lucky swirl's archive of...

cartoon beatnik girls

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wave 1 (1960s) contemporary social satire
olive oyl (popeye the sailor, 1960) betty cooper (betty and veronica #68, 1961) natasha fatale (rocky and bullwinkle, c. 1962) scooba-doo (mattel, 1964)

wave 2 (1980s-2000s) revival as stock cartoon archetype
chicky baby (pee-wee's playhouse, 1986) judy funnie (doug, 1991) unnamed (iddy biddy beat boy, 1993) jane jetson (cartoon network bumper, 1995) bev bighead (rocko's modern life, 1995) betty anne bongo (the off-beats, 1996) agnes flanders (the simpsons, 1996) daria & jane (daria, 1997) claire the cat (sesame street, c. 1998?) beret girl (an extremely goofy movie, 2000) unnamed (beatless nick, 2007) beatgirl (wikipedia, pepe robles, 2007)

wave 3 (2010s-2020s) nostalgia for wave 2 aesthetics
unnamed (dicksaysyes ad, 2010) beatnik girl (regular show, 2012) unnamed rainicorn (adventure time, 2016) onyx (my little pony: a new generation, 2021) onyx (my little pony: tell your tale, 2022) onyx (my little pony: make your mark, 2022) unnamed rhinoceros (let's go luna, 2022) unnamed giraffe (let's go luna, 2022)

plz contact lucky if u know of any cartoon beatnik girls not represented here