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Let's rewind and take a look back at some of the most iconic cartoon characters from the past to present. 1. Tommy Pickles Where you've seen him: Rugrats , The Rugrats Movie , Rugrats in Paris: The Movie, and Rugrats Go Wild
Iconic quote: "A baby's gotta do what a baby's gotta do."
© Paramount / Courtesy Everett Collection 2. Mickey Mouse Where you've seen him: Fantasia , Mickey's Christmas Carol, and more Disney films
Iconic quote: "Oh, boy!"
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Where you've seen her: Arthur
Iconic quote: "That sign won't stop me because I can't read."
4. SpongeBob Squarepants Where you've seen him: The SpongeBob Squarepants series on Nickelodeon and The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie
Iconic quote: "I'm ready, I'm ready."
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Where you've seen her: Hey Arnold!
Iconic quote: "Move it football head!"
6. Stewie Griffin Where you've seen him: Family Guy
Iconic quote: "Damn, you vile woman."
© Fox / Courtesy Everett Collection 7. Homer Simpson Where you've seen him: The Simpsons and The Simpsons Movie
Iconic quote: "D'oh!"
© 20th Century Fox Film Corp. / Courtesy Everett Collection 8. Louise Belcher Where you've seen her: Bob's Burgers and The Bob's Burgers Movie
Iconic quote: "You think you know how to kiss?"
© Fox / Courtesy Everett Collection 9. Scooby-Doo Where you've seen him: Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! , Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo , A Pup Named Scooby-Doo, and more
Iconic quote: "Scooby Doobie Doooo!"
CBS / Courtesy Everett Collection 10. Courage Where you've seen him: Courage the Cowardly Dog
Iconic quote: "The things I do for love."
© Cartoon Network / Courtesy Everett Collection 11. Stitch Where you've seen him: Lilo & Stitch , Stitch! The Movie , Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch, and Leroy and Stitch
Iconic quote: "Nobody gets left behind."
© Walt Disney Co. / Courtesy Everett Collection 12. Ms. Frizzle Where you've seen her: The Magic School Bus
Iconic quote: "Take chances, make mistakes, get messy!"
© Nelvana / Courtesy Everett Collection 13. Snoopy Where you've seen him: The Peanuts comics, The Snoopy Show , It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown, and more
Iconic quote: "Never forget to smile."
© Apple TV+ / Courtesy Everett Collection 14. Garfield Boomerang / Via giphy.com
Where you've seen him: The Garfield comics, Garfield and Friends , The Garfield Show, and more
Iconic quote: "Love me, feed me, never leave me."
15. The Powerpuff Girls Where you've seen them: The Powerpuff Girls
Iconic quote: "Sugar, spice, and everything nice."
© Warner Bros. / Courtesy Everett Collection 16. Angelica Pickles Where you've seen her: Rugrats , The Rugrats Movie , Rugrats in Paris: The Movie and Rugrats Go Wild
Iconic quote: "You babies are so dumb."
© Paramount / Courtesy Everett Collection 17. Dexter Where you've seen him: Dexter's Laboratory
Iconic quote: "You are stupid! You are stupid! And don't forget, you are stupid!"
© Cartoon Network / Courtesy Everett Collection 18. Johnny Bravo Where you've seen him: Johnny Bravo
Iconic quote: "I am Johnny Bravo, the one-man army!"
© Cartoon Network / Courtesy Everett Collection 19. Pink Panther Where you've seen him: The Pink Panther Show , Pink Panther and Sons, and more
Iconic quote: "Why can't humans behave more like animals?"
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Iconic quote: "Good grief!"
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Iconic quote: "Zoinks!"
Cartoon Network / Courtesy Everett Collection 22. Minnie Mouse Disney / Via giphy.com
Where you've seen her: Steamboat Willie , House of Mouse , Mickey's Christmas Carol, and more
Iconic quote: "Yoo-hoo!"
23. Bart Simpson Where you've seen him: The Simpsons and The Simpsons Movie
Iconic quote: "Eat my shorts!"
© Fox / Courtesy Everett Collection 24. Fred Flinstone Where you've seen him: The Flinstones
Iconic quote: "Yabba dabba do!"
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Iconic quote: "The Grinch's heart grew three sizes that day."
CBS / Courtesy Everett Collection 26. Popeye Where you've seen him: Popeye the Sailor
Iconic quote: "I'm strong to the finish, cause I eats me spinach, I'm Popeye the Sailor Man!"
