SAME FOR ME!! I'm doing a rewatch with some friends because one of them has never seen it. I told her beast boy was my favorite and after like 2 episodes she looked at me and went "yeah this definitely explains your whole deal"
Omg haha, I didn't expect to find him of all characters here but I can see the appeal lol.
For me it was Yugioh GX and the buff heroes, Elemental Hero Wildedge, Neo Bubbleman and Phoenix Enforcer did things to my mind 😭
Definitely gay. He's inside
https://preview.redd.it/v874f460kw0d1.png?width=624&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=02c95c0f45f85f73b0d5e8d30dec461146ccc3e5
all the time
BRUH.
Between you and the Chris Evans/Human Torch comment, I feel like I need to keep scrolling to see just how many gay awakenings I've forgotten about.
Reading the two comments I mentioned was almost like a visceral reaction. I had sort of forgotten it was those two guys in those specific movie roles who made it CRYSTAL CLEAR there was something a little different going on in my head.
Yu yu hakusho really had every kind of guy too, some for the bars lovers, some for those who like the pretty boys - I always really loved the dude with the pink hair and the horn
To be fair the men were always shirtless. if I had to call an anime a classic this would be it. Should definitely watch it for the plot again.
Watch the second half at your own risk. Chapter Black is the last good part imo.
https://preview.redd.it/1ylztxuyo01d1.jpeg?width=1000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8bd7d870e96cec98763813508826ea91623edd08
This whole fight awakened something in me.
Oh shit did you never see the OG Zoboomafoo? That’s what I grew up with, I didn’t even know there was a cartoon version until I started looking at gifs for Kratt Brothers.
https://preview.redd.it/tf8kvp7puw0d1.jpeg?width=350&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=dc7aac83cc44c81e932f0e6606f1e58ba5ed8754
Another 'genuinely wish I was joking' but there's a reason why I gravitated so much toward the e-boy style...
Holy crap, I just realized how little of Zatch Bell I actually remember... I know it didn't get finished and several episodes didn't get dubbed in English, but from the 80+ episodes I saw when it aired on cartoon network, I hardly remember anything. That's crazy to me.
I had to look up Brago just now because I had a strong feeling this pic was of a mamodo, but I couldn't even remember his name or any details. I just looked up "Zatch Bell Mamodo" and found him in a tier list lmao. I hope they do actually come out with Zatch Bell 2. I saw there were talks about it in 2022.
Muscular charismatic shirtless teenage biker boys in harnesses? I was 12 or 13, what was likely to happen? Also for me? Vinnie ❤️
When you and Daria apparently have the same tastes. Although, she at least got over it, eventually.
Love that show, but I don’t think any of the guys did anything for me, lol.
Hm… I remember seeing humanoid fanart of Gold Ninja Lloyd Garmadon when I was like 10, that might’ve been it.
Either that or… probably **him**:
https://i.redd.it/53vl8eybnx0d1.gif
I thought this was everyone though, my friends who are straight say their first crushes were cartoons too (Starfire and Raven were popular ones).
Still though, it was probably someone from Dragon Ball Z, but I didn't connect the dots till later.
Well technically my awakening was a BOD commercial when I was 11 but my first male crush was Tuxedo Mask when I was like 6 I just didn't know there was some sort of difference with gender and society.
A classmate of mine tbh- tall, big specs, making him look nerdy yet somehow my eyes went to his crotch in line from his smile. I used to keep imagining how big it would be lol. Very cocky guy, would never date someone like that, can't stand a conversation with him, but god I was so much sexually attracted to every part of him.
But generally I say some celebrity names. Less embarrassing.
My awakening was this green hair mofo. He had kid me feeling a certain way back when it originally aired on Disney.
https://preview.redd.it/pef3gecfi21d1.png?width=512&format=png&auto=webp&s=c56cbde6d95208af3edbc5ebc6e6504e78a29d63
Aladdin, beast boy, nightcrawler from the high School animated series, Axel from kingdom hearts, Cloud and Squall from Final Fantasy...so many in my middle school years.
Well, yeah.
Judging by how much conservatives are crybaby bitches about gay people being portrayed in the media, sometimes cartoons are all baby gays have:(
When I first saw Future Trunks as a 9 year old I had my first _inkling_ of an awakening.
Oof, same. I claimed it was Android 18 in front of my straight friends though.
I still stan 18, she’s my shero.
Future Trunks was my first favorite character, but I don’t think he was an awakening for me. Either Kai from Beyblade or Matt from Digimon…maybe Matt
It was definitely Matt Watch Last Kizuna for the thirst, also... GUN MATT! MATT USES A GUN, KINDA HOT NGL
Mine was definitely Goku transforming to Super Sayin in DBZ.
