# What cartoon characters have you been attracted too? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 4, 2008, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cartoon-characters-have-you-been-attracted-too/470985 "2008-11-04T03:37:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Interrobang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/interrobang/32/17463_2.png) [@Interrobang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Interrobang)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cartoon-characters-have-you-been-attracted-too/470985/61 "2008-11-04T16:52:20Z")
Daphne from Scooby-Doo is the earliest crush I can remember – sometime in my late single-digit years. She gave me the jinkies. ---
**Author:** ![3waygeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/e95f7d/32.png) [@3waygeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3waygeek)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cartoon-characters-have-you-been-attracted-too/470985/62 "2008-11-04T16:53:55Z")
> [@Icerigger](#): > > More recently Daria and Jane, I love them both. Me, too. Although Daria presents a bit of a problem; my friends say I’m the love child of Daria & Ross Geller from Friends, so things could get a bit squicky. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Sensitive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/58956e/32.png) [@Darth\_Sensitive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Sensitive)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cartoon-characters-have-you-been-attracted-too/470985/63 "2008-11-04T16:54:16Z")
I had a crush on Inspector Gadget’s Penny, though I saw the show almost never. At various other times… Kim Possible Erin Esurance Ariel Belle Giselle Jasmine Hello Nurse And even though she’s a stick figure, Haley from OotS is pretty hot. ---
**Author:** ![Gukumatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/74df32/32.png) [@Gukumatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gukumatz)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cartoon-characters-have-you-been-attracted-too/470985/64 "2008-11-04T17:08:41Z")
Sister [Death](http://www.vamp.org/Gothic/Images/images/death2.gif) in Neil Gaiman’s _Sandman_ comic books. (I distracted myself and held up my fellow party-goers at a bar we were leaving from for twenty minutes, because a perfectly petite, gorgeous, pale-as-snow Death walked in wearing a top-hat, a black coat, lots of belts and little else, this halloween. My down-to-earth friend snapped me out of it by levelly asking her where her character was from. He knew very well, but she couldn’t answer - eventually it turned out she’d just seen the picture on her friend’s tattoo and fancied it. _Curses!_ Or I’d probably still be there. Still, checking out Death as Alex DeLarge was quite amusing. And damnit, she was hot!) ---
**Author:** ![cbawlmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@cbawlmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cbawlmer)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cartoon-characters-have-you-been-attracted-too/470985/65 "2008-11-04T17:12:03Z")
[Brock Samson](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brock_Samson). Batman from _Batman: The Animated Series_ and _Justice League_. I guess I like my alpha males to be _cartoonishly_ alpha. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cartoon-characters-have-you-been-attracted-too/470985/66 "2008-11-04T17:34:20Z")
> [@Clivas](#): > > Princess Peach Have you seen the parody in the Spaceballs series? ---
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cartoon-characters-have-you-been-attracted-too/470985/67 "2008-11-04T17:56:03Z")
Rick Hunter and Zor from Robotech. If comics count, Kyle Rayner’s Green Lantern and Jaime Reyes’ Blue Beetle. ---
**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cartoon-characters-have-you-been-attracted-too/470985/68 "2008-11-04T18:01:05Z")
These characters are from fairly obscure cartoons from the 1960s: 1. Tarra from the “Herculoids” cartoon 2. Sheera from the “Mightor” cartoon 3. Jan from the “Space Ghost” cartoon Even as a prepubescent, I was attracted to the animated representation of the female form (especially when clad in tight, colorful, and/or skimpy costumes!), as evidenced by the three heroines I mentioned above. Does any one else remember those characters or the cartoons that they starred in? My “superheroine-in-peril” fetish/paraphilia started early – My interest in the characters kicked into high gear when I saw the heroines get KOed and/or captured by the bad guys! Also, the more widely-known characters – Daphne from Scooby Doo, Susan Storm/Invisible Girl from the Fantastic Four, Batgirl, and of course Wonder Woman in Super Friends (it did not debut until 1972 or 1973). ---
