The most famous cartoon characters

Animation is a whole industry that is popular not only among children, but also among adults, accomplished people. Many characters are not the first generation to enjoy love. Which cartoon character is the most famous today?

Homer Simpson

This cartoon character has been at the peak of popularity for thirty years, especially among Americans. Homer is a father of a family who truly loves his wife and children, but is fat, lazy and rather stupid. For the sake of his loved ones, he is often ready for completely reckless acts. Homer works at a nuclear power plant in a small town called Springfield. Despite the responsible position, he shows miracles of incompetence: he can fall asleep at work or eat donuts. In his free time, he most often sits in Mo's tavern, where he drinks beer with friends, and at home he sits on the couch with beer and donuts, staring at the TV. Homer got his name in honor of the father of the creator of the cartoon, Matt Groening.

In many situations, Homer could be called a terrible dad, but he doesn't do it on purpose. He loves children, although he does not know how to handle them. And how could he learn, if in his own childhood his father paid little attention to him? In general, Homer is the average Springfield resident, apart from a wealth of life experience and the ability to get into various troubles. Several times he saved the city, visited space and even received an Oscar. More than once he managed to survive after being seriously injured.

This mouse is the most popular character in Disney cartoons. He has a white muzzle, red shorts with a white button, white gloves and huge yellow boots. This character has a very difficult history of origin. At first, Disney planned to make a rabbit named Oswald its symbol, but did not manage to secure the rights to him, as a result, the rabbit went to another company along with several animators. Walt Disney was forced to start from scratch.

The character was officially introduced to the audience in the movie "Willie the Engine"

For a long time he could not choose the image of which animal to use, but one day he came across a tame mouse. Then it dawned on Disney. And very soon the familiar Mickey Mouse appeared - only at first monochrome and with black ovals instead of eyes. Mindful of past mistakes, Walt quickly took out the rights to it and began to paint. The first of the cartoons about Mickey Mouse was "Crazy Plane".

Tom the cat is the most common pet; he loves to eat, sleep, is interested in cats and does not miss the opportunity to chase the mouse. In addition, he has many "human" abilities: playing the guitar, reading newspapers, fishing. In several episodes, he even got drunk. In relationships with cats, the cat behaves like an exquisite gentleman, but most often loses to the rest of the yard cats.

In 1940, the animation duo Hanna-Barbera presented the world with this cheerful couple, which the audience very quickly fell in love with.

Jerry is similar to Tom in many ways, he also respects good food and good sleep, and also beat his girlfriends from the cat more than once. Likes to climb into the refrigerator, where he steals cheese, and often sleeps; loves to mock Tom, driving him to white heat. Jerry is also quite athletic, he is fond of baseball, bowling, golf. And, in the end, the little mouse has a kind soul: he never leaves Tom if he is in danger.

Almost all the characters of the 2001 cartoon were not invented by the creators, but borrowed from various fairy tales or myths, only in a slightly modified form in a modern way. The main character, an ogre-eater named Shrek, is one of the most popular cartoon characters of the 21st century. The idea for its creation is taken from European folklore.

The first appearance of the familiar green character took place in the children's book "Shrek!" writer W. Steig

The ogre has tubular ears, a large belly, and green skin. He usually wears a light-colored canvas shirt, a short vest, and dark checked pants. The character is quite unsociable, he prefers to live in the swamps, so that no one touches him. He does not like to receive guests, but still there are those who know the approach to him, these are Fiona's wife and a good-natured, cheerful Donkey, consistently getting into trouble.

If we talk about modern Russian cartoons, then at the peak of popularity along with "Luntik" and "Barboskins" is the cartoon "Masha and the Bear".

One of the episodes - "Masha + Porridge" - became the record holder on YouTube among animated series, gaining an incredible number of 63 million views (as of June 2017). The characters, graphics, voice acting and animation are truly enchanting.

Masha is a typical child of six or seven years old, very quick-witted, but mischievous. In almost every episode, Masha arranges a complete rout around herself and brings a lot of anxiety to the harsh, but fair and caring Bear.

Ultimately, the girl corrects her mistakes and shows herself as a very kind and insightful person. Masha wears a crimson dress and a handkerchief, her eyes are green, and her hair is blonde.

Masha loves to dress up and play with dolls; besides, he reads books, watches cartoons or plays with the Hare

Squirrel Scrat

Perhaps this is the most famous of the episodic heroes of modern cartoons. The viewer gets to know him in the "Ice Age". Scrat is a representative of "saber-toothed rat-squirrels" who loves acorns more than anything else. In addition to the fact that the squirrel appears in all four parts of the main cartoon, she has four personal shorts. The type of animal cannot be associated with any really existing one; it has a long snout, fangs and a large fluffy tail.

Scrat does not know how to talk, only makes various squeaking sounds. As a rule, he appears in short funny inserts, where he performs actions that sometimes strongly influence the plot. For example, pulling an acorn out of a glacier, it provokes its descent, another time - the flooding of a valley or a volcanic eruption.

Scrat does not pay attention to the main characters, but becomes enraged if they try to take away the coveted acorn from him

A book about this unusual man was published back in 1967 and literally immediately made a splash in many countries of the world. An animated film about him belongs to the golden fund of Soviet animation. Even Astrid Lindgren herself has repeatedly said that she thinks there are some Russian features in Carlson. It is worth noting that in his homeland he is considered, rather, a negative character - a bully and a boor. Soviet animators made him a cheerful and cunning "man in his prime."

A small and plump flying man lives in the city of Stockholm on the roof of a high-rise building and one day he meets a little boy. They quickly become friends. Carlson makes a lot of mischief: he carries buns, disguises himself as a ghost, drops the chandelier.

Carlson loves himself, is easy on the troubles of life and cannot live without sweets

An adventure cartoon about two chipmunks and their friends has gained incredible popularity in Russia. The plot tells about a team of Rescuers, which is dominated by a couple of funny chipmunks. Chip is wearing a hat and flight jacket, while Dale is wearing a red Hawaiian shirt.

Chip is the most serious and responsible of all. He considers it his duty to help out anyone who gets into trouble. Likes to read, especially detective stories. Dale is the funniest and most careless. Loves video games, comics, horror films. Doesn't like cleaning her room. He often quarrels with Chip, and also creates problems for the team with his rash actions. Nevertheless, everyone loves him and forgives his small weaknesses.

Chip and Dale complement each other and are therefore best friends.

This lazy ginger cat was originally just a comic book character, but then cartoons were made about him. Beloved by the whole world, Garfield loves to sleep and eat, while he is quite smart and calculating and shows miracles of ingenuity in trying to get the most tidbit, especially when it comes to lasagna (while more than anything he hates raisins).

Garfield the cat loves his stuffed bear toy and is friends with a dog named Oddi

The most popular cartoon characters have remained in the hearts of the inhabitants of the planet for many years, and their creators enjoy well-deserved recognition, and it is not surprising, because cartoons are one of the most popular genres of popular culture.