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On the Internet, "toon" is usually a short qualifier for any animated character done in a North American style.
More specifically, a '''Toon''' is a character whose personality (and usually appearance) is greatly exaggerated. Even for the [[The Comically Serious]], comedy colors everything the character does and he is often unable to complete the most basic tasks without falling victim to a number of improbable variables. A probable reason is that many thrive on a consistent, tolerated kind of chaos.
The few animated shows in the West that attempt drama, such as ''[[King of the Hill]]'', shy away from using certain tropes associated with Toons in an effort to be taken seriously. See [[Animation Age Ghetto]]. For obvious reasons, this is a lot more capricious in anime.
The most famous example is probably the universe portrayed in ''[[Who Framed Roger Rabbit?]]'' (which [[The Other Wiki]] says is the [[Trope Namer]]).
The word "Toon" may be used interchangeably with "Character" in some MMORPGs. As in, "Which toon do you want me to play for this raid, my fighter or my cleric?". This especially applies to ''[[Toontown Online]]'', in which this is actually what the players are officially called in-game.
The tabletop roleplaying game ''[[Toon (game)|Toon]]'' was inspired by the more slapstick examples of this trope.
Not to be confused with [[English Premier League|Newcastle United.]]
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* In ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'', Pegasus uses a card called "Toon World", which turns his monsters into toons. They also do this to other player's monsters, if Pegasus takes hold of them... which infuriates Kaiba when it happens to his Blue-Eyes White Dragon.
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* ''[[Who Framed Roger Rabbit?]]'' has toons living in the same world as humans and [[Fantastic Racism|being treated poorly by them]]
* The above is subverted in ''[[Last Action Hero]]'', in which Jack Slater describes the cartoon cat Whiskers as one of the best guys on the force. He has a few overexaggerated mannerisms, but nothing that wouldn't fit on a human. Whiskers later {{spoiler|saves his life by shooting the bad guy threatening him.}}
* The Ralph Bakshi film ''[[Cool World]]'' is an example of a blend of different styles. Most of the cartoon characters (referred to as "Doodles" in-universe) fall under this distinction, with the exception of Holli Wood and other more human characters.
== [[Literature]] ==
* ''[[Who Censored Roger Rabbit?
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* All famous [[Looney Tunes|Warner Brothers]] characters are, too.
** Most of the cartoons that came out during [[The Golden Age of Animation]] qualify.
* The Disney series ''[[Bonkers]]'' was about a cartoon cat who joined an all-human police force, and drove his human partner to distraction with his zany cartoon antics, in a fairly obvious
* ''[[Drawn Together]]'''s Wooldor Sockbat represents the classic Toon. Everything he does is zany (including masturbation) and explained as a desperate need to be liked.
* Most classic [[Nicktoons]] fall into this category.
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