09F1G41P3/ Amazon.com] listing for the physical or digital book

User:Dogman15/Sandbox

2026-09-04T20:05:35Z

Dogman15:

{{Infobox book
| title = The Adventures of Fox Tayle
| title_orig =
| translator =
| image = [[File:Fox Tayle book cover.jpg|300px]]
| image_caption =
| author = Jay Wollenweber
| cover_artist = Jay Wollenweber (Wannabemustangjockey)
| country = United States
| language = English
| series =
| genre = Action
| publisher = Canitaur Press
| release_date = 2021
| media_type =
| pages = 536
| isbn = 9798744281243
| preceded_by =
| followed_by =
}}
'''The Adventures of Fox Tayle''' is a 48‑chapter anthropomorphic action‑adventure novel featuring '''Fox Tayle''', a genetically engineered fox supersoldier who escapes government captivity and fights for legal personhood in the United States. The story blends furry themes, biotechnology ethics, conspiracy thriller elements, and cross‑country travel, culminating in Fox’s recognition as the first non‑human U.S. citizen.

==Overview==
''The Adventures of Fox Tayle'' follows Fox from his origins in a secret military bioweapons program to his eventual freedom in Colorado. The narrative explores themes of identity, humanity, trauma, found family, and civil rights. Fox’s journey takes him across the United States and Canada as he evades federal agents, confronts the corrupt politician behind his creation, and forms meaningful bonds with humans who help him survive.

The story is notable within furry literature for its detailed depiction of an anthropomorphic protagonist navigating real‑world environments, its blend of action and emotional depth, and its exploration of what it means to be a person.

==Publication history==
''The Adventures of Fox Tayle'' started out as a short story written as part of a high school assignment in 2005, with limited illustrations. From March 2005 to June 2007, more of the story was written, and most of the chapters were illustrated by the author. Illustrations continued until July 2006. From June 2007 to December 2012, no chapters were published. The remainder of the story was published between December 24 and December 27, 2012. In September 2021, the story was cleaned up, expanded, and revised into a printed softcover book, which was then published on Amazon and also sold digitally for Kindle devices.

==Plot summary==

===Origins and escape===
Fox Tayle begins life as a normal red fox before being captured by BioCon Corporation, a defense contractor operating under the black‑budget project '''Operation Plume'''. Through genetic modification and intensive training, Fox becomes an anthropomorphic soldier alongside two other canids, '''Shep''' and '''Wolf'''. When the program is shut down, Fox escapes during a purge that kills his squadmates.

===Life on the run===
Fox hides in the Mojave Desert with conspiracy theorist Wanda Meyers, whose death in a missile strike becomes the emotional catalyst for the rest of the story. Fox later finds refuge at the San Francisco SPCA, where he meets '''Diana Foxworthy''', who becomes his closest human ally and eventual partner.

===Escalation and recapture===
After multiple raids and escapes, Fox is captured at a furry convention and returned to BioCon. A sympathetic employee helps him escape again, leading to a series of high‑intensity chases through California, Nevada, Canada, and the Midwest.

===Amish refuge===
Fox spends nearly three weeks hiding with the Sadler family, an Old Order Amish household in Pennsylvania. During this time he repairs vehicles, recovers physically, and forms a friendship with the Sadlers’ son, J.T.

===Washington, D.C. confrontation===
Fox reaches Washington, D.C. and forces a face‑to‑face meeting with the President after a dramatic chase through the capital. He is captured again, but a recorded confession from Congressman Jack Archer — the true mastermind behind Operation Plume — leads to Archer’s arrest.

===Resolution===
Fox receives a presidential pardon and legal recognition as a U.S. citizen. One year later, he lives peacefully in Colorado with Diana and her family, having finally achieved safety and closure.

==Characters==

===Fox Tayle===
The protagonist, a genetically engineered anthropomorphic fox created as part of Operation Plume. Fox struggles with trauma, identity, and the desire to be treated as a person rather than property. His enhanced senses, strength, and military training shape his journey across North America.

===Diana Foxworthy===
A human SPCA worker who befriends Fox, shelters him, and ultimately becomes his partner. Diana plays a central role in Fox’s emotional development and survival.

===Wanda Meyers===
A conspiracy researcher who becomes Fox’s first human friend. Her death profoundly affects Fox and motivates his later actions.

===Dr. Theodore Cardiff===
Fox’s creator and lead scientist at BioCon. Cardiff’s relationship with Fox is complex, blending paternal attachment with scientific detachment.

===Congressman Jack Archer===
The primary antagonist. Archer secretly funded BioCon and ordered the termination of Operation Plume. His downfall is central to the story’s climax.

===Agent Robert Farley===
An FBI agent who ultimately helps expose Archer’s crimes.

===The Sadler Family===
An Old Order Amish family who shelters Fox during his time in Pennsylvania. Their son J.T. forms a close bond with Fox.

==Themes==
* Identity and personhood
* Trauma and recovery
* Ethics of genetic engineering
* Government secrecy and corruption
* Found family and trust
* Civil rights for non‑human persons

==See also==
* [[Furry literature]]

==External links==
* [https://www.deviantart.com/wannabemustangjockey/gallery/28972763/fox-tayle Author's gallery] for the story on [[DeviantArt]]
* [https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09F1G41P3/ Amazon.com] listing for the physical or digital book

User:Dogman15/Sandbox

2026-09-04T19:55:12Z

Dogman15: I figured out this is how you do it. Every wiki is different.

{{Infobox book
| title = The Adventures of Fox Tayle
| title_orig =
| translator =
| image = [[File:Fox Tayle book cover.jpg|300px]]
| image_caption =
| author = Jay Wollenweber
| cover_artist = Jay Wollenweber (Wannabemustangjockey)
| country = United States
| language = English
| series =
| genre = Action
| publisher = Canitaur Press
| release_date = 2021
| media_type =
| pages = 536
| isbn = 9798744281243
| preceded_by =
| followed_by =
}}
'''The Adventures of Fox Tayle''' is a 48‑chapter anthropomorphic action‑adventure novel featuring '''Fox Tayle''', a genetically engineered fox supersoldier who escapes government captivity and fights for legal personhood in the United States. The story blends furry themes, biotechnology ethics, conspiracy thriller elements, and cross‑country travel, culminating in Fox’s recognition as the first non‑human U.S. citizen.

==Overview==
''The Adventures of Fox Tayle'' follows Fox from his origins in a secret military bioweapons program to his eventual freedom in Colorado. The narrative explores themes of identity, humanity, trauma, found family, and civil rights. Fox’s journey takes him across the United States and Canada as he evades federal agents, confronts the corrupt politician behind his creation, and forms meaningful bonds with humans who help him survive.

The story is notable within furry literature for its detailed depiction of an anthropomorphic protagonist navigating real‑world environments, its blend of action and emotional depth, and its exploration of what it means to be a person.

==Plot summary==

===Origins and escape===
Fox Tayle begins life as a normal red fox before being captured by BioCon Corporation, a defense contractor operating under the black‑budget project '''Operation Plume'''. Through genetic modification and intensive training, Fox becomes an anthropomorphic soldier alongside two other canids, '''Shep''' and '''Wolf'''. When the program is shut down, Fox escapes during a purge that kills his squadmates.

===Life on the run===
Fox hides in the Mojave Desert with conspiracy theorist Wanda Meyers, whose death in a missile strike becomes the emotional catalyst for the rest of the story. Fox later finds refuge at the San Francisco SPCA, where he meets '''Diana Foxworthy''', who becomes his closest human ally and eventual partner.

===Escalation and recapture===
After multiple raids and escapes, Fox is captured at a furry convention and returned to BioCon. A sympathetic employee helps him escape again, leading to a series of high‑intensity chases through California, Nevada, Canada, and the Midwest.

===Amish refuge===
Fox spends nearly three weeks hiding with the Sadler family, an Old Order Amish household in Pennsylvania. During this time he repairs vehicles, recovers physically, and forms a friendship with the Sadlers’ son, J.T.

===Washington, D.C. confrontation===
Fox reaches Washington, D.C. and forces a face‑to‑face meeting with the President after a dramatic chase through the capital. He is captured again, but a recorded confession from Congressman Jack Archer — the true mastermind behind Operation Plume — leads to Archer’s arrest.

===Resolution===
Fox receives a presidential pardon and legal recognition as a U.S. citizen. One year later, he lives peacefully in Colorado with Diana and her family, having finally achieved safety and closure.

==Characters==

===Fox Tayle===
The protagonist, a genetically engineered anthropomorphic fox created as part of Operation Plume. Fox struggles with trauma, identity, and the desire to be treated as a person rather than property. His enhanced senses, strength, and military training shape his journey across North America.

===Diana Foxworthy===
A human SPCA worker who befriends Fox, shelters him, and ultimately becomes his partner. Diana plays a central role in Fox’s emotional development and survival.

===Wanda Meyers===
A conspiracy researcher who becomes Fox’s first human friend. Her death profoundly affects Fox and motivates his later actions.

===Dr. Theodore Cardiff===
Fox’s creator and lead scientist at BioCon. Cardiff’s relationship with Fox is complex, blending paternal attachment with scientific detachment.

===Congressman Jack Archer===
The primary antagonist. Archer secretly funded BioCon and ordered the termination of Operation Plume. His downfall is central to the story’s climax.

===Agent Robert Farley===
An FBI agent who ultimately helps expose Archer’s crimes.

===The Sadler Family===
An Old Order Amish family who shelters Fox during his time in Pennsylvania. Their son J.T. forms a close bond with Fox.

==Themes==
* Identity and personhood
* Trauma and recovery
* Ethics of genetic engineering
* Government secrecy and corruption
* Found family and trust
* Civil rights for non‑human persons

==See also==
* [[Furry literature]]

==External links==
* [https://www.deviantart.com/wannabemustangjockey/gallery/28972763/fox-tayle Author's gallery] for the story on [[DeviantArt]]
* [https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09F1G41P3/ Amazon.com] listing for the physical or digital book

File:Fox Tayle book cover.jpg

2026-09-04T19:52:42Z

Dogman15: /* Summary */

== Summary ==
https://www.deviantart.com/wannabemustangjockey/art/The-Adventures-of-Fox-Tayle-Cover-Art-890717477
Intended to be temporarily used at [[User:Dogman15/Sandbox]].

== Licensing ==
{{cover}}

User:Dogman15/Sandbox

2026-09-04T19:51:58Z

Dogman15: I'm not sure why the image isn't showing up.

{{Infobox book
| title = The Adventures of Fox Tayle
| title_orig =
| translator =
| image = Fox Tayle book cover.jpg
| image_caption = Book cover
| author = Jay Wollenweber
| cover_artist = Jay Wollenweber (Wannabemustangjockey)
| country = United States
| language = English
| series =
| genre = Action
| publisher = Canitaur Press
| release_date = 2021
| media_type =
| pages = 536
| isbn = 9798744281243
| preceded_by =
| followed_by =
}}
'''The Adventures of Fox Tayle''' is a 48‑chapter anthropomorphic action‑adventure novel featuring '''Fox Tayle''', a genetically engineered fox supersoldier who escapes government captivity and fights for legal personhood in the United States. The story blends furry themes, biotechnology ethics, conspiracy thriller elements, and cross‑country travel, culminating in Fox’s recognition as the first non‑human U.S. citizen.

==Overview==
''The Adventures of Fox Tayle'' follows Fox from his origins in a secret military bioweapons program to his eventual freedom in Colorado. The narrative explores themes of identity, humanity, trauma, found family, and civil rights. Fox’s journey takes him across the United States and Canada as he evades federal agents, confronts the corrupt politician behind his creation, and forms meaningful bonds with humans who help him survive.

The story is notable within furry literature for its detailed depiction of an anthropomorphic protagonist navigating real‑world environments, its blend of action and emotional depth, and its exploration of what it means to be a person.

==Plot summary==

===Origins and escape===
Fox Tayle begins life as a normal red fox before being captured by BioCon Corporation, a defense contractor operating under the black‑budget project '''Operation Plume'''. Through genetic modification and intensive training, Fox becomes an anthropomorphic soldier alongside two other canids, '''Shep''' and '''Wolf'''. When the program is shut down, Fox escapes during a purge that kills his squadmates.

===Life on the run===
Fox hides in the Mojave Desert with conspiracy theorist Wanda Meyers, whose death in a missile strike becomes the emotional catalyst for the rest of the story. Fox later finds refuge at the San Francisco SPCA, where he meets '''Diana Foxworthy''', who becomes his closest human ally and eventual partner.

===Escalation and recapture===
After multiple raids and escapes, Fox is captured at a furry convention and returned to BioCon. A sympathetic employee helps him escape again, leading to a series of high‑intensity chases through California, Nevada, Canada, and the Midwest.

===Amish refuge===
Fox spends nearly three weeks hiding with the Sadler family, an Old Order Amish household in Pennsylvania. During this time he repairs vehicles, recovers physically, and forms a friendship with the Sadlers’ son, J.T.

===Washington, D.C. confrontation===
Fox reaches Washington, D.C. and forces a face‑to‑face meeting with the President after a dramatic chase through the capital. He is captured again, but a recorded confession from Congressman Jack Archer — the true mastermind behind Operation Plume — leads to Archer’s arrest.

===Resolution===
Fox receives a presidential pardon and legal recognition as a U.S. citizen. One year later, he lives peacefully in Colorado with Diana and her family, having finally achieved safety and closure.

==Characters==

===Fox Tayle===
The protagonist, a genetically engineered anthropomorphic fox created as part of Operation Plume. Fox struggles with trauma, identity, and the desire to be treated as a person rather than property. His enhanced senses, strength, and military training shape his journey across North America.

===Diana Foxworthy===
A human SPCA worker who befriends Fox, shelters him, and ultimately becomes his partner. Diana plays a central role in Fox’s emotional development and survival.

===Wanda Meyers===
A conspiracy researcher who becomes Fox’s first human friend. Her death profoundly affects Fox and motivates his later actions.

===Dr. Theodore Cardiff===
Fox’s creator and lead scientist at BioCon. Cardiff’s relationship with Fox is complex, blending paternal attachment with scientific detachment.

===Congressman Jack Archer===
The primary antagonist. Archer secretly funded BioCon and ordered the termination of Operation Plume. His downfall is central to the story’s climax.

===Agent Robert Farley===
An FBI agent who ultimately helps expose Archer’s crimes.

===The Sadler Family===
An Old Order Amish family who shelters Fox during his time in Pennsylvania. Their son J.T. forms a close bond with Fox.

==Themes==
* Identity and personhood
* Trauma and recovery
* Ethics of genetic engineering
* Government secrecy and corruption
* Found family and trust
* Civil rights for non‑human persons

==See also==
* [[Furry literature]]

==External links==
* [https://www.deviantart.com/wannabemustangjockey/gallery/28972763/fox-tayle Author's gallery] for the story on [[DeviantArt]]
* [https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09F1G41P3/ Amazon.com] listing for the physical or digital book

User:Dogman15/Sandbox

2026-09-04T19:51:04Z

Dogman15: Added infobox

{{Infobox book
| title = The Adventures of Fox Tayle
| title_orig =
| translator =
| image = Fox Tayle book cover.jpg
| image_caption =
| author = Jay Wollenweber
| cover_artist = Jay Wollenweber (Wannabemustangjockey)
| country = United States
| language = English
| series =
| genre = Action
| publisher = Canitaur Press
| release_date = 2021
| media_type =
| pages = 536
| isbn = 9798744281243
| preceded_by =
| followed_by =
}}
'''The Adventures of Fox Tayle''' is a 48‑chapter anthropomorphic action‑adventure novel featuring '''Fox Tayle''', a genetically engineered fox supersoldier who escapes government captivity and fights for legal personhood in the United States. The story blends furry themes, biotechnology ethics, conspiracy thriller elements, and cross‑country travel, culminating in Fox’s recognition as the first non‑human U.S. citizen.

==Overview==
''The Adventures of Fox Tayle'' follows Fox from his origins in a secret military bioweapons program to his eventual freedom in Colorado. The narrative explores themes of identity, humanity, trauma, found family, and civil rights. Fox’s journey takes him across the United States and Canada as he evades federal agents, confronts the corrupt politician behind his creation, and forms meaningful bonds with humans who help him survive.

The story is notable within furry literature for its detailed depiction of an anthropomorphic protagonist navigating real‑world environments, its blend of action and emotional depth, and its exploration of what it means to be a person.

==Plot summary==

===Origins and escape===
Fox Tayle begins life as a normal red fox before being captured by BioCon Corporation, a defense contractor operating under the black‑budget project '''Operation Plume'''. Through genetic modification and intensive training, Fox becomes an anthropomorphic soldier alongside two other canids, '''Shep''' and '''Wolf'''. When the program is shut down, Fox escapes during a purge that kills his squadmates.

===Life on the run===
Fox hides in the Mojave Desert with conspiracy theorist Wanda Meyers, whose death in a missile strike becomes the emotional catalyst for the rest of the story. Fox later finds refuge at the San Francisco SPCA, where he meets '''Diana Foxworthy''', who becomes his closest human ally and eventual partner.

===Escalation and recapture===
After multiple raids and escapes, Fox is captured at a furry convention and returned to BioCon. A sympathetic employee helps him escape again, leading to a series of high‑intensity chases through California, Nevada, Canada, and the Midwest.

===Amish refuge===
Fox spends nearly three weeks hiding with the Sadler family, an Old Order Amish household in Pennsylvania. During this time he repairs vehicles, recovers physically, and forms a friendship with the Sadlers’ son, J.T.

===Washington, D.C. confrontation===
Fox reaches Washington, D.C. and forces a face‑to‑face meeting with the President after a dramatic chase through the capital. He is captured again, but a recorded confession from Congressman Jack Archer — the true mastermind behind Operation Plume — leads to Archer’s arrest.

===Resolution===
Fox receives a presidential pardon and legal recognition as a U.S. citizen. One year later, he lives peacefully in Colorado with Diana and her family, having finally achieved safety and closure.

==Characters==

===Fox Tayle===
The protagonist, a genetically engineered anthropomorphic fox created as part of Operation Plume. Fox struggles with trauma, identity, and the desire to be treated as a person rather than property. His enhanced senses, strength, and military training shape his journey across North America.

===Diana Foxworthy===
A human SPCA worker who befriends Fox, shelters him, and ultimately becomes his partner. Diana plays a central role in Fox’s emotional development and survival.

===Wanda Meyers===
A conspiracy researcher who becomes Fox’s first human friend. Her death profoundly affects Fox and motivates his later actions.

===Dr. Theodore Cardiff===
Fox’s creator and lead scientist at BioCon. Cardiff’s relationship with Fox is complex, blending paternal attachment with scientific detachment.

===Congressman Jack Archer===
The primary antagonist. Archer secretly funded BioCon and ordered the termination of Operation Plume. His downfall is central to the story’s climax.

===Agent Robert Farley===
An FBI agent who ultimately helps expose Archer’s crimes.

===The Sadler Family===
An Old Order Amish family who shelters Fox during his time in Pennsylvania. Their son J.T. forms a close bond with Fox.

==Themes==
* Identity and personhood
* Trauma and recovery
* Ethics of genetic engineering
* Government secrecy and corruption
* Found family and trust
* Civil rights for non‑human persons

==See also==
* [[Furry literature]]

==External links==
* [https://www.deviantart.com/wannabemustangjockey/gallery/28972763/fox-tayle Author's gallery] for the story on [[DeviantArt]]
* [https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09F1G41P3/ Amazon.com] listing for the physical or digital book

File:Fox Tayle book cover.jpg

2026-09-04T19:50:51Z

Dogman15: https://www.deviantart.com/wannabemustangjockey/art/The-Adventures-of-Fox-Tayle-Cover-Art-890717477

== Summary ==
https://www.deviantart.com/wannabemustangjockey/art/The-Adventures-of-Fox-Tayle-Cover-Art-890717477
== Licensing ==
{{cover}}

User:Dogman15/Sandbox

2026-09-04T19:34:05Z

Dogman15: Drafting an article

'''The Adventures of Fox Tayle''' is a 48‑chapter anthropomorphic action‑adventure novel featuring '''Fox Tayle''', a genetically engineered fox supersoldier who escapes government captivity and fights for legal personhood in the United States. The story blends furry themes, biotechnology ethics, conspiracy thriller elements, and cross‑country travel, culminating in Fox’s recognition as the first non‑human U.S. citizen.

==Overview==
''The Adventures of Fox Tayle'' follows Fox from his origins in a secret military bioweapons program to his eventual freedom in Colorado. The narrative explores themes of identity, humanity, trauma, found family, and civil rights. Fox’s journey takes him across the United States and Canada as he evades federal agents, confronts the corrupt politician behind his creation, and forms meaningful bonds with humans who help him survive.

The story is notable within furry literature for its detailed depiction of an anthropomorphic protagonist navigating real‑world environments, its blend of action and emotional depth, and its exploration of what it means to be a person.

==Plot summary==

===Origins and escape===
Fox Tayle begins life as a normal red fox before being captured by BioCon Corporation, a defense contractor operating under the black‑budget project '''Operation Plume'''. Through genetic modification and intensive training, Fox becomes an anthropomorphic soldier alongside two other canids, '''Shep''' and '''Wolf'''. When the program is shut down, Fox escapes during a purge that kills his squadmates.

===Life on the run===
Fox hides in the Mojave Desert with conspiracy theorist Wanda Meyers, whose death in a missile strike becomes the emotional catalyst for the rest of the story. Fox later finds refuge at the San Francisco SPCA, where he meets '''Diana Foxworthy''', who becomes his closest human ally and eventual partner.

===Escalation and recapture===
After multiple raids and escapes, Fox is captured at a furry convention and returned to BioCon. A sympathetic employee helps him escape again, leading to a series of high‑intensity chases through California, Nevada, Canada, and the Midwest.

===Amish refuge===
Fox spends nearly three weeks hiding with the Sadler family, an Old Order Amish household in Pennsylvania. During this time he repairs vehicles, recovers physically, and forms a friendship with the Sadlers’ son, J.T.

===Washington, D.C. confrontation===
Fox reaches Washington, D.C. and forces a face‑to‑face meeting with the President after a dramatic chase through the capital. He is captured again, but a recorded confession from Congressman Jack Archer — the true mastermind behind Operation Plume — leads to Archer’s arrest.

===Resolution===
Fox receives a presidential pardon and legal recognition as a U.S. citizen. One year later, he lives peacefully in Colorado with Diana and her family, having finally achieved safety and closure.

==Characters==

===Fox Tayle===
The protagonist, a genetically engineered anthropomorphic fox created as part of Operation Plume. Fox struggles with trauma, identity, and the desire to be treated as a person rather than property. His enhanced senses, strength, and military training shape his journey across North America.

===Diana Foxworthy===
A human SPCA worker who befriends Fox, shelters him, and ultimately becomes his partner. Diana plays a central role in Fox’s emotional development and survival.

===Wanda Meyers===
A conspiracy researcher who becomes Fox’s first human friend. Her death profoundly affects Fox and motivates his later actions.

===Dr. Theodore Cardiff===
Fox’s creator and lead scientist at BioCon. Cardiff’s relationship with Fox is complex, blending paternal attachment with scientific detachment.

===Congressman Jack Archer===
The primary antagonist. Archer secretly funded BioCon and ordered the termination of Operation Plume. His downfall is central to the story’s climax.

===Agent Robert Farley===
An FBI agent who ultimately helps expose Archer’s crimes.

===The Sadler Family===
An Old Order Amish family who shelters Fox during his time in Pennsylvania. Their son J.T. forms a close bond with Fox.

==Themes==
* Identity and personhood
* Trauma and recovery
* Ethics of genetic engineering
* Government secrecy and corruption
* Found family and trust
* Civil rights for non‑human persons

==See also==
* [[Furry literature]]

==External links==
* [https://www.deviantart.com/wannabemustangjockey/gallery/28972763/fox-tayle Author's gallery] for the story on [[DeviantArt]]
* [https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09F1G41P3/ Amazon.com] listing for the physical or digital book

Help:Furry Book of Style

2026-09-04T19:12:06Z

Dogman15:

{{HelpTOC}}
The '''Furry Book of Style''' is a guide to style and layout on [[WikiFur]]. This page covers the presentation of information; technical information on syntax is in the section about [[Help:Editing|editing]]. If you want the pages you edit to fit in well with WikiFur - and you should! - you should try to ensure that they use the styling and layout presented here.

