Curated playlist
Male characters in animation
- King ArthurGeoffrey of Monmouth gave King Arthur his first full life story around 1138. Much of it was his own invention.
- Peter Pan (character)Peter Pan began as a seven-day-old baby in a 1902 novel for adults. He first flew into Kensington Gardens.
- Scrooge McDuckScrooge McDuck is a cartoon duck known for a top hat, pince-nez glasses and an enormous fortune, but he began as a bitter recluse. In his first story, he sat in a huge mansion and grumbled, "Here I sit in this big lonely dump, waiting for…
- Donald DuckDonald Duck was listed as a federal employee at $99,999 as late as 1978.
- PopeyePopeye the Sailor Man began as a hired hand who was supposed to leave the story. In 1938, the newspaper strip that carried him ran in 500 newspapers. Over 600 licensed Popeye products were on sale, and his creator, Elzie Crisler Segar, was…
- Vicky the VikingRammstein's keyboardist took his nickname, Flake, from a cartoon Viking village. He watched Vicky the Viking as a kid.
- Black Panther (character)Black Panther, the Marvel Comics hero known as T'Challa, made his debut in Fantastic Four #52, published in July 1966. He did not arrive as a sidekick or a soldier. T'Challa was a king, the ruler of Wakanda, a fictional African nation made…
- Pete (Disney)Pete, the cartoon villain also called Peg Leg Pete, Bad Pete and Black Pete, first walked onto a screen on the 15th of February 1925 as Bootleg Pete. The cartoon was Alice Solves the Puzzle. His nickname pointed to his trade, smuggling…
- Sam & MaxSam & Max is an American media franchise built around a dog and a rabbity creature who work as vigilante private investigators. In 2007, their creator Steve Purcell admitted he was somewhat surprised by how far they had travelled. Their…
- BarbapapaBarbapapa got its name from a child calling for cotton candy. An American heard it in a Paris garden in May 1970.