Real Life Characters

The look, movements and personalities of the Disney characters come from many different sources. For some characters, actors and models are brought in to act out scenes from the film. These performances are filmed and given to the animators to study and drawn inspiration from...

Now that Halloween is quickly approaching, why not grab a few friends and visit these 10 real-life locations that famous horror movies used in order to scare and thrill their audience? It's a good way to get some spine-tingling chills as you walk past these infamous sites without having to spend the money to visit a haunted house or go on a ghost tour.

Steve Carell made a delightful appearance on 'Ellen' the other day. Or perhaps it would be more accurate to say that Gru, Steve Carell's character from 'Despicable Me,' made an appearance.

Although She-Hulk is a part of the Marvel Universe she has yet to be included in any of the Marvel Studios movies that now dominate the box office But folks over in England got a pretty good glimpse of the powers of Bruce Banner's cousin during a violent incident late last month.

Redditor nite4awk made these awesome pics of comic strip greats Calvin and Hobbes in real life settings. They are beautiful. Hopefully they will make your day. If you'd like to see more, you can find them here in resolutions suitable for computer wallpaper. Awesome!

In the tear-jerker animated film 'Up,' a home is lifted into the sky by a cluster of party balloons.  While it all looks great in Pixar's beautiful animated style, it doesn't seem like it would be something you could pull off in real life. But, in fact, cluster ballooning is a thing, and Jonathan Trappe may well be the world's leading cluster balloonist.

Video games are often praised for their life-like qualities -- the realistic graphics, the grabbing action, the way women are always wearing short shorts. (Er, scratch that last one.) These gamers, however, took it to the next level by literally bringing their favorite games to life. Check out some classic video games brought to life. Recreate these and you won't just feel like you're in the actio

This could have been so perfect, if not for the vertical video. It's still pretty hilarious though -- a man sings a snippet of 'The Simpsons' theme song in an almost Homer voice while driving towards a tree that looks just enough like Homer to not be totally confusing.

Thanks to our childhood love of Disney princess movies, most women still secretly dream of their very own Prince Charming rescuing them from single life and sealing their love with a kiss before riding off into the sunset to live happily ever after. However, in the Ukraine's new art exhibit/matchmaking service, this silly childhood dream has turned into a 'Sleeping Beauty' nightmare.

Thanks to his guttural delivery and over-the-top performance, Christian Bale's Batman has become the butt of countless jokes, spoofs and parodies. In that spirit, we present another send-up starring the Caped Crusader entitled "Batman in Real Life." This time, Batman has a hard time figuring out the whole drive-thru thing.

Ever wonder what Dora The Explorer would look like in real life? In a new fake live-action trailer from College Humor, the intrepid girl adventurer is played by 'Modern Family' star Ariel Winter.

'The Simpsons'' iconic opening sequence has been the subject of all sorts of live remakes with Legos and even real people. Matt Groening's other great animation creation, 'Futurama,' has now received the same honor.

Every girl has imagined what her Barbie and Ken dolls would be like in real life. Photographer Dina Goldstein went a step further and brought her childhood fantasies to life.

Our friends over at radio station 93.1 KISS FM in El Paso, Texas recently came to shocking realization -- their engineer, Dave, might have been in the Walt Disney classic 'Beauty and the Beast.' And if not, then he's definitely the real-life incarnation of the animated movie character.

Some of us can't imagine there being a real-life version of Helga from 'Hey Arnold!' walking around in the world. Remember how her bossiness, crazy mood swings and constantly loud voice -- which is probably where the show got it's name ("Hey, Arnold!") -- drove us all to madness? Guess what? There's actually someone out in the world who's pretty much an exact replica of this cartoon char