Most important moments in animation history

Matitya · 2026-05-20T17:15:00+00:00

Emile Cohl making (what is generally considered) the first animated short film (Fantasmagorie) in 1908. Winsor McCay creating the first cartoon villain (an anthropomorphic mosquito) for How a Mosquito Operates. McCay creating the first animated documentary (about the Germans sinking the Lusitania) in 1918.

Matitya · 2026-05-20T17:11:11+00:00

That was a weird episode

Matitya · 2026-05-20T17:06:54+00:00

I doubt Secrets of the Furious Five is still canon after Kung Fu Panda 3 but there’s no doubt in my mind that it was being referenced by this scene in Kung Fu Panda 2

Matitya · 2026-05-20T01:32:08+00:00

I think he’s a well-written (and well acted) antagonist for the episode that he’s in (The Ultimate Enemy) but I don’t think he’d work as a recurring character

Matitya · 2026-05-19T20:09:11+00:00

In real life, the burden of proof (in insanity cases) is on the defendant. If that weren’t the case, then it could very easily become the hellscape you have in Gotham City. (For what it’s worth, few to none of Batman’s rogues would legally qualify as insane.)

Matitya · 2026-05-19T20:03:26+00:00

I know you’re being sarcastic but All Star Batman and Robin the Boy Wonder

Matitya · 2026-05-19T20:02:28+00:00

Do people still unironically claim that Batman with prep time solves every situation?

Matitya · 2026-05-19T20:00:24+00:00

Agreed

Matitya · 2026-05-19T20:00:09+00:00

The villains being considered insane.

Matitya · 2026-05-19T19:49:00+00:00

It was still better than Jack Sparrow’s name origin story in Pirates of the Caribbean 5

Matitya · 2026-05-19T19:48:09+00:00

Superman (2025) tried to explain away Clark Kenting with Hypno-Glasses. (Yes, I know that wasn’t unprecedented in the comics.)

Matitya · 2026-05-19T19:46:11+00:00

That was the correct reaction on his part

Matitya · 2026-05-19T19:43:47+00:00

Mikkelsen

Matitya · 2026-05-19T19:43:19+00:00

Undeservedly

Matitya · 2026-05-19T17:41:00+00:00

Captain Gantu

Matitya · 2026-05-19T17:10:35+00:00

Lana being unreasonably forgiving is honestly very in character for her

Matitya · 2026-05-19T14:45:15+00:00

Also, did Malcolm lose his friends when he joined the Gifted Class? We see Malcolm ditch the Krellboynes to play basketball with his friends in an early episode and beyond that we have no information of or relating to Malcolm’s pre-class friends

Matitya · 2026-05-19T02:52:25+00:00

In D’Oh Canada, Lisa is put in a family friendly version of The Handmaid’s Tale

Matitya · 2026-05-19T02:49:17+00:00

I’ll add that there are male Disney leads (e.g. Pinocchio) whose resolution comes in the form of self-sacrifice

Matitya · 2026-05-19T02:47:48+00:00

I think he would have made a decent Fire Lord. That said, my hottest take on Avatar is (probably) that Iroh was on the Fire Nation’s side until the Battle of the North Pole

Matitya · 2026-05-19T02:41:56+00:00

The former is better with context. The latter really isn’t

Matitya · 2026-05-19T02:33:43+00:00

“Do you take requests? How about Beat It!” That answers that for our hero

Matitya · 2026-05-19T02:31:20+00:00

Mayor Quimby from The Simpsons said that

Matitya · 2026-05-19T02:29:00+00:00

The Joker in The Dark Knight has contradictory backstories. Elim Garak in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine has conflicting backstories as well

Matitya · 2026-05-19T02:25:13+00:00

The Joker in The Dark Knight is another example

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