10 Fun Facts About Your Favorite Comics and Cartoons

10 Fun Facts About Your Favorite Comics and Cartoons

 1. Bugs Bunny made his first appearance in the 1938 cartoon, Porky's Hare Hunt.

2. The Looney Tunes character, Sylvester the cat, was referred to as, Thomas, in earlier cartoons.

3. Betty Boop wasn't always a girl. She started her animation career as a dog. The actress, Mae Questel provided the voice for both Betty Boop and Olive Oyl.

4. Woody Woodpecker had a nephew named, Knothead, and a niece named, Splinter.

5. Popeye had four nephews, Pipeye, Peepeye, Pupeye and Poopeye. At one time Popeye's popularity rivaled that of Mickey Mouse.

6. Mr. Magoo's first name is Quincy.

7. Goofy's original name - Dippy Dawg.

8. The Bullwinkle Show made its debut on NBC in 1958 as, Rocky and His Friends.

9. Mikey Mouse appeared in his first three cartoons as Supermouse. The named change happened despite objections from Walt Disney.

10. The character, Christopher Robin, was named after the son of the man who created Winnie The Pooh.