# Unanswered questions about cartoon characters **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 11, 1999, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswered-questions-about-cartoon-characters/11697 "1999-11-11T19:47:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![FxChiP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3bc359/32.png) [@FxChiP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FxChiP)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 1999, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswered-questions-about-cartoon-characters/11697/21 "1999-11-12T14:21:00Z")
## Shadowfox, you forgot that “Medusa” person, I don’t know her name, but she released a medusa thing that spread to everything, but didn’t affect Bob for long cause he was a guardian. -FxChiP “Your bleating will solve nothing…” ---
**Author:** ![pldennison](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9fc29f/32.png) [@pldennison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pldennison)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 1999, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswered-questions-about-cartoon-characters/11697/22 "1999-11-12T14:25:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Did Yosemite Sam have a brain? The top of his head seemed to be level with his nose, and his eyes seemed to protrude above his noggin like a crab’s eyes. It only looks that way because Sam was wearing a Lone Ranger-style black mask all the time. He was a bandit. Get it? [http://www.cartoon-gallery.com/images/wbopadraw11.gif](http://www.cartoon-gallery.com/images/wbopadraw11.gif) * * * “Come on, Phonics Monkey–drum!” ---
**Author:** ![Shadowfox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Shadowfox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shadowfox)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 1999, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswered-questions-about-cartoon-characters/11697/23 "1999-11-12T14:40:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Shadowfox, you forgot that “Medusa” person, I don’t know her name, but she released a medusa thing that spread to everything, but didn’t affect Bob for long cause he was a guardian. D’oh! Her name was Hexadecimal. She was Megabyte’s sister. She ended up helping Bob at the end after he fixed her mask (can’t recall how it got damaged, I think Megabyte did it) ## Me thinks that I watch entirely too much kids television. Shadowfox “We are what we pretend to be.” - Kurt Vonnegut ---
**Author:** ![Glitch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/0ea827/32.png) [@Glitch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glitch)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 1999, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswered-questions-about-cartoon-characters/11697/24 "1999-11-12T15:00:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Okay, I’ve seen this show with my kids, but I don’t recall this character. I know there’s Bob, Enzo Matrix, Dot Matrix, Andrea, Megabyte, the web surfer with the Australian accent (was he Daemon?), those two stupid robots that were with Megabyte at first but then ended up fighting for the rebels, and of course the pirates. Who was Daemon? \*\*\*\* SPOILER - Do Not Read if you haven’t seen Season 3 of ReBoot \*\*\*\* \* \* \* \* \* \* \* \* \* \* \* \* \* \* \* \* \* \* \* \* In season 3, a virus named Daemon infects the Guardian Collective. The Guardians go flippy and start shutting down the 'Net and basically being pains in the rear. Near the end of season 3 Bob remarks that he will liberate Mainframe and then go and take care of Daemon. However, at the end they whoop Megabyte’s butt and they have a song and dance and it ends! I was so looking forward to the Bob the White Knight Guardian fighting Daemon (i.e. I was really hoping for a season 4). But, alas, no season 4 and hence I’ll never know anything about Daemon. _sigh_ _cry_ _sob_ It is my hope someday to acquire/negoiate the rights to build a ReBoot game based on the never made season 4! ---
**Author:** ![Glitch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/0ea827/32.png) [@Glitch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glitch)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 1999, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswered-questions-about-cartoon-characters/11697/25 "1999-11-12T15:02:00Z")
> [@](#): > > D’oh! Her name was Hexadecimal. She was Megabyte’s sister. She ended up helping Bob at the end after he fixed her mask (can’t recall how it got damaged, I think Megabyte did it) Hex’s mask was damaged when she was preparing to fire the big gun at the principle office by a game cube feel on her head and the gun. There was a big explosion and Hex was damaged. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 1999, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswered-questions-about-cartoon-characters/11697/26 "1999-11-12T15:26:00Z")
