# What was your childhood cartoon identity? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** tv-shows-scripted\ **Created:** [June 1, 2022, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-childhood-cartoon-identity/965504 "2022-06-01T13:24:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2022, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-childhood-cartoon-identity/965504/1 "2022-06-01T13:24:49Z")
By “cartoon identity” I mean, which grouip would your childhood self say he/she is the biggest fan of? _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-childhood-cartoon-identity/965504/1))_ ---
**Author:** ![GreysonCarlisle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2022, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-childhood-cartoon-identity/965504/2 "2022-06-01T13:39:16Z")
Something spooky. I would have liked to have been part of the Scooby gang or one of the original [Ghost Busters](https://youtu.be/KdPfUYgY6nw?t=119) (though not a cartoon, it was a Saturday morning favorite for me). I also wouldn’t have minded being one of the Dungeons & Dragons kids (a druid, naturally). ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2022, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-childhood-cartoon-identity/965504/3 "2022-06-01T13:43:41Z")
Too much older stuff for me. My big thing when I a little kid was Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. And I was heavily into Nick Jr, and later Nickelodeon. ---
**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:** [June 1, 2022, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-childhood-cartoon-identity/965504/4 "2022-06-01T13:49:12Z")
Warner Brothers, definitely; with a tip of the cap to Pink Panther and Rocky and Bullwinkle. And looking at the poll, I notice that Disney is not there. I suppose at some point the House of Mouse became known only for their feature-length movies, and their shorts never had a home on Saturday-morning TV. ---
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2022, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-childhood-cartoon-identity/965504/5 "2022-06-01T13:50:25Z")
I put Warner Brothers. Because of my reddish-orange hair and feistiness my Mother nick-named me “Sam” (as in Yosemite Sam) when I was 3 and continues to call me that still, at 62. In fact, I have 2 Yosemite Sam tattoos. However, as a kid I was fascinated with Speed Racer. Even as a youngling I knew the plot lines were absolutely bizarre. That mammoth car episode where the race car was the size of a freight train was so completely over the top. ---
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2022, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-childhood-cartoon-identity/965504/6 "2022-06-01T13:54:22Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > And looking at the poll, I notice that Disney is not there. I suppose at some point the House of Mouse became known only for their feature-length movies, and their shorts never had a home on Saturday-morning TV. Remember the one where Donald Duck put a live bear in the wash thinking it a rug, then freaked when it came out all puffy and took a lawn mower to it? As a kid I was watching that with my Uncle and he almost had a stroke laughing at it. I will never forget it. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2022, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-childhood-cartoon-identity/965504/7 "2022-06-01T14:00:31Z")
I watched a lot of what’s in the poll as a kid, but Warner Brothers (Looney Tunes / Merrie Melodies) was the big touchstone. There were probably dozens, if not hundreds, of those cartoons which I had seen so often, that I likely knew them by heart. In addition to the Saturday morning show on CBS, they were very commonly syndicated, and it seemed like they were always on, either on a morning kids’ show, or after school. I also enjoyed Rocky & Bullwinkle, Underdog (my favorite as a little kid, but it wasn’t on very often once I got a little older), and Pink Panther. I liked some of the Hanna-Barbara cartoons, and I’d certainly watch them when they were on (particularly The Flintstones and The Jetsons), but even as a kid, the cheap animation was noticeable. Tom & Jerry and Popeye were ones that I just didn’t see very often. ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2022, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-childhood-cartoon-identity/965504/8 "2022-06-01T14:04:02Z")
I had to go with other, although the answer would probably vary depending on the age in question. I don’t remember being ‘grabbed’ by any particular cartoon (although I watched plenty, and what I seem to remember most were the WB classics) prior to about age 8-9, by which my favorite, was … Starblazers! (better known as Space Cruiser Yamato pretty much anywhere outside the US). And a year or so after that Robotech. Then again, I’m a bit younger than average for the board, so my prime cartoon watching years would have been the 80s. (6-16) ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2022, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-childhood-cartoon-identity/965504/9 "2022-06-01T14:05:27Z")
Transformers and GI Joe for me. ---
