animated cartoon

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Recent Examples of animated cartoon Olivia Rodrigo went vintage for Halloween this year, opting to dress up as the iconic animated cartoon character, Betty Boop. Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 31 Oct. 2022 To the narcissist, all other people are cardboard cutouts, two-dimensional animated cartoon characters, or symbols. Olivia Muenter, Woman's Day, 14 June 2022 Like the animated cartoon character of the same name, Lisa Simpson arrived on the scene in 1980s. Rafael Guerrero, chicagotribune.com, 8 June 2021 The creator of the Nyan Cat meme, which features an animated cartoon cat with a Pop-Tart for a torso, sold an non-fungible token for 300 ether last month, equivalent to nearly $600,000 at the time of sale. Caitlin Ostroff, WSJ, 8 Mar. 2021 To the disappointment of many OG Disney viewers, the first wave of Disney+ releases was missing a few key series from the Disney Channel, namely the two-season animated cartoon The Proud Family. Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com, 7 Jan. 2020 The nine-minute video features photographs and videos of UCSD, but is mostly an animated cartoon that was produced by the California State University system. San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Oct. 2019 The soundtrack from an animated cartoon was blaring. Elliott Hester, Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug. 2019 In far-ranging classroom discussions, Dr. Macksey was likely to quote from Greek poetry (in the original Greek, of course) and, on another day, to discuss the animated cartoons of Chuck Jones. Matt Schudel, Washington Post, 26 July 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for animated cartoon
Noun
  • Manfredi will work closely with Packer, Lionsgate Television Group chairman Kevin Beggs, vice chairman Sandra Stern and the company’s motion picture group.
    Todd Spangler, Variety, 3 Sep. 2025
  • The Grand Finale is the end of the beloved tale of the Crawley family over several years, first as a limited and then regular TV drama series, and then as major motion pictures, with this the third and apparently last of them.
    Pete Hammond, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Full Frame is a qualifying festival for the Academy Award documentary film short subject.
    Addie Morfoot, Variety, 11 Mar. 2025
  • Movies were paired with overtures and intermissions rather than short subjects or promotional trailers.
    Cory Stillman, IndieWire, 10 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The two tablets share a similar design and many specs, while carrying over some features from previous generations.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 4 Sep. 2025
  • But only a small percentage of people who used The Browser Company’s Arc adopted the program’s special features.
    Jordan Novet, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Fans and fellow players acknowledge her transformation in the documentary.
    Christine Michel Carter, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
  • But the gifted Argentinian auteur has never tackled the issue as directly as in Landmarks (Nuestra Tierra), a searing and detailed chronicle of murder, bigotry and robbery on a massive scale that also marks the director’s first feature-length documentary.
    Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 31 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • While some dogs eagerly follow the moving pictures and even try to interact with them, others don’t seem to care what's on TV at all.
    Jenny Lehmann, Discover Magazine, 17 July 2025
  • Having got into moving pictures during its New Jersey infancy alongside Thomas Edison, Fox was in a powerful position to make a move for MGM.
    Chris Yogerst, HollywoodReporter, 3 July 2025
Noun
  • The movie is a remake of Disney’s beloved 1989 cartoon which won two Academy Awards for its score and its catchy song 'Under the Sea'.
    Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • After twenty years of voicing a beloved cartoon capybara, a Black actor undergoes vocal surgery to escape the character that defines — and confines — her.
    Kirsten Chuba, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The couple's other projects in development at Netflix include a feature adaptation of Carley Fortune's novel Meet Me at the Lake and a documentary short called Masaka Kids, A Rhythm Within.
    EW.com, EW.com, 27 Aug. 2025
  • Clone Wars originally aired in 2003 as a series of shorts on Cartoon Network, employing Tartakovsky’s signature style of angular forms, kinetic action and sparse dialogue.
    Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 21 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The coverage Jaden Hicks isn’t going to enjoy the film.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 6 Sep. 2025
  • In fact, it could be said that few creative mediums go together quite like fashion and film.
    Liam Hess, Vogue, 6 Sep. 2025

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