A Cartoon Standard
Few shows have captured the pop culture zeitgeist and contextualized so many references like The Simpsons have. Accordingly, the characters of the show have been modified and made hyperrealistic.
Spongebob Squarepants is seemingly everyone’s guilty pleasure cartoon. Perhaps a user on Reddit.com summed it up best:
Guys, I’m fucking sick of this. I’m almost 20 and haven’t been able to score a better job than a fucking cook at a local fast food joint. What makes it worse is that I live in a small town so business is pretty limited, and where I work is the only place that’ll hire high school graduates. I’d get the hell out of this town if I could actually drive too, but I’ve failed every damn test I’ve ever taken. I’m socially awkward, even my only other co-worker fucking hates my guts. I have repressed lust for one of my best friends too; she’s athletic, smart and a gorgeous southern bell. I love her. You know what it’s like; I’ve been friend zoned real hard. She’s my only real friend, besides this one kid, who I’m pretty sure is only hanging around me because he is mentally challenged. I guess he’s the only one that can tolerate me. And what makes this all fucking worse is that I live in a fucking pineapple under the sea.
The realism may make you question their relationship
It’s hard to imagine that the boys from South Park could actually be real children bundled up in a small Colorado town. But this might make you think again.
Not Until Just Now
A final cartoon whose characters have been hyper-modified, is one I grew up with (I’ll admit it!), Rugrats. Here are Tommy, Chucky, Phil and Lil. And check out Angelica- she looks like even more of a bitch in “real” life.
Klasky-Csupo.....squirt~
Don’t you just love the evolution and malleability of a good ol’ cartoon?
