Jughead Jones
Forsythe is known as Jughead, Juggie, or Jug. He stands at 6 ft (1.8 m) and 140 lbs (64 kg) and can be identified by his long nose, half-closed eyes, “S” sweatshirt, and beanie hat. Jughead is typically seen as lazy and obsessed with food, especially hamburgers. Unlike his other male counterparts, he also demonstrates very [...]
Jughead Jones
31 March 2009
Forsythe is known as Jughead, Juggie, or Jug. He stands at 6 ft (1.8 m) and 140 lbs (64 kg) and can be identified by his long nose, half-closed eyes, “S” sweatshirt, and beanie hat. Jughead is typically seen as lazy and obsessed with food, especially hamburgers. Unlike his other male counterparts, he also demonstrates very [...]
Posted in Classic Cartoon CharactersComments (0)
Lil’ Abner
11 March 2009
Li'l Abner was a satirical American comic strip appearing in many newspapers in the United States and Canada, featuring a fictional clan of hillbillies in the impoverished town of Dogpatch, Kentucky. Written and drawn by Al Capp (1909-1979), the strip ran for 43 years, from August 13, 1934 through November 13, 1977. It was distributed by United Feature Syndicate. Read daily by scores of millions of people, the strip's characters and humor had a powerful cultural impact.
Posted in Classic Cartoon Characters, Female Cartoon CharactersComments (0)
Linus Van Pelt
11 March 2009
Linus van Pelt is a character in Charles M. Schulz's comic strip Peanuts. The best friend of Charlie Brown, Linus is also the younger brother of Lucy van Pelt and older brother of Rerun van Pelt. He first appeared on September 19, 1952; however, he was not mentioned by name until three days later. He was first referenced two months earlier, on July 14. Linus spoke his first words in 1954, the same year he was shown with his security blanket.
Posted in Classic Cartoon Characters, Cute Cartoon CharactersComments (0)
Lucy Van Pelt
11 March 2009
Lucille "Lucy" van Pelt is a fictional character in the syndicated comic strip Peanuts, written and drawn by Charles Schulz. She is the older sister of Linus and Rerun. Lucy is a crabby and cynical eight-year old girl, and is often bossy toward the other characters in the strip, particularly to Linus and Charlie Brown. She is often referred to as the world's greatest fuss-budget.
Posted in Classic Cartoon Characters, Female Cartoon CharactersComments (0)
Magilla Gorilla
11 March 2009
Magilla Gorilla is the main character from The Magilla Gorilla Show, an animated series produced by Hanna-Barbera between January 14, 1964, and 1967. The show also had other recurring characters, including Punkin’ Puss & Mushmouse, and Ricochet Rabbit & Droop-a-Long. In syndication, the main and supporting characters from the Peter Potamus Show were also added. [...]
Posted in Cartoon Animals, Hanna Barbera CharactersComments (0)
Marmaduke
20 November 2008
Marmaduke is a newspaper comic strip drawn by Brad Anderson from 1954 to the present day. The strip was created by Anderson, with help from Phil Leeming (1955-1962) and later Dorothy Leeming (1963-1969). The strip revolves around the Winslow family and their Great Dane, Marmaduke. The strip on Sundays also has a side feature called [...]
Posted in Cartoon Animals, Classic Cartoon CharactersComments (1)
Mighty Mouse
20 November 2008
The character was created by storyman Izzy Klein as a super-powered housefly named “Superfly,” but studio head Paul Terry changed the character into a toon mouse instead. Originally created as a parody of Superman, he first appeared in 1942 in a theatrical animated short entitled The Mouse of Tomorrow. The original name of the character [...]
Posted in Cartoon Animals, Classic Cartoon Characters, Super HeroesComments (0)
Mr. Magoo
20 November 2008
Mr. Quincy Magoo (or simply Mr. Magoo) is a cartoon character created at the UPA animation studio in 1949. Voiced by Jim Backus (also famed in popular culture for his role as Thurston Howell III in the 1960s sitcom Gilligan’s Island), Quincy Magoo is a wealthy, short-statured retiree who gets into a series of sticky [...]
