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Real People who Look Like Cartoon Characters

Cartoon character designers generally start designing a character based on a single personality attribute that the character will portray throughout the animation. For example, if the character has a dorky personality, the character designer will try to portray this by creating a dorky-looking character. For villains and heroes, the character designer will give the character's physical appearance the appropriate attributes.

Sometimes character designers need inspiration, and so they'll look around and observe people, finding facial shapes and physical characteristics that incorporate the essence of the character they are creating. These attributes of real people find their way not only into the character design, but into the animation, personifying the characters and making it easy for audiences to empathize with them.

People who Look Like Pixar Characters
Pixar animations are known for having lovable, believable characters, and now people are discovering that Pixar artists have a knack for creating characters that resemble living people. These people have taken pictures of themselves with their look-alike characters and posted the pictures online.

Above: Carl Fredricksen, a Pixar character from the movie "Up" is shown on the left, and on the right, a real live old guy who looks just like his animated counterpart. [source]

Above: This Asian kid looks identical to the cartoon character Russell from Pixar's lovable animated movie "Up". The only difference is the color of the kid's boy scout scarf. [source]

Above: On the left is the character Linguini from the Pixar animated film "Ratatouille". The real guy on the right looks just like his cartoon doppelganger, right down to the sweet-hearted smile. [source]

Beavis and Butthead in Real Life

Beavis and Butthead are two cartoon characters that were created by Mike Judge in 1992. The characters found a home on MTV, which popularized the duo. Within weeks, Beavis and Butthead had found their way into the hearts and homes of millions of people. Their dorky laughs and dumbass catch phrases could be heard in school and college campuses across the world.

The characters are essentially caricatures of two below-average American teenagers who constantly get themselves into trouble with teachers, law keepers, criminals and pretty much every person they come across. The characters are so highly stylized that it's almost impossible to visualize them as real human beings, but here they are, in the flesh:

Above: One of Beavis's signature character attributes is the size of his head. Although Chris Kemp's nostrils could use some stretching, he totally looks like Beavis in many other ways. [source]

Above: Zach from "Little People, Big World" looks just like the cartoon character Butthead. [source]

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Smurfs Graffiti: BLUEhahaha!

The Smurfs first appeared in 1958 in a series of illustrated comic strips by the Belgian cartoonist Peyo (Pierre Culliford). The characters then went on to stardom in the Hanna-Barbera children's television cartoon, The Smurfs.

Smurfs appear regularly in graffiti murals around the world, and no wonder - these blue skinned fictional characters have been around for more than half a century. IGN dubbed The Smurfs "kiddie coacaine" for people growing up in the 80s. Though considered antiques in the comic world, The Smurfs are still gaining popularity with cartoon consumers and artists.

Smurfs are named according to their emotional traits or professions, for example; Brainy Smurf or Painter Smurf. I suppose this one could be called Ghetto Smurf:

Above: The Smurf language replaces most verbs and nouns with the word "Smurf".

Above: Tattoo Smurf depicted in a popular graffiti style.

Above: These blue fictional characters are very adventurous, finding their way into a variety of street art shapes and styles.

Even when depicted in a stylized fashion, Smurfs are recognizable. So recognizable, in fact, that even as a silhouette graffiti piece, there's no doubt that this is a smurf:

For many years, Smurfette was the only girl Smurf in the village - that is, until Sassette came along.

Above: Smurfette wasn't one of the original Smurfs as she was created by Gargamel to be an evil Smurf. Originally, Smurfette's hair was black, but after she became a good smurf, her hair turned blonde.

Above: Gargamel the wizard is the antagonist of the series. This somewhat dim-witted baddie creates diabolical plots to capture Smurfs to fulfill one of his dastardly schemes.

Smurf: In true Smurf language, this would have been "I Smurf trucks!"

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And Now for Something Completely Different: The Ministry of Silly Walks

The Monty Python comedy troupe first aired the Ministry of Silly Walks in 1970 on their popular television show, Monty Python’s Flying Circus (Episode 14 “Face the Press”). Nearly 40 years later, the sketch is still gaining popularity.

Above: John Cleese performing his famous silly walk routine.

In The Ministry of Silly Walks sketch, John Cleese plays a typical British civil servant, complete with bowler hat and leather book-bag. He is approached by Mr Putey (Michael Palin) who is creating a silly walk and requests a grant from the Ministry of Silly Walks to develop it.

However, when he shows Cleese the walk, it turns out to be not very silly at all and Mr Putey’s request for a grant is denied. John Cleese claims that the government has limited the funding for the Ministry of Silly Walks, favouring Housing, Education, Health, Defense and Social Security over Silly Walks. During the sketch, Mrs Twolumps brings in a tray with coffee, as requested by Cleese. Her Silly Walk is extremely silly and unfortunately she spills the coffee all over the tray before reaching John Cleese and Mr Putey.

Above: Scenes from Monty Python's Silly Walks skit, showing the office in which the interview takes place and Mrs Twolumps, bringing tea while performing a silly walk.

The sketch was so popular that Cleese had numerous requests to perform the skit – which he generally turned down. He felt that the sketch didn’t merit such a response and he also found it painful to perform his peculiar style of silly walk.

John Cleese doing a Silly Walk on Fawlty Towers

Cleese did occasionally give in to the requests for the Silly Walk routine, and performed his Silly Walk on Fawlty Towers, another popular British comedy show. In the episode, “The Germans”, Cleese’s character has suffered a concussion and he tries to lighten the mood of the other characters, saying “I’ll do the funny walk”. He then impersonates a German soldier’s walk.

Above: John Cleese on his popular show, Fawlty Towers, doing the "silly walk" of German soldiers.

Changing of the Guard in Greece

It would appear that silly walks have been around for far longer than Cleese and the merry Monty Python troupe. This is a video of the changing of the guard in Greece. The guards employ a traditional walking pattern which, along with their outfits, can be considered a highly developed Silly Walk.

Silly Walks Graffiti and T-shirts
Monty Python’s Ministry of Silly Walks sketch has also been used as inspiration for graffiti artists and designers, appearing on walls and t-shirts.

Silly Walk Generator

The Monty Python group has created a Silly Walks generator, in which you choose one of four characters with which to animate your own Silly Walk.

Top Secret evidence of governments around the globe training soldiers in the Way of the Silly Walk
Rumor has it that the Ministry of Silly Walks has become a top-secret organization and that governments around the world have been using soldiers to develop slight variations on Cleese’s original Silly Walk. Here are some examples of soldiers training to perform the Silly Walk;

British television humor generally has a dark, cynical edge to it that is often not grasped by non-British viewers, yet the Ministry of Silly Walks skit has had people around the globe giggling for decades.

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