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Line 11: The cartoon came in two versions: the full version with Winsor appearing in a live action opening, and the roadshow version which only has the Gertie footage. One studio even created their own unauthorized version of the film! See the full, unabridged version of the cartoon [[{{PAGENAME}}/Source\|here, on this very wiki]]; or in two parts, on YouTube [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnuhP2URCoo~~&playnext=1&list=PL8F5D4105D2798B77~~ here] and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixK1DffOsbE~~&feature=related~~ here]; or download the entire cartoon from [https://archive.org/details/Gertie the Internet Archive]. Gertie was to receive a sequel short called [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36gqBoUSJ4M Gertie on Tour], but it was ultimately left unfinished, and sadly only a fragment of it has survived, barely lasting over a minute. Line 19: [[Disney Theme Parks\|Walt Disney World]] has also made a little tribute to Gertie, via a [http://www.flickr.com/photos/blergy/4389431669/ life-sized replica of her] serving as an ice cream parlor in Disney's Hollywood Studios. ---- ~~=== This cartoon provides examples of: ===~~ {{tropelist}} * [[Big Eater]]: Gertie eats a rock, a tree that's ''bigger than she is'', and sucks a lake completely dry. * [[Black Hole Belly]]: But her size doesn't increase. * [[Doing It for ~~The~~the Art]]: Winsor McCay hand-drew every single frame. ''Without cels''. * [[Extreme Omnivore]]: Gertie eats a pumpkin, a tree (roots and all), and a ''rock''. She also drinks a lake dry. * [[Roger Rabbit Effect]]: Possibly the earliest example -- Winsor himself would actually appear on screen with Gertie. Line 29 ⟶ 30: * [[Somewhere a Palaeontologist Is Crying]]: But who cares? ** Most paleontologists actually see the historical merit this short has on their science. * [[Stock Dinosaurs]]: [~~http://en.~~[wikipedia~~.org/wiki/George_McManus~~:George McManus\|George McManus]] calls Gertie a "dinosaurus"; she appears to be an Apatosaurus or [~~http://en.~~[wikipedia~~.org/wiki/~~:Sauropod \|something similar]]. A dragon-like "four-winged lizard" also flits by. Then Microraptor was discovered... * Actually, it was once believed that there was a dinosaur called ''Dinosaurus'', but it's now called ''Plateosaurus'', and looked somewhat like Gertie. Line 35 ⟶ 36: * [[Stock Footage]]: Numerous frames are repeated in the animation part. {{50 Greatest Cartoons}} {{reflist}} [[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:National Film Registry]] [[Category:Dinosaur Media]] [[Category:The 50 Greatest Cartoons]] [[Category:Trope Makers]] [[Category:~~Gertie~~Films ~~The~~of ~~Dinosaur~~the 1910s]] [[Category:Animal Title Index]] [[Category:Western Animation of the 1910s]] [[Category:Western Animation]] [[Category:Film]] [[Category:Black-and-white films]]