Which Disney princess has a raccoon friend named Meeko?

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Which Disney princess has a raccoon friend named Meeko? Pocahontas has the raccoon companion Meeko.

Meeko appears in Disney’s 1995 animated film Pocahontas as a mischievous, curious animal who often accompanies Pocahontas and interacts with her other animal friend, Flit, a hummingbird. Although Meeko cannot speak in human language, his expressive behavior and comic reactions make him one of the film’s memorable supporting characters.

Pocahontas is loosely inspired by the historical Powhatan woman associated with Jamestown, Virginia, but Disney’s character and story are highly fictionalized. The film gives her a close relationship with nature and animals, including Meeko and Flit, as part of its broader themes of cultural conflict, empathy, and environmental balance.

A common mix-up is confusing Meeko with characters from other Disney films. He is not a fox, squirrel, or bear, and he does not belong to Rapunzel, Jasmine, or Mulan. The name “Meeko” specifically identifies Pocahontas’s raccoon companion.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Sept. 2026

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