When I was little, I used to think that cartoons were people that dressed up with black lines around them. How oblivious of me!
A childhood belief about cartoons

others believed things like this
- When I was a kid I used to believe that cartoons were people dressed up in special costumes.— Sarah-Jane
- I thought cartoons were real, I remember asking my mom why there were lines around the "actors" in a cartoon.— Steven Graziano
- I used to think that "cross-eyed" meant that people had X's for eyes, like dead people in cartoons.— Tim
- i used to believe that the people on TV could see me. i never watched tv without getting dressed first!— Katy
- I used to wonder why people didn't have outlines like they did in cartoons.— Anna
- I used to believe cartoons were real people and animals. They were just wet.— Wendy