Pikachu
"Pika pika."
Pop Bestiary
Analyzing the evolving meaning of animals in 20th-century pop culture…
Quimby
“High Culture for Lowbrows”
Vladek
"To die, it's easy… but you have to struggle for life!"
Mrs. Frisby
"When you’ve lived in a cage, you can’t bear not to run…"
Miss Bianca
"Through storm and rain and dark of night, never fail to do what's right."
Herman
A prime example of the “violent cat vs. mouse” trope.
Amos
Amos is prideful, opinionated, and ingenious.
Mickey
"There is a scandalous element in him which I find most restful.”
Johnny Mouse
"Good evening, Moon-maidens."
Hunca Munca
"Bang, bang, smash, smash!”
Jeremiah the Innocent
"Hi, how are you?"
Peace Frogs
A crucial vector through which psychedelic flower-child culture entered into the American mainstream…
Mr. The Toad
We may have here a pop-culture Freudian Trio…
Kermit
He’s a free spirit, waiting for the culture to catch up.