If you do not know exactly how to do something, don't worry - do what you can, and then ask for help with formatting in your edit summary or on the article talk page. Remember that if there is another page that uses a certain technique, you can edit it to see how it's done. As with all style guides, it is sometimes appropriate to break the rules - just don't do so needlessly!

These first few paragraphs are called the ''lead section'', and they are the most important parts of an article. They are indexed heavily by search engines and are usually the first thing a visitor reads. You should ensure that the lead section contains a synopsis of the page's content, and a few of the most relevant links to other wiki pages.

The full name of the subject should be prominently present '''in bold text'''. Other names, aliases and abbreviations that commonly represent the same concept should be included, also in bold, and you should add those pages as redirects to the main page (edit the entries to be <tt><nowiki>#REDIRECT [[Main Page Name]]</nowiki></tt>).
<div style="float:right">__TOC__</div>
== Headers ==

Headers are used to denote boundaries between sections. They are present on almost all pages, as even short articles have external links with more information.

Header titles on WikiFur are normally not capitalized after the first letter, unless there is a proper noun involved. There should be a single blank line before and after the header, as this provides for easier reading when editing without inserting extra space into the output.

=== Header types ===

There are several different levels of heading, each denoted by increasing level of "=" marks. The first level is typically not used unless three levels of "ruled" section dividers are appropriate, as it's rather big and restarts the section numbering; the second, third, and fourth levels are most popular, while the fifth is used rarely, and the sixth almost never.

==== Fourth level ====

===== Fifth level =====

====== Sixth level ======

Note that text written here still stays the same size as other text in the article, making sixth level headers harder to notice.

If you find yourself going five or six levels deep in an article, you may want to consider a different organization scheme or even breaking the article up into separate articles.

=== Table of Contents ===

A ''Table of Contents'' is automatically added before the first section heading on pages with more than four headers. If desired, it can be hidden by adding <tt><nowiki>__NOTOC__</nowiki></tt> anywhere on the page (it does not have to be on a separate line).

If it is getting in the way or would look better elsewhere, it's possible to force it to display in a particular place by typing <tt><nowiki>__TOC__</nowiki></tt> where you want it to appear. This will also force it to appear on pages with fewer than four headers (as will <tt><nowiki>__FORCETOC__</nowiki></tt>, for the default position). A common trick is to "float" the table to one side, with <tt><nowiki><div style="float:right">__TOC__</div></nowiki></tt>

== Edit links ==

Edit links are available to the right of each header. To disable these, add <tt><nowiki>__NOEDITSECTION__</nowiki></tt> anywhere in the article.

== Links ==

In general, only the first mention of a topic on a page should be linked, unless the page is long and the link is likely to be missed. Try to use the full name of an article rather than an acronym, unless space is restricted (such as on a picture).

== Article names ==

Article names should either match the proper name or common usage of a subject (including capitalization), where possible. If there is no obvious correct name, use the name you would be most likely to link to from another article. Do not use capital letters for subjects that are not normally capitalized.

If it is not possible to use the correct title - for example, an IRC channel, which starts with a # - name the article something like [[Yiffnetbeats (IRC)]] and put this template at the top: <tt><nowiki>{{wrongtitle|title=#yiffnetbeats}}</nowiki></tt>. Link to the article with piped links (<tt><nowiki>[[Yiffnetbeats (IRC)|#yiffnetbeats]]</nowiki></tt>).

== Articles about people ==

Fan names, [[fursona]] names, or aliases are generally preferred over [[real life]] names. Be careful about connecting the real name of someone to an article about them, even as a redirect. If they include their real name on their website or typically use both a real name and a fan name, that's fair enough. Otherwise, avoid it - absent an overriding public interest, such as evidence of fraud or other criminal activity.

At the start of the article, give the person's full name, along with any public alternative names. Use '''bold''' text for such names; you should normally create a [[Wikipedia:Help:Redirect|redirect]] from that name to the current article. In subsequent paragraphs, start with whatever name is commonly used to refer to them within furry fandom (often the first part of their name), and continue with the [[Wikipedia:Personal pronoun|personal pronoun]] set that the individual has most recently indicated preference for. If this is not known, use what is commonly used for them within furry fandom; if this is also unclear, refer to them by name or use [[Wikipedia:Singular they|singular "they"]] throughout the article.

Names and pronouns may change over time; concisely explain such changes, while maintaining consistent usage. Where one name is preferred, try to communicate this, while avoiding wording which implies equivalent usage.

Secondary character names may first be mentioned in a subsection if they are not typically used to refer to the person. Such names should still be bolded, and the relevant pages should be redirected or disambiguated as appropriate.

Do not give a person's current age, since that will become outdated. Give their year or date of birth instead, if that is public.

Avoid future plans (such as convention attendance) and unordered lists of facts; form the latter into paragraphs of coherent, descriptive prose.

Articles should be written in the third person. When writing about yourself, avoid the use of ''I''.

== Articles about conventions and events ==
{{see also|WikiFur:Convention_checklists}}

'''TODO''': insert boilerplate/preload text here.

Convention information is recorded in many places on WikiFur, and conventions tend to have many related articles, so it can be hard to keep track of what to update. You can use '''[[WikiFur:Convention_checklists|these checklists]]''' when you are creating or updating articles about a convention.

== Redirects ==

If there are many possible names for an article, you should pick the best one and then add redirects from all the other pages to that page. Do this by editing the other pages and placing <tt><nowiki>#REDIRECT [[Main page title]]</nowiki></tt>. As above, be careful about redirecting, or linking to or from a character that is not publicly associated with a person.

== The, a, etc ==

If the subject of an article properly starts with an article, such as ''the'', (e.g. [[The Prancing Skiltaire]]), you should generally include that article and redirect from the name without the article.

=== Correct category sorting ===

Do not do something like moving an article to the end ([[Prancing Skiltaire, The]]) to ensure correct categories. Instead, do this: <tt><nowiki>[[Category:Furry homes|Prancing Skiltaire, The]]</nowiki></tt> or <tt><nowiki>{{DEFAULTSORT:Prancing Skiltaire, The}}</nowiki></tt>. This is a common issue for articles about works of fiction.

== Articles about websites ==

WikiFur contains information on many [[:Category:Websites|websites]]. As the site is the purpose of the article, links are typically ''not'' relegated to an ''External links'' section (see below), but are instead placed in the lead section, after a short (one paragraph) introduction. The links are presented in an unordered list, along with a summary of important facts about the website. The website logo, if any, is placed floating to the right of this introduction. Alternatively, the {{tl|Infobox website}} template may be used.

For example, here is a lead section for the article about [[WikiFur]]:
----
[[Image:Wiki.png|right|WikiFur]]
'''WikiFur''' is a website dedicated to the collection of information about the furry [[:Category:Community|community]] and its [[:Category:Culture|culture]], among other things. It is built by contributions from readers - anyone can edit the site, and their changes are reflected immediately.

:''For more information about how WikiFur works, see '''[[WikiFur:About]]'''''

*'''Addresses''':
**'''Web site''': http://wikifur.com/
**'''LiveJournal''': http://community.livejournal.com/wikifur/
*'''Founder''': [[GreenReaper]]
*'''Colleagues''': [[WikiFur:Colleagues|(see list)]]
*'''Contributors''': see the [http://stats.wikifur.com/EN/TablesWikiFurEN.htm#wikipedians site statistics]
*'''Ran from/to''': 24 July 2005 - present
*'''Mottos''': ''WikiFur: By furries, for furries, about furries''; and ''WikiFur, the furry encyclopedia''
----
If a website has only one relevant address, you should skip the '''Web site''' and just put it as the '''Address'''. Redirections should be indicated with an arrow (->) from the redirection name to the actual address.

If a website is currently down (temporarily or permanently), it is good to include a link to a [http://web.archive.org/ Internet Archive] copy of the page, if available. Do so after the main link, as so:

*'''Address''': greenreaper.co.uk -> http://bath.ac.uk/~cs1lomp/ (down; see [http://web.archive.org/web/20040522190910/www.bath.ac.uk/~cs1lomp/ archive])

== Pictures ==
[[Image:Furrypeace.png|right|Furry Peace logo]]
Images should normally be floated to one side - large pictures should be sized appropriately by specifying a size on the '''File:''' tag. It is rarely appropriate to have an image wider than 300px, unless the intention is to cover the width of the whole page.

It may be appropriate to place a picture without a frame, especially if it has a white background. Most buttons and banners are displayed in this way.

Consider using one or more [[m:Help:Images and other uploaded files#Gallery|<nowiki><gallery></nowiki> sections]] for multiple related images, especially where floating images would lengthen the page and create a large amount of white space.

== Stubs ==

Very short pages (generally two paragraphs or less, excluding links) that could be expanded are termed ''stubs''. These pages should include the <tt><nowiki>{{stub}}</nowiki></tt> template (or a more specific variant, like <tt><nowiki>{{person-stub}}</nowiki></tt>).

'''Note:''' If there really is very little to be said about something, it's not a stub, but it may be more appropriate to merge it with another page.

== Categories ==

Categories help organization and offer readers a way to browse through related articles. Articles are added to categories with <tt><nowiki>[[Category:Name of category]]</nowiki></tt> at the end of the article, either all in one line or on separate lines. Like article names, category names should only be capitalized for words that are normally capitalized - thus, <tt><nowiki>[[Category:Further Confusion]]</nowiki></tt> would be correct, but <tt><nowiki>[[Category:Convention Terms]]</nowiki></tt> would not: the correct name is [[:Category:Convention terms]].

Regarding subcategories, the most specific category is prioritized. For example, if you are categorizing a movie, it belongs in <tt><nowiki>[[Category:Movies]]</nowiki></tt> and not <tt><nowiki>[[Category:Culture]]</nowiki></tt>, which is the parent of <tt><nowiki>[[Category:Movies]]</nowiki></tt>. The exception is an article on a person, which should always have [[:Category:People]].

Categories should reflect the information in the article, and vice versa. For example, a person's article could have [[:Category:1980 births]], but should also have (born 1980) in the article text.

If you are unsure of which category something belongs in, place it in <tt><nowiki>[[Category:Unsorted]]</nowiki></tt>, and someone else will take care of it.

For a person, <tt><nowiki>[[Category:People]]</nowiki></tt> comes first, then furry-specific categories like [[:Category:Fursuiters]] or convention staff membership, followed by other categories, including the species of their character, their location (only the most specific; [[:Category:Toronto]], not [[:Category:Ontario]] or [[:Category:Canada]]), ended with their birth year as the last category. If the ordering is still not clear, put the most relevant ones first.

'''See [[Help:Categories]] for more detail.'''

== General advice ==

* Write actively and concisely
* Write an article you would want to read
* Write in a way that encourages interest in the topic
* Write with a view to future expansion
** Insert appropriate links, even if they don't exist yet
** If a section should be there, add it, even if you don't write more than a line about it
* Write what you know - and if you don't know, find out
* Use headings, pictures and '''Did you know?''' sections to break up long passages of text

= Links to other documents =

WikiFur is a big place—but there's far more out there than we can or should put on WikiFur. There are hundreds of great resources for [[furry fandom]] information, as well as the actual items of interest. Links to these external resources are typically placed in a section at the bottom of an article, unless they are part of a website as described above.

It ''is'' sometimes appropriate to insert external links into the main text of an article. This is typically done with links to further information that is directly related to the text, such as a forum conversation, and where a References section is inappropriate.

== See also ==

The ''See also'' section is used to link to other wiki articles, either on WikiFur or on other places, that are related but which were '''not''' included as links in the main text of the article. You can link to Wikipedia by adding <tt><nowiki>[[Wikipedia:</nowiki></tt> at the front of your links. If you want to link to a non-English article at Wikipedia, add <tt><nowiki>[[Wikipedia:language-code:article-name|text-to-display]]</nowiki></tt> (for example: [[Wikipedia:List of Wikipedias#Wikipedia edition codes|language-code]] for Japanese is '''ja''' so link would be <tt><nowiki>[[Wikipedia:ja:article-name|text-to-display]]</nowiki></tt>.)

If you want to link to [[List of WikiFur projects and affiliates|a WikiFur article in another language]], add <tt><nowiki>[[:language-code:article-name|text-to-display]]</nowiki></tt>. To indicate that an article is on the same topic as an article in another language, add <tt><nowiki>[[language-code:article-name|text-to-display]]</nowiki></tt> at the end (example: this page has interwiki links such as <tt><nowiki>[[pt:Ajuda:Livro de estilo]]</nowiki></tt>.)

You can link to Wikia by adding <tt><nowiki>[[wikia:subdomain-of-the-wiki</nowiki></tt> at the front of your links. (for example: subdomain-of-the-wiki of http://'''muppet'''.wikia.com/ is '''muppet''' so link would be <tt><nowiki>[[wikia:muppet:article-name|text-to-display]]</nowiki></tt>.)

Items are presented in an unordered list, as below:

* [[Help:Contents|Help contents]]
* [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Manual of Style|Manual of Style]] at Wikipedia
* Wikipedia's items on [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Manual of Style (headings)|headings]], [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Manual of Style (links)|links]] and [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Footnotes|footnotes]]

== References ==

Reference sections contain references (citations) for information in the article. Titles should be presented ''in italics'', and a date should be noted, if known (and appropriate). References to online material should include the date that material was last updated (if it is on the material), and the date it was retrieved, ''i.e.'' looked at and made a reference.

References are usually presented as a ''numbered list'' (<tt>#</tt>). If you wish to refer to items in the body of the text, you should use the newer method of referencing<ref>[[mediawikiwiki:Extension:Cite/Cite.php#Usage|Cite extension]] - MediaWiki user guide</ref> which lends itself to a reasonably natural style and reduces the need for templates. Read the reference below for more information.

<references/>

== External links ==

The external links section contains off-site links to related web material. They are presented in an unordered list. Try to separate links for site names like this:

* [https://greenreaper.deviantart.com/ GreenReaper] on [[deviantART]]

The title of the link can be in italics for the names of journals and the like.

If a link is of a mature nature, it may be appropriate to float a [[:Category:Rating images|rating image button]] to the right of it (e.g. <tt><nowiki>[[File:Censor MA button.png|right]]</nowiki></tt>). If there are large numbers of links, some mature and some not, divide the sections with a horizontal rule (<tt><nowiki>----</nowiki></tt>) and use different buttons, or use subheadings.

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Anthropomorphic Foxes in Space

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'''Anthropomorphic Foxes in Space''' (often abbreviated '''AFIS''') is an approximately 400‑page online science‑fiction serial written by Otrstf between 1998 and 2002. The story blends hard science fiction, furry worldbuilding, mind‑uploading concepts, and cross‑cultural diplomacy. It follows a human couple, Dave and Marie, whose accidental encounter with an alien exploration team leads to Marie’s death—and her revival in the cloned body of a young alien [[vixen]] named Chessec.

The story is notable for its early use of the "Intelligent Gerbil" trope, its exploration of mind uploading ethics, and its detailed depiction of alien social structures.

== Plot Overview ==
=== Premise ===
Dave and Marie live a quiet rural life until a D'yimyi exploration team abducts them. During a neural scan aboard the alien ship, a micro‑meteor strike kills Marie’s human body. The crew, unwilling to cause diplomatic catastrophe, revives her by implanting her recorded neural patterns into a cloned D’yimyi body—originally grown as a medical backup for the young contact specialist '''Chessec'''.

Marie awakens as a large, bipedal, digitigrade [[fox]]‑woman, sharing not only Chessec’s body template but also a partial telepathic link with her.

=== Journey to the D’yim’yi Homeworld ===
Dave, Marie, their dog '''Hobo''', and Chessec travel aboard the alien ship to the D’yim’yi homeworld. During the voyage:
* Dave establishes himself socially by defeating the ship’s second officer '''Chopka''' in a ritual dominance challenge.
* Marie adapts to her new body and learns the D’yim’yi language rapidly through her psychic link with Chessec.
* Hobo becomes a cultural curiosity, as the D’yim’yi have no domesticated animals.

=== Arrival and Clan Politics ===
Upon landing, the group stays at the estate of '''Captain Amkro''', whose clan is undergoing a leadership struggle. Dave and Marie witness:
* A complex, hierarchical, polygynous society
* Clan alliances and ritual challenges
* The political rise of Amkro’s husband '''Candroc''', who becomes clan leader

Marie and Chessec are formally adopted into Amkro’s family, giving them social protection.

=== Diplomatic Mission ===
Dave presents a proposal to the Exploration Corps Council:
* Controlled first contact with Earth
* Exchange of students and scientists
* Covert acquisition of human technology
* Long‑term cultural and scientific cooperation

The council approves the plan, setting the stage for future Earth–D’yim’yi relations.

== Characters ==
=== Main Characters ===
* '''Dave''' – [[Human]] male protagonist; analytical, adaptable, and physically strong. Acts as a cultural bridge.
* '''Marie / Chessec‑clone''' – Originally human; revived in a cloned D’yim’yi body. Shares a psychic link with Chessec.
* '''Chessec''' – Young D’yim’yi contact specialist; Marie’s genetic template and psychic twin.
* '''Hobo''' – Dave and Marie’s [[dog]]; a major point of fascination for the D’yim’yi.

=== D’yim’yi Crew ===
* '''Captain Amkro''' – Ship captain and influential clan member; mentor and protector.
* '''Doctor Plaksa''' – Medical officer who performs the neural transfer.
* '''Chopka''' – Second officer; physically imposing; engages in ritual dominance with Dave.
* '''Lossp''' – Navigator; provides historical background on the Jaguar war.
* '''Mitzep''' – Young pilot; comic relief and cultural foil.

== Setting ==
=== D’yim’yi Species ===
The '''D’yim’yi''' are bipedal, digitigrade fox‑like aliens with:
* Strong scent‑based communication
* Instinctive dominance behaviors
* Clan‑based social structures
* Polygynous family systems
* Advanced cloning and neural recording technology
* Primitive computers compared to humans
* Starships inherited from the Jaguar conquerors

They live on the planet '''Diyim’yi''', which also contains non‑sapient animals such as cows, rabbits, ducks, and mice.

=== Other Sapient Species ===
* '''W’parl''' – [[Wolf]]‑like traders
* '''[[Jaguar]]s''' – Former conquerors; technologically advanced but defeated
* '''Fijuto‑pwe''' – [[Badger]]‑like Neolithic species

All sapient species share a common evolutionary origin, diverging only 1–15 million years ago.

== Themes ==
* Identity and continuity
* Mind‑uploading ethics
* Cross‑cultural diplomacy
* Clan politics and social hierarchy
* Adaptation to a new body
* Parallel evolution across multiple worlds

== Tropes ==
* Intelligent Gerbil
* Emergency Transformation
* Mind uploading
* Alien abduction
* Psychic link between clones
* Culture shock

== Publication History ==
''Anthropomorphic Foxes in Space'' was written by '''Otrstf''' and published online from 1998 to 2002 on Earthlink personal pages. The original site is no longer active, but archived versions are available via the Wayback Machine.

* Original: http://home.earthlink.net/~otrstf/
* Archive (July 24, 2019): https://web.archive.org/web/20190724133749/http://home.earthlink.net/~otrstf/

== See Also ==
* [[Wikipedia:Mind uploading|Mind Uploading]]
* [[Wikipedia:Mind transfer in fiction|Mind transfer in fiction]]
* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/IntelligentGerbil "Intelligent Gerbil"]
* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/EmergencyTransformation "Emergency Transformation"]

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Magnus Diridian

2026-08-30T02:50:55Z

Dogman15: /* Fur Affinity */ No template for it, but "for reasons" is pathetic wording.

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[[File:FC 2008 Magnus.JPG|right|thumb|Renegade at [[Further Confusion 2008]].]]
[[File:AC 2007 Acid Wolf.JPG|right|thumb|Acid Wolf at [[Anthrocon 2007]].]]
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[[File:Magnus Diridian.webp|right|thumb|Magnus' Arkansas fursuit, holding a [[W:Trumpism|Trump placard]].]]
'''Magnus Diridian''' (pronounced die-RIDE-ian), also known as '''Zhor''' (real name '''Robert Michael Sojkowski''', born February 25, 1972), is a [[fursuiter]] and [[fursuit-maker]] who lives in [[W:Bellefonte, Pennsylvania|Bellefonte, Pennsylvania]], USA.<ref>[http://db.fursuit.me/?c=viewuser&nick=Magnusdiridian Magnus Diridian's profile] on the [[The Fursuit Database]]. Retrieved July 2, 2014.</ref>

== Fandom involvement ==

Magnus Diridian joined the [[furry fandom]] in 2003.

=== Fursona ===

Magnus has several [[fursona]]s (see '''Fursuits''' section), with his very first fursona being '''Renegade''', an [[anthropomorphic]] [[raccoon]]/[[skunk]] [[hybrid]] with a [[W:mohawk|mohawk]]

=== Fursuits ===

Magnus Diridian is the owner of the [[fursuit making]] company, ''[[Chirrfull Creations]]''. He owns several [[fursuit]] [[character]]s which he constructed himself:

* '''Renegade''' - The above-mentioned fursona's costume was completed in May 2004. He can be seen wearing Renegade in most of his videos on his [[YouTube channel]].
* '''Acid Fox''' - A [[music band]] of psychedelically-coloured furs, it condidtd of '''Acid Fox''' (also known as '''Indigen'''), '''Acid Raccoon''' (also known as '''Zyga-Sates'''), '''Acid Tiger''' (also known as '''Dereuge''' and '''pimp tiger'''), '''Acid Dragon''' (also known as '''Urseid'''), '''Acid Horse''' (also known as '''Gel-Paron''') and '''Acid Skunk''' (also known as '''Raise''').
* '''Wildstar''' - An anthropomorphic [[deer]]/[[wolf]] hybrid. Completed in 2009, this [[suit]] features real [[antler]]s.
* '''T-SAC''' - An anthropomorphic [[hyena]] created in 2009 alongside Wildstar. This [[Road Warrior]] hyena often poses with his water gun.
* '''Tristan'''- An anthropomorphic green [[dragon]]. This suit was constructed in 2010 and designed to keep the user cool inside.
* '''The Buccan-Ear''' - A large [[rabbit]] created in 2011. This suit's theme is mainly based on pirates, hence the name "Buccan-Ear," a play on "[[Buccaneer]]" (a type of pirate) and also poking fun at the large ears featured on its head. It is often seen wearing a cape and a pirate hat with a rabbit [[skull]] and crossbones with carrots instead of bones displayed on the front. In addition, it carries around a carrot cutlass. This is Magnus's most physically limiting suit, mainly because of the large stuffed belly.
* '''Crackerjack''' - Also known as "The Rainbow Connection," this was Magnus' take on the [[Crux]] [[species]]. Made in 2012, this suit is all black with stripes of every rainbow color.
* '''Mardi-Gras''' - A green, yellow, and purple [[Sergal]] constructed in 2016. This suit was made as a personal challenge to create a complex character. It is covered in [[spot]]s and [[stripes]], with furry [[scales]] along the back of the head and [[tail]].
* '''The Gradian Empire''' - One of Magnus' more well-known suits. It was constructed in 2016 alongside Mardi Gras. It is a large blue and pink [[bat]], with [[wing]]s that extend 15 feet out in total. The suit features large, fluffy [[ear]]s and [[zentai]] for legs. Designed to be a [[vampire bat]], this character has an alluring personality and speaks like [[Count Dracula]]. Along with the Buccan-Ear, it is a very physically limiting suit.
* '''Grimace McWendys''' - Also known as "Burger" or "The Klown," is an anthropomorphic hyena inspired by the design of [[Ronald McDonald]], the [[McDonald]]'s [[mascot]]. It features a [[Pikachu]]-like tail instead of the traditional hyena tail and sometimes carries around a plush burger and fries. This was the first suit Magnus completed in February 2017.
* '''StarBurst''' - A peacock fursuit built in June 2017. This suit is a remake of an older peacock suit Magnus made, featuring a large tail with all the rainbow colors.
* '''Murrica''' - An anthropomorphic [[fox]] designed with the colors from the [[American flag]]. It was constructed in 2014. This suit was made to portray an overall patriotic theme and is often worn with an American flag as a cape. This is one of the only toony-eye-style suits Magnus has made.
* '''Arkansas''' - An anthropomorphic [[wolf]] fursuit with the [[W:Confederate States of America|Confederate States of America]]'s [[W:Modern display of the Confederate battle flag|battle flag]]-styled pattern sewed on the back of the [[fullsuit]].<ref name="PaleCoon">[http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/7229537/ "Behold a pale coon"] - posting by Magnus Diridian, on his [[Fur Affinity]] journal. Dated December 8, 2015. Retrieved December 15, 2015.</ref>

This list is nowhere near complete. Several older suits were left out because they were retired.

