List of fictional marsupials
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This list of fictional marsupials is subsidiary to the list of fictional animals and is a collection of various notable marsupial characters that appear in various works of fiction. It is limited to well-referenced examples in literature, film, television, comics, animation, video games and legends. This list covers all marsupials including opossums, marsupial moles, bandicoots, bilbies, wombats, koalas, kangaroos, wallaroos, wallabies and other prehistoric mammals.
Literature
[edit]| Name | Species | Work | Author | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ginger Kangaroo | Kangaroo | Spot the Dog | Eric Hill | |
| Kidding Kangaroo | Kangaroo | Sweet Pickles | Ruth Lerner Perle, Jacquelyn Reinach and Richard Hefter | |
| Old Man Kangaroo | Kangaroo | The Sing-Song of Old Man Kangaroo | Rudyard Kipling | [1] |
| Roo and his mother, Kanga | Kangaroo | Winnie-the-Pooh | A.A. Milne | |
| Red Kangaroo | Kangaroo, Red | Dot and the Kangaroo | Ethel C. Pedley | |
| Sour Kangaroo | Kangaroo | Horton Hears a Who! | Dr. Seuss | A cold-hearted kangaroo who destroys Horton's spirit about people on tiny specks. |
| Blinky Bill | Koala | Blinky Bill stories | Dorothy Wall | |
| The Muddle-Headed Wombat | Wombat | The Muddle-Headed Wombat | Ruth Park | From the radio serial of the same name. |
| Penelope | Koala | Penelope | Anne Gutman |
Comics
[edit]| Name | Species | Work | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aussie | Koala | Jungle Jinks | One of the animal friends of the main cast.[3] |
| Bruce | Koala | Beyond the Stump | |
| Chimera Punch | Kangaroo | Tokyo Mew Mew | |
| Clive | Wombat | Beyond the Black Stump | |
| Cubcake | Koala | Boner's Ark | One of the passengers aboard Boner's ark.[4] |
| Dave | Kangaroo | Beyond the Black Stump | |
| Kangaroo | Pre-Teen Dirty-Gene Kung Fu Kangaroos | ||
| Katy | Koala | Beyond the Stump | |
| Pogo | Opossum | Walt Kelly's comic strip of the same name | |
| Teddy Q. | Koala | E-Man | Pet koala of the crew.[5] |
| Akira Warabi/ Wallaby | Wallaby | Wallaby | Manga comic |
| Wombat | Wombat | Dragon Ball Z |
Film, television and radio
[edit]| Name | Species | Work | Notes | Media |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clive | Kangaroo | Radio Roo | A puppet kangaroo character voiced by Ian Tregonning. | Television |
| Bopp-A-Roo | Kangaroo | Power Rangers: Ninja Storm | A robotic kangaroo monster that liked to box and speak in made up words. | Television |
| Fair Dinknum | Koala | Dumbo's Circus | A circus koala and friends with dumbo | Television |
| Matilda | Kangaroo | Matilda | A boxing kangaroo promoted to perform by a small-time talent agent. | Film |
| Skippy | Kangaroo | Skippy the Bush Kangaroo | Skippy was played by at least nine different kangaroos.[6] | Film |
| The Muddle-Headed Wombat | Wombat | The Muddle-Headed Wombat | Ruth Park's radio serial of the same name. | Radio |
Animation
[edit]| Name | Species | Work | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Austin | Kangaroo | The Backyardigans | A purple kangaroo. |
| Betty | Koala | The Adventures of the Little Koala | Roobear's Girlfriend |
| Bongo | Kangaroo | My Big Big Friend | A green kangaroo who is Matt's Big Big Friend. |
| Colt, Horsey, and Walter | Kangaroo | The Adventures of the Little Koala | The Kangaroo Brothers |
| Gracie | Kangaroo | Pop 'Im Pop! | Hippety Hopper's mother. |
