# Cartoon tributes to dead actors **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 11, 2017, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoon-tributes-to-dead-actors/788683 "2017-06-11T13:49:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lantern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d26b3c/32.png) [@Lantern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lantern)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2017, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoon-tributes-to-dead-actors/788683/1 "2017-06-11T13:49:10Z")
I saw [this](https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/6gkd4c/a_death_in_the_family/)on Reddit today. Tributes to actors through the characters they are most remembered for; always gets me in the feels. Some days back you had [this](https://i.redd.it/foksgtz5lz1z.jpg)one for Peter Sallis. And my [favorite](https://metrouk2.files.wordpress.com/2016/06/tumblr_o91dhwaxkk1t0p2aqo1_1280.jpg?w=748&h=568&crop=1)one: last year for Anton Yelchin. Any others? It would be nice if someone collected them in one place. I generally find them on Reddit but I don’t think there is a particular sub-reddit for them. ---
**Author:** ![janis\_and\_c0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janis_and_c0/32/21_2.png) [@janis\_and\_c0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janis_and_c0)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2017, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoon-tributes-to-dead-actors/788683/2 "2017-06-11T14:47:55Z")
[This](http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/03004/Robin_Williams_tri_3004582b.jpg) for Robin Williams [This](http://i.imgur.com/bGDkuhX.jpg) for Leonard Nimoy _sniff_ all this dust… ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2017, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoon-tributes-to-dead-actors/788683/3 "2017-06-11T15:44:58Z")
> [@janis\_and\_c0](#): > > [This](http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/03004/Robin_Williams_tri_3004582b.jpg) for Robin Williams > > [This](http://i.imgur.com/bGDkuhX.jpg) for Leonard Nimoy > > _sniff_ all this dust… I’m sorry, but I don’t get the Leonard Nimoy one.😕 ---
**Author:** ![Patch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a183cd/32.png) [@Patch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patch)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2017, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoon-tributes-to-dead-actors/788683/4 "2017-06-11T15:54:45Z")
> [@Two\_Many\_Cats](#): > > I’m sorry, but I don’t get the Leonard Nimoy one.😕 It comes from The Big Bang Theory, where Sheldon comes up with an alternative to rock-paper-scissors, rock-paper-scissors-lizard-Spock. [Video here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5Q6-wMx-K8) ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2017, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoon-tributes-to-dead-actors/788683/5 "2017-06-11T16:47:53Z")
Rock Paper Scissors Spock Lizard actually predates BBT by several years. [Here](http://www.samkass.com/theories/RPSSL.html)’s the original (co-)creator’s page on it. ---
**Author:** ![GESancMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gesancman/32/2923_2.png) [@GESancMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GESancMan)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2017, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoon-tributes-to-dead-actors/788683/6 "2017-06-11T17:18:14Z")
A couple from **Bloom County** : [Carrie Fisher](http://www.gocomics.com/bloom-county/2017/01/04) Stretching the definition of actor a bit, [David Bowie](http://www.gocomics.com/bloom-county/2016/01/19) ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2017, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoon-tributes-to-dead-actors/788683/7 "2017-06-11T17:55:04Z")
And then there’s [this](http://synthrick.tripod.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/speechless.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![Lantern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d26b3c/32.png) [@Lantern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lantern)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2017, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoon-tributes-to-dead-actors/788683/8 "2017-06-11T19:30:24Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > And then there’s [this](http://synthrick.tripod.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/speechless.jpg). I admit I didn’t know who Mel Blanc was or that one man voiced so many of those iconic characters. That is a lovely example of this kind of tribute. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2017, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoon-tributes-to-dead-actors/788683/9 "2017-06-11T22:03:47Z")
> [@Lantern](#): > > I admit \*\*I didn’t know who Mel Blanc was \*\*or that one man voiced so many of those iconic characters. That is a lovely example of this kind of tribute. :eek: He did many other voices as well, notably Barney Rubble on _ **The Flintstones** _. He also did Jack Benny’s Maxwell on radio: Please tell me you know who Jack Benny was.... :( ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2017, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoon-tributes-to-dead-actors/788683/10 "2017-06-11T22:11:51Z")
