T.V. Guide's 50 Greatest Cartoon Characters of All Time

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[StoneColdGOP]

The print edition has more to say under each entry, but here they are:

The List

1. Bugs Bunny

2. Homer Simpson

3. Rocky and Bullwinkle

4. Beavis and Butt-head

5. The Grinch

6. Fred and Barney

7. Angelica Pickles

8. Charlie Brown and Snoopy

9. SpongeBob SquarePants

10. Eric Cartman

11. Bart and Lisa Simpson

12. Fat Albert

13. The Powerpuff Girls

14. Daffy Duck

15. Pikachu

16. Gumby

17. Betty Boop

18. Top Cat

19. Mickey Mouse

20. Popeye

21. Gerald McBoing-Boing

22. Scooby-Doo

23. Underdog

24. Josie and the Pussycats

25. Heckle and Jeckle

26. Arthur

27. Winnie the Pooh

28. Felix the Cat

29. Mr. Magoo

30. George of the Jungle

31. Ren and Stimpy

32. Tom Terrific

33. Tweety and Sylvester

34. Bill

35. Space Ghost

36. Yogi Bear and Boo Boo

37. Mighty Mouse

38. Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner

39. Superman

40. Batman

41. Daria

42. Wonder Woman

43. Donald Duck

44. Alvin

45. Boris Badenov and Natasha Fatale

46. Woody Woodpecker

47. Porky Pig

48. Bobby Hill

49. Speed Racer

50. Tom and Jerry

[StoneColdGOP]

OK, why does that fool mouse come in at 19 while Donald Duck only ranks 43, Porky at 47, and Tom and Jerry 50?!?!

And I've never ever heard of about half a dozen of these cartoons.

And damn it, where is Aeon Flux!!? And Heavy Metal?!!

[CARDINALRULES]

This is just WRONG!

I mean who the hell would rank fricking Pikachu ahead of Scooby?

And where the hell is Pluto, Speedy G, and the Smurfs?

[weikel]

Why is Cartman #10. It should be Cartman #1 Mr Burns #2 Homer #3

[weikel]

And the powderpuff girls do not belong there at all.

[KneelBeforeZod]

where's crusder rabbit?? I wasn't around for the first run, but used to watch reruns all the time.

and no Aquaboy? Kimba the white lion? bogus

[Always Right]

Beavis and Butthead #4????????

[rightinalabama]

My list:

1. Mickey Mouse.. gosh, gotta go with the sentimental favorite.

2. Bucky and Satchel (Get Fuzzy)

3. Huckleberry Hound

4. Cathy

5. Jeremy Duncan (Zits)

[Fudd]

THE SMURFS?

Hopefully, every smurf tape has been safely stored in a secure vault in a Nevada chemical arm storage facility, waiting to be unleashed on the Iraqi army as a counterresponse to a WMD attack.

[Jemian]

They left out Huckleberry Hound, Deputy Dawg, andSherman and Mr. Peabody.

Children must have put this list together.

[Chairman_December_19th_Society]

And how did the coyote and road runner end up at #38 - behind a lot of the others? Those are among the funniest cartoons ever made, IMO.

[FreeTally]

Ok, there are only a few I do not know who they are. They left out a few obvious ones, and included a few that don't make sense. IF this was "in no particular order", it wouldn't be too bad.

[reegs]

Angelica Pickles ranks higher than Charlie Brown???? You've got to be kidding me! Chuck should be at the top of the list (okay, maybe just under Bugs Bunny). I don't let our kids watch "Rugrats" because I don't want them imitating the obnoxious characters and dialogue. I have no problem with them watching Peanuts cartoons.

[CARDINALRULES]

I know, I know....but I liked the Smurfs. ;-`)

Besides it was hard trying to remember cartoons at 1 am. Of course as soon as I turned off the computer and was trying to sleep I thought of several more -Huckleberry Hound, Pixie, Dixie and Mr Jinks (?), Baby Huey, ect.

[Mr. Mulliner]

Tom and Jerry crossing the line at #50 is the biggest surprise to me. I've lived in China and Singapore and in both of those places Tom and Jerry were very popular cartoons. I think they are classics for sure.

[Moleman]

Where in the hell is Hank Hill?

[Bella_Bru]

bump for cartoons.

[al_c]

Where in the hell is Hank Hill?

I tell ya what ... I'm just sick about this. The boys down at Strickland Propane're gonna hear about this an' they're not gonna like it one bit! Yup.

[Tony in Hawaii]

Hank Hill is a FReeper!

[Corin Stormhands]

Where the heck is the Pink Panther?

[mlocher]

finally, a topic on the free republic that i am a true expert in!!!

in my opinion, for a cartoon to make this list, it must appeal to kids of multiple generations. spongebob is great, but he has only been sopping up the laughs for about 4 years. homer will not be heroic for another 20 years.

josie and the pussy cats (i hated when it was my sister's turn to watch the tv) may have been on for all of 4 years -- i cheered when it was pulled!!!

i guess good old TV Guide is a prostitute to bucks, just trying to sell its product, just like the rest of the liberal media.