Basil Brush is a fictional

Fiction

Fiction is the form of any narrative or informative work that deals, in part or in whole, with information or events that are not factual, but rather, imaginary—that is, invented by the author. Although fiction describes a major branch of literary work, it may also refer to theatrical,...

 anthropomorphic

Anthropomorphism

Anthropomorphism is any attribution of human characteristics to animals, non-living things, phenomena, material states, objects or abstract concepts, such as organizations, governments, spirits or deities. The term was coined in the mid 1700s...

 fox

Fox

Fox is a common name for many species of omnivorous mammals belonging to the Canidae family. Foxes are small to medium-sized canids , characterized by possessing a long narrow snout, and a bushy tail .Members of about 37 species are referred to as foxes, of which only 12 species actually belong to...

 raconteur, best known for his appearances on daytime British

United Kingdom

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 children's television

Television

Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...

. He is primarily portrayed by a glove puppet

Hand puppet

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, but has also been depicted in animated cartoon

Animated cartoon

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 shorts and comic strips. The character has featured on children's (and later adult) television from the 1960s to the present day.

A mischievous character, Basil Brush is best known for his catchphrase "Ha Ha Ha, Boom! Boom!", used after something he finds funny, and also for speaking in a "posh" accent

Accent (linguistics)

In linguistics, an accent is a manner of pronunciation peculiar to a particular individual, location, or nation.An accent may identify the locality in which its speakers reside , the socio-economic status of its speakers, their ethnicity, their caste or social class, their first language In...

 and manner, referring to himself as a "fella".