And nearly 10 percent of all tweets and replies to DreamWorks’ Bad Guys trailer included the word “furry,” according to TrendsMap data. Furries on message boards like Fur Affinity also started drawing comparisons between Wolf and Nick Wilde, the wily fox protagonist of Zootopia voiced by Jason Bateman, who is prevalent in furry fan art and at cons. One tweet with more than 6,000 likes features an anthropomorphized wolf lustily sniffing Mr. Wolf in various states of concupiscence or in compromising positions with Diane Foxington, a sultry, powersuit-wearing fox played by Zazie Beetz or Shark, played by Craig Robinson. There are more than 1,000 pieces of Bad Guys-themed fan art on the NSFW furry art site e621, most of which feature a muscle-bound Mr.
On TikTok, the #TheBadGuys hashtag has nearly 100 million views, with the top videos largely being thirsty fan edits of Rockwell’s character. He’s a suave guy with a fun art style that really appealed to the artists in the fandom.”Īlmost immediately after the trailer dropped late last year, furries gravitated to The Bad Guys, and to Rockwell’s character in particular. “I think what resonated in the fandom is the main character of Mr. “The fandom is going wild for it right now,” one digital artist and fursuit maker says of The Bad Guys. Meet the Beatle: A Guide to Ringo Starr's Solo Career in 20 Songs Despite most popular conceptions about furries, not all people in the fandom harbor sexual attractions to anthropomorphized creatures - but many of those currently thirsting after Mr. Wolf are furries, a term used to describe those who enjoy dressing up as or drawing anthropomorphized animals. Wolf is an actual wolf (albeit one voiced by reportedly human actor Sam Rockwell), most of the people posting about Mr. Another is more to the point: “When do I get to see Mr wolf from bad guys cock in the movie.” (For those interested, there’s plenty on fan art on Twitter where you can see just that.)īecause Mr. He’s in love with ME,” reads one representative tweet.
Wolf isn’t attracted to u OR anyone else. To that end, the character is prompting hordes of thirsty comments on the internet: “Mr. Wolf, the slick protagonist of the upcoming DreamWorks release The Bad Guys, looks like a classic American male sex symbol, in the grand tradition of Cary Grant, Harrison Ford, and Brad Pitt. Some furries gave up tweeting at Tony and found a new hero.With his broad shoulders, revolving wardrobe of crisp, well-fitted suits, and rakish, come-hither expressions, Mr. Even, it seems, ones who hadn’t even said anything to Tony on Twitter. So three days ago Kellogg’s started blocking the furries en masse. It also seems fair to assume that Kellogg’s does not want its brand to be associated with – say – a picture of an extremely muscly Tony, naked save for his neckerchief, masturbating on an exercise bench. This artwork is not always safe for work. Of course, as an anthropomorphised cartoon animal, Tony the Tiger is the daddy of all furries, and so there’s a fair amount of artwork featuring him. Basically, if the suave Disney version of Robin Hood – who is a literal fox – spoke to you on a romantic level, you may appreciate where they’re coming from. The definition of the term “furry” is contested, even among furries themselves, but it usually refers to the fandom of people who identify with, roleplay as, and usually wear fursuits to mimic, anthropomorphised cartoon animals. The clearly heartfelt plea to “keep things gr-r-reat” came about after an emotional few days for the “furry” community on Twitter.