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According to animator Art Babbitt, "Animation follows the laws of physics—unless it is funnier otherwise." The idea that cartoons behave differently compared to the real world (but not randomly) is almost as old as animation itself. For example, Walt Disney already talked about this "the plausible impossible" cartoon logic in 1956. And when you think about it, the popular cartoons would lose half of their charm if their characters started acting just the same as us. Our sometimes dull reality is what we're trying to escape watching the funny cartoons, after all.
Bored Panda has collected some of the most ridiculous examples of cartoon plot holes to highlight how the world of cartoon characters differs from the real one, and it couldn't be any funnier. From the fingerless Powerpuff Girl Blossom eating with chopsticks to Tom and Jerry hanging out naked all day but wearing clothes at the beach - these characters clearly aren't governed by the laws of science or the norms of any rational plot twists. Scroll down to witness severe cases of cartoon logic that make perfect (non)sense and vote for the most facepalm-y ones!
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#1
A Portrait Of Dear Father
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Earphones Logic
#3
Naked vs. Clothed
#4
Christmas Before Christmas
Andrew Smith 8 years ago
Also before the invention of Coca-Cola which is where the red santa hat comes from.
#5
Finding Love
coffee zombie 8 years ago
I'm familiar with this story but mine went round putting something else that's not a shoe on every girl
#6
Different Kinds Of Dogs
#7
Cell Bars
TheMsLollidella 8 years ago
Lol in almost every cartoon they do this 😂 sometimes tho they acknowledge this and the captured person just walks off once the evil character finishes their monologue
Ingrid Tsai 8 years ago
Either they feel sorry for their capturer or they are just really stupid
Heather Vandegrift 2 years ago
Gargamel was a sorcerer; the cage is likely enchanted to where they can't get out except through the door
George Schmidt 6 years ago
In many of the Smurf episodes, the cage is either at the edge of a high shelf, or hanging from the ceiling, so stepping out wouldn't be smart move.
Eleanor Jones 7 years ago
They for got there brains. If I were that policewoman/man I'd be like "oh no they will get through, oh Well there to dumb."
Gavin Wilcox 8 years ago
Little does everyone know, there is actually a force field around the cage. They just tell them about it off camera so they don’t try anything.
Gavin Wilcox 8 years ago
What it is is there is actually a force field around the bars and they tell them about it off screen so they don’t try it.
Karen Woodruff 8 years ago
I was abut 8 when I first watched this and thought they should just walk through.
June Pixeld 8 years ago
There is no logic in why smurfs dont own shirts either but they wear hats.
Heather Cox 8 years ago
This happens in most cartoons. How is it Tweety can't get out of the cage but Sylvester can reach in and grab him out (her?)
Tadeusz Wejkszo 8 years ago
It's easy to explain. One of them is clumsy and the other one is blonde :D
with a Y and a Z 8 years ago
i think they cant get out coz they need to hear the monologue first..and the cat need to be distracted
#8
Suddenly Ashamed
#9
Fear Of Mice
S Missions 8 years ago
Nothing wrong with that, we are human, but we are afraid of some humans :)
#10
Fingerless Hands
#11
Cartoon Married Couples
Giovanni Pipicella Luciana DiMari 8 years ago
If I dont remember wrong the Millhouse are actually relathed
#12
The Cinderella Effect
#13
Snow White Logic
#14
Well, Crabs Don't Have Ears
#15
Hair-Shaped Skull
Vlad Horobet 8 years ago
I don't know about hair, but I know that their left legs have floating toes bones.
#16
Preferable Accent
#17
Forms Of Cannibalism
#18
Who Taught Him That?
#19
Underwater Physics
#20
Phineas And Ferb Logic
#21
The Rules Of Gravity
#22
The Simpsons Logic
#23
Stranger Danger
#24
Dexter's Laboratory
#25
Spongebob Squarepants Logic
Vlad Horobet 8 years ago
We've seen dogs walking dogs...It doesn't matter who you are, you always gotta do your chores.
