Why do cartoon characters always wear the same outfit??

Question

Why do cartoon characters always wear the same outfits? For example, characters on shows like Family Guy and The Simpsons consistently appear in the same clothing. What is the reason behind this common practice in animation?

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

I especially loved it when they would show a closet (like in one particular Flintstone episode or in one particular Charlie Brown cartoon)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;.&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;..every single outfit in the closet was the same!!!!!

Anonymous · Answer

It’s much easier for the illustrators.But in some cartoons, they don’t always wear the same outfits.“The Weekenders” is the only one I can think of…

Anonymous · Answer

Actually the cartoon series ‘Totally Spies’ ; the characters have different clothes each episode, the only clothes that stay the same are their spy uniforms. But every episode, counting movies, they wear something different. All of them do.

Anonymous · Answer

because if they always had different clothes you might not know who the character is… eg. if rodd flanders and todd flanders from the simpson always changed clothes then you probly will get confused.and the people drawing it will hav to work extra hard.=]

Aylin Zboncak · Answer

1) it’s an icon they use, so they could make action figures of it2) the artist have to draw many frames to make the cartoon, they can’t make them change outfits every ‘day’

Anonymous · Answer

Saves money on laundry service.

Augustine Haley · Answer

it makes the animation process soooo much easier

Anonymous · Answer

they have that styleactually they don’t have moneythey have to get them laundrybut they cant
if they have one out fit they can wash it by themselves

Mozelle Hand · Answer

I know, right? They should  get a new wardrobe for every new season.

Ewald Lindgren · Answer

maybe because there to lazy to do the laundry.=D

Anonymous

Why do cartoon characters always wear the same outfit??

10 Answers

AI-Powered Insights

Want to answer this question?

Categories

Tags

Related Questions