Merchandising VS. Entertainment and Education

I think that most of today’s cartoon characters and things like them are more out to entertain and educate people than just make money and sell merchandise, although there are always a few exceptions. The reason why I think this is because I think that when someone is creating a new television show or something like it they do it because they have an idea of something they would like to see on TV or something they think children would like. Or for example movies, I think that the people who make them probably enjoy creating the movie itself and have something they think would make an exciting story that they want to share with people.

An example of a few things that do sell merchandise but are for sure more out to educate are Smokey the bear, the Power Bug that says stay away from the lines, and Astar the robot who always gets his limbs chopped off in commercials. It is quite obvious that these 3 examples are for educatio...