=== Convention attendance ===

* [[Anthrocon]] - 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2017'''¹'''
* [[FurFright]] - 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, ?
* [[Furry Connection North]] - 2003, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, ?
* [[Furry Migration]] - 2016, 2017, ?
* [[Fursquared]] - 2016, 2017, ?
* [[Further Confusion]] - 2008, ?
* [[Midwest FurFest]] - 2013, 2014, 2015,'''²''' 2016, 2017, ?
* [[Megaplex]] - 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, ?
* [[Mephit Furmeet]] - 2005, ?
* [[Morphicon]] - 2005, 2006, 2007, ?

'''1.''' - Permaban
'''2.''' - Temp. ban

== Controversies ==

On July 15, 1999, Sojkowski was charted for retail theft on June 20, 1999. A plea deal was accepted as the disposition states, "[[Waived for Court]]" on the docket. <ref name="PACase1999">https://ujsportal.pacourts.us/CaseSearch Case number MJ-38113-CR-0000278-1999 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Robert M. Sojkowski</ref>

On October 8, 2002, he was charged with [[unlawful taking movable property]], [[disorderly conduct]], [[hazardous physical offense]], [[loitering]] and [[prowling at night time]], and [[attempted theft by unlawful taking of movable property]]. A hearing was held on October 24, 2002, where two charges were dismissed, while the charges for loitering and prowling at night time and disorderly conduct hazardous physical offense were held for court. <ref name="PACase2002">https://ujsportal.pacourts.us/CaseSearch Case number MJ-38125-CR-0000348-2002 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Robert Sojkowski</ref>The case was then moved to the [[Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas]]. <ref name="PACase2002CP">https://ujsportal.pacourts.us/CaseSearch Case number CP-46-CR-0003713-2004 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Robert Michael Sojkowski</ref> On August 26, 2004, he accepted a guilty plea and was sentenced to serve 1 year probation.

On May 5, 2004, he was charged with [[terroristic threats]] to cause evacuation of the building, [[terroristic threats to cause serious public inconvenience]], [[recklessly endangering another person]], [[harassment]] - communications lewd, threatening, etc. language, and [[disorderly conduct hazardous physical offense]]. The hearing was waived, and charges were listed as "waived for court," indicating he accepted a plea agreement. The terms of the plea agreement aren't listed on the docket. <ref name="PACase2004">https://ujsportal.pacourts.us/CaseSearch Case number : MJ-38113-CR-0000192-2004 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Robert M Sojkowski</ref>

=== Arkansas ===

In 2015, Magnus generated controversy by creating '''''Arkansas''''', a wolf fursuit with the Confederate States of America's battle flag-styled pattern on its back. After wearing it to [[Midwest FurFest 2015]], he was eventually detained by [[security]] and banned from the convention until 2017, "for (his) own safety".<ref name="PaleCoon"/> The person{{who}} who wore the suit in the [[fursuit parade]] was also banned.<ref name="PaleCoon"/>

At [[Anthrocon 2017]], Magnus wore the suit again, attempting to conceal the battle flag design under a white sheet.<ref name="actweet]>[https://twitter.com/That_Edward/status/881390757302677505 Tweet] by [[Twitter]] user That_Edward. Dated July 2, 2017, retrieved August 12, 2017.</ref> As the suit was against [[Anthrocon]]'s existing policy,<ref name="acpolicy">[http://www.anthrocon.org/node/11/anthrocon-standards-conduct-v371 Anthrocon Standards of Conduct (v.3.7.1)]. Dated March 8, 2006, retrieved August 12, 2017.</ref> he was asked not to wear it again.<ref name="dogpatch">[http://dogpatch.press/2017/07/24/altfurs-nazi-furs/ Dogpatch Press article]. Dated July 24, 2017, retrieved August 12, 2017.</ref> Upon determining that he had not paid for his 2017 membership, Magnus was subsequently banned from attending Anthrocon in the future until payment is made.<ref name="dogpatch"></ref>

=== Midwest FurFest 2017 ===

Magnus Diridian was arrested on Friday, December 1, 2017, during [[Midwest Furfest]].{{cn}} Magnus had been banned prior from the convention and the hotel grounds,{{cn}} but still attempted to [[ghost]] the con. He wore a black, red, and white wolf fursuit with a German [[W:WWI|WW1]]-style [[W:Pickelhaube helmet|pickelhaube helmet]] in the hotel lobby, supposedly exclaiming the [[W:WWII|WWII]] [[W:Nazi_salute#Nazi_chants|Nazi chant]] "''[[Sieg Heil]]''".{{cn}} When staff realized who he was, he was asked to leave, and was soon [[taken into custody]] by local police.

Magnus created a [[GoFundMe]] campaign to raise money for potential legal fees, as the staff of MFF had pressed charges against him on December 4th.{{cn}} He admitted{{cn}} that he had been charged with [[trespassing]] and [[battery]], both [[Class A Misdemeanors]], The campaign was deleted not long after it was posted.{{cn}}

=== Fur Affinity ===

Magnus Diridian was banned from FA in{{when}} for (???) reasons<sup>[vague]</sup>.{{cn}}

==References==
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==External links==

* [http://magnusdiridian.deviantart.com Magnus Diridian] on [[DeviantArt]] (inactive)
* [http://www.furaffinity.net/user/magnusdiridian/ Magnus Diridian] on [[Fur Affinity]] (suspended)
* [http://db.fursuit.me/?c=viewuser&nick=Magnusdiridian Magnus Diridian] on the [[The Fursuit Database]]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20171225002250/https://www.facebook.com/magnus.diridian Magnus Diridian] on [[Facebook]] (retrieved via the [[W:Wayback Machine|Internet Wayback Machine]])
* [https://x.com/magnuszhor Magnus Diridian] on [[Twitter|X]] (inactive)
* [http://magnusdiridian.livejournal.com/ ''Tales of the Raccoon''] - Magnus on [[LiveJournal]]
* [https://www.youtube.com/user/magnusdiridian Magnus Diridian] on [[Youtube]]

=== Media ===

* [https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/magnus/id1739333983?i=1000658432467 ''Magnus''] episode on the [[Fur & Loathing]] [[podcast]]
* [https://dogpatch.press/2017/12/12/magnus-diridian-furfest/ ''“Confederate fursuiter” Magnus Diridian arrested at Midwest Furfest – what’s the story?''] article on [[Dogpatch Press]]

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Storyline of Kevin and Kell

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''[[Kevin and Kell]]'' is more storyline oriented than many traditional comic strips. Bill Holbrook indicates that this is possible because of the availability of online archives for the strip, which allows readers to browse and understand the (complex) storylines. Despite this, many comic strips are simply stand-alone with no effect on the overall plot.

==Events before the beginning of the series==

As is the case with some other webcomics, Kevin and Kell features events that occur before the main timeline and are revealed only in flashbacks. These events, which precede the strip, are listed here for background on more recent events in the series, and because they are chronologically first.

The story begins millions of years in the future when [[humans]] have made Earth uninhabitable, and have departed for a distant planet. The birds, the only surviving vertebrates, use the humans' intelligence rays to increase their intelligence, and travel back in time to 10 million BC, to stop humans from emerging, giving intelligence to other species in the process. However, the animals still retain their more savage instincts, so the birds attempt to introduce a Domestication gene to counteract this, but this plan fails. As society established itself, birds took on seemingly low-ranking positions in society as teachers, secretaries, and the like, but controlled the world behind the scenes, eventually devising their plan for a computer-run society. Their altering the timeline led to two timelines; one with humans and one without.

In the earliest known event involving the main cast, Elanor, in her 20s chases Pop Kindle, but collides with Franklin in the process, and they eventually marry and have two children, Kell and Ralph. Elanor, not content with being a stay-at-home mom, becomes a "freedom fighter" in 1968, and causes the sheep rioting at the Chicago convention (one of the few dated events in the strip). Similarly, Pop Kindle marries Dorothy, having six litters with her (Kevin is a single birth, and Danielle was the twenty-ninth child, born about 10 to 15 years after Kevin), but Dorothy eventually divorces Pop Kindle and gained income as an informant on his illegal activities. While married to Pop Kindle, Dorothy wishes to enhance her family's prestige by arranging for Kevin to marry Fran Caudal. A rattlesnake attacks them and hits its head on a swingset. Dorothy and Fran's mother run out and see Kevin playing with the unconscious snake. They believe that Kevin killed the snake, and the Caudals withdraw from the arrangement. Another snake, however, revives the snake and eventually becomes a doctor — this character is Doctor Caduceus. Twenty-five years before the beginning of the strip, a ten-year-old Kell chases Aby, who is the same age, up a tree until Elanor takes her away. Aby remembers the event and Kell's name, but is apparently not at all bitter about it.

Kell enters a relationship with a [[fox]] named '''Randy Foxglove''', who, some time during their relationship, has an affair with a fox named Gladys Burrows that results in her having a child, Vin Vulpen. At the age of 20, Kevin marries Angelique, much to his mother's chagrin. Around this time, the baby human Princess of England is in an accident at sea near England and is thrown through a portal, turning into a hedgehog in the process. She is sent to an orphanage along with the future Chertsey Ealing, who was somehow separated from her parents at this time. Kevin adopts the baby and names her Lindesfarne; she is an English Hedgehog, but becomes reclassified as an American Porcupine, because Angelique cannot catch insects. A few years later, Kell marries Randy and gives birth to Rudy at 20. Around this time, George Fennec and Martha Redfox, two foxes from noble families, are married in order to protect against inbreeding. Martha then gives birth to Fiona while George is out of town; by the time George calls the hospital and reaches Martha to give her breathing advice, she has already given birth.

When Rudy is 1 1/2, he meets Bruno in a sandbox. The two and Fiona are all in daycare together. Though he and Bruno become lifelong friends, he often fights with Fiona, and doesn't remember her when they meet again as teens. Bruno is also shown to have a security blanket made out of wool, hinting at his future relationship with Corrie. Around this time, Ralph, at 16, breaks the fundamental predator rule of not talking with prey (to prevent the predator from befriending the prey), and meets and falls in love with Wanda Woolstone, a sheep. She becomes pregnant and dies in childbirth. The baby, Corrie, is put up for adoption and adopted by two mole scientists for use in a cloning experiment. DNA is extracted from her, and she escapes into The Wild, meeting Bruno, who is on his first hunt. He also makes the mistake of talking to her rather than killing and eating her, and carries her around on his back for years, falling in love with her.

Four years before the start of the comic, Randy goes on a hunt to prove himself to Kell's parents, but a moose steps on him, breaking his neck and killing him. According to the unofficial FAQ, after this, Kell convinces Rudy to take the surname "Dewclaw." Three years later, when Lindesfarne is 15, Kevin gets home from work and discovers Angelique cheating on him with "User 458" (his father, who may have been trying to break up their marriage), as she had supposedly done throughout his marriage. She then divorces him and collects alimony and child support from him, despite initiating the divorce and Kevin having custody of Lindesfarne. Lindesfarne does not know why Angelique divorced Kevin, but blames Angelique and resents her doing so. Almost immediately afterwards, Kevin meets Kell in an online chat room. They meet for dinner, discovering each other's true species, but their feelings for each other take precedence over their instincts as predator and prey. The two enter a relationship and soon marry, despite the fact that such relationships are frowned upon. Rudy is quite unhappy that a [[Rabbit (species)|rabbit]] has become the "alpha male" of his family and does not send the marriage documents, preventing Kevin and Kell from being legally married. As a result of Kevin's marrying Kell, his family disowns him, and Kevin and Lindesfarne take the surname Dewclaw. Kell's father writes her out of his will in order to force her to divorce Kevin, and Elanor also initially disapproves of Kevin. The new Dewclaw family moves in next to the Ursals who, having thrown out their daughter and son-in-law for vegetarianism, see a chance for redemption for their intolerance. Kell becomes pregnant again, this time with Coney. The first strip takes place in 1995, a year after Kevin and Kell's marriage and late in Kell's pregnancy.

== 1995 ==
Initial strips establish the couple of Kevin and Kell and develop the characters: Kevin, who works as system administrator at the Herbivore Forum; Kell, employed at Herd Thinners, Inc., Rudy and his friend Bruno (who always wears a sheepskin on his back), and Lindesfarne, who is introduced as a porcupine.

The strip begins on the first anniversary of Kevin and Kell's wedding, where it is made clear that neither Kevin nor Kell's families, nor much of society approved of their marriage. Rudy attempts to challenge Kevin for "alpha male status" and is upset that an herbivore has become his stepfather and the head of the family. '''Coney''', the [[carnivorous]] [[bunny]], is born. '''Ralph Dewclaw''' appears often, with futile attempts to assault/kill/eat Kevin and break up his sister's marriage. Kevin virtually invites his family to a Thanksgiving dinner (but later learns that only his father attended and was impersonating the other members).

Kell's original boss, L.D., drowns in his own drool and dies when Kell first brings Coney to the Herd Thinners office. R.L. later appears as her new boss.

== 1996 ==
Rudy meets and falls in love with Fiona, initially believing his love to be a curse brought on by the full moon. This relationship is forced to a long-distance connection as Fiona's family is forced to move back to their original habitat. Later in the year, Fiona returns, only for the two to find that the two cannot talk outside of their computers; their accidental overloading of the Internet forces the two to see literally eye-to-eye.

Elsewhere, Kevin hires ''Candace Canid'' the border collie as an assistant sysop, an acquaintance that lasts for the rest of the strip. Lindesfarne, searching for her birth parents, discovers she might be British royalty, but gives up the search completely in disgust. Rudy saves Lindesfarne from a cougar attack, and in return she helps him pass his final exam. Kell is diagnosed with spontaneous [[domestication]]. Catherine Aura the turkey buzzard is introduced as Rudy's teacher and becomes friends with Kell. Kell discovers that the sheepskin Rudy's friend Bruno carries around on his back is secretly his girlfriend Corrie, and promises to keep the secret.

==1997==
Rudy briefly gets into trouble with Fiona when he becomes involved in an online relationship; unknown to both, the other user was Corrie (who, likewise, does not know that she was talking with Rudy). Bruno attempts to convince Corrie to join society; she cunningly goes along with the plan and hacks into the computer systems to make it seem as though she was rejected. Kevin almost fails his scampering test and nearly loses his rabbit license. Lindesfarne meets and falls in love with Fenton Fuscus. [[Dolly the sheep|Dolly the Sheep]] is revealed to be a clone of Corrie.

Rudy, experiencing serious problems with his hunting skills, is at risk of failing school; while Fiona pretends to be lost in the woods as an incentive for Rudy to improve, she is abducted by a UFO. She returns with an ear tag that seemingly endows her with the power to repair broken computers and other machines. The tag eventually falls off; Fiona's powers are later seen to be still existent, but the loss of the tag gives Fiona an excuse to pretend her powers are gone and avoid attention. Lindesfarne and Fenton begin to experience problems with conflicting schedules (his [[Nocturnal animal|nocturnal]], hers [[diurnal animal|diurnal]]) and begin an electronic relationship until their schedules coincide again. Rudy assists with the delivery of Catherine Aura's chick, ''Nigel''; she becomes a single mother in the process and is later fired from her teaching position until Rudy and Lindesfarne create, and then kill off, a fictional husband, causing the school to reinstate her.

Fiona meets and falls for musclebound Vin Vulpen, briefly abandoning Rudy. While Fiona realizes that Vin is using steroids, it is too late — Rudy goes to the Wild and joins an anti-civilization cult. Rudy leaves the group with the help of Kevin, and Rudy and Fiona make up. Kevin, now homeschooling Coney, begins to feel more predatory in nature and develops a relationship on '''Wolf [[MUD|MUCK]]''' with a random online [[Wolf (species)|wolf]] who, in reality, is Kell (who is searching for someone with predatory instincts); neither knows the other's identity at this time. Rudy joins the hunting team with Fiona in the ''mixed doubles'' slot, having learned effective techniques in his time in ''The Wild.'' Kell begins to experience problems with domestication. Fiona Fennec's parents appear; it is revealed that Fiona's father George is a Fennec fox, with particularly long ears, and was in an arranged marriage with Martha, a [[Red Fox|red fox]]. The two are quite snobbish about their ancestries, and only allow Fiona to continue to date Rudy if Caliban Academy's team wins the city hunting championship. Rudy wins with Lindesfarne's help, much to the Fennecs' chagrin. Kevin has a brief run-in with a [[Loan shark|loanshark]], from whom he must take a loan when the bank refuses to give him one. The loanshark was devoured by Coney when Kell was toilet-training her.

==1998==
When Rudy borrows Bruno's laptop to replace his computer, he and Fiona suspect that he is in an interspecies relationship (although Fiona incorrectly suspects that he is in one with Lindesfarne). Kell, however, misleads Rudy by claiming that she accessed the website. Lindesfarne reveals that Kell's boss R.L. and Rudy also suffer from domestication. Rudy panics, but a [[placebo]] from Lindesfarne seems to cure him for a while. Fiona, facing some bad publicity from a piece of Rudy's art that was stolen, undergoes a second major makeover (to her original appearance). Kevin, attempting to fix the Y2K bug, temporarily throws the entire family into a time warp to prehistory. Fiona secretly uses her still-existent powers to fix the Y2K bug and therefore the computer; it is much later revealed that the Great Bird Conspiracy engineered the time warp to make Rudy believe he was responsible for domestication after he tamed a goat.

Fenton meets Tammy the [[moth]], and, missing Lindesfarne's company due to aforementioned schedule conflicts, becomes somewhat close with her. Lindesfarne therefore decides to switch from a diurnal to a nocturnal schedule, bolstered by the fact that she discovers her true identity as a hedgehog; she changes her registered species, becoming nocturnal. She becomes friends with Tammy, and the two fake Tammy's death in a scheme to toy with Fenton. Lindesfarne is initially angry with Fenton, but forgives him, especially since he has no reason to cheat on her anymore now that they can see each other all the time.

Fiona starts an apprenticeship as a [[paparazzi|stalkerazzi]], with Catherine Aura's cousin Gino, and her first case involves Lindesfarne's suspected royal English lineage. Lindesfarne runs some DNA tests, confirms she was indeed royalty, then engages in a scheme to identify Chertsey Ealing, a homeless hedgehog in England, as the missing princess, so that she can remain at home and be able to conduct scientific research. A run-in with the insurance company re-reveals Rudy's domestication. Rudy, who anonymously faxes over the information proving his and Kell's domestication, has accepted that he has not been cured of domestication. Miss Aura reveals (to the audience and Nigel, not the main cast) the nature of the Great Bird Conspiracy. Corrie is adopted by Candace, but quickly tires of the rigid structure of a border collie's life; Dolly arrives and, used to a rigid lifestyle at a laboratory, takes Corrie's place. Vin Vulpen tries to get Rudy and Fiona and friends in trouble with a hate group, until they turn the group on Vin. Vin later attempts to cause Rudy's death by exposing him to pheromones during a hunt where the hunting team is only guided by scent, thus causing Rudy to be accidentally eaten. Rudy manages to avoid his team-mates and catch the elk that is his target, and he finds out that they accidentally ate someone Rudy suspects is Vin. Kell's father dies, and Ralph plans to sell all the family heirlooms, so Kevin gets a temp job as Santa to buy them back. Angelique makes an appearance (with her 20 adopted [[Skunk (species)|skunk]] children); her second husband left her with those children, so Lindesfarne transfers all his money to Angelique's account. Lindesfarne experiments with role-playing as a ''[[human]]'', a creature of her own imagination.

== 1999 ==
While seeking the missing Vin Vulpen, Fenton disappears. The Great Bird Conspiracy abducts him, and reveals that Vin had disappeared because he had stumbled upon the GBC, much like Fenton had. In order to prevent Fenton from telling anyone, and in order to utilize his skills, the GBC claims that he died while running into a tree, and gives him a job at Microtalon (the equivalent of [[Microsoft]]). Fiona realizes her powers of technological repair were sent to her to fix the [[Year 2000 problem]];also her appearance is changed yet again, when her hair switches from braids to pigtails. Rudy becomes lonely as she tours the world to put her power to use. Lindesfarne and Tammy meet Ray Flambeau, the [[firefly]]. The birds reveal (again, to the audience only) the time machine that sent the Dewclaws into prehistory in 1998. Corrie obtained a wolfskin (after another failed attack by Ralph), and used it to teach Bruno a lesson about appearances. Kevin found a semi-intelligent daisy, named it ''Daisy'', and kept it as a pet. Dolly, experiencing rapid aging, runs off briefly, is accidentally zapped by the time machine and becomes an infant; Corrie returns Dolly to the Canids, calling her "Mary". Ray is accidentally zapped with an intelligence beam (the same beam that gave Daisy its intelligence), and was moved to work at Microtalon. He then realizes that the GBC's ultimate plan is to create computer code to run society. Kell's mom, who lost her inheritance day-trading, moves into the attic.

Fiona, intending to fix as many machines as possible before the start of the Year 2000, goes to Microtalon and invites the Dewclaws to come as well. Ray admits to Vin that he truly loved Lindesfarne, not Tammy, and gets the intelligence ray. After a few strips implying that he will use it to lower Fenton's intelligence (thus ensuring that he will be in a relationship with Lindesfarne), he uses it on himself to revert to his low intelligence in order to keep from coming between Lindesfarne and Fenton. Catherine Aura erases Fenton and Vin's memories (Ray presumably forgot what he was doing when he used the intelligence ray on himself), preventing the rest of the cast from learning about the GBC's plans. Fiona then realizes that her powers are gone, but Kevin and Kell fix the code, imbuing it with their tolerant personalities.

== 2000 ==

The changes are made at the last moment, and the code works. The GBC disbands, and Catherine and Nigel Aura travel back to ancient Greece. Fiona and her parents officially moves into their mansion. Fenton decides not to return to school, as despite not remembering his work at Microtalon, he feels confident enough to go into the real world. He gets a job at Flea-Bay, adding an insectivore perspective to the company. Fenton proposes, but Lindesfarne does not feel ready for marriage, the two being only in their late teens.

Shortly afterwards, the house begins losing its leaves and falling apart due to a lack of sunlight caused by Fiona's mansion overshadowing it. The Dewclaws are nearly forced to move, but the neighbors use mirrors to shine light on the house. Lindesfarne goes with Kell to Herd Thinners on "Take your daughter to work day"; while she is told to remain in Kell's office for her protection, she helps eliminate a termite infestation that almost causes the building to collapse.

Hackers strike Flea-Bay and erase the records. Angelique meets R.L., who was apparently mistakenly assigned a status as an insectivore. He plans to eat her, but when he hears of her selfishness and lack of ethics, he marries her, as he also possesses such qualities. Kevin has a run-in with the rabbit council under accusations of treason to rabbitkind, but reveals that it was not him but Angelique who was leaking secrets after Fenton uses his sonar to find out that Angelique married RL. Angelique's Rabbit License is subsequently revoked; she is demoted to a Long-Eared Rodent (i.e., [[Rat (species)|rat]]) and gets cosmetic surgery to this end. Angelique attempts to buy out Kevin's business to gather personal information to sell to telemarketers, but Fiona buys it out as well, shortly before Angelique's evil scheme can come to fruition. Rudy has a run-in with Vin Vulpen, who challenges him to a duel. However, the part of Rudy's father that lives on in his memory gives him a stick, and Rudy uses it to expose Vin Vulpen's domestication.