| Hippety Hopper | Kangaroo | Looney Tunes | Introduced in Hop, Look and Listen (1948) and is commonly mistaken by Sylvester for an oversized mouse. |
| Jackie Legs | Kangaroo | Kangaroo Jack | Kangaroo Jack is mostly live-action but the kangaroos are computer animation. |
| Joey | Kangaroo | Walt Disney shorts | A cute baby kangaroo from the Disney short Daddy Duck starring Donald Duck |
| Joey | Kangaroo | The Penguins of Madagascar | An ill-tempered kangaroo with an Australian accent. |
| Laura | Koala | The Adventures of the Little Koala | Roobear's younger sister |
| Rubber-neck Kango | Kangaroo | Gabby | [7] |
| Skippy | Kangaroo | Skippy: Adventures in Bushtown | An anthropomorphic park ranger kangaroo. |
| Hopster | Red kangaroo | Wild Kratts | A red kangaroo joey who first appears in the episode Kickin' It With the Roos, where he steals the Createrra's keys when Martin wants to play with him again. |
| Roo Boss | Red kangaroo | Wild Kratts | An adult male red kangaroo who is tough and he never loses a boxing match. |
| Faloo | Red kangaroo | The Rescuers Down Under | A female red kangaroo who summons Cody to save Marahute. |
| Red | Red kangaroo | The Rescuers Down Under | A male red kangaroo imprisoned by McLeach. |
| Roobear | Koala | Adventures of the Little Koala | The series' central character and protagonist. Smart, adventurous, inquisitive, and athletic, he enjoys surfing, skateboarding, and baseball. |
| Buster Moon | Koala | Sing | |
| Frank and Buster | Koala | The Koala Brothers | The titular siblings who travel by plane to help their neighbors in a sleepy town in the Australian Outback.Frank voiced by Keith Wickham. Buster voiced by Rob Rackstraw. |
| Constance Koala | Koala | Taz-Mania | |
| Kwicky Koala | Koala | Hanna-Barbera's The Kwicky Koala Show | Moves at super-speed, which looks more like vanishing into thin air with an accompanying "beep" sound effect. |
| Kiko | Kangaroo | Terrytoons cartoons | |
| Kip | Kangaroo | Shirt Tales | A kangaroo in a yellow shirt. |
| Koala Balloon | Koala | Wild Kratts | A baby koala that dropped from the sky from Zach's plane to whom he tied to balloons. Then Martin and Chris see him and catch him with a tarp and Martin names him Koala Balloon. They were in the desert and koalas don't live in the desert so they kept him safe and got him home to the eucalyptus forest. |
| Ashley Koala | Koala | Elinor Wonders Why | A koala who is one of Elinor's classmates. Her name is first mentioned in the closed captions for the episode, Bath Time, and so far her only notable line within the show is a short cough as Ari delivers his show and tell in the said episode. |
| Leonard | Koala | The Penguins of Madagascar | |
| Reginald Koala | Koala | American Dad! | |
| Johnny | Koala | The Outback | |
| Josie | Kangaroo | The Koala Brothers | |
| Malik | Wombat | Work It Out Wombats! | Malik is the oldest sibling of the Wombat Trio. |
| Ned | Wombat | The Koala Brothers | |
| Nigel | Koala | The Wild | |
| Pinky and Blinky | Koala | Noozles | Two koalas |
| Tolee | Koala | Ni Hao, Kai-Lan | |
| Krebbs | Koala | The Rescuers Down Under | A sarcastic koala imprisoned by McLeach. |
| Crash and Eddie | Opossum | Ice Age: The Meltdown | Two opossums that adopted Ellie as a young mammoth |
| Jill, Joey, Lil’ Jack, Jojo and Jillybean | Opossum | Wild Kratts | The Virginia opossum family who all appeared in Opossum in My Pocket. |
| Ozzie and Heather | Opossum | Over the Hedge | Two opossums |
