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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A Portrait Of Dear Father
Cartoons, especially the old classic ones, had a ton of references that only the grown-ups would notice :D
Load More Replies...why is it that one of the pigs are wearing pants, and the others are half-naked? That don't make no sense...
Then you'll be happy to know I made it to number one
Load More Replies...Earphones Logic
I was going to mention that too. I even started to buy a set just to hear how good they were.
Load More Replies...When you're putting on headphones just to pretend that you're listening music and you can't hear others, or talk to them.
Naked vs. Clothed
You would not believe how quickly mouse testicles sunburn.
Load More Replies...I really can`t explain this. It`s wrong, is what it is, and it makes no sense at all.
Think about it if they wore sun screen there fur would get all gross so next best thing CLOTHES
Well, they are out in public. You can be naked at home, but not at a beach!
Christmas Before Christmas
Also before the invention of Coca-Cola which is where the red santa hat comes from.
the red santa hat comes from the Saint Nicolas, wich is a popular figure in Dutch/Belgian culture
Load More Replies...I'd say it's more like postapocalyptic cartoon. They have cars, phones and other 'modern things'.
Indeed. And predates Christ by quite a long time.
Load More Replies...Saturnalia and the winter solstice celebrations predate christianity by centuries.
Not to be mean, but how many people celebrate christmas as Santa's coming rather than the birth of Christ?
Jesus was actually born at some point in the Spring, as far as I know
Load More Replies...In fact it makes sense. Christian church stole things from other religions. http://www.crystalinks.com/xmastrees.html
Bringing tree in the house in winter and decorating it was a pagan tradition long before there was Christmas
So? It's still an older pagan custom to decorate trees, which the Bible could prohibit by Jeremiah 10:1-5.
This would be correct. The holiday later called Christmas was already being celebrated more than one thousand years before the birth of Jesus. And yes, at some point before his birth people started using a decorated tree during this celebration. His birth (although nobody knows his actual date of birth) was added to the holiday by Roman Pagans who were forced to join the official state church.
Finding Love
I'm familiar with this story but mine went round putting something else that's not a shoe on every girl
Did you misspell the proposition of "ON every girl", are am I just a "dirty old man"? 😜
Load More Replies...Theres a disorder called Prosoprognosia where you cannot remember faces. The prince has it.
I was just about to write the same thing! I have prosopagnosia and I would totally find the shoe helpful if I were that prince, as I would not be able to tell what the girl looked like :)
Load More Replies...It's even more illogical in the Grimm Brothers version: The stepsisters, each in turn, cut off their heels to make the shoe fit, and both times it works perfectly until they're halfway to the castle, and the prince notices the bleeding foot
Makes perfect sense... How many girls are totally unrecognisable once the makeup comes off!?
It wasn't the prince that went around searching, it was his pages and the duke. Maybe the prince was a tad tipsy. Can 't tell me there was no champagne or wine flowing.
How is it that she was the only girl in the kingdom with those size feet? Shoes are sold in standard sizes for a reason.
Tiny feet? Also, I don't think they sell glass shoes in all standard sizes :)
Load More Replies...Different Kinds Of Dogs
something something hardcore master/slave BDSM 24/7 lifestyle happens something something...:D
Load More Replies...I think it's more like monkey and human. Two different but similar species. Goofy has no hair on his snout and hand/feet like paws.
Goofy is also many times more intelligent then Pluto.
Load More Replies...It's a reference to Orwell's Animal Farm in that some animals are more equal than others
I went to a rainbow parade and saw similar sights. Whatever turns Pluto on...
Cell Bars
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
Either they feel sorry for their capturer or they are just really stupid
Suddenly Ashamed
He hit puberty but oh no more cartoon logic, ducks hit puberty really late and grow a huge pen- I mean...Disney don't come for me...
I know its been 4 years but... How do you post image in repies?
Load More Replies...Boi he not wearing pants when his shirt is on but thinking he naked when she literally wearing no pants
Fear Of Mice
Nothing wrong with that, we are human, but we are afraid of some humans :)
And we shriek also "Eeek! A human!" (Sometimes).