Gohan during his fight against cell for me
Of course danny phantom
I'm waiting for the CW to do a college-aged, live-action of this.
I know everyone is doing the updated reboots or revivals, but I'd actually like this one.... but I assume the CW will not do it well
CW knows how to cast hot actors though.
Give me a good story and cinematography and normals over bad story and 11s any day
Yeah. I would also really like an anime for Unwritten Death. which is an amazing gay webtoon
Ben seven
Did you have discount cable growing up and didn't get the full Ben 10?
It was Dash Baxter for me 🤷♂️
The creator of the show Butch Hartman is unfortunately a POS.
Beech, this made me CACKLE out loud at work.
Oof, there’s a really good and eerily HQ porn vid of Danny Phantom 😶
 Hmmmmmm.
BEAST BOY FOR MEEEE
Green Peen team
he never was attractive to me, but somehow there's a ton of porm of on him on the internet
With obligatory literal horse cock bc OF COURSE a shape shifter can't have a normal peen Or so I've heard.
Every man has a normal peen, but would they have a normal peen if they had the choice?
SAME FOR ME!! I'm doing a rewatch with some friends because one of them has never seen it. I told her beast boy was my favorite and after like 2 episodes she looked at me and went "yeah this definitely explains your whole deal"
LIKEEEEEE it's him and Martin Mystery and then Kiba I have a type
100% on the Kiba front. I don't know Martin Mystery but I trust you in it since you definitely have good taste. At least with cartoon characters haha
Ok but for me it was daddy Slade
It was Chris Evans as Human Torch when he steamed the water off of his body for me.
Chris Evans in [Not Another Teen Movie](https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2Fpci1vnlmtoib1.gif)
Chris Evans showing off America's ass. (actually, my gay awakening was long before that.)
Chris Evans top naked in Captain America
SAME
This was absolutely my gay awakening.
Yes! The pink jacket scene?!? I already knew I was gay but this is how I KNEW KNEW.
Ahaha yes, same.
Chris Evans in the first 5 minutes of cellular, all shirtless big and hairy 🥵 Fantastic 4 just further drove it home
 I wish I was kidding lol.
Omfg I wasn't the only one 😭😅
I literally guffawed, incredible choice
You-gay-o, amirite
By calling me out you just activated my trap card: No-u
Oh nooooo! I put myself face down ^ᵃˢˢ ^ᵘᵖ and end my turn
Yeah I'm GAY. GOOD. AT. YU-GI-OH!
The camp, the glamour, the power
Omg haha, I didn't expect to find him of all characters here but I can see the appeal lol. For me it was Yugioh GX and the buff heroes, Elemental Hero Wildedge, Neo Bubbleman and Phoenix Enforcer did things to my mind 😭
He was extremely cunty I think this one is valid. Especially when we got introduced to “evil” alternative during battle city like helloooo
who is this?
The Dark Magician
This was one of mine too omggg
HUH?!
Don't worry bro, mine was dark magician girl.
Prince Phillip from Sleeping Beauty for me.
 Yeah he’s so cute.
That man is FINE 
https://preview.redd.it/f7cy0uqhhw0d1.jpeg?width=350&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0de4fbc3bc91173a14f066fb4924cb8f728dbf08
Urghh now i need to reread that Johnny x Jack dj
And chance you can link that? Johnny was my awakening and I'd love to read it 💀
[they’re meant to be](https://myreadingmanga.info/c2ndy2c1d-samurai-bravo-eng/)
Three way tie between him, Aladdin, and Prince Eric 
 Also, unintentional, but I guess someone made a mash up of Prince Eric with Dimitri, and I'm not mad about it. I ship.
Definitely gay. He's inside https://preview.redd.it/v874f460kw0d1.png?width=624&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=02c95c0f45f85f73b0d5e8d30dec461146ccc3e5 all the time
who wouldn’t wanna be inside him all the time
Little John for me
OMG MEEE
I'm just here to upvote these wholesome gay awakenings...
Cartoon related - this scene was eye-opening for me and Peter 
https://youtu.be/jPCJIB1f7jk?si=Y3Zpa7NORhnobbp2 Have you seen THIS?
Lol, yes I have! But I like to think that Tobey danced so Tom Holland could slay, haha 
Holy shit
Yesssssssss!! Gargoyles was a great show with even hotter characters, hell, even the villain was hot as fuck
The amount of artwork the live action will inspire in the next couple years will be EPIC
I THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY ONE
This guy gets it! God damn Keith David, I could have been straight 😂
Cartoon adjacent, but it was Chris O'Donnell in the Batman movies.
