A-Z Of Fictional Animals

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This can be anything from books, film, plays, songs . . . and can be the actual animal or it's given name in fiction

A ARTHUR Read - an AARDVARK in Marc Brown's books and later a TV series

 

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B - Black Beauty. Horse in the 1877 novel of the same name by Anna Sewell. 50 million copies sold and one of the best-selling novels of all time. Several film adaptations.

 

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C - Cheshire Cat - with the mischievous grin characterised in Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland

 

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D - Deputy Dawg, Terrytoons character that appeared in its own weekly show between 1960 and 1964.

 

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E EMILY and EDMOND ELEPHANT - friends of Peppa Pig.

 

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F - Fritz the Cat. 1972 adult animated black comedy based on the comic strip by Robert Crumb.

 

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G GIZMO - one of the Gremlins but a good one if memory serves.

 

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Hello Kitty - 70’s Japanese creation. The amount of merchandise was/is never ending!

 

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I - Iago. Parrot character in Disney's 1992 film, Aladdin.

 

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J JAGULARS - jaguar-like fierce creatures from The House At Pooh Corner book

 

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K. Kermit the frog (from the Muppets)

 

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L - Lenny the Lion

 

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M - Muttley. Cartoon dog sidekick of Dick Dastardly in The Wacky Races

 

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N NUKU-MAI-TORE - a forest dwelling spirit in the Maori mythology

 

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O - Old Yeller. 1957 film about aboy and his dog in Texas in the 1860s. Watched it at the fleapit in Doncaster Gate.

 

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P PINGU and his little sister PINGA - loveable Penguins on TV made in Switzerland (I used to make my Great Nephew watch it!)

 

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Q - QUACKER - duck in Tom and Jerry cartoons

 

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R - Ratty. Character in The Wind in the Willows.

 

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S SAMMY the SEAL - book by Syd Hoff teaching young children how to read

 

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T - Tarka the Otter. 1927 novel by Henry Williamson and a favourite book of mine as a boy.