animatronic
adjective
an·i·ma·tron·ic
ˌa-nə-mə-ˈträ-nik 
: of, relating to, or being a puppet or similar figure that is animated by means of electromechanical devices
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The carousel features animatronic characters in a rotating theater highlighting vignettes from various decades of the 20th century.
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Joe Burbank, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 June 2026
The video showed Disneyland visitors squeezing past the lapbars on the closed ride vehicles and walking around the Haunted Mansion cemetery set amid moving animatronic figures and props.
—Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 2 June 2026
The rotating theater show, following an audio animatronic family across the 20th Century, reminds me of going to the parks as a kid with my dad in the 1980s and ‘90s.
—Eve Chen, USA Today, 28 May 2026
Inside, the front desk is flanked by an animatronic dire wolf and a life-size acrylic woolly mammoth peering out from what appears to be a massive block of ice.
—Alex Morris, Rolling Stone, 19 May 2026
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Joe Burbank, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 June 2026
The video showed Disneyland visitors squeezing past the lapbars on the closed ride vehicles and walking around the Haunted Mansion cemetery set amid moving animatronic figures and props.
—Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 2 June 2026
The rotating theater show, following an audio animatronic family across the 20th Century, reminds me of going to the parks as a kid with my dad in the 1980s and ‘90s.
—Eve Chen, USA Today, 28 May 2026
Inside, the front desk is flanked by an animatronic dire wolf and a life-size acrylic woolly mammoth peering out from what appears to be a massive block of ice.
—Alex Morris, Rolling Stone, 19 May 2026
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“Animatronic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/animatronic. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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