Surly Squirrel


Surly Squirrel is a cartoon character created by Peter Lepeniotis. He first appeared in the 2005 short film, Surly Squirrel and the 2011 short film, Nuts and Robbers. He then appeared in 2014 movie, The Nut Job and the 2017 film sequel, , voiced by Will Arnett in those two films.

Reception

A reviewer for the Washington Post described Surly as a "selfish scurrier" with a "grouchy attitude and a "mind for schemes", concluding that "He's not a very fun character to travel with". In 2014, a reviewer in IGN described the character as "admittedly quite surly", but also "trapped in a bizarre and contradictory social commentary about the importance of sharing and the dangers of socialism."
A reviewer for the New York Times described the character as a "dour squirrel" prone to tantrums.