Comments on: The Namesakes of 10 Legendary Drawn Characters

By: Sandra

Sandra — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 22:31:13 +0000

I’m looking for a cartoon that I use to have on my old computer. I can’t recall the characters name, so cannot find again. It;s a cat and has a male characters name. This cat chases a bird into the yard of a large dog who calmly takes the cat and puts him through punishments, like pulling him through a small hole in the fence. The cat yells out “NO not the fence, NOt the fence etc. Very funny! If anyone knows what it is called please send me an email. Thanks.

By: Majbuzz

Majbuzz — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 01:36:05 +0000

Boris Badinov (probably) came from an old Russian musical piece called Boris Gudanov by Mussorgsky.

By: Angelica

Angelica — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 22:02:32 +0000

Just because this is one of those things that will bother me all week if I don’t say something: The fish picture used isn’t Nemo. It’s his dad, Marlin.

By: David

David — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 23:39:56 +0000

ah, I forgot Woodstock! Of course, thanks mungley. There’s some other great ones here, too. Senator Claghorn begot Foghorn, wow, who would have guessed that.

By: mungley

mungley — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 22:51:46 +0000

RE: SLB’s Comment above.

Yes. At the beginning of the movie Marlin and his wife bicker about naming the kids. She chooses to name one of them, and uses a name that means “no one” (or no name in some translations I’ve heard.) So she manages to fail to name all of the kids, just one of them is not named in a different language. (forgive my shaky plot recollection if the name comes from Marlin instead.)

Other names:

Huey Freeman from the Boondocks is named for Huey P. Newton – A founder of the Black Panthers.

Woodstock from Peanuts is named for the rock festival at Yasgur’s farm in New York in 1969.

By: Dave H.

Dave H. — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 21:22:25 +0000

What bassman was saying was that anytime a character’s middle initial is mentioned *on the “Rocky and Bullwinkle” show*, it was J. (Bullwinkle J. Moose, Rocket J. Squirrel, etc.), not any animated character anywhere.

By: Celeste

Celeste — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 21:20:35 +0000

Um, I think Bassman meant within the Rocky & Bullwinkle cast of characters. Not every cartoon character ever.

By: Bill T.

Bill T. — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 20:06:22 +0000

Wow. I forgot how to type for a few minutes there. Sorry.

By: Bill T.

Bill T. — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 19:59:09 +0000

As much as WizardBoy’s post makes seems to imply that Jesus Christ was an animated character, I have to agree with him about Bassman’s assertion.

Wile E. Coyote’s middle initial was defnitely not J.

By: SLB

SLB — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 19:35:04 +0000

Some might find it interesting that the Latin translation for the word “nemo” means “no one,” so the title Finding Nemo actually means Finding No One.