Name your favorite cartoon character(s) - past and present?

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Past - Crusader Rabbit (The first cartoon made for TV)

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Present: Spongebob Squarepants

 
Mr. S£im Citrus said:
Do groups/teams count?
as long as they're cartoons they should

mine:
(past) TMNT!!
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(now) ATHF!!
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but The Simpson's stayed steady between the two
 
Well, my favorite cartoon characters - past, present, and of all time:





















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... With several noteworthy honorable mentions.

As far as present-day goes... well, despite having a seven year-old son, there are only four cartoons on television today that I can bear to sit down and watch. And my favorite character on those four shows is...













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For individual characters, you just can't beat the Warner Bros. characters. I'd single out favorite characters, but they all have been there at some point. I love the WB commitment to being a smart *** for the sake of being a smart ***; Bugs Bunny could easily outrun his pursuer at any time he wanted, but why do that when you can stick around and mess with them just a little bit more?

Also worth mention, before Cartoon Network started its Adult Swim block of programming (ATHF is great), they showed Space Ghost Coast to Coast, which was brilliant. But the show of that era that made me laugh even harder was Cartoon Planet with Space Ghost, Zorak and Brak. I'm even geeky enough to have bought a few of the CDs and they still make me laugh harder than anything ever should.

As for current, I would argue (and have, actually) that The Simpsons, South Park, and King of the Hill (in that order) are three of the most intelligently written television shows currently running. No question.
 
Like you couldn't guess...
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As a kid, I loved the Transformers like a crackhead loved crack. That's Shockwave, btw. ;)
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Yes, I did watch this too when I was a tot, but come to think of it, I watched everything from that to GI Joe to WBros to Tom/Jerry. Cartoons don't seem to dominate the TV like they used to.

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Can you believe that in my long, blathering post last night (or morning, whatever) I completely forgot to even mention the Thundercats?????

A completely unforgivable mistake on my part.
 
GoGoGadget said:
Can you believe that in my long, blathering post last night (or morning, whatever) I completely forgot to even mention the Thundercats?????
I'm guessing you watched some Inspector Gadget back in the day, no?
 
Currently, my favorite cartoon is Southpark. Its really the only cartoon I ever watch anymore. My favorite cartoon from the past is probably the Looney Tunes. Those are classics.
 
Well, if you're going for characters, my favorites of all time would have to be a few Disney ones, including Goofy, Eeyore, Dumbo, and the Cheshire Cat (from Alice in Wonderland). New would be Gary and/or Patrick from Spongebob Squarepants.

Back in the day (I'd say, oh, about 8-10 years ago), my favorite cartoon shows included Doug, Rocko's Modern Life, Rugrats (which I absolutely cannot stand now), and a little more recently (about 5 years ago) Braceface. Nowadays, I prefer Spongebob.
 
Gargamel said:
I'm guessing you watched some Inspector Gadget back in the day, no?
I watched it, but I never really liked it. I was always one of those kids, however, (yeah right, was) who'd zone out in front of whatever happened to be on the TV. I cannot tell you how many bad movies I've sat through after becoming too invested to tear myself away.

My name, for the record, is more out of an appreciation for kitschy pop culture references than the actual show.


















In other words, its becuase I like to sound way cooler than I am.
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Yeah, right, like that's possible.
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Okay, that's all I got.
 
Thundarr the Barbarian.

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Spider Man and his Amazing Friends.

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Captain Caveman.

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Hong Kong Phooey.

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I didn't really like many cartoons when I was a kid, I was the only one I knew who never watched cartoons Sat. morning. But I did like the Looney Tunes. My favorites are Marvin the Martian, Pepe LaPue, and that one character who's name I can't recall right now who ran around screaming, "Arriba! Arriba! Ondalay!!"
 
RoyalDiva said:
I didn't really like many cartoons when I was a kid, I was the only one I knew who never watched cartoons Sat. morning. But I did like the Looney Tunes. My favorites are Marvin the Martian, Pepe LaPue, and that one character who's name I can't recall right now who ran around screaming, "Arriba! Arriba! Ondalay!!"
Speedy Gonzales

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Past -
Strawberry Shortcake - Past and Present since she finally came back with a more modern look. Still one of my fav. characters.

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Jem
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Rainbow Brite
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As a Kid: Voltron, He-Man, Transformers(The Original), G.I. Joe, amung others.



Today: Hmm South Park I watch from time to time but Im really a toon watcher anymore.
 
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