Talk:Catfish

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Although it is not that important, I think it is better to use the animal template here, because fish is an animal species and not a race. It's not an animal in the sense of an "inferior creature", but because of the physical appearance. The distinction with animals like Epona is that they are only under "Animals" (or an animals category), whereas talking animals like Catfish can be put under "People" too. Zeldafan1982 (talk) 03:55, 28 October 2013 (UTC)
 * My actual main issue with this is that the Catfish is listed under the "Characters" section in the official Japanese guide, along with Kiki the monkey. There are also characters like Christine from Link's Awakening, who is a goat. These are characters, not wild animals, and there should be a distinction. King Zora is listed as a character, despite being a fish creature, so what makes these creatures any different? Christine is not an actual goat, she is a goat person. There is a difference. The question is how do we define that difference? I mean, I see your point, a lot of animals do talk even if they're regular animals, such as the fish in ALttP, but I think if an animal has a name and a personality and spoken dialogue, it becomes a character that happens to be an animal, rather than the other way around. For example, is the Deku Tree a character or a tree? Clearly he's a character first, tree second. 16:28, 28 October 2013 (UTC)