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* ''[[Shrek]]'' ushered in a period of [[Deconstruction]] for fairy tales, resulting in [[Fractured Fairy Tale|Fractured Fairy Tales]] such as ''[[Enchanted]]'', ''[[Happily N'Ever After]]'', and ''[[Hoodwinked]]''. The genre has recently begun [[Reconstruction]], with ''[[The Tale of Despereaux]]'', ''[[The Princess and the Frog]]'' and ''[[Tangled]]''.
** Shrek is also blamed by fans of traditional animation for [[Genre Killer|ending the dominance of traditional animation]] and about the rise of [[All CGI Cartoons]] laden with [[Shout-Out|pop cultural references]] that would become dated within months, an over-reliance on [[Toilet Humor]], overuse of [[Parental Bonus]] and [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]] to the point where it gets annoying, and gratuitous celebrity casting. Granted, [[Looney Tunes|Warner Bros.]] had done pop cultural references [[Older Than They Think|back in the]] [[Golden Age of Animation]]; [[Disney Animated Canon|Disney]] often cast big name celebrities in their films since ''[[Aladdin (Disney film)|Aladdin]]'', and pretty much EVERY animation studio has slipped crap past the radar in their films, but Shrek and [[Shark Tale|similar]] [[Madagascar|movies]] are the culmination of these trends, for better or for worse.
* ''[[Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Disney film)|Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs]]'' showed that not only can animation be entertaining and longer than 5 minutes, but that the audience can be emotionally connected with animated characters.
* The ''[[Harry Potter (film)|Harry Potter]]'' film series arguably did this for the entire [[Summer Blockbuster]]. At least, in [[Moviebob]]'s [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/escape-to-the-movies/3688-Harry-Potter-and-the-Deathly-Hallows-Part-II opinion:]
{{quote|[''[[Harry Potter]]'' is] a film series that, for better or worse, seems to have kicked off and excelled at every major trend in modern movie-making for the last decade. Things like the boom in the [[Fantasy]] genre, to the reliance on [[Derivative Works|recognized franchise names]], to the idea of [[Marvel Cinematic Universe|long-running cinematic continuity]], can all be traced back to this one game-changing production. Like it or not, the entire scope of movies are now living in the world that ''[[Harry Potter]]'' created.}}
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