Who would you back in a hamburger-eating contest: Jughead Jones or J. Wellington Wimpy? – Uke, who will have pickle, onion, and lettuce both on his hamburger ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 1999, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswered-questions-about-cartoon-characters/11697/27 "1999-11-12T15:28:00Z")
Am while I’m at it…who would you rather have cater your wedding reception: Pops or Roughhouse? ---
**Author:** ![Chef\_Troy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Chef\_Troy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chef_Troy)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 1999, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswered-questions-about-cartoon-characters/11697/28 "1999-11-12T16:09:00Z")
No, Superman never has to go to the bathroom. His alien physiology metabolizes all of his food & drink intake with 100% efficiency. * * * Live a Lush Life Da Chef ---
**Author:** ![metroshane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/aeb1de/32.png) [@metroshane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/metroshane)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 1999, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswered-questions-about-cartoon-characters/11697/29 "1999-11-12T16:19:00Z")
I think if we asked the TM, they’d agree that Ms. “Oyl” was not much of a catch * * * But how does she fare to the Sea Hag, the only other female. * * * We live in an age that reads to much to be wise, and thinks too much to be beautiful–Oscar Wilde ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 1999, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswered-questions-about-cartoon-characters/11697/30 "1999-11-12T19:24:00Z")
Thanks, everybody. I always wondered what anyone would see in Olive Oyl–but then, Popeye and Bluto/Brutus were no great shakes either! And, concerning an irritating character from the old MGM Cartoons: How did Barney Bear live to reach maturity, considering what a helpless, pathetic klutz he was? One more, from the old Felix the Cat cartoons: Why would a genius like The Professor have as his sidekick a brainless lout like Rock Bottom, unless he needed 1)a musclehead to bully Felix and others or 2)a contrasting character, to make himself feel more superior to ordinary mortals than he already was? Even though Felix and Poindexter made monkeys out of both of them time and time again. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 1999, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswered-questions-about-cartoon-characters/11697/31 "1999-11-12T22:53:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Who would you back in a hamburger-eating contest: Jughead Jones or J. Wellington Wimpy? > Am while I’m at it…who would you rather have cater your wedding reception: Pops or Roughhouse? And if you setting out on a life of crime, who would rather have as the local law: Officer Barbrady or Chief Wiggums? ---
**Author:** ![jab1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ee7513/32.png) [@jab1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jab1)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 1999, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswered-questions-about-cartoon-characters/11697/32 "1999-11-13T01:07:00Z")
In the pre-TV era, Warner Brothers created only ONE female character: Granny (of the Sylvester and Tweety cartoons). I think Petunia Pig only appeared in the licensed comic books and newspaper comic strips. Please notice that I’m thinking only of the regular cast and not the occasional guest stars. Witch Hazel appeared only two or three times, not enough to be called a “regular”, IMHO. * * * Fighting my own ignorance since 1957. ---
**Author:** ![Sycorax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a4c791/32.png) [@Sycorax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sycorax)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 1999, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswered-questions-about-cartoon-characters/11697/33 "1999-11-13T04:01:00Z")
Wow Guy - how do you know all that about Olive, Popeye, et al? And when/where/how did Wile E. “explain” about the roadrunner? I thought Wile E. never spoke. ---
**Author:** ![Demo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/demo/32/8472_2.png) [@Demo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Demo)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 1999, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswered-questions-about-cartoon-characters/11697/34 "1999-11-13T04:23:00Z")
Metro: But at least Popeye could’ve screwed the Sea Had w/o any commitment. 😉 * * * “I would far rather be ignorant than wise in the foreboding of evil.” -Æschylus. 525-456 B. C. ---
**Author:** ![Demo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/demo/32/8472_2.png) [@Demo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Demo)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 1999, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswered-questions-about-cartoon-characters/11697/35 "1999-11-13T05:00:00Z")
err, Hag, that is. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Guy\_Propski](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/5e9695/32.png) [@Guy\_Propski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guy_Propski)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 1999, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswered-questions-about-cartoon-characters/11697/36 "1999-11-13T19:05:00Z")
