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* ''[[Weiss Kreuz]]'' suffered terribly from Off-Model animation.<ref>This is the result of having a series co-produced by [[TMS]] and [[Studio DEEN]]</ref> Not only do the characters' faces and hair length change from show to show, a character's sunglasses are at one point drawn off-model and subtly shift back to a more accurate design as the scene progresses. Characters wearing single earrings frequently have them switching from one ear to the other - or even to ''both''. The show seems to take a demented delight in going off-model to the extent it becomes distracting, and not only does the art quality vary wildly from episode to episode, it randomly degenerates ''in the middle of episodes'' as well.
* ''[[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 [https://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 [https://web.archive.org/web/20120224131849/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]]. [https://web.archive.org/web/20210905215815/http://img.imgcake.com/
* More than a few scenes in the [[Black★Rock Shooter (band)|Black★Rock Shooter]] OVA suffer from missing details, misshapen faces and stubby limbs being common symptoms.
* In ''[[Tokyo Mew Mew]]'', the ending theme had a problem with Minto's height. This is fixed starting episode 12.
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== Toys ==
* The Fall Out Boy [https://web.archive.org/web/20191017082113/http://www.entertainmentearth.com/images/%5CAUTOIMAGES%5CPF01722Alg.jpg talking plushies] suffer from this. Ironically, they were made by SOTA Toys, which churned out the on-model [https://web.archive.org/web/20070419122316/http://www.actionfigureinsider.com/news/images/sota/SOTAFalloutBoy.jpg action figures] a while back. [http://earsucker.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/pete_wentz_seamstress.jpg (Yes, Pete Wentz's face DOES work that way.)]
* ''[[Transformers Generation 1]]'' may have had a reputation of being this trope in both comics and cartoon, but it should also go with saying that the figures themselves are not immune due to their heritage of being from different lines:
** Ironhide and Ratchet for instance, have proper heads in all non-toy related material, but their original action figures don't. This is because the original figures were made in Japan for a different purpose- ''before'' the concept of Transformers came into play. Those figures were meant to be "armor" used by human pilots, but the idea was shelved when the toys were re-worked into transforming robots. In fact, there are even Bot-con and fan surrogate modifications that can be applied to these toys to give them actual heads.
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** In [[Non Sequitur Episode|The Mechanic,]] near the end, Batman's mouth suddenly wrenches open and his eyes dilate, going in opposite directions. This lasts a good second or two.
* The ''[[Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' series was prone to this, especially the "[[And Knowing Is Half the Battle|Sonic Sez]]" segments at the end of each episode.
** This may have been intentional, since Milton Knight, the character designer, gave instructions (for Robotnik, anyway) to be drawn [https://web.archive.org/web/20150106084854/http://www.miltonknight.net/robotnikmodel1new.jpeg expressively, not well.] He actually refers to this concept by name, and adheres to the assertion of Kent Butterworth (the producer of the cartoon): "If you can recognize the character, it's on model."
** The worst episodes, animation-wise, would have to be the first one ("SSSSS Squad") and the second-last one ("Robo-Ninjas"). Their animation was quite grotesque.
** A glaring instance from the episode "Over-the-Hill Hero"; [http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj141/1downpoison/w-1.png Sonic's mouth area disappears entirely for one frame].
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