ADHD cartoon characters?

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Eric Cartman and Tweek from Southpark

Emperor Kuzco.

His inattentiveness.
His restlessness and impulsivity.
Starting new projects without thinking through the consequences.
Blurting things out without thinking things through.
Easily bored, especially by his teachers: "Mr Boring McBorington of Boreville, Borogon..."
Doesn't respect authority: he is the Class Clown.

Organisational/executive dysfunction issues he: hands in homework late or doesn't do it at all. He has difficulty prioritising tasks and often wastes time. He has to have an army of people (servants or his adoptive peasant family) to do things for him. Malina is his executive secretary. People have to clean up after him: he doesn't often do chores.

Distracted by monkeys.
Social skills/peer group/relationship issues.
Doodling.
Dancing.
Creative musical improvisation.
Entrepreneurial Skills.
Tall stories and a wild imagination.
Frequently involved in or injured in physical accidents.

Yzma quick changing into Principal Amzy to potion him at school.



Sensory Hypersensitivity/Integration Issues?

Tactile defensive: "No touchie!"
He doesn't like the textures or tastes of peasant food: cauliflower and "mystery stew".
His eyes zoom in on disgusting or distracting details in the scene.
Visual processing issues?

Futurama: Roberto (Although he could just be psychotic and schizophrenic)

Spongebob Squarepants: Spongebob, Patrick

Fairly Odd Parents: Cosmo, Timmy's Dad

Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends: Cheese

South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut: Saddam Hussein

Launchpad McQuack.

Fred from the "Time Warp Trio".

Sonic the Hedgehog.

Bonkers the Bobcat

Taz

Lots of cartoons seem to celebrate ADHD traits.
The vaudeville style pratfalls, the restless creativity, the inattentive daydreaming and the impulsive heroism. This can save the day or make the hero look silly or both.

The hero of these shows is usually a male comedian, an outrageous, larger than life caricature. The hero usually has to consume a lot of food to maintain high energy levels.

I read articles about TV cartoons supposedly causing ADHD.
I think this is backwards: ADHD traits caused cartoons.

Cartoons are created by restless creative people and comedians.
Anything can happen in a cartoon.

It probably takes a certain kind of divergent thinking and irratic mind to write a cartoon.
Finding novel connections between apparently unrelated ideas is what comedy is based on.

Excel fron Excel Saga.

Enough said.

The Li'l Dodo. That is all.

Kronk

Probably more of an attention difference than a "deficit disorder".

Unlike Kuzco, Kronk seems to be able to channel his excess energies into productive, practical activities that help the community and move the story forward.

He cares for children at camp as a leader of the Junior Chipmunks.
He does useful outdoor activities and keeps physically fit.
He also helps Yzma with operating the equipment for her schemes.
He is a test "guinea-pig" for Yzma's potions.

He often has difficulty following Yzma's verbal instructions and can forget to do things.
He means well and doesn't ignore people on purpose.

He has creative talents: cooking and sketching.

He is also an avid birdwatcher and animal lover.
He is environmentally aware.

He is a child at heart: he collects Pajama Llama comic books as a hobby and talks to his teddy bear.

He is excitable and loves kiddies fairground rides.
If he does have a "developmental disability", he seems to be able to use it to help and identify with the youth in the community.

Kuzco, on the other hand, uses his childish excitement to cause maximum disruption and hurt other people's feelings. Kuzco's behaviour seems erratic, Kronk's is more goal driven and directed. Kronk is keen on self-improvement.

Well an obvious choice feels like Tomo from Azumanga Daioh, she is very hyperactive, Impulsive and a love of getting attention. I could list things but they really are most of the things she does, she once through keys into a few trees causing them to look for them for no reason other then it would be fun.

Actually there is a funny picture that kind of compares her to another character in the show who is textbook ADD.

Bucky the Squirrel: an ADHD totem?

There are many T-Shirts bearing the slogan:
"And they say I have ADHD...oh look...a squirrel."

I think that Bucky the Squirrel represents excitable, playful and creative hyperactivity traits.

It's interesting to note that Kronk maintains a close friendship with Bucky. He lets the squirrel sit on his shoulder and talks to him in "squirrelsqueak".

Kuzco, however, views often Bucky as an annoyance and his enemy. Kuzco quickly loses patience with Bucky and struggles to speak his language. Kuzco often throws Bucky's acorns back at him. This leads to lots of disasters including the Nut Festival being ruined by a flood. Bucky tries to get revenge on Kuzco's rudeness by pummeling him with acorns. Kuzco is often hurt by Bucky.

It seems that Kronk has made peace and is willing to work with his hyperactive personality traits (symbolised by Bucky). He makes peace by getting out into nature, engaging in physical exercise and talking to his animal friends.

Kuzco, on the other hand, has an uneasy relationship with Bucky: he has great difficulty accepting and working with his own hyperactive traits.

Kuzco is often distracted by Bucky: he doesn't use Bucky to achieve a goal or help the community in the way that Kronk does.


Also, Kuzco's pet chinchilla "Fuzzyco" I think symbolises excitability and creativity.

I've noticed that lots of small furry mammals are used to symbolise excitability and playfulness in cartoons. There's the Chipmunks and Remy the Rat.

Clearly, these traits can be used for positive ends if harnessed properly.
I suppose it depends on the individual.

Seeing all of these cute, cuddly critters in cartoon mythology makes me wonder about the words "deficit" and "disorder". Yes, these little animals can bite and throw nuts at you, but they can also offer companionship and welcome comic relief.

Peter Pan

Wendy is his "executive secretary".
Her role is being a "mother" to him.

I'm quite sure that Esteban (from the 1980's anime 'The Mysterious Cities of Gold') has ADHD, abet somewhat mildly.

He's also very, VERY naive, so I think he may have a touch of AS (could happen)

Tao, definitely has AS though...

Goodbye till next time

P.S. Sonic has ADHD too!! !!

Aang from Avatar the Last Airbender certainly has some ADHD moments. The obvious is Bart from the Simpsons, GIR from in Invader Zim if he counts, he is a robot afterall so maybe it's just malfunction. Flash from Justice league and Ben from Ben10.....possibly half the population of South Park....