© Paramount / Courtesy Everett Collection 27. Yogi Bear Where you've seen him: Yogi Bear
Iconic quote: "I'm smarter than the average bear."
Hanna-Barbera Productions / Courtesy Everett Collection 28. Peter Pan Disney / Via giphy.com
Where you've seen him: Peter Pan
Iconic quote: "You're next, Hook!"
29. Timmy Turner Where you've seen him: The Fairly OddParents
Iconic quote: "But you hate the Dinklebergs!"
© Nickelodeon / Courtesy Everett Collection 30. Belle Disney / Via giphy.com
Where you've seen her: Beauty and the Beast , Belle's Magical World, and more
Iconic quote: "I want adventure in the great wide somewhere."
31. Rick Where you've seen him: Rick and Morty
Iconic quote: "Wubba lubba dub dub!"
© Adult Swim / Courtesy Everett Collection 32. Doug Funnie Nickelodeon / Via giphy.com
Where you've seen him: Doug and Doug's 1st Movie
Iconic quote: "Dear journal..."
33. Chuckie Finster Where you've seen him: Rugrats , The Rugrats Movie , Rugrats in Paris: The Movie, and Rugrats Go Wild
Iconic quote: " This place gives me the juice bumps."
© Paramount / Nickelodeon Movies / Courtesy Everett Collection 34. Beavis and Butt-Head Where you've seen them: Beavis and Butt-Head , Beavis and Butt-Head Do America, and more
Iconic quote: "Uh, hey, baby."
© MTV / Courtesy Everett Collection 35. Daria Morgendorffer Where you've seen her: Daria
Iconic quote: "I've been busy procrastinating all day."
© MTV / Courtesy Everett Collection 36. Ashley Spinelli Where you've seen her: Recess and Recess: School's Out
Iconic quote: "Get to the end of the line, Randall, before I give you the end of my fist!"
Disney 37. Otto Rocket Nickelodeon / Via giphy.com
Where you've seen him: Rocket Power
Iconic quote: "Woogie, woogie, woogie, woogie."
38. Zim Where you've seen him: Invader Zim and Invader Zim: Enter the Florpus
Iconic quote: "Prepare to meet your horrible doom!"
© Netflix / Courtesy Everett Collection 39. CatDog Where you've seen them: CatDog and CatDog: The Great Parent Mystery
Iconic quote: "Hi ho diggety."
© Nickelodeon / Courtesy Everett Collection 40. Eliza Thornberry Where you've seen her: The Wild Thornberrys , The Wild Thornberrys Movie, and Rugrats Go Wild
Iconic quote: "This is me, Eliza Thornberry, part of your average family."
© Paramount / Courtesy Everett Collection 41. Snow White Disney / Via giphy.com
Where you've seen her: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Iconic quote: "Everything's going to be alright."
42. Krumm Where you've seen him: AAAHH!!!! Real Monsters
Iconic quote: "There's the dinner bell!"
© Klasky-Csupo / Courtesy Everett Collection 43. Eric Cartman Where you've seen him: South Park and South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut
Iconic quote: "Screw you guys, I'm going home!"
© Comedy Central / Courtesy Everett Collection 44. Ariel Disney / Via giphy.com
Where you've seen her: Little Mermaid and The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea
Iconic quote: "It's a dinglehopper."
45. Phineas Flynn Where you've seen him: Phineas and Ferb , Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension, and Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Candace Against the Universe
Iconic quote: "Oh, there you are, Perry."
© Disney+ / Courtesy Everett Collection 46. Mulan Walt Disney Pictures / Via giphy.com
Where you've seen her: Mulan and Mulan II
Iconic quote: "My name is Mulan. I did it to save my father!"
47. BoJack Horseman Where you've seen him: BoJack Horseman
Iconic quote: "I feel like my life is just a series of unrelated wacky adventures."
© Netflix / Courtesy Everett Collection 48. Bugs Bunny Where you've seen him: The Bugs Bunny Show , Looney Tunes , Space Jam, and more
Iconic quote: "What's up, Doc?"
© Warner Bros. / Courtesy Everett Collection 49. Winnie the Pooh Where you've seen him: The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
Iconic quote: "Oh, bother."
© Walt Disney Co. / Courtesy Everett Collection 50. Gaston Disney / Via giphy.com
Where you've seen him: Beauty and the Beast
Iconic quote: "As a specimen, yes, I'm intimidating"
51. Tina Belcher Where you've seen her: Bob's Burgers and The Bob's Burgers Movie
Iconic quote: "Uhhh."
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