Interesting Facts about Cartoons:

• “Keep ’em flying” was a slogan in World War 2, it was also the battle cry of Wonder Woman.
• Every 5th book published in Japan is a comic.
• The man who voiced for Optimus Prime also gave voice to Eeyore and Nintendo’s Mario.
• Pokemon stimulates the same part of the brain in children as heroin.
• Hulk was Originally Grey and not Green.
• Jim Davis’ Garfield is printed in 7 different languages.
• Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because he doesn’t wear trousers.
• The longest-running primetime animated series is the Simpsons, which began in 1987.
• Superman, Spider-Man and Batman are the three most popular American superheroes known and beloved worldwide.
• Donald Duck’s middle name is Fauntleroy.
• Wilma Flintstone’s maiden name was Wilma Slaghoopal, and Betty Rubble’s Maiden name was Betty Jean Mcbricker.
• Mel Blanc (the voice of Bugs Bunny) was allergic to carrots.
• Walt Disney got his idea for Mickey Mouse while he worked in a garage. He was watching the mice play one night and got the inspiration for Mortimer Mouse. He didn’t change the name until shortly before he finished the first Mickey Mouse cartoon – the 1928 “Steamboat Willie”.
• The comic known as Peanuts was originally known as Li’lfolks.
  
  

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• Pinocchio is Italian for “pine eye”!
• The cartoon character Zorro, originally created by Johnston McCully, has made appearances in 69 films.
• Fred and Wilma Flinstone were the first TV couple to sleep in the same bed.
• Mickey Mouse was originally named Mortimer Mouse and in 1936, Disney created a character named Mortimer Mouse who was Mickey’s enemy.
• Crusader Rabbit was the first animated series, airing from 1949-1951.
• Pluto (the dog from Disney) was originally called “Rover”.
• If Barbie (the doll) was life-size, her measurements would be 39-23-33.
• One of the 150,000 colour cells from Disney’s Snow White (USA 1937) was sold in 1991 for $203,000.
• The most expensive animated film was The Prince of Egypt (1998, the US), which cost 60 million dollars to make.
• In 1991 Wayne Allwine, the voice of Mickey Mouse, married Russi Taylor—the voice of Minnie.
• The most syndicated comic strip was Peanuts by Charles Schulz (the US) appears in 2,620 different newspapers in 75 different countries.
• Before Pixar settled on Toy Story, other names suggested include Made in Taiwan, Moving Buddies, and Toyz in the Hood!
• Mel Blanc insisted on chewing real carrots to provide the chomping sounds when he voiced Bugs Bunny.
• The Pokemon Hitmonlee and Hitmonchan are based on Bruce Lee and Jakie Chan.
• It was Walt Disney’s wife who convinced him to change the name of his character from ‘Mortimer Mouse’ to ‘Mickey Mouse’!
• All the Professors in Pokemon are named after trees.
• In Japan, more paper is used to print comic books than to make toilet paper.
• If you want to buy the first Super Man comic, it will cost you at least $150,000.

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