List of fictional marsupials explained

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

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
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
Aussie	Koala	Jungle Jinks	One of the animal friends of the main cast.^[1]
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.^[2]
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.^[3]
Akira Warabi/ Wallaby	Wallaby	Wallaby	Manga comic
Wombat	Wombat	Dragon Ball Z

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		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.^[4]	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
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	^[5]
Skippy	Kangaroo		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		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 is friends burger
Leo Chockers	Wombat	Let%27s_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		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

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	,
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

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

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.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Mabel F. Taylor.
2. Web site: Mort Walker.
3. Web site: Nick Cuti.
4. News: Skippy: Australia's first ambassador . The Independent Weekly. 2009-09-10. '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. . 2010-08-06.
5. News: Jean Prescott . Jean Prescott . Rocko And The Gang Take On Pollution. 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.. The Sun-Herald. April 19, 1996 . 2010-10-09.