#26
Stockholm Syndrome
#27
Trident vs. Fork
#29
Dexter's Laboratory
#30
Show White Logic
Vlad Horobet 8 years ago
I'd make a misoginism joke about women, but mama will make me swoop the entire house before even thinking about it.
#31
Caught Off Guard
Jilltdcatlady 8 years ago
To be honest I still don' t want my mom barging in while I'm in the shower.... in my 40s.
#32
Pokemon Logic
#33
A Subtle Joke
#34
Camouflage Fail
#35
Cartoon Logic Fail
#36
Dora The Explorer
S Missions 8 years ago
I'm the same way. I'm only bilingual, but there's something that prevents me from seeing things I'm looking for. If I'm looking for something and it's next to me, I literally can't see it. I have to walk away and do something else. When I come back it will be there.
#37
Powerpuff Girls Logic
#38
Failed Spiderman Logic
James Floyd 8 years ago
To be fair they don't really look like their heart is in the whole "villain" thing
#39
A Bird Pilot
#40
Glued-On Glasses
Giovanni Pipicella Luciana DiMari 8 years ago
Carved... they are actually carved into the face
#41
Aquaman Logic
#42
Spongebob Squarepants
#43
Scooby Doo Logic
#44
The Little Mermaid Challenge
#45
Family Guy Logic
#46
Forever Tanned
#47
Bugs Bunny Logic
#48
Lion King
#49
Beauty And The Beast Logic
#50
Pokemon Logic
#51
Family Relations
#52
Tom And Jerry Logic
#53
The Louder The Better
Vlad Horobet 8 years ago
I can scream and shout after i hit the furniture with my toe, and the pain goes away faster.
#54
Pinocchio Logic
Jerie Ragsac 8 years ago
He didnt drown, he got unconcious. He was trashed by a whale and got into a coma.
#56
Portable Portals
#57
Little Mermaid Logic
#58
Gloves vs. Shoes
#59
Family Guy Logic
#60
A Mouse Walking A Dog
SriGanesh.Ninja 8 years ago
Mickey can walk in two legs, he can do that too. A cartoon which triggered our creativity to next level in our childhood. Yes ?
#61
Cinderella Logic
#62
Singing Solves Everything
#64
Undeniable Logic
artdirector 8 years ago
The big question is where he's putting his cigar (and it's not his mouth!)
#65
Safety Concerns
#66
Funny Cartoon Logic Fails
Daniel Fleming 8 years ago
um they have air gum remember? they chew it before going into space and under water. Well, except for the episode where carl asks jimmy how they breath in space, but you don't hear the answer cuz sheen is singing.
#67
Funny Cartoon Logic Fails
Elis Minářová 8 years ago
okay, this is just like talking to little kid that knows next to nothing about world. Too young to understand and problems are just too far away to actually care about it...
#68
Funny Cartoon Logic Fails
Vlad Horobet 8 years ago
Babies can swim right after birth. We just forget how when we grow up Hawaian babies don't forget, they're all naturals.
#69
Funny Cartoon Logic Fails
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Funny Cartoon Logic Fails
#71
Funny Cartoon Logic Fails
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Funny Cartoon Logic Fails
#73
Funny Cartoon Logic Fails
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Funny Cartoon Logic Fails
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Funny Cartoon Logic Fails
Taryn Wallace 8 years ago
Also it's part of the whole befriending a warthog and meerkat they specifically have that conversation in the movie!!
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Ed Mo 8 years ago
The author has obviously never spoken to a 5 year old, who could explain all of this with perfect clarity.
Lucky Vine 8 years ago
"Because!" isn't exactly what I'd call perfect clarity.
