Swiss "Mickey Mouse" turns 75 - SWI swissinfo.ch Swiss "Mickey Mouse" turns 75 more... Jul 23, 2007 - 15:29 Globi, the blue parrot with the big heart, is one of Switzerland's most famous cartoon characters. This year he celebrates his 75th birthday. The Swiss creation has moved with the times, becoming more politically correct and environmentally aware, but he has yet to fly across the country's borders. Globi – with his blue feathers, yellow beak, distinctive red and black checked trousers and jauntily placed beret – shows no signs of slowing down, despite his advanced years. The star of 75 books still accounts for annual sales of around 80,000 classic cartoon volumes and 40,000 educational books. "Globi is almost as old as Mickey Mouse. Every child grows up with Globi because the grandparents or parents did," Gisela Klinkenberg, head of the Globi publishing house, told swissinfo.

"If they have children of their own, Globi comes out again, so it goes from generation to generation – and it's been doing that since 1932." According to the very first Globi comic strip – in black and white and showing a somewhat rounder parrot minus the hat – Globi ended up in Switzerland by accident. After hatching in the Sahara, he takes to the skies and spying a party he dives downwards – only to fall on his beak in the middle of rural Switzerland. The rest, as they say, is history... Appeal to children The reality is more mundane. Globi was created by Globus, a Swiss chain of department stores, for its 25th anniversary in 1932. The aim was to appeal to children – and it worked. At first a human-sized Globi would appear at events and he had a comic strip in the Globus magazine. Then due to popular demand the first book appeared in 1935. This led nine years later to the creation of the Globi publishing house. The millionth book was sold in 1948.

Globi's adventures, in German, although nine have also been translated into French, have seen the psittacine star travel the world, go into space and appear on the silver screen. But he has not forgotten his adopted home: he has also met Swiss folk hero William Tell, worked as a farmer and done his military service. Globi's appearance may have moved with the times – he is now taller and slimmer – but his character has remained the same, "He was always very helpful and curious and interested in a lot of things and he still is," said Klinkenberg. Ruffled feathers But Globi has not always been flying so high. In the 1970s some of the books came under fire for showing racist stereotypes – such as the black Africans in the first book, "Globi's journey around the world". He was accused of being sexist and violent. All offending editions have since been withdrawn or changed. "Globi had to change in the 1970s," Klinkenberg admitted.

"He didn't have the same adventures or regard people and cultures in the same way as he did in the 1940s and 1950s." These days Globi is more politically correct and has become very interested in environmental issues. In his latest adventure, Globi helps a baby rhinoceros settle back into the wild in Africa. He has also made a foray into educational books, so children can study cooking or German with Globi – and presumably repeat what they learn parrot fashion. Fans can also buy T-shirts, pyjamas and even Globi (non-alcoholic) champagne. Patriotic parrot However, despite all this domestic success the little blue parrot has not managed to spread his wings abroad. Klinkenberg thinks this might be because Globi was born around the Second World War, when the borders were closed. She explained a few attempts were made in the post-war period to crack the United States market, but Globi did not catch on. The small publishing firm, which Globus recently sold to the Orell Füssli publishing house, has therefore decided to focus on the Swiss market.

"We have a lot of ideas for new adventures, also for the series where children can learn things like gardening and first aid," Klinkenberg said. "We think that if this all goes well, then Globi can stay just the way as he is." swissinfo, Isobel Leybold-Johnson 1932: Globi created for Globus's 25th anniversary. 1935: First book "Globi's journey around the world". 1944: Globi publishing house formed. 1946: First book in French. 1948: Millionth book sold. 1970s: Globi criticised for out-dated attitudes. 1997: 65th anniversary. "Globi at the post office" published, a bestseller. Globi stamp issued. 2000: Globi product line expanded. 2007: 75th anniversary. Globi publishing house sold to Orell Füssli. 75th book "Globi among the rhinos" issued.

