Rabbit folklore as the trickster archetype, as he uses his cunning to outwit his enemies. The rabbit as trickster is a part of American popular culture, as Br'er Rabbit (from African-American folktales and, later, Disney animation) and Bugs Bunny (the cartoon character from Warner Bros.), for example. Anthropomorphized rabbits have appeared in film and literature, in "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" (the White Rabbit and the March Hare characters), in "Watership Down" (including the film and television adaptations), in "Rabbit Hill" (by Robert Lawson), and in the "Peter Rabbit" stories (by Beatrix Potter). In the 1920s, "Oswald the Lucky Rabbit", was a
Happy (manga character) with Plue, "Rave Master"s mascot, whom he had difficulty with writing as Plue did not speak. In the pre-production stage of "Fairy Tail", Mashima drew an illustration depicting two cat-like creatures resembling Happy with bird-like feet and feathered wings for arms. Mashima initially named the character after the Norse god Freyr, which he felt was "too much" for the character and changed to something "more suitable". When asked about the creation of his characters, Mashima replied that each character embodies a part of his own personality, with Happy representing how he acts when slacking off, later stating that Happy was