Why do people call their characters toons?

Why do people call their characters toons?
This is an RPG not

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Because 3.5/pf and 4 attracted a certain kind of player, despite mutual loathing.

Literally never heard anyone call their character a "toon" outside of people bitching about it on...

Same, and WoW was at its peak when I..

Kirk's libido was more unstoppable than even Sterling Archer's so the comic

I really don't understand why people bai...

I've always thought 'toon' was just a regional thing, like the difference between 'water fountain' and 'bubbler.' No one I know in person has ever said anything besides character or avatar unless they'd just been watching some youtube video where someone calls them a toon, and that's usually someone from the UK.

What the hell are you...