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Characters created with computer graphics over a [[Motion Capture|motion-captured]] performance.
 
Named after the actor [[Andy Serkis]], who was transformed by CGI wizardry into the characters of Gollum (from ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'') and [[King Kong]] for Peter Jackson's recent films. The trope name is [[Just for Pun|a spin on the phrase "circus folk"]].
 
This can land in the [[Uncanny Valley]] if the CGI overlay doesn't quite work.
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== [[Film]] ==
* Gollum in [[The Lord of the Rings (film)|film adaptation of ''The Lord of the Rings'']] wasis the [[Trope Namer]] and Page Image. The team was aware of the [[Uncanny Valley]] effect, and used it to their advantage: the character was ''supposed'' to look dead-eyed and soulless.
* ''[[Star Wars]]'' features a number of examples:
** Jar Jar Binks in ''The Phantom Menace'' was the first entirely CGI major character to be blended with live-action actors. Actor Ahmed Best acted on set wearing a Jar Jar hat for the benefit of the other actors, and was superimposed over by the CGI.
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