![]() ![]() This is one of the oldest special effects in Hollywood (the 1914 animated film, Gertie the Dinosaur, actually had creator Winsor McCay interacting with animated Gertie in real time on a vaudeville stage), and has been done several times with varying degrees of realism, though it was probably perfected by the 1988 Disney/ Amblin film, Who Framed Roger Rabbit.Ī sub-category of this trope is any story where cartoon characters are real and exist independently from "real" human beings (which may or may not be set in Toon Town and/or an Alternate Tooniverse). However, in some early examples like Pete's Dragon, animation is just a special effect and the animated characters are in-universe not different from the actor. ![]() If the story is a comedy, and it usually is, the characters tend to be medium-aware and recognize each other as belonging to either category. Roger Ebert, in his review of Who Framed Roger RabbitĪ special effect intended to show live-action, flesh-and-blood performers interacting with animated (usually ink-and-paint) characters.
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