# Things you've learned from watching cartoons **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 10, 2011, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-youve-learned-from-watching-cartoons/570903 "2011-02-10T16:14:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**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:** [February 14, 2011, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-youve-learned-from-watching-cartoons/570903/81 "2011-02-14T17:52:28Z")
If the Abdominal Snowman moves to a warm climate, such as Hollywood, he will melt until he is nothing but a puddle. Tasmanian Devils spin like tops, tunnelling into the ground, then back out again, and splitting trees and rocks. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2011, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-youve-learned-from-watching-cartoons/570903/82 "2011-02-14T18:01:05Z")
Hollering “Yoiks, and away!!” may end in [tragedy](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqswD2gu9B0). ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2011, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-youve-learned-from-watching-cartoons/570903/83 "2011-02-14T18:07:33Z")
Getting crushed by a heavy falling object will cause your body to collapse into accordian folds. In fact, as you walk away from the scene, your body will make accordian sounds. ---
**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:** [February 14, 2011, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-youve-learned-from-watching-cartoons/570903/84 "2011-02-14T18:11:56Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > If the Abdominal Snowman moves to a warm climate, such as Hollywood, he will melt until he is nothing but a puddle. :Sheesh: :smack: Damn Firefox spellcheck. Of course, I meant “Abominable Snowman” and not “Abdominal Snowman”. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2011, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-youve-learned-from-watching-cartoons/570903/85 "2011-02-14T18:18:35Z")
Rubber masks can completely alter the apparent size and shape of your head, and transmit your facial expressions. ETA: Tropes beat me to it [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/LatexPerfection](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/LatexPerfection) ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2011, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-youve-learned-from-watching-cartoons/570903/86 "2011-02-14T18:21:27Z")
All damage to one’s body, no matter how severe, is temporary. Even if you are hacked into hundreds of tiny pieces, you will be safely resotered and intact by the next scene. ---
**Author:** ![Sally\_Mander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e56c9b/32.png) [@Sally\_Mander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sally_Mander)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2011, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-youve-learned-from-watching-cartoons/570903/87 "2011-02-14T19:22:15Z")
Getting run over by a steam roller will not kill you; your body will just be completely flat and paper-thin. All you have to do is get someone to pick you up and give you a good shake, like when you take clothes out of the dryer. You’ll pop right back into shape instantly. ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2011, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-youve-learned-from-watching-cartoons/570903/88 "2011-02-14T20:01:59Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > :Sheesh: :smack: > > Damn Firefox spellcheck. Of course, I meant “Abominable Snowman” and not “Abdominal Snowman”. > > 😃 Or, maybe you were thinking of [this guy](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4101/5446149256_3363bdea53_b.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![Noel\_Prosequi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b19c9b/32.png) [@Noel\_Prosequi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noel_Prosequi)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2011, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-youve-learned-from-watching-cartoons/570903/89 "2011-02-15T04:42:15Z")
Emotions like surprise cause a temporary localised suspension of the laws of physics and biology, allowing one’s eyes to almost instantly become bigger than one’s head and project from their sockets several feet. Simultaneously, one’s jaw can dislocate, which, with associated skin stretching, can allow it to hit the ground. This results in a mouth gape that is bigger than one’s torso. The localised suspension corrects itself in seconds with no long term ill effects. ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2011, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-youve-learned-from-watching-cartoons/570903/90 "2011-02-15T05:21:28Z")
Cats swallow their prey whole, allowing the prey to be regurgitated or even surgically removed unharmed after an extended period. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2011, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-youve-learned-from-watching-cartoons/570903/91 "2011-02-15T15:07:47Z")
> [@PlainJain](#): > > Or, maybe you were thinking of [this guy](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4101/5446149256_3363bdea53_b.jpg). Or [this one](http://www.theonion.com/articles/yeti-releases-abdominable-crunch-workout-video,9668/). An odd thing I learned from **Spongebob Squarepants** : There’s a beach, under the ocean. And there’s water, where creatures can swim. Not, you know, the water that’s all around them, all the time. Different water. ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2011, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-youve-learned-from-watching-cartoons/570903/92 "2011-02-15T15:11:09Z")
Don’t trust mice, cats are made of glass… ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2011, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-youve-learned-from-watching-cartoons/570903/93 "2011-02-15T15:24:41Z")
> [@Lumpy](#): > > Cats swallow their prey whole, allowing the prey to be regurgitated or even surgically removed unharmed after an extended period. The prey, depending on their musical ability, can also play the cat’s ribs like a marimba. ---
**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:** [February 15, 2011, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-youve-learned-from-watching-cartoons/570903/94 "2011-02-15T18:18:33Z")
> [@PlainJain](#): > > Or, maybe you were thinking of [this guy](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4101/5446149256_3363bdea53_b.jpg). Nice abs! But oh, those teeth! They should all come out. ---
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2011, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-youve-learned-from-watching-cartoons/570903/95 "2011-02-15T21:32:44Z")
If you stick the barrel of your rifle or shotgun down a rabbit hole, it will appear out of the knothole of the tree behind you and shoot you in the ass. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2011, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-youve-learned-from-watching-cartoons/570903/96 "2011-02-15T22:02:05Z")
> [@Noel\_Prosequi](#): > > Emotions like surprise cause a temporary localised suspension of the laws of physics and biology, allowing one’s eyes to almost instantly become bigger than one’s head and project from their sockets several feet. Simultaneously, one’s jaw can dislocate, which, with associated skin stretching, can allow it to hit the ground. This results in a mouth gape that is bigger than one’s torso. > > The localised suspension corrects itself in seconds with no long term ill effects. Similarly, love (or lust) causes one’s heart to beat so powerfully that it stretches the skin on one’s chest, showing a heart shape. ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2011, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-youve-learned-from-watching-cartoons/570903/97 "2011-02-15T22:20:23Z")
> [@divemaster](#): > > If you stick the barrel of your rifle or shotgun down a rabbit hole, it will appear out of the knothole of the tree behind you and shoot you in the ass. And if you tie a handkerchief to the end of your gun to see if it’s really your gun coming out of the knothole, it will magically change to a different color to trick you. ---
**Author:** ![cornflakes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@cornflakes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cornflakes)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2011, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-youve-learned-from-watching-cartoons/570903/98 "2011-02-15T22:38:15Z")
Given enough meddling kids, virtually every tale of the supernatural would be shown to be a cover for embezzlement. ---
**Author:** ![Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uosdwis_R.Dewoh)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2011, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-youve-learned-from-watching-cartoons/570903/99 "2011-02-15T22:39:43Z")
> [@YoSaffBridge](#): > > Getting run over by a steam roller will not kill you; your body will just be completely flat and paper-thin. All you have to do is get someone to pick you up and give you a good shake, like when you take clothes out of the dryer. You’ll pop right back into shape instantly. That’s just wrong. What you need to do is put your thumb in your mouth and blow. ---
**Author:** ![Superhal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2011, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-youve-learned-from-watching-cartoons/570903/100 "2011-02-15T22:47:19Z")
Sewers are cool and interesting places where you can set up a whole apartment if you wanted to, and if you live in a sewer, surface people will never, ever comment on your smell. Sewer water is apparently clean enough to live in without catching all sorts of horrible diseases. Sewer tunnels are large enough to drive a bus through. The police never, ever check the sewer as a getaway route. If you can make it to the sewer, you’re scott free. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-youve-learned-from-watching-cartoons/570903.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-youve-learned-from-watching-cartoons/570903.md?page=6)