List of fictional rabbits and hares
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This is a list of fictional rabbits.
[edit] Rabbits in literature
- Bionic Bunny, protagonist of the Marc Brown children's book The Bionic Bunny Show, also appears in various Arthur series books
- Br'er Rabbit in the Uncle Remus stories by Joel Chandler Harris
- Bunnicula in the book of the same name by Deborah and James Howe
- Buster Baxter, his family, and assorted background characters in the Arthur series of children's books by Marc Brown
- Lille Skutt (given the name "Little Frisky" in English), from the Swedish children comic book Bamse by Rune Andréasson, also appeared in a few television short films
- Miffy, in children's storybooks created by Dick Bruna
- Mr. Bunnsy, in the book-within-a-book in Terry Pratchett's The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents
- Peter Cottontail, in the stories of Thornton Burgess
- Peter Rabbit, Benjamin Bunny, the Flopsy Bunnies, the Fierce Bad Rabbit, Cecily Parsley, etc. in the stories of Beatrix Potter
- Rabbit, in A. A. Milne's Winnie the Pooh stories
- Responsible Rabbit in the Sweet Pickles book series by Ruth Lerner Perle, Jacquelyn Reinach, and Richard Hefter
- Runny Babbit, title character of the book of the same name, by Shel Silverstein
- Uncle Wiggily, in the stories of Howard R. Garis
- The Velveteen Rabbit
- Hazel, eventually Hazel-rah (-rah is an honorific suffix), Fiver (also known as Hrair-roo), Bigwig (aka Thlayli), Blackberry, Dandelion, Pipkin (aka Hlao-roo), Silver, Holly, Bluebell, Speedwell, Hawkbit, Buckthorn, Acorn and many others from Richard Adams' Watership Down and sequel. El-Ahrairah and the Black Rabbit of Inlé are mentioned as mythical rabbits or rabbit like entities. Frith the sun deity may or may not take the form of a rabbit.
- The White Rabbit and the March Hare in Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
- Willy Bunny, Sally Bunny, Daddy Bunny, etc. in Richard Scarry's Little Counting Book
- unnamed rabbit in Of Mice and Men
- Little Georgie the Rabbit, from Rabbit Hill by Robert Lawson.
- Steel-Bunz, a rabbit secret agent in Samit Basu's The Simoqin Prophecies
- Several rabbits appear in Brian Jacques' Redwall series, including the Mirdop family, who appear in Martin the Warrior, and the muddled Old Rabbit, who appears in Mattimeo. Basil Stag-Hare appears in Redwall.
- Bunny Blue is the main character in the book entitled Bunny Blue by Catherine Stahlmann, published by Rand McNally in the late 1950s.
- In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Ron Weasley mentions a wizarding children's tale called "Babbitty Rabbitty and Her Cackling Stump."
- Bunny Queen Janet in Voyage to the Bunny Planet by Rosemary Wells
[edit] Rabbits in film
- American Rabbit from the 1986 cartoon movie The Adventures of the American Rabbit
- Boingo in Hoodwinked
- Br'er Rabbit, in Disney's Song of the South.
- Brother Rabbit, in Ralph Bakshi's Coonskin.
- Dr. Rabbit, a dentist character created by Colgate
- Frank, the 7-foot tall apocalyptic rabbit in Donnie Darko
- Giant Rabbits from Night of the Lepus (1972 film)
- Harvey (actually a pooka) in Harvey
- Kockásfülű nyúl, the hero of the Hungarian animation series
- Oswald the Lucky Rabbit
- Rabbit, in the Disney animated version of A. A. Milne's Winnie the Pooh stories
- The Rabbit of Caerbannog from Monty Python and the Holy Grail - a killer rabbit (instantly adopted as the Vorpal Bunny into many Dungeons & Dragons scenarios)
- Roger Rabbit from Who Framed Roger Rabbit (originally in the novel Who Censored Roger Rabbit by Gary K. Wolf)
- Skippy, a child-rabbit character in the Disney animated film Robin Hood.
- The unnamed rabbit (or hare) in Russian animation series Nu, pogodi!
- Thumper, in Disney's Bambi
- Trudy, a rabbit that the main characters of Local Hero find on the side of the road.
