Which famous Toronto raccoon are you?

December 12, 2017 7:52 PM

Raccoons are some of Toronto's most famous residents. Their exploits and adventures frequently make the news. Now you can answer that age old question: Which famous Toronto raccoon are you?

Background on the possible answers (in the odd chance you aren't already familiar with these Raccoon celebs).

ROCKET
PEARSON
SCOOP
RIDER
KING
CONRAD (RIP)
SWEETIE
LITTLE MAC

posted by thecjm (10 comments total)

The late Conrad previously:

Raccoon in the City
posted by mandolin conspiracy at 7:57 PM on December 12, 2017 [1 favorite]

This makes me homesick. Miss you, Toronto.
posted by Severine at 8:00 PM on December 12, 2017 [1 favorite]

We received our new "raccoon proof" green bins a few weeks ago, and I'm glad to see the Raccoon Assistance Program for Intellectual Development (RAPID) is proceeding nicely.
posted by TheWhiteSkull at 8:07 PM on December 12, 2017 [5 favorites]

We used to live in a place where our landlord had shelled out for the really large grey bin. One night I went to put some garbage out and there was one raccoon inside rooting around at the bottom while the other was holding the lid up.

My concern was not that they got into it - I hadn't put the brick on it that we used to keep them out - it was that they had divided up their tasks and were working as a team.

I'm concerned there's some Raccoon Project Management Office (RPMO) managing workstreams somewhere. If there is, I do think they should be investigated by the Ministry of Labour for sending Little Mac up that high without proper fall arrest gear.
posted by mandolin conspiracy at 8:15 PM on December 12, 2017 [10 favorites]

You would have to take that up with the Raccoon Arbitration Bureau for Industrial Disputes (RABID).

Watch your hands.
posted by TheWhiteSkull at 8:30 PM on December 12, 2017 [10 favorites]

I'm not familiar with any of these "famous" Toronto-area raccoons. I'm only acquainted with the raccoon who likes to come sit on the step just outside the glass door to my attic workroom. He sits there for hours at a time, staring in at me and driving my cat mental. I call him Creeper Coon.
posted by orange swan at 9:35 PM on December 12, 2017 [4 favorites]

Aw little Scoop! I hope he was ok after his ordeal.
posted by Elly Vortex at 5:32 AM on December 13, 2017

they had divided up their tasks and were working as a team.

shot of raccoons walking down the hallway in slo-mo, close up and freeze on each member of the team with caption:

ROCKET: The Leader

SCOOP: Entry Specialist

RIDER: The Getaway Driver

SWEETIE: The Lookout

LITTLE MAC: The Inside Man
posted by Halloween Jack at 8:10 AM on December 13, 2017 [2 favorites]

Toronto is very good at naming Raccoons.
posted by PinkMoose at 8:20 AM on December 13, 2017 [1 favorite]

There are also the raccoons of the resistance.
posted by SyraCarol at 6:36 PM on December 13, 2017 [1 favorite]