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8 Transgendered Cartoon Characters
Ivana Wynn Cartoons were originally meant to entertain innocent children's minds but writers and creators have strayed off the path by making cross-dressing one of the cartoon world's most common gimmicks, not that there is anything wrong with that. Whether America's favorite characters are cross-dressing to defeat their enemy or just because they enjoy disguising themselves as the opposite sex, you have to wonder if they aren't in between genders or at the very least, reconsidering their sexuality.
These 8 transgendered cartoon characters break the mold in terms of their sexuality and sexual identity. They show viewers that it's OK to be yourself, whatever that is. While some viewers will be too young to understand what is going on and simply giggle at the cross-dressing characters, others will learn that personal expression is acceptable. Either way, each of these characters are entertaining to no end and for that, we love them.
These 8 transgendered cartoon characters break the mold in terms of their sexuality and sexual identity. They show viewers that it's OK to be yourself, whatever that is. While some viewers will be too young to understand what is going on and simply giggle at the cross-dressing characters, others will learn that personal expression is acceptable. Either way, each of these characters are entertaining to no end and for that, we love them.
- Tip: Navigate with your left and right arrow keys1«»It's no secret that America's favorite cartoon character Bugs Bunny has one very popular go-to trick for deceiving his enemies, particularly that hillbilly Elmer Fudd. Looney Tunes character Bugs feels no shame in seducing his foes by dressing as a woman, anywhere from a schoolgirl to a geisha and Norse Valkyrie. He ferociously bats his eyelashes and gets uncomfortably close to their face to distract them, daring to kiss them sometimes.
In "What's Opera, Doc?" Bugs Bunny even gets the stern and violent Elmer Fudd to perform ballet with him. Some of his favorite pastimes include styling hair, giving manicures and letting shoe salesmen tickle his feet.
We can admit that Bugs cross dresses for a good purpose but as a cartoon character, he has the potential to come up with any number of tricks and yet he still chooses to dress in drag. Looks like Bugs gets a little too much pleasure from getting all dolled up to be considered a straight bunny.
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8 Transgendered Cartoon Characters at 2/13/2013 11:30 PM
8 Transgendered Cartoon Characters at 3/02/2012 4:29 PM
Peppermint Patty and Marcie might be lesbians, but that doesn't make them transgender. Hell, they're not even cross-dressers. Bugs cross-dresses like most of the other characters you've described for one simple reason- it makes people laugh to see men in women's clothing.
Mr. Garrison's transsexual nature (because not all transgender people are transsexual) is problematic because he is in all actuality a gay man. Everyone knows this in South Park, but Mr. Garrison has always had a very difficult struggle coming to terms with that. For him, being a woman would stop him from having perverse homosexual thoughts.
As for others, just because they are seemingly gay does not make them transgender. Cross-dressing is normal for babies and children to do as they explore different things anyway (Stewie is a baby, after all), Roger....well he's an alien. And we're presuming he's male; to my knowledge he's rather ambiguous when it comes to his gender.
With Him, no that is not a definition of a cross-dresser's wardrobe. I remember watching PPG when I was younger, and Him was just a villain. PPG villains were all decidedly not scary, because it's a kid's show. And again, the public thinks cross-dressers are funny. What better way to alleviate fear, and Him was certainly the scariest, than to make them laugh at his appearance?
Just because America changes a character from male to female doesn't make them transgender. They do that all the time in Japanese-based anime. Jesse & James are just phenomenal goof-balls and great to watch. As far as Sailor Moon goes, they altered that cartoon alot when it came here.
Cross-dressing can be done by heterosexual men too, so hinting their sexuality might be gay is a little presumptuous. And cross-dressers very rarely (some do, but the majority would not) call themselves transgender. Transgender is generally used to refer to someone who is changing their physical state to fit in line with how they see themselves where as cross-dressers don't see themselves as women (if they are men) or as men (if they are women).
8 Transgendered Cartoon Characters at 2/12/2012 4:23 PM