Wombat

:See Wombat (television) for the Australian television program.

Wombats in popular culture

Children's author Jackie French's illustrated storybook, Diary of a Wombat (2002, ISBN 0207199957 ) has won numerous awards worldwide http://www.harpercollins.com.au/jackiefrench/books/title.cfm?ISBN=0207199957.

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Jackie French - ISBN

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Wombats in fiction and cartoons are often depicted as sluggish, irritable and dimwitted.

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The RSPCA of Australia ran a prominent television advertisement in which injured animals would run across the screen to classical music. A small injured wombat would repeatedly start to cross the screen, but then turn around and run back, at the end of the advertisement, it would quickly run across the screen. This, coupled with the wombats somewhat idyllic nature when viewed during the day at zoos, has led to the popular misconception that wombats are timid and shy creatures.

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The webcomic Digger by Ursula Vernon stars a lovable, feisty young wombat, lost far from home after tunnelling into unknown magic.

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Wil Anderson, a popular Australian stand up comedian, once described wombats as 'real life Pokémon'.

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Wil Anderson - Pokémon

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