Anthropomorphic characters are mostly the majority of the main protagonists in cartoons, getting all human abilities like talking, thinking and feeling. They are heroes and villains and contain all kinds of characteristics that we can find in humans. There hasn’t been an animal that wasn’t introduced in a cartoon. This is the list of the 25 most famous cartoon squirrels of all time.
Scrat (Ice Age)
Scrat is a sabre-toothed squirrel, obsessed with acorns and his main occupation in the movie is to get ahold of his precious acorn. He is small and sweet, with pink fingers and toes, long grey tail and brown eyes. Due to his obsession with his prize, he tends to be unaware of his surroundings.
Rocky the Flying Squirrel (The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle)
Rochy is an adorable grey flying squirrel who goes on numerous adventures with his sidekick Bullwinkle. He uses his ability to fly extensively, often accompanied by a jet engine sound effect. He likes spending time with his friends and isn’t fond of danger and villains.
Sandy Cheeks (SpongeBob SquarePants)
Sandy is an American squirrel who loves adventure, extreme sports and karate. She comes from Texas, speaks with a Texan accent, works as a scientist, and is mainly seen wearing a suit for oxygen outside her treedome. She is kind and gentle to SpongeBob and always there to help him.
Slappy Squirrel (Animaniacs)
Slappy Squirrel is an elderly and grumpy squirrel who lives in a treehouse with her nephew and often faces enemies from her past. She is bitter and cranky, speaks with a thick New York accent is usually seen wearing a green hat with a yellow flower.
Bucky (The Emperor’s New Groove)
Bucky is a small, sweet, kind squirrel who enjoys collecting and eating nuts. He works as a Squirrel Speak tutor and comes from Peru.
He is giving and friendly and a great teacher and more than capable of showing his dislike towards everyone he friends annoying or unlikeable.
Hammy (Over the Hedge)
Hammy is a hyperactive, sweet and bit dim-witted squirrel, RJ’s, Verne’s and Stella’s best friend. He is red, with green/hazel eyes and two large teeth. He starts moving very fast after he consumes caffeine.
Skippy Squirrel (Animaniacs)
Skippy is Slappy’s happy-go-lucky nephew who often serves as the voice of reason between the two. He is mostly primarily cheerful, but can sometimes be violent and prone to crying.
Secret Squirrel (The Atom Ant)
Secret Squirrel is a secret agent, assisted by his loyal sidekick Morocco Mole. He uses interesting and inventive spy gadgets and one of his biggest archenemies is Yellow Pinky. He wears a white coat and a blue hat.
Girl Squirrel (The Sword in the Stone)
The Girl Squirrel is a small cute squirrel who is in love with Arthur and wants to make him her mate. She is inspired by Guinevere, Arthur’s love stories from the legends about him. She is not happy about the fact that Arthur is a human, not a squirrel.
Princess Sally Acorn (Sonic the Hedgehog)
Sally is a teenage chipmunk with red hair, blue eyes and light brown fur. She is always seen wearing tall blue boots. She is strong-willed, rebellious, headstrong and wants to be heard and often takes the role of a leader.
Conker the Squirrel (Donky Kong)
Conker is a red-orange squirrel with blue eyes who was raised to be polite and not greedy. He changed his personality in different shows, from a nice and kind squirrel to a slightly greedy, alcoholic one.
Squirrel Girl (Marvel)
Squirrel Girl or Doreen Green is a friendly, but a bit silly girl whose friends like her company but don’t take her too seriously. But she is also very strong, fast and agile, showing many abilities that help her get out of difficult situations.
She has brown eyes and brown hair.
Pachirisu (Pokemon)
Pachirisu is a small squirrel-like and electric-type Pokemon with a blueish tint and deep grey eyes and one tooth growing out of its mouth. It is hyperactive when awake but likes to curl its fluffy tail around its body and use it as a pillow when it sleeps.
Surly (The Nut Job)
Surly is a sweet purple squirrel with brown eyes. He is stubborn, heroic, caring, mischievous, funny, selfless and protective. His goal is to steal from the King’s Nut store to provide himself with food for winter and stop Raccoon’s evil plans.
Benny (The Wild)
Benny is a wise squirrel with great knowledge and Samson’s best friend. He is the only animal in the zoo that knows Samuel is not from the wild. He loves Samson and is a loyal and honest friend who enjoys flirting with Bridget.
Andie (The Nut Job)
Andie is a kind, cute, sweet, innocent and loving squirrel with orange/cream fur and green eyes whose goal is to hibernate and stop the raccoon’s evil plans. She likes her friends, food and teamwork.
Grace (Suisei no Gargantia)
Grace is Amy’s squirrel companion who follows her everywhere around, usually on her head or shoulders. She is probably a crossbreed of various rodents since she resembles squirrels, rabbits and chipmunks. She is friendly and gets along well with Amy and her fellow messengers.
Sally the Squirrel (Pete the Cat)
Sally is a short squirrel who plays keyboards in her friends’ band The Resolutions. She is somewhere between six and ten years old. She is excitable, enthusiastic, sweet and fun-loving, very often hyperactive and tends to exaggerate a situation or idea.
Spip (Spirou & Fantasio comics)
Spip is a fictional Eurasian red squirrel and Spirou’s pet. He is an interesting and complex personality, often sarcastic and cynical, loves spending time with Spirou and always dreams about nuts.
Grayson (The Nut Job)
Grayson is a grey-coloured squirrel with blue eyes, black hands and black toes. He is brave and can get out of a situation, but can sometimes be arrogant and unfocused. He likes to be in charge and seen as a hero; one of his missions is to save the park.
Chitter (The Smurfs)
Chitter is Wild Smurf’s constant companion, a descendant of a mother squirrel who raised Wild when he was lost in the woods. He is a very loyal and loving friend, always ready to help and assist Wild.
Titana (Jewelpet)
Titana is a male chipmunk who represents Work Luck and Balance. He is orange with brown inner ears and a squirrel-like tail. He talks a lot and very fast and is the best at giving out information.
He is a joker who often does pranks and one of his powers is to allow humans to behave more responsibly.
Jojo (The Swan Princess: A Royal Tale)
Jojo is a squirrel who lives with his older brother Cutter in a village in the forest and believes in the legend of the evil Swan Princess. He has dark brown/cream fur and dark brown eyes and a combination of colours on his head that looks like a mask.
Squeaks the Squirrel (Looney Tunes)
Squeaks is one of bugs Bunny’s friends and companions, an orange squirrel with brown eyes. He doesn’t talk much but communicates through squeaks and chirps.
Felldoh (Redwall)
Felldoh is a young male squirrel, a brave warrior, skilled in crafting and use of javelins. He is very strong and an excellent close-range fighter. He might come out as distant and cold-hearted, but he is strong-willed and determined to end slavery by any means possible.
