# If you had to be a cartoon character, who would it be? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 5, 2000, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-be-a-cartoon-character-who-would-it-be/35832 "2000-10-05T19:28:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![purrplebear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/90ced4/32.png) [@purrplebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purrplebear)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2000, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-be-a-cartoon-character-who-would-it-be/35832/81 "2000-10-06T22:13:48Z")
Well, Tigger was taken, but that’s been my nickname for many years. \ And, I’d pick Hobbes, but he’s already been claimed, and anyway, I’m female. Hmm… a female Hobbes. Hobbette? Hobbit? 😉 Hello Nurse is great too. I think I could deal with her popularity. Just a bit. 😛 Plus, I wish I looked as good! Cpt. Janeway from Voyager would be awesome. Beautiful, intelligent, sense of humor, and the _Boss_!! 7of9 is cute too; I’d like to have _her_ figure. ---
**Author:** ![Vestal\_Blue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/5e9695/32.png) [@Vestal\_Blue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vestal_Blue)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2000, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-be-a-cartoon-character-who-would-it-be/35832/82 "2000-10-06T22:58:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Zyada \* > \*\*I’d be Rose from “Rose is Rose” - especially when she turns into the biker chick! \*\* LOL! I love that strip! Esp. Vicki, the aforementioned biker chick. And I like Pasquales’ flying dream machine. ‘You’re welcomes’ to all the thanks for the C&H link. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2000, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-be-a-cartoon-character-who-would-it-be/35832/83 "2000-10-07T00:10:35Z")
if I could be a cartoon character? Ahh. Okay. Well. Let’s compile a list. How come no one’s mentioned the Simpsons? I’d LOVE to be Lisa! I’m as smart as her, damnit, and i’d make a cute Lisa. Bender from Futurama. Slack off in style! Lady from Lady and the Tramp. Daria from…duh. I could date Trent (no, NOT Tom) and be the only intelligent person in my town. Oh and Scooby Doo- I have longed to be in that one. I don’t know who as though. And, anyone watch the Critic? I would love to play Margo, his little sister. 😉 Or maybe Alice, his girlfriend. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2000, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-be-a-cartoon-character-who-would-it-be/35832/84 "2000-10-07T00:23:00Z")
From TV—Optimus Prime. _TRANSFORM AND ROLL OUT, AUTOBOTS!_ From Comics–Usagi Miamoto, the Samurai rabbit from Usagi Yojimbo A superhero–Captain Marvel Jr. (Ever notice? He looks like Elvis.) 😉 for those “in the know” on CMJr. ---
**Author:** ![Wump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ed655f/32.png) [@Wump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wump)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2000, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-be-a-cartoon-character-who-would-it-be/35832/85 "2000-10-07T03:02:38Z")
Ralph Wiggum 'Nuff said ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2000, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-be-a-cartoon-character-who-would-it-be/35832/86 "2000-10-07T04:16:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Rasa \* > \*\*I’d have to go with Buttercup from the PowerPuff Girls… when the show first came out, one of my friends decided I look like her (when my hair was shorter it did this odd flip thing)… though I have fingers, and I’m not quite as tough and mean. So now everyone buys me Buttercup stuff. [Buttercup voice]What-EVER![/Buttercup voice] \*\* Rasa, you are now officially my favourite Doper. I’d probably be (all gender differences aside) Slappy Squirrel. Or maybe Dangermouse ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2000, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-be-a-cartoon-character-who-would-it-be/35832/87 "2000-10-07T04:17:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Wump \* > \*\*Ralph Wiggum > 'Nuff said \*\* \*“My cat smells like catfood.” “My ear hurts and my neck hurts! I have two owies.” “So the doctor said I wouldn’t have so many nosebleeds if I just kept my finger out of there.” “Go, Banana!!” - And the list goes on. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Armageddon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/858c86/32.png) [@Mister\_Armageddon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Armageddon)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2000, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-be-a-cartoon-character-who-would-it-be/35832/88 "2000-10-07T04:30:25Z")
Since Wolverine took Tenchi, I’ll go with Kagato from the same series. I prefer being the villain anyway, and he’s a rather powerful one…plus, he can bend Ryoko to his every whim. Can’t beat that. ---
**Author:** ![Mamapotomus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/94ad74/32.png) [@Mamapotomus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mamapotomus)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2000, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-be-a-cartoon-character-who-would-it-be/35832/89 "2000-10-07T04:49:36Z")
I claim **American Maid** from **The Tick**. She wears a boustier, kicks ass and throws high heels. If the world didn’t need to be saved I’d be the dancing hippo from **Fantasia**. ---
