Inkblots

An Inkblot is a cartoon animal species that has been existent since Great Depression-era cartoons, where everything was monochrome and simply drawn so as to cheapen production costs. While these characters (Piggy, Felix, Mickey Mouse as examples) were actually meant to be a common species, Steve Spielberg later drew some lookalikes of those (Yakko, Wakko, and Dot) and claimed them as his own species in Animaniacs. Ash Eskeldson later took the inkblot ante up so that ALL Inkblots were ONE species that manifested itself in many forms.

Characteristics

Inkblots are cunning, witty, and natural wiseacres. If raised in a home with Biblical values, respect comes naturally to them (as opposed to Yakko's behavior on his home series). Since Inkblots are simply drawn creatures, they are able to redraw their features into various disguises (for example, Winkie here could redraw his ear into a cat ear and pretend to be Felix).