Talk:The Shell/@comment-24928159-20140522033838/@comment-4060139-20140522210506

Mr. Bocquelet says on twitter that Penny is neither a moose nor a "doenut". Her not being a "doenut" can be interpreted in a few different ways, but I took it to be that she's not a doe under that shell.

With regard to the fact that female deer in real life don't wield antlers...most entertainment media tend to follow such laws in their portrayal of characters. In Animal Crossing, for example, all the male deer villagers have antlers, but none of the females do. The Lion King revolves around the fact that lions are considered by many to be the "king of beasts." There is also the threat of backlash if they do decide to give a female deer antlers - this can be interpreted as transgenderism. Dumb, I know, but people have gotten outraged over sillier things than this. Female reindeer can grow antlers, though.