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* The [[Max and Dave Fleischer|Fleischer brothers]] were absolute masters at this. They had little 3D model sets that fit perfectly into their cartoons. This was long before computers, mind. See ''[[Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad The Sailor]]'' for example.▼
[[File:Chowder_Marzipan_City_final.jpg|thumb|400px|link=Chowder]]
* ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender (Animation)|Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'' has plenty of pan-shots of huge and largely detailed locales. [http://dongbufeng.net/media/gallery/displayimage.php?album=16&pos=43 Ba Sing Se] is a [http://dongbufeng.net/media/gallery/displayimage.php?album=16&pos=239 goldmine] for this kind of thing. Sokka once took some swordsmanship lessons [[Wax On Wax Off|that included landscape painting]] of [http://piandao.org/panshots/ep44pan9.png a valley and][http://iroh.org/screencaps/ep44/ep44-297.png a waterfall] (based of a real one in Iceland)... that he got to look at for all of three seconds. His picture was [[Terrible Artist|not very good]]. The Fire Nation royal palace is pretty nice, too.▼
▲* The [[Max and Dave Fleischer|Fleischer brothers]] were absolute masters at this. They had little 3D model sets that fit perfectly into their cartoons. This was long before computers, mind. See ''[[Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad Thethe Sailor]]'' for example.
* Judging by the trailer and concept pictures, ''[[The Legend of Korra (Animation)|The Legend of Korra]]'' will be following in its parent series' footprints in this regard, but even moreso with an [[Animation Bump]]. [http://i923.photobucket.com/albums/ad71/funkadiddle/unitedrepublic.png?t=1311667233 Oh] [http://images.avatarspiritmedia.net/newsupdates/airtempleisland.jpg yeah].▼
▲* ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender (Animation)|Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'' has plenty of pan-shots of huge and largely detailed locales. [https://web.archive.org/web/20130906122019/http://dongbufeng.net/media/gallery/displayimage.php?album=16&pos=43 Ba Sing Se] is a [httphttps://dongbufengweb.netarchive.org/mediaweb/gallery20200903141111/displayimagehttp://ww1.php?album=16&pos=239dongbufeng.net/ goldmine] for this kind of thing. Sokka once took some swordsmanship lessons [[Wax On, Wax Off|that included landscape painting]] of [http://piandao.org/panshots/ep44pan9.png a valley and]{{Dead link}}[https://web.archive.org/web/20200201101517/http://iroh.org/screencaps/ep44/ep44-297.png a waterfall]{{Dead link}} (based of a real one in Iceland)... that he got to look at for all of three seconds. His picture was [[Terrible Artist|not very good]]. The Fire Nation royal palace is pretty nice, too.
* ''[[Batman Gotham Knight (Animation)|Batman Gotham Knight]]'' did this with the first of its six shorts -- the backgrounds are very beautiful and detailed, in contrast to the ''character'' designs, which are very simple and jagged.▼
▲* Judging by the trailer and concept pictures, ''[[The Legend of Korra (Animation)|The Legend of Korra]]'' will be following in its parent series' footprints in this regard, but even moreso with an [[Animation Bump]]. [http://i923.photobucket.com/albums/ad71/funkadiddle/unitedrepublic.png?t=1311667233 Oh] [https://web.archive.org/web/20180627052406/http://images.avatarspiritmedia.net/newsupdates/airtempleisland.jpg yeah].
* The ''[[Star Wars the Clone Wars (Animation)|Clone Wars]]'' animated movie and TV shows. The backgrounds and ships are all lovingly detailed and realistic. The characters... Ohmygod! Is his hair made of solid plastic??▼
▲* ''[[Batman Gotham Knight (Animation)|Batman: Gotham Knight]]'' did this with the first of its six shorts -- the backgrounds are very beautiful and detailed, in contrast to the ''character'' designs, which are very simple and jagged.
* In just the second episode of ''[[Futurama (Animation)|Futurama]]'', they managed to do this with the Moon.▼
▲* The ''[[Star Wars: theThe Clone Wars (Animation)|Clone Wars]]'' animated movie and TV shows. The backgrounds and ships are all lovingly detailed and realistic. The characters... Ohmygod! Is his hair made of solid plastic??
* ''[[Code Lyoko (Animation)|Code Lyoko]]'' should be the posterchild for this trope. The lead background painter by the name of Frédéric Perrin created meticulous backgrounds which were utilised in almost every scene in the non-3D sequences of the show; Indoor, Outdoor, Industrial, Urban, Nature, you name it. [http://fredleew.com/ Check out his work for yourself.]▼
▲* In just the second episode of ''[[Futurama (Animation)|Futurama]]'', they managed to do this with the Moon.
* The animated series ''[[Dungeons and Dragons (Animation)|Dungeons & Dragons]]'' features quite a bit of Scenery Porn, especially when showing what formidable landscape the teens had wandered into that week.▼
▲* ''[[Code Lyoko (Animation)|Code Lyoko]]'' should be the posterchild for this trope. The lead background painter by the name of Frédéric Perrin created meticulous backgrounds which were utilised in almost every scene in the non-3D sequences of the show; Indoor, Outdoor, Industrial, Urban, Nature, you name it. [http://fredleew.com/ Check out his work for yourself.]
* Though some of it hasn't aged amazingly, both ''[[Beast Wars (Animation)|Beast Wars]]'' and ''[[Beast Machines (Animation)|Beast Machines]]'' deserve mad props for this. ▼
▲* The animated series ''[[Dungeons and Dragons (Animationanimation)|Dungeons & Dragons]]'' features quite a bit of Scenery Porn, especially when showing what formidable landscape the teens had wandered into that week.
