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15 NCAA mascots that deserve an animated TV series

By Carly Regehr

December 31, 2016; Glendale, AZ, USA; Ohio State Buckeyes mascot Brutus before the game against the Clemson Tigers in the the 2016 CFP semifinal at University of Phoenix Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Matthew Emmons-USA TODAY Sports
December 31, 2016; Glendale, AZ, USA; Ohio State Buckeyes mascot Brutus before the game against the Clemson Tigers in the the 2016 CFP semifinal at University of Phoenix Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Matthew Emmons-USA TODAY Sports /
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PERTH, AUSTRALIA – FEBRUARY 16: A kangaroo jumps down the 3rd fairway during round one of the ISPS HANDA World Super 6 at Lake Karrinyup Country Club on February 16, 2017 in Perth, Australia. (Photo by Paul Kane/Getty Images)
PERTH, AUSTRALIA – FEBRUARY 16: A kangaroo jumps down the 3rd fairway during round one of the ISPS HANDA World Super 6 at Lake Karrinyup Country Club on February 16, 2017 in Perth, Australia. (Photo by Paul Kane/Getty Images) /

No. 11: Kasey the Kangaroo of the University of Missouri-Kansas City

Name of Show: Countryside Manor

Network: Boomerang

Voiceover By: Rose Byrne

Firstly, what an unlikely partnership to pair a Division I college with an international animal. It would make even less sense to pitch an animated TV series to a network about a kangaroo that lives in Missouri. It isn’t, however, unusual for zoos in America to have one or two kangaroos lying around. To give one, like Kasey the Kangaroo, the opportunity to appear in a show to a North American audience is far-fetched, but here’s how it’d go down…

Missouri and Australia are both very arid places during the summertime. In Countryside Manor, Kasey is shipped over from Australia to the U.S., where an eager couple stand by for her arrival. It’s the same couple, who decide to adopt Kasey, so that they can add her to their manor of exotic animals. Though it may seem like it would fall under drama, because of Kasey being separated from her family, there’s some light-hearted fun.

The show would be a hybrid of any film that ever depicted animals “coming to life” vocally and the caste system between said animals. Following that same ideal, Kasey’s purpose in Countryside Manor would be nothing short of an outsider-turned-mentor. Of course, it’s no fun being the new guy in town, so Kasey’s arrival at the manor would make the other animals feel uncomfortable.

With that in mind, the moral of the story is about accepting the differences around you. You might not like the idea of someone new at your high school or on your sports team, but diversity is important. If everybody thought the same and looked the same, society would be too bland. That’s Kasey the Kangaroo’s story in Countryside Manor.

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