# Why you should never name a cartoon character Buzz **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 24, 2008, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-you-should-never-name-a-cartoon-character-buzz/446622 "2008-04-24T00:19:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2008, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-you-should-never-name-a-cartoon-character-buzz/446622/1 "2008-04-24T00:19:51Z")
[To infinity and beyond](http://www.media-post.net/pictures/x-raya6.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2008, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-you-should-never-name-a-cartoon-character-buzz/446622/2 "2008-04-24T11:12:35Z")
Oh boy… That inspires a whole raft of questions that I am _so_ not going to ask… :eek: ---
**Author:** ![ChiefScott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@ChiefScott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChiefScott)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2008, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-you-should-never-name-a-cartoon-character-buzz/446622/3 "2008-04-24T12:00:56Z")
[Mr.Costanza] _One in a million, doc… one in a million._ [/Mr. Costanza] ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2008, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-you-should-never-name-a-cartoon-character-buzz/446622/4 "2008-04-24T12:08:18Z")
Buzz Tightrear? I’ll take Emerson, Lake and Palmer album covers you don’t want to see for a thousand, Alex. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2008, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-you-should-never-name-a-cartoon-character-buzz/446622/5 "2008-04-24T14:19:03Z")
Don’t Press The Wings Button! ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2008, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-you-should-never-name-a-cartoon-character-buzz/446622/6 "2008-04-24T14:24:47Z")
Dad hid the christmas gifts really good this year! ---
**Author:** ![Flander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8c91f0/32.png) [@Flander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flander)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2008, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-you-should-never-name-a-cartoon-character-buzz/446622/7 "2008-04-24T15:28:35Z")
I would have always figured Woody would have been found there. ---
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2008, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-you-should-never-name-a-cartoon-character-buzz/446622/8 "2008-04-24T16:58:19Z")
Bwaa-hah-ha-ha! ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2008, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-you-should-never-name-a-cartoon-character-buzz/446622/9 "2008-04-24T17:06:36Z")
Link is experiencing difficulties, and the webmaster is requested to call the hosting provider. I bet they blew through their transfer quota. So what was it again? ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2008, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-you-should-never-name-a-cartoon-character-buzz/446622/10 "2008-04-24T17:11:13Z")
I’m feelin’ kinda sorry for that X-Ray tech, trying to line up his shot and just seeing two little feet stickin’ out. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2008, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-you-should-never-name-a-cartoon-character-buzz/446622/11 "2008-04-24T17:44:21Z")
At least it wasn’t Stuart Little. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2008, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-you-should-never-name-a-cartoon-character-buzz/446622/12 "2008-04-24T17:45:29Z")
[This](http://www.crediblereport.com/buzz-lightyear-probing-uranus-30/) alternate link is _also_ experiencing difficulties. The [direct link to the image](http://www.crediblereport.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/12/buzz-lightyear-xray.jpg) on that page may work, though - after a while. It did for me. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2008, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-you-should-never-name-a-cartoon-character-buzz/446622/13 "2008-04-24T17:54:04Z")
[QUOTE=Larry Mudd] The [direct link to the image](http://www.crediblereport.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/12/buzz-lightyear-xray.jpg) on that page may work, though - after a while. It did for me. [/QUOTE] Nope. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2008, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-you-should-never-name-a-cartoon-character-buzz/446622/14 "2008-04-24T17:55:34Z")
_There’s a secret mission, in uncharted space!_ Somebody’s poisoned the water hole! ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2008, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-you-should-never-name-a-cartoon-character-buzz/446622/15 "2008-04-24T17:59:27Z")
[QUOTE=Larry Mudd] The [direct link to the image](http://www.crediblereport.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/12/buzz-lightyear-xray.jpg) on that page may work, though - after a while. It did for me. [/QUOTE] It worked for me on the third or fourth try. It’s an X-ray image of a human pelvis with a Buzz Lightyear toy superimposed. Or worse. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2008, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-you-should-never-name-a-cartoon-character-buzz/446622/16 "2008-04-25T02:09:16Z")
> [@](#): > > This alternate link is also experiencing difficulties. That link is more disturbing than mine. I just saw the picture of the x-ray itself; I assumed somebody was involved in a little late night physical recreation and things got out of hand (as it were). But your link provides the story behind the x-ray; it was taken at an airport not in some emergency room. So now I’m stuck trying to figure out why somebody would want to board an airplane with a Buzz Lightyear action figure shoved up their anus. ---
**Author:** ![FinnAgain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finnagain/32/12500_2.png) [@FinnAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinnAgain)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2008, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-you-should-never-name-a-cartoon-character-buzz/446622/17 "2008-04-25T02:18:24Z")
A better question is why someone _wouldn’t_ want to. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Precambrianmollusc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/precambrianmollusc/32/63_2.png) [@Precambrianmollusc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Precambrianmollusc)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2008, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-you-should-never-name-a-cartoon-character-buzz/446622/18 "2008-04-25T02:31:00Z")
[QUOTE=Little Nemo] That link is more disturbing than mine. I just saw the picture of the x-ray itself; I assumed somebody was involved in a little late night physical recreation and things got out of hand (as it were). But your link provides the story behind the x-ray; it was taken at an airport not in some emergency room. So now I’m stuck trying to figure out why somebody would want to board an airplane with a Buzz Lightyear action figure shoved up their anus. [/QUOTE] I would geuss becase the traveller read a report from the same website about the TSA requiring all travellers to use beano to prevent inflight gaseous emmisions, and not wanting to shell out for said product, shoved a Buzz lightyear up his arse as a plug. ---
**Author:** ![FinnAgain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finnagain/32/12500_2.png) [@FinnAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinnAgain)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2008, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-you-should-never-name-a-cartoon-character-buzz/446622/19 "2008-04-25T02:48:49Z")
You know, though, that now the TSA is going to start prohibiting people from rectally carrying on action figures. You know how you often have to take your shoes off or can’t bring bottled water on now? Well… ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2008, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-you-should-never-name-a-cartoon-character-buzz/446622/20 "2008-04-26T06:24:32Z")
[QUOTE=Little Nemo] That link is more disturbing than mine. I just saw the picture of the x-ray itself; I assumed somebody was involved in a little late night physical recreation and things got out of hand (as it were). But your link provides the story behind the x-ray; it was taken at an airport not in some emergency room. So now I’m stuck trying to figure out why somebody would want to board an airplane with a Buzz Lightyear action figure shoved up their anus. [/QUOTE] I suspect it’s because you are right about it being a mistake due to late night recreation, and the person was just too embarrassed to get help. People will do nutty things to avoid embarrassment; I recall reading of a guy who gashed open his scrotum masturbating on a vibrating piece of heavy machinery at work, and tried to repair the problem with an industrial stapler. :eek: He was admitted later to the emergency room with an infected scrotum and rusty staples. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-you-should-never-name-a-cartoon-character-buzz/446622.md?page=2)