Koala emblems and popular culture deals with the uses which have been made of the image of the koala, such as coins, emblems, logos, mascots and in the naming of sports teams.
The Australian version of the American Disney computer-animated film Zootopia has a koala as a newscaster character.
South Korean boyband BTS collaborated with Line Friends and released a set of characters called BT21; one of these characters, created by Namjoon, is a light blue koala named Koya.
TV and films
Star Trek: Lower Decks episode "Moist Vessel" reveals that the entire universe of the Star Trek franchise is carried in the back of a giant cosmic koala.[5]
Qantas airlines used a koala who continually complains about the airline's reliability in a series of television commercials.
An Australian children's show has animated characters headed by The Koala Brothers.
Coojee Bear was the koala friend of Australian entertainer Rolf Harris in his 1960s UK Television shows
In the animated series American Dad!, the character Reginald is a koala who was originally a homeless man that had his mind swapped with a koala in a CIA experiment.
In the episode "Pranksters" of the Nickelodeon animated series Rocko's Modern Life, the tannoy at the airport suggests the name of the airline is called Koala Airlines.
The Guru from Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves is an aboriginal guru koala who is Murray's dreamtime teacher, as well as one of the new recruited members of the Cooper Gang.
Kid Koala is the stage name of the Canadian DJ Eric San.
"Koala Infestation" is one of the more popular bits performed by comedian Mitch Hedberg.
During the Vietnam War, conscripted Australian soldiers were derisively called "Koala soldiers" by regular army personnel. The rationale behind this name was that they were 'not to be exported or shot at.' It is now commonplace within the civilian population to use this nickname to refer to any deployment of troops with restricted rules of engagement.
