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Cartoons

The beginning

• Silent film until nowadays.

• Émile Reynaud: praxinoscope.

• First cartoon: Fantasmagorie - Émile Courtet.

• 1910: Without colors and for adults.

• Sounds before colors.

From 1920 until 1960

Felix the Cat

• Frist popular character.

• Successful

• Decline at 1928 ( cartoons with sounds)

• Back for the TV: 1953 (Long legs and a magic bag of tricks)

Mickey Mouse• Mortimer

• Plane Crazy (silent) and Steamboat Willie (first with sounds and music) : 1928

• Anthropomorphism

• Clothes: tribute to Demolay.

Betty Boop• Jewish immigrant with a sexy

image

• Queen of the cartoons in 30’s.

• Inspired in jazz.

• Censured (Disney times): 1938

• Appearance with Felix the Cat (comics):1984

Popeye the Sailor

• Popeye = Pop Eye.

• Stronger with spinach

• Characters were inspired.

Tom and Jerry• Criated by Hanna-Barbera

• Awards

• Sadistic tendencies

• Polemics

• Inspiration for “The Simpsons”.

From 1960 until nowadays.

The Flintstones• Hanna-Barbera.

• 300 million spectators in80 countries.

• Prehistory’s family.

• Almost 30 minutes.

• Anachronism.

Scooby Doo• “Who's Ssssscared?” –

Very scary.

• Changes

• “Strangers in the Night” – Frank Sinatra.

• Considered the best of cartoons.

The Simpsons• Satire of american’s

families (sitcom).• More than 20 Emmy’s.• Almost 500 episodes.• Creatives openings.• Neologisms• Hollywood Walk of

Fame• Black humor.• Censored at Venezuela.

Rugrats• Babies’ adventures.

• Metaphors literally

• Only Angelica talks.

• Rumor.

SpongeBob SquarePants• Created by a marine

biologist.

• Bikini Bottom: inspired in Seattle.

• Affects attention and learning

• Squilliam Fancyson’s suicide

Courage the Cowardly Dog

• Adopted

• Lives in Nowhere, Kansas.

• Creppy criatures (ironic).

• Area 51.

• Not very childish

• Refers to “The Exorcist” and “Thriller” by Michael Jackson

Pokémon• Created by Satoshi

Tajiri and Ken Sugimori.

• Mark at pop culture.

• Started with games.

• Criticized by religions.

• Cruelty to animals.

The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy

• Sarcastic, ironic.• Grim Reaper lost a bet. • Mandy: evil, grumpy and

without feelings.• Billy: fool, stupid and happy.• “Smile... tomorrow will be

worst.”• Refers to other produtions

(Harry Potter, Dragon Ball, Lord Byron)