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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.
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 ==
== 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:
* 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]]''
** ''[[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.
** ''[[Twenty Million Miles To Earth]]'' - A movie where to many audiences, the monster is the most like-able characters.
** ''[[First Men in The Moon]]''
** ''[[The First Men in the Moon]]''
** ''[[The Valley of Gwangi]]''
** ''[[The Valley of Gwangi]]''
** ''[[Clash of the Titans]]''
** ''[[Clash of the Titans]]''