Under the ‘Inspirational People’ section on Facebook, it’s likely that a twentysomething today includes people like Hova or President Obama. And yet, before us ‘90s kids had idols of the living and breathing variety, we admired the cartoon characters we watched on TV every day after school and on Saturday mornings. For us, these aren't weren’t just cartoons. Whether they faced their insecurities or the evil villain head on, possessed leadership skills, or just had more swag than anybody we knew in real life, these are our original role models.
You may have gotten taller and moved on to a grown-up job, but don’t front, they're still the shit: the 25 Cartoon Characters You Idolized Growing Up.
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Fred on Scooby Doo
Tuxedo Mask on Sailor Moon
Brak on Space Ghost Coast to Coast
Bob on Reboot
Trent Lane on Daria
T.J. Detweiler on Recess
Gambit on X-Men
Baloo on TaleSpin
Raphael on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Streex on Street Sharks
Throttle on Biker Mice from Mars
Peter Parker on The Amazing Spider-Man
Goku on Dragon Ball Z
Doug on Doug
Arthur on Arthur
Johnny Bravo on Johnny Bravo
Tommy Pickles on Rugrats
Krumm on Aaahh!!! Real Monsters
Dexter on Dexter's Laboratory
Gerald on Hey Arnold!
Eric Cartman on South Park
Bart Simpson on The Simpsons
Otto Rocket on Rocket Power
Skeeter on Doug
Arnold on Hey Arnold!