Fiona's parents divorce because of mutual infidelity, and the mansion is (literally) split in half in the process. After a mole blows an incident with Coney out of proportion, the Dewclaws go into counseling in order to keep her. Despite believing that it will be an easy session, they learn that Lindesfarne feels neglected as a nocturnal species and that Kevin is unhappy about not being asked if Elanor could move in. After nearly killing the chameleon psychiatrist (who changes color to reflect the mood) with many conflicting emotions, they resolve their differences. In late June, the strip switches to color and adds large Sunday strips; often for strips that would not be possible under a normal layout, such as a map of the Dewclaws' tree, a 19-panel illustration of how the Dewclaws react to a ringing cell phone, or longer strips.

Lindesfarne has a stint with [[NASA]], (she is hired to plug holes with her quills, despite her inventing an alloy that could do the same thing) which Rudy almost messes up by stowing away aboard the shuttle. Rudy barely avoids being exposed as domesticated on TV because he was temporarily cured of domestication by the moonlight he was exposed to in space. As a result, he starts messing around with his previous online romance with Corrie. Bruno, standing in for a tired Corrie, sets up a meeting with Rudy, not knowing who he is, and Corrie wears the wolfskin and what will eventually become her typical outfit as a disguise. Rudy realizes that he does not want to cheat on Fiona as his domestication kicks in, and he and Fiona become friends with Corrie, who has adopted the name "Dale Corrie." Unfortunately for her, Fiona, well-meaning, but not knowing who "Dale" is, registers Dale as a wolf cub, much to Corrie's dismay, when she sees that Dale is not on the Species Registry. Corrie is initially distressed, but Kell promises to get her a job at Herd Thinners after she finishes school, and Bruno tells her that with her registered as a wolf cub, they can marry one day (without the social disapproval that the Dewclaws face). Kevin's businesses change in this period. The Herbivore Forum shuts down on September 28, 2000. He also realizes that Mating Call is not very profitable, and while he briefly considers selling data, he realizes that it is what Angelique would have done. While experiencing problems with connection, he is inspired to establish an [[Internet Service Provider]] that has better service.

Kevin runs for election for recreation administrator against Sheldon Dome, in order to allow Coney into the predator Youth League. He loses due to Sheldon's last minute accusation that Kell ate his campaign manager (and, as is later revealed, wife), but due to Lindesfarne's investigations, the wife and cross-species child are discovered, and Coney is allowed into the league. Vin falls in love with Dale, who initially refuses his advances. However, when Vin steals Lindesfarne's domestication research, Dale goes on a date with him in order to help Lindesfarne to replace her stolen research with fake data, and claims to be a "were-sheep" to scare him off forever. Rudy, in the process, forgives Lindesfarne for halting her research.

== 2001 ==
R.L. disappears on a mission to recruit grizzlies from the Wild; when Kevin, Rudy and Kell find his partly-eaten briefcase, he is presumed dead. Angelique takes over Herd Thinners. firing much of the management and only hiring domesticated predators. She fires Ralph after Vin discovers that he was pocketing the money that Herd Thinners saved from Kevin's discount. Angelique also plans on taking over the world, but R.L. returns and convinces her to focus on making money. Ralph begins to work for Kevin, and a strip shows both him and Kell chafing at working for their worst enemies, yet realizing that they have no choice. He soon becomes extremely fat, but loses his bitterness towards Kevin in the process. Kell, fulfilling her previous promise to Corrie, gets her Ralph's job as webmaven. Kell gets a promotion, but finds mere management "empty", and eventually gets to work as a corporate recruiter instead. Off in the woods, she meets three vegetarian grizzlies in a twist on the [[Goldilocks and the Three Bears|Goldilocks]] fable; these three [[Bear (species)|bears]] turn out to be long-lost relatives of Kell's good friends and neighbors, the Ursals. It is revealed that the Ursals disowned their vegetarian daughter and son-in-law, but regretted their actions and became good friends with the Dewclaws as a way to make amends for their intolerance. Kell reunites the family by having Harcourt send an e-mail to his grandparents. Rudy starts a webcomic about Lindesfarne's "human" invention, named "Rondo and Viola"; the title characters are human versions of himself and Fiona who enjoy despoiling the environment to stop Lord Vulpenator. Ray and Tammy marry. A giant spider attacks the wedding, but Lindesfarne, who is attending as a bridesmaid (her "cocoon" prevents the guests from knowing that she is an insectivore) impales and eats the spider.

Ralph has a complete change of heart, accepting Kevin as family. Kevin also values Ralph, and after Ralph gets a major contract at ISP Con while standing in for Fenton, Kevin promotes him to Vice President (however, some dialogue indicates Ralph may have been angling for a promotion). Rudy and Fiona accidentally set up a relationship between Ralph and Martha, but accept this as a good thing. Rudy's comic about humans was found to be causing instinct loss among its readers by Ms. Aura and later, Candace, so Ms. Aura becomes his hunting coach and, under pressure from school and sports, Rudy quits writing the comic. Lindesfarne discovers that she is allergic to Kell, and stays with Angelique, until she learns that Angelique had Vin prepare a compound to make her allergic. She then returns home, but not before making Angelique allergic to Gweneth.

Bruno, still wearing a sheepskin on his back, is captured by the mole scientists who had cloned Dolly and were searching for her; before escaping, he learns that Corrie is secretly half-wolf and Ralph's daughter (Rudy and Fiona had previously suspected the relationship, based on the scent of her wolfskin disguise). Corrie introduces herself to Ralph, and Ralph introduces Corrie to Martha (still as "Dale", with the wolfskin). Martha immediately experiences second thoughts about her relationship with Ralph. Fiona and Rudy attempt to get them back together at a costume party (to get Martha out of her persona), but the two initially do not talk. Martha, however, talks with Corrie (initially not recognizing her), who charms her and persuades her to apologize and resume her relatoinship with Ralph. Rudy is thought to be 12 because Kell lied about his age in the past, and is banned from the hunting team, but clears himself; this is either a reference to [[Danny Almonte]], or a possible resolution to Rudy being claimed as 12 in the early years of the strip. Kell attempts to convince Kevin to contact his family. He calls his parents' house and gets a restraining order. Kell feels guilty and, dressed up as a rabbit, has a brief trip into the Rabbit Warren. During the trip, she learns that another family has moved into Kevin's old home (which may be why the family hung up on Kevin so quickly). She runs into trouble when she is almost exposed as a predator, and is rescued with the aid of Kevin's career criminal dad, "Pop" Kindle, who poses as her husband with the help of fake IDs that Kevin made. Ralph, while playing Santa for Hare-Link, gets an e-mail from Gweneth asking for Angelique and R.L. to spend more time with her. Lindesfarne accesses Angelique's laptop with the applications of Christmas Past, Present, and Future, and convinces her to come home.

== 2002 ==
Kevin's father, known as "Pop Kindle" is hired as a security consultant for Herd Thinners to deal with vanishing herds. Martha proposes to Ralph, and asks Fiona, who owns Hare-Link, to fire Kevin and promote Ralph. Fiona, knowing that Hare-Link will collapse if she fires Kevin, and that she may anger Martha, Ralph and Corrie if she does not, sells the business to her father, who buys it using the equity in his half of the mansion. Rudy starts a new comic about a sheep with a wolfish personality. Dale is finally revealed as Corrie when she eats a cougar that attacks Fiona, and her disguise is knocked off. Fiona's fennec genes finally express themselves when her ears experience a growth spurt; she almost decides to have them shortened, but learns of a Fennec Pride group, and begins taking pride in her ancestry. After a falling-out with the group, she leaves it, but keeps the ears. Her decision disappoints her father, as he was also prepared to shorten his ears, and could only do so if Fiona paid for it (which she is now unwilling to do). Vin loses his tail in an accident; in the search for a compatible tail donor Lindesfarne discovers Rudy is Vin's half-brother. Rudy is upset upon learning that his father, whom he had respected, had been unfaithful, and that he must donate part of his tail to Vin. However, he does so altering the latter's personality and causing him to become similar to Rudy. As a result of Vin inheriting Rudy's carelessness, he accidentally destroys Angelique's rabbit ears in a lab accident, and is fired from Herd Thinners. Fiona donates her pigtails for use in tail extensions for the two to restore them to their former appearance (resulting in Vin mysteriously regaining his previous personality), changing her own hairstyle significantly; she wears her hair shorter for some time, but by mid-2004, it has grown significantly.

George Fennec, working for Hare-Link, lands a major contract with Carrot Computers while dressed up as a rabbit, but falls in love with a certain Zerda Zenith, who thinks he is a rabbit; he does not reveal himself because she saw him on TV, and would think of him as a "self-centered schmoe" if she knew who he really was. An e-mail relationship ensues. Kevin holds "Rabbit School" to teach George how to act like a rabbit; George's main weakness was not acting fearful enough. However, Kevin reveals that he has always been an outcast and anomaly due to his lack of fear, and fearlessness was the reason for his difficulty on scampering tests. It was also a possible reason why he married Angelique; he did not fear those with evil intentions, and mistakenly trusted her. Tammy's son Angstrom hatches from his egg, and has the ability to give off intense light. Angelique and R.L. have a run-in with the law for supposedly inflating kill counts, but it is revealed that they were framed by Vin, who sought revenge for his firing. Shortly after being discovered, Vin is abducted and infected by a collection of mild bacteria, viruses, and fungi; Rudy saves him by using mouthwash to destroy the germs, and helps Vin escape into the Wild by falsely reporting his death. Coney gets lost while the family is looking at trees and has a variety of misadventures. Her diaper begins to smell during this time period, and some bank robbers use her to thwart a bank's security system. They run into Kevin's father, and accidentally injure him by dropping a chunk of the ceiling on him, but Coney thwarts the robbery, and Kell, who picks up Coney's diaper scent on winds created by Santa's sleigh passing by, takes her father-in-law to the hospital. The police decide not to charge Pop Kindle in gratitude for what Coney did.

===The Bermuda Triangle===
In June of this year, shortly after Vin and Rudy are revealed to be half-brothers, Ralph and Martha are married and honeymoon in Bermuda. Their ship starts to sink, and upon being thrown overboard, they encounter a ''dimensional portal'' within the [[Bermuda Triangle]] that leads to the human world (i.e. our universe), which was being used by a random (human) garbage scow for garbage disposal purposes. This portal is later explained to change the fundamental genetic code of any organism sent through it to suit the laws of nature on the other side; as such, it turns Ralph and Martha into humans themselves. The two sneak back to their dimension by hiding in some lead-lined barrels. Ralph considers living in a place where he believes he would fit in, but is thrown through the portal when a loose rope catches around his leg. They return, but Martha, whose sealed lead-lined barrel prevented the portal from changing her back, remains human. Jokes ensue, including a parody of [[Beauty and the Beast]]'s song of the same name. Martha even plans on developing The Wild until she realizes her family is suffering ''instinct loss'' as a result, upon which she heads out to sea to return to the human world. She returns once again as a fox after her family pursues and rescues her, and only her immediate family (Ralph, Fiona, Corrie) knows of the situation at first.

== 2003 ==
Pop Kindle has a run-in with the mob — more accurately, the Bovine Herd, to which he owes money because he lost the bet that Kell would eat Kevin. The Herd supposedly wishes to recruit Kevin, but actually plans on using him, and Pop Kindle after he gets caught wearing a wire, as meat. The Herd is busted by the cops after Kevin defeats the members sent after him and traps the rest, but the boss, a cow in disguise, escapes. Bruno is revealed as a "closet herbivore"; he gets into a big fight with Rudy in the playground where they first met. Afterwards, they reconcile and Bruno gets herbivore teeth; Rudy knocked out all his canine teeth. Lindesfarne encounters an intelligent tree; Fenton saves it from the lumber company and makes it into a home. Tree experiences an issue with warped intelligence, which is repaired by pruning. The Dewclaws appear on [[Trading Spaces|Trading Habitats]] and find the skeleton of Kell's previous boyfriend in their neighbor's wall; a mystery ensues involving identity theft that results in Chet, who is actually alive, being exposed as the identity thief. A parent group attempts to remove Bruno from the hunting team by using a technicality; the hunting team must share in the kill, something Bruno, now a ruminant, cannot do. However, Bruno, Corrie and Rudy successfully trick the school board into thinking that Bruno can eat meat.

Rudy encounters trouble with a pack of [[coyote]]s who hate Bruno's diet. Bruno meets ''Rachel Einhorn'' the [[Rhinoceros|rhino]], who helps save him from another attack by a larger number of coyotes. A sneaky plan deals with the coyote menace in a more or less permanent manner, with Lindesfarne disguising as a reindeer to scare them away from Bruno and Rachel, Corrie luring them to a Rabbit warren entrance, and Rachel sealing them inside. Corrie gets jealous of Rachel, but then Rachel, who is a lesbian, reveals that, due to poor eyesight, she had thought Bruno was a girl. He adds a set of horns to his favorite sheepskin, which Corrie had given him for his bithday, to rectify the problem.

===Rabbit's Revenge===
Shortly after the Trading Habitats episode, The ''Rabbit's Revenge'' terrorist movement strikes Herd Thinners, Inc., resulting in Sid's death. Kevin and Kell investigate down in the ''Rabbit Warren'', meeting ''Danielle Kindle'', Kevin's twenty-ninth sibling. Danielle has information on the terrorists, who are exposed and rounded up after Kevin uploads the information to Hare-Link, and Rudy and Lindesfarne disseminate it. Kell catches Pop Kindle, who denies killing Sid, and suggests that Angelique might have done it to frame him as a member of Rabbit's Revenge; "Rabbit's Revenge" was in her handwriting. However, both Pop Kindle and Angelique tried to frame each other. Danielle was apparently partially responsible for the murder; she had joined Rabbit's Revenge and was going to kill the victim to be initiated, but when she was too nervous go through it, he slipped on some of her sweat, and accidentally shot himself with her stake gun. Pop Kindle takes the fall for the murder, is convicted, and sentenced to life in prison. Danielle moves in to the Dewclaws' basement, working as an accountant for Hare-Link. She discovers embezzlement, which Lindesfarne first traces to Fenton, but Kell realizes that Tree is responsible, because all the money was saved. Danielle accompanies George to a meeting with Zerda masquerading as his teenage daughter; shortly after Zerda dumps George for a fennec fox (and after his own attempt to expose himself as one falls flat), he develops a [[Electrostatics|static-electric]] romantic "spark" with Danielle. When this proves hazardous to electronic equipment, they avoid each other, but it is revealed that George has feelings for Danielle.

''Rabbit's Revenge'' elements come back for Danielle, demanding that she turn over Coney in order to breed carnivorous rabbits to drive other species to extinction. She escapes their attempt to throw her to a group of lions and subsequently embarks on a mission with George and Kevin to destroy their records by means of their electrostatic spark. George triggers a trap that fires a stake at him, and Danielle pushes him out of the way; the stake hits and mortally wounds her. She dies heroically in George's arms as her massive final "spark" destroys the computers.

Meanwhile, in our universe, a human [[Internal Revenue Service|IRS]] agent named Danielle Kendall is investigating a garbage scow which was previously involved in the Bermuda Triangle portal dumping business. The crane operators decide to play around and throw her into the portal as a demonstration, but the portal, no longer blocked, transports her into the animal world. She is transformed into the exact image of Danielle Kindle; she ends up on the Dewclaws' doorstep after escaping from the birds. It is in their home that she comes to terms with the occurrences, and decides to stay in that world, with the family believing that she is really Danielle and she unwilling to tell them otherwise. Although she initially meets much resentment from George, who doubts she is Danielle when they do not "spark," they later develop a similar romantic spark and she removes his doubts. Danielle engages in un-rabbitlike activities due to her human upbringing, such as consumption of meat, and fails her scampering test due to an un-rabbitlike lack of fear. As she is weeping and does not know what to do, George suggests she become "a Fennec" and proposes. Danielle accepts, and their wedding is scheduled for February.

== 2004 ==
Danielle engages in wedding preparation. Rudy begins to suspect Danielle has a secret, finding a [[Quarter (United States coin)|quarter]] with [[George Washington]]'s human face on it. Lindesfarne investigates, has a vivid dream, and when she learns that she is genetically identical to Chertsey Ealing (royal British hedgehog; see 1998) and that there is a parallel world with humans after hearing Ralph and Martha's story, she realizes she is from that dimension. She believes that she, like Martha, is causing instinct loss, and flees for Tammy and Ray's lighthouse to take a boat to the portal, but Fenton, (whose unfortunately phrased answer to her somewhat vague question of how she impacts those close to her had convinced her to leave), persuades her to stay.

On their way home, the comic begins a crossover with [[General Protection Fault (comic)|General Protection Fault]]. ''GPF''' characters Nick and Ki, experimenting in [[virtual reality]], find themselves in the animal world. The two stay briefly and talk with Lindesfarne and Fenton about the nature of human beings. During this time, Lindesfarne suspects that Danielle might be human when she overhears a conversation between Ki and Danielle, and recalls Rudy saying that she is. When they leave, Danielle attempts to go along, fails, and immediately regrets even trying, given her engagement to George. Lindesfarne and Fenton speak with Danielle regarding her humanity, and Ms. Aura finds out as well. Due to a massive imbalance between the universes (the result of Nick and Ki arriving, resulting in four individuals from the human world), the most massive worldwide instinct loss in history is occurring, with dire consequences. Danielle and Lindesfarne realize this, so Danielle moves her (imminent) wedding to a cruise ship where she plans to head through the portal to the human world. Ms. Aura and Nigel appear and leave in her stead after briefly appearing intent on expelling Lindesfarne and Danielle. In doing so, they leave the cast, and other birds, with the responsibility of being the "caretakers" of the portal. George and Danielle are married, and things return to relative normalcy; Kevin and Kell accept Lindesfarne and Danielle's human origins. Gino moves into his cousin Catherine's vacant tree; while he helps Kevin by delivering eggs, what effect he will have on the storyline has yet to be determined.

Kell recognizes and overcomes a prejudice against cats; she throws out some recruiters for a feline university, but learns of Rhonda teaching Coney how to pounce. When her car breaks down outside a cats-only bar, she becomes friends with a feline auto mechanic named Aby Eyeshine. Aby had helped Kell, disguised as a cat, deal with a troublemaker and had fixed her car for no charge, using Kell's fake tail to replace the fan belt. Elanor becomes involved in an online relationship with Pop Kindle. Legislation is proposed to ban carnivore-herbivore marriages, and during the resulting discussions a legal anomaly regarding Kevin and Kell's marriage is discovered; Rudy had failed to send the paperwork out of bitterness that the "alpha male" of the family was a rabbit. The two are finally '''legally''' wed when rushing to a courthouse in the belief that they will be prevented from marrying; their rush to do so prompts the herbivore-dominated senate to unanimously defeat the bill, when they had been set to pass it. Rudy is diagnosed with [[dyslexia|dystraxia]], similar to a storyline in one of the author's other comic strips, [[Safe Havens]], which occurred in early [[2000]]. Between his natural talents for using his other senses and help from his friends, Rudy manages to still hunt quite well.

After Kell is inexplicably fired from Herd Thinners, ironically on the recommendation of a cat contractor, Kevin secretly decides to reprise his role as a wrestler named The Iron Rabbit for quick cash. His first adversary is revealed after the match to be R.L. himself, who purchases the new identity from Kevin. Kell decides to become assistant coach for the Caliban Academy hunting team, which upsets Rudy, who is in the process of a "lone wolf" phase. She volunteers herself to work for Aby as office manager, and likes the friendlier atmosphere in the shop. Meanwhile, Herd Thinners experiences drawbacks with rabies vaccination cutbacks, leading the company to seek out Kell. Kell, bitter about being fired for no good reason and distrustful of R.L., refuses to be re-hired and instead refers them to the Caliban High School hunting team for use as interns; the experience makes Rudy feel bettter about himself. The city of Domain begins solicitizing bids for city-wide [[Wi-Fi]] access. Despite the major competition, Hare-Link enters the contest, confident in their ability to provide a better wireless service than their competitors, and knowing that someone else winning the contract would put them out of business.

== 2005 ==
Kevin and Hare-Link manage to secure a bid to provide the suburb with Wi-Fi access. The plan to provide Wi-Fi access falls through however, as lobbying from telecommunications companies coerced the mayor to cancel the project; the contract with Hare-Link included a sort of insurance clause, so no harm was done to the company. Kell attempts to fix Aby up on a date with Sam Pardus, coach of the school hunting team; unbeknownst to her, the coach is Aby's brother. It is also unknown to all but the Eyeshine family that the coach is also domesticated, and not really a leopard; he also changed his last name. During a celebration naming Pardus the coach of the year, the students inadvertently wash the leopard-print paint from him with Gatorade, reveaing his true appearance as a [[tortoiseshell cat|calico]]. Amid angry words from the spectators in the benches, the students and Coach Kell stand together in his defense, themselves being unconventional, and Rudy disperses a mob by taking advantage of their ignorance about domestication. In the end, the headmaster of the school allows Coach Pardus to keep his job.

Kevin becomes the new [[Easter Bunny]]. Easter egg hunting turns out to be a recruiting ploy cooked up by Herd Thinners Inc. Coney says her first word("Salt") and begins learning to walk shortly thereafter. When Lindesfarne posts it on her blog, the Rabbit Council attempts to set up an arranged marriage for her; Kevin is still turning down requests. Lindesfarne graduates from [[high school]] and decides to have Rhonda as a roommate at Beige University. Before receiving her diploma, Lindesfarne encounters Angelique, who relinquishes all claims of custody of Lindesfarne as a gift. Rudy takes up driving lessons and is interested in the navy. Kell learns that her mother once failed to catch Pop Kindle, and that she discovered his identity a long time ago.

Kell talks with Aby about the differences in communication between canines and felines, and the two begin to learn the intricacies of each other's language. Kevin is informed by the Rabbit Warren that Kell's and Aby's relationship may be a threat to the Warren and to prey species everywhere. The Warren starts a fake insurance company to compete with Herd Thinners and nearly drive them out of business (by insuring prey species exclusively and "bleeding them dry"). Kell comes up with a plan to avoid preying on the staff of the insurance company, thereby forcing them to give pensions to their workers and go out of business, in exchange for R.L. making Aby the official contractor for Herd Thinners auto maintenance. Kell resigns as Aby's auto manager, partly because R.L. is rehiring her, and partly because Aby now needs a professional accountant, and is rehired as a staff predator.

Lindesfarne and Fenton enroll in college (Lindesfarne is doing a triple major). The ISP needs some new modems, but there is no more room — Fenton's "Smart Tree" is suggested, but Kevin is hesitant, presumably because to him, Tree is "prey," until he spends some time with Tree during a power outage that traps him inside.

The Ursals move to Florida, abandoning their home across the street from the Dewclaws. Aby tries to buy it, but is blocked by the feline Homeowners' Board because they do not want a canine and a feline living in adjacent houses. Kell pleads Aby's case on her behalf by speaking in feline to them and succeeds. A rumor is spread about Rudy — that he is a picky eater. Things become unbearable, until Lindesfarne discovers that it was one of Rudy's [[flea]]s who was the web-bully. A flea dip fixes that problem.

Kevin searches for his mother in the Wild, as he wishes that she could see Coney's growth. He finds her, and while she is initially reluctant to visit a half-predator grandchild, she makes plans to visit the Dewclaws at Christmas, so that Coney will know her grandmother's scent (Coney, being part wolf, will not hunt fellow pack members). Kevin's mother visits them on Christmas Eve and learns that Coney is an [[omnivore]], rather than a [[carnivore]] or (as her newly-found grandmother would prefer it) an [[herbivore]]. The relations between the two improve slightly, however, when Kevin's mother helps Kell's mother when she slips and breaks her hip. Dorothy, however, had some self-serving ulterior motives for doing so; she imitates the howls of a pack of predators to make Elanor think that she is in danger of being eaten in order to teach her empathy for prey species.

== 2006 ==
Dorothy begins to help Elanor rehabilitate, and relationships seem to improve between the two. However, Dorothy continues her futile attempts at making Coney a vegetarian, such as carving a face into a head of lettuce, but such attempts fail, as Coney uses a carrot as bait in a box trap. Dorothy begins to annoy Kell, although apparently she also did so with Angelique ("The little annoyances you used on my first wife won't work on Kell", Kevin tells her).

