Who is your oldest "hear me out" that you can remember from childhood?
I'm talking like Ursula or the French spider from from James and the giant peach. Don't give me some conventionally attractive humans (though humans are totally allowed) please.
Personally mine was Goldie from Rock-a-doodle. I probably watched that movie 100 times on VHS as a kid.
Okay hear me out...
I hear you. Gadget Hackwrench is the one. I'm actually a little afraid to watch the 2022 movie in case something bad happens to her.
You know how when you hear Steve Blum's voice in a show, you can't unhear Spike Spiegel? Well, when I hear Tress MacNeille, I can't unhear Gadget.
“Why I love her? It’s stupid question, how I can’t love the Godess?”
“She is strict, cute, optimistic and her level of technical knowledge is unachievable for a mortal being.”
Alright. Where do I sign up?
I’m actually a little afraid to watch the 2022 movie in case something bad happens to her.
No, unless you consider her having 42 mutant kids with Zipper to be bad...which I would understand if you did!
I hear you. Gadget Hackwrench is the one. I'm actually a little afraid to watch the 2022 movie in case something bad happens to her.
It was fun, and Tress delivered another delightful performance. Her total screen time was less than I expected, but I guess the movie was trying to fit a lot in.
Not only am I hearing you. I understand you.
She has her own religion
Yep :)
Loud and clear!
Okay, hear me out, it's not what you think! More power to those who have, but I swear I've never even dressed like a cat.
But I mean goddamn gurl...right? Guys?
I think Maid Marion from Disney’s Robin Hood basically invented furries.
Maid Marion from Disney’s Robin Hood
sigh feminine, adventurous, brave, funny, clever, good with children, gentle, moral and those eyes man, those eyes did things to child-me that still make adult-me smile.
Robin Hood himself too!<3
I'm not a furry but do they claim that was the first one? Surely there must have been something before that ...
Still a good pick.
I've generally heard the origin explained as coming from an offshoot of the general scifi community in the late 70s to early 80. There are a lot of animal people in sci fi (things like aliens designed after animal people, or stories about animals given human traits and characteristics, or people being spliced with animal dna), and fantasy stuff which has a related audience, and some people particularly liked that trope.
Is that you, Garth?
Her me oot
That was my first throught, followed very closely by "WHY was that even in that movie?"
Because it was actually really fun to make for everyone involved. The voice actress who sang even thought it was really funny and cool to be a mouse dancer.
EVERY REPRESENTATION IN THIS GOD DAMN THREAD IS CONVENTIONALLY ATTRACTIVE, NONE OF YOU UNDERSTAND HOW THIS GAME WORMS.
I'm sorry, this is literally how the game works.
HOW THIS GAME
WORMS.
worms
Instead of yelling at all of us why don't you give a "real" example then?
Alright then, hear me out.
Okay, but hear me out.
There have been a few in here, but the real “hear me out”s are Few and far between.
Someone mentioned Hexxus from Fern Gully (a tar monster voiced by Tim Curry), or the Hydra from Hercules.
I still think it holds true that men’s HMOs are conventionally attractive women (Jessica Rabbit, Tinkerbell, Gadget). Women’s HMOs are things like The Brave Little Toaster; the dog monster from The Thing; and the abstract concept of ennui.
Really? Even this one?
humina humina aWOOOOGA huhuhuhuhuh WawawawaWAAAAA brrrpppprrrppp EEYORE EEYORE vroomvrOoom
Just spill it, you kinky freak, what is it? Fat cartoon animals? Differently-abled Schoolhouse Rock puppets? This is a no-judgment zone (speaking only for myself, mind you).
honestly, it's probably just everything.
I mean, it depends on what convention you're attending.
Like... Are we at the furry convention? In which case, yeah I agree.
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Some of these are pretty weak, but still valid imo because it's specifically asking for ones from your youth; the start of your freak journey
Ok, hear me out...:
(Yes, I know that's substantially newer, but the only alternative I could think of from my actual childhood is Jessica Rabbit or the original Ariel)
I get it.
Great choice!
There was something wrong here, but the... right kind of wrong.
Looking back, those times were an incredible desert of of titillation compared to the desserts of today.
