TV Guide's 50 Greatest Cartoon Characters

Well, first of all, here's the list:
1. Bugs Bunny
2. Homer Simpson
3. Rocky & Bullwinkle
4. Beavis & Butt-head
5. The Grinch
6. Fred Flintstone & Barney Rubble
7. Angelica Pickles (Rugrats)
8. Charlie Brown & Snoopy
9. Spongebob Squarepants
10. Cartman (South Park)
11. Bart & Lisa Simpson
12. Fat Albert
13. The Powerpuff Girls
14. Daffy Duck
15. Pikachu (Pokemon)
16. Gumby
17. Betty Boop
18. Top Cat
19. Mickey Mouse
20. Popeye
21. Gerald McBoing-Boing
22. Scooby-Doo
23. Underdog
24. Josie and the Pussycats
25. Heckle & Jeckle
26. Arthur
27. Winnie the Pooh
28. Felix the Cat
29. Mr. Magoo
30. George of the Jungle
31. Ren & Stimpy
32. Tom Terrific
33. Tweety & Sylvester
34. Bill (as in, "I'm just a...")(Schoolhouse Rock)
35. Space Ghost
36. Yogi Bear & Boo-Boo
37. Mighty Mouse
38. Wile E. Coyote & Road Runner
39. Superman (based of the 40's Fleischer shorts)
40. Batman
41. Daria
42. Wonder Woman
43. Donald Duck
44. Alvin (Alvin & the Chipmunks)
45. Boris & Natasha (Rocky & Bullwinkle)
46. Woody Woodpecker
47. Porky Pig
48. Bobby Hill (King of the Hill)
49. Speed Racer
50. Tom & Jerry

If that doesn't infuriate you, I dunno what will.

The undeserving

Okay, I'm fine for the top 3, but then it all goes to hell. Beavis & Butt-head at number 4? I can see them being on the list, I guess, but in the top 5? Hell no.

The Grinch should be disqualified... no matter how popular the cartoon is, the fact stands that he was only in ONE CARTOON. If a baseball player makes it to the majors, pitches a perfect game in his first appearance, then quits, you can't call him the greatest baseball player ever.

Angelica in the top 10? Do I even need to explain how wrong that is? She shouldn't even be on the list.

Spongebob at 9? As I said in the Spongebob thread, I don't dislike him, but look at the other characters on the list and tell me he should be THAT high up.

Pikachu... I like Pikachu, but once again, considering the competition, I would have bumped him at least to the 30's.

I haven't seen Top Cat in a while, but I certainly don't remember him being good enough to outrank Mickey.

The Scooby-Doo entry should have been "Scooby-Doo & Shaggy"... without Shaggy, Scoob is nothin'.

Josie and the Pussycats? Oh, HELL no. Crappy Scooby-Doo knockoffs do not on this list belong.

I obviously have a problem with who's positioned where all over this list, but Sylvester & Tweety outranking Wile E. & Road Runner AND Tom & Jerry irks me to no end. Both were much better 'chase' cartoons.

Bill from Schoolhouse Rock... MAN this gets to me. Going back to the Grinch example, this is like a pitcher pitching a perfect INNING then quitting and then winning a Cy Young. 5 minutes of airtime and you can be on this list? Hey, they coulda put Disco Stu on here.

Wonder Woman... no. Not that she's BAD, but one of the greatest?

Woody Woodpecker... I don't know ANYONE that doesn't think he's the most annoying character ever.

Bobby Hill... certainly not. MAYBE if it were listed as Hank & Bobby Hill. MAYBE.

The blatant oversights:

Ones I think everyone will agree on:
Droopy
Goofy
Spider-man
George Jetson
The Smurfs
Pink Panther

Personal preference:
The Tick
Bender (Futurama)
Dick Dastardly & Muttley
Inspector Gadget
Peter Griffin (Family Guy)
Dexter & Dee-dee (Dexter's Laboratory)
Mojo Jojo (MAKES the Powerpuff Girls)

My top 10:
1. Bugs Bunny
2. Homer Simpson
3. Rocky & Bullwinkle
4. Popeye
5. Mickey Mouse
6. Tom & Jerry
7. Charlie Brown & Snoopy
8. Powerpuff Girls
9. Fred & Barney
10. Batman

So, what are your thoughts?

Bugs Bunny?! Like Hell! I've always hated Bugs. WB should kill the bastard off. He doesn't deserve to be on the list at all, let alone number one!

No offense, but Space Ghost was and is a shitty cartoon character.

The fact that someone used his image to make a funny talk show shouldn't redeem him.

who is
21. Gerald McBoing-Boing ?

sounds dirty...

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No offense, but Space Ghost was and is a shitty cartoon character.

The fact that someone used his image to make a funny talk show shouldn't redeem him.

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Sure it should. Okay, okay, maybe I shouldn't put him in my top 10... editing...

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who is
21. Gerald McBoing-Boing ?

sounds dirty...

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He was a boy who could only talk in sound effects...

I think he may be another on the Grinch and Bill bandwagon, a good character, but not really enough screen time to even be considered. I'm not quite so familiar with him, so I'll leave validating his appearance on the list to someone else.

They forgot Thundercleese!

-Kevin

Stuff it, dolltalker!

No Hong Kong Fuey?

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Forgetting the Smurfs is indeed unforgivable. And someone get Angela the hell out of there. Yeah, where is Mojo Jojo anyway? :) I got no problem with Bevis and Butthead at #4 tho'. If you disagree, maybe you just haven't seen them in a while. :p


Hmmmmmm...What's the deal with listing 2 totally differnent characters in the same slot. Even if they are in the same cartoon, Bevis and Butthead are totally differnet. I'd put Bevis at #4 and Butthead somewhere in the high teens.

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I got no problem with Bevis and Butthead at #4 tho'. If you disagree, maybe you just haven't seen them in a while.

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Yeah, actually, I just saw them the other day, and I couldn't stop cringing and saying "I used to LIKE this?" As I said, they might deserve to be on the list, they did indeed have their moments and they're important from a television history standpoint, but putting them ahead of damn near everyone is definitely pushing it.

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Hmmmmmm...What's the deal with listing 2 totally differnent characters in the same slot. Even if they are in the same cartoon, Bevis and Butthead are totally differnet. I'd put Bevis at #4 and Butthead somewhere in the high teens.

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I take back what I said in the other thread about you being a secretly brilliant guy. All the paired characters on the list are logical, you can't have one without the other. Listing them seperately would take away another space from a character that deserves recognition.