Came across a tounge-in-cheek message board post by my brother awhile ago in a thread speculating about cartoon characters political views. Since I agree with every single one of these observations, I'll quote:



''Optimus Prime: Right-winger, mostly libertarian but with some conservative values. War is the solution! Voted for Reagan and cried at his funeral.

The Smurfs: Communists. Duh...

Inspector Gadget: Conservative. Holds zero sympathy for law breakers.

The entire Scooby gang other than Scrappy: Left-wingers. Velma is a militant feminist and Marxist, Fred and Daphne are actually just yuppies who call themselves "hippies" because they think its trendy, and Shaggy and Scooby are just in it for the weed.

Scrappy Doo: Extremely right-wing, which of course just makes the rest of the gang even more annoyed with him. Is a fan of Nixon and wants to turn Iran into a parking lot.

Every character on South Park: Closet-conservatives. They call themselves libertarians, but in the end, they do want to keep marriage a thing between a man and a woman.

Every character on The Simpsons: Left-leaning liberals; they just dont always realize that they are (except Lisa, of course). But living in a universe where right-wing politics are objectively the source of all evil, they all do have a little left-winger embedded somewhere in their hearts, however hard he may be to find sometimes.

Blossom is a staunch republican, Bubbles believes in whatever Blossom tells her to believe, and while Buttercup is kinda drawn towards the the punk subculture and its counter values (although mostly on a very superficial level), in the end she is willing to do whatever uncle Sam needs her to in order to serve her country. She is also a strong supporter of capital punishment.''




Some of my own thoughts on the subject:




Garfield – Cynically apolitical, so intelligent he consider himself to stand above human politics entirely. Can’t even stand watching debate shows. He has said things like ‘’freedom is overrated’’ but probably more as an insightful observation rather than some political direction he would care to work for.

Biker Mice from Mars – Has got anit-authorian, left-libertarian leanings but are most of all HTB activists.

Yakko, Wakko and Dot – Dislike hippies/greens/political correctness and the far left in general, but nevertheless raise funds for center-left democratic candidates and are deeply moved by Obamas speeches.

The Brain – Probably just a fascist seeing how he hasn’t expressed any racist views yet.

The Pinky – Thinks supporting whoever conservatives call pinkos is really cute.

Mufasa and Simba – Spencerist monarchists. Constantly justify their oppression and position of power with ''it's natural'', completely ignoring the naturalistic fallacy.

Scar – Marxist-Leninist-Maoist-Scarism, his own cult of personality twist on Marxism which lifts up hyenas as a revolutionary force.

Timon and Pumbaa – Greens trying to liberate the minds by not working. Simba is embarrassed about the days he supported their views.

My Little Ponies – All live in a very secluded conservative cult.