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Bugs, the pink panther (that may have just been the Mancini), so many. Thinking Pooh image
@Griff Ferrell Hey, you win!

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Natasha Fatale.
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@roddio "What's Opera Doc", BEST CARTOON EVAH! ❤
Bugs and the whole crew there. Rocky & Bullwinkle and THAT whole crew. Popeye &c.
As a kid, it was looney tunes, road runner, sylvester/tweety bird, that set.
Then Ren and Stimpy as a young adult.

Oh, and it's sad to see Tom Lehrer passed, but by golly it was great having him.
Rocky & Bullwinkle and its related cartoons (Dudley Do-Right, Fractured Fairy Tales, Mr. Peabody, etc/)
Seen in a youtube comment : "RIP Tom Lehrer. I'm glad that you outlived Kissinger"

So say we all!
I'm surprised no one has mentioned this:

Snoopy
Among Donald Duck and his extended family, Snoopy and Der Superpiep, Garfield was a favourite. The German long title included the phrase "fat, lazy and philosophical". Also, Lasagna! (I noticed I could look up that word I had not heard before, 4th grader me found something related in a dictionary, but adults were sorta out of their wits to explain what it really meant. More reasons to peruse the library. I owe Garfield.)

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Today, very Japanese/Taiwanese characters get the spot. Bugcat capoo, Jian Tu (the rabbit), Cony and Brown are a favourite, kawaii to the get no even when they are crying. They live here as two hand-sized plushies, and measure the space that being friends, lovers and the full range of togetherness can fill.
Johnny Quest, Josie and the Pussy Cats were a can't miss as I got older. Now I catch animated series like Camp Jurassic Park and one off animated movies.
I had this up in my bedroom for most of my childhood. Curse You Red Baron
Scooby Doo. As well as the Hanna Barbera cartoons, along with Bugs Bunny and gang.
I played Snoopy in You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown when I was in high school. I watched many of the 70's Saturday morning and Sunday cartoons. Pink Panther, Scooby Doo, Bugs Bunny, Donald Duck come to mind immediately, could probably think of more. Indeed, now that I've triggered the "think of those cartoon animals" process, more will probably come to mind throughout the next day or two.
I watched (and still watch occasionally) Bugs Bunny and the whole Looney Tunes gang. I love Scooby Doo (my cats are named Daphne and Velma). My all-time favorites, though, were Snoopy and Woodstock. I also dedicated my master's thesis to Bill the Cat. ACK THPPFFT!

When I was in high school, my mom got me this thing:

Woodstock in his nest with a caption of "Bless this mess!"
Oh, I still have it. 🙂
Off topic: Today is the 14th anniversary of my first day on gender-affirming HRT. 😊
@Janet Logan 🏳️‍⚧️

14th anniversary is Ivory, how about an 🐘 instead. So happy for you
Hello from one-handed hospital land. just had physical therapy. YIPPEE! Still alive. waving!
@Joyce Donahue waving back!
@Joyce Donahue there you are, glad you are here
@Griff Ferrell I'll take it! No real ivory for me. 😊
Have I got something for you Wiley E Coyote fans... just one year to go 😛

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absolutely, Rocky and Bullwinkle
not so much today, but more recently than back then: Duckula
I've always liked Bugs... hard to say if he was my "favorite" as a kid, but has grown to be as I aged, for reasons I have only recently started to grasp.

It's been fun to unpack the grownup themes from Looney Tunes over the years, too.
The Pink Panther was a particular favorite, probably followed by Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner. Oh, and Tom and Jerry. (But not the godawful late-period Iwao Takamoto ones. Takamoto did not understand Tom and Jerry, and it showed.)
I have all of the Pink Panther cartoons on CD. 🙂
I always read Tom the Dancing Bug's "Super Fun Pak Comics"

I have no way to describe those except, "a bit surreal"
As a kid my favorite was Chip and Dale's rescue Rangers. I thought Gadget was pretty.

Now I like anything by Miyazaki, and most anime in general. Totoro is a particular favorite.