The Mrrshan were cool, but my pick is the Elerians.
Before my time but I can respect it.
Main girl fairy from Fern Gully. There's a ton of others but can't be bothered to look them up, really REALLY tired.
Main girl fairy from Fern Gully
Fern Gully fairy is very valid. Big agree.
Ooh, I'm gonna go one more for Ferngully: Hexxus, the smog monster voiced by Tim Curry. His song made me feel things.
the smog monster voiced by Tim Curry. His song made me feel things.
You're in for a real treat if you haven't seen "The Rocky Horror Motion Picture Show" yet.
If you like Tim there, may I suggest him in Legend (1985)?
Alphanumeric!
the best depiction of autism in any media
Ah, I see you're a Canadian of culture, too
Came here looking for this one, glad to not be disappointed.
Did we ever get to see her real face?
Where is this from?
She's a character named Hexadecimal, from the 90s show ReBoot.
I mean, look at this cutie:
Look back in my memories and it's no surprise I am a furry. TMNT, Teddy Ruxpin, Care Bears, MLP (the OG from the 80's), Animalympics, Looney Tunes, at least a third of all Nicktoons, pretty much every Disney cartoon ever...
Though personality also goes a long way, and I have more respect for these characters for their personality and actions than any real human being alive today.
I’m so with you. For me it started with Tails when I was like 7-8… I didn’t know what sex stuff was, I just wanted to like… be his friend. Maybe hold his hand. Touch his tails. Nothing weird, just budz.
Then both Robin Hood and Maid Marian… strange feeling.
Then Animaniacs. Mostly their personalities. Not so much Dot.
Then Renamon.
Then Krystal.
Then Kyubi (we’re gonna pretend there is no human form).
It was all over once I found The Furry Thread on DDRFreaks forums in the early 00s.
Does Game Over Gruntilda count?
If not, then maybe Orangutan Daisy Duke Candy Kong?
Game over Gruntilda is FINE. Hell yeah brother.
Hot Gruntie could get it 💯
Which Candy Kong though? The one from DKC, the one from DK64, or the one from the animated series above?
I like the TV one. The hair, earrings and headband give off such a "mom's hot friend in the 90's" vibe.
I made my friend lose at bank kazooie repeatedly just to rewatch the end
Listen. If it's just a hot woman (or man!) that's not a hear me out. If no one will call you a "sick fuck" for being into it, it's not a hear me out.
With that in mind.
No joke, this stag made me gay. They just had to give him Sir Patrick Stewart's voice too.
Idk how by they made that buck look feminine, but they sorta did. Animators were out to make you gay it seems.
JK.
Definitely a hear me out.
I mean, I get it.
Totally
Roo's mom comes to mind, as well as a number of pokemon, mostly conventional ones, possibly a few lesser known/thought of ones too.
Roo's mom
Her name is Kanga.
No no I agree. Roo's mom is probably a freak.
Cheetara from Thundercats.
Valid
Original only, please.
She's a surfer girl in blue, and she's got some nice big curves to her front
now this is a hearmeout
You know what. I get it.
Charlie B. Barkin. They knew what they were doing when they cast Burt Reynolds to voice Charlie.
Deputy Mayor Callie Briggs
Not the best picture, but it's good enough.
Missing a finger but I see how you got there.
Rebecca Cunningham from Tailspin.
Rebecca Cunningham from Tailspin.
Never seen Tailspin, but I googled a pic and I can absolutely see how you got there.
Hate to be boring because he's a human haha, but Luigi! He was my first ever fictional crush and my crushes on fictional men only proceeded to get more and more questionable from there 😂
Forgot to post an image oops
Full circle to today, where Luigi is an attractive and respected icon.
And damn foine
You are now banned from reddit lol
Imma be honest - I can see why
So this is how furries happened isn't it?
nah, furries have existed since ancient history, we just like anthropomorphizing.
It probably didn't help but someone else was saying that generally people attribute the first ones to being fans of the animated robin hood movie with the foxy lady who's name is escaping my brain.
... Maid Marion?
Foxy lady? https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=fNADqSlUZZw
Melissa Raccoon
The frumpy mom vibes here are hilarious for a kid crush
Where from? Asking for a friend..