Creating Globi The task of creating Globi in 1932 fell to the newly appointed head of Globus's publicity, Ignatius Karl Schiele, and illustrator Robert Lips. At first they wanted to name their creation Kimbukku, but there were objections. As Globus was popularly known in Swiss-German as Gloobi, they decided to name the parrot Globi. Globi is now written and illustrated by a team. Links More... Less... Copyright All rights reserved. The content of the website by swissinfo.ch is copyrighted. It is intended for private use only. Any other use of the website content beyond the use stipulated above, particularly the distribution, modification, transmission, storage and copying requires prior written consent of swissinfo.ch. Should you be interested in any such use of the website content, please contact us via contact@swissinfo.ch. As regards the use for private purposes, it is only permitted to use a hyperlink to specific content, and to place it on your own website or a website of third parties. The swissinfo.ch website content may only be embedded in an ad-free environment without any modifications.

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"Globi is almost as old as Mickey Mouse. Every child grows up with Globi because the grandparents or parents did," Gisela Klinkenberg, head of the Globi publishing house, told swissinfo. "If they have children of their own, Globi comes out again, so it goes from generation to generation – and it's been doing that since 1932." According to the very first Globi comic strip – in black and white and showing a somewhat rounder parrot minus the hat – Globi ended up in Switzerland by accident. After hatching in the Sahara, he takes to the skies and spying a party he dives downwards – only to fall on his beak in the middle of rural Switzerland. The rest, as they say, is history... Appeal to children The reality is more mundane. Globi was created by Globus, a Swiss chain of department stores, for its 25th anniversary in 1932. The aim was to appeal to children – and it worked. At first a human-sized Globi would appear at events and he had a comic strip in the Globus magazine. Then due to popular demand the first book appeared in 1935.

This led nine years later to the creation of the Globi publishing house. The millionth book was sold in 1948. Globi's adventures, in German, although nine have also been translated into French, have seen the psittacine star travel the world, go into space and appear on the silver screen. But he has not forgotten his adopted home: he has also met Swiss folk hero William Tell, worked as a farmer and done his military service. Globi's appearance may have moved with the times – he is now taller and slimmer – but his character has remained the same, "He was always very helpful and curious and interested in a lot of things and he still is," said Klinkenberg. Ruffled feathers But Globi has not always been flying so high. In the 1970s some of the books came under fire for showing racist stereotypes – such as the black Africans in the first book, "Globi's journey around the world". He was accused of being sexist and violent. All offending editions have since been withdrawn or changed. "Globi had to change in the 1970s," Klinkenberg admitted.

"He didn't have the same adventures or regard people and cultures in the same way as he did in the 1940s and 1950s." These days Globi is more politically correct and has become very interested in environmental issues. In his latest adventure, Globi helps a baby rhinoceros settle back into the wild in Africa. He has also made a foray into educational books, so children can study cooking or German with Globi – and presumably repeat what they learn parrot fashion. Fans can also buy T-shirts, pyjamas and even Globi (non-alcoholic) champagne. Patriotic parrot However, despite all this domestic success the little blue parrot has not managed to spread his wings abroad. Klinkenberg thinks this might be because Globi was born around the Second World War, when the borders were closed. She explained a few attempts were made in the post-war period to crack the United States market, but Globi did not catch on. The small publishing firm, which Globus recently sold to the Orell Füssli publishing house, has therefore decided to focus on the Swiss market.

"We have a lot of ideas for new adventures, also for the series where children can learn things like gardening and first aid," Klinkenberg said. "We think that if this all goes well, then Globi can stay just the way as he is." swissinfo, Isobel Leybold-Johnson Key facts 1932: Globi created for Globus's 25th anniversary. 1935: First book "Globi's journey around the world". 1944: Globi publishing house formed. 1946: First book in French. 1948: Millionth book sold. 1970s: Globi criticised for out-dated attitudes. 1997: 65th anniversary. "Globi at the post office" published, a bestseller. Globi stamp issued. 2000: Globi product line expanded. 2007: 75th anniversary. Globi publishing house sold to Orell Füssli. 75th book "Globi among the rhinos" issued.

