It’s always incredible to see how animation has developed along with technology, as cartoon characters over the years change so much it’s almost impossible to recognize and compare today’s version with the original one.

Archie

He wasn’t the coolest looking dude to begin with:

But it looks like girls prefer the newer him:

Arthur

Something of a sheepish anteater to begin with, turned into a confident nerd:

Bugs Bunny

Charlie Brown

Not a lot has changed from the 1950s when it comes to Charlie Brown:

 

But it’s hard not to notice even the slightest change:

Cinderella

Just your regular Princess:

And this is the Disney Princess:

Garfield

There’s the really grumpy, melted version:

And a slightly happier interpretation

:

 

Mickey Mouse

Here he is on the steamboat:

And the cocky mouse just standing around

:

 

Peter Pan

And here he is in color:

Pinocciho

Tall and scary to start with:

But refined over the years with the Disney touch:

Shrek

An overgrown cactus riding a horse:

And Shrek with a less ride-able donkey:

South Park

A blurry, terrible version in 1992:

And the modern one we all know and love (most of us at least) today:

Snoopy

He needed four legs at one point:

But became a bit more human, walking on just two, later on:

The Iron Giant

This is the 1968 version:

And this is the big chunk of metal 31 years later:

The Simpsons

Here they are at inception in 1987:

But over the years they’ve been smoothed out, looking like this:

 

Yogi Bear

Here he is in the flat version:

And here is his fuller version:

And here is the same effect with Alvin & The Chipmunks

And here is the same effect with Papa Smurf

And Scooby…

 

Hat tip: Dan Meth

For more cartoon characters undergoing changes, here are some of them without their mustaches, and for those with interest in a more in depth look, here are their skeletons.