Narf!

From ranking Fictional Horses, Birds, Cats, Dogs and much more, we have finally arrived to giving the little guys some love on the  PodCavern airwaves. That’s right, today we celebrate all the rodents out there who despite their size, have the same amount of spunk, whimsy, adventure, and weirdly sexy aspects to them as any other fictional animal out there! So join Tuong and his Rat Pack Victoria Luloff, Jess Maybear and Axandre Lemours as they scour the sewers and the streets to come up with Top 5 Fictional Rodents!

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Ground Rules

• We are going with this definition of “rodent”: a gnawing mammal of an order that includes rats, mice, squirrels, hamsters, porcupines, and their relatives, distinguished by strong constantly growing incisors and no canine teeth. They constitute the largest order of mammals.
• Rabbits and hedgehogs are NOT rodents
• We are pulling from fiction so movies, tv, comics, books, folklore, etc.
• Group nominations count if it makes sense to do so rather than the individual in some cases (unrelated example: nominating the duo of Bert & Ernie rather than just Bert or Ernie)

**Spoilers below is our Group Top 5 as well our unordered honourable mentions**

Group Top 5

5. Rizzo the Rat (The Muppets)

4. Alvin and the Chipmunks

3. Pikachu (Pokemon)

2. Master Splinter (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)

1.Pinky and the Brain

Tuong’s List

• Master Splinter (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
• Rizzo the Rat (The Muppets)
• Remy (Ratatouille)
• The Mouse from Mouse Trap
• Basil the Mouse (The Great Mouse Detective)
• Rattata (Pokemon)
• Ratigan (The Great Mouse Detective)
• Hamtaro
• Rat King (The Last of Us)
• Mickey Mouse
• Quill (Moss Game)

Victoria’s List

• Jake (Rescuers Down Under)
• Amy (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
• Bernard and Bianca (The Rescuers)
• Chipmunk at Vic’s family cottage
• The Lorax

Jess’s List

• Pinky and the Brain
• Alvin and the Chipmunks
• Ratatoskr (Norse Mythology)
• Beaker? (The Muppets)
• Wacko, Yakko, and Dot (Animaniacs)
• Scrat (Ice Age)
• Mouse (Mouse Hunt)
• Stuart Little
• Gus Gus and Jaq (Cinderella)
• Mickey and Minnie
• JP and Tito (Miami Mice – Sesame Street)
• Three Blind Mice
• The Mouse King (Nutcracker)
• Speedy Gonzales (Looney Toones)
• Nick and Fletcher (Chicken Run)
• Chuck E Cheese Rat
• Mighty nMouse
• Mappy the Mouse
• Templeton Rat (Charlotte’s Web)
• Chip and Dale (Rescue Rangers)
• Parka (Parks Canada Mascot)
• Mr. and Mrs Beaver (Chronicles of Narnia)
• Beaver (Franklin)
• Gopher (Caddyshack)
• Ray (Gamestop Guinea Pig)
• Wireton Willy (Groundhog Day groundhogs)

Ax’s List

• Rufus (Kim Possible)
• Sandy Cheeks (Spongebob Square Pants
• Pikachu (Pokemon)
• Conker (Conker’s Bad Fur day)
• Matthias the Warrior (Redwall)
• Rattata (Pokemon)
• Jerry (Tom and Jerry)
• Peter Pettigrew (Harry Potter)