Load More Replies...I' s**t my pants too if I saw a little 6 inch, feral dude running around the living room :)
Well imagine a tiny naked human running around your house, personally I'd be freaked out
WAIIIIIT WAIT WAIT WAIT. SHE"S A MOUSE WHO HAS TINY MICE IN HER HOUSE
Well humans would be scared if we saw some tiny guy on all fours with gross ears, a weird face and a gross-a*s body.
Fingerless Hands
Well, by my standards it certainly is a superpower to use chopsticks at all.
Load More Replies...Yea when buttercup switched bodies with the professor and she's like *points at fingers * "professor how do you use this !?"
Load More Replies...they can play rock paper scissors soooooooooooooooooo yeah
She probably does have fingers like the other characters on the show, but the people who drew her were such horrible artists, so it still looks pretty ridiculous. My sister used to love the PowerPuff Girls when she was little, but she never questioned their apparent lack of fingers. She probably wasn`t paying attention to that when she was little.
Wait I’m confused did someone cast Wingardium Leviosa? Is this Harry Potter?
Cartoon Married Couples
If I dont remember wrong the Millhouse are actually relathed
Kirk & Luann van Houten are cousins i believe, hence same blue hair.
Load More Replies...Dr Hibbert and his wife are both black. Does that make them look like brother and sister?
I know, other than skin tone, they look nothing alike.
Load More Replies...Apart from being black, Dr hibert and his wife don't really look like brother and sister - eyes, nose and chin are all different. Same ears, but all Simpson's characters have those ears. Same hair, but that's not unrealistic. So I think whoever made this is simply racist.
To be fair, the Hibberts don't look like they're related. Different sized facial features, different noses, different eye size AND shape, eyebrows, forehead sizes and wrinkles, neck sizes and even different curl to their hair. But yeah, "They look the same" right? #racistmuch?
How exactly is that racist? Also, they do have similar features such as hair color, hair style, ear shape, eye color, and their protruding lips. And c’mon-they do look more like brother and sister than other couples. They don’t look as related as the other two couples, but they just wanted to add a third example to the meme. They’re black, but the meme isn’t automatically racist.
Load More Replies...A little disturbing. But then again, Jaime and Cersei, games of thrones...
The Cinderella Effect
When I was young, I was told that this is a magical shoe that will change in size if not worn by Cinderella because it was made for her.
This actually makes much more sense, but I had never heard of it before...
Load More Replies...Well, they say that this tale comes from China and the tradition to tie feet so they would be small. So, it might be that the shoes did not fit anyone else...
Snow White Logic
Jennifer: You know that's Snow White though, don't you? Even if you may be right...
Load More Replies...Well, Crabs Don't Have Ears
That doesn't really make it more logical.
Load More Replies...He's like me, probably turns down the car stereo when looking for an unfamiliar address
That's a concentration thing: http://science.howstuffworks.com/life/inside-the-mind/human-brain/turn-down-radio-when-lost1.htm
Load More Replies...It does look silly, but crabs can still hear underwater despite lacking ears.
Hair-Shaped Skull
I don't know about hair, but I know that their left legs have floating toes bones.
I wonder why only their left toes are floating.
Load More Replies...And whales have hind legs. Vestigial/conjoined.
Load More Replies...They did, but skulls are flexible and organic matter can petrify. ce606ce4f9...9afc4a.jpg
.....I proved this by doing a 360* on my little brother's neck!....heh heh.......
Load More Replies...Well these two are supposed to be their older abandoned siblings soooooo
This is a ridiculous character design, and the fact that their fingers and toes arent even connected to the feet and hands and on their right sides only only adds to the ridiculousness of it all.
And, Lisa's skeleton has 5 fingers in the left hand while all characters have actually 4 fingers per hand.
nope, they have skin over skeletons, just like stegosaurus or whatever.
Preferable Accent
dont listen to me o have no clue what im saying but i dont think accents get in flicted by who is teaching you a languge
This applies to all Disney movies. Can't seem to keep accents consistent.
