The phrase "What if cartoons got saved?" refers primarily to a satirical contemporary Christian novelty song by Chris Rice titled "Cartoons." The song humorously imagines if popular animated cartoon characters became Christians and started singing praise in their own unique ways, with each character adapting the word "hallelujah" to fit their distinctive voices or catchphrases. It playfully hints at the idea of cartoons being "saved" and praising God, though the songwriter clarifies that it was meant as a fun satire of how Christians sometimes try to make everything Christian-themed. The song features various well-known cartoons like The Flintstones, Scooby- Doo, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Kermit the Frog, and others singing praise in a new way with humorous variations of "hallelujah." The song also sparked some controversy because it mixed religious themes with secular cartoon characters, but Chris Rice never intended it as a serious theological statement. Instead, it pointed out the tendency to "Christianize" everything and ended with the reminder that cartoons weren't made to praise God—that responsibility is for real people.