History Main / MascotWithAttitude

* ''WesternAnimation/SmilingFriends'' has Gwimbly, a video game character from the [=PS1=] era who looks vaguely like a combination of Crash Bandicoot and Sonic that has since fallen on hard times due to his company considering him outdated and refusing to do anything with his IP.

* ''WesternAnimation/SmilingFriends'' has Gwimbly, a video game character from the PS1 era who looks vaguely like a combination of Crash Bandicoot and Sonic that has since fallen on hard times due to his company considering him outdated and refusing to do anything with his IP.

* The protagonist of ''WesternAnimation/CraigOfTheCree'' is a big fan of a character called Slide the Ferret.

* The protagonist of "WesternAnimation/CraigOfTheCreek" is a big fan of a character called Slide the Ferret.

* The duck from the Website/TheDuck comics site comes complete with smug expression and crossed arms indicative of his 'tude.

During their heyday in the 90s, almost all Mascots with Attitude were created to [[FollowTheLeader capitalize on the success of]] Sonic the Hedgehog. The reason that most of these characters failed is that they tended to come across as TheThemeParkVersion of Sonic. While Sonic has attitude, it isn't his defining trait, and other aspects, like his heroism and empathy, are part of why he is so beloved. By contrast, a failed Mascot with Attitude would have said attitude at the expense of a real personality; they were frequently unable to say anything not snarky and tended to overuse their gimmicks to the point of being {{Flat Character}}s.

Many Mascots with Attitude were also American-made (probably because [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff Americans love Sonic]]) and, on top of lacking the solid design and the distinctive variety of influences that made Sonic unique (from Music/MichaelJackson to ''Anime/DragonBallZ''), they also tended to be filled with ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes''-esque gags or [[GrossoutShow gross-out humor]]. These were both rampant in America at the time, as the ''Looney Tunes'' had seen a pop-culture resurgence in the early '90s, and ''WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow'' had premiered a few months after Sonic's debut. (Sonic himself notably had neither of these things in his games, though the American cartoon ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog'' included ''Ren & Stimpy''-style DerangedAnimation and ''Looney Tunes''-style {{slapstick}}).

# They're a FunnyAnimal, usually with a SpeciesSurname. ''(e.g., Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog, Franchise/CrashBandicoot, Franchise/SpyroTheDragon)''

# They're a FunnyAnimal, usually with a SpeciesSurname. ''(e.g., Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog, Franchise/SpyroTheDragon)''
# They come from a PlatformGame. This isn't necessarily a requirement, but the trope is not as common outside of video games.

* ''VideoGame/BanjoKazooie'' is something of a [[SubvertedTrope subversion]]. Both characters are adventurous [[FunnyAnimal funny animals]], but Banjo is portrayed as a clueless and easily duped country boy. Kazooie has a sharp tongue and a tendency to snark at anyone and anything that crosses her path, in a manner typical of "straight" examples... but all the other characters (except Banjo) ''realize she's obnoxious'' and usually can't stand to be around her, Kazooie's edginess also keeps putting both in trouble.
** Banjo came really close to being this, as [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/banjo_1_0.jpg this picture of a preliminary build depicts]]. He was originally supposed to be a typical skateboarder-themed teenager, which somewhat explains his school backpack.

Many Mascots with Attitude were also American-made (probably because [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff Americans love Sonic]]) and, on top of lacking the solid design and the distinctive variety of influences that made Sonic unique (from Music/MichaelJackson to ''Manga/DragonBallZ''), they also tended to be filled with ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes''-esque gags or [[GrossoutShow gross-out humor]]. These were both rampant in America at the time, as the ''Looney Tunes'' had seen a pop-culture resurgence in the early '90s, and ''WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow'' had premiered a few months after Sonic's debut. (Sonic himself notably had neither of these things in his games, though the American cartoon ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog'' included ''Ren & Stimpy''-style DerangedAnimation and ''Looney Tunes''-style {{slapstick}}).

Many Mascots with Attitude were also American-made (probably because [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff Americans love Sonic]]) and, on top of less-than-stellar American designs and usually lacking the manga and anime-influenced aesthetics that made Sonic unique, they also tended to be filled with Looney Tunes-esque gags or [[GrossoutShow gross-out humor]], both of which were rampant in America at the time, with the WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes themselves seeing a massive resurgence in popularity around the same time, and the premiere of ''WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow'' a few months after Sonic's own debut. (Sonic himself notably had neither of these things in his games, though the American cartoon Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog included Looney Tunes-style {{slapstick}}).

[[caption-width-right:250: Sonic. The hedgehog that [[FountainOfExpies launched a thousand copyhogs]].]]

* The ''Franchise/DoctorWho'' ''Literature/NewSeriesAdventures'' novel, ''Winner Takes All'' has a video game called ''Death To Mantodeans'' with a Sonic expy mascot called Percy The Porcupine. Turns out he's from an alien race who brought the game to Earth to recruit human players as soldiers. ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'' appears listed amongst Mickey's video games, making it a case of ExpyCoexistence.

%%* The rather imfamous WebComic/{{Sonichu}} is an incredibly poor attempt at one. Especially since he's literally a mash-up between ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'' and [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Pikachu]].

* ''VideoGame/BanjoKazooie'' is something of a [[SubvertedTrope subversion.]] Both characters are adventurous [[FunnyAnimal funny animals]], but Banjo is portrayed as a clueless and easily duped country boy. Kazooie has a sharp tongue and a tendency to snark at anyone and anything that crosses her path, in a manner typical of "straight" examples... but all the other characters (except Banjo) ''realize she's obnoxious'' and usually can't stand to be around her, Kazooie's edginess also keeps putting both in trouble.

* ''{{WesternAnimation/Reboot}}'' is set inside the computer city of Mainframe, whose inhabitants sometimes had to compete against the [[HumansAreCthulhu User]] whose video games would damage Mainframe and [[FateWorseThanDeath nullify any Mainframers caught in the game]] if they won. One game the User played was "Rocky The Rabid Raccoon", who could be described as a cross between Sonic the Hedgehog and Bugs Bunny. His game played like a WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes cartoon, and he was more of a ScrewballSquirrel than a hero. He was also a regular DeadpanSnarker and had incredible speed similar to Sonic's.