animation

"Springfield of Tomorrow" is Revealed on The Simpsons

Matt Cherette · 03/14/10 07:27PM

Tonight, The Simpsons opened with a tongue-in-cheek look at the "Springfield of Tomorrow," seen through the eyes of a '60s era educational film. Gone are buses and subway rides, and in are plutonium-powered cars—with robot claws! Video inside.

Dalí and Disney's Delayed Destino

Daniel Barnum-Swett · 02/23/10 11:45AM

In 1945, Salvador Dalí and Disney began collaborating on a project that would have been the surrealist's only animated film. With only 18 seconds finished by the original artists, the short was completed in 2003 from storyboards.

Superjail! Trips Balls So You Don't Have To

Daniel Barnum-Swett · 02/18/10 11:45AM

Each Superjail! episode devolves quickly from relative normalcy (it does take place inside a meta-volcano inside another volcano) to total psychedelic lunacy, usually all triggered by the fantasy prison's warden and his sadistic taste for cartoon violence.

Super Mario Jesus Flip Book

Mike Byhoff · 01/06/10 11:50AM

Here's a brilliant flip book of Super Mario, re-imagined as Jesus, kicking ass and taking names. Even the princess isn't safe from a brutal kick to the face.

Roadkill's Financial Revenge

Daniel Barnum-Swett · 12/28/09 04:30PM

New York City personal injury firm, Greenstein & Millbauer, attempts low-budget advertising recognition, substituting a well-known spokes-gecko for a poorly rendered and clumsily oblivious squirrel. If you or a loved squirrel has been injured in an accident, call today.

The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show: Snoopy's Foot

Anderson Evans · 12/12/09 09:00AM

Sure, we all love Snoopy on holidays, but what happens to Charlie Brown when the pumpkins rot and the tree comes down? The Peanuts gang keeps going, that's what they do, so why not keep enjoying their animated adolescent coping?

ALF: Captain Babaroo

Anderson Evans · 12/05/09 10:30AM

Everybody loved ALF in the 1980s, but it wasn't until the Emmy winning cartoon hit the airwaves that anybody really understood him. His name was Gordon, and before his planet of Melmac was blown to smithereens he had a family.

Pokemon: the Interactive Experience

Daniel Barnum-Swett · 12/03/09 04:30PM

A celebration in honor of a culture as vibrant as self-tanner for tonight's premiere of MTV's Jersey Shore. To herald this momentous occasion, a visual offering of bro commentary on Snorlax, their proclaimed patron Pokémon. Happy Frickin' Jersey Thursday!

This Day in Video History: Space Ghost is Born

Anderson Evans · 11/27/09 09:30AM

November 27, 2005- Happy Birthday Andy Merrill. The voice actor helped create the lineup that would eventually evolve into adult swim, and voiced everyone's favorite cartoon talk show host.

Phenomenal Matrix Stop-Motion Animation Using Legos

Mike Byhoff · 11/25/09 02:33PM

This beautiful Lego stop animation is a recreation of the famous Bullet Time dodge scene from The Matrix. It took 440 hours of work and it was made just in time for the 10th anniversary of the original movie release.

Tiny Toon Adventures: Minister Golf

Whitney Jefferson · 11/21/09 10:30AM

Plucky Duck remembers a childhood trip to the miniature golf course. Baby Plucky's catchphrase "Blue ball go down the hole," became popular on playground throughout the 1990's, and is best left without reevaluation.