Rascals in...

These are occurrences that I have found, or can remember.

If you can add to them, do let me know.

...manga

Details are sketchy, but it is reported that in Evangelion, a small white van with possibly a ‘S’ on the front attempts to alert the citizens of a huge spider about to drill over their subterrainean city.

...computer games

Details not quite so sketchy, but a Rascal and a Bambi will soon be appearing in Grand Theft Auto San Andreas, and Midtown Madness 2, thanks to GT.

...film

My own van features in the short film Almost more>

...television

A mobile DJ’s Rascal was featured in Pimp My Ride UK shown on Five in December 2006 - it had slide-out decks at the rear, and the side doors became swing-out speakers.

In Top Gear shown on BBC2 on 30 July 2006, presenter Richard Hammond won the ‘van challenge’ piloting a Suzuki Supercarry, despite toppling it on it’s side during the ‘out run a police car’ round.

In BBC’s Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps, Donna (Natalie Casey), a bucket salesperson, has a yellow Rascal - it’s actually a Suzuki Supercarry, but they refer to it as a Rascal.

A red Rascal van was spotted in an episode of ITV's comedy drama series Doc Martin from around 2004, belonging to the plumber Bert Large (Ian McNeice).

In an episode of Scottish TV’s soap opera High Road in 2000 a white mark2 Supercarry was used as a mobile fishmongers - Eric Ross-Gifford (played by Richard Greenwood), using the name “Eddie”, bought some salmon steaks from ’Jim the Fish’ (Stewart Ennis), for Mrs Mack (Gwyneth Guthrie) to use in a lunch dish to help reverse the fortunes of the Ardnacraig Hotel in Glendarroch.

The first episode of Saxondale (BBC2, June 2006) featured a Rascal van as the transport of Tommy Saxondale (Steve Coogan) and his assistant Raymond (Rasmus Hardiker) for his pest-control business. Sadly the van changed to a Renault Kangoo in the next episode, which lacked the comedy value. The change was apparently due to the episode used footage from the pilot. Shame. The Rascal was a nice contrast to Tommy's other form of transport, a Ford Mustang, as featured in the title sequence.

In All Quiet on the Preston Front (abbreviated to Preston Front after the first series) written by Tim Firth and shown on BBC television between January 1994 and September 1997, a Rascal van was used to advertise Mr Wang’s restaurant, “Roman Holiday”. It’s comedic value was enhanced by the large bowl of noodles on the roof, which came loose while Eric (played by Paul Haigh) was giving Hodge (played by Colin Buchanan) driving lessons. The van also had to be lifted from a pond at one point.

In ITV’s soap opera Coronation Street, around 1995, there was a scene where Reg Holdsworth, the wonderfully comic corner shop keeper (played by Ken Morley) and his wife Maureen (Sherie Hewston) had to stop on the side of the road, with smoke/steam bellowing from the cab of their (rarely seen) Rascal van.

Around 1999, the BBC had a trailer for the forthcoming season which began with comedian Phill Jupitus and film crew (including the soundman with boom microphone for maximum slapstick potential) coming to an abrupt halt in a Rascal van outside John Peel’s house, and proceeding in the style of David Attenborough to ‘discover’ the forthcoming attractions.

...radio

BBC Radio 1FM top quality entertainers Mark Radcliffe and Lard have a character called Fat Harry White, who often refers to his soft-top Rascal van.

...books

The Funfax ‘Cars, Trucks, and Buses’ sticker book (available in good bookshops) has a blue Rascal to stick next to the words “Delivery van - goods can be loaded into this van through a sliding door on its side.”