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{{quote|''One upon a time, there was a sensible straight line who was hopelessly in love... with a dot.''|'''Opening narration'''}}
{{quote|''One upon a time, there was a sensible straight line who was hopelessly in love... with a dot.''|'''Opening narration'''}}


''The Dot and the Line: a Romance in Lower Mathematics'' is a short book written and illustrated in 1963 by Norton Juster (of ''[[The Phantom Tollbooth]]'' fame). Inspired by ''[[Flatland]]'', It follows the story of a straight line who is hopelessly in love with a dot. The dot, however, is in love with a squiggle. The line learns how to manipulate himself and wins the heart of the dot.
'''''The Dot and the Line: a Romance in Lower Mathematics''''' is a short book written and illustrated in 1963 by Norton Juster (of ''[[The Phantom Tollbooth]]'' fame). Inspired by ''[[Flatland]]'', it follows the story of a straight line who is hopelessly in love with a dot. The dot, however, is in love with a squiggle. The line learns how to manipulate himself and wins the heart of the dot.


In 1965, Juster wrote a screenplay and acclaimed animator [[Chuck Jones]] animated it. It won an [[Academy Award]] for Animated Short Film.
In 1965, Juster wrote a screenplay and acclaimed animator [[Chuck Jones]] animated it. It won an [[Academy Award]] for Animated Short Film.
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[http://youtu.be/OmSbdvzbOzY You can watch the cartoon in its entirety on You Tube here]. (Ten minutes long.)
[http://youtu.be/OmSbdvzbOzY You can watch the cartoon in its entirety on You Tube here]. (Ten minutes long.)


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== Tropes in this story: ==
* [[All Girls Want Bad Boys]]: The dot to the squiggle.
* [[All Girls Want Bad Boys]]: The dot to the squiggle.
* [[All Work vs. All Play]]
* [[All Work vs. All Play]]
* [[Animated Adaptation]]: The 1965 short.
* [[Animated Adaptation]]: The 1965 short.
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* [[MGM Oneshot Cartoons]]{{context}}
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* [[A Worldwide Punomenon]]: "But even allowing for his feelings, this was probably stretching a point.", and of course the moral (see [[Spoof Aesop]], below).
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* [[MGM Oneshot Cartoons]]
* [[One-Dimensional Thinking]]: Seems to be the dot's problem with the line.
* [[One-Dimensional Thinking]]: Seems to be the dot's problem with the line.
* [[Spoof Aesop]]: "To the [[A Worldwide Punomenon|Vector]] Belong the Spoils"
* [[Spoof Aesop]]: "To the [[A Worldwide Punomenon|Vector]] Belong the Spoils"
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* [[A Worldwide Punomenon]]: "But even allowing for his feelings, this was probably stretching a point.", and of course the moral (see [[Spoof Aesop]], below).


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Latest revision as of 01:23, 30 April 2023
One upon a time, there was a sensible straight line who was hopelessly in love... with a dot.
—Opening narration

The Dot and the Line: a Romance in Lower Mathematics is a short book written and illustrated in 1963 by Norton Juster (of The Phantom Tollbooth fame). Inspired by Flatland, it follows the story of a straight line who is hopelessly in love with a dot. The dot, however, is in love with a squiggle. The line learns how to manipulate himself and wins the heart of the dot.

In 1965, Juster wrote a screenplay and acclaimed animator Chuck Jones animated it. It won an Academy Award for Animated Short Film.

You can watch the cartoon in its entirety on You Tube here. (Ten minutes long.)

Tropes used in The Dot and the Line include:
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