Bestiary

Analyzing the evolving meaning of animals in 20th-century pop culture


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Eager Beaver

Eager Beaver service.


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Goodman Beaver

"Amazing how people fool themselves."


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Bucky Beaver

"Brusha, brusha, brusha."


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Mr. Busy

"Do you realize every second, 70 centimeters of water is wasted over that spillway?"


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Junior Beaver

“Junior is now an eager beaver."


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Eager Beaver

An emergent trope unseats a dominant one.


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Paddy

"One can never be truly happy who does no work."


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Brownie

"He had a right to enjoy his dinner."


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Shaggy Coat

"Shaggycoat did not like this lazy manner of living."


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Bubo

"Release the kraken!"


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Owl at Home

“Come in, Winter,” said Owl. “Come in and warm yourself for a while.”


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Doktor Bubó

"Don't cure in a hurry, as sometimes it's good to have a fool around."


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Charlie Owl

Awarder of the "One-Bell" Prize.


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Dr. Blinky

Something of a Wizard of Oz figure…