Canadian programming easily on par with all the other cartoons of the era.
Having the voice of Jeremy Irons is cheating though
Can’t leave out Keira from Jak and Daxter
Holy fuck childhood memory unlocked. Hell yeah. This most certainly played a part in my love of brightly colored hair on women ...
to my memory I never was attracted to non humans
this was my first non-real person crush though
then
yeah I'm a basic bitch I know. My friend made me take the BDSM test and I literally got 97% vanilla
Not having a crush on Ms.Frizzle is criminal. Though if you were a kid I guess I can let it slide.
You had a thing for that green gorilla fish thing and still got 97% vanilla????
The 3% was because your friend made you take a test you didn’t want to. Your vanilla power is nearly overwhelming the testing capacities of current technology.
None. I think that's Why I find furries so baffling; it's, like, bestiality.
Although, and a full grown man, I crushed hard on both Chel from EL Dorado and Ramirez from Atlantis. But those were both humans, and very conventionally attractive.
Oh! Wait! I do have a childhood, non-human example, although she's hyper-conventionally attractive:
El Dorado was going to be porn before they pivoted to a family movie…
It’s not bestiality if they’re anthro humans!
If feral, I see where you’re coming from.
LOL
Toa Nokama
A Bionicle.... That's a hear me out for sure. I can remember my skin being pinched by the joints while playing with them from time to time. I can't imagine wanting to fuck the Bionicle after that, but you do you.
I don't think this counts as a hear me out lmao. These are supposed to be beautiful human women in the context of the movie.
Dude, the amount of times I freeze framed the one where she bends forward to kiss Aladdin (it was the genie) it wasn't funny. Oh and the tape I used was a pirated one with shit quality, too...
Edit. What I am saying is that while this is not 100%, it was something. It also made wonder why Aladdin wanted Jasmine after that, when he can have a whole harem of these gals!
Crysta from Fern Gully
Or Gadget from Chip 'N Dale.
Everyone in this thread is a coward wearing the facade of a revolutionary
Max from the goofy movie. Started a life long love of stoner burnouts that has continued to hurt me to this day
Oh man, this whole sexy she-animal thing wasn’t really a thing when I was a kid. Yeah, they had anthropomorphized animals, like “Miss Bunny” from Bambi or even Guinevere as a literal fox on Disney’s Robin Hood , but nothing really designed to be attractive as some kind of crossover. Even in the ‘80s if they wanted someone sexy they made it a human, like Jem or something. Wasn’t until the later ‘80s and ‘90s that I think that changed to getting more “furry” like.
Dude, Cheetara from ThunderCats had it going on!
Colleen from Road Rovers. British accent, looked pretty, was also confident, so as a kid had a small crush on her. In retrospect she's canonically a literal dog so that's a bit weird, probably why the show didn't last long.
As a 5 year old I was the target public. I seem to still be at 50. Some kids show stay with you all your life.
I don't know if this counts as a hear me out. She's just a conventionally attractive woman doing something a bit odd....
Chanticleer, you gotta crow!
I had honestly forgotten about the movie entirely and then sun do shine randomly popped up on my playlist and I was hit with a major wave of nostalgia as I effortlessly sang along like it was 1998 again.
I really should watch the movie again... It's been too long.
Thanks for reminding me of Miss Spider 🥵🕷️
Yeah you get it. She wasn't scary. She could get it. Haha
My crush from that game was Momo.
But Peco would be the true hear me out.
Peco is a hard hearmeout but I am sure there's someone
Moominmamma
When I was 6 I really liked Astro Boy's sister.
Goldie knew she had that work
The evil dominatrix demon from the God Hand in Berserk. I believe she's called Slan.
Rachel Weisz in the mummy returns. I was a wee lad
I mean I agree but that does not fit the bill of a hear me out lol. That's just a conventionally attractive human woman. Generally speaking a "hear me out" is someone that most people wouldn't find attractive or something. Like the spider from james and the giant peach.
Just leaving this here...
https://youtu.be/pVzYS3Ga_j8
Cleo from the Cadillac Cats
Kinda sad there wasn't more love for this answer. Cleo's legwarmers and her big 80's hair spoke to me.