What San Francisco Neighborhoods Would Cartoons Live In?

12May10

Imagine this scenario: Cartoon characters exist in the real life, just like in Cool World and Who Framed Roger Rabbit. It’s Thursday night at the Holy Cow/Friday night at Delirium/Saturday night at The Matrix/Monday night at 540 Club/wherever you go to catch STDs on any given night. You run into Scooby Doo, Yogi Bear, Harvey Birdman, Daria, and the Smurfs and have a blast getting hammered and making bad decisions. You end up going home with a cartoon character. If you woke up in one of these neighborhoods, whose bed would you be in?

SoMa

Underdog, The Tick, Harvey Birdman: Attorney At Law, Batman. Photo: Troy Holden of CaliberSF.com

Check out the rest after the jump!

North Beach

Mario & Luigi. Photo: Troy Holden

The Haight

Scooby Doo & Shaggy, Beavis & Butthead. Photo: Troy Holden

The Mission

Trent Lane, Jane Lane, Daria Morendorffer, Quinn Morgendorffer, Captain Planet, Bender. Photo: Troy Holden

The Fillmore

Bucky, Fat Albert, Bill, Weird Harold, Russell, Mushmouth. Photo: Troy Holden

The Marina

Fred Jones, Daphne Blake, Johnny Bravo. Photo: Chris Saulit

Golden Gate Park

Bugs Bunny, Yogi Bear & Boo Boo, Winnie the Pooh. Photo: Troy Holden

The Castro

G.I. Joe, Peter Pan, The Smurfs. Photo: pbo31

The Tenderloin

Ren & Stimpy, Michaelangelo, Leonardo, Donatello, Raphael, Stimpy. Photo: Troy Holden

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Does anyone have any other cartoon character + neighborhood ideas? Leave a comment or hit me up on Twitter @genejo

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Filed under: Feature, Photo | 29 Comments
Tags: cartoon characters, cartoons, Golden Gate Park, north beach, san francisco cartoons, SOMA, the castro, The Fillmore, the haight, the marina, The Mission, the tenderloin

29 Responses to “What San Francisco Neighborhoods Would Cartoons Live In?”

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1 The IRS on May 12, 2010 said:

Haha, as I was looking through the pics, I thought it was a great idea, but damn, this fool could have spent a few more min to do the job right!
2 Gene on May 12, 2010 said:

Haha I know. I went from idea to finished product in minutes. Not too shabby!
3 amber on May 12, 2010 said:

This is such a clever idea and very well executed. Awesome!
4 murphstahoe on May 12, 2010 said:

What, no “Family Guy” in Noe Valley?
5 Gene on May 12, 2010 said:

murphstahoe: LOL! Great idea, I should throw in Bobby Generic from Bobby’s World in there, too. Great Noe Valley blog, btw 🙂
6 a on May 12, 2010 said:

bert and ernie in the castro!!!
7 The IRS on May 12, 2010 said:

also stewie and smithers in the castro.
8 ratdoginastroller on May 12, 2010 said:

no, no family guy. sorry.wrong hood for that.
9 Gene on May 12, 2010 said:

ratdoginastroller: Hm, since the Griffins are from the North East, they would be relegated to the Marina, based on this guy’s observation that North East SF = North East US

http://icetubesblog.com/2010/04/29/is-north-east-san-francisco-the-northeast-of-san-francisco/

Funny post, and generally on point, but I don’t see the Griffins in the Marina.
10 indiequick on May 13, 2010 said:

a little confused about the Fillmore as a white-middle-class male. you missed all the anime characters. they’ve overgrown japantown.
11 angela on May 13, 2010 said:

i’m also confused by the fillmore…

smither’s would have been perfect in the castro.

another good one for the mission would be dora the explorer.

other than that, these are great. minus dude’s shitty photo-cropping job. seriously!!
12 Mike on May 13, 2010 said:

LOL! I’d be hangin’ with the Birdman in SoMA!
13 Gene on May 13, 2010 said:

indiequick & angela: The Fillmore is considered the historical center of African-American culture in San Francisco. It’s an inner-city neighborhood populated by primarily lower income African American families, much like Fat Albert and the gang, who grew up in inner city Philly. The kids were also all musicians, which ties in directly with the Fillmore’s rich jazz history.

I like the anime and dora the explorer ideas! And yes, I know I suck at photoshop! lol
14 dmadey on May 13, 2010 said:

I respect your photoshop skills, Gene.
15 Eirikur on May 13, 2010 said:

Yogi Bear & Boo Boo really should be in the Castro. The rest I fully agree with. Great job.
16 phlavor on May 13, 2010 said:

These are great! I laughed at every single one. You should expand and refine this. Put the Family Circus kids in Noe Valley.
17 AC on May 13, 2010 said:

Velma from Scooby-Doo, Catwoman, Josie and the Pussycats, Michiru and Haruka from Sailor Moon, and Peppermint Patty — they all in Bernal 🙂

Oh, and you forgot Life in Hell’s Akbar & Jeff in the Castro.
18 davitydave on May 13, 2010 said:

I think Velma & Peppermint Patty belong in Noe Valley.
19 JennyG on May 13, 2010 said:

LOVE IT!
20 Greyhoundgrrl on May 13, 2010 said:

Velma and Peppermint Patty belong in Bernal Heights.
21 JuJuRichmond on May 13, 2010 said:

Sunset: King of the Hill cast (or at least Dale Gribble). And the Lucky Charms leprechaun.

Marina: Richie Rich.

Noe Valley: Rugrats.

Lower Haight: Ren and Stimpy.

Richmond: Inspector Gadget seems appropriate. Space Ghost. And Hello Kitty, of course…
22 Harry on May 14, 2010 said:

I think Richie Rich would be in Pacific Heights.
23 margaritavalentina on May 14, 2010 said:

I think Quinn would be in the Marina.
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