If you ask me what my favorite childhood show is I would
quickly tell you Boy Meets World because, well… duh. It’s a remarkable show
with awesome badass female characters
(Topanga, Angela, Rachel, Morgan- all girls I would love to be friends with).
However, I started thinking- what did I watch before that? Well, after some
deliberation, I’ve come up with the following badass female cartoon characters
to discuss:
Kim Possible- crime fighting cheerleader.
Kim is a cool character because she took part in normal high
school girl activities, such as cheerleading, shopping, dating, etc. but she still
found time to fight crime. Even better, she was always saving her side kick
Ron. This show seemed to have a role reversal of Kim being the knight in shining
armor, while Ron was the damsel in distress.
Overall good show from what I remember, however I do have to
complain about the fact that Kim and Ron ended up dating… does everything have
to end with a love story? Blah.
Uh… everyone in the Rugrats??
-Angelica’s mom always encouraging her to be a strong
independent woman. Although I think everyone had a least a little bit of
negative feelings toward Angelica, we all know that girl could get what she
wanted, and she was not afraid to say what she felt. She herself was a
successful business woman, a CEO I believe. And well there was that one time
she said this…
-Also, Phil and Lil’s mom obviously makes me smile because
she rocks a sweater with a Venus symbol.
-Tommy’s mom was the breadwinner of her household, teaching
children that dad doesn’t always have to be the successful one bringing home
the money.
Obviously there were some negatives to this show too, but I
supposed there’s always some bad that comes along with the good.
Lastly, although I didn’t watch this show as a young child, I do watch it now and I wouldn’t feel right leaving out Lisa Simpson. She is awesome, and I would love to explain all the reasons why, but this article explains her better than I ever could.
Due to lack of toddlers/young children in my life, I haven’t watched any of
the newer cartoons, but I am sure there are some way better examples out there
now. I think for the 90’s though, these were some pretty progressive
characters.