Re: Rupert the Chav
<quote>Rupert in a hoodie? Sadly my friend you are behind the times- it has already happened.</quote>
And Paddington, for shame -- http://www.everything2.com/e2node/Raddington%20Bear (some five years prior. At least this wasn't followed up on and put on screen*).
* AFAIK ... joke notwithstanding [see URL], maybe Michael Bond did put his foot down to some extent.