# TV Guide's 50 Greatest Cartoon Characters **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 31, 2002, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-guides-50-greatest-cartoon-characters/121749 "2002-07-31T20:20:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2002, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-guides-50-greatest-cartoon-characters/121749/1 "2002-07-31T20:20:08Z")
Another 50-list for TV Guide’s 50th. [Discuss.](http://www.cnn.com/2002/SHOWBIZ/TV/07/30/cartoon.characters.list/index.html) Since I saw some confusion in other discussions elsewhere on the web: Bill’s the sad little scrap of paper from _Schoolhouse Rock_, Arthur’s the aardvark, and Alvin’s the chipmunk. ---
**Author:** ![zev\_steinhardt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/97f17d/32.png) [@zev\_steinhardt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zev_steinhardt)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2002, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-guides-50-greatest-cartoon-characters/121749/2 "2002-07-31T20:31:56Z")
What?! No Courageous Cat and Minute Mouse? 😃 An interesting note is that Bugs Bunny (as well as Wile E. Coyote, Road Runner, Daffy Duck, Mickey Mouse, Popeye, Heckle & Jeckle and many others on the list ) weren’t even developed for television but for film… I guess that makes Homer the #1 original television character. Zev Steinhardt ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2002, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-guides-50-greatest-cartoon-characters/121749/3 "2002-07-31T20:39:35Z")
I think the list is crap. That Bobby Hill even made the list is bizarre. The list is too filled with flavours of the week like SquareBob SpongePants. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2002, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-guides-50-greatest-cartoon-characters/121749/4 "2002-07-31T22:12:00Z")
Pikachu? PIKACHU??? For cryin’ out loud, that thing isn’t a character! And how can Ms Frizzle from the Magic School Bus not be on that list? I like Arthur, but she (and the rest of the MSB cast) are better than him any day of the week. (And yes, trivia buffs, I know that Lily Tomlin provided her voice.) ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2002, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-guides-50-greatest-cartoon-characters/121749/5 "2002-07-31T22:14:00Z")
Josie and f\*\*\*\*\*g Pussycats? You have got to be kidding! ---
**Author:** ![Tars\_Tarkas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tars\_Tarkas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tars_Tarkas)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2002, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-guides-50-greatest-cartoon-characters/121749/6 "2002-07-31T22:52:20Z")
> [@](#): > > Gerald McBoing-Boing Who the Smurf is that??? ---
**Author:** ![BobT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e8cbc/32.png) [@BobT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobT)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2002, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-guides-50-greatest-cartoon-characters/121749/7 "2002-07-31T23:26:13Z")
The best Bugs Bunny cartoons weren’t done for TV. They were theatrical releases. Just because a theatrical release was shown on TV, does it mean that it’s a “TV cartoon”. Should I consider “Citizen Kane” the best TV movie of all time because I saw it on TV first? There have been some Bugs Bunny cartoons drawn directly for TV, but they are not as good as the cinematic versions. ---
**Author:** ![HubZilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ccd318/32.png) [@HubZilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HubZilla)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2002, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-guides-50-greatest-cartoon-characters/121749/8 "2002-07-31T23:40:28Z")
Where’s Optimus Prime? ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2002, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-guides-50-greatest-cartoon-characters/121749/9 "2002-07-31T23:48:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tars Tarkas \* > \*\* > > Who the Smurf is that??? \*\* I believe he’s a Dr. Seuss character - didn’t know they made a TV show or special out of him. ---
**Author:** ![DougAB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47c2d/32.png) [@DougAB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DougAB)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2002, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-guides-50-greatest-cartoon-characters/121749/10 "2002-07-31T23:51:31Z")
I’m a little irked by Lisa and Bart Simpson being put together. Lisa does not hold her own when compared to “this century’s Dennis the Menace”. And even if she did end up being prominent, it’s because they needed her now excessive whininess to bring up new plots. And don’t get my started on the seventeen different times she’s “finally found intellectualy equals she can converse with!!!” ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2002, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-guides-50-greatest-cartoon-characters/121749/11 "2002-08-01T00:27:33Z")
I’m glad that Beavis and Butthead got the recognition they deserve (#4). They are icons permanently etched into the psyche of a generation…uhhhh, or something, heh-heh. ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2002, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-guides-50-greatest-cartoon-characters/121749/12 "2002-08-01T05:18:55Z")
No Speedy Gonzales? No Herman and Catnip? No Ricochet Rabbit? No Secret Squirrel? :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2002, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-guides-50-greatest-cartoon-characters/121749/13 "2002-08-01T05:22:10Z")
No Dick Dasterdly? No Snidely Whiplash? No Savoir Faire? _(Savoir Faire is everywhere!)_ _ **No Muttley?!** _ ---
**Author:** ![Kaotic\_Newtral](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/71e660/32.png) [@Kaotic\_Newtral](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kaotic_Newtral)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2002, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-guides-50-greatest-cartoon-characters/121749/14 "2002-08-01T05:32:04Z")
That list is a bunch of bull-hockey! Angelica Pickles number 7?! I also agree with the ‘Bobby Hill’ deal…no friggen’ way. Where the hell is: Speedy Gonzalez Goofy Alvin and the Chipmunks The Angry Beavers!!! Any of the Schoolhouse Rock gang Foghorn Leghorn damn…! ---
**Author:** ![Kaotic\_Newtral](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/71e660/32.png) [@Kaotic\_Newtral](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kaotic_Newtral)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2002, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-guides-50-greatest-cartoon-characters/121749/15 "2002-08-01T05:38:36Z")
Not to mention… Grape Ape Quickdraw McGraw(El Ka-Bang!) There are so many others that should’ve been there…I’m bummed now. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2002, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-guides-50-greatest-cartoon-characters/121749/16 "2002-08-01T06:02:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Kaotic Newtral \* > Where the hell is: > … > Alvin and the Chipmunks > … > Any of the Schoolhouse Rock gang Alvin is number 44, Bill (as in _I’m Just a Bill_, and I really want to do that as a Halloween costume someday) is number 34. I certainly take issue with some of their choices, but let me think for a bit about who I’d take off and who I’d put on. I also take issue with a list of the 50 greatest cartoon characters that has 66 characters on it. [sub]I think it’s 66, how many Pussycats were backing up Josie, anyway?[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2002, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-guides-50-greatest-cartoon-characters/121749/17 "2002-08-01T06:38:00Z")
it REALLY seems like they just whipped that up in 5 minutes ---
**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2002, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-guides-50-greatest-cartoon-characters/121749/18 "2002-08-01T06:52:15Z")
Bobby Hill is too low. Alvin doens’t belong anywhere enar the list. Neither does Angelica Pickles. ---
**Author:** ![Tars\_Tarkas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tars\_Tarkas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tars_Tarkas)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2002, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-guides-50-greatest-cartoon-characters/121749/19 "2002-08-01T07:01:43Z")
TV Guide can’t do anything right!!! Do they even list TV show times anymore?? ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2002, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-guides-50-greatest-cartoon-characters/121749/20 "2002-08-01T07:26:02Z")
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