Various notable marsupial characters appear in various works of fiction such as literature, film, television, comics, animation, and video games.
Name | Type | Work | Author | Notes | Refs. |
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Blinky Bill | Koala | Blinky Bill | Dorothy Wall | A mischievous young koala from short stories in the 1930s. | [1] |
Digger | Koala | Digger | Ursula Vernon | A koala from a webcomic that won a Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story and a Mythopoeic Award, and was nominated for an Eisner Award. | [2] [3] [4] |
Kanga and Roo | Kangaroo | Winnie-the-Pooh | A.A. Milne | A mother kangaroo and her joey. | [5] |
Kangaroo | Kangaroo | Dot and the Kangaroo | Ethel Pedley | A kangaroo who befriends a girl named Dot. | [6] |
Old Man Kangaroo | Kangaroo | The Sing-Song of Old Man Kangaroo | Rudyard Kipling | The short story concerns a vain kangaroo who asks the gods to make him unique. | [7] [8] |
Wombat | Wombat | The Muddle-Headed Wombat | Ruth Park | A wombat known for speaking with malapropisms and spoonerisms. | [9] |
Name | Type | Work | Notes | Refs. |
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Blinky and Pinky | Koala | Noozles | A pair of koalas who befriend a 12-year-old girl named Sandy. | [10] |
Crash and Eddie | Opossum | Ice Age: The Meltdown | Two twin opossums who adopted Ellie when she was young. | [11] |
Hippety Hopper | Kangaroo | Looney Tunes | A young kangaroo who appeared in 14 theatrical cartoons between 1948 and 1964. | [12] |
Kiko the Kangaroo | Kangaroo | Terrytoons | A boxing kangaroo who appeared in ten cartoons made between 1936 and 1937. | [13] |
Kwicky Koala | Koala | The Kwicky Koala Show | A koala who stars in various animated shorts from Hanna-Barbera. | [14] [15] |
Maggie Diggins | Wombat | Combat Wombat | A wombat superhero. | [16] [17] |
Rocko | Wallaby | Rocko's Modern Life | A young anthropomorphic wallaby in a series that follows his surreal life. | [18] |
Taz | Tasmanian devil | Looney Tunes | A ferocious, albeit dim-witted, Tasmanian devil with a notoriously short temper and little patience. | [19] |
Name | Type | Work | Notes | Refs. |
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Awesome Possum | Possum | Awesome Possum... Kicks Dr. Machino's Butt | A possum on a mission to save the world from the mad scientist Dr. Machino. | [20] |
Crash Bandicoot | Bandicoot | Crash Bandicoot | A mutant bandicoot and the enemy of Doctor Neo Cortex. | [21] |
Kao | Kangaroo | Kao the Kangaroo | A kangaroo with boxing gloves from a Polish series of platforming games. | [22] [23] |
Ty | Thylacine | Ty the Tasmanian Tiger | A boomerang-wielding thylacine in search of mystical "Thunder Eggs". | [24] |
Name | Type | Origin | Notes | Refs. |
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Billy Possum | Opossum | Lewis C. Gregg | A toy opossum made in 1909 with the aim of replacing the teddy bear. | [25] [26] |
Borobi | Koala | 2018 Commonwealth Games | A blue koala whose name is derived from the Yugambeh language. | [27] |
Boxing kangaroo | Kangaroo | Australia at the Olympics | A popular symbol of sport in Australia. | [28] [29] |
Easter Bilby | Bilby | Billy the Aussie Easter Bilby | An Australian alternative to the Easter Bunny and chocolate bunnies. | [30] [31] |
Fatso the Fat-Arsed Wombat | Wombat | The Dream with Roy and HG | A humorous unofficial mascot of the 2000 Summer Olympics created by Roy and HG. | [32] [33] |
George | Koala | Caramello Koala | A koala mascot who takes the form of chocolate candies. | [34] |
Matilda | Kangaroo | 1982 Commonwealth Games | A 13-meter-tall kangaroo sculpture that held children dressed as joeys inside. | [35] |
Wally | Wallaby | Australia national rugby union team | The mascot of the Australia national rugby union team. | [36] |
Zippy | Kangaroo | University of Akron | The mascot of University of Akron athletics. | [37] [38] |