I thought that whenever a cartoon character got amnesia, it was because of Mr. Forgetful from the cartoon "Mr. Men". I thought his amnesia was contagious or something.
A childhood belief about cartoons

others believed things like this
- I thought cartoons were real, I remember asking my mom why there were lines around the "actors" in a cartoon.— Steven Graziano
- I had alligators and cartoon lions under my bed.— ruth
- Before the invention of the camera, everything looked like a cartoon with the quality/effect of oil painting.— MD Caruso
- i used to picture jesus as a kind of cartoon Tarzan, swinging through the trees...— bex
- I loved watching the cartoon Casper the Friendly Ghost and wondered why the Holy Ghost never got his own show.— Robert
- I thought that Ted Bundy was a character on "Married With Children."— Patrick