Posted in Classic Cartoon CharactersComments (0)
Muttley
20 November 2008
Muttley, a mixed breed dog, first appeared in Wacky Races in 1968, as the sidekick of a nasty but incompetent and horribly accident-prone villain Dick Dastardly. While Dick was created as the equivalent of Professor Fate from the 1960s movie The Great Race, Muttley mirrored the film’s character of Max Meen. Dick and Muttley were [...]
Posted in Cartoon Animals, Classic Cartoon CharactersComments (1)
Natasha Fatale
15 November 2008
Natasha Fatale is a fictional character in the 1960s animated cartoons Rocky and His Friends and The Bullwinkle Show, collectively referred to as Rocky and Bullwinkle for short. Natasha is a spy for the fictional nation of Pottsylvania, and takes orders from the nation’s leader, Fearless Leader (and occasionally the rarely-seen Mr. Big). Natasha usually serves [...]
Posted in Classic Cartoon Characters, Female Cartoon CharactersComments (0)
Olive Oyl
15 November 2008
Olive Oyl is a cartoon character created by Elzie Crisler Segar in 1919 for his comic strip Thimble Theater. Thimble Theater later became Popeye after the sailor character became the most popular member of the comic strip’s cast. Olive Oyl was a character in the strip for 10 years before the first appearance of Popeye [...]
Posted in Classic Cartoon Characters, Female Cartoon CharactersComments (0)
Pepe Le Pew
14 November 2008
Pepé Le Pew is an Academy Award-winning fictional character in the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons. A French anthropomorphic skunk that always strolls around in Paris in the springtime, when everyone’s thoughts are of love, Pepé is constantly seeking “l’amour” of his own. However, he has three huge turnoffs to [...]
Posted in Cartoon Animals, Classic Cartoon Characters, Cute Cartoon Characters, Warner Brothers CharactersComments (0)
Peter Pan
13 November 2008
Peter Pan is a character created by Scottish novelist and playwright J. M. Barrie (1860–1937). A mischievous boy who flies and magically refuses to grow up, Peter Pan spends his never-ending childhood adventuring on the small island of Neverland as the leader of his gang the Lost Boys, interacting with fairies and pirates, and from [...]
Posted in Animated Movies, Classic Cartoon Characters, Super Heroes, Walt Disney CharactersComments (0)
Piglet (Winnie-the-Pooh)
04 November 2008
Piglet is a fictional character from A. A. Milne’s Winnie-the-Pooh books. Piglet is a baby pig who is the best friend of Winnie-the-Pooh. Despite the fact that he is a “Very Small Animal” with a generally timid disposition, he often conquers his fears and seems to want to be brave. Like most of the Pooh characters, [...]
Posted in Cartoon Animals, Cute Cartoon Characters, Walt Disney CharactersComments (0)
Pink Panther
04 November 2008
The Pink Panther cartoon character is the main character in a series of animated short films. The character originally appeared in the opening and closing credit sequences of the 1963 live-action feature film The Pink Panther. The popularity of the character spawned a series of animated short films, and the character would appear in the [...]
Posted in Cartoon Animals, Classic Cartoon CharactersComments (0)
Pluto
04 November 2008
Pluto (formerly known as Pluto the Pup) is an animated cartoon character made famous in a series of Disney short cartoons. He has most frequently appeared as Mickey Mouse’s pet dog. He also had an independent starring role in a number of Disney shorts in the 1940s and 1950s. Pluto is unusual for a Disney [...]
Posted in Cartoon Animals, Classic Cartoon Characters, Cute Cartoon Characters, Walt Disney CharactersComments (0)
Popeye the Sailor Man
04 November 2008
Popeye the Sailor Man is a fictional hero famous for appearing in comic strips and animated films as well as numerous TV shows. He was created by Elzie Crisler Segar,[1] and first appeared in the daily King Features comic strip Thimble Theatre on January 17, 1929. Although Segar’s Thimble Theatre strip, first published on December 19, [...]
Posted in Classic Cartoon Characters, Super HeroesComments (0)
Pokemon
31 October 2008
The first series tells the story of Ash Ketchum (known as Satoshi in the Japanese version, he is named after Pokémon’s creator, Satoshi Tajiri) and his quest to become a Pokémon Master. However, unlike in the video games, he is given a Pikachu as his first Pokémon under unusual circumstances. Much of the series focuses [...]
