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Animation style characterized by visible heavy black borders around characters and objects. This style began being used by a few animation companies in the early 1950s (mostly UPA, of ''[[Gerald McBoing-Boing]]'' and ''[[Mr. Magoo]]'' fame), and became dominant in American TV animation during the 60's and 70's, eclipsing the more naturalistic style used in most animation during earlier decades. It was phased out during the early 80s, when more naturalistic styles again became dominant in American animation, but then became the standard ''yet again'' (on television at least) during the late 90s, and so it remains to this day. Shows animated in [[Adobe Flash|Flash]] tend to look good in this style.


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This is sometimes considered to be among the most defining traits of early 21st-Century American animation, mostly when contrasted with the similar "[[Anime]]=big eyes" notion to emphasize the differences between U.S. and Japanese animation.
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Animation style characterized by visible heavy black borders around characters and objects. This style began being used by a few animation companies in the early 1950s (mostly UPA, of Gerald McBoingBoing and Mr. Magoo fame), and became dominant in American TV animation during the 60's and 70's, eclipsing the more naturalistic style used in most animation during earlier decades. It was phased out during the early 80s, when more naturalistic styles again became dominant in American animation, but then became the standard ''yet again'' (on television at least) during the late 90s, and so it remains to this day. Shows animated in [[Adobe Flash|Flash]] tend to look good in this style.


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Compare and contrast [[Limited Animation]], [[Web Animation]], [[Super-Deformed]].
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This is sometimes considered to be among the most defining traits of modern day American animation, mostly when contrasted with the similar "[[Anime]]=big eyes" notion to emphasize the differences between U.S. and Japanese animation.


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Compare and contrast [[Limited Animation]], [[Web Animation]], [[Super-Deformed]].
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== Played straight ==

== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
=== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ===
* Used in the ''[[Dragonball Z]]'' film Fusion Reborn. Especially apparent during Goten and Trunks' fight with Hitler.
* Used in the ''[[Dragonball Z]]'' film Fusion Reborn. Especially apparent during Goten and Trunks' fight with Hitler.
* Applied at times on the character designs in ''[[Samurai Champloo]]''.
* Applied at times on the character designs in ''[[Samurai Champloo]]''.
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* Some episodes of ''[[Digimon Savers]]'' animate the child-level [[Mons]] in this style, particularly in the series' tail end. It's very inconsistently done and is probably a product of the [[Off-Model]] [[Art Shift]]s which plague the series.
* Some episodes of ''[[Digimon Savers]]'' animate the child-level [[Mons]] in this style, particularly in the series' tail end. It's very inconsistently done and is probably a product of the [[Off-Model]] [[Art Shift]]s which plague the series.


== Film ==
=== Film ===
* ''[[A Scanner Darkly]]''
* ''[[A Scanner Darkly]]''
* ''[[The Secret of Kells]]'', though it was [[Invoked]] purposely to resemble medieval illustrations.
* ''[[The Secret of Kells]]'', though it was [[Invoked]] purposely to resemble medieval illustrations.


== [[Web Animation]] ==
=== [[Web Animation]] ===
* ''[[Pucca]]'' is a non-American example.
* ''[[Pucca]]'' is a non-American example.
* ''[[Homestar Runner]]''
* ''[[Homestar Runner]]''
* ''[[Happy Tree Friends]]''
* ''[[Happy Tree Friends]]''


== [[Western Animation]] - Television ==
=== [[Western Animation]] ===
* [[Hanna-Barbera]]'s resurrection after several years in the wilderness in the 90s led to the renaissance of the style and its increased use in modern animated series.
* [[Hanna-Barbera]]'s resurrection after several years in the wilderness in the 90s led to the renaissance of the style and its increased use in modern animated series.
** ''[[Two Stupid Dogs]]''
** ''[[Two Stupid Dogs]]''
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* [[101 Dalmatians|''101 Dalmatians: The Series'']]
* [[101 Dalmatians|''101 Dalmatians: The Series'']]


== [[Video Games]] ==
=== [[Video Games]] ===
* ''[[Cel Shading]]'' tends to look like this
* ''[[Cel Shading]]'' tends to look like this
* Due to Capcom [[They Just Didn't Care|porting her sprite straight from Vampire Savior/Darkstalkers 3]], Morrigan was this in [[Capcom vs. Whatever|Capcom vs. SNK 2 and Marvel vs. Capcom 2]] in comparison to the other newer sprites.
* Due to Capcom [[They Just Didn't Care|porting her sprite straight from ''Vampire Savior/Darkstalkers 3'']], Morrigan was this in ''[[Capcom vs. Whatever|Capcom vs. SNK 2 and Marvel vs. Capcom 2]]'' in comparison to the other newer sprites.
* ''[[Borderlands]]'' uses this effectively for comic like graphics.
* ''[[Borderlands]]'' uses this effectively for comic like graphics.
* A majority of sprites from video games made specifically for the NES, such as ''[[Super Mario Bros 3]]''.
* A majority of sprites from video games made specifically for the NES, such as ''[[Super Mario Bros 3]]''.
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* ''[[Rayman Origins]]''
* ''[[Rayman Origins]]''


=== Inversions ===
== Inversions ==
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=== [[Commercials]] ===

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== [[Commercials]] ==
* Esurance insurance commercials.
* Esurance insurance commercials.


== [[Web Comics]] ==
=== [[Web Comics]] ===
* Ditto for later installments of the webcomic ''[[Mac Hall]]''.
* Ditto for later installments of the webcomic ''[[Mac Hall]]''.
* Faye's flashbacks in [[Questionable Content]].
* Faye's flashbacks in ''[[Questionable Content]]''.
* The entire run of [[Garanos]].
* The entire run of ''[[Garanos]]''.
* Cast of ''[[Homestuck]]'' is normally represented by chibi-like "sprites" with outline, but lose it and gain normal human proportions when in [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|Hero Mode]].
* Cast of ''[[Homestuck]]'' is normally represented by chibi-like "sprites" with outline, but lose it and gain normal human proportions when in [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|Hero Mode]].


== [[Western Animation]] - Television ==
=== [[Western Animation]] - Television ===
* ''[[Samurai Jack]]'' sported ''no'' outlines. Genndy Tartakovsky once mentioned how this contrasted with his last work, ''[[Dexter's Laboratory|Dexters Laboratory]]''.
* ''[[Samurai Jack]]'' sported ''no'' outlines. Genndy Tartakovsky once mentioned how this contrasted with his last work, ''[[Dexter's Laboratory]]''.
* Same with ''[[Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends]]''.
* Same with ''[[Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends]]''.
* ''The X's''
* ''The X's''
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