Ahahaah! I saw the portuguese version so... He learns Portuguese from a Portuguese girl xD Same accent :P
Forms Of Cannibalism
no problems here. You can see pigeons eating chicken at the shopping mall fast food areas :)
Humans often eat big, cow and other mammals. In some cultures humans even eat other primates. Why wouldn't a bird be able to eat another bird?
One species of bird eating another species of bird? No weirder than a lion eating a zebra.
Who Taught Him That?
you naughty girl! you want him swinging naked? ;)))
Load More Replies...It's actually explained in the original book. He saw pictures of humans in his (dead) parents' books and realised he was one, and since they wore clothes, he also covered himself. Then he started growing facial hair and was scared he'd become an ape, so he shaved it off with his knife.
Body hair is actually genetics based, i have a friend who is thirty but least facial hair
I also find it hard to believe that the cloth covering his...area..didn't flap up ONCE in the movie!
-.- Indigenous people in the Americas has no beards nor body hair unless mixed with european genes
As this book writes specifically about English lord and lady and their kid... not this case :) If I remember correctly, he learned shaving with his fathers knife. Cannot guarantee, read the book maybe 20+ years ago last time.
Load More Replies...Probably because in the original Tarzan novels by E. R. Burroughs Lord Greystoke had in his early childhood found his parent's log cabin in the Jungle and was completely literate in written english and aware his family tree ;).
He actually would be cover in a very thin abundant fur due to very bad anorexia.
Underwater Physics
The laws of physics does not apply when you live in an underwater city named Bikini Bottom.
This is nothing! Check out episode: Spongeguard on duty. I just saw it few days ago.... The bottom of the Ocean, there is a Sea, and a fish is drowning in it (!). Then the starfish starts to drown too, and oh no, the sponge can't swim! PS: Thanks for Larry the Lobster, everybody is safe now..
well, if you think about it, we leave in a soooo lite water ambient. "atmosphere" (a kinda water we don't see, do you know if fish see water?) and that´s another question for myself , about other alien creatures maybe can come in our world cause maybe they will drawn on it. just think about it.
Load More Replies...He doesn`t need to cover his head with an entire helmet if he doesn`t want the soap to get in his eyes. It`s not like he`s in space or something. Not to mention that sponges can`t do any of this c**p in real life. They`re the simplest animals on Earth.
Think about it he is a sponge wouldn't he just asorb the bubble soap.Plus how can he blow the bubble through the mask.
OMG I JUST REALIZED IF YOU LOOK AT BIKINI BOTTOM IT"S ACTUALLY THE QUANTUM REALM
Phineas And Ferb Logic
Yes, it's probably made from the same material as Bruce Banner's underpants.
Load More Replies...what makes you think that A) his head was always like that, b) that he puts it off? :>
They actually showed this in the show, here is a short video I hope you can pause: https://img-9gag-fun.9cache.com/photo/a1d85GR_460sv.mp4
And that's exactly what our noses do when we put shirts on XD
Load More Replies...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klcCHiAB_Qk He puts on his shirt at 35 seconds.
This would make much more sense if they drew him right with a normal-shaped human head.
The Rules Of Gravity
This is actually true but little known as people look down immediately.
Although gravity doesn't function that way, other things do. See Double Slit Experiment.
Works better as an inspiration than most of the inspirational quotes sh** seen on facebook
The Simpsons Logic
Haven't you seen those things online that are like "12 year old strapped in a baby's body"?
Stranger Danger
Or the Beast from the previous post, in which case lock her up long enough ;)
Load More Replies...Dexter's Laboratory
yep and there was that episode about an electrician coming over and rewiring everything.
Load More Replies...There's an actual episode when the electric bill came, and mom pays it with dimes.
Spongebob Squarepants Logic
We've seen dogs walking dogs...It doesn't matter who you are, you always gotta do your chores.
KITCHEN sponges may be used by humans to wash dishes, but OCEAN sponges cannot do that themselves. Shame on you Hillenburg!
