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6. Mabel's Sweaters
Much like the aforementioned lack of continuity, one of the biggest staples in the cartoon world is how the characters almost never change their outfits and are set to wear the same clothing for all their animated lives. Mabel breaks this rule by constantly changing her sweaters on each episode. Her sweaters are usually comprised of bold colours with some type of emblem on the front.
Some of them have a greater meaning as the emblem may be a pop culture reference or symbolic. The prism one is a reference to the cover of Pink Floyd's album The Dark Side Of The Moon, whilst the summerween striped one was inspired by horror villain Freddy Krueger. Meanwhile, the key in "Not What He Seems" was because Mabel ended up being the "key" to the portal and bringing back Ford. The shooting star and llama sweaters are reprised in "Weirdmageddon 3" as parts of the zodiac.
Furthermore, Mabel's rainbow sweater was actually the result of censorship. There was supposed to be a lesbian couple in one particular diner scene and the Love God's necklace would've been the LGBT symbol but Disney censored these visuals, thus we were given a rainbow on her sweater as a symbol of awareness.