**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:** [November 4, 2008, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cartoon-characters-have-you-been-attracted-too/470985/69 "2008-11-04T18:12:19Z")
> [@3waygeek](#): > > Me, too. Although Daria presents a bit of a problem; my friends say I’m the love child of Daria & Ross Geller from Friends, so things could get a bit squicky. Ah…cite? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cartoon-characters-have-you-been-attracted-too/470985/70 "2008-11-04T18:16:40Z")
[Maid Marion](http://maidmarian.faerydust.net/) ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cartoon-characters-have-you-been-attracted-too/470985/71 "2008-11-04T18:22:07Z")
> [@Sitnam](#): > > [Maid Marion](http://maidmarian.faerydust.net/) Maid Marian? Yeah, she’s a fox. ---
**Author:** ![beanpod](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a9adbd/32.png) [@beanpod](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beanpod)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cartoon-characters-have-you-been-attracted-too/470985/72 "2008-11-04T18:23:14Z")
Batman from the animated series. sigh. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cartoon-characters-have-you-been-attracted-too/470985/73 "2008-11-04T18:26:29Z")
Currently? Tip Wilkins, from [Skin Horse](http://www.webcomicsnation.com/shaenongarrity/skinhorse/series.php?view=archive&chapter=33564). Oh, Tip. How can you look that good in a dress, and still be that relentlessly heterosexual? ---
**Author:** ![Art\_Rock](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/art_rock/32/525_2.png) [@Art\_Rock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Art_Rock)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cartoon-characters-have-you-been-attracted-too/470985/74 "2008-11-04T18:45:44Z")
Betty Rubble (and no, I would not be thinking of Wilma). 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cartoon-characters-have-you-been-attracted-too/470985/75 "2008-11-04T18:58:16Z")
> [@Interrobang](#): > > Daphne from Scooby-Doo is the earliest crush I can remember – sometime in my late single-digit years. She gave me the jinkies. Ooh, good call. She had slipped my mind but now that you mention it she might just have been my earliest crush too. ZOINKS! ---
**Author:** ![Dante](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dante/32/9673_2.png) [@Dante](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dante)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cartoon-characters-have-you-been-attracted-too/470985/76 "2008-11-04T19:03:28Z")
Have to go with [Princess](http://www.comicartcommunity.com/gallery/data/media/443/princess5.jpg) from **Battle of the Planets**. ---
**Author:** ![Icerigger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icerigger/32/432_2.png) [@Icerigger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icerigger)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cartoon-characters-have-you-been-attracted-too/470985/77 "2008-11-04T19:12:08Z")
The female crew member of the Voyager from Fantastic Voyage. I don’t remember her name but she was smart as a whip as well. ---
**Author:** ![GargoyleWB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gargoylewb/32/199_2.png) [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cartoon-characters-have-you-been-attracted-too/470985/78 "2008-11-04T19:22:14Z")
For me, it’s all about the voice. Certain voice actresses have just the right sultry, scratchy timbre that short-circuits my X-factor gene. Penny, from Inspector Gadget Jane, from Daria Raven, from Teen Titans Erin Esurance Bastila, from Knights of the Old Republic ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cartoon-characters-have-you-been-attracted-too/470985/79 "2008-11-04T19:31:12Z")
Hmm…let’s see. When I was a kid I had a mad crush on Speed Racer. Kimba the White Lion Deslok of Gamelon (can’t find a pic–an old anime villain from the 70s). Do video game characters with cinematics count? If so, toss in Sephiroth, and Ghaleon from “Lunar: The Silver Star”. Magneto from Marvel Comics. Ohhhh, yeah. 🙂 And I have a bit of a girl-crush on Kim Possible and the Esurance girl. 🙂 ---
**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:** [November 4, 2008, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cartoon-characters-have-you-been-attracted-too/470985/80 "2008-11-04T19:35:20Z")
Oh, I forgot one–I really had a crush on Max from “A Goofy Movie.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cartoon-characters-have-you-been-attracted-too/470985.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cartoon-characters-have-you-been-attracted-too/470985.md?page=5)