A Talking Animal (or at least someone who looks like one) is constantly mistaken for another species as a Running Gag. Often, it can be their Berserk Button, particularly if they consider it a Fantastic Slur. This trope often leads to Insistent Terminology or Have I Mentioned I Am a Dwarf Today?. The Trope Namer is Cow and Chicken spinoff I Am Weasel. Not to be confused with I Am Not Shazam. Compare with Son of an Ape, a variant by which comparing humans to other primates is considered insulting. Contrast with the inversion, Ass in a Lion Skin, for when an animal wants to be taken for another species.
Fan Casting
Ratigan
Mushu
Rocket (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
Wakko Warner
Pumbaa
Spike
Verne (Over the Hedge)
Cornelius (Planet of the Apes)
Zira (Planet of the Apes)
Jiminy Cricket
Bunnymund
Tarzan
Pascal
Mei Lee
Mr. Pricklepants
Trixie
Elsa (We're Back)
Jeremy the Crow
Treebeard
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