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[[File:Barney_Teeth_6941.jpg|link=Barney and Friends ~~(TV)~~|frame|Barney gives us an [[Artistic License Biology|accurate]] depiction of a [[Tyrannosaurus Rex]]'s dentition.]]

[[File:Barney_Teeth_6941.jpg|link=Barney and Friends|frame|Barney gives us an [[Artistic License Biology|accurate]] depiction of a [[Tyrannosaurus Rex]]'s dentition.]]

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== [[Live Action TV]] ==

* This is one of the signature traits of the eponymous purple dinosaur, ''[[Barney and Friends ~~(TV)~~|Barney]]''.

* This is one of the signature traits of the eponymous purple dinosaur, ''[[Barney and Friends|Barney]]''.

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== [[Web Comics]] ==

* Humans in ''[[~~Gunnerkrigg Court (Webcomic)|~~Gunnerkrigg Court]]'' are usually depicted this way.

* Humans in ''[[Gunnerkrigg Court]]'' are usually depicted this way.

== [[Western Animation]] ==

* [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic ~~(Animation)~~|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]

* [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]

* Pretty much anyone in a [[Seth ~~Macfarlane~~]] series. Especially Mr. Bottomtooth of ''[[Family Guy]]'', a pretentious rich guy with a single bottom tooth. His son shares this trait. Strangely, the creepy pedophile also has tooth strips when he laughs or chuckles, despite not having most of his teeth...

* Pretty much anyone in a [[Seth MacFarlane]] series. Especially Mr. Bottomtooth of ''[[Family Guy]]'', a pretentious rich guy with a single bottom tooth. His son shares this trait. Strangely, the creepy pedophile also has tooth strips when he laughs or chuckles, despite not having most of his teeth...

* Averted in ''[[~~South Park (Animation)|~~South Park]]''-- even though the characters are [[Stylistic Suck|crudely]] animated, they still have lines to mark the division of teeth.

* Averted in ''[[South Park]]''-- even though the characters are [[Stylistic Suck|crudely]] animated, they still have lines to mark the division of teeth.

* We see a weird variation in ''[[Invader Zim]]'': the Irkens all have their teeth joined together in an undulating, [http://images1.fanpop.com/images/photos/1400000/Zim-invader-zim-1404611-1024-768.jpg zipper-like pattern]. The humans usually have their teeth drawn separately.

* Many other characters in Western animation use tooth strips for the same reason as anime/manga. Drawing them with individually divided teeth looked bad and would be difficult to draw. It isn't so much lazy animators, but what looked decent and was reasonable to animate.

* [[Pixar]] is infamously known for their tendency to give most of their nonhuman characters this kind of teeth, whether they are either [[Toy Story|toys]], [[A Bug's Life ~~(Animation)~~|insects]], [[Monsters Inc.|monsters]], [[Finding Nemo|fish]], or [[Cars|vehicles.]]

* [[Pixar]] is infamously known for their tendency to give most of their nonhuman characters this kind of teeth, whether they are either [[Toy Story|toys]], [[A Bug's Life|insects]], [[Monsters, Inc.|monsters]], [[Finding Nemo|fish]], or [[Cars|vehicles.]]

* Played straight with many animated Disney characters. Aversions include [[Aladdin (Disney)|Beggar Jafar's]] crooked dentures and [[Pinocchio (Disney)|The Coachman's]] [[Nightmare Face]].

* Played straight with many animated Disney characters. Aversions include [[Aladdin (Disney film)|Beggar Jafar's]] crooked dentures and [[Pinocchio (Disney film)|The Coachman's]] [[Nightmare Face]].

* This is standard in 3D modelling: the artist models a tooth strip and maps the color and normals to make it look like a row of discrete teeth.

* Bubs from ''[[Homestar Runner]]''.

* The Car Crusher at the end of ''[[The Brave Little Toaster]]'' apparantly has a large guillotine-like blade used to crush cars into tiny cubes that's shaped like a wall of teeth.

* ''[[Recess]]'' uses this sometimes.

* ''[[101 Dalmatians ~~(Disney)~~|101 Dalmatians: The Series]]'', [[Depending On the Artist]].

* ''[[101 Dalmatians|101 Dalmatians: The Series]]'', [[Depending on the Artist]].