| 100% | SPONGEBOB | 9 | Undersea cartoon character with a red tie |
| 66% | HELLOKITTY | 10 | Cartoon character with a red bow on her left ear |
| 61% | HELLOKITTY | 10 | Cartoon character with a red hair bow who was appointed a children's ambassador by UNICEF (2 wds.) |
| 55% | PRINCESSMERIDA | 14 | Disney cartoon character with red hair whose best friend is a horse named Angus (2 wds.) |
| 55% | HAGAR | 5 | Cartoon character with a helmet |
| 54% | ELMERFUDD | 9 | Cartoon character with a big gun |
| 54% | SNOOPY | 6 | Cartoon character with a big nose |
| 54% | ALF | 3 | Cartoon character with a rippled snout |
| 54% | DORA | 4 | Cartoon character with a "talking" backpack |
| 54% | DORA | 4 | Cartoon character with a bilingual backpack |
| 54% | CASPER | 6 | Cartoon character with a horse named Nightmare |
| 54% | LUCY | 4 | Cartoon character with a noted football prank |
| 54% | EEYORE | 6 | Cartoon character with a nailed-on tail |
| 53% | DORA | 4 | Cartoon character with a monkey friend named Boots |
| 53% | HELLOKITTY | 10 | Sanrio character with a red bow |
| 52% | SAMIAM | 6 | Dr. Seuss character with a red hat |
| 52% | HELLOKITTY | 10 | Popular Japanese character with a red bow |
| 51% | DORA | 4 | Nickelodeon cartoon character with a monkey named Boots |
| 49% | JUDYJETSON | 10 | Cartoon character with a black hair bow who attends Orbit High School (2 wds.) |
| 49% | PROFESSORPLUM | 13 | Clue character with a bow tie |
| 48% | BETTYBOOP | 9 | Jazz cartoon character with big head and red dress |
| 48% | MAGGIESIMPSON | 13 | Cartoon character with a blue hair bow whose long-running series debuted in 1989 (2 wds.) |
| 47% | CHIPMUNK | 8 | Cartoon character Alvin who wears a red sweater |
| 47% | IRATE | 5 | Like a red-faced cartoon character |
| 45% | ELMO | 4 | Furry red character with a falsetto voice |
| 45% | CHUCKIEFINSTER | 14 | Nickelodeon cartoon character with red hair whose best friend is Tommy Pickles (2 wds.) |
| 43% | IRATE | 5 | Like a cartoon character with steam coming out of their ears |
| 41% | JOECOOL | 7 | Cartoon character with shades |
| 41% | GEORGE | 6 | With 35-Across, Hanna-Barbera cartoon character with red hair whose best friend is a supercomputer named R.U.D.I. |
| 41% | HEYARNOLD | 9 | Nickelodeon cartoon with a nine-year-old title character |