[This _Bloom County_ from a long, long time ago.](https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/fb/aa/2c/fbaa2cafc7f025b25443f1ec11756ecc.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2017, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoon-tributes-to-dead-actors/788683/11 "2017-06-11T22:17:37Z")
> [@Lantern](#): > > I saw [this](https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/6gkd4c/a_death_in_the_family/)on Reddit today. Tributes to actors through the characters they are most remembered for; always gets me in the feels. Even while it got to me, I still cracked up that they included Lego Batman. > [@](#): > > Some days back you had [this](https://i.redd.it/foksgtz5lz1z.jpg)one for Peter Sallis. This one got me the most. ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2017, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoon-tributes-to-dead-actors/788683/12 "2017-06-11T22:19:51Z")
This is one Disney Studios released after Walt died: [https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/3d/76/27/3d7627c0ccebd6396ba95fb3ee9c3d0e.jpg](https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/3d/76/27/3d7627c0ccebd6396ba95fb3ee9c3d0e.jpg) There’s one for Jim Henson where Bert tells Ernie that it’s all right to cry, but I can’t find it. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2017, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoon-tributes-to-dead-actors/788683/13 "2017-06-11T22:39:12Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > Even while it got to me, I still cracked up that they included Lego Batman. I think he fits better than Dark Knight Returns Batman. The other four are all from video media, like West’s (LEGO, Burton, Shumacher, Nolan), and DKR is antithetical to West’s Batman in a way even Nolan’s is not. The TAS Batman would have been more appropriate, IMO. ---
**Author:** ![Marci\_Al](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e47c2d/32.png) [@Marci\_Al](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marci_Al)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2017, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoon-tributes-to-dead-actors/788683/14 "2017-06-13T00:52:46Z")
This one: [![](http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/pixar/images/b/b2/Lightning_mcqueen_cars_2.png/revision/latest?cb=20160305153007) ](http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/pixar/images/b/b2/Lightning_mcqueen_cars_2.png/revision/latest?cb=20160305153007) Classic: [https://fthmb.tqn.com/zFpmTC0sszWbHUFaitInOQFgJK8=/848x1062/filters:no\_upscale():fill(FFCC00,1)/about/HitchProfile-56a158ea5f9b58b7d0be85bd.jpg](https://fthmb.tqn.com/zFpmTC0sszWbHUFaitInOQFgJK8=/848x1062/filters:no_upscale():fill(FFCC00,1)/about/HitchProfile-56a158ea5f9b58b7d0be85bd.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2017, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoon-tributes-to-dead-actors/788683/15 "2017-06-13T02:27:27Z")
**Marci Al** , I don’t get either one of yours. How are either of those an obituary tribute? ---
**Author:** ![Marci\_Al](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e47c2d/32.png) [@Marci\_Al](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marci_Al)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2017, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoon-tributes-to-dead-actors/788683/16 "2017-06-13T03:01:03Z")
It didn’t say anything about obituary tributes. Just tributes. But yeah, it should be characters portrayed. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2017, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoon-tributes-to-dead-actors/788683/17 "2017-06-13T03:49:30Z")
Also not an actor, but [Disney Corp expressed condolences on the death of Jim Henson.](http://www.historybyzim.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Mickeykermit.jpg) (I can’t find the Bert and Ernie editorial cartoon either. I clearly remember it, though.) ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2017, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoon-tributes-to-dead-actors/788683/18 "2017-06-13T04:24:17Z")
Also not an actor but when Gene Roddenberry died, Starlog ran a cartoon showing a photon torpedo tube being launched from the Enterprise, ala the end of Wrath of Khan, with his name and dates on it. A plethora of other Trek ships stood on line as a showing of respect. (Couldn’t find it online.) ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2017, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoon-tributes-to-dead-actors/788683/19 "2017-06-13T07:12:52Z")
> [@Dendarii\_Dame](#): > > There’s one for Jim Henson where Bert tells Ernie that it’s all right to cry, but I can’t find it. I remember that one, too. When Johnny Cash died, cartoonist David Fitzsimmons drew Cash standing before St. Peter. Cash is dressed in his black outfit and carrying his guitar. St. Peter is holding out a white robe and a harp and Cash just says, “No, thanks.” ---
**Author:** ![Fleetwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fleetwood/32/271_2.png) [@Fleetwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fleetwood)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2017, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoon-tributes-to-dead-actors/788683/20 "2017-06-13T10:58:30Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > [This _Bloom County_ from a long, long time ago.](https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/fb/aa/2c/fbaa2cafc7f025b25443f1ec11756ecc.jpg) Who is being referred to here? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoon-tributes-to-dead-actors/788683.md?page=2)