Stockholm Syndrome
The whole premise is that this is supposed to be an ironic or unexpected romance, but no; there is nothing unusual about this. He is a beast. If you want an ironic or unexpected romance, make it "Beauty and the Weakling".
belle didnt know that the beast could turn human and was fully prepared to bang him as is
f you I like the furry version better (and apparently the writers did too)
Load More Replies...Trident vs. Fork
I'm pretty sure she'd be traumatized if her father forked a fish with his trident
Maybe she thought it had magic powers like her Father's trident....Scuttles explanation could have led her to believe that it magically gives you perfect hair 😆.
Slipper Logic
All of sudden I'm grossed out by Cinderella, thanks!
Load More Replies...Can you imagine how uncomforable glass shoes would be? She probably kicked them off to get some feeling back in her feet. Some say the original story had fur slippers, which would be far more comfy.
In the original version the ball lasts for 3 nights. In the first 2 nights the prince tries to follow her but he fails so for the third night he decides to put pitch on the stairs. The true question is not why her shoe came off but why ONLY her shoe came off.
I just read an old copy of this story(all the pages were yellowed from age), the party lasted 3 consecutive evenings, on the third evening the prince instructed his servants to put a gooey wax substance on the stairs.
It was all a plot by the fairy godmother, she planned everything, the shoe was held by magic and programmed to drop at just the right time...
Dexter's Laboratory
Thats the joke! also, in an episode, DeeDee finally stops bothering him and Dexter enters into a creative funk, unable to improve upon his previous work, he then realized his sister is a necessary variable in his process.
Younger siblings are like ants, they somehow manage to get into EVERYTHING.
Show White Logic
I'd make a misoginism joke about women, but mama will make me swoop the entire house before even thinking about it.
...and I just feel compelled to point out that snow white is cartooned by a man, designed by a man and produced by a man....
Load More Replies...Well if you're going to live there you might as well make it habitable
Why do you think they called her Snowwhite? Because of her obsessive tidyness.
Caught Off Guard
To be honest I still don' t want my mom barging in while I'm in the shower.... in my 40s.
But i guess you don't run around naked all day? Well i bloody hope so :D
Load More Replies...that the same for Dot she only wears a skirt get caught in the bath covers her chest me: YOU DON"T WEAR A SHRIT!
say there is another photo of them being naked and wearing clothes to a beach but why the hell would Jerry be freaking out over showering even though he is NAKED all day it doesn't make sense
Pokemon Logic
I think that's kind-of an awesome aspect of it though. They're chasing some dream pokemon while they already have one. Lots of people could benefit from appreciating that.
It's not the only talking Pokémon. I dont remember the series that well, but there were other talking Pokémon...
Meowth is the only one that actually talks and knows human language. The "talking" legendary pokemon like Mewtwo actually use telepathy.... and they're rare enough without having to talk anyway.
Load More Replies...You say Useless Pikachu ? - Pikachu give a thunder boil to this person who said bad about you.
also every time they say the theme song only once did they think of blasting them while there doing where is the smartness
I believe team rocket taught meowth how to speak also he been working with them.
A Subtle Joke
So there are three of them, and saying they all choose differently, rock beats scissors, scissors beat paper but paper beats rock.... who is the winner?!? And yes, I do have way to much time on my hands to think about this stuff!
Load More Replies...Camouflage Fail
Actually in the original version, all the masks were red. The different colors appeared with the anime show in 1989 (?)
Load More Replies...Maybe there are more giant turtles somewhere...they can't risk exposing their real true nature of giant turtles xD
Cartoon Logic Fail
Dora The Explorer
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.
I have the same problem ! And each time I'm like "calm down, the thing you're looking for must be in front of you". And then there it is !
Load More Replies...OMG! Your name! How do you ever fill out a form? (it's a lovely name, though...:))
Load More Replies...My granddaughter's mom, b***h that she is, wouldn't allow Dora things being bought for her daughter, even though Dora was her daughter's favorite cartoon character of all time. But yeah, she's kinda dumb.
This cartoon doesn't have to logic, they teach to the toddlers how to find and new things.
