15 Weird Reasons Behind Major Character's Traits
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Creating a character is a thoughtful process. You not only have to figure out the physical qualities, but also the character's personality, quirks, preferences, and sometimes a trademark prop or look. Or you just name your cartoon duck after a bad game from a professional cricket player.
Creators take time and effort to develop a new character, but many people ask them “Where do you get those ideas?” Well, sometimes the place were those ideas were spawned is weird, odd, and shouldn't be touched without wearing a pair of gloves. Especially the part of the brain where Trey Parker invented Cartman's mom.
There are several reasons certain characters have their traits, some as complex as meeting Bill Clinton and wishing to emulate him or some as simple as “I just wanted to wear a leather jacket.” Take a look at some characters from throughout pop culture and learn why they are how they are.
![Cartman's mom is easy because Trey Parker was bitter. She was based on Liane, his college fiancee, who cheated on him before dumping him. so she calle](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/1/6/8/750168.jpg?v=2)
![The scientific career of Moriarty from Sherlock Holmes is taken from a real scientist. Apparently, Moriarty- -who presents himself as an accomplished](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/1/6/9/750169.jpg?v=2)
![Betty Boop was just a ripoff of a big movie star. She looked just like Helen Kane, and even ripped off Kane's boop oop a doop line. So Kane sued Boo](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/1/6/5/750165.jpg?v=2)
![Heath Ledger wanted to look like a Charlie Chaplin villain in The Dark Knight. In the jail scene where Batman beats him up, he wanted to look very dif](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/1/6/7/750167.jpg?v=2)
![Fonzie rode a motorcycle because that was the only way he could wear a leather jacket. Network executives thought a leather jacket made the wearer loo](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/1/6/2/750162.jpg?v=2)
![Donald Duck exists thanks to cricket. According to industry rumors, when newspapers described legendary cricketer Donald Bradman being out for a duck](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/1/6/4/750164.jpg?v=2)
![An architect was the inspiration for Egon Spengler. On the front page of an architectural journal, Harold Ramis saw a photo of a man with wire-rimmed](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/1/6/3/750163.jpg?v=2)
![Darth Maul has an earring because his actor, Ray Park, didn't take it off. Park went into makeup with his earring in and, after he was done, saw Georg](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/1/6/6/750166.jpg?v=2)
![Vincent D'Onofrio was channeling John Huston in Men in Black. He decided he'd make his character, the Edgar bug, pronounce words just like Huston did.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/1/6/0/750160.jpg?v=2)
![Princess Leia's buns were inspired by Mexican revolutionaries. George Lucas wanted to create new and different fashion, so he went with a kind of Sou](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/1/6/1/750161.jpg?v=2)
![Bill Clinton inspired Gus from Breaking Bad. When Giancarlo Esposito met Clinton, he says Clinton would make everyone feel like they were the only pe](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/1/5/8/750158.jpg?v=2)
![We see Marsellus Wallace with a Band-Aid in Pulp Fiction only because his actor had to wear one. Actor Ving Rhames had the Band-Aid to cover a cut on](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/1/5/9/750159.jpg?v=2)
![The Simpsons' Marge was supposed to be a big rabbit. MATT GROEIJG She has that massive hair to hide her rabbit ears- Matt Groening's original plan was](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/1/5/5/750155.jpg?v=2)
![Supreme Leader Snoke's design was partly based on Peter Cushing. Designed lvan Manzella was inspired by Cushing's cheekbones and profile (but he finds](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/1/5/6/750156.jpg?v=2)
![Bruce Banner became David Banner because Bruce was too gay. Apparently, Kenneth Johnson, the creator of the 1978 The Incredible Hulk TV show, though](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/1/5/7/750157.jpg?v=2)