History Main / MascotWithAttitude

** "''Hints'' at violence beyond the child-friendly." Written like someone who didn't watch him shove his hand into a kitten's GI tract to retrieve a memo.

** While both the English and Japanese Wii versions have the cheekier characterization, the DS versions retain the characterization from Sonic Adventure. YourMilageMayVary on whether or not bringing back the attitude made him better or not.

** ''SonicColors'' however gives him almost ''Sonic The Movie'' levels of sarcasm and self-confidence, so maybe Sega is finally tired of playing the FriendToAllLivingThings card with him after nearly 10 years.

* Bug, the titular protagonist from the Sega game ''{{VideoGame/Bug}}!''

* Bug, the titular protagonist from the Sega game ''{{Bug}}!''

[[caption-width-right:300:The character that launched a thousand [[CaptainErsatz ersatzes.]]]]

In their heyday, almost all Mascots With Attitude were created in order to [[FollowTheLeader capitalize on the success of]] one ''Sonic the Hedgehog.''

* Conker the squirrel, at least in ''ConkersBadFurDay,'' is somewhere between a parody of this and the "cute and cuddly" animal mascot which he [[WhatCouldHaveBeen originally was to have been]]. His first appearance, ''Conker's Pocket Tales'' had almost none of the qualities mentioned above (only the first applied).

* ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' is, of course, the TropeMaker. Nowadays, however, the "attitude"-aspect has been ''dialed back'' quite a few notches when the move to 3D happened. Sonic as he is now is more of a laid-back idealist who fits the trope far less than he did back in the 90's, and the games themselves are [[UnderStatement much darker]].

* ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' is, of course, the TropeMaker. Nowadays, however, the "attitude"-aspect has been ''dialed back'' quite a few notches when the move to 3D happened. Sonic as he is now is more of a laid-back idealist who fits the trope far less than he did back in the 90's.

** ''SonicColors'' however gives him almost ''Sonic The Movie'' levels of aloofness and cynicism, so maybe Sega is finally tired of playing the FriendToAllLivingThings card with him after nearly 10 years.

* ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' is, of course, the TropeMaker. Nowadays, however, the "attitude"-aspect has been ''dialed back'' quite a few notches when the move to 3D happened. Sonic as he is now is more of a laid-back idealist who fits the trope far less than he did back in the 90's. (''SonicColors'' however gives him almost ''Sonic The Movie'' levels of aloofness and cynicism, so maybe Sega is finally tired of playing the FriendToAllLivingThings card with him after nearly 10 years...)

* ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' is, of course, the TropeMaker. Nowadays, however, the "attitude"-aspect has been ''dialed back'' quite a few notches when the move to 3D happened. Sonic as he is now is more of a laid-back idealist who fits the trope far less than he did back in the 90's.

* ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' is, of course, the TropeMaker. Ironically, the "attitude"-aspect was ''dialed back'' quite a few notches when the move to 3D happened. Sonic as he is now is more of a laid-back idealist who fits the trope far less than he did back in the 90's.

* Conker the squirrel, at least in ''ConkersBadFurDay,'' is intended to be a parody/deconstruction of this type of character.
** He's somewhere between a parody of this and the "cute and cuddly" animal mascot. His first appearance, ''Conker's Pocket Tales'' had almost none of the qualities mentioned above (only the first applied).
** ''Bad Fur Day'' itself was a cute and cuddly mascot platformer, albeit one full of movie references, for much of its development. Then the english video game press labelled the game as yet another BanjoKazooie-esque kiddie platformer, and Rare completely turned the game around.

A.K.A. [[MascotWithAttitude Rocky Blitzfang Speed Demon The Genetically Modified Banana Slug.]]

* ''AeroTheAcroBat''
* ''{{Sparkster}}''. Subverted(in the first game atleast) in that he is actually much more down-to-earth and acts much like what you would expect from a cartoony animal.

* The duck from the [[DrunkDuck Drunk Duck]] comics site comes complete with smug expression and crossed arms indicative of his 'tude.

** Specifically based on ''CrashBandicoot'' (who as stated above, was one of the better success stories), and Azaria Chamberlain, an baby girl who was killed by a dingo in the 1990s.

* Nall from the Lunar series, if he were to star in his own game.

**Specifically based on ''CrashBandicoot'', who as stated above, was one of the better success stories.

* Another one from the Genesis, the titular ''Socket'' is a duck with…an electric plug coming from his butt? Seriously?