Creating Globi The task of creating Globi in 1932 fell to the newly appointed head of Globus's publicity, Ignatius Karl Schiele, and illustrator Robert Lips. At first they wanted to name their creation Kimbukku, but there were objections. As Globus was popularly known in Swiss-German as Gloobi, they decided to name the parrot Globi. Globi is now written and illustrated by a team. × Kiwi's Angels: Swiss Cartoon Character Globi Swiss Cartoon Character Globi Globi, 1962 Globi is a Swiss cartoon character often referred to as Switzerland's Mickey Mouse. He is pictured as an anthropomorphic blue parrot with a yellow beak wearing a black beret and a pair of red and black checked trousers. He was created by the Swiss cartoonist Robert Lips, as an advertising character for the Swiss department store Globus in 1932 for the company's 25th anniversary. He was originally planned to be called “Kimbukku”, but later renamed Globi after the local Basel German (Baseldytsch) dialect word for the department store that created him.

Link: Robert Lips (1912 - 1975) was the creator of the Swiss comic strip 'Globi', one of the country's longest running comic strips. Initially a sports cartoonist from Zürich, Lips was hired by the Globus department stores to create a character for the celebration of their 25th anniversary in 1932. After appearing on various advertising campaigns, the character got its own magazine, Der Globi, in 1935. Starting as an exclusive animal strip, 'Globi' soon evolved into an antropomorphic character, wearing trousers and a cap. In addition, 'Globi' products were launched, like Globi chocolat, and from 1936, the first Globi Clubs were founded. By the 1950s, there were about 700 clubs with over 9,000 members. Robert Lips drew 'Globi' until his death in 1975. He was succeeded by artists like Werner Büchi and Peter Heinzer.

Globi in Madagaskar: Malb�chlein 3857032553 9783857032554 - Madagascar Library Purchase Date: 26 March 2007 Purchased From: Log In to view this Price Paid: Log In to view this Globi in Madagaskar [Globi in Madagascar: Colouring Booklet] Globi Verlag (c.2004). Stapled Booklet This colouring book contains six scenes of Madagascar, each featuring the popular Swiss cartoon character Globi. Each picture appears in colour on the left-hand page opposite a blank version for children to colour themselves. Malagasy elements of the drawings include brown lemurs, bats, crocodiles, baobabs, a zebu cart, a chameleon, a pitcher plant, an aye-aye, a ring-tailed lemur, elephant birds, and a blue coua. Condition of Item Globi starts going global - SWI swissinfo.ch Globi starts going global more...

Sep 25, 2009 - 20:03 A Swiss icon born in 1932 as an advertising symbol, a creature with a parrot's beak, blue body and red-and-black checked trousers, is spreading his wings. Globi has long been a favourite with children in German-speaking Switzerland. He began as a mascot for the Globus department store, but over the years has spawned numerous spin-offs, the oldest of which are the comic adventure stories that still appear once a year. On every double spread, the left hand page tells a tale in simple verse, while the right hand page consists of six illustrations. Now one of his adventures has been published in English. Globi's Trip Through Switzerland, is a translation of a book that first appeared in German in 1984. The moving force behind the new venture is Corinne Aeberhard, a former journalist, who lived abroad for many years. Her young son took his Globi books with him wherever they went and showed them to his friends. "I was always astonished at how well the figure went down," Aeberhard told swissinfo.ch.

But there was a problem: most of their friends didn't speak German and needed the adventures explained. Being convinced that Globi had an appeal for all children, not just Swiss ones, she approached the Globi publishers who were enthusiastic about the idea of an English version. Translation challenge The book was translated by Eric Mace-Tessler, the head of English at the International School of Berne and his wife, Margaret. The language may be simple, but translating it was not. "English does not lend itself to short-line, rhyming couplets, and this form tends to require considerable inversion of normal word order, which is not really suitable for a children's book," Eric explained. He did an initial translation. His wife would try to simplify it. "When she had difficulty, we'd work together, tossing ideas back and forth," he said. "Sometimes Globi rhymes would invade our sleep, as well." Globi's mysterious appeal The Mace-Tesslers are US citizens who only really got to know Globi when they did the translation.

