Short Fiction · Character
Tommy Brock
A badger with a taste for uninvited naps and a long-running feud with Mr. Tod, the fox whose house he keeps occupying.
supporting
Also known as Tommy, Tom
First appearance: The Tale of Mr. Tod
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A bristly, fat badger with dirty habits who kidnaps the baby rabbits and sleeps in Mr.
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Tommy Brock is the badger whose squatting habits and shameless appetite make him Mr. Tod's perpetual adversary, and whose fondness for rabbit pie draws him into the affairs of Benjamin Bunny's family. He is slow, sly,…
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See Tommy Brock in The Tale of Mr. Tod