You might be shocked to find out that some of your favorite fictional characters are based off of real people and animals. Check out these cartoons and other famous characters.

Shrek

This adorable child turned one and was given his first cake to eat. See how he managed to eat it without a fork.

Horsemaning was a fashionable photography trend in the 1920s. But it seems that now fake beheading is experiencing a revival. How do you find this new planking?

The original:

California teenager Matt Mina, who is 17 years old, was buried alive for 30 minutes when a six-foot tunnel that he was digging on Newport Beach collapsed on him. Rescue workers had to work feverishly to dig him out of the tunnel. He has since made a full recovery although at the time he thought he was going to die.

A gang of drug traffickers in Brazil is inserting pictures of late British singer Amy Winehouse in their bags of cocaine to improve sales.

Somebody had much fun Photoshopping these pictures.

Christina Hendricks