So what makes a cartoon character cute? You could reduce the answer down to a few basic characteristics: big eyes and head, fluffiness, warmth and chubbiness. “Cuteness is based on the basic ...

It’s not the first time 23andMe has used popular cartoon characters to market its tests ... These commercials are cute and make DNA testing look fun. And they’re clearly working.

Ultimately, what we find cute is child-like qualities which endear us to the character and "speak to our nurturing instincts", as Chappell Ellison writes on Cartoon Brew. Stephen Jay Gould ...

And it turns out that the similarity between his kids and the cartoon characters is pretty incredible. This point was illustrated through cute side-by-side comparisons of Seol Ah and Ddochi ...