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    Best Animated Characters

    The Best Big Screen Toon Characters

      We found everything from flying fairies, flatulent warthogs and femme fatales in our quest to come up with our 25 favorite animated characters. We chose the toon characters -- in movies that run the gamut from 'Aladdin' to 'Up' -- that entertain us, make us laugh ... or scare us a little bit.

      Click through our countdown of the 25 most entertaining characters; they take the top spots in our hearts ... and more importantly, our DVD collections. -- By Ed Tahaney

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      25. Jessica Rabbit ('Who Framed Roger Rabbit' 1988)
      "I'm not bad. I'm just drawn that way," explains the mammiferous redhead. True that. Jessica's accused of playing pattycake behind the back of her honey bunny, Roger, in this whodunit, a mix of animation and live action that won three Oscars. Kathleen Turner provided the sultry voice while Amy Irving did the singing. The bombshell's look was inspired by Tex Avery's Little Red Riding Hood as well as classic Hollywood stars like Lauren Bacall, Rita Hayworth, Veronica Lake and Lana Turner. Va va voom, indeed.

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      24. Chesire Cat ('Alice in Wonderland' 1951)
      The mysterious stripped blue cat with a smile like a crescent moon befriends poor Alice in this Lewis Carroll classic. This grinning and floating feline prankster can disappear and reappear at will and gives our heroine cryptic directions that usually help her get into more trouble. Character actor Sterling Holloway -- also known for his work on 'Winnie the Pooh' -- lent his falsetto voice for the trickster.

      Disney

      23. Carl Fredricksen 'Up' (2009)
      The lovable and cantankerous 78-year-old Carl Fredrickson is an instant classic. Actor Ed Asner is the older voice of Carl, the grumpy old man who's a combination of Asner's 'Lou Grant' TV persona with a dash of Walter Matthau's role in 'The Bad News Bears.' Fredrickson's dreams of a South American adventure in his fly-away house really picks 'Up' up and away in this fun fable.

      Walt Disney

      22. Lumiere ('Beauty and the Beast' 1991)
      Despite being turned into a candlestick, the Beast's chef is a swell guy and hopeless romantic. Voiced by Jerry Orbach (best known as Det. Lennie Briscoe on 'Law & Order'), Lumiere's in love with Babette, the Feather Duster, and gives the Beast advice on how to impress the lovely Belle. Orbach based his performance on French actor/singer Maurice Chevalier. 'Beauty' was the first animated movie nominated for a Best Picture Oscar, but it lost out to 'The Silence of the Lambs.' C'est la vie.

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      21. Mike Wazowski ('Monsters, Inc.' 2001)
      Billy Crystal regretted turning down the role of Buzz Lightyear in 'Toy Story' and thankfully agreed to play Mike Wazowki, a four-fingered, three-toed green Cyclops living in Monstropolis, where children's screams are converted into power. Mike and his big hairy palooka pal and roomie, Sulley, have their hands full when a cute little human named Boo enters the picture. Who knew that monsters were afraid of kids?

      Disney/Pixar Pictures

      20. Scrat ('Ice Age' films, 2002, 2006, 2009)
      Scrat is an acorn-obsessed prehistoric squirrel/rat who's always in search of the elusive nut -- like a ship that sails on the horizon. The nutty character was originally just supposed to appear in the film's opening sequence, but he tested so well that director and voice Chris Wedge added more scenes. According to 'Ice Age' lore, the silent and silly character and his acorn are responsible for the continents we have today.

      20th Century Fox

      19. Timon & Pumba ('Lion King' 1994)
      A wise-cracking meerkat, Timon, and a flatulent warthog, Pumbaa -- can't you just feel the love? Nathan Lane and Ernie Sabella, who voiced the dysfunctional duo, were originally supposed to play hyenas Banzai and Shenzi (voiced in the movie by Whoopi Goldberg and Cheech Marin). The oddball outcasts befriend Simba, an exiled lion cub, and teach him Hakuna Matata, and then later help him regain his throne as king of the jungle.

      Everett Collection

      18. Remy ('Ratatouille' 2007)
      "If you are what you eat, then I only want to eat the good stuff," says Remy the rat, star of 'Ratatouille.' Certainly words to live by. Comedian Patton Oswalt lent his voice for the little blue gourmand with a highly developed sense of taste and smell who dreams of becoming a five-star French chef. The pink-nosed vermin charms and serves up the best meals -- and laughs -- in all of Paris. So tasty and delicious, the movie won a Best Animated Feature Film Oscar.

      Disney

      17. Jiminy Cricket ('Pinocchio' 2007)
      Be careful when you wish upon a star -- the singing bug voiced by Vaudeville veteran and famed ukulele player Cliff Edwards became Pinocchio's conscience, counselor in moments of temptation and guide along the straight and narrow path, after a wave of a Blue Fairy's wand. This storybook fable flopped when it was first released but eventually won over generations of fans. The vagabond bug was never far from his buddy and just a whistle away -- well, most of the time. Toodle-oo!

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