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Lazy Panda 8 years ago
You guys forgot about in Spongebob, they can have campfires and drink water and shower and stuff while ALREADY BEING UNDERWATER
Lucky Vine 8 years ago
They forgot the biggest cartoon logic fail of all: cartoon characters wear the same exact outfit every single day, the only exceptions being whenever they have a specific occasion where they are actually required to dress differently, i.e. a formal event or a change in the weather. The Simpsons, Family Guy, Jetsons, Fairly Oddparents, Scooby Doo, Futurama, etc. There is no "wardrobe department" to worry about, but 99% of the time, they don't even bother changing the color of a character's shirt, let alone give them a different outfit. It's far easier to change the clothes of a cartoon character than a real person, yet they don't bother unless they absolutely have to. I've heard the old excuse that a cartoon character's outfit is meant to help viewers identify them, but they're cartoons, for God's sake! They already look distinctive enough that you'd have to be a complete idiot not to be able to, say, tell Marge and Homer Simpson apart.
Alex (TheSarcasticSister) 8 years ago
Some shows change clothing. Some characters in A:TLA/LOK wear different clothes occasionally, and Mabel switches sweaters a lot.
Load More Replies... Lucky Vine 8 years ago
Dr. Hibbert and his wife don't look alike. They are both black, and that is where their physical similarities begin and end. That was just racist.
Leslie .Ann 8 years ago
The last one is stupid though. Simba is a top predator yes but he was a cub, lions in real life begin learning to hunt at 3 months but even at 6-10 months they still rely on their mother's for food. Simba would not have been able to hunt/kill prey for himself yet.
Ashley Weihe 8 years ago
72) Bambi did learn Thumpers name... it was in the beginning. 75) Simba eats bugs bc Timon said, "if you're gonna live with us, you have to eat like us" and then he ate a grub. He was scared and alone and dying in the desert, they came along and SAVED him! Knowing that he cannot to go back home, of course he's going to try and eat like his new "guardians". There IS logic to some of these... lol
mxx cmr 8 years ago
#4 isn't strange at all. "Christmas" was a Pagan winter solstice holiday LONG before the birth of Christ. Where do you think the decoration of trees comes from? Hint: Not the Bible. The Bible puts Jesus' birth closer to the summer. When Christianity started spreading to Pagan territories, they integrated Pagan rituals in order to get them interested, like moving the birth of Christ to the solstice. That's why you have things like holly and mistletoe and wassail; those are Pagan traditions, not Christian ones.
Jason Cassidy 8 years ago
And the Flintstones is actually set in a post-nuclear future dystopia.
Load More Replies... Lidee Moril 8 years ago
Who cares? It made my childhood much more enjoyable and we were KIDS at that time. Do we have to overthink any single fart these days? The dark site of the internet...really.
Katie Smith 8 years ago
Why should clever jokes make you face palm? Just because you don't get the joke doesn't mean they're stupid.
Lucky Vine 8 years ago
Yeah, really clever to take the gory remains of your father after someone ground him up into sausage and hang it on the wall.
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David Murphy 8 years ago
#5 makes perfect sense... How many girls are totally unrecognisable once the makeup comes off?
David Babcock 8 years ago
Christmas has NOTHING to do with the birth of jesus. Do some research on the subject. The christians stole a Roman holiday that already existed and claimed the idea for their own
Ashley Weihe 8 years ago
51) Pearl is OBVIOUSLY not Mr. Crab's biological daughter.... and if you think that, then you need to go back and study biology! lol
Ashley Weihe 8 years ago
32) If they didnt give a f**k about Meowth, then he wouldnt be on their team! Since Meowth CAN talk, he can voice his own opinions and make his own choices. Even Meowth doesnt really SEE himself as a pokemon, in fact, often times he will forget in the middle of a battle bc he's so used to being like a hooman, lol 33) *Bwahahahahaha* Omfg, the PPG crack me up!!!! xD
Ashley Weihe 8 years ago
These are all pretty damn funny! xD Gotta love cartoon logic. My fav one was the PowerPuff Girl holding chopsticks! haha 27) Well... she's impressed by a fork because it's a human object and something she dosent already see everyday in the ocean. 29) Dexter DOES have loads of security systems to keep DeeDee out, she just always somehow gets passed them! As you note in the cartoon, Dexter will clearly state, "DeeDee! How did you get passed my security system!?" ;)
Brendan Roggema 8 years ago
the pokemon one with butterfree, she aint holding, he is using his vines to hold on to her,
Lynne Blake 8 years ago
The celebrating Christmas before the birth of Christ is an ignorant comment. Educated people know that Christmas (or Saturnella,) with evergreen decorating, preceded the usurping of this day by religion.