| Alejandro Possum | Virginia opossum | Elinor Wonders Why | A young possum who is one of Elinor's classmates. He is introduced in The Town Picnic, where he is very hungry and struggles to get the ketchup out of the bottle. He is also shown to be proficient at skating, as displayed in his minor appearance in Baby Steps. He is also voiced by the Canadian actor, Sergio Di Zio. |
| Ollie | Opossum | T.U.F.F. Puppy | |
| Pith Possum | Opossum | The Shnookums and Meat Funny Cartoon Show. | Originally a laboratory possum, Pith was given "Super Possum"-like abilities from a special formula gone wrong. He defends downtown Possum City |
| Quinn | Bandicoot | Taz: Quest for Burger | Taz is friends burger |
| Leo Chockers | Wombat | Let's_Go_Luna! | Leo is an Australian wombat and is voiced by Shayle Simons. |
| Koa Wombat and Lola Wombat | Wombat | Elinor Wonders Why | The two wombat siblings voice by Ian Ho and Elana Dunkelman. |
| Willy Wombat | Wombat | Taz-Mania | |
| Uonbatto | Wombat | Cute High Earth Defense Club Love! | |
| Raz | Procoptodon | Ice Age: Continental Drift | One of Captain Gutt's pirate crew |
| Rochelle | Koala | Hey Duggee | A koala that is part of the Hummingbirds, whose body is similar to Betty. She is sitting in a blue wheelchair. |
| Rudy | Kangaroo | Horton Hears a Who! (film) | Sour Kangaroo's son who was forced to stay in her pouch |
| Super | Wombat | Work It Out Wombats! | Malik, Zadie, and Zeke's grandmother that is the superintendent of the Treeborhood. |
| Dickie Sugarjumper | Sugar glider | My Gym Partner's a Monkey | |
| Dizzy Devil | Tasmanian devil | Tiny Toon Adventures | A purple Tasmanian devil and a good friend of Buster Bunny. |
| Slam Tasmanian | Tasmanian devil | Loonatics Unleashed | Descendant of Taz. |
| Taz | Tasmanian devil | Taz-Mania and other Warner Bros. cartoons | |
| T-Bone | Tasmanian devil | Wild Kratts | A young Tasmanian devil who appears in Tazzy Chris. He climbs trees to sniff out carcasses like any other young devil. In Creepy Creatures!, he is seen as a fully grown Tasmanian devil. |
| Hamish | Tasmanian devil | The Outback | |
| Tasdad, Tasmom and Little X | Tasmanian tiger | Wild Kratts | The Tasmanian tiger family who all appeared in Back in Creature Time: Tasmanian Tiger. |
| Thickly | Wallaby | Taz-Mania | |
| Thomas | Koala | Cuticle Detective Inaba | |
| Rocko | Wallaby | Rocko's Modern Life | |
| Nom Nom | Koala | We Bare Bears | |
| Lester | Opossum | A Goofy Movie | |
| Kanga | Kangaroo | Winnie the Pooh | Kanga is a female kangaroo and the doting mother of Roo. |
| Roo | Kangaroo | Winnie the Pooh | Roo is Kanga's cheerful, playful and energetic son. |
| Pretty Boy | Koala | Back to the Outback | |
| Zadie | Wombat | Work It Out Wombats! | The middle child of the Wombat Trio |
| Zeke | Wombat | Work It Out Wombats! | Zeke is the youngest of the Wombat Trio, who has a stuffed animal named Snout |
Video games
[edit]| Name | Species | Work | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Awesome Possum | Possum | Awesome Possum... Kicks Dr. Machino's Butt | An eco-friendly Possum |
| Bungalow | Kangaroo | Fur Fighters | |
| Crash, Coco, Crunch, Tawna | Bandicoot | Crash Bandicoot | Genetically enhanced bandicoots created by Doctor Neo Cortex. |
| Guru of the Stone | Koala | Sly Cooper series | An Aboriginal guru that is a spiritual master and the primary teacher of the arts of the Australian Dreamtime. He joins Sly and his gang on their heist on the Cooper Vault. |
| Julius | Koala | Ty the Tasmanian Tiger | A scientist who helps Ty find the talismans. |
