Various notablemarsupial characters appear in various works offiction such asliterature,film,television,comics,animation, andvideo games.
| Name | Type | Work | Author | Notes | Refs. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 awebcomic that won aHugo Award for Best Graphic Story and aMythopoeic Award, and was nominated for anEisner Award. | [2][3][4] |
| Kanga andRoo | 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 withmalapropisms andspoonerisms. | [9] |
| Name | Type | Work | Notes | Refs. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 fromHanna-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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 ofDoctor 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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Possum | Opossum | Lewis C. Gregg | A toy opossum made in 1909 with the aim of replacing theteddy bear. | [25][26] |
| Borobi | Koala | 2018 Commonwealth Games | A blue koala whose name is derived from theYugambeh language. | [27] |
| Boxing kangaroo | Kangaroo | Australia at the Olympics | A popular symbol ofsport in Australia. | [28][29] |
| Easter Bilby | Bilby | Billy the Aussie Easter Bilby | An Australian alternative to theEaster Bunny andchocolate bunnies. | [30][31] |
| Fatso the Fat-Arsed Wombat | Wombat | The Dream with Roy and HG | A humorous unofficial mascot of the2000 Summer Olympics created byRoy 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] |