"We are perhaps a little too old to become fans, not having the childhood memories of him that our Swiss neighbours have to make him endearing to us, but we can well understand what makes him attractive to young people," said Eric. The Mace-Tesslers' experience is similar to that of Waltraut Bellwald, a cultural studies specialist at Zurich university who has written a book about the Globi phenomenon. She came originally from Germany and admitted to swissinfo.ch that when she first came across Globi, she found him very silly. "But when I came to study him and his history, that gave me quite a different approach, and I realised I really like him – although I still find some of his adventures very plodding in a typically Swiss way. But via Globi I learned a lot about the Swiss - not culture or facts, more of a feeling of what they are about." Foreign adults may be bemused by his appeal, but as Bellwald pointed out, Swiss-German children get to know him at a very young age through parents and grandparents. And Aeberhad warns against looking at children's books through adult eyes. Children see Globi having the kind of adventures they would like to have, she explained.

And sometimes his ideas work, and sometimes they don't – and when they don't, that's when he's particularly funny. For Eric Mace-Tessler, Globi has characteristics familiar to children anywhere. "However, there are ways in which he is identifiably Swiss-German. Having lived in Bern for five years ... has helped us to appreciate these," he told swissinfo.ch. "But children are far less obsessed with cultural differences, and I would imagine a American child, for example, would simply accept Globi's "Swiss" qualities as Globi's qualities." What next? Aeberhard is bubbling over with plans for expanding the Globi English project. She is hoping to work with teachers to produce supplementary material for young English learners. Each new annual edition will be translated – the 2010 adventure is already in preparation, and some of the classics will also be issued in English, she hopes. The future depends on how well the first book sells: the Globi publishing house told swissinfo.ch that they had been pleasantly surprised by the response so far. It looks as if Globi is on his way.

Julia Slater, swissinfo.ch Globi Globi was created as a mascot for the 25th anniversary of the Globus department store in 1932. He was the brainchild of J.K. Schiele, head of advertising at Globus, and Robert Lips, an architecture student, who won a competition to design a suitable mascot. Globi's original role was to welcome children at a anniversary event. Since he had to speak, he was based on a parrot. Initially Globi was simply a man dressed up in the costume; the first adventure appeared in 1933. Stories now appear annually. The illustrations are black and white line drawings so that children can colour them in. Globi, nicknamed "the children's friend", is sometimes selfless and sometimes selfish. Sometimes he does foolish or dangerous things. He has plenty of bright ideas – many of which go wrong. In recent times he has become more politically correct and educational. Now some of the stories illustrate what happens behind the scenes at institutions like the post office or zoo. The first French translation appeared in 1946; in 1947 Globi books were published in Brazil, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands and Norway.

Globi met some resistance in the USA; US publishers wanted to add speech bubbles while Schiele insisted that Globi was not a comic. In 1948 the more upmarket Story Parade started publishing Globi adventures, with brief captions rather than verses. Story Parade folded in 1954. The translation of Globi's Trip Through Switzerland is the first attempt at an English rhyming version. It is aimed at children aged between about 7 and 11. It was tested on children at the International School of Berne, and had a first print run of 4,000. Book details Globi's Trip Through Switzerland is published by the Globi Publishing House and costs SFr21.50 ($20.88). It is a translation of Globis abenteuerliche Schweizer Reise, illustrated by Peter Heinzer with verses by Guido Strebel. It costs SFr 21.50. More... Less... Copyright All rights reserved. The content of the website by swissinfo.ch is copyrighted. It is intended for private use only.

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Globi has long been a favourite with children in German-speaking Switzerland. He began as a mascot for the Globus department store, but over the years has spawned numerous spin-offs, the oldest of which are the comic adventure stories that still appear once a year. On every double spread, the left hand page tells a tale in simple verse, while the right hand page consists of six illustrations. Now one of his adventures has been published in English. Globi's Trip Through Switzerland, is a translation of a book that first appeared in German in 1984. The moving force behind the new venture is Corinne Aeberhard, a former journalist, who lived abroad for many years. Her young son took his Globi books with him wherever they went and showed them to his friends. "I was always astonished at how well the figure went down," Aeberhard told swissinfo.ch. But there was a problem: most of their friends didn't speak German and needed the adventures explained. Being convinced that Globi had an appeal for all children, not just Swiss ones, she approached the Globi publishers who were enthusiastic about the idea of an English version.

