History Main / BusyBeaver

* ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'': The cover of Book 47 depicts Jake turning into a beaver, and the book itself centers on a battle to protect the Hork-Bajir valley. The team all morph beavers and join a pair of regular beavers to create supersized beaver dam, which then [[BigDamPlot smash]] to kill the Yeerks with a GiantWallOfWateryDoom.

Beavers are also Canada's [[NationalAnimalStereotypes national animal]] because of their hardworking and diligent nature.

* 'Anime/KemonoFriends: Episode 5 of Season 1 is about helping American Beaver build a house.

* ''VideoGame/AgainstTheStorm'': Beavers are one of the villager species. They specialize in woodworking and enjoy engineering.

* In ''VideoGame/SuperAnimalRoyale'' lore (such as in one episode of ''Super Animal Royale Tonight''), a crew of hard hat-and-safety vest-wearing beavers --- complete with JobSong and WeirdTradeUnion -- is shown to be responsible for putting the island right in between royales.

* ''WesternAnimation/BarneyBear''

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': Parodied in the episode "Mother Simpson" (07x08). [[BaitAndSwitch Despite Lenny's expectations ("Oh look, those helpful beavers are swimming out to save him"), a group of beavers attacks and rips off the pants of Homer's dummy]]. This is further reinforced by the following edition of the Springfield Shopper, which headline reads "LOCAL MAN LOSES PANTS, LIFE -- Beaver Rescue Falls Short".

* ''Anime/KemonoFriends": Episode 5 of Season 1 is about helping American Beaver build a house.

* ''Literature/TheBerenstainBears'': In ''The Berenstain Bears and the Eager Beavers'', the bear family learns that their neighbor Mr. Skunk has moved away. In his place were a family of beavers who are hard workers.

* Dutch children's television series ''Series/{{De Fabeltjeskrant}}'' features Ed and Willem, two hard-working beaver brothers.

* Dutch children's television series ''Series/{{De Fabeltjeskrant}}'' features Ed and Willem, two hard-working beaver brothers.

* In ''VideoGame/SuperAnimalRoyale'' lore (such as in one episode of ''Super Animal Royale Tonight''), a crew of hard hat-and-safety vest-wearing beavers – complete with JobSong and WeirdTradeUnion – is shown to be responsible for putting the island right in between royales.

** In ''The Bear And The Beavers'', Barney encounters a couple of beavers while chopping trees for firewood, while the beavers themselves are chopping trees for wood. Barney follows the beavers to their home, where he sees a whole colony of beavers all chopping wood and building dams.

* ''WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck'': In the cartoon ''Old Sequoia'', Donald is a park ranger tasked with protecting a treasured tree from a couple of beavers that resemble Chip and Dale who want to chop it down.

* ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'': The ''Merry Melodies'' short ''The Eager Beaver'' presents a double subversion. As the narrator informs us of how busy beavers are, the camera pans to a group of beavers napping on the ground next to a bunch of trees. When the narrator gets their attention, they immediately get to work and remain busy chopping trees and constructing a dam for the remainder of the short. The titular "eager beaver" is excited to get to work building the dam, but has a difficult time finding a tree that isn't already being chopped down by another beaver.

* ''WesternAnimation/SillySymphonies'': ''The Busy Beavers'' revolves around an entire colony of beavers working together to chop down trees and build a dam.

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* ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYKnOATlnuA The King And The Beaver]]'' is an animated short directed by students from the Gobelins animation school. It is about a drifting king who decides to hire a hard-working beaver as the constructor of a big wooden castle.

* ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYKnOATlnuA The King And The Beaver]]'' is an animated short directed by students from the Gobelins animation school. It is about a drifting king who decides to hire a hard-working beaver as the constructor of a big wooden castle.

See DiligentDraftAnimal for farm animals and draft animals portrayed as hardworking. VirtuousBees are usually similarly busy. Compare SemiAquaticSpeciesSailor, MoleMiner, BoxingKangaroo, FirehouseDalmatian, and FightingPanda for other job-related stereotypes relating to animal species (and AnimalOccupationStereotypes for miscellaneous examples). Contrast CatsAreLazy, SluggishSloths, LaidBackKoala, and SluggishSeal for animals that are portrayed as the opposite of hardworking.