Mole Miner: Difference between revisions

Moles, the denizens of the underground, digging their tunnels. Often [[Beneath the Earth]] and in miner attire, no doubt [[Tunnel King|Tunnel Kings]]. Also included are gophers and other burrowing rodents. See also [[Mole Men]], who are very similar to this trope, but more humanoid.

 

[[I Thought It Meant|Not to be confused with]] [[The Mole]]. See also [[Drill Mole]].

 

== [[Eastern European Animation]] ==

 

== [[Film]] ==

* In ''[[The Rescuers]]'' one of the swamp volunteers is a mole with a miner's cap.

* On ''[[The Lion King]]'', a gopher delivers "news from the underground".

* All moles in the ''[[Redwall]]'' series are experts at tunneling.

* The mole who wants to marry [[Thumbelina]].

 

== [[Toys]] ==

 

== [[Video Games]] ==

* Another Monty Mole, who in fact even ''worked'' as a miner, was the titular character of a series of computer games by Gremlin Graphics.

* Mr. Resetti from the ''[[Animal Crossing]]'' games, a mole in a miner outfit who pesters the player every time they reset the game.

* The moles from the ''[[Spyro|Legend of Spyro]]'' trilogy.

** Earlier Spyro game, ''A Hero's Tail'', had Blink the Mole, the Professor's nephew, who was a hyperactive, "fresh-air-a-phobic" sidekick with great digging abilities. The Professor himself isn't a mole miner, though; just a scientist who happened to be an anthropomorphic mole.

* ''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns]]'': mole miners in the Mine World, who attack with [[Powerful Pick|pickaxes]]. Mole Miner Max is the boss of that world as well.

* He's supposed to be a ''groundhog'', but Bonaparte from ''[[Suikoden]] II'', despite being some kind of horrible monster, is effectively a mole with a glandular problem.

* In ''[[Age of Wonders]]'', (both [http://aow.heavengames.com/units/unitstats_dwarf_ts.shtml#Dwarf-Mole first] and [http://aow2.heavengames.com/gameinfo/units/dwarves.shtml#mole second]) giant moles are just animals, but they are domesticated by Dwarves to serve as both [[Horse of a Different Color|mounts]] and [[Drill Tank|tunnel-diggers]].

* Muddy Mole, the player character of ''[[Mole Mania]]''.

== [[Western Animation]] ==

* There's Gopher in Disney's ''[[Winnie the Pooh]]''.

* The Goofy Gophers from ''[[Looney Tunes]]''.

** [[Bugs Bunny]] is also fond of tunneling, often taking the [[Wrong Turn At Albuquerque]].

* A gopher often pesters Pluto in the [[Classic Disney Shorts]]. In one cartoon he uses Pluto's buried bones as support beams for his tunnels. In another, he ends up trapped inside Minnie's house and tunnels under the shag carpeting.

 

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