Even shows we never thought would ever be cancelled eventually had that fate.
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Top 10 Worst Things About Cartoons
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They Can Go on Forever (Or At Least Get Pretty Close)
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Cartoon characters have one luxury over live-action actors: they're practically immortal. Unless the showrunners decide to age them up, they can stay the same age for decades. And if the creators do decide to age them up, they can always age them back down. Added to this, since cartoons are basically illusions, drawings brought to life, they can su
This can even be done in a single episode, like a character having different voices for speaking and singing. Either way, unless the actors sound identical or at least do an equally decent job, this can be very annoying for audiences.
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Animation Can Get Damaged Over Time
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The process of making cartoons is already a delicate process, but saving them for posterity can also be tricky. Cartoons can get damaged in all sorts of ways. Even digitally remastering animation can cause unintended problems.
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Cartoons Demand a Wide Suspension of Disbelief, Even with Colors
It gets to the point where even what color something is supposed to be becomes unclear. For example, on The Simpsons, Bart's shirt and Lisa's dress look orange, but are repeatedly described as "red." Similarly, characters can look alike, to the point of sharing identical character models, but audiences are told that one character might be more, or
Hair, for example, was historically tricky to animate. In early or low-budget CGI, for example, any flowing material, including hair, was hard to render. Spider-Man: The New Animated Series infamously suffered this problem. Most of the female characters had to have short hair, even if their comic counterparts didn't. Similarly, an early idea to put
Because of this, it can be hard for cartoons to be timely. Robot Chicken once famously poked fun at this in a sketch revolving around Into the Blue. Seth Green opened the skit pointing out it's hard to guess what films would still be relevant by the time an episode came out, adding that there wasn't more than a trailer for reference. The ensuing sk
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The Possibility of being cancelled before the end of the story
While animation can be expensive and animators do have to make cuts somewhere, cost-saving measures can get excessive. These shortcuts can even change how a story goes. Allegedly, He-Man was supposed to be older than Prince Adam until it was realized it was cheaper to have them look exactly alike.
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Cartoons Can Easily Turn Into (Or Come Off As) Vanity Projects
This isn't always intentional. Creators might voice characters during a rough draft with the intention of replacing them with a professional, but end up keeping their voice for time concerns or other issues. Other times they'll base a design off themselves. But the final product can still come off as distracting.
