Quote Originally Posted by Johanna
@devochka - I can't think of anything from Belgium other than the Smurfs and Tintin! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4aaA6IsvN6c I think it's cult because people remember it from their childhood and because they have some wacky political/sexual associations.. apparently.
There were definitely political connotations in Tintin. Tintin's first adventure takes him to the Soviet Union and the story is basically a parody on the USSR.
But political/sexual connotations in the Smurfs? Maybe sexual because Smurfette is the only girl in the village?