Translation challenge The book was translated by Eric Mace-Tessler, the head of English at the International School of Berne and his wife, Margaret. The language may be simple, but translating it was not. "English does not lend itself to short-line, rhyming couplets, and this form tends to require considerable inversion of normal word order, which is not really suitable for a children's book," Eric explained. He did an initial translation. His wife would try to simplify it. "When she had difficulty, we'd work together, tossing ideas back and forth," he said. "Sometimes Globi rhymes would invade our sleep, as well." Globi's mysterious appeal The Mace-Tesslers are US citizens who only really got to know Globi when they did the translation. "We are perhaps a little too old to become fans, not having the childhood memories of him that our Swiss neighbours have to make him endearing to us, but we can well understand what makes him attractive to young people," said Eric. The Mace-Tesslers' experience is similar to that of Waltraut Bellwald, a cultural studies specialist at Zurich university who has written a book about the Globi phenomenon.

She came originally from Germany and admitted to swissinfo.ch that when she first came across Globi, she found him very silly. "But when I came to study him and his history, that gave me quite a different approach, and I realised I really like him – although I still find some of his adventures very plodding in a typically Swiss way. But via Globi I learned a lot about the Swiss - not culture or facts, more of a feeling of what they are about." Foreign adults may be bemused by his appeal, but as Bellwald pointed out, Swiss-German children get to know him at a very young age through parents and grandparents. And Aeberhad warns against looking at children's books through adult eyes. Children see Globi having the kind of adventures they would like to have, she explained. And sometimes his ideas work, and sometimes they don't – and when they don't, that's when he's particularly funny. For Eric Mace-Tessler, Globi has characteristics familiar to children anywhere. "However, there are ways in which he is identifiably Swiss-German. Having lived in Bern for five years ... has helped us to appreciate these," he told swissinfo.ch.

"But children are far less obsessed with cultural differences, and I would imagine a American child, for example, would simply accept Globi's "Swiss" qualities as Globi's qualities." What next? Aeberhard is bubbling over with plans for expanding the Globi English project. She is hoping to work with teachers to produce supplementary material for young English learners. Each new annual edition will be translated – the 2010 adventure is already in preparation, and some of the classics will also be issued in English, she hopes. The future depends on how well the first book sells: the Globi publishing house told swissinfo.ch that they had been pleasantly surprised by the response so far. It looks as if Globi is on his way. Julia Slater, swissinfo.ch Globi Globi was created as a mascot for the 25th anniversary of the Globus department store in 1932. He was the brainchild of J.K. Schiele, head of advertising at Globus, and Robert Lips, an architecture student, who won a competition to design a suitable mascot. Globi's original role was to welcome children at a anniversary event.

Since he had to speak, he was based on a parrot. Initially Globi was simply a man dressed up in the costume; the first adventure appeared in 1933. Stories now appear annually. The illustrations are black and white line drawings so that children can colour them in. Globi, nicknamed "the children's friend", is sometimes selfless and sometimes selfish. Sometimes he does foolish or dangerous things. He has plenty of bright ideas – many of which go wrong. In recent times he has become more politically correct and educational. Now some of the stories illustrate what happens behind the scenes at institutions like the post office or zoo. The first French translation appeared in 1946; in 1947 Globi books were published in Brazil, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands and Norway. Globi met some resistance in the USA; US publishers wanted to add speech bubbles while Schiele insisted that Globi was not a comic. In 1948 the more upmarket Story Parade started publishing Globi adventures, with brief captions rather than verses. Story Parade folded in 1954. The translation of Globi's Trip Through Switzerland is the first attempt at an English rhyming version.