**Author:** ![Gozu\_Tashoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7993a0/32.png) [@Gozu\_Tashoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gozu_Tashoya)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2000, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-be-a-cartoon-character-who-would-it-be/35832/90 "2000-10-07T06:29:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Zoggie \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by Wump \* > > \*\*Ralph Wiggum > > 'Nuff said \*\* > > \*“My cat smells like catfood.” > > “My ear hurts and my neck hurts! I have two owies.” > > “So the doctor said I wouldn’t have so many nosebleeds if I just kept my finger out of there.” > > “Go, Banana!!” > > - > > \*\* “It tastes like burning.” 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Kilt-wearin\_man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/82dd89/32.png) [@Kilt-wearin\_man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kilt-wearin_man)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2000, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-be-a-cartoon-character-who-would-it-be/35832/91 "2000-10-07T08:02:02Z")
Graphic Novels: I’d be Cutter from ElfQuest. Animated: Race Bannon from Johnny Quest (at least the Race from the new “real adventures” series on Cartoon Network…) Comic Strip: Hagar the Horrible. Sometimes ya just gotta go raiding. Superhero type? That’d have to be Batman. Cool gadgets, unlimited funding, fast car, personal jet fighter, and run-ins with Catwoman. Yowza. ---
**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:** [October 7, 2000, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-be-a-cartoon-character-who-would-it-be/35832/92 "2000-10-07T13:04:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Kilt-wearin’ man \* > **Graphic Novels: I’d be Cutter from ElfQuest.** Cutter’s pretty cool, but I prefer Skywise, myself. Cutter’s sword(Gaaaak! Been to long, what’s its name? Full Moon?) is nowhere near as neat as the Lodestone. ---
**Author:** ![lawoot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/35a633/32.png) [@lawoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lawoot)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2000, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-be-a-cartoon-character-who-would-it-be/35832/93 "2000-10-07T13:16:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by StrTrkr777 \* > **I guess the character that I most match in real life would probably be Dilbert, though I cannot get my ties to stand up like that.** And we all know what THAT means :D:D I’d choose Mr. Peabody… although I would rather have a pet sorority sister. Could that be arranged? ---
**Author:** ![nashiitashii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7c8e57/32.png) [@nashiitashii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nashiitashii)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2000, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-be-a-cartoon-character-who-would-it-be/35832/94 "2000-10-07T13:30:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by KKBattousai \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by ssskuggiii \* > > I’d be the female main character from THE MAXX. She was sexy and feminine and knew it. Plus she had this “amazon goddess” look going on in the other world [whatever it was called]. \*\* > > Wasn’t it called the Outback or something like that? I miss that show. Anyone know if the comic ended (assuming it did) the same way?\*\* Oh yeah, now that you mention it, it was! I have no clue. But now the question is, WTF is her name? Thanks for helping me out with that, KKB. ---
**Author:** ![2SexyForMyComputer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/8baadc/32.png) [@2SexyForMyComputer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2SexyForMyComputer)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2000, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-be-a-cartoon-character-who-would-it-be/35832/95 "2000-10-07T13:40:35Z")
Cerebus the aardvark of course. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2000, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-be-a-cartoon-character-who-would-it-be/35832/96 "2000-10-08T00:00:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by 2SexyForMyComputer \* > \*\*Cerebus the aardvark of course. \*\* Hey! This F\*ckwit actually posted something that didn’t get the thread closed! Hi, Concrete! :wally ---
**Author:** ![ladybug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/46a35a/32.png) [@ladybug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladybug)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2000, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-be-a-cartoon-character-who-would-it-be/35832/97 "2000-10-08T00:07:46Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by ssskuggiii_ > > **Oh yeah, now that you mention it, it was! I have no clue. But now the question is, WTF is her name?** I think her name is Julie, IIRC. ---
**Author:** ![crispix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc348/32.png) [@crispix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crispix)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2000, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-be-a-cartoon-character-who-would-it-be/35832/98 "2000-10-08T00:42:07Z")
Johnny Bravo. He’s big. Buff. And fulla lovin’! (Wait a minute? I’m fulla lovin’ already!) -crispix sniffs really loud ---
**Author:** ![JuanDeCuba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a87d85/32.png) [@JuanDeCuba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JuanDeCuba)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2000, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-be-a-cartoon-character-who-would-it-be/35832/99 "2000-10-08T01:22:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by blessedwolf \* > \*\*[ > > Rasa, you are now officially my favourite Doper. > > \*\* Mine too, or maybe Ladybug, its close. Anyway, I would be Mojo Jojo. I would be the most intelligent evil genius in the world and there would be no genius who could match my evil and I would rule the world, which would be completely under my control as soon as I destroyed those accursed Powerpuff Girls. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Archer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85f322/32.png) [@Archer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Archer)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2000, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-be-a-cartoon-character-who-would-it-be/35832/100 "2000-10-08T01:40:22Z")
I would be Popeye. And then, maybe I would finally know what the heck is so dang special about Olive Oyl. There has to be a reason Popeye kicks Blutos ass everyday over her. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-be-a-cartoon-character-who-would-it-be/35832.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-be-a-cartoon-character-who-would-it-be/35832.md?page=6)