The Surprising Reason Cartoon Characters Never Change

We Have The Answer To Your Most Asked Cartoon Question!

Ever stop to wonder why cartoons never change? Like, it never moves on a linear timeline. It’s almost as if they’re stuck in time, even if the show airs in real time for decades; episodes tend to always finish the same way they started. There’s never much evolution or change. Like, characters rarely age or even change their clothes.

In this video, we’ll dig into the reasons behind this. More often than not, it’s just cheaper to keep things stagnant, especially in the expensive world of animation. Having a character switch up outfits or actually start showing signs of aging would be nearly impossible to do. That’s why so many of your favorite shows, like The Simpsons, Rick & Morty, and South Park all tend to stay exactly the same safe for a few minor tweaks. Even those slight changes are usually done for strategic reasons, as we’ll explain in this video!

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[stevester]

I'm not saying I didn't like this video, I'm just saying we kinda knew all this stuff before clicking on it.

[XenoflareBahamut]

Cartoons never age?

Looks at Adventure Time.

[TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

Could it be because they're cartoon characters? *_Gasp_*

[jasoncarter]

I can't believe it took 10min to answer this question.
Wow

[bzjmnny]

I wish this mentioned some of the exceptions like “As Told By Ginger”

[BabysitterSky]

10 minute video summed up:


THEY'RE NOT REAL

[sendmorerum]

"Cartoon characters never change"
* laughs in anime *

[arolfisaiahmora]

YouTube: How many ads you want



Screen Rant: YES

[bluecorp]

“Cartoon characters don’t change”
*Steven Universe Future intensifies*

[SemkOld]

Excuse me, Maggie just refuses to speak.

[devmanboy]

I remember Kim Possible having different sets of clothes but they repeated some of the about half the show

[SamLanena]

Without Ryans pitch meetings, you really have nothing to offer.

[bulkhead]

code lyoko 4 seasons 4 grades 2 wardrobe change

[NikMoody]

There was Simpson's episode where bart had a birthday and turned 11

[notenote]

I didn't know there were so many ways of saying, "Cartoons don't age." until I watched 4 minutes of preamble just saying every possible version of that sentence.

[ryanp]

And then there’s shows like adventure time and how Finn aged from 12-17 throughout the series along with his voice actors voice change

[williamphillips]

Because they are cartoons, there saved you 10 minutes

[proxidize]

Man, these thumbnails are getting even more creative for this channel by the day

[SlapstickGenius]

Most cartoon characters never do that in the expensive world of animation. Goku from dragon ball and Steven from Steven universe are good examples of anime and cartoon characters blossoming and growing up.

[batgurrl]

We really don’t want them to age.
When Pebbles and Bam Bam grew up nobody really liked it
Happy New Year all