History Main / MoleMiner

!!Examples:

* ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing'': Mr. Resetti is a mole in a miner outfit who pesters the player every time they reset the game.

** ''VideoGame/SpyroAHerosTail'' has Blink the Mole, the Professor's nephew, 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.

[[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant Not to be confused with]] TheMole. See also DrillMole.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheRescuers'' one of the swamp volunteers is a mole with a miner's cap.

* ''VideoGame/SpyroAHerosTail'' has Blink the Mole, the Professor's nephew, 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.

* ''VideoGame/SuikodenII'': He's supposed to be a ''groundhog'', but Bonaparte, despite being some kind of horrible monster, is effectively a mole with a glandular problem.

* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfSpyro'': ''VideoGame/SpyroAHerosTail'' has Blink the Mole, the Professor's nephew, 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.
* ''VideoGame/MegaManZX'': Flammole the Moleroid.

* ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog'': Spelunk from "[[Recap/AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehogS01E02SubterraneanSonic Subterranean Sonic]]'' is one of these, and he doesn't take kindly to outsiders stealing his treasure. While Sonic and Tails don't have any intention of doing so, Dr. Robotnik certainly does.

* The books based on Creator/{{CBBC}}'s 1980s mascot Gordon T. Gopher made much of his burrowing skills, which generally didn't come up when he was squeaking at Philip Schofield between ''Series/{{Bananaman}}'' and ''Series/GrangeHill''.

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* ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog'': Spelunk from "Subterranean Sonic'' is one of these, and he doesn't take kindly to outsiders stealing his treasure. While Sonic and Tails don't have any intention of doing so, Dr. Robotnik certainly does.

* [[Animation/TheLittleMole ''Krtek'']] or ''Krteček'' (meaning "mole" and "little mole" respectively), invented by the [[UsefulNotes/TheCzechRepublic Czech]] animator Zdeněk Miler, is a cute little [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin mole]] and is often seen with a shovel in his hands.

* On ''WesternAnimation/{{The Lion King|1994}}'', a gopher delivers "news from the underground".

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* Speckles from ''Film/GForce'', [[spoiler:who turns out to be, yes, TheMole.]]
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* All moles in the ''Literature/{{Redwall}}'' series are experts at tunneling. Even Axtel Sturnclaw, who wanders around smashing vermin with a giant hammer.
* The mole who wants to marry Literature/{{Thumbelina}}.
* Moley from ''Literature/TheWindInTheWillows''. He likes nothing better than the cozy safety of his burrow.

* The Moles from Whack-A-Mole all wear the miner's helmets.

* Monty Mole from ''VideoGame/SuperMarioWorld''.
** ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros3'' featured Rocky Wrenches, which resemble reptilian moles that threw [[WrenchWhack wrenches]] at either Mario or Luigi.
* Another VideoGame/MontyMole, who in fact even ''worked'' as a miner, was the titular character of a series of computer games by Gremlin Graphics.
* The citizens of Moleville in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioRPG''
* Mr. Resetti from the ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing'' games, a mole in a miner outfit who pesters the player every time they reset the game.
* The moles from the ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfSpyro'' trilogy.
** Earlier Spyro game, ''[[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/VideoGame/SpyroAHerosTail 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.
* A dungeon of ''VideoGame/LastScenario'', the "Possessed Mine", contains these as random encounters.
* ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountryReturns'': mole miners in the Mine World, who attack with [[PowerfulPick pickaxes]]. Mole Miner Max is the boss of that world as well.
* He's supposed to be a ''groundhog'', but Bonaparte from ''VideoGame/SuikodenII'', despite being some kind of horrible monster, is effectively a mole with a glandular problem.

* In ''VideoGame/AgeOfWonders'', (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 [[HorseOfADifferentColor mounts]] and [[DrillTank tunnel-diggers]].
* Muddy Mole, the player character of ''VideoGame/MoleMania''.
* The ''VideoGame/BanjoKazooie'' series has Bottles and his soldiering brother Jamjar.
* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' has Drilbur and Excadrill. Diglett and Dugtrio also have mole-like characteristics.
* Flammole the Moleroid from ''VideoGame/MegaManZX''.
* In ''Rolo to the Rescue'', the mole's special ability is tunneling through ground with a spade. Miner's helmet? Check.
* An AmbiguouslyHuman example (given the presence of {{Funny Animal}}s in the setting), Mole Knight from ''VideoGame/ShovelKnight'' is a mole-themed knight that can [[FastTunnelling fast-tunnel]] through the ground and has a personal goal to excavate the Lost City.
* The ''VideoGame/DragonQuest'' series has Mischievous Moles and variations thereof as common enemies. They all attack with a wooden shovel they carry in their hand. At one point in ''VideoGame/DragonQuestVIII'', you have to travel through a system of their tunnels.

* There's Gopher in Disney's ''Franchise/WinnieThePooh''.

* The Goofy Gophers from ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes''.
* WesternAnimation/BugsBunny is also fond of tunneling, often taking the WrongTurnAtAlbuquerque.
* A gopher often pesters Pluto in the WesternAnimation/ClassicDisneyShorts. 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.
* Aristotle from ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresFromTheBookOfVirtues''.
* Mole from ''WesternAnimation/MrBogus''.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/DangerMouse'' episode "Planet of the Cats", when Danger Mouse and Penfold are going through the sewers, they meet up with a mole who wears a miner helmet and speaks with a [[OopNorth Yorkshire accent]].
* One of the minor villains from ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987'' was a mutant mole named Dirtbag, who dressed like a miner and was even armed with a pickaxe.
* Spelunk from the ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog'' episode, "Subterranean Sonic'' is one of these, and he doesn't take kindly to outsiders stealing his treasure. While Sonic and Tails don't have any intention of doing so, Dr. Robotnik certainly does.

!!Examples

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* In ''Disney/TheRescuers'' one of the swamp volunteers is a mole with a miner's cap.
* On ''Disney/TheLionKing'', a gopher delivers "news from the underground".

** WesternAnimation/BugsBunny is also fond of tunneling, often taking the WrongTurnAtAlbuquerque.

* An AmbiguouslyHuman example (given the presence of {{Beast M|an}}en in the setting), Mole Knight from ''VideoGame/ShovelKnight'' is a mole-themed knight that can [[FastTunnelling fast-tunnel]] through the ground and has a personal goal to excavate the Lost City.

* An AmbiguouslyHuman example (given the presence of PettingZooPeople in the setting), Mole Knight from ''VideoGame/ShovelKnight'' is a mole-themed knight that can [[FastTunnelling fast-tunnel]] through the ground and has a personal goal to excavate the Lost City.

[[IThoughtItMeant Not to be confused with]] TheMole. See also DrillMole.

* The VideoGame/DragonQuest series has Mischievous Moles and variations thereof as common enemies. They all attack with a wooden shovel they carry in their hand. At one point in VideoGame/DragonQuestVIII, you have to travel through a system of their tunnels.

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