User blog comment:BlooKaboom/Why so people like TDPI?/@comment-5221692-20160626020225/@comment-27447405-20160626031949

Cartoons were never supposed to be realistic anyways, they're supposed to 'reflect realism in a way that makes us forget how boring the real world is and simultaneously relate.

I myself was able to relate to several characters in PI despite being very unrealistic.