Rudy and the others at Caliban Academy are entered into a "high stakes test" in which the predators must hunt and kill their fellow students until 10% of the school is eliminated. However, the prey species hide well, and only the school board members who proposed this test are devoured. Kevin decides to run for school board, and is currently in the process of doing so; the election is in the fall. The election currently centers around the issue of high stakes testing; Kevin opposes such tests, but his opponent, who is receiving funding from "the testing industry" most likely does not. Rudy attempts to study tracking to deal with his tracking disability until, at Dorothy's suggestion, he simply runs around, and catches as much prey as he did while attempting to track his quarry, while enjoying it more.

Back at Beige University, Professor Antlerhead recruits Lindesfarne to be a research assistant, but she discovers that he has been falsifying his results. Unwilling to be seen as a whistleblower, and unable to ignore the professor's fraud, Lindesfarne honestly completes the experiment and continues to work for the professor on stem cells. Her blog also chronicles other events, such as Rhonda breaking up with Edgar, and becoming close friends with her.

Dorothy torments Elanor psychologically in order to help her rehabilitate; partly because she does so, Elanor eventually fully recovers. The outward reactions the two have to each other belie their true feelings; Dorothy wishes to help Elanor despite seeming malicious, and the outwardly resentful Elanor inadvertently reveals her inner gratitude when her tail is in the "thank you" position.

Danielle becomes pregnant. George, who was emotionally detached when Fiona was born, is thunderstruck upon learning that Danielle is pregnant and passes out when he realizes that rabbits have litters (it is later revealed that Danielle has a single child). Still, he is determined to have the kind of relationship with his son that he never had with Fiona because of his frequently being away and Fiona usually staying with her mother. Danielle attempts to tell Dorothy that she is the human counterpart of the dead Danielle Kindle, but while Dorothy seems understanding, Danielle is certain that she does not believe it, and has given up on convincing her otherwise.

Kevin once again takes on the role of the Easter Bunny, despite reservations from the Rabbit Council over his School Board campaign. However, when Gino delivers the eggs, Kevin is too ill to move. Kell, dressed in a rabbit suit and the traditional outfit, stands in for him. Not only does she avoid any suspicion that Kevin had shirked his duties, but she also earns acclaim for her work because of her hiding eggs near where canines mark scents. Kell convinces Aby, who considers herself married to her work, to have a formal marriage ceremony, and she does so; this may be the end of her trying to find a boyfriend.

Elanor completes her rehabilitation, and Dorothy moves in with George and Danielle in time for Lindesfarne to move back home for the summer. Elanor and Dorothy's relationship improves, and they start spending more time with each other, partly because the now-speaking Coney wants to see Dorothy. Kevin learns that he was arranged to marry Fran Caudal in infancy, but her family had withdrawn from the marriage when they found out that Kevin was fearless. Fran also discovers that Kevin Dewclaw was the person she had been arranged to marry after learning that his last name was previously Kindle, but they both initially plan to keep silent about the issue.

Lindesfarne returns from college, along with Rhonda and Fenton. Edgar wishes to re-start his relationship with Rhonda, but Rhonda refuses to have anything to do with him because he refuses to hunt. Edgar takes some lessons from Rudy, and while he fails to learn how to hunt (he slams into a tree while pouncing at a roast chicken), Rhonda appreciates his efforts and their relationship resumes.

Danielle continues in her pregnancy, and the baby, due in November, continues to grow. However, whether it is primarily a rabbit or a Fennec fox is unknown — Danielle refuses to get ultrasounds after Dorothy and Elanor speculate on its true species based on inconsequential bits of evidence.

Dorothy is asked to be the conditioning coach for the hunting team. While she is initially reluctant to accept, she eventually agrees after learning that the team does not hunt rabbits. She also reveals her reasons for helping Rudy overcome his dystraxia; she, too, has the disorder. When a moose charges Coach Pardus during a hunting competition and breaks his leg, Dorothy fills in for him as the coach on the bench. She uses a strategy that Rudy proposes that involves him serving as a distraction for the prey while the others make the kill. His strategy works and he becomes co-captain alongside Fiona. His teammates treat him and Fiona as their parents, attempting to manipulate them into acting in their favor, until he begins treating them as child stereotypes.

Lindesfarne moves back into the Beige University dormitories and meets Bob Shrike, Fenton's roommate. She is initially concerned because Bob Shrike's species sometimes eats small mammals, and Fenton has no natural advantages over him, but is willing to give him a chance, possibly because her adoptive father, despite being in a similar situation, trusts Kell and Rudy.

In a debate in the School Board race, a moderator asks about the rattlesnake incident. Fran Caudal claims to have killed the rattlesnake to curry favor with voters; Kevin does not tell his side of the story for fear of being ostracized in the rabbit community. The plan temporarily gives Fran a tremendous advantage, but Dr. Caduceus reveals that he witnessed the actual event when he was younger. After this revelation, Kevin and Fran are tied in the polls.

On Election Night, Danielle goes into labor, but is unable to reach the hospital by car with Kevin, Kell and Elanor because of traffic. While she and Kevin initially plan to use the rabbit warren entrance in Fran Caudal's backyard to travel to the hospital, the baby comes sooner than expected, and Danielle gives birth with Fran's help, but not before George, determined to not miss his son's birth, arrives. At the same time, Kevin hears from the media that he won the election, although he is initially distracted by Danielle giving birth. Danielle's son, named Francis after his midwife, is not classified as either a fox or a rabbit; Elanor and Dorothy are unable to resolve their bet over what he is, and Danielle is concerned that this may impact his health care when he is older.

The Species Registry decides that unless Danielle will classify Francis, they will do so for her. Various mammal species assemble outside her house in order to convince the registry to mark Francis as a member of their species. Danielle and George still refuse to classify Francis, and the Species Registry gives him a blank classification, unwilling to offend the species that do not get the classification.

On Kevin's first day as a school board member, a windshield falls off a truck, killing the headmaster. Kevin nominates Fran Caudal to replace him - despite the fact that she supports high-stakes tests, he realizes that he will need to form a consensus on the board, since he is the only one of five members who opposes high-stakes tests. To this end, when Danielle discovers a way for the school to save millions, he allows a fellow member to take credit in exchange for voting with him, despite some doubt as to whether or not he will keep his promise.

After Kell goes to pick up Aby's dessert while bearing a mouse's scent, a large dog pursues and "trees" her and Aby. Kell then learns that she did the same to Aby when they were both ten. Kell and Aby successfully return home, and Kell promises to never tree any feline again.

==2007==

Fran Caudal takes up the position of headmaster of Caliban Academy. Although Lindesfarne hopes that Rudy does not get sent to her office (and he makes a New Year's Resolution to avoid detention), he gets in trouble when a hornless caricature of his English teacher (a steer) he drew in class quickly spreads around the Internet, and is sentenced to draw a dignified portrait of his teacher.

After a series of short arcs—including Kevin failing to notice Kell's winter coat didn't grow in because of an unusually late onset of winter, Fenton taking considerably more risks while flying with Lindesfarne, and ongoing efforts to determine Francis' species—Kevin's duties as the Easter Bunny are once more interrupted when the roof caves in over the Hare-Link server room underground. Forced to fix it, Kevin ends up dressing Rudy up like a rabbit and sends him off to distribute the eggs. While he is out and about, somebody snaps a picture of him. It's just fuzzy enough that they cannot make out that he is really a wolf, and his likeness as a rabbit becomes a new iconic figure for the Easter Bunny. The Rabbit Council decides to permanently give Rudy the gig, in exchange for a college scholarship.

While learning more about felines, Aby shows Kell Ninth Life, an online virtual world (analogous to Second Life) where all the avatars are feline. She ultimate joins; Kevin joins later, remembering how his first marriage ended because of "online secrets".

Worried about Fenton's increasing risk-taking, Lindesfarne decides to con Fenton into thinking it's 2010 and they're already married. However, Fenton turns the trick back onto her, convincing her it's time to finally take their relationship the rest of the way. Lindesfarne finally accepts his standing marriage proposal, realizing she actually conned herself.

The first evidence of Francis' species begins to appear as he starts tugging Danielle's ears and, eventually, climbing things. This tends to push his possible species to something of primate origin.

Happiness over Lindesfarne and Fenton's engagement does not last long. Angelique informs Kevin that, under rabbit traditions, she had Lindesfarne betrothed to the child of another rabbit couple. Kevin and Lindesfarne go to the family to break the contract, only to find they are eagerly awaiting her arrival. Everyone except Quinn, their adopted porcupine son, who is as disinterested in marrying Lindesfarne as vice versa. Tired of the hero worship his parents have placed on Lindesfarne, he is more interested in a girl he's dating on Ninth Life. That girl, as it turns out, is Rhonda. As a last-ditch effort to break the betrothal contract, Quinn and Rhonda get married. Although they only have to be married long enough to break the contract, they quickly hit it off, making an annulment unnecessary. While meeting Quinn's parents to try to break the contract, they are attacked by Rhonda's ex-boyfriend, Edgar. Rhonda knocks Edgar out, winning Quinn's parents over and clearing the way for Lindesfarne to marry Fenton.

Now needing a new roommate, Lindesfarne agrees to be Rachel's roommate, as she has graduated from Caliban and is now attending Beige University. Meanwhile, Edgar, still determined to win back Rhonda, finally figures out he cannot depend on her for a meal ticket if he wants her back. He joins the hunting team. However, ashamed at the prospect of being a male lion learning how to hunt, he cuts his mane off, and wears a wig while in class. As expected, Edgar is hapless at hunting. Perturbed by the inept apparent lioness, Leona Mangle (daughter of one of Kell's colleagues at Herd Thinners, Frank) joins the hunting team. As it turns out, she has a crush on Edgar. When she finds out he's actually the "other lioness", she is actually very pleased, since her father is a single male lion who hunts as well. The two begin dating, and hunting together.

With Aby's Auto Repair growing, Aby is too busy with the business side of her work to actually do what she loves, which is repairing cars. Kell has an idea: hire Eleanor and Dorothy to manage her business. This means finding somebody to babysit Coney and Francis. They find the perfect person to do it: George. Growing depressed with his lack of things to do as CEO of Hare-Link, he finds new meaning babysitting Coney and his son. Although Eleanor and Dorothy still have their disagreements, Dorothy at least enjoys her new job. But she is starting to get jealous of the apparent growing online relationship between Eleanor and Bentley. The detail at which he is sharing his life with her is making her jealous.

The families have an issue over where to hold Thanksgiving dinner, since there are several possible venues: Kevin's house, Fiona's mansion, George's house, Tree... Aby comes up with a compromise: hold it at her place, the Ursin's old cave. This is her way of expressing that the Dewclaw family is her family as well.

Domain finally agrees to turn on Hare-Link's Wi-Fi service, but only in the two city blocks surrounding City Hall.

Around Christmas, Kevin's clothes are eaten by moths while he is out of town for a meeting. Mistaken for a wild animal, he is run off into The Wild. He finally finds clothes from a scarecrow, but by that time he's wandered so far that he's in the middle of nowhere. He is ultimately found by a television bounty hunter hired by R.L. to find him, but beats him up, using his camera crew to track his way back to Domain. He then has to clean up the mess caused by the moths, who used his identity to buy a gigantic shipment of light bulbs.

==2008==
2008 begins with a strike by the hunters of Herd Thinners. After several negotiators ended up eating each other, Kell and R.L. finally meet to negotiate directly. Kell finally convinces R.L. to agree to their demands, saying the Internet will increase consumption of Herd Thinners product and, thus, his profits.

During Valentine's Day, Fiona spends some time camoflauged to show Rudy that he's been taking her for granted. She ultimately springs her trap when she dresses up like Bruno to hear him say how he really feels.

Later on that year, Fenton's parents come to Beige University. As it turns out, Fenton's mother, Desdemona, has been pushing ahead with plans already, and already has most of the wedding planned. Lindesfarne gets her to slow down with her pushiness to get her and Fenton down the aisle.

Kell rescues a kitten who got stuck in the Dewclaw home tree. Afterward, Kevin continues to try to bring down all-or-nothing testing as part of the School Board. He finally succeeds...only for it to be replaced with a battery of multiple standardized tests. As part of the rabbit tradition of Seed Day, Dorothy tries to get Coney to plant seeds, but she only tries to use it as bait for prey, confounding her continued plans to turn her herbivore.

The ghost of Kell's ex-husband, Randy, starts to linger around the house, so Kell hires a ghost whisperer to get him to move on. He finally heads to the light after apologizing for cheating on Kell early in their marriage.

Somehow Douglas's identity as D.B. Cooper gets to the FBI. They come and arrest him, but not before he e-mails the manuscript for his biography to Dorothy. To make matters worse, he ends up being Bentley's cellmate in prison. Since most of his charges were dropped due to statute of limitations, Douglas doesn't plan on being in prison long, due to "good behavior". Bentley decides to give it a try himself.

R.L. makes an offer to purchase Aby's Auto Repair, but is snubbed. He retaliates by buying up the land around her with the intent of opening competing shops. It turns out he is also developing a rival to Aby's alternative fuel technology. An alternate is reached where R.L. gets a cut of Aby's technology if he signs the land over to her, allowing her to expand Aby's Auto Repair.

An issue develops when Coney's preschool determines she is becoming more selective in her hunting, and has become protective of some of her herbivore classmates. The family determines that this is the result of her protecting Francis. This further confounds Dorothy, who is aggravated by the young rabbit not being a herbivore. It takes a near attack from a bear, who is swiftly killed and eaten by Coney, to finally end her attempts to convert Coney into a herbivore.

Surprisingly, the Rabbit Council asks Kevin to take a permanent seat on their board, but only if he brings Coney to their meetings. He is, however, irritated by their insistence to meet in shadow, and their continued cowardice as a society. As it turns out, the Council wants Kevin to expose Herd Thinners secrets he may have learned from Kell, which he will not tell.

The family is visited by Kell's cousin, Sheila. The two switch places before she arrives, so they could see how each other live up close. During the exchange they deal with some lingering issues between each other.

At one of the visits of the Rabbit Council, Kevin finds out why they do their business in the dark: they're engaged in bribery. When they refuse to allow him to resign, revealing they really want his daughter's protection, he starts to eat, effectively filibustering the council. He continues to eat for four days straight, helped by other rabbits during the harvest. When he collapses from exhaustion, a snake appears from an air vent and tries to eat him. Coney grabs him, kills him, and eats him slowly, continuing the filibuster. When Kevin awakens, the rabbits finally agree to come clean, though it will prove a long process.

Rudy finally gets to take his driving test. His first attempt, laid out by a bitter arctic tern who has been stuck in his job instead of migrating, ends in failure. But after following a strategy suggested by Kevin—to use his instinct to chase cars—he passes on the second attempt.

During the Christmas holiday, the Fuscus family came to the Dewclaw house while Lindesfarne was on winter break and sang carols for her. She appreciated it, even though she couldn't hear them. (Rudy could, unfortunately.) At a holiday party, Dorothy got Eleanor drunk on her famous carrot nog. Later on in the holiday season, Dorothy told a Christmas story to Coney that was similar to A Charlie Brown Christmas, where Kevin as a child tried to get a tree for a Madrigal play. After the puny tree was rejected, he tried to replant it. It was revealed that the replanted tree ultimately became Tree, the sentient conifer that Lindesfarne and Fenton now live in.

==2009==
Right at the turn of the new year, Fiona finds out that her investments tanked with the rest of the economy. She is now completely broke. Although the house is paid for, to cover other expenses she turns the mansion into a boarding house. In order to maximize space, Fiona and Corrie must share a room. Strict rules are set so they can carry a diverse clientelle. In addition to the changes in business, Fiona also loses her scholarships, since they were only after her fortune for booster fees.

Eventually, Sheila returns and boards up at the Fennec Mansion, having been laid off from her job. She is soon followed by gangsters. Apparently she borrowed money from an unusual bank, and still owes more money even though she's paid it off nearly four-fold. In order to stop the following, Kell disguises Sheila as a feline, while taking her outfit to lure in another hitman. As it turns out, the mob boss is a mosquito, who disguises himself as a dead mosquito on a windshield. The boss threatens to blackmail R.L. in addition, before a moment off-guard leads him to be eaten by a frog, ending the threat to Sheila. Shiela ultimately finds a job as a pest exterminator.

The Rabbit Council tries to work their way through the struggling economy. However, Kevin comes up with an idea. They can sell the dirt from their burrowing to beavers who work in construction.

During the summer, Kevin and Kell decide they can take vacations by themselves now that Lindesfarne is grown up, Rudy can take care of himself and the grandmothers can watch Coney. They decide to return to the site of their honeymoon, which is now Goldilocks Resorts. It was bought by a mouse under foreclosure. After several days, the laptop battery dies and Kevin goes to get it charged. He then disappears. Kell goes in search of him, and finds the original bear owners of the resort. As it turns out, Goldilocks, who was their financial advisor, conned the Bears out of the resort by convincing them to take an adjustable-rate loan for an expansion, then buying it in foreclosure when the rate ballooned. Kell sheds her fur all over the resort to scare away all the other guests, and pressure Goldilocks into handing the resort back to the Bears.

When it comes time for the Easter Bunny again, Rudy comes up with the idea of recruiting Fiona to join her in distributing easter eggs, and splitting his scholarship with her.

Many experience economic difficulty in Domain. Fenton has to resort to putting a spout on Tree to milk her sap. Aby, however, is experiencing no trouble with her auto repair shop, and is proceeding with her expansion. Kell tries again to hook her up with another male, this time Frank, but she's more interested in the issues she can detect in his van. Kell is convinced her heart was broken at some point, but nobody seems to know for sure, not even her brother, Sam.

Aby finally succeeds in her experiments with alternative energy. She has designed a car drivetrain that is powered by static electricity collected by rubbing the passengers' fur. (Not the driver...it makes them fall asleep at the wheel.) But when she goes to get it patented, it's already been stolen...by her ex-fiance, Manxwell Hammer. Back in 1999, when she was still working in Silicon Valley, she caught him with another female. She dumped him, quit, cashed out her stock, and moved to Domain to open her auto repair shop. As it turns out, her passwords were old and easy, making it a piece of cake for Manxwell to steal her research. Lindesfarne uses her hacking expertise to sabotage Manxwell's attempt to use the stolen data, while R.L. and Herd Thinners help Aby win the patent.

R.L. also reveals the reason he wanted Aby's experiment: the fur being rubbed doesn't have to be attached to a living animal. It will give Herd Thinners in-roads into the pelt market as well.

Douglas and Bentley succeed in their quest for early parole, and are released from prison. Douglas is glad to be back with Dorothy, but Bentley discovers that Eleanor would prefer to remain "just friends" with him. Martha agrees to board Bentley on the condition that he does not steal from anybody.

In the meantime, Douglas thanks Dorothy for handling his affairs while he was gone. He had given the proceeds from the book he wrote to charity. With that, he has a new proposal: helping him get into real estate by converting his massive hoard of acorns into housing developments. He figures he could put his hoards in the burrows Dorothy dug over the years. In reality, it's just a roundabout way of proposing marriage to her. She's just trying to fool everyone else into thinking she's not being governed by her emotions. After the wedding, Bentley confesses to Kevin that he was behind outing Douglas and getting him sent to prison, so that he could size him up as a possible mate for his ex-wife.

An epidemic of cow-tipping is being caused by milk thieves. Aby and Kell go undercover to find out who's behind the piracy. They eventually catch the thieves.

Dorothy has difficulty fitting in with Douglas's side of the family. It's similar to many of the interspecies problems Kevin and Kell routinely go through. As a plan to win them over, Lindesfarne asks Tree for her pine cones so Dorothy can give them to Douglas's kin.

Surely enough, bait from traps inside rooms in the Fennec Mansion turns up missing. Immediately, they suspect Bentley, but he swears it wasn't him. Kevin's garden, however, has also been robbed, suggesting it might just be somebody else. Lindesfarne stakes the mansion out to figure out who was raiding the mansion. It turns out to be Francis, who has been crawling through the mansion at night. As it turns out, Bentley was only stealing from Kevin's garden.

In a case of mistaken identity, Rudy ends up arrested for chasing a car, which would result in him losing his Easter Bunny scholarship. Fiona finds that somebody online, a fly, has taken a photograph that would exonerate Rudy, but uses it to blackmail him instead, demanding $2,000. Kevin intervenes, and offers the fly the fertilizer on his garden instead.

During the fall, Francis starts shedding heavily, suggesting he is losing his fur. Dr. Caduceus, still not knowing what Francis is, doesn't know how to help him. He does joke that Francis might be a snake, though. At the supermarket, Danielle accidentally shakes the rest of his fur off, revealing what Francis really is...a human. Although he has no natural defenses, he does have Coney to protect him. But his existence causes a massive uproar among the population of Domain. His climbing phase has ended at least, with a large amount of inquisitiveness replacing it. Some show their support for Francis by wearing human face masks for Halloween.

Lindesfarne discovers that high school A.P. credit earned in foraging, which previously could not be used in insectivore college curriculum, is now being included, and she can now graduate the following May. However, she is not ready to submit to Desdemona's demands to set a wedding date. Rachel reminds her that she seems to be forgetting about where Fenton fits into all this. She finally sets a date for June 5, 2010, putting negotiations between Desdemona and Kell for wedding details into overdrive.

One day, Kell comes to Sheila's room at the Fennec Mansion to invite her to Thanksgiving dinner. She asks to bring a date: Frank Mangle, Kell's co-worker. At one point, Kell and Sheila trade places at Herd Thinners to gauge Frank's true feelings.

The holiday story for this year is based on ''A Christmas Story''. It tells of a situation when Rudy was six years old, and wanted his first box trap, despite warnings that they would "cut his tail off". In the end it caught something, but it turns out it was Dorothy, who just burrowed down and away to safety with the bait before he could get her.

==2010==
From the beginning of the year, Lindesfarne is stressing over both graduation ''and'' her impending wedding. The situation is so distressing, half her quills turn white. She decides to have a talk with Tree about her feelings over everything. She has two paths after marriage: either remaining at Beige University for graduate research, or returning to Domain, and Tree, and working at Hare-Link. Tree sees it quite simply, and expresses that she can accept Lindesfarne and Fenton moving away so Lindesfarne can continue her research. However, fate intervenes, as a flash flood rushes through Domain's suburbs, trapping Lindesfarne in Tree. The floodwaters end up drowning Tree's roots, loosening her soil and rendering her mute. After the flood, Kevin reveals that he added flood insurance to Tree, allowing them to use the money to move her to Beige. She resettles her roots and wakes back up, permitting both Lindesfarne and Fenton to pursue their paths without having to leave Tree behind. With the stress of possibly leaving Tree behind gone, Lindesfarne's quills return to all black.

The flood, however, causes even more problems for the family. Because the water got into Dorothy's burrows, Douglas's acorns start sprouting far earlier than they wanted them to. After trying to sell them individually, Kevin suggests they begin their housing project now to replace all the trees that were felled by the flood. It will take time, but Douglas and Dorothy will eventually have their real estate.

Fenton feels left out of the wedding preparations, and is also concerned about the two families not burning bridges after the wedding. So Lindesfarne gives him a task: set up the reception seating chart so nobody sits with each other.

Early in the spring, with a late thaw, Kell accidentally steps in a soft spot in the snow and breaks her leg. Sheila takes her place and finishes her quota for the week. However, the moment she starts, she runs into Frank, who immediately senses it's really Sheila. We find out the reason for Frank's antagonization of Kell. When they were cubs, Kell once chased Frank up a tree. However, it turns out the one doing the chasing was Sheila. Fortunately, after a long talk, an early migration permits Kell and Frank to have their quotas on time and save their jobs. This permits Kell to report her injury and begin healing.

Although Kell and Frank make amends, and Frank shows no hard feelings to Sheila, they agree they cannot be friends because it would put them at risk at Herd Thinners if they were allies.

Once Kell's cast is off, she hires Dorothy to be her physical therapist. Although some herbivores try to bribe her into deliberately slowing her rehabilitation, her conscience gets the better of her, and she rehabilitates Kell vigorously.

