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19 Big Moments From Cartoons That We Completely Missed During Our Childhood

Our youth have been greatly impacted by cartoons. We all got excited about them every day back when we were young. During our childhood, we watched cartoons and didn't miss any episodes, but we didn't grasp all of the details due to our innocent minds. We used to focus on huge pictures, so we didn't find out the significant points in them. Did you know Bart Simpson's name means "nasty little kid"? Or when Helga Pataki kissed Arnold for the first time? We're sure you weren't aware of it previously. So here we are today, with 19 highlights from the cartoons we grew up watching. They surely surprise you and make you want to watch them again.

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#1 Did you know Patrick and Gary are related?


Source: © SpongBob SquarePanhs / Nickelodeon


Patrick and Gary are connected because the Patrick family tree is pretty large and we may discover a lot of fascinating information about this humorous actor simply by researching his history. Gary and Patrick are first cousins, according to the family tree. Did you already know this?

#2 Our favorite Dexter has an accent because “all well-known scientists have accents.”


Source: © Dexter’s Laboratory / Cartoon Network


Dexter belongs to a random American Family, but we can see that he has a thick accent of the intermediate region. The creator of the show explained, “He’s a scientist; he knows he needs a kind of accent.” They also added “It’s not really a German accent. It’s just Eastern European.”

#3 The Mickey and Minnie Mouse voice actors got married in real life.


Source: © Mickey Mouse & Friends / Disney


Wayne Allwine has served as a voice actor for Mickey Mouse along with Russi Taylor, the voice actress of Minnie Mouse. Finally, the actors got married too. It is beautiful.

#4 OMG! Phoebe and Gerald kissed.


Source: © Hey, Arnold! / Nickelodeon


We can see in several episodes that Phoebe, Helga's best friend, developed a crush on Gerald in Hey Arnold! In "The Jungle Movie", we witness Phoebe kissing Gerald on the cheek. Isn't that beautiful?

#5 Arnold is wearing a shirt, not a kilt.


Source: © Hey, Arnold! / Nickelodeon


Hey Arnold is one of the coolest cartoons. We used to love this animation as kids, didn't we? Most of us thought Arnold's dress style was unusual. Actually, Arnold wears a long shirt, and many people believe he used to wear a kilt. Arnold's entire appearance is inspired by Neil Young, a well-known Canadian singer.

#6 All children of Rugrats, both male and female, were voiced by women.


Source: © Rugrats / Nickelodeon


We all grew up watching Rugrats and still do. We know everything there is to know about the characters, but there was one thing we probably didn't notice: their voices. Every single one of them was voiced by a woman, including well-known actors and popular figures. Yes, we understand why you are shocked!

#7 Flea voiced Donnie on The Wild Thornberrys.


Source: © Jerry Perez, PacificCoastNews/EAST NEWS, © The Wild Thornberrys / Nickelodeon


This wild child does not speak but produces hilarious sounds. These sounds were voiced by Flea ( Michael Peter Balzary). He is a famous guitarist from the Red Hot Chili Peppers.

#8 Patrick has pink hair.


Source: © SpongBob SquarePanhs / Nickelodeon


Every one of us thinks Patrick is bald but there’s one thing that tells us that Patrick's hair is pink. There is an episode where Patrick shows his driving license where you can see it’s written Hair: Pink.

#9 The powerpuff girls was made as an inspiration to sleeping beauty.


Source: © The Powerpuff Girls / Cartoon Networks, © Aurora’s Story / Disney


The three fairies in Sleepy Beauty have their names, colors of their characters, and bed resembling those of Powerpuff girls and we didn’t know!

#10 Donald Duck never wears pants except in the pool, explain the logic?


Source: © Mickey Mouse & Friends / Disney


Mickey Mouse, Goofy, Minnie all of them wear pants, except Donald Truck. Moreover, Donald Duck comics were banned in Finland because he didn’t wear pants. But surprisingly we can see him wearing pants in some episodes like in this scene, he is wearing pants while swimming.

#11 The colored tongues of Ed, Edd and Eddy’s were inspired by the creator’s children sons while they were enjoying their sour candies.


Source: © Ed, Edd n Eddy / Cartoon Networks



#12 Bart Simpson’s name has a meaning.


Source: © The Simpsons / Fox


We had no idea Bart Simpson's full name was Bartholomew Jojo Simpson. His nickname is an anagram of the word BRAT. The term "brat" refers to a misbehaving youngster.

#13 Krusty the Clown was originally created to be Homer’s secret identity.


Source: © The Simpsons / Fox


If you look closely, Krusty resembles Homer, but with clown makeup. "The satirical concept that I was going for at the time was that "The Simpsons" was about a kid who had no respect for his father, but worshiped a clown that looked exactly like his father," said the show's creator, Matt Groening, but the idea was abandoned because it was too dark and confusing.

#14 Mulan’s real name is not Mulan.


Source: © Mulan / Disney


Her real name is ‘Fa ping’ meaning flower vase as explained by one of the scenes of the movie.

#15 Helga and Arnold finally kissed.


Source: © Hey Arnold!: The Jungle Movie / Nickelodeon


We've been curious about what's underneath Helga's nasty appearance and how she feels about it. The animated film "Hey Arnold! : The Jungle Movie" was released in 2017, and we finally got to see how our favorite characters' emotions had evolved: they finally kissed!

#16 Pokeman series has been on air since 1997 which makes it 20 years old and is still going


Source: © Pokémon: Indigo League / Netflix


Have you kept watching this famous series?

#17 Did you know Eric Cartman is Archie Bunker as a child?


Source: © All the Family / CBS, © South Park / Comedy Central


Eric Cartman is a very naughty kid whose name was inspired by Matt Karpman, he is a high school classmate of the creator of the show.

#18 The inspiration behind Ariel’s hair was an astronaut.


Source: © The Little Mermaid / Disney, © AFP/EAST NEWS


It’s kind of funny when I know this fact.

#19 Did you know? Every puppy in 101 Dalmatians has exactly 32 spots.


Source: © 101 Dalmatians / Disney


It was said that there are exactly 6,469,952 spots on the 101 Dalmatians’ dogs and puppies. So, 72 belong to Pongo, and 68 to Perdita, the rest belong to the puppies. They each have 32.
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