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However, [[Tropes Are Not Bad]]. Cartoonist [[John Kricfalusi]] has repeatedly stated that "staying on model is only for wimps and communists", or more subtly, if you don't break the character's model to emphasize some emotions, it'd be just as good done live action. The result of staying true to off-model animation is [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iR6KjNmN2BA fantastic], in Kricfalusi's case. [[Walt Disney Animation Australia]], [[Carbunkle Cartoons]] and [[Star Toons]] are also examples. However, their use of it is [[Depending on the Artist]] taken [[Up to Eleven]], rather than accidental off model.
See also [[Uncanny Valley]]. Contrast [[Animation Bump]], where the animation is suddenly much ''better'' made than usual. Compare [[Special Effect Failure]], a similar trope, but with live action (and with animation that mixes more than one form of it). For animation studios that screw up constantly unintentionally, see [[AKOM]], [[Studio DEEN]], [[Dong Woo Animation]], [[Studio Shaft]], [[Sunrise (company)|Sunrise]], [[Actas]], [[Tokyo Kids]],<ref>or at lest when the studio is outsourcing for TMS</ref> and [[Toei Animation]] (mainly their unit the [[The Philippines]]).<ref>unlike the others listed, they still have a reasonable fanbase</ref> For a studio whose supporters and critics often argue about whether their animation is this, see [[Kennedy Cartoons]].
'''Note:''' If a show has constant instances of Off Model, then list notable examples of it. In addition, try to avoid typing [[Zero Context Example]]s.
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* ''[[Fate/stay night]]'' is generally a very good-looking show, but the animation takes a hit in a few episodes, such as the final confrontation with Caster. And no discussion of "off-model" in the context of anime is complete without [http://web.archive.org/web/20071008195340/http://www.avg-hotgame.net/blogview.asp?logID=185&page=1 this ghastly Chinese figure of Saber], which fans have nicknamed "Sader". Much fun has been had with the idea of Saber encountering this thing. In fact, there's a whole [http://www.freewebs.com/aortic/fatekaranokyokai.htm doujin] about it ("Variant Tabi J").
* In the ''[[Lucky Star]]'' OP, when the four girls are talking and all you see is their legs, the normally [[Older Than They Look|significantly shorter]] (by half a foot) Konata has legs that are the same length as the other girls'. This has been spun off into at least one piece of fanart showing the full scene... where [[Scully Box|Konata is standing on a crate]]. [http://img.imgcake.com/34b5c788592e7c8335122f247c5cd18fav.jpg Or two books.] Or getting hung by [[Idiot Hair|that one hair]] from the ceiling.
* More than a few scenes in the [[
* In ''[[Tokyo Mew Mew]]'', the ending theme had a problem with Minto's height. This is fixed starting episode 12.
** The animators also have a continuous problem of forgetting that Ichigo's garter is on her right leg and everyone else's garters are on their left.
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** In fact, a great deal of the Off-Model stuff is intentional—each individual episode of ''Hakkenden'' was directed by a different animator, with the characters redrawn in the unique style of each.
* Besides the fact that [[Hentai]] and QUALITY are practically synonymous, ''hentai'' series ''Bondage Game'' have an extremely obvious continuity error: in episode 2, during Yayoi's Breast Expansion scene, her now humongous breasts appear naked. But mere seconds later, she appears to wear an leathery apparel around them, who disappears in the middle of the scene as suddenly as it appeared.
* ''[[
* The earlier seasons of the ''[[Slayers]]'' anime were a bit cheap in the animation department, swinging from very good to piss poor. The "piss poor" end is mostly blatant in the third season, where the characters are deformed for extended periods of time for no apparent reason. The [[A Day in the Limelight|spotlight episode]] on [[Those Two Guys|Jillas]] the fox is particularly terrible; although the colors for that season were richer, they actually clashed against the frequent still shots of the characters (all ''very'' off-model), which in turn contrasted poorly against painted backgrounds. The first season's animation quality also slipped during the last few episodes, but managed to come around for the final episode.
** The [[Uncancelled|belated]] fourth and fifth seasons were of a better quality overall, regardless of the newer animation.
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* Watch ''[[Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (film)|Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers: The Movie]]'', then watch [[Mighty Morphin Power Rangers|the series proper]]. If you notice that the CGI [[Special Effect Failure|abomination]] of a Ninja Mega Falconzord looks absolutely nothing like the costume; you are not alone. Apparently, they modeled the CG one after a smaller version of the toy.
