Slowpoke Rodriguez: The Slowest Mouse in Mexico
Slowpoke Rodriguez appeared in only two classic Looney Tunes shorts. Two. Bugs Bunny starred in more than 160. Speedy Gonzales appeared in…
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Why Was Speedy Gonzales Banned? The Real Story
Cartoon Network never held a press conference announcing a Speedy Gonzales ban. There was no formal cancellation notice, no press release, and…
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Flower From Bambi: Why He Was Mistaken for a Girl
Flower from Bambi is one of Disney’s most frequently misunderstood characters. He has a traditionally feminine name, long eyelashes, a soft voice…
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Skunk Cartoon Characters: 12 Designs That Reinvent the Trope
Skunk cartoon characters enter a scene with one major advantage: the audience already knows the joke. Before the character says a word,…
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Pepe Le Pew & Outdated Tropes: How Cartoons Age
Pepe Le Pew spent seventeen years chasing the same cat across movie screens, then another six decades hopping through reruns, VHS tapes,…
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Mickey Rat: The Underground Mickey Mouse Parody
Mickey Rat looks like the version of Mickey Mouse that Disney would never allow near one of its theme parks. He has…
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25 Skinny Cartoon Characters and Why Their Designs Work
In animation, a skinny body is rarely just a body type. A long neck can make a character look nervous before they…
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Tom Terrific: Captain Kangaroo’s Forgotten Cartoon Hero
One of early television’s most imaginative cartoon heroes looked as though somebody had drawn him during breakfast. Tom Terrific was little more…
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Bucky and Pepito: The Worst Cartoon Ever?
Most forgotten cartoons disappear for ordinary reasons. Bucky and Pepito is remembered because animation historians have spent decades arguing that it might…
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Courageous Cat: The Batman Parody Bob Kane Made in 1960
Bob Kane helped create Batman. About two decades later, his name appeared on a cartoon that turned the same basic idea into…
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The Nutty Squirrels: The Jazz Act That Beat the Chipmunks to TV
The Nutty Squirrels began as an imitation, but they were not an amateur copy. They were created in 1959 by two established…
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50s Cartoons: 20 Most Influential Shows, Ranked
The 1950s were the decade cartoons moved from the movie theatre into the living room. At the beginning of the decade, most…
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60s Cartoons: 20 Classic Shows From the 1960s
The 1960s changed what a television cartoon could be. At the beginning of the decade, many viewers still associated animation with theatrical…
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Is Jellystone Park Real? The Cartoon Park and Campgrounds
Jellystone Park is real and fictional at the same time. The park where Yogi Bear steals picnic baskets is a cartoon setting…
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Why Do Astro and Scooby Sound the Same?
The resemblance is real. Astro and Scooby-Doo sound alike because Don Messick voiced both dogs and used the same basic speech technique…
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