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[[File:Barney_Teeth_6941.jpg|link=Barney and Friends|frame|Barney gives us an [[Artistic License: Biology|accurate]] depiction of a [[Tyrannosaurus Rex]]'s dentition.]]
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== [[Anime and Manga]] ==
* Characters drawn in manga usually have these. And when they do, it's usually the creepy/funny-looking kind.
** Notably averted in [[Beck]] in that every character has all their teeth visibly shown.
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== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* This is one of the signature traits of the eponymous purple dinosaur, ''[[Barney and Friends|Barney]]''.
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* Pretty much anyone in a [[Seth MacFarlane]] series. Especially Mr. Bottomtooth of ''[[Family Guy]]'', a pretentious rich guy with a single bottom tooth. His son shares this trait. Strangely, the creepy pedophile also has tooth strips when he laughs or chuckles, despite not having most of his teeth...
* Averted in ''[[South Park]]''-- even though the characters are [[Stylistic Suck|crudely]] animated, they still have lines to mark the division of teeth.
* We see a weird variation in ''[[Invader Zim]]'': the Irkens all have their teeth joined together in an undulating, [http://images1.fanpop.com/images/photos/1400000/Zim-invader-zim-1404611-1024-768.jpg zipper-like pattern]. The humans usually have their teeth drawn separately.
* Many other characters in Western animation use tooth strips for the same reason as anime/manga. Drawing them with individually divided teeth looked bad and would be difficult to draw. It isn't so much lazy animators, but what looked decent and was reasonable to animate.
* [[Pixar]] is infamously known for their tendency to give most of their nonhuman characters this kind of teeth, whether they are either [[Toy Story|toys]], [[A Bug's Life|insects]], [[Monsters, Inc.|monsters]], [[Finding Nemo|fish]], or [[Cars|vehicles.]]
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