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 and wallabies.
Contents
Literature
| 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
| Name | Species | Work | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dave | Kangaroo | Beyond the Black Stump | |
| Chimera Punch | Kangaroo | Tokyo Mew Mew | |
| Kangaroo | Pre-Teen Dirty-Gene Kung Fu Kangaroos | ||
| Bruce | Koala | Beyond the Stump | |
| Katy | Koala | Beyond the Stump | |
| Wombat | Wombat | Dragon Ball Z | |
| Pogo | Opossum | Walt Kelly's comic strip of the same name | |
| Akira Warabi/ Wallaby | Wallaby | Wallaby | Manga comic |
| Clive | Wombat | Beyond the Black Stump |
Film, Television, and Radio
| 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 koala circus friends either usually 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. [3] | Film |
| The Muddle-Headed Wombat | Wombat | The Muddle-Headed Wombat | Ruth Park's radio serial of the same name. | Radio |
Animation
| Name | Species | Work | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jackie Legs | Kangaroo | Kangaroo Jack | Kangaroo Jack is mostly live-action but the kangaroos are computer-animated. |
| Austin | Kangaroo | The Backyardigans | A purple kangaroo. |
| Kip | Kangaroo | Shirt Tales | A kangaroo in a yellow shirt. |
| Hippety Hopper | Kangaroo | Looney Tunes | Introduced in Hop, Look and Listen (1948) and is commonly mistaken by Sylvester for an over-sized mouse. |
| Gracie | Kangaroo | Pop 'Im Pop! | Hippety Hopper's mother |
| 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. |
| Rubber-neck Kango | Kangaroo | Gabby | [4] |
| Skippy | Kangaroo | Skippy: Adventures in Bushtown | An anthropomorphic park ranger kangaroo. |
| Roobear | Koala | Adventures of the Little Koala | The series' central character and protagonist. Smart, adventurous, inquisitive, and athletic, he enjoys surfing, skateboarding, and baseball. |
| 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. |
| 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 | |
| Leonard | Koala | The Penguins of Madagascar | |
| Reginald Koala | Koala | American Dad! | |
| Johnny | Koala | The Outback | |
| Nigel | Koala | The Wild | |
| Pinky and Blinky | Koala | Noozles | Two koalas |
| Tolee | Koala | Ni Hao, Kai-Lan | |
| Crash and Eddie | Opossum | Ice Age: The Meltdown | Two opossums that adopted Ellie as a young mammoth |
| Ozzie and Heather | Opossum | Over the Hedge | Two opossums |
| Ollie | Opossum | T.U.F.F. Puppy | |
| Willy Wombat | Wombat | Taz-Mania | |
| Raz | Procoptodon | Ice Age: Continental Drift | One of Captain Gutt's pirate crew |
| Rudy | Kangaroo | Horton Hears A Who! (film) | Sour Kangaroo's son who was forced to stay in her pouch |
| 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 | |
| Hamish | Tasmanian devil | The Outback | |
| Thickly | Wallaby | Taz-Mania | |
| Thomas | Koala | Cuticle Detective Inaba | |
| Rocko | Wallaby | Rocko's Modern Life | |
| Nom Nom | Koala | We Bare Bears |
Video games
| Name | Species | Work | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crash, Coco, Crunch and others | Bandicoot | Crash Bandicoot series | |
| Ripper Roo | Kangaroo | Crash Bandicoot | A crazy Blue Kangaroo villain. |
| Bungalow | Kangaroo | Fur Fighters | |
| Matilda | Kangaroo | Sierra Championship Boxing | |
| Pinstripe Potoroo | Potoroo | Crash Bandicoot | |
| Ricky | Kangaroo | The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons, The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages | |
| 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. |
| Kangaroo | Kangaroo | Kangaroo | |
| Julius | Koala | Ty the Tasmanian Tiger | |
| Karlos | Koala | Ty the Tasmanian Tiger | |
| Koala Kong | Koala | Crash Bandicoot | A villainous koala. |
| Awesome Possum | Possum | Awesome Possum... Kicks Dr. Machino's Butt | An eco-friendly Possum |
| Pasadena O'Possum | Opossum | Crash Tag Team Racing | |
| Ken Ranger | Tasmanian devil | Ty the Tasmanian Tiger | |
| 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. |
| Ty, Sly | Tasmanian Tiger | Ty the Tasmanian Tiger | |
| Sparkster and others | Opossum | Rocket Knight series |
Folklore and legends
| Name | Species | Folklore of | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Phantom kangaroo | Kangaroo | Germany, United Kingdom, United States, France, and Australia |
Advertising mascots
| Name | Species | Work | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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. |