- Characters from Watership Down film version of the novel
- Unnamed pet rabbit in a famous scene from Fatal Attraction
- The Were-Rabbit, and many others, in Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
- Sundry bunnies in Jean de Florette - central to the plot
- Rabbit carcass in Roman Polanki's Repulsion
- Trapped rabbit in the opening moments of Robert Bresson's Mouchette
- "Follow the white rabbit" from the Matrix trilogy
- Bob Marley, a rabbit reggae singer in 'SHOOT THE MOOSE'
[edit] Rabbits on television
- Amber the Rabbit from Camp Lazlo
- Antylamon, a Rabbit-like Digimon and the Rabbit Digimon Deva in Digimon Tamers
- Babs Bunny from Tiny Toon Adventures
- Bean Bunny, in various Muppet series and specials
- Benny Rabbit from Sesame Street
- Blind Jackrabbit in from My Gym Partner's a Monkey
- Big Bunny from the TV series The Goodies
- Bionic Bunny from the animated series Arthur
- Bucky O'Hare in the TV series of the same name, based on the graphic novel of the same name
- Bunnie Rabbot from Sonic the Hedgehog (SatAM)
- Bunny Rabbit, Mister Moose's pal, from Captain Kangaroo
- Buster Baxter from the animated series Arthur
- Buster Bunny from Tiny Toon Adventures
- The Cadbury bunny
- Cream the Rabbit as seen in Sonic X (based on the same character from the games)
- Crusader Rabbit
- Cuddles from the internet series Happy Tree Friends
- Duracell Bunny
- Energizer Bunny
- Gilbert, rescued rabbit on Full House
- Greg the Bunny
- Hoppy, mentioned in an episode of Everybody Loves Raymond, was a pet rabbit that Robert and Raymond Barone owned when they were children
- Ickis, a rabbit-like monster from the Nickelodeon cartoon AAAAH! Real Monsters.
- Kanoko from Sweet Valerian
- Kate from Sweet Valerian
- Kiko from Winx Club
- Kill Bunny from Robot Chicken
- Kurosuke from Kodomo no Omocha
- Max from Max and Ruby on Viacom's Nickelodeon Nick JR channel. TV series based on the children's books by Rosemary Wells
- Mr. Floppy from Unhappily Ever After
- Mr. Herriman from Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends
- Mr. Whiskers from Brandy and Mr. Whiskers
- My Melody and Kuromi, Sanrio's bunny mascots from Onegai My Melody (おねがいマイメロディ?)
- Nesquik bunny
- Pop from Sweet Valerian
- Princess Vi and her mother from Samurai Pizza Cats (Kyatto Ninden Teyandee)
- Rabbit from Franklin
- Rabbit, tough character from Skunk Fu
- Rancid Rabbit from CatDog
- Ricochet Rabbit the Cartoon Cowboy Gunslinging rabbit.
- Snickers, the pet of Katie Peretti on the soap opera As the World Turns
- Swift Heart Rabbit, a Care Bears cousin.
- The Trix rabbit
- The Fluffy Bunnies in The Secret Show
- Untalkative Bunny
- Usajii, an elderly rabbit who appears in the Domo sketches
- Vanilla the Rabbit, Cream's mother in Sonic X and various Sonic the Hedgehog games
- Yin and Yang from Yin Yang Yo, crimefighting rabbits trained by a panda named Master Yo
- Zayats from the Russian cartoon Nu, pogodi! ("Just you wait!")
- Zombunny; a dumb, motionless rabbit featured in the English 1990s TV show Transylvannia Pet Shop
[edit] Rabbits in mythology and folklore
- The Easter Bunny
- Jackalopes
- Wolpertingers
- Nanabhozo or Mahnabohzo, rabbit god of many Amerindian tribes
- The rabbit taken to the moon by Quetzalcoatl, Aztec deity
- The Rabbit in the Moonzh:月兔, India, China, Japan. (see Man in the Moon)
[edit] Rabbits in comic books and comic strips
- Anne Bunny in The Legend of Anne Bunny, a lapine adventuress loosely based on Anne Bonny
- Angelique from Kevin and Kell (who looks like a rat due to cosmetic surgery and is classified as one after losing her rabbit license)
- AntiBunny is a webcomic featuring an a cast of talking rabbits.
- Beth Morrison from Bristled
- Billy Bunny Sr. from Over the Hedge, an associate of Hammy Sammy Squirrel whose interests are Catholicism and extreme sports.
- Billy Bunny Jr. from Over the Hedge, his namesake son, a "mall-rabbit".
- Binky Binkenstein from Life in Hell, a chronically embittered rabbit employed as an author.
