List of fictional raccoons
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[edit] Raccoons in mythology
- Tanuki in Japanese Mythology. "Tanuki" is often mistranslated "raccoon". They are really raccoon dogs (genus Nyctereutes procyonoides in family Canidae). The physical resemblance which lends them their English name is superficial.
- Pine-Light from the Folklore of the United States
- The Abenaki tribe of eastern North America also consider the raccoon a trickster figure in their mythology, known as Azeban.[1] They also feature in Choctaw tales.
[edit] Raccoons in literature
- The Architect of Sleep by Steve Boyett
- Pepper by Barbara Leonard Reynolds
- Rascal by Sterling North (also came in a shorter version for young readers known as Little Rascal)
- Walt Disney's Weecha the Raccoon by Rutherford Montgomery
- Frosty: A Raccoon To Remember by Harriett E. Weaver
- Tripod, the three-legged raccoon, in the Dave Robicheaux series by James Lee Burke
- Doc Raccoon, in the Catfish Bend series by Ben Lucien Burman
[edit] Raccoons in film
According to Robin Allan, scenes in Disney films of raccoons mingling "comfortably with creatures of the older world" "are both European and North American."[2] Some notable appearances of raccoons in film include:
- Joey the Raccoon from Dr. Dolittle 2
- Meeko from Pocahontas
- Rascal from the 1969 Disney movie Rascal, adapted from the book by Sterling North.
- RJ the Raccoon from Over the Hedge (See also the Over the Hedge comic)
- Unnamed (?) raccoon from Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls
- The raccoon from Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle.
- The pet raccoon in Robert Flaherty's 1948 "Louisiana Story"
- The trash-raiding and smart-talking (in subtitles) raccoons in the film The Great Outdoors.
[edit] Raccoons on television
- Boris from Hana no Ko Lunlun (arguably a tanooki).
- Bert Raccoon, Melissa Raccoon, Ralph Raccoon, et al. from The Raccoons
- Bright Heart Raccoon, a Care Bear Cousin
- Roscoe the Raccoon from "The Roscoe and Ranger Charlie Show," a Seattle-based kids program
- Lifty and Shifty from Happy Tree Friends
- Rick Raccoon from Shirt Tales
- Tycoon from The Wuzzles
- Clin from Candy Candy
- Rita Raccoon from a 1978 Smokey the Bear PSA
- Raccoons in Franklin
- Ty Coon from "Deputy Dawg"
- Larry Raccoon from My Gym Partner's a Monkey
- Wince, from Will and DeWitt
- Military dictator Ken, and his slightly older Gurrella leader brother Abe in Urban Vermin
- An unnamed raccon who drowns hunting dog Rip and his master, Hyder Simpson in The Twilight Zone episode The Hunt.
- Raccoon Face, from 'the San Diego Story', played by Peter the Raccoon.
[edit] Raccoons in comic books and comic strips
- Rocket Raccoon
- Janet from The Adventures of Captain Jack
- Ranger Rick
- Richard Conrad (R.C.) from Sabrina Online, Sabrina's boyfriend.
- Richard (Double R) from Shanda the Panda
- Richard "Vinci" Nicolaides in Vinci & Arty
- RJ the Raccoon from Over the Hedge
- Quentyn, and almost the entire cast of Tales of the Questor
- Avery and Timulty from Ozy and Millie
- The sinister raccoons from Dinosaur Comics
- Rackety Coon Child (and family) from Pogo
- Azraelle Wormser from Bristled
- Roger from The Whiteboard
[edit] Raccoons in video and computer games
- Sly Cooper
- Marine the Raccoon from Sonic Rush Adventure
- RJ the Raccoon from Over the Hedge (See also the Over the Hedge comic)
- Chota from Inherit the Earth: Quest for the Orb
- The raccoon clan from Puggsy
- Red Panda in Zoo Tycoon 2
- Racoons in Wildlife Park 2
- Zigzagoon from Pokémon
- Tom Nook from Animal Crossing (While referred to as a raccoon in the U.S. version, he is actually a tanuki.)
- A form of Mario in Super Mario Bros. 3 when raccoon leaf is obtained. (There were both a raccoon and a tanuki form.)
- Macaraccoon from Viva Piñata
- Rocky from Pocky & Rocky
[edit] Other fictional raccoons
- Rocky Raccoon, not exactly a raccoon, per se, but a titular cowboy character in a Beatles song by Paul McCartney, with "Raccoon" as his surname.
- Roni Raccoon, mascot of the 1980 Winter Olympic Games in Lake Placid, New York
- Omer, mascot of the Odyssey of the Mind organization.
[edit] References
- ^ Cooper, JC (1992). Symbolic and Mythological Animals. London: Aquarian Press, p. 188. ISBN 1-85538-118-4.
- ^ Robin Allan, Walt Disney and Europe: European Influences on the Animated Feature Films of Walt Disney (Indiana University Press, 1999), 46.