Sycorax–I have lots of books on animated cartoons, and have been a fan of Popeye since age 6. Apart from a few Bugs Bunny cross-overs, Wile only spoke in one of his last WC/RR appearance, “Zip Zip Hooray” (1962). The cartoon is actually being watched by two little boys, who wonder aloud why the Coyote is attracted to the Roadrunner. He obligingly stops and explains it to them (with charts). ---
**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:** [November 13, 1999, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswered-questions-about-cartoon-characters/11697/37 "1999-11-13T20:58:00Z")
My 2¢: Superman’s bathroom functions: apparently Supe’s digestive track atomizes everything he swallows. Yosemite Sam’s brain: Why single out Sam on this account? Most 'toons (and Jar-Jar Binks) have a brainstem and that’s about it. Rocky & Bullwinkle recognizing Boris and Natasha: It’s a law of all Toon universes that any disguise, even something as trivial as a pair of glasses, renders someone totally unrecognizable. Hey, it works for Superman. I mean, most 'toons only have a brainstem anyway. Who’s sleeping with who on Scooby Doo: Without a definitive statement from Hanna-Barbera, this may never be known for sure. But most agree that Velma is a dyke, and Shaggy is too much a stoner to care about sex. ---
**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:** [November 13, 1999, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswered-questions-about-cartoon-characters/11697/38 "1999-11-13T21:16:00Z")
More stuff I had to go back and reread Barney Bear: I can’t think of the name, but there was that cartoon about the bear family with the short, grouchy father bear, the long-suffering mother bear, and the huge imbecilic “baby” bear, who continued to wear diapers even after he outweighed his parents combined. I thought that baby grew up to be Barney Bear. Captain Crunch: Since 'toons never grow old and die, I suspect that Crunch has been wandering the seven seas since the Napoleonic era, long forgotten by the admiralty. Maybe two children, a dog, and a crunchberry beast are the only crew he can find who’ll work for cereal. Wimpy VS. Jughead hamberger eating contest: A close call; both are shameless moochers and insatiable gluttons. I’ve seen both eat until their stomachs expanded to the size of beanbag chairs. But I’d have to give the edge to Wimpy. Bizarro World: DC comics last Superman title published before the inauguration of the post-Infinity Crisis universe was an (officially) imaginary story in which all of Superman’s enemies went berserk and killed most of Superman’s friends. The first enemy was Bizarro Superman, who said he’d figured out that since Superman always worked to save the world, that meant that he (Bizarro) should destroy his. Petunia Pig: No, she was not just in the comics: She and Percival Pig were in a handfull of really old (late 30s) cartoons. ---
**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:** [November 13, 1999, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswered-questions-about-cartoon-characters/11697/39 "1999-11-13T21:26:00Z")
Olive Oyl and who’d want her: As previously pointed out, Popeye and Bluto are no prizes either. Whenever any remotely attractive alternative comes along, Olive drops P & B like old socks; and vice-versa. Sweapea: An orphan. I _think_ it was established that he was a lost prince of some kingdom. (Spinachia, the one Blozo is king of?) Wile E. Coyote: Why didn’t he starve to death? Well he was thin as a concentration camp inmate. Maybe he eked out a wretched subsistance on bugs and pureed cactus. That could be why he was so desperate to catch some **meat!** ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 1999, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswered-questions-about-cartoon-characters/11697/40 "1999-11-13T21:51:00Z")
I think Jughead could outeat _anybody_…I mean, he once ate a pizza–ten feet across!–all by himself, and wanted _another_ one! The Barney Bear I mentioned was in the old MGM comics; the Three Bears family was from Warner Brothers. Junior was even more stupid than Barney Bear, if that’s possible. Yes, Olive Oyl was fickle…in one old black-and-white cartoon, Popeye and Bluto agree to give each other shaves, because Olive is singing, “I want a clean-shaven man…” Of course, their rivalry interferes. But at the end, after they’ve worn themselves to a frazzle trying to please Olive, they see her walking with another man to whom she says dreamily, “Your beard is so magnificent…” the cartoon ends with the angry Popeye and Bluto kicking each other and growling in tune, “She wants a clean (kick) shaven (kick) man!” (kick) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswered-questions-about-cartoon-characters/11697.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswered-questions-about-cartoon-characters/11697.md?page=3)