When Rudy goes out once more as the Easter Bunny, a rabbit kit named Wendell, who stayed up, throws an egg back at him. Wendell wants to take over the Easter Bunny's territory, even though he's only five. He doesn't believe Rudy and Fiona are the real Easter Bunny, but Fiona can hear his mother call for him from underground, and return him to his family. After that, Rudy and Fiona are promptly swiped by a bear. Wendell throws a baseball bat at the bear, knocking him out and saving Rudy and Fiona.

As the wedding gets closer, Lindesfarne's friends return to town. Tammy Tussock and her son, Angstrom, finally visit them. Lindesfarne and Fenton see for themselves that Tammy constantly hovers over Angstrom, being overprotected of her son. She hovers so much, her clothes and body have been bleached by his intense light. Tammy realizes this, and figures it's because they have no neighbors at Ray's lighthouse. Lindesfarne takes them home, where Angstrom can play with Coney and Francis.

Lindesfarne finally receives her bachelor's degree, bringing about the final countdown to her wedding. At the bachelorette party, Lindesfarne remembers she's never actually checked Fenton's DNA before, even though she's checked the DNA of virtually everyone else she knows. But she has plenty of his DNA in her quills, so she gets to work. The results are so shocking, that she asks to speak to the Fuscus family the day of the wedding, defying the superstition of bad luck. She confronts Desdemona, whom she has learned is a vampire bat. The stigma against vampire bats is tremendous, large enough to scare 3/4 of the invitees to the wedding away, leaving 40 attendees out of an original list of 165.

On the night of the wedding, Desdemona is apologetic for "ruining" the wedding, but the Dewclaws, who are used to social stigma, insist the low turnout is not her fault. One of the last to arrive is Dr. Caduceus. Right when he's about to enter the church, a branch falls, crushing the snake. Sensing his ability to feel fading, he quickly deduces he needs fluid drained from his spinal column. Fortunately, Desdemona can do that, being a vampire bat, and Dr. Caduceus will be okay.

The wedding occurs without incident, despite the low turnout. Afterward, Lindesfarne and Fenton honeymoon in Silicon Valley.

==Continuity==
Kevin and Kell began as a strip with the characters in fixed ages and points in life. The year is typically considered the current year - for example, the stories about preparation for the y2k bug took place in 1999. When Bruno comments in 2003 that the fight between him and Rudy was inevitable after "thirteen years of intensely close friendship," Rudy asks if they will do it again in 2016. However, the passage of time is almost never explicitly mentioned; Kell cuts off one police officer before he can say when the health club incident with Chet Cheetah was. Despite this, one year into the strip, which began with Kevin and Kell's first wedding anniversary, the couple celebrates their second, and Coney celebrates her first birthday in 1995.

In 2005, however, the strip moved forward a year; one noticeable effect of this is Lindesfarne and Rhonda graduating from high school. Additionally, shortly before Danielle learns she is pregnant in 2006, when Kevin asks George how long he and Danielle have been married, George says, "Over a year." Whether the characters will continue to age is unknown.
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Sabrina

2026-03-15T20:59:49Z

Dogman15: grammar pass

[[File:SabrinaCurrent.png|right|thumb|200px|Sabrina]]
[[File:Bina1.png|thumb|right|200px|Sabrina (proto design)]]
[[File:Sabrina (older design).png|thumb|right|200px|Sabrina (initial comic design)]]
'''Sabrina''', full '''Sabrina Conrad''', is the main protagonist of [[artist]]/[[animator]] [[Eric Schwartz]]'s [[webcomic]], ''[[Sabrina Online]]''.

== Overview ==

A [[Skunk (species)|skunk]], she is something of a nerd, wearing non-fashionable thick black glasses, lovingly collecting ''[[Transformers]]'' toys, and working on her beloved and frustrating [[W:Amiga|Amiga computer]] (which does cause her some social insecurity here and there with [[PC]] and [[Mac]] users).

==Appearance==

Sabrina's usual attire normally consists of a blue t-shirt, aforementioned glasses, and a pair of pants that match the [[fur]] pattern of the portions of her body they cover, so much so that she appears to be wearing no clothing on her lower body at all, which has elicited a few jokes in the [[comic]]and [[fan art]].

==Biography==

The oldest and firstborn child of '''Warren''' and '''Endora Skunk''', Sabrina has one younger sister, [[Tabitha]]. As a child, Sabrina had, and still has, a love for Transformers toys, but her parents, being concerned with their daughter's interest in boys' toys, never bought any for her.

During middle and high school, she became very interested in [[W:Computer technology|computer technology]], and as the years went by, she became talented at the keyboard and, after college, she used that talent to become a [[W:Web design|web designer.]] However, after the first two weeks at her new job, she was dismissed because the company had found a "cheaper way" of getting the job done (via pre-made [[W:Clip art|clip art]]).

She was at a time the roommate of [[Amy the Squirrel|Amy Squirrel-Woolfe]] (nee '''Amy the Squirrel'''), her husband [[Thomas Woolfe]], and son [[Timothy Squirrel-Woolfe]] ('''Timmy''').

=== ''Zig Zag Studios'' ===

While looking through the newspaper for job articles, she found an ad for a local movie studio looking for a [[Graphic designer|computer graphics designer]]. Needing a job, she immediately responded, but to Sabrina's shock, the studio was ''[[Double Z Studios]]'', an [[W:Pornography|adult entertainment studio]].

After meeting the boss, [[Zig Zag]], a [[white tiger]]/[[striped skunk]] [[hybrid]], Sabrina nervously took the job designing the studio's website, and nervously because Sabrina is the last person you'd ever find in a place like that. But not wanting to lose her new job as quickly as her last one, and seeing that her new job has great pay at the end of each week, she puts up with her job and her boss.

=== R.C. Raccoon ===

While in an [[W:Chat room|online chat room ]], she met a [[raccoon]] named [[W:R.C. Raccoon|R.C.]] who is an [[W:Technical support|I.T. tech support worker]].

Since Sabrina also worked with computers, it was a perfect match, and after building a good relationship online, they finally met face-to-face at [[sci-fi convention]]. Later, after meeting in a restaurant, they went back to Sabrina's home. Since they had already built a strong relationship online, they had come to the point where they trusted and loved each other enough to give themselves to each other.

Sabrina and R.C. have been a close and romantic couple since that point. The two later married and eventually had a skunk/raccoon hybrid daughter named [[Danielle Conrad]].

== Guest appearences ==

Sabrina is also one of the two main characters of the [[comic]] ''[[Sabrina Online: The Story]]'', by [[Chris Foxx]], whose full name in this series is '''Sabrina Mustelidae'''. The combined popularity of the comic and the story has inspired numerous authors to write stories in that setting, commonly called the [[SabrinaVerse]]. In one of the stories, ''[[Tabitha (story)|Tabitha]]'', Sabrina died in a car accident when her younger sister was 16 years old, which prompts an older Tabitha to build a [[W:Time machine|time machine]] to prevent her untimely death.

Sabrina also appears in artist [[Max Black Rabbit]]'s comic, ''[[Sabrina at Algonquin]]''. Nevertheless (much to [[Max Black Rabbit|Bunnyman]]'s dismay), Sabrina is in love with R.C.

==External Links==

*[http://www.sabrina-online.com/index.html Sabrina-online.com] - ''Sabrina Online'''s official website
*[http://www.chrisfoxx.com ''Sabrina Online: The Story website''] official website

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Sabrina

2025-06-25T19:03:25Z

Dogman15: After marrying R.C., she has a known (or new) last name. Not sure if this has been tried on this article before.

[[File:SabrinaCurrent.png|right|thumb|200px|Sabrina]]
[[File:Bina1.png|thumb|right|200px|Sabrina (proto design)]]
[[File:Sabrina (older design).png|thumb|right|200px|Sabrina (initial comic design)]]
'''Sabrina Conrad''' is the main protagonist [[character]] of the [[webcomic]] ''[[Sabrina Online]]''.

== Overview ==

A [[Skunk (species)|skunk]], she is something of a nerd, wearing non-fashionable thick black glasses, lovingly collecting ''[[Transformers]]'' toys, and working on her beloved and frustrating [[W:Amiga|Amiga computer]] (which does cause her some social insecurity here and there with [[PC]] and [[Mac]] users).

==Appearance==

Sabrina's usual attire normally consists of a blue t-shirt, aforementioned glasses, and a pair of pants that match the [[fur]] pattern of the portions of her body they cover, so much so that she appears to be wearing no clothing on her lower body at all, which has elicited a few jokes in the [[comic]]and [[fan art]].

==Biography==

The oldest and firstborn child of '''Warren''' and '''Endora Skunk''', Sabrina has one younger sister, [[Tabitha]]. As a child Sabrina had, and still has, a love for Transformers toys but her parents, being concerned with their daughter's interest in boys' toys, never bought any for her.

During middle and high school she became very interested in [[W:Computer technology|computer technology]], and as the years went by she became talented at the keyboard and after college used that talent to become a [[W:Web design|web designer.]] However, after the first two weeks at her new job, she was dismissed because the company had found a "cheaper way" of getting the job done (via pre-made [[W:Clip art|clip art]]).

She was at a time the roommate of [[Amy the Squirrel|Amy Squirrel-Woolfe]] (nee '''Amy the Squirrel'''), her husband [[Thomas Woolfe]], and son [[Timothy Squirrel-Woolfe]] ('''Timmy''').

=== ''Zig Zag Studios'' ===

While looking through the newspaper for job articles, she found an ad for a local movie studio looking for a [[Graphic designer|computer graphics designer]]. Needing a job, she immediately responded, but to Sabrina's shock, the studio was ''[[Double Z Studios]]'', an [[W:Pornography|adult entertainment studio]].

After meeting the boss, [[Zig Zag]], a [[white tiger]]/[[striped skunk]] [[hybrid]], Sabrina nervously took the job designing the studio's website, and nervously because Sabrina is the last person you'd ever find in a place like that. But not wanting to lose her new job as quickly as her last one, and seeing that her new job has great pay at the end of each week, she puts up with her job and her boss.

=== R.C. Raccoon ===

While in an [[W:Chat room|online chat room ]], she met a [[raccoon]] named [[W:R.C. Raccoon|R.C.]] who is an [[W:Technical support|I.T. tech support worker]].

Since Sabrina also worked with computers, it was a perfect match, and after building a good relationship online, they finally met face-to-face at [[sci-fi convention]]. Later, after meeting in a restaurant, they went back to Sabrina's home. Since they had already built a strong relationship online, they had come to the point where they trusted and loved each other enough to give themselves to each other.

Sabrina and R.C. have been a close and romantic couple since that point. The two later married and eventually had a skunk/raccoon hybrid daughter named [[Danielle Conrad]].

== Guest appearences ==

Sabrina is also one of the two main characters of the [[comic]] ''[[Sabrina Online: The Story]]'', by [[Chris Foxx]], whose full name in this series is '''Sabrina Mustelidae'''. The combined popularity of the comic and the story have inspired numerous authors to write stories in that setting, commonly called the [[SabrinaVerse]]. In one of the stories, ''[[Tabitha (story)|Tabitha]]'', Sabrina died in a car accident when her younger sister was 16 years old, which prompts an older Tabitha to build a [[W:Time machine|time machine]] to prevent her untimely death.

Sabrina also appears in artist [[Max Black Rabbit]]'s comic, ''[[Sabrina at Algonquin]]''. Nevertheless (much to [[Max Black Rabbit|Bunnyman]]'s dismay), Sabrina is in love with R.C.

==External Links==

*[http://www.sabrina-online.com/index.html Sabrina-online.com] - ''Sabrina Online'''s official website
*[http://www.chrisfoxx.com ''Sabrina Online: The Story website''] official website

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Further Confusion

2025-04-08T08:39:35Z

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{{Infobox convention
|name = Further Confusion
|othernames = FurCon, FC
|logo = [[File:Further_Confusion_logo.png|300px]]
|subject = Furry
|location = [[W:San_Jose_Convention_Center|San Jose Convention Center, San Jose, California]]
|url = [http://www.furtherconfusion.org http://www.furtherconfusion.org]
|status = Ongoing
|first = January 14 to 17, 1999
|final =
|organizer = [[Anthropomorphic Arts and Education]], Inc.
|charity = [http://www.namisantaclara.org/ National Alliance on Mental Illness]
|resources = {{con resources}}
}}
{{Further Confusion}}
[[File:Further Confusion logo 2013 v1.png|right|thumb|Further Confusion 2013, V.1]]
[[File:Further_Confusion_logo_old.png|right|thumb|Further Confusion logo prior to 2013]]
[[File:FC_Attendance_Through_2011.png|right|thumb|300px|Visitor Statistics]]
[[File:Costumes are not consent.png|right|thumb|"''Costumes are not consent''" official signage]]
'''Further Confusion''', also known as '''FurCon''' or just '''FC''', is an annual [[convention]] celebrating the [[anthropomorphic]]s genre or [[furry fandom]], that takes place in the [[W:San Francisco Bay Area|Bay Area of California]], USA, each January.

== History ==

Beginning in 1999 with attendance of 691 individuals, it has grown rapidly, with 4,509 attendees by 2020.<ref>[https://twitter.com/furcon/status/1219463202863403014?s=21 Further Confusion Twitter]</ref>

It was the first event sponsored by [[Anthropomorphic Arts and Education]], Inc. (''FurCon'' is its registered [[Wikipedia:service mark|service mark]]<ref>[http://tarr.uspto.gov/servlet/tarr?regser=serial&entry=78318515 FURCON mark registration] - [[Wikipedia:USPTO|USPTO]] (filed 24 October 2003, registered 12 October 2004)</ref>) and continues to be its largest.

It is the [[List of conventions by attendance|6th largest such convention]] in the world.

On December 21, 2014, Further Confusion implemented an update to their [[Code of conduct]]'s ''[[W:#Sexual_harassment|Harassment and Assault]]'' section to cover [[fursuiter]]s ([[full suit|full]] or [[partial]]s),<ref>[http://www.furtherconfusion.org/costumes-are-not-consent/ ''Costumes are not consent''] . Dated December 21, 2014. Retrieved December 21, 2014.</ref> to come in line with other fandoms' related convention policies.<ref>[http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=52050 ''ECCC: Understanding Harassment In Geek Culture''] . Dated April 9, 2014. Retrieved December 21, 2014.</ref>

== Services and events ==

Further Confusion hosts a [[Dealers Den]], [[Artists Alley]], [[Art Show]]s, an [[Headless lounge]], educational seminars, [[panel]]s, general social activities ([[Dance|Furry Dances]]), an [[Iron Artist]] competition, the original [[Critterlympics]], [[Charity|charity auctions/events]] (over a grand total $150,000 to various local charitable beneficiaries up to date), and it sports its own in-house [[W:Television station|Television station]] ('''FCTV'''), that broadcasts during the convention.

Further Confusion has one of the largest art show of any convention in the fandom, with sales routinely exceeding $50,000, with one piece alone, ''[[Eyes of the Night]]'' by [[female]] [[artist]] [[Goldenwolf (artist)|Goldenwolf]], going for fandom record amount of $10,000 at Further Confusion 2004, the result of a close, fierce bid battle between [[Flint Otterhall]] and a local appreciator of [[furry art]].<ref>[http://www.livejournal.com/users/normanrafferty/415153.html ''Just a quick update from Further Confusion 2004''] - note about the $10,000 painting. Dated ?. Retrieved ?.</ref>

== Guests of Honor ==

* 1999 - [[Ed Kline]], [[Ken Mitchroney]] and [[Michael H. Payne]]
* 2000 - [[W:C. J. Cherryh|C. J. Cherryh]], [[Shawn Keller]], [[John Nunnemacher]], [[W:Karen_Prell|Karen Prell]], [[W:Mike_Quinn_(puppeteer)|Mike Quinn]] and [[W:Jane Fancher|Jane Fancher]]
* 2001 - [[W:Diane Duane|Diane Duane]], [[Christina Hanson]], [[W::Peter Morwood|Peter Morwood]], [[Felorin]] and [[Talzhemir]]
* 2002 - [[W:David Brin|David Brin]] and [[Kevin Palivec]]
* 2003 - [[W:Karen_Kruse_Anderson|Karen Anderson]] and [[Toby Bluth]]
* 2004 - [[Heather Alexander]], [[Grant Freckelton]] and [[W:Larry Niven|Larry Niven]]
* 2005 - [[Alan Dean Foster]] and [[Walter Crane]]
* 2006 - [[Eric Elliott]] and [[W:Jane Lindskold|Jane Lindskold]]
* 2007 - [[W:Jerry Pournelle|Dr. Jerry Pournelle]] and [[Baron Engel]], with special musical guest [[Sub-Level 03]]
* 2008 - [http://www.moirahahn.com Moira Hahn] and [[W:David Barclay (puppeteer)|David Barclay]]
* 2009 - [[W:Jeff Pidgeon|Jeff Pidgeon]], [[animation|storyboard]] artist for [[Pixar Animation]], [[Anita Coulter]], puppeteer, and [[W:Clare Bell|Clare Bell]], writer of the [[W:Ratha's Creature|Ratha]] series and a [[W:Solar vehicle|Solar vehicle]] engineer
* 2010 - [[W:Michael Fry|Michael Fry]], [[W:T. Lewis|T. Lewis]], [[Sofawolf Press]], [[Ursula Vernon]]
* 2011 - [[Blotch]]
* 2012 - [[WE. E. Knight|E. E. Knight]] and [[Matthew Ebel]]
* 2013 - Ursula Vernon and [[W:Chris_Savino|Chris Savino]]
* 2014 - [[Mitti]] and [[PRguitarman]]
* 2015 - [[w:Warrick Brownlow-Pike|Warrick Brownlow-Pike]] and [[w:Andy Heath (puppeteer)|Andy J. Heath]]
* 2016 - [[D.C. Simpson|Dana Claire Simpson]], [[Syber]], [[Fox Amoore]], and [[Pepper Coyote]]

As of 2017, Further Confusion no longer invites a Guest of Honor. The convention is considering new directions for its offerings.<ref>[http://www.furtherconfusion.org/guests/ ''Guests of Honor'']. Further Confusion. Retrieved 18 January, 2018.</ref>

== Charities ==

Each year, Further Confusion donates money to selected charities. Funds are raised both from its [[charity auction]] and from a direct grant given by the convention itself. The following charities have benefitted since Further Confusion was founded:

* 1999: ($3,500) [[wikipedia:Coyote Point Park|Coyote Point Museum]] and [http://therapypets.org Therapy Pets]
* 2000: ($6,000) [[wikipedia:Cartoon Art Museum|The Cartoon Art Museum]] and [http://seaotters.org Friends of the Sea Otter]
* 2001: ($7,240) [[wikipedia:Oakland Zoo|The Oakland Zoo]] and [http://kirshner.org The Barry R. Kirshner Wildlife Foundation]
* 2002: ($5,200) [[wikipedia:Comic Book Legal Defense Fund|The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund]] and [http://tigertouch.org Tiger Touch]
* 2003: ($6,000) [http://www.pawssf.org Pets Are Wonderful Support (PAWS)] and [http://www2.ucsc.edu/seymourcenter The Seymour Marine Discovery Center]
* 2004: ($10,000) [http://bayareabears.org Bay Area Bears] and [http://cathouse-fcc.org The Exotic Feline Breeding Center]
* 2005: ($10,000) [http://therapypets.org Therapy Pets] and [http://friends-lulu.org Friends of Lulu]
* 2006: ($15,000) [http://www.wildlifecompanions.org/ Wildlife Companions] and the [http://www.cbldf.org/ Comic Book Legal Defense Fund]
* 2007: ($16,000) [http://www.goldengreyhounds.com Golden State Greyhounds] and [http://www.stanislauswildlife.org Stanislaus Wildlife Rehabilitation]
* 2008: ($22,000) [http://www.rabbit.org House Rabbit Society], [http://www.rattieratz.com Rattie Ratz], and [http://www.wildcarebayarea.org/ Wildcare]
* 2009: ($16,000) [http://www.mountainlion.org Mountain Lion Foundation] and [http://www.guidedogs.com Guide Dogs for the Blind]
* 2010: ($18,114) [http://therapypets.org Therapy Pets], [http://www.guidedogs.com Guide Dogs for the Blind], [http://www.narfrescue.org/ NARF Animal Rescue] and [http://news.bestfriends.org Best Friends Animal Society (Haiti disaster animal rescue)]
* 2011: ($8,000) [http://gcgsr.org/ Greater California German Shepherd Rescue], [http://www.rabbit.org/ Wildlife Education & Rehabilitation Center] and [http://werc-ca.org/rehab.html House Rabbit Society]
* 2012: ($7,000) [http://www.towncats.org/ Town Cats of Morgan Hill], [https://www.13thstcats.org/ 13th Street Cats]<ref name="20years">"20 Years of Further Confusion" infographic published in the Further Confusion 2019 convention book</ref>
* 2013: ($10,444) [http://www.cathouseonthekings.com/ Cat House on The Kings] and [http://http://www.littlebluesociety.org Little Blue Society]
* 2014: ($9,000) [http://www.digitalgamemuseum.org/ Digital Game Museum]
* 2015: ($7,000) [http://www.rocketdogrescue.org/ Rocket Dog Rescue]
* 2016: ($6,000) [http://www.namisantaclara.org/ National Alliance on Mental Illness Santa Clara]<ref name="20years"></ref>
* 2017: ($22,000) [http://www.ninelivesfoundation.org/ Nine Lives Foundation]<ref name="20years"></ref>
* 2018: ($15,055)<ref>[https://twitter.com/furcon/status/953081540824637440 ''#FC2018 Preliminary Statistics'']. @furcon. 15 January, 2018. Retrieved 18 January, 2018.</ref> [http://www.svpetproject.org/ Silicon Valley Pet Project] and [http://www.thedancingcat.org/ The Dancing Cat]<ref>[http://www.furtherconfusion.org/charity/ ''Charity'']. Further Confusion. Retrieved 18 January, 2018.</ref>
* 2019: ($18,000)<ref>[https://twitter.com/furcon/status/1105610846015651840 ''Thank you to everyone who donated to our charity during #FC2019'']. @furcon. 12 March, 2019. Retrieved 29 January, 2020.</ref> [https://wcsv.org/ Wildlife Center of Silicon Valley]
* 2020: ($20,452)<ref>[https://twitter.com/furcon/status/1219463202863403014 ''Further Confusion 2020 Final Count'']. @furcon. 21 January, 2020. Retrieved 21 January, 2020.</ref> [https://www.defrankcenter.org/ Billy DeFrank]
* 2023: ($17,479)<ref>[https://twitter.com/furcon/status/1615618661993304066 Further Confusion Twitter], posted January 18, 2023.</ref> [https://muttville.org/ Muttville]
* 2024: ($23,576)<ref>[https://twitter.com/furcon/status/1747451982573691171 Further Confusion Twitter], @furcon January 16th, 2024</ref> [https://www.billwilsoncenter.org/ Bill Wilson Center]

== Themes ==
[[File:FC2010-Keycard.jpg|right|thumb|FC 2010's Keycard]] Like many [[convention|furry conventions]], Further Confusion features a different theme every year. Themes for each year are:
* 1999: Paws Across the Bay
* 2000: FCY2K
* 2001: A Furry Odyssey
* 2002: Further Confusion University
* 2003: Furries in Wonderland
* 2004: The Great Outdoors
* 2005: Furries of the Nile
* 2006: Renfur: A Knight's Tail
* 2007: Fur Your Eyes Only
* 2008: The Fur East <ref>[http://community.livejournal.com/furcon/152640.html ''Notes and Numbers from FC2007''] post by [[Frysco]], {{lj-comm|furcon}}. Posted January 25, 2007. Retrieved ?.</ref>
* 2009: Surf Safari
* 2010: Gold Rush
* 2011: Southern Crossings: Furries gone wild!
* 2012: The Infurmary
* 2013: The Furbidden Planet
* 2014: Further Confusion vs. The World
* 2015: London Fog: A Victorian Murder Mystery
* 2016: Cafe FC: A Classic American Diner
* 2017: Going Places: An ode to travel, tourism, and beautiful sights from around the world!<ref>[https://twitter.com/furcon/status/688972752502390784 Tweet] on Twitter. Posted January 17, 2016. Retrieved January 18, 2016.</ref>
* 2018: Furtastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
* 2019: Going to the Fair
* 2020: Cyberpunk: Neo San Jose
* 2021: Further Confusion Goes to Hollywoof
* 2023: Millennium Edition
* 2024: Pixelated
* 2025: Animal Business <ref>[https://x.com/furcon/status/1766641528393646154?s=20 Further Confusion, Twitter]</ref>

== References ==
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== See also ==

* [[W:Further Confusion|Further Confusion]] on [[Wikipedia]]

== External links ==

* [http://www.furtherconfusion.org/ Further Confusion] official site
* [https://www.facebook.com/FurtherConfusion Further Confusion] on [[Facebook]]
* [https://twitter.com/furcon Further Confusion] on [[Twitter]]
* [http://community.livejournal.com/furcon/ Further Confusion] on [[LiveJournal]]
* [https://mastodon.furrycon.social/@FurCon Further Confusion] on [[Mastodon]]
* [https://t.me/furtherconfusion Announcement channel] on [[Telegram]]
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Sabrina Online Radio Play

2022-10-16T08:58:33Z

Dogman15: /* External links */

The '''Sabrina Online Radio Play''' is an audio drama based upon the [[Sabrina Online|comic of the same name]] by [[Eric W. Schwartz]] (with permission) and is produced by [[Midnite Lilly Productions]]. The series is adapted and produced by [[Mindy Mousie]] and from episode 10, help from [[Tsombat]]. SORP began production in 2001. As of September 2010, there are twenty three episodes and ten holiday specials. SORP also airs on the [[FBC|Furry Broadcasting Corporation]]. As of mid 2018 both the original website and its mirror are gone, however they can still be accessed through the internet archive wayback machine. Some episodes have also been posted to youtube.

