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Western Animation

  • Voice Actors. Everyone remembers their voices, and some may know their names but they are otherwise obscure personalities.
  • With the disappearance of nearly all western animation from North American television that's older than the late 1990s or early 2000s, a great many classics, like Looney Tunes, Tom and Jerry and the Classic Disney Shorts, have fallen into this. The former two still air on channels dedicated to legacy programming like Boomerang, but they still fall into this because: A) Boomerang is on a high cable package that many households wouldn't have (especially since an increasing number of households are ditching cable services altogether), and B) the airing times are inconsistent and usually during hours when children are either asleep or in school. note They used to air on Cartoon Network off and on until 2017 but, after 2004 (before then, they aired in primetime too), they aired almost exclusively when kids are at school with no weekend slots aside from Looney Tunes from 2011-2014 where it aired at 6 AM, a time slot where most children are still asleep. By 2015, they had incredibly inconsistent timeslots with Looney Tunes or Tom and Jerry airing any given week only to be gone by the next. Currently, they air on Boomerang (a network that even many cable subscribers don't have, meaning they don't get much exposure despite being Adored by the Network) and MeTV's Toon In With Me block (which only airs on weekdays at 7 AM, when children are either asleep or getting ready for school) This makes it harder for modern children to familiarize themselves by watching them on TV. And with them hidden so deep away on streaming services that you need to actively hunt for them to find them, few kids today will have watched them directly, only seeing them on merchandise, reboots, or as references by newer media.
  • Most people know that Steamboat Willie is Mickey Mouse's first sound cartoon and the film that launched the Disney empire. The opening Signature Scene of Mickey whistling and steering the boat is considered one of the most iconic scenes in the history of animation and has since become the ident for Walt Disney Feature Animation early in the 21st century, but how many are familiar with the rest of the plot?
  • While the original Looney Tunes, Tom and Jerry, and Classic Disney Shorts are harder to stumble upon nowadays, especially among children, they've at least become Cash Cow Franchises big enough for people to be more familiar with their lore and characters. Unfortunately, this isn't the case for nearly every other classic cartoon character that isn't as iconic as the aforementioned three, dooming them to fall victim to this trope:
  • Betty Boop is more known today for appearing on merchandise than for appearing in short films. Ask anyone what Betty ever did in her cartoons, besides saying "boop-boop-be-doop" and getting stalked by horny old geezers, and you'll get a blank stare.
  • Casper the Friendly Ghost is a friendly ghost who doesn't want to scare others... and that's about it. Ditto Richie Rich who is known... for being rich.
  • Felix the Cat: One of the oldest, most iconic, and enduring cartoon characters of all time. Yet, how many people under 30 have ever seen one of his cartoons of the silent era? Apart from that: how many people could actually tell you anything about Felix's personality, or his supporting cast? The reason the series even remains known is simply by the power of inertia since the series is so firmly rooted in the public consciousness and animation culture.
  • The Flintstones: Everyone can recognize this Stone Age family, and most people can also recognize the Rubbles (sometimes also the Great Gazoo). Most people also know Fred's catchphrase, "Yabba Dabba Doo!" But with the show being off the air for years, how many younger people have watched a single episode of the show, or can name any of the secondary characters? Nowadays, they're mostly known for their breakfast cereals (Fruity Pebbles and Cocoa Pebbles), children's vitamins, or for the fact that shows like The Simpsons wouldn't exist without it.
  • The Jetsons fall into this similarly. Everyone can recognize the family of the future, and most people can also recognize their household robot Rosie (sometimes also George's boss, Mr. Spacely). But how many have actually watched a single episode of the show, or can name any of the secondary characters?
  • Popeye: People know that Popeye is strong, eats spinach, has a girlfriend named Olive Oyl, and an archenemy named Bluto. They may also know that he has a friend named Wimpy who loves hamburgers and an adopted son named Swee'pea. They may not know that he originated in a comic strip, nor that he starred in over 200 short cartoons from the 1930s to the 1950s, much less be able to name any of them or tell you what happens in them outside of "he gets into fights, gets his butt kicked, eats spinach, gets a Heroic Second Wind and wins".
  • Woody Woodpecker: Everyone recognizes the character and can mimic his Signature Laugh, but actually being able to name any of the side characters or stories is less easy. Many kids today seem to know him more from his association with the Universal Studios theme parks than from having watched his short films (though he is not subject to this in Brazil, where he is that country's equivalent to SpongeBob SquarePants). It doesn't really help that unlike many other characters from The Golden Age of Animation, only one of his cartoons is in the Public Domain.
  • Droopy is often considered one of the most iconic cartoon dogs, but ask anyone what Droopy ever did in his cartoons besides saying all his catchphrases and you'll probably get a blank stare. Nowadays, he's better known for being "that sad dog that keeps appearing in modern Tom and Jerry productions" than for his own cartoons.
  • Yogi Bear: He is a bear who is smarter than the average bear, has a friend named Boo Boo, and steals pick-a-nick baskets. That's about all the general public of today knows about these cartoons, and they know even less (if anything) about his fellow Hanna-Barbera TV stars of The '60s onward such as Huckleberry Hound, Quick Draw McGraw, etc, who are far more obscure to younger audiences than Yogi. Not that there haven't been efforts to combat this; a 2010 film adaptation of Yogi Bear did modestly well, and while Yogi is the star of Jellystone!, that show seems determined to feature as many Hanna-Barbera characters as possible.
  • The Pink Panther: Once a very famous cartoon character thanks to the film franchise around Inspector Clouseau, but since no new movies in this vein are made and the old Pink Panther cartoons aren't shown on TV anymore (neither is his short-lived 1993 reboot nor the 2010 reboot), he is probably better known as some vague advertising character or for his Character Signature Song.
  • Mr. Magoo is referenced in fiction a lot as the butt of practically every blind joke. The fact that he's an old, visually challenged man is the only thing modern audiences know about him.
  • In general, most older video game adaptations seem to be better known for their So Bad, It's Good and Watch It for the Meme status rather than having any genuine fans actually engaged in the show.
  • The number of people who've actually watched Donkey Kong Country for its plot likely pales in comparison to the number of people who know about the show due to its Fountain of Memes status, courtesy of its bizarre animation, zany quotes, and surprisingly catchy songs.
  • Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog and The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! (and by extension, The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 and Super Mario World (1991)) are in a spate of being exclusively known for being YouTube Poop fodder.
  • While people are generally aware that The Legend of Zelda (1989) cartoon exists, most wouldn't be able to tell you much of anything about it beyond Link's infamous catchphrase.
  • People who know about Captain N: The Game Master typically know it's about an Earth kid getting sucked into a world where all his favorite NES games are real, and that it's full of wacky inaccuracies and creative liberties in characterization and designs (green Mega Man, the hero of Kid Icarus being named "Kid Icarus" instead of Pit, "Metroid" being the name of a planet instead of a species, and everything about the show's take on Simon Belmont), and... that's it.
  • American Dad! has been around for two decades, gets consistently high ratings on television, and is one of the more recognizable adult animated series out there. But while people have heard of it, very few are dedicated fans or can tell you what any episodes are about, and it's mainly just known for being Seth MacFarlane's other long-running show that's not Family Guy.

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