The earliest, and best known, cartoon panda is Andy Panda, created in the 1940's by Walter Lantz, best known for Woody Woodpecker. Lantz was inspired to create Andy after he and his wife Grace Stafford (Woody's voice) saw a group of giant pandas on loan from China at the National Zoo in Washington, DC. Andy has a girlfriend named Miranda Panda. For years I thought it was Amanda Panda, but nope, it's Miranda.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Panda
