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** Generally forgivable as the CG [[Animal Mecha|Zoids]] and animated humans are rarely in the same non-cockpit shot, given the [[Giant Mecha|size difference]] between them the Zoids are usually in the background when humans are at the fore, or vice versa. And the Zoids looked cool.

* ''[[Rebuild of Evangelion]]'' utilizes CG for a few of the angels, with Ramiel and Sahaqiel being the most obvious examples. This trope was probably intended, though; the CG just makes them look all the more alien compared to the rest of the world.

** Dyna Blade, the giant armor-covered Bird God, was completely CGI in her appearance. She was also rendered pretty realistically compared to the rest of the CGI, with gradual shading, more muted colors and highlights. Though a bit jarring seeing her with the other CGI and hand-drawn portions, it did lend her an otherworldly feel.

* In the 2008 adaptation of the anime ''[[Mahou Tsukai ni Taisetsu na Koto: Natsu no Sora|Someday's Dreamers <nowiki>[[Summer Skies]]</nowiki>]]'', the backgrounds are so [[Scenery Porn|realistic]] that they might as well be [[GIS Syndrome|photographs]]. Unfortunately, they contrast sharply with the much less detailed character designs, accentuating the lower quality of the moving animation.

* ''[[Cowboy Bebop]]'' has a lot of this throughout, mostly for the hyperspace gates.

** Also apparent in the "Pierrot le Fou" episode, where it's used to show how Pierrot's reality is slightly different from everyone else's.

* The film ''[[Arashi no Yoru ni]]'' uses CGI for the rocky territory in the gorges. It stands out a bit, since the rest of the movie is otherwise animated in a very soft, watercolor-esquev storybook style.

* The 2008 film ''[[The Sky Crawlers]]'' featured CGI airplanes and other items, to the point where it is absolutely distracting and makes you wonder why these bits were not traditionally animated.

* ''[[Heavy Metal (animation)|Heavy Metal]] 2000'': The Chamber of Immortality at the end of the movie is clearly not rendered with the same 2D animation used in the rest of the film, nor is {{spoiler|[[The Mole|Odin]] when he unmasks himself and walks into the Chamber}}.

* Disney's earlier forays into mixing CG and traditional animation; ''[[Beauty and the Beast]]'' and ''[[Aladdin (Disney film)|Aladdin]]'' are two of the most obvious examples, with the ballroom scene in the former and the escape from the Cave of Wonders in the latter being particularly obvious (and jarring) examples. ''[[The Little Mermaid]]'' has a scene where Ariel runs down the stairs that is CG. It's painfully obvious, but it's also on the screen for about a minute. Interestingly, ''[[The Lion King]]'' also used CG, but because they knew what they were doing by then it WASN'T conspicuous.

** Perfecting the blend between the two mediums was pretty much the whole point of ''[[Treasure Planet]]''.

** Ironically, aside from the obviously non-curved lines on the cement mixer, the CG vehicles in ''[[Oliver and Company]]'' look pretty convincingly hand-animated. Helped, no doubt, from the fact that most cars in [[The Eighties]] were extremely boxy.

* Newer games that stick to a [[Sprite Polygon Mix]] tend to have considerably lower polygon counts and much more simplistic models for their 3D special effects and terrain. This is evident with the recent higher definition offerings from 2D specialists like St!ng, Nippon Ichi and Vanillaware.

* 1998 PC game ''[[Grim Fandango]]'' uses 3D models for the characters, and 2D backgrounds designed to look 3D. It might not have been quite obvious back then, but it's clearly obvious in today's age.

 

 

** Not to mention the ''very'' CG "Nano-Zim," an episode where nearly all the scenes taking place inside Dib's body are CG, complete with fighting CG nanobot mechs. This episode seems to be the most well-known example of using up so much of the budget.

* ''[[Ben 10: Alien Force|Ben 10 Alien Force]]'' has several instances of this. Kevin's car gets swapped for CGI on several occasions, as well as the Rust Bucket, which had already received this treatment late into the previous Ben 10.

* ''[[Batman: The Brave And The Bold|Batman the Brave And The Bold]]'' uses Conspicuous CG for automobiles and planes, though it still looks better than what's used in ''Justice League''.

** The 2D drawing style being close to cirka 1970 comics style could be part of what makes it Conspicuous, as then anything 3D stands out as being Conspicuously Modern.

* ''[[Kim Possible]]'' has a robot toy army attack Ron Stoppable in [[The Movie]]; whilst they may both have been computer animated, the robot toys appear to be created with a different animation or CGI effect to the rest of the show.

* ''[[Bounty Hamster]]'' uses cel-shaded CGI for spaceships and other detailed objects which are required to move very fast.

* Galactus, in the 1990s ''[[Fantastic Four (animation)|Fantastic Four]]'' series. Hungorto, his [[Captain Ersatz]] in ''[[Duck Dodgers]]'' was also Conspicuous CG, possibly as a reference to this.

* The little-known banned British program ''[[Pope Town]]'' has static backgrounds that are obviously CG, in stark contrast to the flat, low-tech character designs (which are a notch below ''[[The Simpsons]]''). Also features [[Idiosyncratic Wipes]] that aren't really wipes (think ''[[3rd Rock from the Sun]]'' or ''[[That '70s Show]]''), consisting of a helicopter shot jumping from one building to another.

* The ''[[Attack of the Killer Tomatoes]]!'' cartoon has painfully, glaringly obvious, conspicuous CG. But then, given the inspiring material... that is probably intentional.

* The airships in ''[[The Secret Saturdays]]'' are this, but it somehow seems to fit with the show.

* Sector V's treehouse when it turns into a rampaging tree monster chasing Nigel and Lizzie in the episode "Operation: G.I.R.L.F.R.I.E.N.D." of ''[[Codename: Kids Next Door]]''.

* Any Direct-To-Video ''[[Western Animation/Scooby-Doo|Scooby-Doo]]'' will have ''Conspicuous CG''. In Goblin King, a 2D Scooby and Shaggy fly in a completely CG background.

** The intro to ''Aloha,'' where there's CGI dolphins swimming amongst hand-drawn fish looks almost painful.

* In ''[[Jonny Quest: The Real Adventures|The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest]]'', he backgrounds of some of their outdoor adventures (especially cloudy skies or northern lights) tended to stand out from the regular 2D animation, mostly in season 1.

* Some characters in ''[[Courage the Cowardly Dog]]'' have been modeled with CG, and their designs are mostly [[Nightmare Fuel]].