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10 Real People Who Inspired Your Favorite Cartoon Characters

Watching cartoons was basically a requirement as a kid. There were so many good characters who seemed to come alive in our imaginations. We had this connection to these drawings, even though they were fictional characters.But how much do you really know about your favorite cartoons? Did you know that a lot of them are based on real people? Maybe that's why so many of them seem so real to us, because their facial expressions, mannerisms and sometimes even there voices are based in reality. Popeye - Frank "Rocky" FiegelTurner Entertainment / Popeye WikiThe inspiration for the character of Popeye