Re: TV Guide's 50 Greatest Cartoon Characters
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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
First of all, I would never personally attempt to make such a list because you will never please everyone. And plus, you end with a bunch of stupid listings like:
Why was Wonder Woman listed here? And if they included Batman and Superman, where the hell is Spiderman?
Alvin all by himself? They should have just listed the Chipmunks as a whole. I mean, if they're gonna include someone lame like Alvin the Chipmunk, they may as well throw in Simon and Theodore. It's like each one is only a 1/3 of a character anyway. Might as well smoosh them together and pretend they are one.
Tom & Jerry as number 50, huh? Haha, I'm not even going to touch that one. :p
Bart and Lisa Simpson listed together? If anything, after the first few seasons, Bart has meant nothing to the show. It's basically the Homer show. And Lisa's character is often times far more entertaining than Bart's. And it's better developed too.
Mickey Mouse at number 19 is so ridiculous. Sure, he's a plain character, but is there one person on this planet that does not know who Mickey Mouse is? You see Mickey; you think Disney.
I understand the need to put Angelica Pickles on this list, but she should be somewhere in the 40-50 range. The Rugrats at one time had some pretty high ratings, and other than Chuckie, she's the most entertaining one on that show.
Beavis and Butt-Head should also be on the list, but not anywhere near the top. I don't really find them entertaining, but you would have to admit that their influence on pop culture was pretty damn huge at one time. I can't even count the amount of times a show has ripped off the Beavis and Butt-Head stoner laugh.
Now a few characters I think this list should have had on it:
Ninja Turtles
The Smurfs
Spiderman
Dexter and DeeDee
I think maybe a listing of "all supporting Simpsons characters" should be listed too. There are way too many brilliant characters on that show and overlooking them is terrible.
Re: TV Guide's 50 Greatest Cartoon Characters
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Originally posted by Bacon McShig
06. Fred Flintstone & Barney Rubble
18. Top Cat
21. Gerald McBoing-Boing
22. Scooby-Doo
23. Underdog
24. Josie and the Pussycats
25. Heckle & Jeckle
29. Mr. Magoo
32. Tom Terrific
35. Space Ghost
36. Yogi Bear & Boo-Boo
50. Tom & Jerry
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Originally posted by Jay
Hanna-Barbera cartoons got the shaft.
25% of the list does not equate to "getting the shaft" in my book.
Fuck Hannah-Barbera. Repeat: Fuck Hannah-Barbera. Post WWII the studio has put out nothing but 100% pure unadulterated SHIT up until about 3 years ago, at most. When Bill Hannah died last year the first words out of my mouth were "One down, one to go".
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Originally posted by Rumpy
Where the fuck are my Thundercats?
Deservedly absent; the show hasn't aged well at all. I watched it all the time when I was a kid, too.
other thoughts I had:
Who's ball-blazingly brilliant idea was it to have, out of all of the characters in anime, Pikachu and Speed Racer as the only entrants to the list. They shouldn't have bothered and just kept it to a US focus.
Spongebob and Rugrats are fads to me, I don't forsee common people talking about either show 10 years from now, much less 50.