| Kangaroo | Kangaroo | Kangaroo | |
| Kao | Kangaroo | Kao the Kangaroo | A boxing kangaroo who defends his home and family from hunters. |
| Ken Ranger | Tasmanian devil | Ty the Tasmanian Tiger | A park ranger interested in nature |
| Koala Kong | Koala | Crash Bandicoot | A villainous koala. |
| Matilda | Kangaroo | Sierra Championship Boxing | |
| Pasadena O'Possum | Opossum | Crash Tag Team Racing | |
| Pinstripe Potoroo | Potoroo | Crash Bandicoot | |
| Ricky | Kangaroo | The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons, The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages | |
| Ripper Roo | Kangaroo | Crash Bandicoot | A crazed and villainous kangaroo. |
| Roger | Kangaroo | Tekken | |
| Rooey | Kangaroo | Bomberman | |
| Roo | Kangaroo | Streets of Rage 3 | Called Victy in the Japanese version. Serves as mid-boss but is an unlockable character. |
| Sheila the Kangaroo | Kangaroo | Spyro the Dragon | A kangaroo trapped by the Sorceress. She can double jump, kick her opponents, and stomp them easily. Sheila also speaks with an Australian accent. Voiced by Edita Brychta. |
| Sparkster and others | Opossum | Rocket Knight series | |
| Tiny Tiger | Tasmanian Tiger | Crash Bandicoot | |
| Ty, Sly | Tasmanian Tiger | Ty the Tasmanian Tiger | The titular protagonist and his blood brother respectively. |
| Viscount | Tasmanian devil | Crash Boom Bang! | An extremely wealthy guy, who tricks Crash and his friends into searching for the Super Big Power Crystal for him. |
Folklore and legends
[edit]| Name | Species | Folklore of | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bunyip | Cryptid | Australia | |
| Drop bear | Koala | Australia | |
| Phantom kangaroo | Kangaroo | Germany, United Kingdom, United States, France, and Australia |
Advertising mascots
[edit]| Name | Species | Work | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Possum | Opossum | A toy produced by the Georgia Billy Possum Company in 1909 | |
| Duncan | Kangaroo | Dunk-a-roos mascot. | |
| Fatso the Fat-Arsed Wombat | Wombat | Humorous unofficial Olympic mascot of the 2000 Summer Olympics created by The Dream with Roy and HG. | |
| Hopper | Kangaroo | Dish Network mascot. | |
| KoKo | Koala | KoKo Krunch mascot Asia. |
References
[edit]- ^ Tim Fridtjof Flannery (January 2005), Country: a continent, a scientist & a kangaroo, ISBN 9781920885762
- ^ Dieter Petzold (Spring 1987), "Fantasy out of Myth and Fable", Children's Literature Association Quarterly, 12 (1): 15–19, doi:10.1353/chq.0.0596, S2CID 144665761
- ^ "Mabel F. Taylor".
- ^ "Mort Walker".
- ^ "Nick Cuti".
- ^ "Skippy: Australia's first ambassador". The Independent Weekly. 2009-09-10. Retrieved 2010-08-06.
'Skippy was the first series, internationally, to put Australian characters and settings on screen with confidence in a way that rang bells with people around the world,' says National Film and Sound Archive historian Graham Shirley in the new documentary, Skippy: Australia's First Superstar, from Electric Pictures.
- ^ Jean Prescott (April 19, 1996). "Rocko And The Gang Take On Pollution". The Sun-Herald. Retrieved 2010-10-09.
The pudgy little wallaby star of Joe Murray's squash-and-stretch cartoon series, Rocko's Modern Life, always tries to do what's right. Sometimes he fails. Sometimes temptation turns him from the righteous path, but he tries. It's what makes him lovable, that and his wardrobe of Hawaiian shirts and his devotion to Spunky and Heffer, his dog and best friend respectively.