Top 10 Common Cartoon Cliches

1Characters impersonating other actors or characters

Characters impersonating other actors or characters


2The good guy never gets hurt

The good guy never gets hurt


3Satire and cultural references


4The damsel in distress

The damsel in distress


5Villains with dumb henchmen


6Bad guys always lose

Bad guys always lose


7Cat and mouse chases

Cat and mouse chases


8Traps and weapons backfiring on the bad guys


9Parents never around


10Characters wearing the same clothes every day

Characters wearing the same clothes every day


11The dumbass dad and the mom too good for him

The dumbass dad and the mom too good for him


12Greedy characters

Greedy characters


13Innocent characters who immediately become targets for abuse


14Characters walking off the edge and not falling down immediately


15Villains boasting about how evil they are

Villains boasting about how evil they are


16Main character always has a crush on a Latin-American character

Main character always has a crush on a Latin-American character


17Teenage girls who secretly fight crime

Teenage girls who secretly fight crime


18Angry mobs


19There's always a Christmas special

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20Character has only four fingers


21Getting hit by an anvil and not dying


22Talking dogs

Talking dogs


23Villains with an "evil laugh"

Villains with an "evil laugh"


24Characters with faces never shown

Characters with faces never shown


25Kids being smarter than adults


26Good guys vs. bad guys

Good guys vs. bad guys


27Boy characters disguised as ladies

Boy characters disguised as ladies


28That dumb character

That dumb character


29Character gets rolled into a giant snowball


30Always a dumb blonde

Always a dumb blonde


31Character becomes a werewolf when the moon shows


32Celebrities popping out of nowhere


33The bullies are cheerleaders


34One-dimensional villains


35Plot solved at the end of the episode