==External links==
* [http://www.psychomouse.phoenixcrash.net/sorp/ Sabrina Online Radio Play homepage]
* [http://sabrinaonlinesource.furrynet.com/ Sabrina Online Radio Play official mirror by Jorge the Wolfdog]
* [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8DA4F493C96F8A85 YouTube playlist of the series]

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Sabrina Online

2022-09-09T06:59:07Z

Dogman15: Comic hasn't ended, it just changed forms. Still updates on the site, with early previews on Patreon.

{{Infobox webcomic
| title = Sabrina Online
| image = [[File:SabTitle.gif|200px]]
| caption =
| author = [[Eric W. Schwartz]]
| url =
http://www.sabrina-online.com/
| status = Ended
| began = September 15, 1996
| ended = Ongoing
| genre = Slice of life, Humor
| rating = [[File:Censor_14_button.png]][[Category:Rated 14]]
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'''''Sabrina Online''''' is a comic created by Eric W. Schwartz following the life of a [[female]] [[skunk]] named [[Sabrina]].

== History ==

''Sabrina Online'' was one of the best-known furry comics - as well as one of the longest-run webcomics of any genre. The strip ran uninterrupted for 20 years to the day, from September 15th of 1996, through the same date in 2016. Updates were posted within a few days of the beginning of each month, usually comprising four black-and-white strips. Occasionally an extra strip would be included, such as every Christmas, and special occasions (like every 100th strip) would be done in color. The comic has given birth to several fan projects in the '[[SabrinaVerse]]', including ''[[Sabrina Online: The Story]]'' and the [[Sabrina Online Radio Play]].

== Premise ==
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Sabrina is a computer geek who works at the [[Double Z Studios|Double Z]] [[pornography]] studio as a graphics designer. Despite her workplace, Sabrina is shy, and does not get involved in the videos outside of making the VHS and DVD covers, no matter how much her employer [[Zig Zag]] may wish otherwise.

She's 22 years old, has a [[raccoon]] boyfriend (and eventually husband) ([[R.C. Raccoon]]), and conservative [[Warren & Endora|parents]], as well as a considerably younger sister named [[Tabitha]].
[[Image:SabrinaOnline334-4.png|thumb|right|Sabrina's boss Zig Zag congratulates her on a masterful piece of social engineering]]
The plot follows Sabrina through her life in general, and her trials, most of which are social in nature. Her relations with the other cast members can at times turn humorous, such as when her employer drops in to cause her own unique brand of trouble which usually involves some flirtatious efforts to get Sabrina into a more "active" lifestyle - by Zig Zag's way of thinking, anyway.

Sabrina was initially apartment roommates with [[Amy the Squirrel|Amy]]. This arrangement evolved into a family friend relationship after Amy married [[Thomas Woolfe|Thomas]] (but not before giving birth to little [[Timothy Squirrel-Woolfe|Timmy]]).

Eventually, Sabrina finds a boyfriend, and one thing leads another, which leads to the bed, in an awkward yet humorous set of strips. Zig Zag finds out through observing Sabrina's behavior the next day and adds even more comical material when she practically makes a scene of her "women's intuition", much to Sabrina's embarrassment. In [http://www.sabrina-online.com/strips/SabOnline163.GIF Strip 163], it is revealed that Sabrina lives in Columbus, Ohio, and R.C. Raccoon lives in Springfield, Ohio. They discovered this after both driving an hour each to meet each other at Midwestcon in Cincinnati.

Eventually She and R.C. moved into an apartment together, which left Thomas and Amy to [http://www.sabrina-online.com/strips/SabOnline669.GIF search for jobs themselves.]. From there on, they would have a few minor arguments, which lead to R.C. finally proposing to Sabrina. This puts her into a daze, imagining a future 15 years later, where she still works for Zig Zag, and has a daughter with R.C. When she snaps out of her daze (after 5 months of comics), she accepts. They have a small wedding soon after, and the comic ends with Sabrina getting pregnant, as a nod to "the first year".

Situations in the comic did not involve on-camera violence or sex scenes, only light swearing. It does contain "tasteful" nudity (no showing genitals or nipples, they are hidden by fur) and some comical mischief. This is never more accurately depicted than in the fact that Sabrina is ''never'' seen wearing normal pants. However, she does seem to wear what appear to be tights, yoga pants, or something similar, that look like her naked lower half (depicted in the strips published in September of 1998). This appears to be accepted without comment by all, including Sabrina's younger sister - presumably, others do the same.

==Sequel==
The comic originally ended at one point on September 15, 2016. With Patreon, the comic was able to continue.

As of January 2017, The story of ''Sabrina Online'' has been continued in ''[http://www.sabrina-online.com/2017-01.html Sabrina Online - Baby Steps]'', beginning late in the pregnancy implied at the end of the original story. While the comic is included in the same archives as the original, it is now presented in a full-page, full-color comic format.
==Fur fan reference==
A [[Sabrina Online]] strip from 1999 also references furry fanatics. Having just met her online boyfriend, RC, Sabrina says, "I'm just happy you didn't turn out to be some disgusting old creep." RC: "Or a ten-year-old kid." Sabrina: "Or a fur fan" (sic). (The strip is at the top of [http://www.sabrina-online.com/1999-04.html this archive page.])

== See also ==

* [[:Category:Sabrina Online characters|''Sabrina Online'' characters]]

== External links ==
* [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-philippines-duterte-eu-idUSKCN11R1GL Local Dictator channels his inner demons]
* [http://www.coax.net/people/erics/Default.htm E.S. Productions]
* [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fansofsabrinaonline Fans of Sabrina Online] A Yahoo! Group dedicated to the comic and the characters portrayed in it.
* [http://rigby-jones.net/ericschwartz/sabrina/ The Unofficial Eric Schwartz Page's Sabrina Online Archive]
* [http://chrisfoxx.com/ The Sabrina Online novel 'Sabrina Online: The Story']
* [http://www.coax.net/people/erics/TFpage1.htm Sabrina's Transformers Page]
* [http://www.psychomouse.phoenixcrash.net/sorp/ Sabrina Online Radio Play]
* [http://sabrina.furries.ru/ Sabrina Online, in Russian]
* [http://sabrinaonline.altervista.org/Sabrina-Online.htm Sabrina Online, in Italian]
* [http://rpg.hu/kepregeny/sabrina/ Sabrina Online, in Hungarian]

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Sabrina Online Radio Play

2022-09-09T06:56:59Z

Dogman15:

The '''Sabrina Online Radio Play''' is an audio drama based upon the [[Sabrina Online|comic of the same name]] by [[Eric W. Schwartz]] (with permission) and is produced by [[Midnite Lilly Productions]]. The series is adapted and produced by [[Mindy Mousie]] and from episode 10, help from [[Tsombat]]. SORP began production in 2001. As of September 2010, there are twenty three episodes and ten holiday specials. SORP also airs on the [[FBC|Furry Broadcasting Corporation]]. As of mid 2018 both the original website and its mirror are gone, however they can still be accessed through the internet archive wayback machine. Some episodes have also been posted to youtube.

==External links==
* [http://www.psychomouse.phoenixcrash.net/sorp/ Sabrina Online Radio Play homepage]
* [http://sabrinaonlinesource.furrynet.com/ Sabrina Online Radio Play official mirror by Jorge the Wolfdog]
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The Walt Disney Company

2022-06-09T22:44:10Z

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[[File:The Walt Disney Company logo.png|right|350px|Walter Elias "Walt" Disney]]
'''The Walt Disney Company''', commonly known as '''Disney''', is an American multinational entertainment and media conglomerate headquartered at the [[W:Walt Disney Studios (Burbank)|Walt Disney Studios complex]] in [[W:Burbank, California|Burbank, California]], USA. The favorite presence original best-selling franchise major characters such as ''Mickey Mouse'', ''Winnie the Pooh'', ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs'', ''Cinderella'', ''The Little Mermaid'', ''Frozen'', ''Aladdin'', ''The Lion King'', ''Mary Poppins'', ''Lilo & Stitch'', ''Toy Story'', ''Cars'', ''Pirates of the Caribbean'', ''Disney'', ''Pixar'', ''The Muppets'', ''Spider-Man'', ''Hulk'', ''X-Men'', ''Fantastic Four'', ''Marvel Comics'' and ''Star Wars''.

The well known tales adventures hero's journey, world's finest and trinity team-up greatest heroes such as Mickey Mouse and Winnie the Pooh, beautiful princesses such as Snow White and Cinderella, best friends such as Ariel, Elsa, Aladdin, Jasmine, Mary Poppins, Woody, Buzz Lightyear, Simba, Timon, Pumbaa and Captain Jack Sparrow, and other Disney and Pixar characters, and from the clutches of the evil Disney villains and the evil Pixar villains.

== History ==
[[File:Walt Disney 1946.JPG|right|thumb||right|Walter Elias "Walt" Disney]]
Founded on October 16, 1923, as the '''Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio''' by brothers [[W:Walt Disney|Walter Elias "Walt" Disney]] and [[W:Roy Oliver Disney|Roy Oliver Disney]], it also operated under the names the '''Walt Disney Studio''' and '''Walt Disney Productions''' before changing its name to the '''Walt Disney Company''' in 1986. The company is known for its film studio division, [[W:Walt Disney Studios (division)|Walt Disney Studios]], which includes [[Walt Disney Pictures]], [[Walt Disney Animation Studios]], [[Pixar]], [[Marvel Studios]], [[W:Lucasfilm|Lucasfilm]], [[20th Century Studios]], [[20th Century Animation]], and [[W:Searchlight Pictures|Searchlight Pictures]].

The company established itself as a leader in the [[animation|American animation]] industry before diversifying into live-action film production, television, broadcasting, streaming media, theme park resorts, penis fondling, consumer products, publishing, and international operations, and since the 1980s, Disney has created and acquired corporate divisions and [[W:Intellectual property|Intellectual properties]] in order to market more mature content than is typically associated with its flagship family-oriented brands.

The well studio operated original characters like ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs'', ''Toy Story'', ''Pirates of the Caribbean'', ''Disney'' and ''Pixar''.

=== Mascot ===
[[File:Mickey Mouse 4.jpg|right|thumb|Mickey Mouse]]
The [[cartoon]] [[character]] [[Mickey Mouse]], created in 1928 by Walt Disney and [[W:Ub Iwerks|Ub Iwerks]], serves as the company's [[mascot]].

=== More characters ===
The animated character Snow White, created in 1937 by Walt Disney.

The animated character Tinker Bell, created in 1953 by Walt Disney.

== Animation ==
[[File:RobinHoodMostWanted.jpg|right|thumb|Robin Hood]]
From the [[W:Alice Comedies|Alice Comedies]], going through the creations of Pete, [[Oswald the Lucky Rabbit]] and Mickey Mouse, the making of the classic ''[[W:Steamboat Willie|Steamboat Willie]]'' (the first post-produced sound cartoon) featuring Mickey Mouse, its ''[[W:Silly Symphony|Silly Symphonies]]'', [[Donald Duck]], Pluto and [[Goofy]], the marriage of advanced technologies of the time and its films like [[W:Technicolor|Technicolor]] (which lead to the first feature-length film in Technicolor, 1937's ''[[W:Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs|Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs]]'') or its own, like the [[W:Multiplane camera|multiplane camera]], its artistic contribution during the [[W:WWII|war]], or the World populace at the time (''[[Saludos Amigos]]'', ''[[The Three Caballeros]]'', ''[[Bambi]]'', ''[[Song of the South]]'' and ''[[Cinderella (1950)|Cinderella]]''), which, with the creation of its own distribution company, [[W:Buena Vista Distribution|Buena Vista Distribution]], let them control the future releases of their almost continuous wins with both animated and live-action feature films (''[[Lady and the Tramp]]'', ''[[W:Sleeping Beauty|Sleeping Beauty]]'', ''[[One Hundred and One Dalmatians]]'', ''[[The Aristocats]]'', ''[[Mary Poppins]]'', ''[[Robin Hood]]'', ''[[The Rescuers]]'', and ''[[The Fox and the Hound]]'', ''[[Who Framed Roger Rabbit]]'', ''[[W:The Little Mermaid (1989)|The Little Mermaid]]'', ''[[Beauty and the Beast (1991)|Beauty and the Beast]]'', ''[[Aladdin (1992)|Aladdin]]'', ''[[The Lion King]]'', ''[[Brother Bear]]'', ''[[Frozen]]'', ''[[Zootopia]]'', etc), and TV animation series (''[[Adventures of the Gummi Bears]]'', ''[[DuckTales]]'', ''[[Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers]]'', ''[[Darkwing Duck]]'', ''[[TaleSpin]]'', ''[[Bonkers and Gargoyles]]'', ''[[Mighty Ducks of Anaheim]]'', et al).

Not even the deaths of both Walt and Roy Disney stopped the Walt Disney Company from spreading out to news/sports media ([[W:NBC|NBC]], [[W:American Broadcasting Company|American Broadcasting Company]], [[W:ESPN|ESPN]]), on to their own theme parks, cruise liners, the search of new technologies (resulting on Disney's first 3D animated feature film, ''[[Chicken Little]]''), and so on, all with the goal of spreading their intellectual properties (including animation), worldwide, resulting in higher earning which made possible for Disney to acquire the third-party, high-profit companies and their own IPs ([[W:The Jim Henson Company|The Jim Henson Company]] and [[Pixar Animation Studios]]), or their now bulging film and animated portfolio.

In August 31, 2009 - Disney buys Marvel for $4 billion - The only buy owns the classic comic book superheroes characters such as Spider-Man, the Incredible Hulk, the X-Men, the Fantastic Four and other various original Marvel characters.

In October 30, 2012 - Disney buys Lucasfilm for $4.06 billion - Lucasfilm the franchises such as ''Star Wars'' (featuring Darth Vader) and ''Indiana Jones''. Then Star Wars trilogy be form closing down at the 20th Century Fox studios for Hollywood in the Los Angeles. William Fox, Joseph M. Schenck and Darryl F. Zanuck's company of 20th Century Fox (the one original female character Marilyn Monroe).

This let Disney establish itself as a major animation presence within the whole world's culture. Disney highest-grossing franchises like ''Mickey Mouse'', ''Winnie the Pooh'', ''Snow White'', ''Cinderella'', ''Mary Poppins'', ''The Little Mermaid'', ''The Lion King'', ''Aladdin'', ''Disney Princess'', ''Frozen'', ''Toy Story'', ''Cars'' and ''Pirates of the Caribbean''.

(*) See [[W:The Black Cauldron (film)|The Black Cauldron]]

== Disney and furry ==

The [[furry fandom]] has had a very long connection with Disney's movies and characters, starting mostly with the pivotal 1973 American animated adventure musical comedy film '''''[[Robin Hood]]''''', based on the English folk tale of the same name with the characters reimagined as [[anthropomorphic]] [[animal]]s, with many [[furries]] noting in [[BBS]]s, [[IRC]], [[forum]]s, social media, and scientific questionnaires over the long years that this Disney classic was the most influential showcase of anthropomorphic animals first presented to the fandom.<ref>[http://twigmans.blogspot.com/2013/01/robin-hood-and-advent-of-furry-fandom.html ''"Robin Hood" and the Advent of Furry Fandom''] article on the [[Blogspot]] ''Twigman's, with Kuurion & Captain Video''. Retrieved May 9, 2022.</ref><ref>[https://isitfurbait.tumblr.com/post/159124112476/robin-hood-the-disney-animated-fox-one ''Our old boy, Robin Hood seems to fall into the role of pivotal furrybait.''] article on the [[Tumblr]] site, ''Is it furbait''. Retrieved May 9, 2022.</ref><ref>[https://www.flayrah.com/4117/retrospective-illustrated-chronology-furry-fandom-1966–1996 ''"Robin Hood" and the Advent of Furry Fandom''] article by [[Fred Patten]] on [[Flayrah]]. Dated 15 July, 2012. Retrieved May 9, 2022.</ref>

Other Disney animated features of interest to the furry fandom include ''Saludos Amigos'', ''The Three Caballeros'', ''Bambi'', ''Song of the South'', ''Lady and the Tramp'', ''One Hundred and One Dalmatians'', ''The Aristocats'', ''The Rescuers'', ''The Fox and the Hound'', ''Who Framed Roger Rabbit'', ''The Lion King'', ''Brother Bear'', and ''Zootopia''.

== References ==
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== See also ==

*[[W:Walt Disney Company|The Walt Disney Company]] on [[Wikipedia]]

== External links ==

* [http://disney.com Disney.com] - Walt Disney's official website
* [https://www.facebook.com/Disney/ Disney] on [[Facebook]]
* [https://twitter.com/WaltDisneyCo The Walt Disney Company] on [[Twitter]]

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Banjo-Kazooie

2021-11-28T08:39:01Z

Dogman15: /* Characters */

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[[File:Banjo Kazooie logo.png|right|325px]]
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The '''Banjo-Kazooie''' games are a series of 3D platform/adventure video games created by [[W:Rare Ltd|Rare Ltd]]. The game stars a honey [[bear (species)|bear]] named Banjo and a [[bird]] named Kazooie as the protagonists, who are controlled by the player, and a witch named Gruntilda as the primary antagonist. There are currently five games in the series.

== Games ==

* '''Banjo Kazooie''' - The first installment of the series for the N64, it introduces many of the reoccurring characters here from Banjo and Kazooie, to Gruntilda, Mumbo and Bottles. Gruntilda (also commonly called "Grunty") had spoken to her animated cauldron Dingpot, whom she asked if she was the prettiest of them all. When she learned that Tooty was, in fact, the prettiest, she seeked out the young cub to absorb her beauty for herself. After she kidnapped Tooty, her older brother Banjo had set out with Kazooie to go to the witch's home at the top paralleling Spiral Mountain. From there, with the help of Bottles, and through several tasks to help others, Banjo and Kazooie navigate throughout Grunty's home filled with unique worlds for every nook and cranny of her keep, each unlocked through a set amount of music notes and golden jigsaw pieces known as jiggies. In the end, after gaining all the jiggies, rescuing all the jinjos, and completing the Furnace Fun challenge Grunty had set out, Banjo rescues Tooty, and then further challenges Grunty whom they defeated with the help of the jinjos and their secret weapon, the Jinjonator.
* '''Banjo Tooie''' - The second game in the series for the N64, but chronologically the third game in the series, two years had passed since the events of the first game where Grunty is trapped in a crater under a large boulder after the events of the final battle in the last game. Her loyal servant Klungo remained with her and all was well in Banjo's life up until Grunty's sisters, Blobella and Mingella, had appeared, driving through Isle o Hags in a large drill-tank known as the HAG1, to use their magic to free Grunty. Grunty, although still alive throughout the entire two years, had her body decayed into nothing but a skeletal shadow of herself, and in quick revenge before setting her plans in motion, she attacked Banjo's house, killing Bottles in the process. She then sets off at her sisters' home in Cauldron Keep to use a machine they designed called B.O.B. that is capable of draining the entire island's worth of life to restore Grunty's body, one early victim of this machine being King Jingaling, the ruler of the jinjos. Once again, after setting off to recover jiggies scattered in the entire area of Isle O Hags and rescue the jinjos whom also fled their homes, Banjo and Kazooie are guided by Bottles's brother Jamjars in learning several new moves as well as defeating Mingella and Blobella in Grunty's second quiz challenge (Tower of Tragedy), as well as restoring Bottles's and Jingaling's lives. In a final showdown with Grunty, they destroyed the HAG1 and, in a spell backfired by Kazooie's egg-shot, destroyed much of Grunty's body as well, leaving her as a skull.
*'''Banjo Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge''' - The third game in the series for the Game Boy Advance, but the second chonologically, the game takes place two months after the events of Kazooie. Grunty is still trapped under the boulder, still alive and aware of her sisters coming to her. Unable to wait much longer, Klungo hatches a plan to create a new robotic body for Grunty to allow her soul to leave her current body and use the robot. It works, and Grunty promptly sets off to kidnap Kazooie and go back in time to prevent Banjo from ever meeting Kazooie and thus make them unable to defeat her in the events of the first game. When she takes Kazooie to the past with her, Mumbo Jumbo helps Banjo by using his magic to also transport him to the past, where Banjo meets with Bottles and Jamjar's great great grandfather, Bozzeye, whom teaches him moves Banjo forgot during his travel in time as well as some new ones. Banjo travels throughout the past version of Isle O Hags while eventually rescuing Kazooie, and later challenges both Grunty and Klungo multiple times before eventually defeating them. After the final battle, Grunty's robotic body is destroyed and Banjo and Kazooie are transported back into the present, thus forcing Grunty to return to her body in the crater under the boulder and wait for her sisters, leading off to the events of Tooie.
*'''Banjo Pilot''' - Originally planned to be a sequel to Diddy Kong Racing, the events of Rare being bought out by Microsoft caused the game to be retooled into Banjo Pilot for the Game Boy Advance. The story isn't heavily involved with the rest of the series, and involves Cheato, Grunty's spellbook, to have lost his pages, requiring everyone else to retrieve them on their various aircraft.
*'''Banjo Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts''' - The latest entry to the series for the X-Box 360, it takes place eight years after the events of Tooie where both Banjo and Kazooie had gotten older, lazier and out of shape over the years due to their lack of adventuring, while Grunty, still reduced to a skull, finally seeks them out to challenge them in spite of her current form. Their latest brawl sparks the appearance of a powerful entity known as the Lord Of Games (nicknamed L.O.G.) to come forward to settle the conflict once and for all. He gives them a challenge in Showdown Town where the prize would be the deed to Spiral Mountain while punishment for the loser would be eternal harship in L.O.G.'s video game factory. To even the odds for both parties, he restored Banjo and Kazooie to their prime shape and fitness (but didn't give them the moves they would have retained from Kazooie, Tooie and Grunty's Revenge), while giving Grunty a new robotic body and, with Klungo abandoning her, a new henchmen in the form of an adorable pink kitty named Piddles. The two would compete where Banjo and Kazooie will use various blueprints, tools and parts at their disposal to create unique and varied vehicles to traverse through levels, while Grunty would not only create her own vehicles, but also Gruntbots as well to challenge them. In the end, Banjo and Kazooie had overpowered Grunty and were about to have a final showdown when L.O.G. intervenes, declaring that the duo had already won, granting Banjo and Kazooie Spiral Mountain's deed while transporting Grunty to his factory where Piddles (in the first and only instance in the game she spoke) would serve as Grunty's supervisor while constantly giving her orders.

