We may now be in the twenty first century, but there are some classic cartoon characters from decades ago that are still just as popular now as they ever were. Our guide takes you through some of the classic cartoon characters from the past. We start with Wile E. Coyote and the Roadrunner. These are truly iconic cartoon characters that are instantly recognizable by their Acme products, the Roadrunner speeding into the distance and Wile E. Coyote falling off a lot of cliffs.
Another classic cartoon duo are Tom and Jerry, the cat and mouse who are constantly at each other’s throats but do occasionally reach a sort of brief détente. They spend a lot of time chasing each other around the house and out and about in their local surroundings, always in a manner that is sure to get the audience laughing even decades after the cartoons were first produced. This is definitely one cartoon pairing that is sure to go down in history.
We are also big fans of Tweety Pie and Sylvester, the bird and cat that formed the center of a very popular classic cartoon. If you’re unfamiliar with them, Tweety Pie was an innocent-looking tiny yellow bird that, in the eyes of his owner, could do no wrong and yet he secretly wasn’t quite as sweet as he looked and could scheme with the best of them. Sylvester was the ‘evil’ cat that was long suspected of wanting to eat Tweety – which is a largely fair assessment.
Another brilliant cartoon classic was The Flintstones. Interestingly, they are the only human classic cartoon characters to make the list, but it’s testament to how funny and popular they are that they did make it. Fred and Wilma Flintstone are a Stone Age couple who live with their pet dinosaur, Dino. On the face of it, they live ordinary lives but with prehistoric twists, such as cars made out of stone. Their neighbors, the Rubbles, also add some comedy to the whole thing.
Lastly, we round out the list with another animal. In this case it’s Garfield, the super lazy cat who loves sleeping. Quite possibly the only thing he loves more than being lazy is eating lasagna and being sarcastic, a combination that has long proved to be hilarious. Garfield is a really fat cat and he was originally a comic strip, but proved so popular with the audience that he later made the move to television and even became a movie star – a classic in the true sense of the word.
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