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This trope is all about movies that not only employ such special effect characters, but ''put them in the spotlight'': if you can take the [[Muppet]]s, [[Serkis Folk]] or [[Roger Rabbit Effect|Toons]] out of a movie without affecting the plot line or core cast, then it's not this trope.
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== Film ==
* The vast majority of [[Harryhausen Movie]]s. Ray Harryhausen treated each monster as a character in and of itself, giving them operatic deaths when he could. Special mention goes to:
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** ''[[The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms]]''
** ''[[Twenty Million Miles To Earth]]'' - A movie where to many audiences, the monster is the most like-able characters.
** ''[[The First Men in
** ''[[The Valley of Gwangi]]''
** ''[[Clash of the Titans]]''
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* ''[[Looney Tunes: Back in Action]]'', which merges live action and animation in much the same way as ''[[Who Framed Roger Rabbit?]]''.
** And there's its predecessor, ''[[Space Jam]]''. The credits for both films ''actually used'' "Bugs Bunny" as part of the starring role.
* The live-action ''[[Alvin and the
* The live-action ''[[Scooby Doo]]'' movies
* The live-action ''[[Rocky and Bullwinkle]]'' movie
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* ''[[Avatar (film)|Avatar]]''
* ''[[S1m0ne]]'' is an in-universe example.
* The makers of ''[[Ghost Rider (film)|Ghost Rider]] Spirit of Vengeance'' seem to [https://web.archive.org/web/20120621113543/http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/16/idUS220754507020120216 describe ] the movie as such while trying to downplay the role of the movie's actual star Nicholas Cage.
* Variation: The film ''Battle of the River Plate'' included acting credits for the ''warships'' involved in filming it.
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