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Raccoons' cute masked faces have led to countless fictional depictions as sly, thieving (though usually cute and cuddly) [[The Trickster|tricksters]]. Due to [[Alliteration]], most fictional raccoons are usually described as "rascals" (this word was used so often, it even became their [[Stock Animal Name]]!). Usually '''Rascally Raccoons''' are depicted as just playful, mischievous, maybe a bit disobedient – though portrayal as literal thiefs or kleptomaniacs isn't rare, either.
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A subtrope of [[Animal Stereotypes]]. Compare [[Cunning Like a Fox]]. For the Japanese raccoon dog that tends to get a similar treatment in fiction, see [[Tanuki]].
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* One ''Sears Optical'' commercial had a woman telling her cat to come back into her house, but ended up having a raccoon enter her house instead. Cue the raccoon being revealed to be very sick and biting her in her sleep.▼
== [[Anime]]
* In 1977, Sterling North's book ''Rascal'' about a mischievous raccoon (see {{smallcaps|[[Literature]]}}) got an anime adaptation called ''Araiguma Rasukaru''.
** In 2005, the anime got a [[Chibi]] spin-off called ''Poka Poka Mori No Rascal''.
* Due to the very similar [[Animal Stereotypes]] and vaguely similar appearances of the two species, the [[Tanuki]] in ''[[Pom Poko]]'' were mistakenly identified as raccoons in the English dub.
▲== [[Commercials]] ==
▲* One ''Sears Optical'' commercial had a woman telling her cat to come back into her house, but ended up having a raccoon enter her house instead. Cue the raccoon being revealed to be very sick and biting her in her sleep.
== [[Film]] ==
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* Rummage C. Raccoon on ''[[The Funday Pawpet Show]]''.
== [[Tabletop
* In ''[[Dungeons and Dragons]]'', the gnomish deity Baervan Wildwanderer has a raccoon sidekick named Chiktikka, who tends to act before he thinks and steals items.
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