* In-Universe example: ''[[Terminator|Terminator II: Judgement Day]]'' when the {{spoiler|T-1000 dies}}.
* The theatrical release of ''[[Star Trek: The
* In ''[[Star Trek V: The Final Frontier|Star Trek V the Final Frontier]]'', there's a scene when the USS Enterprise is depicted as a hand-drawn image that doesn't [[Special Effects Failure|look like the model]] and makes [[Filmation]]'s version of the ship look creditable.
* ''[[Jurassic Park]]'''s lead T-Rex has a slightly squarer jaw between the CG model and animatronic.
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== Live Action TV ==
* In-Universe Example: During the "Into the Comics" serial of ''[[Ghostwriter (TV series)|Ghostwriter]]'', the gang is able to identify that the comic they are to analyze for contest clues is, in fact, a fake by noticing differences in the art-style from the previous installments.
* An odd example not involving artwork or animation: in the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' serial ''The Power of the Daleks'', the Dalek army is represented by [[Off-the-Shelf FX|Louis Marx toy Daleks]]. The problem was that Marx's Daleks [http://doctorwhotoys.net/marx_mysterious_dalek%20copy.jpg were a subtly wrong shape], which became more obvious when intercut with the three ''real'' Daleks.
* In season three of ''[[Mighty Morphin Power Rangers]]'', Titanus was reintroduced. Though as there was no footage of the character in the series footage was being taken from (''[[Ninja Sentai Kakuranger]]''), Saban used [[Off-the-Shelf FX|the toys of him, the Ninjazords and Shogunzords]] whenever featured. [[Special Effects Failure|Unfortunately, they never took into consideration that the Shogunzord used by the White Ranger in the original was repainted pink for America.]]<ref>It's explained in more detail on the [[Special Effects Failure]] page.</ref>
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* ''[[Final Fantasy X]]'' has a mild version of this going on: Tidus and Yuna's character models in FMVs are noticeably different than their non-FMV counterparts, whereas other characters' FMV models are pretty much spot-on.
* In ''[[Final Fantasy XII]]'', Vaan's abs are a bit... strange-looking in his non-FMV model.
* With the release of ''[[
* [[Fighting Game]]s, particularly those with the [[Capcom Sequel Stagnation]], suffer from this, with ''Super [[Street Fighter]] II'' and ''Super Street Fighter II Turbo'' being the first two major examples. In the former the four new challengers were obviously better drawn and had more animation frames, while in the latter almost everyone had a few new moves, and the sprites for those are more fluid in animation but have slightly worse shading and detail compared to the older sprites.
** Also, the numerous Crossovers between Capcom and other franchises. Starting with ''X-Men vs. Street Fighter'', where Cyclops, Wolverine and others had much smoother, visibly different-styled sprites comparing to the [[Street Fighter]] Alpha ones. But this is acceptable compared to Capcom vs. SNK where Sagat, Morrigan and some others who had their sprites ripped from older games looked REALLY Off-Model, since the game had fairly high-resolution sprites.
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== Web Original ==
* ''[[Neko Sugar Girls]]'' is basically a [[Stealth Parody]] of this trope. ''Everyone'' is off-model, and it's done to an extent (combined with [[Gratuitous Japanese]], hideously annoying voice acting, and nonexistent plot) that the whole video series is obviously a parody.
* [http://youchew.net/forum/index.php?/topic/987-post-weird-animation-frames-of-anything/page__hl__%2Bweird+%2Banimation+%2Bframes This] [[
* If it's not traced, then the animation in [[Elemental Goddess]] is this.
* In ''[[Pre Game Lobby]]'', a question about why the characters armor keep changing between scenes, with armor changing when the local Troll keeps asking when he's ever changed his armor. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etzQ-HR_uVg&feature=PlayList&p=612EC0EB6808E6AD&index=11 Can be seen Here.]
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** This gets even worse in the third season The Goliath Chronicles, especially in the episode "Seeing Isn't Believing".
* The [[DCAU]] suffered from several moments of characters being off-model - especially after the [[Art Evolution]], but the last season of ''[[Superman: The Animated Series]]'' has one of the most egregious examples: Jimmy Olsen's eye lids weren't painted when he closes his eyes, leaving them black. And there's also the still of Metallo being hit by Lois's car - making Metallo look more like Plastic Man, and Lois's car like [[Speed Racer]]'s Mach 5.