Samira Peri 8 years ago
#4 is b******t. Christmas is an appropriated celebration JUST LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE IN CHRISTIANITY.
Kenni Alsbury 8 years ago
#20 Forget the shirt. What was carrying that baby and giving birth like?
Boba BouW Vidric 8 years ago
Nearly 90% of this is pure humor (Disney is just interpreted fantasy stories with logic holes from the origin).
Rebecca Ingham 8 years ago
A few of these are explained in the shows so some are just nit picking. I must say it's a good blast from the past love it
Sabrina Standard-Spiva 8 years ago
I am 60 years old, and those cartoons were AWESOME!! We didn't think in the negative ,hateful ways that are now the norm.
Abhay Sharma 8 years ago
Although these cartoons are full of baloney, I still love them to death...
Walter Wojcik 8 years ago
Writes comments about the stupidity of others; uses the word 'disattaches' instead of 'detaches'! LOL
Allana Rose 8 years ago
I have to laugh at everyone's attempts to explain the insane world of cartoons!
Adriano Wagner 8 years ago
Disney's Cartoon are most Mutants, then normal person, just Look at the other persons in the cartoon... There's a conspirancy about Disney's World being a post apocaliptcal world where the animals overcome the human society and some of then mutate into this.... That's would explains Pluto being a Goofy's Pet
Sofia Moura 8 years ago
My God, we are talking about cartoons! God help us the day they start making sense..
Lucky Vine 8 years ago
And yet, here you are nitpicking over another person's nitpicking. Hypocrite.
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Donna Miller 8 years ago
#37 Atheists deny the existence of God, they do believe Jesus existed
Lucky Vine 8 years ago
Believing that Jesus was just a regular human being and not the son of God doesn't count as believing in Jesus at all.
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asf 8 years ago
Right! And it's the main character. That was a weird character design.
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Zsolt Viola 6 years ago
THESE NOTES ARE NOT INCLUDED, THERE ARE ONLY YOUTH VICCY DRAWING FILES WHO DO NOT LOOK FOR THAT "FAILURE" THAT MUST BE HEALTHY AND DO NOT MAKE YOUR GOOD!!!
Miro DeFolie 8 years ago
How sad and boring would be a childhood without all of this... Children don't need logic, they have imagination which the author, and grumpy old people are clearly missing. On some islands on pacific ocean 5yo do swim alone and they good at it. Hunt for shells eg., sell it to tourist to help their parents... And children definitely don't know what cancer is... how terrifying would be their lives if they knew from early age... sorry but your logic is crooked not the cartoons. Without the imagination we would raise a brainless, joyless and scared of everything zombies... did you think about that, or you just narrow minded?
Piotr Grabowski 8 years ago
Looks like the author not long ago thought it was all real and now is angry and disillusioned.
Hrichik HarshVardhan 8 years ago
Well I can explain some: 3 sensitive ears, so HP farther away. Always thought goofy was a cow. 10 adhesive fingers just like Spidey's.
Thomas Leeman 8 years ago
And what exactly does logic have to do with cartoons? Go to GetaLife.com
Ed Mo 8 years ago
The author has obviously never spoken to a 5 year old, who could explain all of this with perfect clarity.
Lucky Vine 8 years ago
"Because!" isn't exactly what I'd call perfect clarity.
