Tom and Jerry cartoon’s won Seven Oscars.
Two Emmys were won by the cartoon Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy in 2006 and 2007.
During the Ending theme to Cartoon Network’s The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy, some Strange, somewhat creepy gibberish is heard at the End. The Gibberish played backward is Maxwell Atoms, the Creator of the Show, saying ‘No, no. This is the end of the show. You are watching it backward!’
Scooby Doo’s full name is ‘Scoobert Scooby Dooby Doo’.
The first animated series to feature a couple sharing a bed and address issues like adoption and infertility was “The Flintstones,” which caused a great deal of controversy.
The Flintstones was the most Profitable network cartoon franchise for 30 years before being unseated by The Simpsons.
A special stamp that reads “Return to Sender – Fictitious Cartooon Character” is used by the post office in Bedrock, Colorado to reject fan mail addressed to “The Flintstones” characters because they receive so much of it.
Walt Disney thought the Goofy character was stupid and detested the character in his own cartoons. He didn’t eliminate the character for the sole reason that it employed so many animators.
In the 1940s, Superman was first incapable of taking to the air. The expression “Able to Leap tall buildings in a single bound” resulted. Because they thought Superman’s first cartooon looked silly, the animators asked permission to give him the ability to fly, and they were granted it.
Because of broadcast standards at the time, He-Man was unable to punch or kick anyone in the 1980s Original He-Man cartoon or use his sword as an offensive weapon. He actually avoided conflict most of the time by outwitting his adversaries.
The 1987 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartooon featured Bebop and Rocksteady because the toy company wanted to sell more characters.
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles didn’t get color-specific Masks until their first Cartooon aired in 1988.
Originally a group of macabre cartooon characters, The Addams Family’s exploits were printed in The New Yorker.
In order to reduce the amount of drawing required by the animators, Yogi Bear and numerous other Hanna-Barbera cartooons were given white collars. whenever he spoke, redrawing only his head in each frame.
Cartooon characters are shown wearing gloves because, in the past, they had to manually draw a new drawing for each frame for multiple frames. This eliminated the complexity of drawing a well-defined hand.
On a dare, the cartoon “Ed, Edd n Eddy” was made.
Ed, Edd n Eddy is Cartoon Network’s longest-running series, Running for almost 11 years.
Chuck Jones drew Wile E. Coyote and the Roadrunner as a parody of chase cartoons such as “Tom and Jerry,” never dreaming that the character would become well-known for its deliberately absurd cartoon physics and contraptions.
The Ohio State University is home to the world’s largest collection of cartoon artwork. Over 3,000 original Calvin and Hobbes drawings can be found in the Billy Ireland Carto’n Library.
The Old propaganda cartoons telling Kids to ‘duck and cover’ under their desk in case of a Nuclear bomb were actually giving really useful Advice.
Although the character of Launchpad McQuack originated in DuckTales (1987) and became a Sidekick in Darkwing Duck (1991), show creator Tad Stones states that both shows do not share the same Universe.
demonstration of environmental consciousness The 1990 film Captain Planet and the Planeteers served as the inspiration for a real-world environmental group. A portion of the merchandise earnings went towards creating a fund that is still in operation today.
The drawings of a ballerina by one creator, Genndy Tartakovsky, served as inspiration for Dexter’s Laboratory. Inspired by his own brother, he chose to pair the drawing, which was a prototype of Deedee, with a short, blocky opposite.
The Grim Adventures of the Kids Next Door is a special crossover episode on Cart’on Network that also stars Ed Edd n Eddy and includes appearances by the Powerpuff Girls and Dexter’s Lab, among other shows.
