top 5 cartoon female style icons

My first blog post in almost a month.  Forget important topics like The Golden Globes, a youtube video of a cat peforming a move from Thriller or even a contemplative review of some film starring Owen Wilson.  No. Here, I choose to ponder the outfits of fictional characters...No Disney involved..

It's completely normal to drool over clothes created by animators, right?  That's what I thought.  Here is my top 5 countdown of the most stylish pixelated ladies ever. 

5) April O'Neil from Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles.

She may have got kidnapped a lot by Shredder but she gets points for bravely rocking a bright, yellow jumpsuit.  Completing the look with matching white boots, a belt to cinch in her pixelated waist and a wrist watch, this lady has accessories down to a splint(er).  It had to be done.

4) Annabelle from All Dogs Go to Heaven


This is one pooch that is unafraid to go overboard with the feminine details.  Although at a disadvantage because there is no outfit to speak of-  she makes up for it with the fur-jazzle co-ordinated with her purple eyeshadow.  Effortlessly accessorised  with a large pink bow that Sarah Jessica Parker could only dream of and pretend to touch- type about to the cutesy heart shaped necklace.  It takes a brave lady dawg to wear a pony-tail that high but by golly she manages to pull it off.




3) Mona the Vampire

Channeling her inner goth with the luxurious cape and collar and sticky-out plaits.  Mona isn't afraid to stand out from the crowd.  She gets extra points for the super eyelashes. Take note: top AND bottom.  She adds a sense of fun and frivolity to this eclectic look with bows and fangs.  Mona-  we salute you.


2) Thumbelina from... Thumbelina

Before Kate Hudson and Nicole Ritchie deigned to plait their hair and don a maxi skirt there was the original hippy child, Thumbelina.  During most of the film she wears a folksy skirt teamed with a baby blue belt and gypsy style top.  She manages the effortlessly boho look with a messy updo complete with flowers (daisies perhaps?) in the hair.  What a statement. And way to attract the fairy prince. Aah Cornelius..

However she makes a transformation when kidnapped by the Beetle and performs for his guests.  A mix between Lady Gaga and Queen Amidala from Star Wars, this outfit is amazing. Bonus points.







And at number one.. possibly the chicest mouse ever.. is... Miss Bianca from The Rescuers. 


Definitely a worthy winner and not only because there are definite hints of Audrey Hepburn.  Her outfits throughout the film demand respect and admiration. She manages to maintain her ladylike charm at all times and keep her faux fur beret on when taking a turbulant flight on the back of a seagull.  That takes skill.  Complete with the evocative and spontaneous  sprays of perfume (it has to be Chanel no.5).  Miss Bianca is my #1 cartoon style icon.

No one can make an entrance like Miss Bianca.. Tada

 

man up and get a cat today

Battlecat says ... 'Man up foo'!!!'

"A recent survey conducted by The Cats Protection League and the Mental Health Foundation found that 87% of people who owned a cat said it had a positive impact on their lives whilst 76% said they could cope much better with their everyday lives thanks to their feline friends."

There.  Proof that everyone should own a cat and by logical connection proves that they are superior to all other type of pet.  Whether it be dog, gerbil, hamster, guinea pig, badger,  rabbit, Ian Hislop's shiny head, parrot, cockatiel, goldfish, the beard of David Baddiel,  iguana, shark, liger, , guinea fowl, giraffe or polar bear.  This is fact and you can't argue with it. 

Those that plead an allergy should man up and take a Piriton. 

Seriously though since getting a kitten.  Nothing beats the way she clumsily falls off of a coffee table and then immediately shoots us a disgruntled look as we laugh at her.  Any other kitty lovers out there?