Character Makeovers

Feb 18, 2010 Comments Off by Max

If you thought your favourite characters and toys looked a bit different lately check out this article Heartless Doll: 10 Most Ridiculous Cartoon Character Makeovers by Andrea Grimes.

I was a Strawberry Shortcake fan. My Dad purchased me a big Strawberry Shortcake Rag doll in America and I was rapt and my friends were envious. Their Mums couldn’t just jump on the internet and order it online like they can now, so their child would have one to. It was special.

I also owned all of those plastic smelly figures…… they are still in a container stored at my parents….and yes they still smell. But Strawberry Shortcake definitely didn’t look like she does today. The original Strawberry Shortcake, at left, looked like an actual cartoon character. I agree with Andrea Grimes, the new Strawberry Shortcake, at right, looks like that kid at school whose mom really wants her to be in pageants.

Two decades and marketers updated the looks and attitudes of kids’ favorite animated friends. Check them out at Heartless Doll: 10 Most Ridiculous Cartoon Character Makeovers. They are thinner, sexier, sleeker–Rainbow Brites, ‘Berry Shortcakes and G.I. Joes?

I like my old Strawberry Shortcake and glad I was allowed to be a kid.

It was more of a surprise when I viewed the changes to Dora Explorer