It is aimed at children aged between about 7 and 11. It was tested on children at the International School of Berne, and had a first print run of 4,000. Book details Globi's Trip Through Switzerland is published by the Globi Publishing House and costs SFr21.50 ($20.88). It is a translation of Globis abenteuerliche Schweizer Reise, illustrated by Peter Heinzer with verses by Guido Strebel. It costs SFr 21.50. × Cartoon Cheese - TV Tropes Cartoon Cheese You need to login to do this. Get Known if you don't have an account Share YMMV Orangey-yellow? Check. Wedge-shaped? Check. Holes? Check. Pursued by mice? Check. Yep, that's Cartoon Cheese. There are hundreds of varieties of cheese in real life, in several distinct "cheese families." Not bad for what is, bluntly put, spoiled (and sometimes moldy) milk. However, regardless of anything else, almost all cartoon cheese has three main traits, plus an occasional fourth: It's orange or yellow, like Wisconsin Cheddar.

(And that cheddar isn't even that color naturally. The yellow color comes from annatto, a dye.) It's full of holes, like Swiss or Jarlsberg. (For the curious, it wasn't until May 2015 that dairy scientists discovered that the holes in Swiss cheese are caused by tiny bits of hay in the milk.) It almost always comes in "wedge" form, as if it were cut from a cheese wheel, like Gouda, and not in block or cube form, like Havarti. Occasionally, the full wheel may be shown. Less commonly, it has a very strong odor (producing wavy 'scent lines' ). It may even stink, like Limburger. Cheese which is not this strange amalgam of traits (well, at least the first three) is almost never present, except sometimes incidentally as a sandwich ingredient. The most likely trait to get skipped is the "stinky" part. Orange-yellow cheese that's full of holes is still everywhere. Cheez Whiz doesn't show up too often, perhaps because animators fear viewers will mistake it for mustard.

Of course, in addition to Swiss and Limburger just being funny, there's a practical reason behind this trope as well, which is based on the Rule of Perception . In a cartoon, a large, nondescript block of something yellow or white could be just about anything. A bar of gold? Butter? Lard? A white brick? Giving cheese these distinct traits helps identify to the audience that "Yes! This is cheese you're looking at." Of course, this works best if you don't name the cheese in question. Commonly seen as part of a Level Ate . Examples: open/close all folders Anime & Manga Doraemon has conveniently held this kind of cheese. This trope is international. This is most likely due to American (especially Disney) influence in early anime. Comic Books When Superboy meets Super-Mouse, the latter is seen juggling with this kind of cheese. Swiss cheese features frequently in Astï¿½rix in Switzerland, for obvious reasons. Corsican Cheese manifests extreme Number Four characteristics and is used to sink a ship in Asterix in Corsica.

Mortadelo y Filemï¿½n has a painful aversion: An elderly woman mistakes a bar of soap for a piece of cheese that looks just like the soap (rectangular, not like a wedge) and gives it to Filemón , who unknowingly eats it... In Violine , Klaas, Violine's pet mouse, thinks of this kind of cheese when first meeting her. Comic Strips This is the type of cheese that shows up most often in Garfield — with one exception. Since Garfield likes mice and doesn't want to harm them (and would be too lazy to do so even if he did), Jon has to put out traps baited with cheese. The chunks of cheese in the traps are not round or wedged, but appear almost featureless (perhaps the most approximate shape would be "semicircle"). Live-Action TV In The Muppet Show , Gonzo auditions with Yolanda, the dancing cheese. Gonzo just clicks his heels a bit, and the cheese does the fancy steps. Wedge of circular round? Check. Yellow? Partial check ◊ .

