# Animated characters that look like identifiable people for unknown reasons **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 14, 2011, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animated-characters-that-look-like-identifiable-people-for-unknown-reasons/567639 "2011-01-14T20:20:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2011, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animated-characters-that-look-like-identifiable-people-for-unknown-reasons/567639/1 "2011-01-14T20:20:45Z")
I was channel surfing and came across an animated flick called _Cloudy, Chance of Meaballs_. When I saw the [lead character](http://content.internetvideoarchive.com/content/photos/6402/26892109_.jpg), I thought, “That’s [Adrien Brody](http://www.uglymales.com/wc/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/adrien-brody.jpg)”, and I looked up the movie to see if he was voicing it. But I couldn’t find and connection between Adrien Brody and this movie. I should note that I saw lots of moments in the movie that were closer to Brody’s face, but these two are the closest I could find online. Has anyone else noticed this resemblance, or similar ones? ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2011, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animated-characters-that-look-like-identifiable-people-for-unknown-reasons/567639/2 "2011-01-14T20:33:04Z")
Meh, looks like [Guy Smiley](http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Guy_Smiley) to me. ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2011, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animated-characters-that-look-like-identifiable-people-for-unknown-reasons/567639/3 "2011-01-14T21:40:59Z")
Bob Parr’s boss on The Incredibles, although voiced by Wallace Shawn, looks like a short Stephen King. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2011, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animated-characters-that-look-like-identifiable-people-for-unknown-reasons/567639/4 "2011-01-14T21:46:10Z")
Dino from The Flintstones looks like my mom. ---
**Author:** ![Sodalite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@Sodalite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sodalite)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2011, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animated-characters-that-look-like-identifiable-people-for-unknown-reasons/567639/5 "2011-01-15T11:49:44Z")
I’ve always thought that NASCAR driver [Jeff Gordon](http://www.tradebit.com/usr/ebook-reader/pub/9002/1699978143584881892764Pic.jpg) was a dead ringer for [Speed Racer.](http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Y8m29ZLX5ag/TD-jrQOU2oI/AAAAAAAAF3A/0Yaac6MMmM4/s1600/SPEED+RACER.jpg) My friends think I’m crazy. I wish I could find a good younger picture of Gordon. The resemblance had that separated at birth kind of creepiness then. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2011, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animated-characters-that-look-like-identifiable-people-for-unknown-reasons/567639/6 "2011-01-15T13:00:55Z")
> [@DrFidelius](#): > > Bob Parr’s boss on The Incredibles, although voiced by Wallace Shawn, looks like a short Stephen King. Also in _The Incredibles_, I always thought Edna looked like Linda Hunt, and was never sure if that was intentional or not. ---
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2011, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animated-characters-that-look-like-identifiable-people-for-unknown-reasons/567639/7 "2011-01-15T14:00:32Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > Also in _The Incredibles_, I always thought Edna looked like Linda Hunt, and was never sure if that was intentional or not. I always thought the gov’t agent (Rick Dicker?) looked like Richard Nixon. And the personal injury lawyer who sued Mr. Incredible at the beginning, looked and sounded like Bobby Kennedy. ---
**Author:** ![Sr\_Siete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@Sr\_Siete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sr_Siete)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2011, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animated-characters-that-look-like-identifiable-people-for-unknown-reasons/567639/8 "2011-01-15T14:10:20Z")
Of course, there’s also the old[Vladimir Putin - Dobby the house elf](http://www.google.es/images?client=opera&rls=en-GB&q=putin%20dobby&oe=utf-8&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=og&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wi) incident… ---
**Author:** ![FordTaurusSHO94](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f07891/32.png) [@FordTaurusSHO94](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FordTaurusSHO94)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2011, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animated-characters-that-look-like-identifiable-people-for-unknown-reasons/567639/9 "2011-01-15T20:20:56Z")
Wolverine looks like Clint Eastwood. ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2011, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animated-characters-that-look-like-identifiable-people-for-unknown-reasons/567639/10 "2011-01-15T20:48:06Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > Also in _The Incredibles_, I always thought Edna looked like Linda Hunt, and was never sure if that was intentional or not. Edna actually represents legendary costume designer [Edith Head](http://www.google.com/images?hl=en&q=edith%20head&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi). ---
**Author:** ![ecseas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@ecseas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ecseas)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2011, 9:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animated-characters-that-look-like-identifiable-people-for-unknown-reasons/567639/11 "2011-01-18T09:44:57Z")
Off topic: Why is he on ugly males? He’s smoking. ---
