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''"These days, anime has [[Animation Bump|good art]] in the first and last episodes, never in the middle."'' <br />

''"That's not something you can just [[Enhanced on DVD|fix for DVD release]]."''|'''A bunch of ninjas''' in the final episode of ''[[Ninin ga Shinobuden]]''.}}

** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieQDLa8pxMg The opening for Dragon Ball Kai somehow manages to forget the spots that appear on Krilin's forehead 22-27 seconds in] Also, since this is the third opening, the same mistake happens again towards the end. Some [[Sarcasm Mode|animation upgrade huh Toei?]]

* The first ''[[Hellsing (anime)|Hellsing]]'' TV series was notorious for this. Despite only being 13 episodes long, any episode that wasn't an excuse for awesome vampire battles was done pretty shoddily.

* The Greed Island Final [[OVA]] of ''[[Hunter X Hunter]]'' is noticeably Off Model, with lots of still frames and scaling of static "sprites" replacing actual animation.

* ''[[Moetan]]'' lampshades this in its first episode's ending segment, when Pastel Ink teaches the viewer how to say "[[Surprisingly Good English|It's great that the animation staff go all out with the quality of an anime's first episode.]]"

** For further amusement, [http://thumbsnap.com/s/xPMZYjAb.jpg Yami and his small feet] from episode 160, [http://i718.photobucket.com/albums/ww188/kitty_fur/balcktristan.jpg?t=1257092493 Black Tristan] from episode 43, and most infamously, [http://thumbsnap.com/i/6VpkIyWd.jpg Seto Kaiba's pointy chin] from several scenes of the anime.

** ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series]]'', naturally, mocked these errors as Yami looks at Kaiba and notes that the latter's nose is [[Off-Model]].

* ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's]]'' suffers from this for one scene in episode 41, where Yusei, Lua, Luca and Aki's mom appear [http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/yugioh/images/0/02/5Dx041_Low_animation_budget.png REALLY BADLY DRAWN] with minimal shading and lack of detailed features. And yet when the camera pans out to see Aki's dad standing in front of Yusei, he appears normally drawn...

** This was fixed for the DVD release (or at least the 4Kids dub anyway), but Stardust Dragon's tail remains shoddily drawn.

* ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'' slips into this with more regularity than most people care to remember, due to the general lack of money. Episodes 6 and 17 stand out in particular. In Episode 6, try drinking every time someone goes off-model. You'll be comatose.

* ''[[Lupin III]]'', particularly in the second (Red Jacket) and third (Pink Jacket) series. In the former's case, it was due to several directors having episodes in production, a requirement since the show debuted a new episode every week for ''three years''. There are some episodes ranging from all-over excellent animation (including two directed by a pre-[[Studio Ghibli|Ghibli]] [[Hayao Miyazaki]]) to some where the characters are constantly off-model and the animation is sketchy at best.

** The company that produced ''Chargeman Ken'', Knack, was pretty notorious for its QUALITY animation. Some of their other titles include the animated version of ''Gekkou Kamen'', as well as ''Dame Oyaji'', ''Don Chuck Monogatari'' and ''Yaruki Manman''.

* [[MM!]]! is at it in the first episode [http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/2162/vlcsnap2010100216h36m42.png legs just don't bend that way]

* Prince John, the [[Big Bad]] of Disney's ''[[Robin Hood (Disney film)|Robin Hood]]'', constantly gains and loses rings throughout the entire film.

** Lampshaded by Prince John at the archery tournament.

** Also, Maid Marian for some reason becomes unusually tall for a fox whenever she is dancing (guess [[Snow White (Disney film)|which film]] they got her dance moves from!).

* The circus locomotive from ''[[Dumbo]]'' for some reason, actually gains and loses train cars as it is travelling across the countryside. The only time we actually see the locomotive with the correct number of train cars is when it is crossing the bridge before climbing up the mountain. Also, during the scene where the circus train get loaded up, a circus wagon on one of the train cars changes color, as with one of the crewmen's outfits.

** Same with the familiar "no" shot.

** ''[[I.M. Meen]]'', done by the same company who produced the CD-i Zelda animation, doesn't fare much better.

* When Mario enters the castle at the end of the original ''[[Super Mario Bros. (video game)|Super Mario Bros]]''''s World 4-3, the castle is big, but when he leaves it at the very beginning of World 5, the castle is tiny!

* ''[[Final Fantasy VII]]'':

== Webcomics ==

* Parodied in ''[[Buttlord GT]]'':

'''Glutes:''' My God, what have I ''done? AAAAAAAAA! WHAT THE FUCK IS HAPPENING TO MY BODY??'' }}

* Also parodied in [http://www.badlydrawnkitties.com/OldComics/20040330_gif_view.htm one] [[Badly Drawn Kitties]] comic.

* In ''[[Homestuck]]'', no one really has any idea of how Aradia's [[Horned Humanoid|horns]] are supposed to work. If you look at "[S] Make Her Pay", they're all over the place. In his now defunct Formspring, [[Word of God|Word of Hussie]] claims this is partially intentional:

** When her ancestor is introduced, her horns quickly got bored of these shenanigans and [http://i.imgur.com/x6REw.gif left her head entirely.] This was swiftly corrected, though.

** In the 6/12/2011 update, [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/scratch.php?s=6&p=005748 there was a group shot of six of the trolls] including a distorted-looking Karkat off in the distance<ref>the one in grey next to Terezi, the one in green and red</ref> which looked as if his entire body was made up of a pair of legs. Upon noticing the goof, fanartists leapt into an enthusiastic [[Memetic Mutation|Pantskat]] party including lots of fake sprites and [http://mspaintadventures.wikia.com/index.php?title=Karkat_Vantas&oldid=48584 wiki vandalism]. And then the memetic longpants actually [[Ascended Meme|appeared in the comic for real]], as an article of clothing alchemized by fedoraFreak, and as the legwear of Karkat's ancestor.

* One episode of the ''[[The Legend of Zelda (animation)|The Legend of Zelda]]'' introduces an evil Zelda clone who's wearing different-colored clothes from the real Zelda. Naturally, the animators couldn't keep the two straight from scene to scene.

* Parodied and lampshaded in ''[[Freakazoid]]''. There was an episode where a small portion had the title character speaking, but he was given obviously bad lip-syncing. The frame froze, and Freakazoid popped up on the screen.

(cut to [[Visual Pun|a pair of lips sinking into the ocean]])<br />

'''Freakazoid:''' A-thank-ya. }}