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'''''Out of the Inkwell''''' was a major series of animated cartoons from [[The Silent Age of Animation]] and the earliest days of [[The Golden Age of Animation]], produced by [[Fleischer Studios|Max Fleischer]] from 1918 to 1929. The series was the result of three short experimental films that Max Fleischer independently produced in the period of 1914-1916 to demonstrate his invention, the [[Rotoscoping|Rotoscope]], which was a device consisting of a film projector and easel used as an aid for achieving realistic movement for animated cartoons.
 
A quick history of this series can be found on [http://en.[wikipedia.org/wiki/Out_of_the_Inkwell:Out of the Inkwell|this article]], courtesy of [[Wikipedia]].
 
Compare [[Walt Disney]]'s own live action/animation blending cartoons, the [[Alice Comedies]], as well as [[Walter Lantz]]'s [[Dinky Doodle]].
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== Theatrical Cartoon Filmography ==
 
== '''The Bray Studio Years (1918-1920)''' ==
 
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== '''The Bray Studio Years (1918-1920)''' ==:
* Electric Bell (1918)
* Experiment No. 1 (1918)
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* The Automobile Ride (1921)
 
== '''1921-1926 ==:'''
 
* Modeling (1921)
* Fishing (1921)
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* Koko Gets Egg-Cited (1926)
 
== '''Inkwell Imps (1927-1929) ==:'''
 
* Koko Back Tracks (1927)
* Koko Makes 'Em Laugh (1927)
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* Ko-Ko Smokes (1928)
* Ko-Ko's Tattoo (1928)
* [[KokosKoko's Earth Control|Ko-Ko's Earth Control]] (1928): Runner-up on [[The 50 Greatest Cartoons]].
* Ko-Ko's Hot Dog (1928)
* Ko-Ko's Haunted House (1928)
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=== Tropes: ===
* [[Art Evolution]]: Happened as the animation relied less and less on rotoscoping.
* [[Attack of the 50 -Foot Whatever]]: Ko-Ko in "Bed Time".
* [[Batman Can Breathe in Space|Max Fleischer Can Breathe In Space]]: In "A Trip to Mars".
* [[The Cameo]]: Appears as a throwaway gag in the Betty Boop short "[[Minnie the Moocher]]", before he became a recurring star of the series.
* [[Deranged Animation]]: A Fleischer staple, this trope is very prominent in these cartoons.
* [[Don't Touch It, You Idiot!]]: On "Ko-Ko's Earth Control" Ko-Ko and Fitz find the Earth's control center and Fitz ''really'' wants to pull the lever that [[Self -Destruct Mechanism|destroys the whole world]].
* [[Follow the Leader]]: Walt Disney's "Alice Comedies" are essentially an inverted version of these cartoons.
* [[Keep Circulating the Tapes]]: The TV Koko cartoons are pretty much impossible to find.
* [[Missing Episode]]: Several of the cartoons seem to be lost.
* [[Non -Ironic Clown]]: Koko.
* [[Public Domain Animation]]: All of the original cartoons have slipped into the [[Public Domain]].
* [[Roger Rabbit Effect]]: While not the first example (''[[Gertie the Dinosaur]]'' did it first), Out of the Inkwell certainly is one of the finest examples.
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