Bugs Bunny. I was one of those kids who was too smart for his own good, and had parents who would use the TV as a baby sitter. What I learned was that I could get away with most anything, as long as it was funny! :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hWQWILZdoE <-- English version. :)

I also learned my English rules of grammar and such from Schoolhouse Rock! (Yes, learned - I had to "learn to English").

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkO87mkgcNo

Even to this day, I tend to drop some "animated" lines into everyday conversation, just for a laugh.

Boss: "We're taping a commercial with -famous person- at 4pm."
Me: "Ohh, I shall practice my curtsy." - Scar, from The Lion King.
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I'm gonna go with Gi-Joe. Mainly because of their...award winning(?) PSA's at the end of episodes which taught life lessons to kids of the 80's.

...and then you have the famous ebaumsworld.com parody videos.
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Because I didn't agree with that:
"Tom and Jerry" and "Sylvester and Tweety"

Jerry and Tweety were very annoying, sometimes mean. But everyone was saying that Tom and Silvester were the bad guys.

So, Jerry and Tweety are good just because they look pretty?!? For me, no way!

Till now I don't let beauty impress me that much. Character comes first!
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This is easy and fun!

You see my name on here: Keep on trying.

You remember Wile E. Coyote on the Road Runner Show?

He never gave up and never quit. He was always sending away for Acme rocket-skates or something to help him catch the Road Runner. Poor Wile E got smashed, burned, buried, and annihilated in a million ways (I once counted 15 times he got crushed during the opening music!!)

But did Wile E. Coyote ever give up? NO WAY!! of course he did not, and neither do I. If that Coyote can get up and keep going after everything life puts him through, well I can keep trying also.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hz65AOjabtM

Oh runner up goes to Fred Flintstone because he does all his own stunts.
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Bugs Bunny taught me to face my problems instead of running away from them (i.e. Elmer Fudd, Wile E. Coyote, etc.) and that it's okay to be smart because you can use those brains to outsmart others. He outsmarted Wile E. Coyote, a confirmed genius.

Wile E. Coyote taught me that complicating the simple often precludes one from reaching their goals. I think his hunger drove him to complicated solutions instead of elegant ones which often take more time to imagine but less time to implement. I've learned that if you think the process through beforehand, a solution will present itself that can be easily and successfully implemented.

The Snorks taught me that having friends with all kinds of abilities was great. I don't remember the character's name, but there was one who couldn't talk but communicated through noises and gestures. He was able to contribute something regardless of what one might call a "disability".
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Although it was not my favorite at the time, I must have been significantly influenced by Popeye. For one thing, I eventually joined the Navy and became a sailor, and for another I still eat a lot of spinach.

All the Loony Tunes cartoons also influenced me by helping me learn to appreciate traditional Jazz and light classical music.
Source(s):
http://www.mtcnet.net/~bierly/popfaq.htm

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M.A.S.K
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M.A.S.K.

What I learned:
Don't judge based on appearances! *Seemingly normal cars became awesome machines of battle!
Recognize and appreciate people's skills. *The best people for a mission were picked based on equipment and unique skill sets.

Finally and perhaps the most important . . .

Being able to think quickly and react well to unexpected challenges will help you save the day!

Similar lessons were learned from my other Favorites Thundercats, GI Joe, & Transformers
*I can't post footage from work but I will grab some and reply ^_^
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I was a big She-Ra fan. She was my role model. I learned that she could save the Earth just as well as He-Man could and, so, grew up with the idea that women could do things jsut as well as a man. I guess that's why I'm such a strong gender equality advocate. I even made a costume and sword that looked like her's and had a tree limb that hung low in the yard that I would run up to and jump onto it just like She-Ra, when she was needed, would run up to her Pegasus and jump onto it and fly away to save the day. She-Ra was awesome!
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OMG how did no one say this.....CAPTAIN PLANET!!!!!

Taught me that
A) you can be a pervert and still be cool (the fire guy)
B) Monkeys are the shiz
C) Asian girls are hot, and love the ocean
D) When our powers combine we make a guy wearing REALLY short shorts (and tight at that) that can do just about anything!

No in all seriousness it taught me that being a great person is the right thing to do and help take care of the earth, I miss CPT PLT Toys =(........
Source(s):
Fond childhood memories.....

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That would be the great Bugs Bunny. Through all the years of childhood and beyond I have learned a love of classical music. I have heard music from some of the greatest opera's of the world thanks to this wonderful cartoon and the writers who gave their time and own love of classics.
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I watched a lot of Saturday morning cartoons. Some of them taught morals and lessons and others well, they were just fun to watch.

The Smurfs

Popeye

She-Ra Princess of Power

Care Bears

And my favorites:

Transformers
and

Thundercats&nbsp;
Source(s):
http://www.youtube.com

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