Powerpuff Girls Logic
I'm looking at this and seeing is as a dance move, not as sneaking, and giggling to myself.
dat a good question but i have a better one... WHY DO THEY HAVE TO TIP TOE THEY HAVE NO TOES?!?!?!?!?
If the man wakes up they are not going to be able to hide quickly and eficently
Failed Spiderman Logic
To be fair they don't really look like their heart is in the whole "villain" thing
doesn't look like the animators really had their heart into the whole "drawing" thing either...
Load More Replies...Looks like Spidey it's a psychologist trying to settle the dispute between a wife and a husband who just can't get along anymore and they're trying to kill each other.
Also Spidey is like: "Look Ben, you can't just bring a gun to a knife fight..."
Why do those two people look like Uncle Ben and Aunt May!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A Bird Pilot
Because it is faster. I am sure if a bird had a choice to fly in a plane or flap his wings for several hundred miles, it would choose the plane.
What species is he? Numerous birds (including penguins, ostriches and kiwis) don't actually fly on their own.
Actually it's alright, you try walking all the way to another continent...😐
Glued-On Glasses
Carved... they are actually carved into the face
Maybe not earpieces (legs?) on the glasses, but a strap?
Load More Replies...Aquaman Logic
It's certainly about the fact that they're fairly small and probably not very strong either. At least that's what I'd think...
Load More Replies...The fish on his feet are saying "Ow ow ow ow ow, dude! Stop eating the twinkies!"
Lolololol I'm sorry the happy smile on his face like some little kid on a tricycle just cracks me up. Also those must be some really strong fish.
Dam for people saying ants can carry heavy weight. This is a small flying fish flying in the air and aqua man is heavier than them. If you relate an animal that carry heavy weight, those are not animals that swim in water and fly. If he’s riding a whale then that make sense.
yep. That is bullshit. Even reading the title has me laughing while writing this comment
Spongebob Squarepants
They're wireless sleeves for the shirt under his huge head. Or, we could turn the question into "why are his ears arm-shaped?"
Probably to each other with a string, through his head. There are really strange things in SpongeBob's head.
Scooby Doo Logic
They go out specifically looking for monster/ghosts, yet are terrified of them, and always surprised when they find one.
Once it was a real monster! ...sort of. It was a beast made of coral and pollution but, still.
Wasn’t that from what’s cool, Scooby-Doo?
Load More Replies...scooby doo mystery incorproated confimrs there are actual supernatural beings
The Little Mermaid Challenge
How to ruin your life in easy steps. Its great lets show it to children
Also why didn't she just write him a letter explaining the situation. She signed the contract so she knows how to read and write.
Family Guy Logic
Yeah I lived with a Jesus back in college, he still owes me money.
Load More Replies...Just because Jesus is real doesn't mean we're obligated to worship him.
I don't think I'd worship him, but I'd still havrvto acknowledge that a God exsists
Load More Replies...Acknowledging the wisdom of a prophet doesn't necessarily mean you believe in his divinity
the absence of evidence is not the evidence of absence.. or something
In one of the first episodes he even acknowledges that god is punishing them with plagues. Thats the reason he is stupid for being an atheist
Jesus was a real person. There is evidence. But God that is not yet explained
Well, you can meet someone and still not believe them...some are not trustworthy...
Forever Tanned
Yup, and the poor guy never even gets a bite of his ice cream through 3 movies...
Load More Replies...I think he is wearing one of those shirts that looks like you aren't wearing a shirt.
Just because he`s not seen wearing a shirt doesn`t mean he doesn`t wear one. I`ve seen him wearing a tank top in some episodes of the TV show.
Bugs Bunny Logic
Cartoonists tell a joke. Internet misses the joke and write a critical piece.
fur can grow just don't go searching for fred in the yellow pages
Lion King
Because rhinos are just an outer shell filled with air. Come on, everyone knows that!
The fact alone that he can lift a big heavy object like that is wrong.
He is hanging on to the cliff with his feet. How is he supposed to grab symba
Beauty And The Beast Logic
It's the obvious thing to do, if you're friends with the furniture and cutlery etc they can help you escape 😇💝