| CGI-Quality said: EVERYBODY I talk to knows Bugs Bunny. Old, fat, skinny, pretty, ugly, young, kid, teen, adult. No matter. They all do. Sure, I can name on one hand the few folks that don't know Mario, but Bugs is definitely a bigger name. Now for their respective companies, Mario has always represented Nintendo almost exclusively, while Warner Bros is represented by hosts of other Mascots. For the record, and though anecdotal, I grew up in the era Mario was born, and still saw more of and acknowledged Bugs Bunny before him. I also didn't say Bugs was bigger than Mickey Mouse, I said he was second. And Mickey Mouse is still very much bigger than Mario.
As far as I'm concerned, for children and the world alike, it doesn't get much more iconic than this. |
Sorry, you're flat out wrong in regards to Bugs > Mario.
If you took that pic and a pic of Mario to areas in the Middle East, India, Africa, etc... you'll find a very high % know Mickey and Mario... but very few would recognize Bugs. Hell, my kids definitely knew who he was last. Looney Tunes went out of popularity for quite a while and a lot of kids did not grow up watching them. I had to explain Bugs (my personal favorite) and other LT characters to them when they were around 7 and 6 and we were watching Roger Rabbit (where that pic is from) for the first time. Even then Looney Tunes didn't start to come back until a few years ago.
However, they all knew who Mario and Mickey were from the time they could recognize any characters.
I will cede that there is a definite argument for Mickey being more iconic that Mario... but I'm still betting on Mario > Mickey. I know I've read multiple articles that had world-wide questionnaires on the topic. Hell, in the end it may be a statistical tie.
