Is Your Fav A Reindeer?

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Here at Carib-who we'll be judging whether your favorite characters called "reindeer" truly are of the Rangifer tarandus flavor.

This was inspired by the fact that a lot of pop-culture depictions of reindeer are often not reindeer at all, but other cervids! It's all meant in good fun & to correct misinformation.

Submission Rules

✅- We accept media characters, and may redesign them! ✅- OC's may be submitted by their creator to be Reindeer Rated, but we will not be redesigning them! ❌- Please do not submit offensive characters! ❌- Harassment is not tolerated, do not harass creators for more accurate designs!

Reindeer Rating

Characters will be rated on a 5 ⭐ star level of accuracy to actual caribou, 0 stars being not a caribou at all to 5 stars being as accurate as possible! We do take into account stylistic choices here & give benefit of the doubt. Lower rated reindeer characters have a chance of getting redesigned, if we've got any thoughts in mind for them.

It's all fun & reindeer games here!

Tag Guide

Rudie!

(From the Roblox game, Dandy's World)

Rudie is definitely identifiable as a cervid, but has little to no references as to what type. He's likely to be based off of a whitetail (as are most reindeer in media) being based from Rudolph. But regarding his snout shape, spots (I don't recall any deer with dark spots in particular even as adults), and the vague shape of his antlers alone, these features are not prominent enough to ID him as a whitetail. Rudie is deer shaped, but as to what kind, we can be sure it's not a reindeer.

Cartoon reindeer can be stylized AND accurate too! Here's what we think he'd look like as an actual reindeer -

A lot of hidden hearts can be found in his design.. because he loves Christmas THAT much...

This Kinder Surprise Egg reindeer is definitely recognizable as a deer, but that's about where it ends. It lacks cloven hooves and generally cannot be distinguished as any real species of deer, though the closest would probably be a white tail, as many cervids in media simply use that as a model.

You HAVE to rate Noko Shikanoko

Nokotan is definitely distinctly a deer, but she isn't a reindeer! She seems to be part Sika deer (Cervus nippon), which she's pictured with frequently in the anime.

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer!

(From the classic 1964 Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer TV Special.)

Rudolph, to his credit, is recognizably a cervid, but not a caribou in particular - he lacks cloven hooves, a longer furred snout, and a lower stature, so he gets two stars.

As for what we think Rudolph would look like as an actual caribou, here he is!