Blackberry (Watership Down)
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Blackberry is a fictional character: a buck rabbit in Richard Adams' novel, Watership Down.
[edit] In the novel
Blackberry, who is identified by his black-tipped ears (a feature more commonly associated with hares) is the "thinker" of the band who escape from the Sandleford warren, and is capable of understanding concepts that the other rabbits, even Hazel, find incomprehensible. For example, it is Blackberry who realises that they can escape from the dog by floating on a piece of wood across the River Enborne. He is also charged by Hazel with thinking up the plan by which Bigwig brings the does (and, as it turns out, Blackavar) out of Efrafa.
[edit] In the film
Blackberry's character in the film is similar to that in the book, although the "piece of wood" sequence is largely reduced to his saying to Hazel, "It... floats!" In the film, Blackberry's dark marking is more prominent, extending all over the backs of his ears and to a dark strip down the front of his muzzle.
[edit] In the TV series
In a somewhat controversial change, Blackberry became a doe in the TV series; she falls in love with Campion.
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| Richard Adams' Watership DownEdit |
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| Novels: Watership Down - Tales from Watership Down |
| Adaptations: Feature film - TV series |
| Characters: Bigwig - Blackavar - Blackberry - Campion - Cowslip - Dandelion - Fiver - General Woundwort - Hazel - Hyzenthlay - Kehaar - Vervain - Minor characters |
| Mythical/story creatures: El-ahrairah |
| Locations: Efrafa - River Enborne - Railway line - Redstone - River Test - Watership Down |
| Other: Chief Rabbit - Concepts in Watership Down - Lapine - Owsla |
