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The weasel (or ferret) is a cute, mischievous, playful mascot who nonetheless looks out mainly for himself and can be very critical of people around him. He's nowhere near as clever as he thinks he is, and swears up and down he doesn't have to be fussed over. Until he wants to be, and frankly he's not about to turn down free food or attention if it's offered.
 
Animal mascot personalities normally fall into the Cat or [[All Animals Are Dogs|Dog stereotypes]] even if the author has tried to use a more exotic animal, like a bird or mouse -- itmouse—it'll still act like a Cat or a Dog. The Weasel Mascot personality, likewise, may apply to non-mustelids (such as a mongoose or even a squirrel) -- but weasels, otters and ferrets are most common.
 
A major benefit of the Weasel personality is that it largely reflects the behavior of the real animal. This personality also applies to many positive cat depictions, especially in Japan where cats are hugely popular. The Weasel can make a good [[Deadpan Snarker|ironic deadpan snarker]], without the [[Cats Are Mean|nasty or untrustworthy streak]] westerners associate with the Cat. (Anyone who knows [[Wicked Weasel|how weasels fare in older Western works]] should appreciate the ''deep'' irony of the previous sentence, but hey, times change.)
 
Many magical animal guardians are Weasel mascots, and most Weasel mascots are [[Talking Animal|Talking Animals]]s.
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** He would like to remind you [[Insistent Terminology|he's an ermine]], thank you very much.
** {{spoiler|There is a specific punishment for mages in ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]!'': temporary transformation into an ermine. It is never stated directly, but some lines may imply that Chamo-kun did undergo such a penalty. Nevertheless, Chamo-kun always claims he is a regular ermine and mentions about his ermine family. He also revealed that he was banned from his home country for [[Panty Thief|stealing panties]] from his girl ermine companions. This may be somewhat true. Just don't [[Internet Backdraft|try to make a definite claim]].}}
*** In the manga, he's pretty specific at several points in explaining he's an ermine sprite, which is where most of his powers -- suchpowers—such as forming pactios and being able to read peoples' emotions -- comeemotions—come from. He fled to Japan to find Negi {{spoiler|to get him to hire him as a familiar so he wouldn't be punished for his panty theft.}}
*** [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|What? But he]] [[Tear Jerker|stole them to build a warm nest]] [[Blatant Lies|for his sister...]]
* Rafra from ''[[Infinite Ryvius]]''.
* [[Pokémon (anime)|Pokémon]]: Arguably, Ash's (previously Dawn's) Buizel is one of these despite the actual mascots being the [[Rodents of Unusual Size|Rodent of Unusual Size]] and the adorable [[Spotlight-Stealing Squad|yet overused]] [[Everything's Better with Penguins|Penguin]]. It initially followed in the tracks of previous [[Badass|Badasses]]es Charizard and Sceptile, and did a very good job of it early on despite being a [[Ridiculously Cute Critter]]. Unfortunately, it hit [[Badass Decay|a losing streak]] later on.
** In its first appearance, Buizel was the mascot of the traveling troupe in ''[[Pokémon Ranger and The Temple of The Sea]]'' and was the most prominent Pokémon until Manaphy appeared.
** Oshawott is the new mustelid on the team in ''Black and White''.
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* Kiki from ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]''. Although her [[Genki Girl]] attitude may make her a subversion.
* Wendy Weasel from ''[http://www.drunkduck.com/Cwens_Quest/ Cwen's Quest]'' plays straight (wo)man/big sister to titular character Cwen and keeps Cwen humble.
* Menjou from ''[[Candi]]'' -- who—who adds the "embellished" to the comic's [[Life Embellished]] nature due to being telepathic, telekinetic and at war with the local Squirrel Mafia. His "girlfriend", Snowflake the albino squirrel, is his [[Distaff Counterpart]] (swapping psi powers for [[Eye Beams]]).
* Corasyn from ''[[Nothing Comes Naturally]]''.
* Annie from Demon of the Underground. She was found in Pogo's pants and took on a group of mooks while he was busy.
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* Rufus from ''[[Kim Possible]]'', though actually a naked mole rat.
* ''[[I Am Weasel]]!'''s titular character is, unsurprisingly, a weasel.
* Though really more of a "Winged Lemur", Momo from ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]''. Behaviorally, there's a lot of cat in him -- specificallyhim—specifically, [[Real Life Writes the Plot|Bryan Konietzko's cat]].
** Pabu from the sequel series ''[[The Legend of Korra]]'' is a [[Mix-and-Match Critters|fire ferret]] -- a—a combination of a ferret and a red panda. Yes, [[Rule of Cute|it's as adorable as it sounds]].
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k76IGLi6jWI Weasel Stomping Day] from ''[[Robot Chicken]]'' and [["Weird Al" Yankovic]].
* On the ''[[Darkwing Duck]]'' episode "Paint Misbehavin'", Freddie the Ferret is Launchpad's favorite comic book hero, famed for his "Friend Power."
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