Load More Replies... Lazy Panda 8 years ago
You guys forgot about in Spongebob, they can have campfires and drink water and shower and stuff while ALREADY BEING UNDERWATER
Lucky Vine 8 years ago
They forgot the biggest cartoon logic fail of all: cartoon characters wear the same exact outfit every single day, the only exceptions being whenever they have a specific occasion where they are actually required to dress differently, i.e. a formal event or a change in the weather. The Simpsons, Family Guy, Jetsons, Fairly Oddparents, Scooby Doo, Futurama, etc. There is no "wardrobe department" to worry about, but 99% of the time, they don't even bother changing the color of a character's shirt, let alone give them a different outfit. It's far easier to change the clothes of a cartoon character than a real person, yet they don't bother unless they absolutely have to. I've heard the old excuse that a cartoon character's outfit is meant to help viewers identify them, but they're cartoons, for God's sake! They already look distinctive enough that you'd have to be a complete idiot not to be able to, say, tell Marge and Homer Simpson apart.
Alex (TheSarcasticSister) 8 years ago
Some shows change clothing. Some characters in A:TLA/LOK wear different clothes occasionally, and Mabel switches sweaters a lot.
Load More Replies... Lucky Vine 8 years ago
Dr. Hibbert and his wife don't look alike. They are both black, and that is where their physical similarities begin and end. That was just racist.
Leslie .Ann 8 years ago
The last one is stupid though. Simba is a top predator yes but he was a cub, lions in real life begin learning to hunt at 3 months but even at 6-10 months they still rely on their mother's for food. Simba would not have been able to hunt/kill prey for himself yet.
Ashley Weihe 8 years ago
72) Bambi did learn Thumpers name... it was in the beginning. 75) Simba eats bugs bc Timon said, "if you're gonna live with us, you have to eat like us" and then he ate a grub. He was scared and alone and dying in the desert, they came along and SAVED him! Knowing that he cannot to go back home, of course he's going to try and eat like his new "guardians". There IS logic to some of these... lol
mxx cmr 8 years ago
#4 isn't strange at all. "Christmas" was a Pagan winter solstice holiday LONG before the birth of Christ. Where do you think the decoration of trees comes from? Hint: Not the Bible. The Bible puts Jesus' birth closer to the summer. When Christianity started spreading to Pagan territories, they integrated Pagan rituals in order to get them interested, like moving the birth of Christ to the solstice. That's why you have things like holly and mistletoe and wassail; those are Pagan traditions, not Christian ones.
Jason Cassidy 8 years ago
And the Flintstones is actually set in a post-nuclear future dystopia.
Load More Replies... Lidee Moril 8 years ago
Who cares? It made my childhood much more enjoyable and we were KIDS at that time. Do we have to overthink any single fart these days? The dark site of the internet...really.
Katie Smith 8 years ago
Why should clever jokes make you face palm? Just because you don't get the joke doesn't mean they're stupid.
Lucky Vine 8 years ago
Yeah, really clever to take the gory remains of your father after someone ground him up into sausage and hang it on the wall.
Load More Replies... David Murphy 8 years ago
#5 makes perfect sense... How many girls are totally unrecognisable once the makeup comes off?
