Shoes and Hooves is set in a world populated by human-animal hybrids. The logic of the film universe is based on the fact that the characters’ traits are dominated by their animal side and their personalities are thus determined on an instinctive level. The plot describes the doomed love of Paula, the centaur girl, and Arnold, the crocodile man. While Paula dreams of having human feet and thus denies her identity as a horse, Arnold tries to suppress his inner predator.