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Is that a hot babe walking down the street? Damn, is she fine! That sexy lipstick, those voluptuous curves, that tail over her smokin' — wait a minute... Sometimes the mere reveal of the tail exposes an animal/monster/alien in a human disguise or draws attention to a change the owner was blissfully unaware of. While this may not necessarily be a major inconvenience, especially if it's a setting where tails are the norm, it may still be problematic if they need to hide their animal identity from the animal police. A common form of Glamour Failure and Morphic Resonance. Compare with Tattle Tail, where someone's tail reveals emotions that they would prefer to keep concealed. Not to be confused with Incredibly Obvious Tail. |
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Redwall: Inverted in Mossflower. Mask, an otter who is a Master of Disguise, is caught when it turns out he doesn't have a tail. The jealous weasel captain Cludd stomps on the tail of Mask's fox disguise, but it comes off, revealing he isn't a fox. | |
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Looney Tunes: Bugs Bunny's disguises are often compromised by his fluffy tail poking out. | |
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In Small Saga, as they're approaching the Ash Tower, Anton tells Bruce to "tuck" and hide his tail. His paws, nose, and ears still show red under his costume but apparently it's the tail that will give him away as a red squirrel in gray squirrel territory. Indeed when Duke Josh become suspicious of him, he demands to see Bruce's tail. | |
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Inuyasha: When Kagome and Shippo are captured by Koga and his wolf clan, Shippo disguises himself as Koga, and attempts to escape while telling them he'll escort their prisoner. As they walk towards the cave's exit, a wolf notices that "Koga's" tail looks different and bites it, causing Shippo to yell out in pain and change back. | |
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The Wind in the Willows (1996): Mr Toad’s friends Badger and Rat try to sneak into his mansion (which had been taken over by the weasels) to help him by disguising themselves as weasel guards. Although one weasel is initially fooled, Mr Rat’s very non-weasel-like tail gives them away. | |
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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim: While in the Thalmor embassy, you have the chance to sneak around and disguise yourself as a Thalmor agent, with different levels of possible success depending on your player character's race, with High Elves having the most freedom, and other elves or humans just having to be careful. However, a Khajiit or Argonian will have no chance of success; any Thalmor agent who sees one of them trying to disguise themselves will say "Is that a tail?!" and attack. | |
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Seton Academy: Join the Pack!: In the zebra-girl Chroe Mashima's debut, she parades herself around as the head of the horse herd claiming zebras are rare, striped horses. When Jin exposes that zebras are actually more closely related to donkeys, Chroe panics and accuses him of lying. When asked to provide proof, Jin indifferently lifts up Chroe's skirt and pulls out her tail, showing that it is only fluffy at the tip, just like a donkey. Chroe flees in embarrassment, ironically more upset over people seeing her tail rather than her underwear. | |
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Pokémon: Zoroark: Master of Illusions: Zorua has the power to disguise himself using illusions, but it's not perfect since he's only a baby. When he is talking to Ash and his friends while turned into a copy of Brock, a reporter named Karl overhears their conversation. To keep Zorua hidden, Brock tries to pretend that Zorua is his twin brother, but Karl notices Zorua's tail. | |
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Fraggle Rock: In one episode, Boober scares Wembley to test his baloobius (the fluffy end of a Fraggle's tail, which flares when a Fraggle is scared). Trying to get back at him, Wembley hides under a pile of laundry, planning to jump out of it to scare Boober—who isn't fooled, as he sees Wembley's tail sticking out. Boober hides, waits for Wembley to jump out of the laundry, then scares him again. | |
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Happens on a regular basis to Scooby-Doo, when he and Shaggy dress up in costumes or pose as statues/mannequins to fool the latest creep-in-a-suit. | |
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Scooby-Doo! and the Reluctant Werewolf: After Shaggy transforms into a werewolf, he and Scooby Doo try to sneak away from a monster-hunting mob by hiding Shaggy's face with a popcorn box. Unfortunately, Shaggy's tail blows his cover. | |
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What If Krillin Became a Saiyan?: In this particular "What If" series by MasakoX, Krillin, wanting to get stronger, uses the Dragonballs to make the careless wish to "Be like Son Goku". Shenron interprets this to mean "Be a saiyan like Son Goku" which, fortunately for Krillin, lets him keep Goku's good-nature instead of the violent nature of other saiyans. As per all saiyans, Krillin's black hair grows back and he sprouts a tail, much to his dismay. Krillin initially hides his newly acquired tail, worried how his friends might react if they knew about his wish. However, during a sparring match with Goku, his tail slips out, exposing the change to Goku. This happens again later during Raditz's arrival at Kame House. | |
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Tiny Toon Adventures: In "The Looney Beginning", Buster and Babs try to get the stolen scripts back from Montana Max by disguising themselves as Elmer Fudd and Yosemite Sam. Of course, in the spirit of Bugs Bunny, their tails give them away. | |
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My Life as a Teenage Robot: In "Daydream Believer", Jenny's new dream chip malfunctions and starts seeing everyone as monsters, with Tuck appearing to her as "Goatboy Junior". In one scene, Tuck "disguises" himself by wearing a costume of junk, which Jenny sees as the normal Tuck, but when a lid covering his rear falls off, she sees a little goat tail and gets wise to the ruse. | |
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Neeko, the Curious Chameleon of League of Legends is able to shapeshift to mimic people around her, an ability that Depending on the Writer waffles between "flawless" and "almost flawless", usually based on the Rule of Funny. In the latter cases, she still retains her giant lizard tail and floral hair decorations. | |
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The Shaggy Dog (2006): Near the end of the film, Dave accuses Kozak of illegal animal experimentation in court; both being victims of the shaggy dog curse although Kozak is unaware. The court is initially dismissive of Dave despite Kozak's dog-like behavior. But Dave tricks Kozak into triggering a partial transformation which causes him to sprout a tail, incriminating him on the spot. | |
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Spaceballs: Subverted. When Barf (a half-man, half-dog alien) and Lone Starr are disguised as prison guards, Barf's huge tail sticks out of the back of his uniform. Another guard catches sight of Barf's tail as he disappears round a corner, but in a comedic twist just shrugs it off muttering "Nah". | |
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Family Guy: In "The Blind Side", Brian dates a blind woman who doesn't like dogs, and when he's invited to have dinner with her parents (who can see), he disguises himself by wrapping himself in bandages and claiming he was in an accident. When Brian's tail starts wagging through the disguise, Stewie (whom he brought along as his "nurse") tries to hide it by chopping it off and cauterizing the stump with a candle. | |
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The Smurfs: Inverted example. Hogatha disguises herself as a Smurf in "The Fake Smurf" but lacks their distinct little tail, so she has to use a fake one. It eventually falls off while she's in the Smurfs' village, which exposes the fact that one Smurf is an imposter once the fake tail is discovered. Immediately afterward, when the Smurfs are checking each other's tails, Hefty demands to see Hogatha's. She flees, trying to hide among other Smurfs, but Hefty immediately notices the lack of a tail. | |
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Ghostwire: Tokyo: A pack of Tanuki were visiting the city just before all the madness started and got scattered in the chaos. You get a side mission to find all of the lost Tanuki hiding int the city, which involves looking for regular inanimate objects with fluffy racoon tails, as that's the only part they can't disguise. | |
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