**Author:** ![Bonum\_Legatum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bonum_legatum/32/6183_2.png) [@Bonum\_Legatum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bonum_Legatum)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2022, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-childhood-cartoon-identity/965504/10 "2022-06-01T14:05:56Z")
> [@pkbites](#): > > Remember the one where Donald Duck put a live bear in the wash thinking it a rug, then freaked when it came out all puffy and took a lawn mower to it? As a kid I was watching that with my Uncle and he almost had a stroke laughing at it. I will never forget it. Humphrey the Bear. I believe that particular one was _Bearly Asleep_ (1955). P.S: Mine was Tom Terrific and Manfred the Wonder Dog. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2022, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-childhood-cartoon-identity/965504/11 "2022-06-01T14:16:24Z")
I voted WB, but I’d watch anything I could find. But even through a kid’s eyes the limited animation styles of HB and some other lesser ones become obvious. (How many times is Fred going to run past that couch and window chasing Dino? How _big_ is their house??) I neve got into Underdog because I could never see a complete story. Stupid TV station would never play them in order. Who made Tennessee Tuxedo? I thought it was great as a kid, but I tried watching it as an adult and couldn’t believe how dumb it was. As an adult, I own DVDs of the WB and Pink Panther cartoons, but no Tom & Jerry or Popeye. ---
**Author:** ![OldManLogan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oldmanlogan/32/5237_2.png) [@OldManLogan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldManLogan)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2022, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-childhood-cartoon-identity/965504/12 "2022-06-01T14:19:02Z")
Voltron - I had the 5 lions and pilots that would join together to create Voltron along with an enemy space-ship that would shoot lasers (light up and make laser sounds). It was also my introduction to Japanese style animation vs American produced shows (though I didn’t know it at the time). I still like and seek out anime almost 40 years later. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2022, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-childhood-cartoon-identity/965504/13 "2022-06-01T14:25:57Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > Who made Tennessee Tuxedo? I thought it was great as a kid, but I tried watching it as an adult and couldn’t believe how dumb it was. The same company as Underdog: [Total Television](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total_Television). They also did Klondike Kat, Go Go Gophers, and Commander McBragg, all of which were, in retrospect, of similar, lesser quality, ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2022, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-childhood-cartoon-identity/965504/14 "2022-06-01T14:28:31Z")
> [@Bonum\_Legatum](#): > > Mine was Tom Terrific and Manfred the Wonder Dog. That’d be _MIGHTY_ Manfred the Wonder Dog. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2022, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-childhood-cartoon-identity/965504/15 "2022-06-01T14:37:05Z")
> [@Grrr](#): > > Hanna-Barbara I suppose technically _The Smurfs_ are Hanna-Barbera, but the poll also lists Tom&Jerry separately and they were also H-B, so I’m going with “Other - The Smurfs, Gummi Bears and Robotech”. Everything the OP lists are what I would consider “before my time” cartoons, and SA TV didn’t really have that “Saturday morning old cartoon” slot when I was growing up. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2022, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-childhood-cartoon-identity/965504/16 "2022-06-01T15:09:29Z")
Other: The before and after school line up: Darkwing Duck, Chip and Dale’s Rescue Rangers, Tailspin, Duck Tales, Gummy Bears. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Terrific](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tom_terrific/32/342_2.png) [@Tom\_Terrific](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Terrific)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2022, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-childhood-cartoon-identity/965504/17 "2022-06-01T15:12:44Z")
What she said. ---
**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:** [June 1, 2022, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-childhood-cartoon-identity/965504/18 "2022-06-01T15:16:44Z")
Anyone want to venture a guess about mine? 😄 ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2022, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-childhood-cartoon-identity/965504/19 "2022-06-01T15:19:36Z")
Close call between WB and Rocky&Bullwinkle. I chose R&B because I feel it includes it’s offspring, George of the Jungle. Both were variety shows featuring a number of other characters. I’m not sure what that is distinctively different about the variety of WB characters, especially when presented in the Bugs Bunny & Friends show. I knew there were adult jokes in both shows, far more with Rocky though, that show was filled with puns. I recall learning later in life what the Ruby Yacht of Omar Kayyam was about. ---
**Author:** ![Ashtura](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ashtura/32/2963_2.png) [@Ashtura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashtura)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2022, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-childhood-cartoon-identity/965504/20 "2022-06-01T15:22:19Z")
Transformers was definitely my favorite cartoon as a kid. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-childhood-cartoon-identity/965504.md?page=2)