History Main / PlayfulOtter

* Otter of the ''Literature/{{Franklin}}'' books and Animatedadaptation is shown as being this.

* When Mercer Mayer created the ''Literature/LittleCritter'' SpinOff ''LC and the Critter Kids'', one of the critter kids was a SurferDude otter named Slick Rick (no, not ''[[RickAstley that]]'' [[{{Rickroll}} Rick]]).

* the titular characters of PBAndJOtter

* The Mad House of Otter in ''TheBookOfTheDunCow'' are careless, sloppy enemies of the fierce but courageous weasels.

* TheWindInTheWillows: Otter is probably the TropeCodifier, always willing to lend a hand and always friendly except if you screw over his friends as a rabbit found out when he was braving the wildwood, the only other character to brave the wildwood is Badger.

* Episode 2 of the [[Anime/KemonoFriends Kemono Friends anime]] gives us Small-clawed Otter, who employs this trope in full. She's an otter, she plays with everything she can get her hands on, tries to find the fun in everything they're doing.

Otters are rather funny-looking animals, what with their long, slender bodies, cute faces, and the way they crack clamshells on their bellies. But makes them even more adorable, is their playful demeanor. Otters often wrestle, slide and play with their food -- actually, they mostly use those fun activities as a way to improve their survival tactics. But still, it's a fun way to do it!

Compare SweetSeal and WarmHeartedWalrus.

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%%'''''Note:''''' ''This trope is not a list of all otter characters and otter mentions in fiction. It's a trope %%specifically about otters being playful.''

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* Marlene of the Creator/DreamWorksAnimation ''WesternAnimation/{{Madagascar}}'' franchise (as well as the spin-off TV series, ''WesternAnimation/ThePenguinsOfMadagascar'').

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* Every book in the ''{{Redwall}}'' series features several otters. Usually led by one named Skipper, they tend to dress and talk like local Seafaring People, and have a penchant for using ambushes and javelins. The Redwall wiki describes them as playful. The most playful one would probably be Cheek from ''Mattimeo''.

* Mudge, the LoveableRogue in the ''{{Spellsinger}}'' novels, and (in later books) his family. In one book it's mentioned that one otter can focus on something serious for a while, but two or more otters is a permanent party.

* ''JakAndDaxter'' has Daxter who was turned into an Ottsel (half otter, half weasel). He's a funny, but somewhat annoying bumbling sidekick.

* In ''[[SpyroTheDragon Spyro: A Hero's Tail]]'' Spyro meets an otter SurferDude who needs his help to refill a drained pond with water so he can surf again.

* Matt, the DoggedNiceGuy of HodgesPond.
* Bayshore from DogsDaysOfSummer

* The animated series version of ''LittleBear'' has a group of playful otters that shows up occasionally.

* The editors at Slate think that [[http://www.slate.com/blogs/wild_things/2013/10/28/sea_otter_dolphin_and_penguin_behavior_your_favorite_animals_are_jerks.html otters are jerks]].

* The uncut version of the ''Series/MythBusters'' episode "Ping Pong Ball Flotation" featured a scene where the progression of the experiment was slowed further when a nearby otter in the bay swam up and [[StickyFingers stole one of the ping pong balls]].

* The absolutely adorable (and mischievous) fenlings of ''TheBelgariad''.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' episode "Go God Go".

* In ''[[SpyroTheDragon Spyro: A Hero's Tail]], Spyro meets an otter SurferDude who needs his help to refill a drained pond with water so he can surf again.

-->--'''DenisLeary'''