Jellycat Alternatives: Funny Plushies for Adults

We make Eff It Friends, so they're on this list. Everything else is something we like from another maker. There are no affiliate links, and nobody paid to be here.

Some people love how soft a Jellycat is but want their plush to have a little more edge. If that's who you're shopping for, there's a whole shelf of funny plushies for adults, from rude to gory to gross. Here's how they compare on price, size and kind of dark, with prices from each maker's own site on October 21, 2026.

The short list

Brand	Example	Price	Size	Kind of dark
Jellycat (for comparison)	Bartholomew Bear, Medium	$33	Medium	Not dark at all
Eff It Friends (ours)	Jackie Plush	$29	5.5 in	Rude: middle fingers up
Punchkins	"Cute but Dead Inside" Coffin Plush	$19.99	7.25 in	Sarcastic and gothic
Gloomy Bear	Gloomy Bear Standing 8" Plush	$24	8 in	Cute and violent
Fugglers	Wide-Eyed Weirdo	$32.99	9 in	Weird on purpose
GIANTmicrobes	Salmonella	$12.95	6 in	Gross and nerdy
Squishable	Mini Squishable Plague Doctor	$29	Mini	Spooky

From us

We make Eff It Friends: four soft characters with poseable arms that put the middle fingers up or tuck them into a front pocket. The face is cute and the hands are not, and the laugh almost always comes the first time someone pulls the arms out.

Jackie Plush, $29. Our angry orange cat and best seller, 5.5 inches tall and made to be squeezed, with a weighted bottom so she stands on a desk or a shelf.

"This is so cute. I have this sitting in my car to cheer me up during bad traffic." Cynthia W., verified buyer, Jackie plush

All four 5.5-inch plush, $99. Jackie, Bernard, Kai and Audra together, for the person who lines their Jellycats up on a shelf and would like the shelf to have opinions.

Audra Keychain Plush, $15. The pink bunny at 3.25 inches on a stainless steel ring, for someone who clips plush to their bag.

"Love em, the cutest yet firm eff you I've ever seen." CJ, verified buyer, Kai plush

All four, plus the keychains and sets, are on our funny plushies for adults page.

Other funny plush for adults

Punchkins

Punchkins is the closest thing to us: sarcastic plush with the joke stitched on. The "Cute but Dead Inside" Coffin Plush is a 7.25-inch black coffin with blood-drip details, and the "RIP Hopes and Dreams" Headstone Plush is a 6.5-inch headstone with a skull and a little shovel, both $19.99. They also sort their shop into gift collections like "For Dark Humor Lovers" and "For Coworkers," which makes browsing easy.

Gloomy Bear

Gloomy Bear, by the Japanese artist Mori Chack, is a sweet-looking pink bear who is usually shown splattered with blood, because his whole story is that he attacks his owner. In the US, the licensed Gloomy Bear store sells the standing 8-inch plush for $24 and ships in 5 to 8 business days.

Fugglers

Fugglers are lumpy plush monsters with unsettling, human-looking teeth, for someone who finds ugly funnier than cute. They're sold mostly through toy retailers. We saw the 9-inch Wide-Eyed Weirdo at $32.99, and they often turn up for less at big-box stores.

GIANTmicrobes

GIANTmicrobes makes plush versions of real germs, about 5 to 7 inches, each with a fact card about the microbe. Salmonella is $12.95. They're the pick for a friend with a nurse's or a scientist's sense of humor.

Squishable

Squishable makes round, very huggable plush, and its spooky side fits here. The Mini Squishable Plague Doctor is $29, and the full-size Midnight Mothman is $65 for a bigger gift.

How dark is dark?

"Dark sense of humor" covers a lot of ground, and the right pick depends on which part of it your person lives in.

• Rude: a cute thing that says what they're thinking. That's us, and Punchkins.
• Cute and violent: Gloomy Bear's whole territory.
• Weird: a plush that looks slightly wrong on purpose, which is Fugglers.
• Gross and nerdy: GIANTmicrobes.
• Spooky: plague doctors and cryptids from Squishable.

Where Jellycat still wins

We'd be the wrong people to ask if you want a big plush to sleep with. Jellycat makes most of its designs in several sizes, and the Bartholomew Bear is still the classic huggable bear. If softness and size matter more than the joke, that's the answer.

How Eff It Friends compare to a Jellycat

Jellycat fans usually care about how a plush feels as much as how it looks. Ours are made to be squeezed, with a weighted bottom so they stand up, and an embroidered butthole on the back that nobody expects. A medium Jellycat is $33. Our plush are $29, and they're smaller: 5.5 inches tall, with Audra at 8.5 inches counting her ears. Think desk or shelf companion, not something to hug all night.

Which friend for which person

There are four, and the easiest way to choose is to match one to the person you're buying for.

• Jackie, the orange cat, is angry. She says what everyone's thinking, which makes her right for the friend who has never once pretended to be fine.
• Bernard, the brown bear, is anxious. He's for the person whose humor gets darker the more they worry.
• Kai, the beige dog, can't be bothered. He's the pick for the deadpan friend who would rather sigh than explain the joke.
• Audra, the pink bunny, was over it first. She's for the one who was dark before it was popular, and she's the tallest of the four.

For a bigger gift

Our gift boxes are $89 and come ready to give: a 5.5-inch plush with its matching pin, a card with your handwritten message, Barefoot Dreams socks and a few small extras. For smaller add-ons, see our funny stocking stuffers under $20, and for everyone else, funny gifts for friends.

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Questions

What's like Jellycat but with a darker sense of humor? Eff It Friends (soft characters with their middle fingers up, $29), Punchkins (sarcastic plush like the "Cute but Dead Inside" coffin, $19.99), Gloomy Bear (a cute, bloodied pink bear, $24), Fugglers (monsters with human-looking teeth) and GIANTmicrobes (plush germs, $12.95).

How do Eff It Friends compare to Jellycat? A medium Jellycat is $33. Eff It Friends plush are $29 and smaller, 5.5 inches tall, with a weighted bottom so they stand on a desk or shelf. They're super-soft, and their poseable arms put the middle fingers up or tuck them into a front pocket.

Where can I buy Gloomy Bear plush in the US? The licensed Gloomy Bear store at gloomybearstore.com sells the standing 8-inch plush for $24 and ships in 5 to 8 business days.

Are there funny plushies for adults under $20? Yes: an Eff It Friends keychain plush ($15), a GIANTmicrobes plush germ ($12.95), or a Punchkins plush like "RIP Hopes and Dreams" ($19.99).

How big are Eff It Friends? The plush are 5.5 inches tall, 5.5 inches long and 3.75 inches deep, and Audra is 8.5 inches with her ears. The keychain plush are 3.25 inches tall.