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President Snakes from the 2015 nerd-folk album of the same name is five snakes running as one fictional politician.

This list of fictional snakes is subsidiary to the list of fictional animals and is a collection of various notable serpentine characters that appear in various works of fiction. It is limited to well-referenced examples of snakes in literature, music, film, television, comics, animation and video games.

Literature

Name Work Author Notes
Asmodeus Poisonteeth Redwall Brian Jacques A giant Adder who lived in an old sandstone quarry north-east of Redwall Abbey.
Anthony J. Crowley Good Omens Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman Originally named Crawly. He is a main character as the snake-demon who tempted Eve, though he spends most of the novel in human form.
Kaa The Jungle Book Rudyard Kipling An Indian Python.
Nag & Nagaina Rikki Tikki Tavi Rudyard Kipling King Cobras.
Nagini Harry Potter J.K. Rowling Voldemort's giant python-viper hybrid
Jörmungandr Skaldic poem Húsdrápa The midgard serpent that would kill Thor in Ragnarok.
Salmissra The Belgariad and The Malloreon David Eddings Originally queen of Nyissa, Salmissra was turned into a giant serpent by Polgara the Sorceress
Violet Mother's Day Surprise Stephen Krensky A snakelet who gives her mother an ingenious Mother's Day gift
Mrs. Plithiver Legend of the Guardians Kathryn Lasky A nursemaid snake that looked after Soren, Kludd, and Eglentine as owlets

Music

Name Song(s) Musician Notes
President Snakes "President Snakes" songs from the 2015 nerd-folk album President Snakes The Doubleclicks President Snakes is a fictional politician made up of five snakes running for the United States presidential election. She ends up losing but winning the swing states.
Hissing Sid "Captain Beaky", a single from the album Captain Beaky and His Band Keith Michell The single reached Number 5 in the UK singles charts in 1980. "Hissing Sid is Innocent" subsequently became a popular catchphrase.

Comics

Name Work Notes
Pyton Pyton A pantomime comic by Jan Romare about a man who has a python as a pet.
Snake Snake Tales A comic strip written by Australian cartoonist Allan Salisbury also known as Sols.
Snavely Pogo From Walt Kelly's Pogo, friend to Ol' Mouse.

Animation

Name Film Notes
Adder The Animals of Farthing Wood
Ayame Sohma Fruits Basket The Snake of the Chinese zodiac, and Yuki's older brother.
Blue Racer The Blue Racer A blue snake.
Craig Slithers Sanjay and Craig Sanjay's anthropomorphic pet snake who he met in a pet store, but does not like to be called just a pet.
Cobra Happy Tree Friends A cobra that bit Toothy at his arm when he tried to make a tent in "Take a Hike".
Cy Sly Ovide and the Gang A small python who acts as the series' antagonist.
El Diablo The Loud House Lana Loud's pet snake, who is often seen with the rest of her personal pets.
Ju-Ju The Princess and the Frog The snake that belongs to Mama Odie.
Maddie Back to the Outback An Inland Taipan with a heart of gold who longs to return to the Australian Outback
Malcho Aladdin A giant flying serpent who is an enemy of Thundra and (later) Iago and Aladdin
Master Viper Kung Fu Panda A Green Tree Viper and member of the Furious Five
Mr. Snake The Bad Guys a sarcastic safe-cracking eastern brown snake and Mr. Wolf's second-in-command and best friend, the oldest of the gang.
Messina Freddy as F.R.O.7 A sorceress and one of the two main antagonists (along with El Supremo) of Freddy the frog
Murgatroid The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue
Rattlesnake Jake Rango A rattlesnake who was one of the antagonists in the film.
Karai Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012 TV series) Karai was originally Hamato Miwa until Shredder stole her and raised her to be a Foot ninja. Later, finding out Hamato Yoshi (Splinter) is her father, she joins the Turtles. During an episode, Shredder and Splinter duel until she is knocked into a mutagen container, and mutated into a serpent with snakes for hands.
Quique Work It Out Wombats! The single father of Sammy.
Sammy Work It Out Wombats! A 7-year-old Emerald tree boa who is best friends with Malik.
Sir Hiss Robin Hood Counsellor of King John in the 1973 Disney movie "Robin Hood".
Slips Python My Gym Partner's a Monkey An easy-going, street-talking green tree python.
SlobbySnake HobbyKids Adventures An anaconda who is a member of the SlobbyKids
Snake Skunk Fu A serpentine spy for Master Panda and the other animals in the Valley.
Striker Helluva Boss
King Cobra Little Singham A military leader who want to destroy India and is the biggest enemy of Little Singham.

Television

Name Show Notes
Mara Doctor Who A being of pure hatred, anger and greed, and requires the fear of its victims to survive. It exists in the minds of its victims and can transmit itself telepathically, although it can also physically manifest as a giant snake.
Nigel Vegetable Soup A pet boa constrictor belonging to an African-American boy named Martin in a "Real People" serial from the series.
Sammy the Snake Sesame Street A Lavender-Green Anything Muppet who looks and sounds just like the letter S.
Sandy the Snake Sesame Street A rattlesnake.

Video games

Name Game Notes
Dendar the Night Serpent Forgotten Realms a Snake from the campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game.
Coily Q*bert A purple snake character hatched from the purple ball once it reaches the bottom of Q*bert's pyramid; conquerable by Q*bert jumping on a disc, luring Coily the snake to jump off the pyramid to his doom.
Rattle Shake Skylanders: Swap Force
Rattle and Roll Snake Rattle 'n' Roll Two snake characters, one is red and the other is blue, the player(s) need to control the snake(s) through 11 isometric levels. The object in each level is to eat enough Nibbley Pibbleys to gain enough weight to ring a bell on top of a weighing machine located at the end of the level.
Genghis and Atilla Sneaky Snakes Two snake characters that are on a journey to save Sonia Snake from the Nasty Nibbler. Game is a sequel to Snake Rattle 'n' Roll.
Rattly the Rattlesnake Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest and Donkey Kong Land 2 An animal buddy snake character that is rebelling against the Kremlings for ruining his home island, he went on the good side to help Diddy and Dixie to save Donkey Kong from Kaptain K. Rool.
Histup Banjo-Kazooie A snake character that is a pet to Rubee the snake charmer.
Trowzer Yooka-Laylee A snake character that going to support Yooka and Laylee by selling and teaching them new moves, for a fee of course.
Noodle Snake Pass (video game) A coral snake who is the protagonist of a puzzle/platforming game on multiple platforms. Has a hummingbird friend named Doodle that helps him along the way with advice.
Faust The Arcana A familiar to the character of Asra. Designed to resemble a ball python.
Mr Huggy Broken Age A constricting snake that fears loud noises. Its namesake originates from a stuffed snake that the character of Shay has previously owned.
Coily Rattler Kirby Triple Deluxe A large rattlesnake who appears as a 4th boss in Wild World.
Sssnacker Kirby and the Forgotten Land A large snake who is a member of the beast pack.

See also

References

  1. "Jan Romare".
  2. Nickelodeon Debuts Brand-New Animated Series 'Sanjay and Craig' May 25 TVbytheNumbers.com 22-04-13
  3. "What kind of snake is Faust?". Tumblr. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
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