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Cartoons have always been very close to every child. I seldom find any child who does not likes cartoon. I liked cartoons too. They played a very important role in my life. Important as in they gave me subject to talk about, subject to boast about, feel proud of. Yes, I was proud of cartoon heroes. The way they fought against crimes, saved children, stop the bank-loots, saved little creatures, helped oldies. I just loved them for what they were.

Probably the kind-hearted person I’m today is somehow related to these cartoon characters only. They inspired me to be good to everybody. No-matter who they are. What they do. What they don’t do. I am just more than ready to help them.

It’s not like that I saw cartoons only for developing the moral values. They were fun. Tom & Jerry - my favorite cartoon, kept me glued to television. It used to come on Cartoon network on Sundays. I was so stubborn when it came down to watching Tom trying to catch Jerry that even if I had a exam starting from Monday I used to have my breakfast planned in such a way that I could watch the favorite heart-pumping show.

I was happy watching Richie–Rich fight with gangster sort of people while I got ready simultaneously for School at 10 a.m.’s, almost everyday, till my class time shifted from 11:30 a.m. to morning 8:30 a.m.

The Powerzone: I became enthusiastic whenever I saw Swat–Cats save their city. Their great piloting skills made me just say “Wow!” Fantastic four was also something of my liking. And then there was Captain Planet who along with his friends saved our Earth. *A Special Thanks to them*.

All-time favorite: My all-time favorite was our hero Baloo and kid from the great series Talespin. I still remember the tune of the title song. Uncle Scrooge – the miser person who swam in his coins, who had three nephews named Huie, Duie and Luie(The names might be wrong. This is how I perceived the names like). Alladin and his monkey Ali along with the genie and his magic carpet was too good at that time.

Superheroes: These were the most fascinating of them all. Not just because they saved humanity but also because they had great well-toned bodies to admire. I loved Superman. His concept of flying was something I liked very much and very often I used to imitate his flying posture just in hope that some time it would actually work and lift me in air. I also used to tie towels and chunni of didi around my neck to have a robe just like his. Batman was great because he was closest to reality, with his super-duper-extra-fodu car. Spiderman was my personal favorite because he was able to climb up walls. Was able to get his web out of his hands. It was just too-good.

But somehow I was not moved by the concept of almost all the superheroes wearing their underpants over their skin-tight outfits. I mean what for do you require undies to be worn over pants? Or was it their special tantra to get the powers they had.

Degradation: It makes my heart ache when I see the younger generation of India just sink into the hands and idiotic activities of some bad-looking creature from Pokemon. I mean how could you stand someone who looks uglier than a pig. I just think sometimes where the class and the quality of the cartoons gone? They were so great at our times and have degraded so much now. Such a pity!!!