** Both [[AKOM]] and [[Sunrise (company)|Sunrise]] often went off-model in their episodes for ''[[Batman: The Animated Series]]''. While Sunrise generally produced animation, AKOM tended to give characters wildly different proportions, made characters look like balloons, and even drew Batman with moobs at one point. The Company's work on the episode "Cat Scratch Fever" was flat-out terrible, so much so that it got them fired. And while Sunrise had a reputation for drawing characters with "sausage fingers", they pulled off a difficult sequence in "The Cat and the Claw, Part 1" that even Bruce Timm was shocked; considering how much they usually failed at simpler tasks, it's no surprise and much like AKOM, were eventually let go due to animation just as bad for the lion's share of their episodes. A shame really, especially considering that both companies did better [[Cowboy Bebop|work]] [[The Simpsons (animation)|elsewhere]].
** One studio, Dust, was used for only a single episode, "Beware The Gray Ghost", because their work was so terribly off-model. It's obvious that the animators couldn't understand English, which is particularly noticeable on the notes left by the Mad Bomber - the first note Gordon receives reads "Pay up or ''day'' the consequences", while a flashback mistakenly uses the text from the "real" Mad Bomber instead of the text from the fictional version (i.e. references to the fictional "Piedmont" read "Gotham" instead). Spectrum Animation is credited for the episode, though an Animato Magazine from closer to the production of the episode discusses Dust instead.
** Despite being an excellent episode, ''Harlequinade'' has some Off Model moments that were not ignored by the commentary. Examples include Batman's incredibly pointy pointing fingers, and [http://img816.imageshack.us/img816/9407/leglesspiano.jpg the legless piano player].
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** However, the earliest Ren and Stimpy episodes have some geniunely off-model moments, such as one scene where Stimpy inexplicably has pupil eyes for one scene.
* ''[[Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy]]'' increasingly used the Looney Tunes/John K-style of off-model animation as it went on. Seeing as the character designs were mostly pretty ugly, pushing the off-model expressive style did wonders for the show.
* ''[[Exo Squad]]'' suffered greatly from this trope to the point of varying within the same episode. In part, this was due to a change in animation studios; [[Sunrise (company)|Sunrise]] was originally supposed to animate it (as seen by the ending credits test-animation), but they had to bail out to make ''[[Gundam Wing]]'' and the series ultimately ended up in the hands of AKOM.
** And speaking of ''[[Gundam Wing]]'', ''that'' series had plenty of its own moments- [http://aboutgundamwing.com/SC/SC45/vlcsnap-780040.jpg this still] started a meme: '''SAUSAGE FINGERS'''.
* All of the various versions of the [[Super Mario Bros Super Show|Super Mario cartoons]] had their fair share of... problems.
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** In the episode "The Son Also Draws", the boss of the Native American casino has his neck colored differently from the rest of his skin.
** The episode "Back to the Pilot" has Stewie and Brian travel back in time to the pilot episode and make fun at all the animation flaws the show used to have.
* During all of [[
** In "A Nut in Every Bite", the kids had very off-model appearances, making them look like anthrophomorphic dogs.
* Has happened several times in ''[[Winx Club]]'', apparently there was once an instance where the animator forgot to draw Flora's mouth.
* 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.
{{quote|'''Freakazoid:''' Oy, let's watch the lip-sync, alright?
(cut to [[Visual Pun|a pair of lips sinking into the ocean]])
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** Then the episode "Evil Sits Down for a Moment" where the fairies' arms come off for a frame http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=[[V 2 ozi 7 g 4 xs A]]
* How many fingers does [[Frosty the Snowman]] have?!
* ''[[Star Trek: The
* For the ''[[Looney Tunes]]'' short "Bugsy and Mugsy", for whatever reason in this short Mugsy looks completely different from how he usually looks, [[wikipedia:File:Rocky and Mugsy.jpg|this is how he normally looks]], [http://www.comicvine.com/rocky-and-mugsy/29-46323/all-images/108-205909/131637-rocky-and-mugsy/105-166148/ this is what he looked like in that short].
** In the short "Oily Hare" in one scene where the oil tycoon tells his assistant Maverick to lower him into Bugs' hole his body disappears for a few frames leaving him a talking head.
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