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== Films -- Animation ==
== Films -- Animation ==
* LeFou is far toonier-looking than the rest of the human cast in ''[[Beauty and the Beast]]''.
* LeFou is far toonier-looking than the rest of the human cast in ''[[Beauty and the Beast]]''.
* In the 1939 Max Fleischer film of ''[[Gulliver's Travels]]'', Gulliver is drawn in a more realistic manner (thanks to [[Rotoscoping]]) than the more cartoony Lilliputians.
* In the 1939 Max Fleischer film of ''[[Gulliver's Travels]]'', Gulliver is drawn in a more realistic manner (thanks to [[Rotoscoping]]) than the more cartoony Lilliputians and Blefuscuans.
** Except the two love-interest Lilliputians, Prince David and Princess Glory, who are also rotoscoped, wrecking the otherwise nicely stylistic contrast.
** Except the two love-interests, Lilliputian Princess Glory and Blefuscuan Prince David, who are also rotoscoped, wrecking the otherwise nicely stylistic contrast.
* ''[[Up]]'': Dug's design is a little more cutesy and more consistent with the other cartoony-looking characters than the rest of the more photorealistic-looking dogs, especially in the eyes. This is used to [[What Measure Is a Non-Cute?|easily distinguish]] Dug as a good dog from the rest of the [[Mook]] canines the [[Big Bad]] uses.
* ''[[Up]]'': Dug's design is a little more cutesy and more consistent with the other cartoony-looking characters than the rest of the more photorealistic-looking dogs, especially in the eyes. This is used to [[What Measure Is a Non-Cute?|easily distinguish]] Dug as a good dog from the rest of the [[Mook]] canines the [[Big Bad]] uses.
* Similarly, [[Alluring Anglerfish|the Anglerfish]] from ''[[Finding Nemo]]'' is the only realistically-drawn animal to appear in the entire film.
* Similarly, [[Alluring Anglerfish|the Anglerfish]] from ''[[Finding Nemo]]'' is the only realistically-drawn animal to appear in the entire film.
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** Justified, because in the film, at least, he is a rat.
** Justified, because in the film, at least, he is a rat.
* [[Tangled|Rapunzel]], unlike all the other [[Disney Princess]]es, is actually animated using CGI instead of cel animation, so she often looks very strange when they are all in a group. It also explained why she had to be redesigned when she is greenlighted into the franchise so that she can blend in with the other princesses.
* [[Tangled|Rapunzel]], unlike all the other [[Disney Princess]]es, is actually animated using CGI instead of cel animation, so she often looks very strange when they are all in a group. It also explained why she had to be redesigned when she is greenlighted into the franchise so that she can blend in with the other princesses.
* [[Everything's Better with Princesses|Kidagakash]] from ''[[Atlantis: The Lost Empire|Atlantis the Lost Empire]]'' for some reason despite being an Atlantean actually looks more like a Caucasian woman with tanned skin and [[White-Haired Pretty Girl|white hair]], while the other Atlanteans (including [[Leonard Nimoy|her father, King Kashekhim Nedakh)]] have more ethnic designs. She is also the only character in the film to have [[Blue Eyes]], something no one else in the film has.
* [[Everything's Better with Princesses|Kidagakash]] from ''[[Atlantis: The Lost Empire]]'' for some reason despite being an Atlantean actually looks more like a Caucasian woman with tanned skin and [[White-Haired Pretty Girl|white hair]], while the other Atlanteans (including [[Leonard Nimoy|her father, King Kashekhim Nedakh)]] have more ethnic designs. She is also the only character in the film to have [[Blue Eyes]], something no one else in the film has.
** Also, the shape of her fingers: They have rounded tips, while the males have square-tipped fingers, the other females also have similarly-drawn fingers ([[Wrench Wench|Audrey]] has squared fingers because of her tomboyish nature, while [[Blondes Are Evil|Helga]] has claw-like fingers to fit her role as [[The Dragon]]).
** Also, the shape of her fingers: They have rounded tips, while the males have square-tipped fingers, the other females also have similarly-drawn fingers ([[Wrench Wench|Audrey]] has squared fingers because of her tomboyish nature, while [[Blondes Are Evil|Helga]] has claw-like fingers to fit her role as [[The Dragon]]).
* Every character from the animated film adaptation of ''[[Animal Farm]]'' has a cartoony appearance, except for the farmer who's cutting the skin off of a tree branch who's rotoscoped.

* Every character including Dot from ''[[Dot and The Kangaroo]]'' has a cartoony appearance, except for the kangaroo, Dot's parents, Dot's granduncle, the aborigines and the dingoes who are rotoscoped.


== Films -- Live-Action ==
== Films -- Live-Action ==
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