- Bongo Binkenstein from Life in Hell, a one-eared rabbit teenager who is Binky's son.
- Boss Rabbit from Dragon Ball, a mafia boss who has the ability to turn people into carrots.
- Bun-Bun of Sluggy Freelance, a psychotic rabbit with a switchblade.
- The Easter Bunny, later The Mecha Easter Bunny from said Sluggy Freelance. Also his host of Easter Rabbits.
- Bunnista, the one-eyed cosmetic-testing victim from Minimum Security
- Bunnie Rabbot from Sonic the Hedgehog (Archie Comics) based on the same character from the Sonic the Hedgehog (SatAM) cartoon series.
- Bun Rab in Pogo
- Butterscotch and Mr. B, pet rabbits of April Patterson from For Better or For Worse.
- Captain Carrot, leader of the "funny-animal" superhero group the Zoo Crew
- Coney Dewclaw from Kevin and Kell, a baby rabbit who is a predator.
- Cutey Bunny from Army Surplus Komikz
- Danielle Kindle from Kevin and Kell
- Hodge-Podge, from Bloom County
- Hoppy the Marvel Bunny, a member of the Marvel Family
- Jack and Jill from Funny Bunnies
- Jack and various other characters in the same comic.
- Jimmy the talking rabbit from the miniseries Chronicles of Wormwood. Under the username watership666 he terrorises geeks online by convincing them to commit suicide or through spreading rumors of Star Wars episode 3.5.
- Kevin Dewclaw (ne Kindle) from Kevin and Kell
- Kimberly Taylor from Unlike Minerva and You Say It First
- Kim Greenwald from The Class Menagerie
- Ivory Monroe from By The Tail
- Leah Eunomia from Lang Lang
- Matt Groening, the author of Life in Hell. Sometimes portrays himself and his two sons, Will and Abe, as rabbits.
- Max from Sam & Max
- Miyamoto Usagi from Usagi Yojimbo
- Mr. Bun, Susie's stuffed rabbit from Calvin & Hobbes
- The Nine Types of Bosses, a strip of Life in Hell which portrays all types of bosses as rabbits, save for "The Great Unknown," which is pictured as a door with a sign.
- Nailbunny from Johnny the Homicidal Maniac by Jhonen Vasquez
- The Pink, Blue, Orange, Ninja and Pirate-Ninja bunnies in Bunny
- 'Pop' Kindle from Kevin and Kell
- Sam in Zebra Girl, both a cartoon character and a real person in the comic.
- Samson in Monica's Gang
- Sheba Jones from Life in Hell, an easily-irked yuppie executive rabbit and Binky Binkenstein's girlfriend.
- Skippy from Mynarski Forest
- Stu and Ed from Faux Pas
- Warren Strong, the funny animal version of Tom Strong, and his wife Patience and daughters Topsy, Turvy and Fluffytail
- Wonder Wabbit, the Justa Lotta Animals version of Wonder Woman
- In the Erma Felna: EDF feature in the comic book Albedo Anthropomorphics, the Independent Lepanian Republic is a political entity of rabbits which is a ruthless enemy motivated by a brutal sense of species supremacy.
- The Bunny from Bunny
- Rabbits are occasionally seen in Ziggy, most commonly invading Ziggy's vegetable garden.
[edit] Rabbits in Warner Bros
- Ace Bunny from Loonatics Unleashed
- Andy and Sandy
- Babs Bunny from Tiny Toon Adventures
- Bunny and Claude is bonnie and clydelike in
- Buster Bunny from Tiny Toon Adventures
- Bugs Bunny
- Daisy Lou and Casbah
- Green Fedora
- Happy Easter Rabbit in Easter Yegg
- Honey Bunny
- Lexi Bunny from Loonatics Unleashed
- Lola Bunny, from Space Jam
- Millicent Bunny rabbit female in Rabbit Romeo
- Rapid Rabbit catch on Coyote horn-honking in Rabbit Stew and Rabbits Too!
- Slobonian Rabbit from Rabbit Romeo
- Three Singing Rabbits Sister
[edit] Rabbits in video and computer games
- The White Rabbit in Manhunt game level "Kill the Rabbit"
- Acid Bunny, an enemy from Wild Arms
- Alice in Bloody Roar
- Alien rabbits in Space Bunnies Must Die!
