In the cartoon Superted, Superted has to say the secret word to activate his powers. I thought that if you turned up the volume loud enough and listened really hard it was possible to hear the word and become Super as well.
A childhood belief about cartoons

others believed things like this
- In first grade, I thought that if I've never heard of a word before, then it wasn't a word.— Destiny
- I used to believe that when you turned up the volume on the T.V the people had to shout louder.— Tanana
- I used to suck on the ends of batteries intent on gaining super electric powers. Anon
- I used to think the word fever was just another word for giraff— Marshall m
- I thought farting was magical wind, and if you did it loud and hard, you would be able to move yourself.— Blake
- I used to believe that my doll Kimberly was real and if I listened carefully, that I'd hear her speak!— Kristy