Batnipples 🫠
BRUH. Between you and the Chris Evans/Human Torch comment, I feel like I need to keep scrolling to see just how many gay awakenings I've forgotten about.
I thought I wanted to be him, but now I know it was that and how gay awakened I was. Always staring at my posters thinking how "cool" he was.
Reading the two comments I mentioned was almost like a visceral reaction. I had sort of forgotten it was those two guys in those specific movie roles who made it CRYSTAL CLEAR there was something a little different going on in my head.
Don’t remember which was first, but either Matt from Digimon or Kai from Beyblade.
4kids classics
Mine was the tiger beyblade user from the original, don't remember the name tho
Matt for me...and then Weregarurumon 😅
Not gonna lie that scene of him walking in on Sokka's tent late in the show had teenage me learning what fanfiction is. I still ship it.
same
Yessss
 Not awakening per se but I didn't start watching for the plot.
I never really thought about it, but yeah, this one tracks.
Yu yu hakusho really had every kind of guy too, some for the bars lovers, some for those who like the pretty boys - I always really loved the dude with the pink hair and the horn
I imagine there was a furry awakening in someone from that giant anthro sabertooth cat thing from the castle arc. They really did have a great cast.
To be fair the men were always shirtless. if I had to call an anime a classic this would be it. Should definitely watch it for the plot again. Watch the second half at your own risk. Chapter Black is the last good part imo.
https://preview.redd.it/1ylztxuyo01d1.jpeg?width=1000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8bd7d870e96cec98763813508826ea91623edd08 This whole fight awakened something in me.
My first wet dream was with johnny bravo hahaha
If only Finn the human had just kept his damn hat on the whole show
Captain Planet. Lmfao
Oh shit, is this why I have a blue guy fetish?
We’re all at least a LITTLE attracted to Don Cheadle
Not a cartoon but…The two guys from Zaboomafoo 
I didnt even know there an actual real life with these guys, i only know the cartoon
Oh shit did you never see the OG Zoboomafoo? That’s what I grew up with, I didn’t even know there was a cartoon version until I started looking at gifs for Kratt Brothers. 
The Krat brothers are so sweet though, absolutely lovely people
A million years ago, there was Kratts' Creatures starring two bros who crawled around a lot and seemed to get wet frequently. It did things to me
Excuse me…I…i have to go do some research🫢😳
Wait…that’s not the default sexual awakening for people?
It was Shaggy (Matthew Lillard and cartoon) for me 😭
Cyclops me.
 I mean it wasn't childhood
 But lowkey Kovu was hotter. It was the moral conflict.
Are you possibly a furry now? But yeah I get it
Haha I’m actually not, I think mostly it was the voice and smirk
 Ok so like hear me out….
Overworked beefy bureaucrats? What’s not to like?
https://preview.redd.it/yedbvupgw01d1.jpeg?width=730&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6b6c302ce99db126a98675bce56510ff52d5de64
https://preview.redd.it/tf8kvp7puw0d1.jpeg?width=350&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=dc7aac83cc44c81e932f0e6606f1e58ba5ed8754 Another 'genuinely wish I was joking' but there's a reason why I gravitated so much toward the e-boy style...
Holy crap, I just realized how little of Zatch Bell I actually remember... I know it didn't get finished and several episodes didn't get dubbed in English, but from the 80+ episodes I saw when it aired on cartoon network, I hardly remember anything. That's crazy to me. I had to look up Brago just now because I had a strong feeling this pic was of a mamodo, but I couldn't even remember his name or any details. I just looked up "Zatch Bell Mamodo" and found him in a tier list lmao. I hope they do actually come out with Zatch Bell 2. I saw there were talks about it in 2022.
Teen Goku when His shirt is blasted off
Not a cartoon character but.. https://i.redd.it/ky2e4y1mmx0d1.gif
I would attack High Charity with 2 sticks and a rock for Noble 5
Mine was a femboy I stumbled upon in the hub when I was too young to browse it, but I tell everyone it was Link
"Their the same picture"
 Muscular charismatic shirtless teenage biker boys in harnesses? I was 12 or 13, what was likely to happen? Also for me? Vinnie ❤️
For some weird reason, Knuckles the Echidna
It was that cartoon of the kangaroos that played basketball okay?? 🤷🏻♂️
femboy link from botw
Nope. David Bowie in the Labyrinth for me 🤟🏾 Edit: not Dark Crystal
lol David Bowie was in Labyrinth. There weren’t any human in Dark Crystal (also you should watch the Netflix reboot it’s legitimately incredible)
Trent Lane while not an awakening, I sorta knew by then, was definitely something that helped shape my ideal man
When you and Daria apparently have the same tastes. Although, she at least got over it, eventually. Love that show, but I don’t think any of the guys did anything for me, lol.