(He refers to "her" as a Gorgonzola.) An episode of Family Matters had Urkel create a Mortal Kombat style video game with one character based on himself. One attack the character had was to yell "Have some CHEESE!" while throwing Cartoon Cheese at the opponent. Subverted, however, in another episode in which he annoyed Carl by showing a slideshow of all his favorite cheeses - some of which look nothing like stereotypical cheese. ("A bodacious Brie!") On the competition show Fake Off, the team chosen to act out disaster-movie themes depicted the story of three mice whose pursuit of a piece of Cartoon Cheese was repeatedly interrupted by an earthquake, a shark's fin, a tyannosaurus and an Alien Abduction (of the cheese). Sports Green Bay Packers fans wear cheeseheads which are wedge-shaped, yellow like Cheddar, and holey like Swiss. Video Games The Stinky Cheese Wedge in Banjo-Tooie is exactly what it sounds like: A giant piece of cheese, yellow and full of holes. It serves as part of the level. One Mario Kart racetrack is composed of nothing but this sort of cheese. Even the ground!

Cheese Dreams features as its protagonist a sentient moon made of this stuff. More of it ( hopefully not originally sentient ) can be seen in liquefied form powering the mouselike antagonists' spaceship. Rare aversion: Except for the first game, the cheese in most Creatures games is a white wedge-shaped cheese, as is common for real-world cheeses. The first puzzle in Sam & Max Save the World involves getting some Swiss cheese to bribe Jimmy Two-Teeth. The problem is that the generic cheese Max bought is solid, and the solution is to have Sam whip out his huge revolver and plug it full of holes himself. According to the easy-to-trick Jimmy, generic cheese + holes = Swiss, which hews close enough to this trope to count. James Pond 3: Operation Starfi5h was set on the moon, which is of course made entirely out of this kind of cheese. Interestingly, although most of the area names are puns on many different cheese varieties, all the levels are the same bright-yellow-holey stuff. In the NES game The Addams Family , it's a health bonus. In a low-budget Expert Software game compilation, Cheesy Pursuit and Maze Race both have many kinds of cartoon cheese.

The original Perfect Dark for the N64 had small chunks of this type of cheese hidden in each level as an Easter Egg . And the Xbox 360 DLC version too. In at least one entry of the The Incredible Machine series, you can use this cheese to lure Mort the mouse. Or just as a dead weight. It's also the kind of cheese Sid E. Mouse eats in Sid And Als Incredible Toons . In The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion , cheese comes in either cheese wheels (that are missing a wedge) or wedges that seem to be cut from a wheel. Both are pale yellow. In one quest this trope is played 100% straight when you steal a bright orange cheese wedge with holes and use the smell to summon rats from miles around. The cheese wedges that will summon Gold Mice in Luigi's Mansion . In Dungeons of Dredmor , at first you might think, looking at the wide variety of cheeses available in the dungeons (havarti, brie, blue, gouda, smoked applewood cheddar, parmigiano reggiano...), that this trope is averted . Nope!

Amongst all the different kinds of unique cheeses, there is one cheese known simply as "Cheese". It's yellow-orange and wedge-shaped, with holes in it. Most forms of bait in the Facebook game MouseHunt come in Cartoon Cheese -style wedges, even fantastical ones with crystals, seaweed, bits of metal or other weird stuff embedded in them. Web Comics Shows up on Jimmy Two-Shoes , during the Zombie Apocalypse episode. Justified in the Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy episode "Stuck in Ed". Rolf was drilling holes in a cheese wheel. Phineas and Ferb built the CHEESETOPIA in the episode Remains of a Platypus, guess which shape and form it had? The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius : Jimmy Neutron once built the Cheese-Ray (which kept being brought up through the series) which turned items into yellow hole-filled cheese. On Family Guy , Peter and friends joined the police academy. When Peter performed a practice rectal search on Quagmire, a block of cartoon cheese was one of the many, many objects to fall out of Quagmire's ass.

In Ratz , the cheese is explicitly Gouda, but it's shown holier than usual. Real Life Emmentaler cheese is probably the closest thing to Cartoon Cheese in real life. It's the Swiss cheese after which so-called "Swiss cheese" is named, it comes in wheels, and it's full of holes. It's not as bright a shade of yellow as in cartoons, however, and has a pretty mild taste & smell. In Sweden, this type of cheese (1 (yellow), 2, and 3 together) is a very common type. :: Indexes ::

Question: What colour is Swiss cartoon character ‘Globi’?
Answer: Blue