* ''[[Oban Star Racers (Animation)|Oban Star Racers]]'' is recognizable for its stunning, picturesque backgrounds. Special note must be taken of the alien vistas in the Oban arc.▼
▲* Though some of it hasn't aged amazingly, both ''[[Beast Wars (Animation)|Beast Wars]]'' and ''[[Beast Machines (Animation)|Beast Machines]]'' deserve mad props for this.
* The animated series ''[[Samurai Jack (Animation)|Samurai Jack]]'' indulged in this on many occasions. Special mention should go to the episodes "Jack and the Three Blind Archers" and "Jack Remembers the Past".▼
▲* ''[[ObanŌban Star -Racers (Animation)|Oban Star Racers]]'' is recognizable for its stunning, picturesque backgrounds. Special note must be taken of the alien vistas in the Oban arc.
* The ''[[Tom and Jerry (Animation)|Tom and Jerry]]'' theatrical short ''Mouse in Manhattan''.▼
▲* The animated series ''[[Samurai Jack (Animation)|Samurai Jack]]'' indulged in this on many occasions. Special mention should go to the episodes "Jack and the Three Blind Archers" and "Jack Remembers the Past".
▲* The ''[[Tom and Jerry (Animation)|Tom and Jerry]]'' theatrical short ''Mouse in Manhattan''.
* The cartoon ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1i-qidIMK8c To Spring]'', which also has lots of Technicolor Porn with all the garish paints.
* ''[[The Simpsons (Animationanimation)|The Simpsons]]'': "The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson" has a few examples of this, including the obligatory leaving-Manhattan-via-a-bridge ending (and "camera" zoom out).
* The ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2003 (Animation)|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2003]]'' episode "The Ancient One" is full of these, once Leo arrives at the hidden land, where the backgrounds, instead of being in the series' usual style, are painted in a manner reminiscent of ''Avatar: The Last Airbender''.
* The backgrounds on ''[[Chowder (Animation)|Chowder]]'' look like they came out a Moroccan and Indian influenced [[Dr. Seuss]] book. The end results are gorgeous, as shown in [http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iwBWZ-bApq8/STSixmiz2hI/AAAAAAAAAaI/VUEkuo907LM/s1600-h/B007S015_002-BG-Master.jpg this opening shot] from the [[You Mean "Xmas"|Knishmas special]].
* While not exactly unimaginably detailed, the backgrounds from the ''[[Looney Tunes (Animation)|Looney Tunes]]'' Wile E. Coyote and Roadrunner shorts [http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QdHn8FT7SdY/S-ftmGQLsVI/AAAAAAAAJAU/PtxHkBHVdQs/s1600/rrfast03.jpg were] [http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QdHn8FT7SdY/TJ77PbPZh6I/AAAAAAAAJ9w/aWQqtQVMePg/s1600/beep15.jpg very], [http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QdHn8FT7SdY/TJ77Oo_FTMI/AAAAAAAAJ9Y/4vvLi4zk56E/s1600/beep18.jpg very] [http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QdHn8FT7SdY/S-frb_O71mI/AAAAAAAAI9E/kkVOIHbOkuw/s1600/rrfast31.jpg pretty] and had gorgeous colors.
* The ''[[House of Mouse (Animation)|House of Mouse]]'' Prop Room (an extremely large basement that's supposed to house different props and backdrops for (almost) every animated Disney movie ever made), which for some reason, looks like something drawn by ''[[Hellboy (Comic Bookcomics)|Mike Mignola]]'' of all people! Guess [[Atlantis: theThe Lost Empire (Disney)|which Disney movie]] Mignola was involved in!
* The French animated series ''[[Wakfu (Animation)|Wakfu]]'' takes a few cues from [[Anime]]... including gorgeous artwork. While [http://gueuzav.deviantart.com/ this devArt page] offers more characters than background, those backgrounds you do see with the characters are the barest sample.
* ''[[Thomas the Tank Engine (Animation)|Thomas the Tank Engine]] and Friends'', particularly in the first five seasons.
* Of all shows, ''[[Family Guy (Animation)|Family Guy]]'' can do this when they want to. It's usually when they're trying to make the setting romantic or just pretty, for whatever reason. A more specific example would be the walk on the beach Adam West had with Lois' sister.
* ''[[Thundercats 2011 (Western Animation)|Thundercats 2011]],'' is flush with many exquisitely rendered, unique environments jam-packed into each episode, detailed (and spoiled) [http://tv.ign.com/articles/117/1178363p1.html here].
* ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' manages to pull this off in its [[Sugar Bowl]] of a Flash cartoon. The color, fluidity and amount of tiny details crammed into general shots are impressive. Some episodes use backgrounds that have never been seen before and are unlikely ever to be seen again, like the [[Training Montage]] in "Call of the Cutie", the fall foliage in "Fall Weather Friends", and the Wild West scenery throughout "Over a Barrel". There's also the pegasus city of [[Floating Continent|Cloudsdale]], an [http://ponibooru.413chan.net/post/view/1679 entire]{{Dead link}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20110516040443/http://ponibooru.413chan.net/post/view/1425 city] made of ''clouds and rainbows''. Its a pretty [[Sugar Bowl]]! In fact, [[http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-fdNiBaZ7Gso/TWMCb4aA9wI/AAAAAAAABpY/LcQb7FJh6Vc/s1600/cloudsdale_wallpaper-<!-- 2528n12982599676052529%2528n1298259967605%2529.jpg Cloudsdale]] looks very similar to [[http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110106092660/disneyshercules/images/7/7e/Disney_olympus.jpg Mount Olympus]] from Disney's ''{{Disney/[[Hercules}} (1997 film)||Hercules]]'' (which also falls under this trope). -->
 
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