Felidae and Watership down (the old version). Let me explain:
TV shows like rescue rangers, gummy bears and similar definitely played a big role, but the two above mentioned movies played a huge role in how I first thought about the furry fandom.
Felidae and the old version of Watership down, for those who are not familiar with it, are not for kids. However, I ended up watching them as a kid on TV, staying up late. I don’t remember in which order I watched them, but I did so years apart and both haunted me in some horrifying but fascinating way.
Anyways, many years later when I stumbled upon my first ever adult furry content site I could not understand who would watch this. I liked it, but I thought I was odd and that there would be no way other people would like such a thing as well. And so I ended up convincing myself that the site only existed to give animators of adult animated movies like Felidae and Watership down some drawing practice, but that it was strictly a professional matter xD
I have yet to see either of these two you mention, although I know they exist.
Watership down is great!! I read the og book though the movie was hecking weird
Hard to say, but I think a big influence was “The Rescuers” movie that came out in 1977, I was pretty into it as a kid. Essentially I’ve been a furry for as long as I’ve been alive, I just didn’t have a word for it until I found the fandom.
Shit, like yeah, Robin Hood, Warner Bros. Cartoons, a little-known Canadian animated movie called Rock & Rule, and Fritz the Cat.
Oh! Secret of NIMH.
For me, primarily a combination of Beauty and the Beast, Star Fox, and TLK, with the latter’s sequel pushing me over the edge (thanks to Kovu also awakening my queerness…)
I had to think about it, but I think it was finding Brian Reynolds’ work online back in 1996.
Sally Acorn was the start back when I was 9 and read the sonic comics. It all went downhill from there.
For me, it was the Disney Afternoon, hahaha. Maybe He-man with Cringer… I wanted to be He-man and Cringer.
Gadget was it for me, but she also made me want to be an engineer as well. So double plus
This was it for me, too. Gadget, and to a lesser extent, Sally Acorn. Maybe also Mrs. Brisby. Late 80s / early 90s cartoons were something else.
They definitely were. Was thinking on this topic more and this one came to mind. Now I was a huge fan of Batman the Animated Series, and this one episode when it would come on as a kid I was fascinated by it.
The short of this episode is a scientist discovers a way to genetically change people into part animal. He gets CatWoman and makes her a cat woman.
Every once in a while I remember this episode and get confused on if it actually happened. This one Did Things for sure
It was definitely Redwall for me, with a sprinkling of Animorphs a bit later for extra TF flavor!
I read up to Salamandastron
Secret of NIMH easily did the most for making me ready to fall right into the furry fandom when I found it years later. TLK didn’t hurt, either, hehe, but yeah. Definitely NIMH.
Justin the rat gave me funny feelings as a kid.
Very much same; I count him as my first gay crush, haha, long before I was even really old enough to think in terms of sexuality or anything.
