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Character plush, matched to the right franchise

Character searches are usually specific: a particular line, a particular size, sometimes a particular year. Each entry sets out what actually exists, what the counterfeits get wrong, and how to look after it.

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Sanrio

Hello Kitty

Fifty years of consistent design, which makes fakes unusually easy to spot.

hello kitty stuffed animal

Peanuts

Snoopy

A white beagle with a black ear patch — and one of the oldest continuously made plush characters.

snoopy stuffed animal

Lilo & Stitch

Stitch

Blue, big-eared and consistently one of the top-selling character plush worldwide.

stitch stuffed animal

Winnie the Pooh

Winnie the Pooh

Two distinct looks — classic sketch-style and modern animated — and they are not interchangeable.

winnie the pooh stuffed animal

Winnie the Pooh

Eeyore

Part of the Winnie the Pooh series, but bought on his own terms — and usually by adults.

eeyore stuffed animal

Curious George

Curious George

A brown monkey with no tail — the detail most knock-offs get wrong.

curious george stuffed animal

Bluey

Bluey

Blue heeler plush with genuine supply constraints — the whole family gets collected.

bluey stuffed animal

Dr. Seuss

Grinch

Sharply seasonal — a green plush with an eleven-month off-season and a very good December.

grinch stuffed animal

Care Bears

Care Bear

Each bear is a colour plus a belly badge. Collecting is the entire mechanic.

care bear stuffed animal

Domo (NHK)

Domo

A brown rectangle with a saw-tooth mouth. The simplest silhouette in the category.

domo stuffed animal

The Monsters / Pop Mart

Labubu

Blind-box collectible culture applied to plush, with resale prices to match.

labubu stuffed animal

Pusheen

Pusheen

A grey tabby loaf with stripes. Almost everything made is a food or costume variant.

pusheen stuffed animal

How to Train Your Dragon

Toothless

A black night fury with retractable-looking wings — judged almost entirely on wing build.

toothless stuffed animal

Super Mario

Bowser

Shell, spikes and XXL sizing — the most structurally demanding character plush around.

bowser stuffed animal

Pokémon

Pikachu

The most produced character plush in the world, which is exactly why authentication matters.

pikachu stuffed animal

Five Nights at Freddy's

Five Nights at Freddy's

A whole cast rather than one character — Freddy, Bonnie, Chica, Foxy and dozens of variants.

five nights at freddy's stuffed animal

Fugglers

Fugglers

Deliberately ugly plush with human-style teeth. The teeth are the entire product.

fugglers stuffed animal