- Bianca in Spyro the Dragon
- Buneary, Lopunny in Pokémon Diamond and Pearl
- Carroteia, the third boss in Tails' Skypatrol
- Chilldre Inarabitta, a boss from Mega Man Zero 3
- Cream the Rabbit in Sonic Advance 2 and other Sonic games
- Daisy the rabbit in Doom
- Eva Jazz Jackrabbit
- Easter Bunny from Runescape
- Filler Bunny from I feel Sick By Jhonen Vesquez
- Jazz Jackrabbit in Jazz Jackrabbit
- In The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, Link is transformed into a rabbit-like creature when he first crosses into the Dark World.
- The Lapifors, rabbits of the Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban game
- Lori from Jazz Jackrabbit 2: The Secret Files
- Lucky; a footless, irate rabbit from the XBox game Whacked!
- Max in Sam & Max Hit the Road and Sam & Max: Freelance Police (not released)
- MIPS the Rabbit in Super Mario 64, the armless rabbit in the basement.
- The Moon People, a race of mystical rabbits in Dark Cloud. Osmond is one of their kind.
- Nautica Rabbits, a less demonic rabbit enemy in Grandia III. Found mostly in the Nautica Plains, but one is also spotted somewhere in Anfog Woods.
- Niccolo in Sword of Mana, a rabbit merchant
- The ninja rabbit from Ninja Rabbits and its sequel International Ninja Rabbits
- Peppy Hare in the Star Fox series
- Player characters in the shoot 'em up Rabio Lepus
- Rabbids from Rayman Raving Rabbids.
- Rabbit monsters in Final Fantasy XI
- Rabite in Seiken Densetsu series
- Reader Rabbit, the main character in the children's computer game series of the same name.
- Hopsalot (also called Mr. Hopsalot and Hops), a character from the JumpStart children's computer game series, who first appeared in JumpStart Kindergarten.
- The dead amusement park fursuit rabbits in Silent Hill 3 (Known as Robbie the Rabbit)
- The doll of Robbie the Rabbit and also a hot-air balloon in the shape of his head in Silent Hill 4: The Room
- Sables; small, green demonic rabbits from Grandia III
- Rabbits are one of the many animals that can be given to Chao in both Sonic Adventure and Sonic Adventure 2.
- Pink rabbits can also be found in Snowboard Kids 2. A lot of them live in Jingle Town, but one can also be seen in the credits, and another in an unlockable video on Wendy's Internet.
- Reisen Udongein Inaba, a boss from Imperishable Night
- The Social Bunny from The Sims 2
- Spaz from Jazz Jackrabbit 2
- Usagi Yojimbo from Samurai Warrior: The Battles of Usagi Yojimbo
- Vanilla the Rabbit, Cream's mother in various Sonic the Hedgehog games and Sonic X.
- Vorpal Bunnies in Quest for Glory IV: Shadows of Darkness
- Wawa Bunny in Seal Online
- The White Rabbit from American McGee's Alice
- Plusle and Minun in Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire and newer Pokemon games.
[edit] Fictional characters named 'rabbit' or similar
- Bunny Bravo, mother of Johnny Bravo
- Bunny Wigglesworth, twin brother of Don Diego Vega, in the 1981 motion picture Zorro, The Gay Blade
- Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom, in the Rabbit novels of John Updike
- Howard "Bunny" Colvin of the TV series The Wire
- Harry "Bunny" Manders, accomplice of Raffles
- Jessica Rabbit, wife of Roger Rabbit
- Jimmy "Rabbit" Smith, played by Eminem in the movie 8 Mile
- Usagi Tsukino "aka" Serena "Bunny" Tsukino in Sailor Moon
- the 'Rabbit' family in Roddy Doyle's 'The Snapper'
- Bunny from MythAdventures
- Mr. Bunny the Hoppy Computer Guy, the evil boss from Help Desk
[edit] Rabbits in other media
- It's Happy Bunny, an antisocial rabbit once-commonly found on girls' shirts, stickers, and other merchandise.
- The Playboy Bunny, the mascot of Playboy Magazine.
- Snowball the main character in the flash animation series Bunny Kill on www.newgrounds.com
- The band AFI is known to use rabbits in various forms of posters, album covers, and music videos. The use of rabbits by the band is said to be explained through the fact that lead singer Davey Havok is a rabbit in the Chinese Zodiac, and according to that mythology, rabbits will not be reincarnated, and are on their last life on earth. A theme in the band's music, specifically their 2003 album, Sing the Sorrow, is the life cycle of death and rebirth.
