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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).
* [[A Worldwide Punomenon]]: "But even allowing for his feelings, this was probably stretching a point.", and of course the moral (see [[Spoof Aesop]], below).
* [[MGM Oneshot Cartoons]]
* [[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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Revision as of 17:35, 26 January 2014
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 in this story:

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