==Characters ==
*[[Banjo]] is a brown honey [[bear]], who is one of the two main characters of the series. He is polite and well-mannered, and is always seen wearing yellow shorts with a belt, a shark tooth necklace, and a bright blue backpack. The backpack usually contains his good friend Kazooie.
*[[Kazooie]] is a large, red female [[bird]] (known as a "Red-Crested Breegull") who is Banjo's closest companion and lifelong friend, although their personalities are quite different from each other's. Whereas Banjo is polite and friendly, Kazooie is loud, sarcastic and rude. Kazooie does not hesitate to make crass statements about even the most imposing figures that the duo encounter, much to Banjo's dismay. Although Banjo often finds himself apologizing for Kazooie's remarks, they almost always find themselves embroiled in dangerous situations simply due to Kazooie's inability to keep quiet.
*[[Bottles]] is a shortsighted [[mole]] who assists Banjo and Kazooie. He wears large, thick, cokebottle framed glasses and has a wife, Mrs. Bottles, two children, Speccy and Goggles, and a brother, Jamjars. In the X-Box 360 remake or the N64 (with the help of a gameshark), he was a playable character as Devil Bottles in Bottles Revenge Mode for Tooie, where the players can use him to control most enemies in the game to interfere with the main player's progress in the game.
*''Jamjars'' is the brother of Bottles and a militaristic drill sergeant mole, complete with trooper sunglasses, green fatigues and army boots.
*''Bozzeye'' the ancestor of Bottles and Jamjars, he resembles the two in wearing large, thick glasses and sports long, grey hair and a huge beard. His eyes also move erratically in opposing directions and he is prone to ramble on, causing Banjo (and later Kazooie) to question more on what direction he's looking at rather than pay attention to his speeches.
*''Tooty'' is Banjo's younger sister and Bottles' best friend. Tooty wears purple pants, red top and pigtails. In ''Banjo-Kazooie'', she gets kidnapped by Gruntilda because she is more beautiful than her. She is physically absent from all other games in the series.
*''Gruntilda "Grunty" Winkybunion'' is the main antagonist of the series, who is a large, wide witch with green skin, very thin limbs and a long nose and chin. While alive she had grown jealous of Tooty and kidnapped her in an attempt to steal her beauty. In Kazooie's game over sequence, she succeeds and appears as a beautiful woman with an evil glare in her eyes. After Tooie, she appears as a reanimated skeleton of her former self, who, over the course of the series, loses bits and pieces of her form until she is reduced to being a head.
*''Piddles'' is a small, pink [[cat]] with a very long body and neck and very tiny, stubby legs. She was assigned by L.O.G. to be Grunty's partner in the absence of Grunty's former assistant Klungo, but with her cuteness, Grunty would shoo her away, causing a large rivalry between the two. Eventually, however, the two grudgingly cooperated long enough to team up against Banjo and Kazooie, but still lost to the two. In the end she was assigned to go to L.O.G.'s video game factory with Grunty, but had been shown to give Grunty constant orders rather than actually help her.

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The Wind in the Willows

2021-11-28T08:37:45Z

Dogman15:

'''The Wind in the Willows''' is a [[book]] by [[wikipedia:Kenneth Grahame|Kenneth Grahame]], originally published in 1908. It has been made into multiple film versions, both live-action and animated.

It contains [[anthropomorphic]] animals that can talk, and have clothes, houses, and other human items. The animals include [[mole|Mole]], Ratty (a water vole), [[toad|Mr. Toad]], [[badger|Mr. Badger]] and [[otter|Otter]]. It is considered by some to be the defining example of a "[[Rabbits in Waistcoats]]" story.

==External links==
[[wikipedia:The Wind in the Willows|The Wind in the Willows]] at Wikipedia

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Anthropomorphic Foxes in Space

2020-11-21T06:40:49Z

Dogman15: archived; the main site appears to be down

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'''Anthropomorphic Foxes in Space''' is an approximately 400 page online serial written by [[Otrstf]] over a 3-year period from 1998. When a [[furry]] space exploration party (foxes, referred to in-story as [[D'yimyi]]) attempts to abduct and examine a [[human]] couple, Dave and Marie, an accident takes place, killing Marie. The only way to revive her is to transplant her memories into a clone of one of the explorers, a young [[vixen]] named Chessec. And that's only in chapter one....

'''D'yimyi''' is the name for the fictional species of alien in the story [[Anthropomorphic Foxes in Space]]. Physically, they resemble [[biped]] [[digitigrade]] [[Fox|foxes]]. They live on the planet Diyim'yi.

* '''Address''': http://home.earthlink.net/~otrstf/
** Archived on July 24, 2019: https://web.archive.org/web/20190724133749/http://home.earthlink.net/~otrstf/

'''See Also'''
* [[Wikipedia:Mind uploading|Mind Uploading]]
* [[Wikipedia:Mind transfer in fiction|Mind transfer in fiction]]
* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/IntelligentGerbil "Intelligent Gerbil"] - the biggest trope in this story.
* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/EmergencyTransformation "Emergency Transformation"] - the second biggest trope in the story.

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Zootopia meets

2017-03-03T11:20:14Z

Dogman15: I was present at this meetup and personally got to see the projection areas the theater had allowed use of.

Furry interest in the movie [[Zootopia]] has been high ever since [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzvH6_e2a-U the release of the first trailer], which defined the term [[Anthropomorphic|anthropomorphic]], featured a [[Fox|fox]] (one of the [[List_of_most_popular_species|most popular furry species]]), and ended with a [[Furspeech|furry pun]]. Due to that, many furry groups rented theaters to enjoy its opening weekend together. The number of attendees at each individual event may reach the size of an early con, and the number of attendees at all events combined may reach the [[List_of_conventions_by_attendance|size of current conventions]].

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| Dedicated theater||||||Toronto, ON||Canada||Sat, Mar 5, 2016 AM||43 estimated||Flowkitty||Fursuits OK||[http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/7424341/ ref1]
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| Regular showing||Moscow area furries||Karo Vegas 22||[[wikipedia:Krasnogorsk,_Moscow_Oblast|Krasnogorsk]] (adjacent to Moscow)||Russia||Sat, Feb 27, 2016 @ 11:30 AM||150+||[[Stenveel]] (lead) [https://vk.com/pages?oid=-114714506&p=%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B0 Entire staff] <small>(translates well in Chrome)</small>||Fursuiting after the movie. Changing room provided. Fursuits permitted in the entertainment center (cinema, bowling), but not in the shopping mall.||[https://vk.com/club114714506 Main page], [https://vk.com/page-114714506_52192592 seating chart], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hs_Ql8vnzEE video], [https://vk.com/albums-114714506 photos].
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| Dedicated theater||NordicFuzzCon||||Nynäshamn, (near Stockholm)||Sweden||Thu, Mar 3, 2016 @ 7 PM||Theater can hold 250||NordicFuzzCon||Fursuits permitted during movie, but preferably in back so as not to obstruct the view.||[https://www.nordicfuzzcon.org/Program/Zootopia ref1] [https://twitter.com/Dainty_Dragon/status/705460273616961537 ref2]
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| Dedicated theater||Bay Area Furs||Brenden Theater||Concord, CA||USA||Sat, Mar 5, 2016 @ 7 PM||Final: 225 - Sold out with wait list of 35||Patch O'Furr and Roman Otter||Dedicated changing area in upstairs projector hallway, 5 extra hours of outdoor fursuiting planned but rained out||[https://twitter.com/DogpatchPress/status/691786430767611909 ref1] [https://twitter.com/DogpatchPress/status/690805086356811776 ref2] [https://twitter.com/ZantalScalie/status/706381579484958720 pic1]
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| Dedicated theater||Colorado Furries||||Littleton, CO||USA||||131 signed up||||||[https://www.reddit.com/r/furry/comments/424ryb/furry_meetups_for_zootopia/ ref1] [http://www.meetup.com/Colorado-Furries/ ref2]
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| Dedicated theater||Megaplex||Cineplex theater at Artegon Mall||Orlando, FL||USA||Sat, Mar 5, 2016 @ 3:30 PM||Theater sold out||Megaplex||No fursuiting due to mall. PG rated badges and collars are fine, as are tails/ears.||[https://megaplexcon.org/zootopia ref1] [https://www.facebook.com/MegaplexCon/posts/1038146689575091 ref2] [https://megaplexcon.org/node/601 ref3]
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| Dedicated theater||The Dizzy Chihuahua||NCG Peachtree Corners Cinema||Norcross, GA||USA||Sat, Mar 5, 2016 @ 1 AM (late Friday night showing)||83 signed up||SkippyFox||Kigurumis, fursuits & cosplay at the theater are encouraged||[https://www.fursvp.com/group/TheDizzyChihuahua/760 ref1] [https://twitter.com/WhereIsSkippy/status/706044128480653312 pic1]
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| Dedicated theater||Midwest FurFest and Wolfhusky Events||Carmike Rosemont 18 (formerly the Muvico Rosemont)||Rosemont, IL||USA||Fri, Mar 4, 2016 @ 7 PM||121 seat theater filled||Duncan da Husky||Fursuting prior to movie, changing room provided||[https://www.reddit.com/r/furry/comments/44eq0m/midwest_furfest_is_sponsoring_a_private_screening/ ref1] [http://wolfhusky.net/wp/registration/?action=evregister&event_id=2 ref2] [https://twitter.com/ElliotTheBunny/status/706170772100788224 pic1] [https://twitter.com/DuncanDaHusky/status/705970850219073536 pic2]
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| Dedicated theater||MNFurs, SuitUpSaturday||Marcus Cinema||Shakopee, MN||USA||Sat, Mar 5, 2016 @ 7 PM||||||Suits are welcome in the theater, but no heads or masks are allowed outside the viewing room.||[https://www.mnfurs.org/MNFurs_Talk/mnfurs/suitopia-2016-see-zootopia-with-mnfurs-and-suit-up-saturday/ ref1]
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| Dedicated theater||Central NJ Furs||AMC Theater, Monmouth Mall||Eatontown, NJ||USA||Sat, Mar 5, 2016 @ 11 AM||122 signed up||Doral, King Gourd, Scurrow Squirrel||No fursuits / masks at theater, but lunch afterwards, followed by fursuiting on the Asbury Park boardwalk.||[https://www.fursvp.com/group/centralnjfurs/763 ref1]
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| Regular showing||Central PA Fur Bowl||Regal 14 Cinema||Harrisburg, PA||USA||Fri, Mar 4, 2016 @ 9:20 PM||10 signed up||w0nderdawg||No fursuits||[https://www.fursvp.com/group/centralpafurs/746 ref1]
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| Dedicated theater||Rhode Island Furs||CinemaWorld theater at Lincoln Mall||Lincoln, RI||USA||Sat, Mar 5, 2016 @ 9 PM||||||Fursuits are allowed at this theater. A party room will be provided as changing and storage space. Change up at the movie theater, not by your car or in the mall itself. It is suggested to remove your fursuit head during the movie for your safety and the courtesy of others.||[https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/7319254/ ref1] [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1-Bl6yZv2yzgEVGNUHjetHonkS98Wl8JHC65ceUSoXz8/viewform?c=0&w=1 ref2]
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| Dedicated theater||Central TN Furs||Shady Brook Cinemas||Columbia, TN||USA||Sat, Mar 5, 2016 @ 11:10 PM||39 signed up||Salem Wolf||Fursuiting welcomed||[https://www.facebook.com/events/456532927879247/ ref1]
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| Dedicated theater||Furry Fiesta||Studio Movie Grill||TX||USA||||160? Sold out?||Furry Fiesta||Supersponsor / GOH dinner as part of Furry Fiesta.||[https://twitter.com/FurryFiesta/status/698663519802118144 ref1] [https://twitter.com/MikaseCoyote/status/699273363387076609 ref2]
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| Dedicated theater||Maryland Furs / NoVA Furs||Alamo Drafthouse||Ashburn, VA||USA||Sat, Mar 5, 2016 @ 11 AM||151 registered||Kit Drago?||Fursuiting OK||[https://www.furaffinity.net/view/18736622/ ref1] [https://www.furaffinity.net/view/18728181/ ref2] [http://mdfurs.org/events/zootopia-private-screening/ ref3] [https://twitter.com/Artie_P/status/706202650191261696 pic1] [https://www.flickr.com/photos/121616101@N02/sets/72157665456360886/ pic2] [https://twitter.com/WhereIsSkippy/status/706044128480653312 pic3] [https://twitter.com/kitdrago/status/706245491357429760 pic4] [https://twitter.com/kitdrago/status/706247841136513024 pic5]
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| Dedicated theater||Furrypino Fursuiters Pack/Bronies/Furries||Director's Club Cinema at SM Mall of Asia||Manila, NCR||Philippines||Sat, Feb 20, 2016 @ 2 PM||30|| [[Tooth Less (person) | Tooth Less]] ||Tooth Less' Birthday Celebration: Fursuited in Theater, Fursuited in a cosplay con, Photoshooting, Fireworks Watching, Lunch and Dinner Meet||[https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10207452705089251.1073741878.1036650777&type=1&l=1d6db36608 ref1]
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| || || || || ||Total||1500+|| || ||
|}

Talk:Zootopia

2016-03-05T07:48:50Z

Dogman15: /* Importance in fandom history */ new section

==Interest==
Found an article [http://maxlevelgeek.com/2016/01/05/the-internet-is-arguing-over-whether-disneys-zootopia-is-furry-or-feminist-propaganda/ here] expressing that the film could, somehow, be a big deal for the fandom. My question is: is it that important? Doesn't the film deserve to be recognized as a ''furry genre'' film? For myself, I find it could be a great reference, an approach of the fandom that also draw the distinction between '''furry''' and '''funny animals''' (cf. ''Chicken Little''). Want to know what you think ;-) --Ya0i world
:Well, sure, that's why we have an article on it. If it weren't important to furry we'd just change links to direct readers to [[Wikipedia:Zootopia]]. :-)
:However, because it ''does'' have a Wikipedia article, ''this'' article should focus on matters specific to [[furry fandom]] in relation to the movie. There is no need to repeat content that will be available at Wikipedia, beyond the minimum provided for context. We should cover fan-art and fan projects, fan sites or [[:Category:Multiplayer worlds|multiplayer roleplaying worlds]] which relate to the movie, etc. - especially if those things are "interesting" to furries, but would not meet the conditions to be included in the Wikipedia article. --[[User:GreenReaper|GreenReaper]]<sup>([[User talk:GreenReaper|talk]])</sup> 16:47, 19 February 2016 (EST)
:It's also not ''really'' the place of WikiFur's editors to deliver a direct opinion on whether the movie is "definitive of the furry genre" or something along those lines. That's the job of third-party reviewers like [[Fred Patten]] who give their considered opinions on news and feature sites such as ''[[Flayrah]]'', which we might then quote and reference here. Such recognition can come ''after'' the movie is released. --[[User:GreenReaper|GreenReaper]]<sup>([[User talk:GreenReaper|talk]])</sup> 16:52, 19 February 2016 (EST)
::Oki, I'm just want to play too fast x3 I should think sometimes... So all that's derivated from the movie and belong to the furry genre, but not the film itself for the moment! --Ya0i world
:::That should be our focus, yes. WikiFur's main job is to cover furry fandom. It's better to direct readers (and editors) to Wikipedia to read/write about the information about ''Zootopia'' which Wikipedia ''does'' cover, because the end result will be two better articles that do not contain repeated information. We do not want to waste anyone's time on reading or writing an article about the same thing. (Incidentally, you can sign your name and the date in discussions with: <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki> - there is more at [[Help:Editing]].) --[[User:GreenReaper|GreenReaper]]<sup>([[User talk:GreenReaper|talk]])</sup> 17:35, 19 February 2016 (EST)
::::Agreed, I understand! (knew for the ~sign thing but I didn't have any on my EN account x3) [[User:Ya0i world|Ya0i wolrd]] ([[User talk:Ya0i world|talk]]) 17:44, 19 February 2016 (EST)

== Importance in fandom history ==

Am I alone in thinking that this film may be as important to the furry fandom as ''[[Robin Hood]]'' and ''[[The Lion King]]'' were? So perhaps this article will eventually be as large as those articles. [[User:Dogman15|Dogman15]] ([[User talk:Dogman15|talk]]) 02:48, 5 March 2016 (EST)

Ken Singshow

2015-06-29T06:44:38Z

Dogman15:

[[File:kens.gif|right|thumb|Stinken's fursona.]]
'''Ken Singshow''', also known as '''Stinken''', is a Japanese [[furry artist]] and writer. He created the ''[[Andorozon]]'' characters and comic series.

== Fursona ==
Stinken is an [[anthropomorphic]] Japanese [[Skunk (species)|skunk]] who enjoys collecting [[Wikipedia:Transformers|Transformers]] toys, doodling and drawing, attending comic and [[science fiction]] [[conventions]] and socializing with his friends.

=== Cameos ===
He has appeared in issues 11-13 of ''[[Extinctioners]]'' ([[Shanda Fantasy Arts]] Comics) in a story line called 'Enter the Andorozons' where he plays '''Professor Ken Dannoura'''. The character, a bio-cybernetic researcher, perfected the blending of organic life and cyberbionics, resulting in the Andorozons themselves. This resulted in him being kidnapped and incarcerated by the Evil Cat Sisters Organization, who wished to use the technology for the purpose of improving their own versions of said anthroids (for more details read Extinctioners and Andorozon comics; see below).

He features on pages 56-57 of the online comic ''[[Wild Frontier]]''. The character, a somewhat dopey master technician, attempted to fix a faulty display screen in a space ship. He stank out the entire bridge of the ship when he got electrocuted.

He has also made a guest appearance as himself in [[Eric Schwartz]]'s [[web comic|online comic]] ''[[Sabrina Online]]'' (strip 164, November 2000) where he competed with [[Max Blackrabbit]]'s own fursona (that is to say, Max himself) for the opportunity to meet Sabrina. Neither character was successful.

=== Appearance ===
While bearing the customary white stripes of a skunk, Stinken's fur is a deep purple instead of pure black (much like dark drinking chocolate, it has been observed). His ears and muzzle are slightly more tapered than typical American counterparts. These features are indigenous to the [[Wikipedia:Okinawa|Okinawan]] Highmountain skunks of Japan.

== Comic series ==
The first issue of Ken Singshow's Andorozon comic went on sale in November, 2007, courtesy of [[Angry Viking Press]]. Issue #2 became available during [[Anthrocon 2008]]. He was also working on an "unofficial sequel" of ''[[The Secret of NIMH]]'' in 1997,<ref>[http://robin.thornvalley.com/node/246 "NIMH: The Unauthorized Sequel"] on Robin's NIMH Fanfiction Archive. Dated January 30, 2005. Retrieved December 13, 2013.</ref> while MGM Animation was making ''[[The Secret of NIMH 2: Timmy to the Rescue]]'', but he was barred from finishing it.

==References==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.furaffinity.net/user/kensingshow/ Ken Singshow] on [[Fur Affinity]]
* [http://us.vclart.net/vcl/Artists/Ken-Singshow/ Ken-Singshow] on [[VCL]]
* [http://andorozon.com/ Andorozon.com] Official website, cybersquatted from 2009 July to 2011 October.
* [http://www.angryvikingpress.com Angry Viking Press]
* [http://www.extinctioners.com Extinctioners.com]
* [http://www.youtube.com/user/skunkcool Skunkcool] on YouTube

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Anthropomorphic Foxes in Space

2015-03-06T09:40:38Z

Dogman15:

{{cleanup}}
'''Anthropomorphic Foxes in Space''' is an approximately 400 page online serial written by [[Otrstf]] over a 3-year period from 1998. When a [[furry]] space exploration party (foxes, referred to in-story as [[D'yimyi]]) attempts to abduct and examine a [[human]] couple, Dave and Marie, an accident takes place, killing Marie. The only way to revive her is to transplant her memories into a clone of one of the explorers, a young [[vixen]] named Chessec. And that's only in chapter one....

'''D'yimyi''' is the name for the fictional species of alien in the story [[Anthropomorphic Foxes in Space]]. Physically, they resemble [[biped]] [[digitigrade]] [[Fox|foxes]]. They live on the planet Diyim'yi.

* '''Address''': http://home.earthlink.net/~otrstf/

'''See Also'''
* [[Wikipedia:Mind uploading|Mind Uploading]]
* [[Wikipedia:Mind transfer in fiction|Mind transfer in fiction]]
* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/IntelligentGerbil "Intelligent Gerbil"] - the biggest trope in this story.
* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/EmergencyTransformation "Emergency Transformation"] - the second biggest trope in the story.

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Ken Singshow

2013-04-08T04:34:07Z

Dogman15: /* Cameo Features */

[[Image:kens.gif|right|thumb|Picture of Stinken (fursona)]]
'''Ken Singshow''', also known as '''Stinken''', is a Japanese [[furry artist]] and writer, best known for his creation the [[Andorozon]] characters and comic series.

He appears to be best friends with fellow Japanese furry artist [[Karabiner]] and is also acquainted with the likes of [[Shawntae Howard]], [[Eric Schwartz]] and [[Max Blackrabbit]].

== Fursona ==
Stinken is an [[anthropomorphic]] Japanese [[Skunk (species)|skunk]] who enjoys collecting [[Wikipedia:Transformers|Transformers]] toys, doodling and drawing, attending comic and science fiction conventions and socializing with his friends.

==== Cameo Features ====
He has appeared in issues 11-13 of [[Extinctioners]] ([[Shanda Fantasy Arts]] Comics) in a story line called 'Enter the Andorozons' where he plays Professor Ken Dannoura. The character, a bio-cybernetic researcher, perfected the blending of organic life and cyberbionics, resulting in the Andorozons themselves. This resulted in him being kidnapped and incarcerated by the Evil Cat Sisters Organization, who wished to use the technology for the purpose of improving their own versions of said anthroids (for more details read Extinctioners and Andorozon comics; see below).

He features on pages 56-57 of the online comic [[Wild Frontier]]. The character, a somewhat dopey master technician, attempted to fix a faulty display screen in a space ship. He stank out the entire bridge of the ship when he got electrocuted.

He has also made a guest appearance as himself in [[Eric Schwartz]]'s [[web comic|online comic]] [[Sabrina Online]] (strip 164) where he competed with [[Max Blackrabbit]]'s own fursona (that is to say, Max himself) for the opportunity to meet Sabrina. Neither character was successful.

==== Appearance ====
While bearing the customary white stripes of a skunk, Stinken's fur is a deep purple instead of pure black (much like dark drinking chocolate, it has been observed). His ears and muzzle are slightly more tapered than typical American counterparts. These features are indigenous to the [[Wikipedia:Okinawa|Okinawan]] Highmountain skunks of Japan.

== Interesting Facts ==

Mr. Singshow was the lead architect for the doomed Tannhauser Gate project in which he was quoted as saying, "...I've seen things you people wouldn't believe."

He is a veteran of the war, surviving the great, yet tragic, Parasprite invastion of 1827 and lost the ring finger on his right hand while disarming a rogue harmonica.

In 1997 he was part of the MIT think tank that invented transparent aluminium.

Inventor of the short lived "underwater parachuting" (aka "dive-diving") fad that was popular in the early 1960's.

== Comic series ==
The Andorozon comic by Ken Singshow, which had only been available from conventions until recently, is now in general circulation. Its first issue went on sale November 2007, courtesy of [[Angry Viking Press]]. Issue #2 became available during the weekend of Anthrocon 2008, and both can be ordered from Angry Viking Press and many other well-known online comic stores now.

== External links ==
* [http://www.furaffinity.net/user/kensingshow/ Ken Singshow] on [[Fur Affinity]]
* [http://us.vclart.net/vcl/Artists/Ken-Singshow/ Ken-Singshow] on [[VCL]]
* [http://andorozon.com/ Andorozon.com] Official website, cybersquatted from 2009 July to 2011 October.
* [http://www.angryvikingpress.com Angry Viking Press]
* [http://www.extinctioners.com Extinctioners.com]
* [http://www.youtube.com/user/skunkcool Skunkcool] on YouTube

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