**Author:** ![Not\_A\_Tame\_Lion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e36b37/32.png) [@Not\_A\_Tame\_Lion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Not_A_Tame_Lion)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2011, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animated-characters-that-look-like-identifiable-people-for-unknown-reasons/567639/12 "2011-01-18T10:55:28Z")
I thought the villain character in _Up_ looked like the spitting image of Kirk Douglas, to the point where I was wondering if they did that because Douglas was voicing the part. Except he wasn’t; apparently it was Christopher Plummer. The visual resemblance, minus the expected voice, distracted me throughout the whole second half of that movie. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2011, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animated-characters-that-look-like-identifiable-people-for-unknown-reasons/567639/13 "2011-01-18T13:01:05Z")
I’ve always thought that [Ian Hislop](http://media.monstersandcritics.com/galleries/1486355/0155367750085.jpg) looked like Brain (from Pinky and the Brain). I’ve also always thought that [Bear in the Big Blue House](http://images.starpulse.com/Photos/Previews/Bear-Big-Blue-House-08.jpg) and [Leonard Slatkin](http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/.a/6a00d8341c630a53ef0120a6a869aa970c-500wi) look alike, but maybe that’s just me. The voices are similar too. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2011, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animated-characters-that-look-like-identifiable-people-for-unknown-reasons/567639/14 "2011-01-18T14:51:22Z")
Disney animators would often base their work on real people: Snow White is the spitting image of an actress whose name I can’t remember, the kitty in Pinocchio is based on the toddler of one of the animators… and I’d love to know whether Captain Hook is based on a relative of Willie deVille’s, because damn, I know he played it up, but the similarity is uncanny. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2011, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animated-characters-that-look-like-identifiable-people-for-unknown-reasons/567639/15 "2011-01-18T15:17:12Z")
> [@](#): > > Disney animators would often base their work on real people John Culhane, reporting for the New York Times interviewed the animators at Disney when they were doing _The Rescuers_, and found that he himself inspired the image of Mr. Snoops, the villainess’ henchman (and not Joe Flynn, who voiced the part). A sidebar to the article that was written about the film pointed this out. > [@](#): > > Mr. Snoops is a caricature of film historian John Culhane, who made regular visits to the Disney studio during production and was nicknamed “Mr. Snoops” by the animators. > **[The Rescuers (1977) - Trivia - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076618/trivia/)** > > The Rescuers (1977) - Trivia on IMDb: Cameos, Mistakes, Spoilers and more... > [@](#): > > Mr. Snoops is a version of Mandrake, a character of the book. His appearance is a caricature of animation historian John Culhane.[3] Culhane claims he was practically tricked into posing for various reactions, and his movements were imitated on Mr. Snoops’ model sheet. However, he stated, “Becoming a Disney character was beyond my wildest dreams of glory.” > **[The Rescuers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rescuers)** > > The Rescuers is a 1977 American animated adventure comedy-drama film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by Buena Vista Distribution. Bob Newhart and Eva Gabor respectively star as Bernard and Bianca, two mice who are members of the Rescue Aid Society, an international mouse organization dedicated to helping abduction victims around the world. Both must free 6-year-old orphan Penny (voiced by Michelle Stacy) from two treasure hunters (played by Geraldine Page and Joe Flynn), who ... ---
**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2011, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animated-characters-that-look-like-identifiable-people-for-unknown-reasons/567639/16 "2011-01-18T16:51:37Z")
> [@Not\_A\_Tame\_Lion](#): > > I thought the villain character in _Up_ looked like the spitting image of Kirk Douglas, to the point where I was wondering if they did that because Douglas was voicing the part. Except he wasn’t; apparently it was Christopher Plummer. The visual resemblance, minus the expected voice, distracted me throughout the whole second half of that movie. Ooh - good one. Me too. I was really surprised when it \*wasn’t \*Kirk Douglas. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2011, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animated-characters-that-look-like-identifiable-people-for-unknown-reasons/567639/17 "2011-01-18T17:16:48Z")
I thought there was a resemblence to Ed Asner, probably because of the eyebrows. ---
**Author:** ![Double\_Foolscap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85e7bf/32.png) [@Double\_Foolscap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Double_Foolscap)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2011, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animated-characters-that-look-like-identifiable-people-for-unknown-reasons/567639/18 "2011-01-18T17:18:13Z")
It was Bruce Forsyth for me. ---
**Author:** ![llcoolbj77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/eb9ed0/32.png) [@llcoolbj77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/llcoolbj77)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2011, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animated-characters-that-look-like-identifiable-people-for-unknown-reasons/567639/19 "2011-01-18T17:31:21Z")
I always thought that Fiona in Shrek looks exactly like Oprah Winfrey, while in ogre form. Maybe it’s just the roundness of the face. Weird. ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2011, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animated-characters-that-look-like-identifiable-people-for-unknown-reasons/567639/20 "2011-01-18T17:35:14Z")
Shrek was based physically on Chris Farley who was originally slated for the role and had started recording for it. Then he, you know, died. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animated-characters-that-look-like-identifiable-people-for-unknown-reasons/567639.md?page=2)