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Cartoon characters are enviable creatures. They are always off on some adventure, they never age, and they have lots of cool things to say. More often than not, when uttered with regularity, those cool things become a memorable catchphrase that makes us like them even more. It seems that any cartoon character worth their animated stripes boasts at least one killer catchphrase, often followed by an exclamation point. Here we rank the top 25 greatest ever.
And in case you can’t see the above image because you’re on dial-up, here’s the list below:
25. “Heavens to Murgatroyd!” – Snagglepuss, The Quick Draw McGraw Show
24. “Cowabunga!” – Michelangelo, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
23. “This sucks.” – Beavis or Butt-head, Beavis and Butt-head
22. “Hey hey hey!” – Fat Albert, Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids
21. “You blockhead!” – Lucy Van Pelt, Peanuts
20. “I’m smarter than the av-er-age bear.” – Yogi Bear, The Yogi Bear Show
19. “That’s all I can stands, I can’t stands no more!” – Popeye, Popeye the Sailor
18. “Here I come to save the day!” – Mighty Mouse, Mighty Mouse Playhouse
17. “And now, here’s something we hope you’ll really like.” – Rocky, The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle
16. “Excellent.” – Mr. Burns,
15. “You eediot!” – Ren, Ren and Stimpy
14. “To infinity and beyond!” – Buzz Lightyear, Toy Story
13. “Wonder Twin powers activate!” – The Wonder Twins, Super Friends
12. “Scooby-Dooby-Doo!” – Scooby Doo, Scooby Doo, Where Are You!
11. “Suffern’ succotash!” – Sylvester, Looney Tunes
10. “You bastards!” – Kyle, South Park
9. “Oh my God! They killed Kenny!” – Stan, South Park
8. “Ay, caramba!” – Bart Simpson, The Simpsons
7. “By the power of Grayskull!” – He-Man, He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
6. “I tawt I taw a puddy tat.” – Tweety, Looney Tunes
5. “Good grief.” – Charlie Brown, Peanuts
4. “Yabba dabba doo!” – Fred Flintstone, The Flintstones
3. “D’oh!” – Homer Simpson, The Simpsons
2. “What’s up, doc?” – Bugs Bunny, Looney Tunes
1. “Th-th-th-that’s all folks!” – Porky Pig, Looney Tunes
