Memetastic cartoon crushes
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altivoMeme? Name your top ten cartoon character crushes. Lifted from several friends on FA and elsewhere, this was more of a challenge than I thought. Not so much coming up with the names as limiting it to ten. I selected only furry characters, and I'm not sure these are ranked effectively, either.
1. Spirit from the Dreamworks film. I know, I know, mandatory for all equine types, but he was good and the sound track helped too.
2. Balto is just about every furry's fancy at some level or other. I particularly liked him in the underrated second film.
3. Altivo the war horse, from another Dreamworks film, The Road to El Dorado. Smarter than your average human, for sure.
4. Bullseye was Woody's horse in Disney's Toy Story and I was quite taken with him.
5. Simba once he was grown up in The Lion King and sequels. So slinky, so sexy.
6. The Dodger in Oliver & Company (voiced by Billy Joel) was so smooth and accomplished and he could sing too.
7. The Great Prince was Bambi's father. Only glimpsed in the original 1942 film, but my long-lasting fascination with him was finally justified in Bambi II when he was given voice by Patrick Stewart.
8. Snagglepuss in the Hanna-Barbera television cartoons. Could I have been drawn to that campy lisp and expressive tail as a pre-teen? The answer is yes.
9. Kuzco (as a llama) in the 2000 Disney release of The Emperor's New Groove, though he was very nearly upstaged by Eartha Kitt's marvelous villainess, Yzma.
10. 30-30 the transforming cyber-horse, whom I didn't encounter until long after he was gone from television. The plot lines were stupid and the acting not much better, but the way he was drawn... oooh lah lah.
There are many more who make the grade, including some oldies like Felix the Cat and (OMG) The Jeep from the old Popeye cartoons. Even more who had potential but didn't get enough spotlight time, like Philippe, the horse in Disney's Beauty and the Beast. Pongo from the original 101 Dalmatians. Todd the fox kit in The Fox and the Hound. Rocket J. Squirrel of Rocky and Bullwinkle fame (so sue me.) ;p
Deliberately omitted, though others found them sexy, are Tramp from Lady and the Tramp and Robin from Disney's famous animated Robin Hood, who figures high on many lists. For whatever reason, they just didn't do much for me.
Postscript: I did like Roger Rabbit a lot, but he's obviously much too straight for me. ;p
1. Spirit from the Dreamworks film. I know, I know, mandatory for all equine types, but he was good and the sound track helped too.
2. Balto is just about every furry's fancy at some level or other. I particularly liked him in the underrated second film.
3. Altivo the war horse, from another Dreamworks film, The Road to El Dorado. Smarter than your average human, for sure.
4. Bullseye was Woody's horse in Disney's Toy Story and I was quite taken with him.
5. Simba once he was grown up in The Lion King and sequels. So slinky, so sexy.
6. The Dodger in Oliver & Company (voiced by Billy Joel) was so smooth and accomplished and he could sing too.
7. The Great Prince was Bambi's father. Only glimpsed in the original 1942 film, but my long-lasting fascination with him was finally justified in Bambi II when he was given voice by Patrick Stewart.
8. Snagglepuss in the Hanna-Barbera television cartoons. Could I have been drawn to that campy lisp and expressive tail as a pre-teen? The answer is yes.
9. Kuzco (as a llama) in the 2000 Disney release of The Emperor's New Groove, though he was very nearly upstaged by Eartha Kitt's marvelous villainess, Yzma.
10. 30-30 the transforming cyber-horse, whom I didn't encounter until long after he was gone from television. The plot lines were stupid and the acting not much better, but the way he was drawn... oooh lah lah.
There are many more who make the grade, including some oldies like Felix the Cat and (OMG) The Jeep from the old Popeye cartoons. Even more who had potential but didn't get enough spotlight time, like Philippe, the horse in Disney's Beauty and the Beast. Pongo from the original 101 Dalmatians. Todd the fox kit in The Fox and the Hound. Rocket J. Squirrel of Rocky and Bullwinkle fame (so sue me.) ;p
Deliberately omitted, though others found them sexy, are Tramp from Lady and the Tramp and Robin from Disney's famous animated Robin Hood, who figures high on many lists. For whatever reason, they just didn't do much for me.
Postscript: I did like Roger Rabbit a lot, but he's obviously much too straight for me. ;p
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Date: 2010-04-25 03:55 pm (UTC)For me, it's the smile... he just has that sweet look about the eyes and muzzle.
I'll have to do this tonight when time permits. So many toons, arrrrrgh!
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Date: 2010-04-25 05:26 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-04-26 02:13 am (UTC)Todd the fox kit in The Fox and the Hound.
Geez I loved that movie, and I drew Todd years ago, back when I did my Bugs Bunny, though in pencil, not with a mouse.
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Date: 2010-04-25 05:08 pm (UTC)(Gee, I wonder why?) *innocent look*
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Date: 2010-04-25 05:25 pm (UTC)I don't know if I could come up with ten foxes at once. Let's see you do it!
We just saw The Princess and the Frog and I was tempted to put the two frogs on there. So lithe and elegant they were. "It's not slime, it's mucus!" ;p
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Date: 2010-04-25 06:25 pm (UTC)No particular order.
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Date: 2010-04-26 01:03 am (UTC)Crushes, no particular order:
Rain (from Spirit, Stallion...)
The young female squirrel from Sword in the Stone
Sunni Gummi
Mrs Brisby (NIMH)
Ducky (Land Before Time)
Bullseye (Toy Story)
Serendipity (Cosgrove's pink dragon)
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Date: 2010-04-27 01:24 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-04-27 05:51 am (UTC)And hey, I recognized all of those you mentioned, except (ironically) Altivo (I haven't exactly taken the time to watch that movie), 30-30 and The Jeep.