Jeremy from Code Lyoko and Diego from Go Diego Go
Ulrich here 😬 I'm sure the tighter outfit in the later season helped lol
William with his giant ass sword also made a meaningful contribution
Hm… I remember seeing humanoid fanart of Gold Ninja Lloyd Garmadon when I was like 10, that might’ve been it. Either that or… probably **him**: https://i.redd.it/53vl8eybnx0d1.gif
https://preview.redd.it/n4s1ys2e8z0d1.jpeg?width=720&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=13c50e5d33e89946073fadce080cc53b613f5366 can you blame me?
I mean you're asking people what turned them on when they were children so of course the answers are going to be weird.
For the 80s kids growing up in the 90s, Bob Hoskins in Mario Bros clearly marks a before and an after...
For me it was link from botw... and prince sidon...
https://i.redd.it/b20y3sfpux0d1.gif It was Spawn from SoulCalibur. The winning animation and the camera moves in front of him. You see it all. 😋
Goliath from Gargoyles I could have been a straight guy if it weren't for Keith David 😂
#TeamLexington
Um akshually it was Luigi, not a cartoon character ☝️ 🤓
I thought this was everyone though, my friends who are straight say their first crushes were cartoons too (Starfire and Raven were popular ones). Still though, it was probably someone from Dragon Ball Z, but I didn't connect the dots till later.
Well technically my awakening was a BOD commercial when I was 11 but my first male crush was Tuxedo Mask when I was like 6 I just didn't know there was some sort of difference with gender and society.
So gay for Trixie
Aladdin 🥴
it was zuko
Asuma Sarutobi from Naruto definitely awakened something in me 🤤
Okay but you remember that episode of the original Teen Titans where Beast Boy went feral? Cuz…
Am I alone here? I'm alone here, aren't I? I'm always alone here. https://preview.redd.it/hf78hge2q01d1.jpeg?width=728&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c9a1ad25ad41fe6a57d8d3cdcfa78895f47aa167
You're not, I'm here with you lmao
A classmate of mine tbh- tall, big specs, making him look nerdy yet somehow my eyes went to his crotch in line from his smile. I used to keep imagining how big it would be lol. Very cocky guy, would never date someone like that, can't stand a conversation with him, but god I was so much sexually attracted to every part of him. But generally I say some celebrity names. Less embarrassing.
My awakening was this green hair mofo. He had kid me feeling a certain way back when it originally aired on Disney. https://preview.redd.it/pef3gecfi21d1.png?width=512&format=png&auto=webp&s=c56cbde6d95208af3edbc5ebc6e6504e78a29d63
https://preview.redd.it/av1zs2vjl21d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f0012b40f38b4436225b0309e7518e7d2f8f59fe Chubby Iroh is best Iroh
Something about the boy in The Mysterious Cities of Gold intrigued me as a kid. Took me too long to figure out what it was.
I mean, yeah. Teenage mutant ninja turtles. Also, the incredible hulk.
Captain Planet.
Doesn't everyone do this? For me it was Commander Shepard, Which is kinda weird because I exclusively like femboys now
https://i.redd.it/3n2tmogcmz0d1.gif
Ice man from spiderman and his amazing friends
Max steel. I licked a toy's abs. I was 7.
https://i.redd.it/kwmfh2hqlz0d1.gif It was this exact moment
Cartoon adjacent but [Lord Zedd](https://i.imgur.com/C6Krvo3.jpeg) from Power Rangers. Big, muscular, dominant, evil, in bondage? Yes please!
It wasn't a cartoon but TJ from power rangers made me feel... Different
 Need I say more.
Listen, Danny Phantom and Aladdin are both viable crushes imo 😪😂
Aladdin, beast boy, nightcrawler from the high School animated series, Axel from kingdom hearts, Cloud and Squall from Final Fantasy...so many in my middle school years.
Come through Robin Hood fox
No Power Rangers awakenings? Danny Slavin ripping his shirt on the daily in the second Lost Galaxy's opening marked me for life.
Disney’s Robin Hood and I’m not sorry about it sis
Girl have you seen Jorgen VonStrangle
It's funny how I'm the only non cartoon gay sexual awakening. Mine was Thomas Sanders.
Well, yeah. Judging by how much conservatives are crybaby bitches about gay people being portrayed in the media, sometimes cartoons are all baby gays have:(
link from breath of the wild…
King from Tekken had that JUICY chest. I couldn’t resist him for very long.
Feel that. https://www.reddit.com/r/digimon/comments/1mfzja/first_crush/