David Babcock 8 years ago
Christmas has NOTHING to do with the birth of jesus. Do some research on the subject. The christians stole a Roman holiday that already existed and claimed the idea for their own
Ashley Weihe 8 years ago
51) Pearl is OBVIOUSLY not Mr. Crab's biological daughter.... and if you think that, then you need to go back and study biology! lol
Ashley Weihe 8 years ago
32) If they didnt give a f**k about Meowth, then he wouldnt be on their team! Since Meowth CAN talk, he can voice his own opinions and make his own choices. Even Meowth doesnt really SEE himself as a pokemon, in fact, often times he will forget in the middle of a battle bc he's so used to being like a hooman, lol 33) *Bwahahahahaha* Omfg, the PPG crack me up!!!! xD
Ashley Weihe 8 years ago
These are all pretty damn funny! xD Gotta love cartoon logic. My fav one was the PowerPuff Girl holding chopsticks! haha 27) Well... she's impressed by a fork because it's a human object and something she dosent already see everyday in the ocean. 29) Dexter DOES have loads of security systems to keep DeeDee out, she just always somehow gets passed them! As you note in the cartoon, Dexter will clearly state, "DeeDee! How did you get passed my security system!?" ;)
Brendan Roggema 8 years ago
the pokemon one with butterfree, she aint holding, he is using his vines to hold on to her,
Lynne Blake 8 years ago
The celebrating Christmas before the birth of Christ is an ignorant comment. Educated people know that Christmas (or Saturnella,) with evergreen decorating, preceded the usurping of this day by religion.
Samira Peri 8 years ago
#4 is b******t. Christmas is an appropriated celebration JUST LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE IN CHRISTIANITY.
Kenni Alsbury 8 years ago
#20 Forget the shirt. What was carrying that baby and giving birth like?
Boba BouW Vidric 8 years ago
Nearly 90% of this is pure humor (Disney is just interpreted fantasy stories with logic holes from the origin).
Rebecca Ingham 8 years ago
A few of these are explained in the shows so some are just nit picking. I must say it's a good blast from the past love it
Sabrina Standard-Spiva 8 years ago
I am 60 years old, and those cartoons were AWESOME!! We didn't think in the negative ,hateful ways that are now the norm.
Abhay Sharma 8 years ago
Although these cartoons are full of baloney, I still love them to death...
Walter Wojcik 8 years ago
Writes comments about the stupidity of others; uses the word 'disattaches' instead of 'detaches'! LOL
Allana Rose 8 years ago
I have to laugh at everyone's attempts to explain the insane world of cartoons!
Adriano Wagner 8 years ago
Disney's Cartoon are most Mutants, then normal person, just Look at the other persons in the cartoon... There's a conspirancy about Disney's World being a post apocaliptcal world where the animals overcome the human society and some of then mutate into this.... That's would explains Pluto being a Goofy's Pet
Sofia Moura 8 years ago
My God, we are talking about cartoons! God help us the day they start making sense..
Lucky Vine 8 years ago
And yet, here you are nitpicking over another person's nitpicking. Hypocrite.
Load More Replies... Donna Miller 8 years ago
#37 Atheists deny the existence of God, they do believe Jesus existed
Lucky Vine 8 years ago
Believing that Jesus was just a regular human being and not the son of God doesn't count as believing in Jesus at all.
Load More Replies... asf 8 years ago
Right! And it's the main character. That was a weird character design.
Load More Replies... Zsolt Viola 6 years ago
THESE NOTES ARE NOT INCLUDED, THERE ARE ONLY YOUTH VICCY DRAWING FILES WHO DO NOT LOOK FOR THAT "FAILURE" THAT MUST BE HEALTHY AND DO NOT MAKE YOUR GOOD!!!
Miro DeFolie 8 years ago
How sad and boring would be a childhood without all of this... Children don't need logic, they have imagination which the author, and grumpy old people are clearly missing. On some islands on pacific ocean 5yo do swim alone and they good at it. Hunt for shells eg., sell it to tourist to help their parents... And children definitely don't know what cancer is... how terrifying would be their lives if they knew from early age... sorry but your logic is crooked not the cartoons. Without the imagination we would raise a brainless, joyless and scared of everything zombies... did you think about that, or you just narrow minded?
Piotr Grabowski 8 years ago
Looks like the author not long ago thought it was all real and now is angry and disillusioned.
Hrichik HarshVardhan 8 years ago
Well I can explain some: 3 sensitive ears, so HP farther away. Always thought goofy was a cow. 10 adhesive fingers just like Spidey's.
Thomas Leeman 8 years ago
And what exactly does logic have to do with cartoons? Go to GetaLife.com
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