# Cecil on Cartoon Network?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-on-cartoon-network/171262>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [April 26, 2003, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-on-cartoon-network/171262 "2003-04-26T03:56:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![mo3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a587f6/32.png) [@mo3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mo3)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2003, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-on-cartoon-network/171262/1 "2003-04-26T03:56:38Z")

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So I was having trouble staying awake, and I turned on the TV and started flipping through the channels.

I got to Cartoon Network, and couldn’t believe my eyes. They’re showing something called Time Squad (TV Guide channel says it’s 11:30-12:00 EST), and they have this robot chef character that looks exactly like Slug’s renderings of Cecil. Not just a slight resemblance either, he’s exactly identical.

Is this coincidence? Or is Slug (or the Almighty Cecil) moonlighting for CN?

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**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2003, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-on-cartoon-network/171262/2 "2003-04-26T18:53:39Z")

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The Larry 3000 is one of the main characters of the show. He never reminded me of Slug’s renditions of Unca Cecil (usually a bird with a mortarboard), so it’s just coincidence.

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**Author:** ![mo3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a587f6/32.png) [@mo3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mo3)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2003, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-on-cartoon-network/171262/3 "2003-04-29T00:59:17Z")

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Hmm, I guess it’s just me then.

I thought the head looked very similar to one version of Cece I’d seen a little while back. But just now I pulled up about 30 articles at random from the archives and didn’t find a single picture (which is strange in itself - I didn’t realize the illustrations were that uncommon), so I can’t check.

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**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2003, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-on-cartoon-network/171262/4 "2003-04-30T16:20:21Z")

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…and now Time Squad’s been cancelled, damn Cartoon Network to hell.

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**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2003, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-on-cartoon-network/171262/5 "2003-04-30T16:31:19Z")

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If Cecil was on, I’d watch.

But only if Beany was with him. 🙂