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Illustrator and cartoon artist Ed Harrington has been creating a series of images that can ruin some of your best childhood memories. Harrington takes our favorite pop culture characters and tries to guess what they do when they're not working, revealing their secret life. Have you seen Ariel getting ready to eat Nemo? He-Man straightening his hair? Or Chewbacca shaving his legs? Well, you're about to.

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Once you hear about his past, it's easy to understand why Harrington's cartoon drawings are so well executed. He studied illustration and graphic design at Virginia Commonwealth University and has worked as a graphic designer/illustrator/cartoonist for the past 20 years.

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    varwenea
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Popcorn, toast, bagels, the possibilities are endless!

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    "[I have] no real 'idea' to this series -- I just try to draw things that I like and find funny," he told Bored Panda. "Usually, I just think about how life might be different or difficult for these cartoon characters. Like, how Skeletor probably can't drink or whistle since he has no soft tissue or lips around his mouth. Or I like to think about parts of a famous character that we never get to see and what might have been hidden from us all this time."

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    Daria B
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Plot twist: the cat is a Flerken.

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    Asat Voong
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    we will never look at Mickey Mouse the same way again.

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    varwenea
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How did he get his pants down without shredding that too?

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    Chris Green
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Skeletor is the pioneer of the snuggie, who knew?!?

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    Hans
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I would have expected him to turn back into Price Adams while taking a dump...

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    tuzdayschild
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Unlike other sea creatures, she can use those fingers and opposable thumb to rip it off.

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    Ed Souza
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You know that's what was really going on between these two.

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    varwenea
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Batman definitely needs a special someone to make him smile.

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    Seabeast
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ooh... never knew he had a supporting role in Pan's Labyrinth. I guess he had to do something between Muppet movies to earn a living.

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    IzzieM
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Pooh will probably offer her some honey, which will help with the low blood sugar, and they will part as friends.

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    Nicominde
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In case you didn’t knew how they were made

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    Andres Tejeda
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hey, a dude has got to eat, you can't chase teens all around Crystal Lake on an empty stomach.

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    Seabeast
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Who left a tissue in their pocket?! Confess!

    Ed
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's a bleach stain. That's a clorox bottle.

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    Red72
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's not from tissue, it's from the bleach

    Tamara Bradshaw
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That’s a bottle of Clorox bleach. Bummer.

    Lilli
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    OH MY GOD NOT COOKIE TOO D:

    Ian Kariuki
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    big feet or is he the long lost old son of big foot

    Marlene Ricker
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think he accidentally bleached his suit.

    Nerdiqueen
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I, too, take off my skin and clean it regularly.

    Uriel
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Its Danny De Vito dark secret...

    MissUndastood
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    6 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I Hope I Can Unsee This Really Soon!

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    Francis
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    i heard instant chewbaccas "voice" in my ears..

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    Nicole Raab
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Haha haha! It's only funny because it's true! Haha!

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    IzzieM
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This one. This one is breaking my brain. Cannot be unseen.

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    Lilli
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    6 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I need this for when I have to collect the garbage from all six garbage cans in the house :(

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    Amazon QT
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    She can hear a pin drop, on the Moon! 🤣🤣

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    Phi
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Same face my cat makes in that situation!

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    Seabeast
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He'd need a floss threader to get it through in the first place.

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    Mooncut
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Now I can't get that out of my mind 🥴

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    Francis
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    is this the reason, why Piglet is wearing poohs face in the other picture? Because he misses him so much?

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