# Things that ahppen all the time in Animation that doesn't IRL **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 20, 2006, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-ahppen-all-the-time-in-animation-that-doesnt-irl/369408 "2006-08-20T02:24:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Throatwarbler\_Mangrove](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8c91f0/32.png) [@Throatwarbler\_Mangrove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Throatwarbler_Mangrove)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2006, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-ahppen-all-the-time-in-animation-that-doesnt-irl/369408/21 "2006-08-20T05:42:12Z")
Are we limited to animated productions intended for children here? ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2006, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-ahppen-all-the-time-in-animation-that-doesnt-irl/369408/22 "2006-08-20T05:54:30Z")
[QUOTE=Martini Enfield] …Also, I’ve yet to find the Acme Company’s catalogue of Cartoon Gadgets… [/QUOTE] [The ORIGINAL Illustrated Catalog Of ACME Products.](http://home.nc.rr.com/tuco/looney/acme/acme.html) ACCEPT NO IMITATIONS CMC fnord! ---
**Author:** ![Martini\_Enfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/martini_enfield/32/11123_2.png) [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2006, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-ahppen-all-the-time-in-animation-that-doesnt-irl/369408/23 "2006-08-20T06:36:33Z")
[QUOTE=crowmanyclouds] [The ORIGINAL Illustrated Catalog Of ACME Products.](http://home.nc.rr.com/tuco/looney/acme/acme.html) ACCEPT NO IMITATIONS CMC fnord! [/QUOTE] I didn’t see a Q-36 Explosive Space Modulator in there… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Cherry\_Garcia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71c47a/32.png) [@Cherry\_Garcia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cherry_Garcia)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2006, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-ahppen-all-the-time-in-animation-that-doesnt-irl/369408/24 "2006-08-20T07:22:54Z")
[QUOTE=Martini Enfield] I didn’t see a Q-36 Explosive Space Modulator in there… 😉 [/QUOTE] That’s 'cause they don’t exist. There should be enough demand for an Illudium PU-36 Explosive Space Modulator, though. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2006, 8:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-ahppen-all-the-time-in-animation-that-doesnt-irl/369408/25 "2006-08-20T08:39:32Z")
As a rule, having a smoking, cannonball sized hole punched in your torso is permanent and fatal IRL; it doesn’t vanish by the next scene. Real people who are repeatedly shot usually notice they’ve been hit without drinking a glass of water and having water spurt out of the holes. A male rabbit dressed as a woman isn’t going to fool anybody. The results of drinking something that dissolves a spoon in seconds is much less gruesome in cartoons. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2006, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-ahppen-all-the-time-in-animation-that-doesnt-irl/369408/26 "2006-08-20T10:10:25Z")
I’m always kinda annoyed that I can’t just string a patchwork, very modestly-sized gas bag on top of a mostly unmodified Caravel and use it to fly around the world, adventuring. ---
**Author:** ![gabriela](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/db5fbb/32.png) [@gabriela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gabriela)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2006, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-ahppen-all-the-time-in-animation-that-doesnt-irl/369408/27 "2006-08-20T11:31:34Z")
[QUOTE=Kythereia] Oh… really? …Well, then. _quickly scratches something off ‘evil revenge’ list, walks away whistling nonchalantly_ [/QUOTE] Damn, when I read this too quickly, for a moment I thought you were LOUNE. Sorry. ---
**Author:** ![Martini\_Enfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/martini_enfield/32/11123_2.png) [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2006, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-ahppen-all-the-time-in-animation-that-doesnt-irl/369408/28 "2006-08-20T11:57:24Z")
[QUOTE=Ranchoth] I’m always kinda annoyed that I can’t just string a patchwork, very modestly-sized gas bag on top of a mostly unmodified Caravel and use it to fly around the world, adventuring. [/QUOTE] Well, that depends… Did ya get that thing I sent ya? 😃 It’s a Harvey Birdman reference, more specifically referring to Peter Potamus… I haven’t actually sent you anything, AFAIK! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2006, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-ahppen-all-the-time-in-animation-that-doesnt-irl/369408/29 "2006-08-20T12:17:55Z")
[QUOTE=Ranchoth] Thankfully, you don’t see people walking around fully dressed from the waist up, and absolutely nothing from the waist down. (Big white, puffy, gloves are optional) [/QUOTE] You don’t think that would be a valid fashion choice for Kate Winslet, Keira Knightley, or Alyson Hannigan? ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2006, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-ahppen-all-the-time-in-animation-that-doesnt-irl/369408/30 "2006-08-20T12:25:02Z")
[QUOTE=Unintentionally Blank] 1. Evil lairs. I can’t say I’ve ever enountered one in person, but they’re all over in Toonland. I wonder if they get their own section in the Want Ads? [/QUOTE] Meditate upon the Wisdom of Kim Possible, Grasshopper– > [@](#): > > **Ron Stoppable** : Have we been in this secret lair before? > **Kim Possible** : They all start to look alike after a while, don’t they? And I have met RL people with annoying sidekicks. But I have never met a “wacky neighbor”. And I don’t want to. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2006, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-ahppen-all-the-time-in-animation-that-doesnt-irl/369408/31 "2006-08-20T13:57:16Z")
[QUOTE=Martini Enfield] I didn’t see a Q-36 Explosive Space Modulator in there… 😉 [/QUOTE] That’s because the ACME Corporation only does business on Earth. If you’re looking for Explosive Space Modulators, you’re going to have to contact Mars. ---
**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2006, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-ahppen-all-the-time-in-animation-that-doesnt-irl/369408/32 "2006-08-20T14:33:40Z")
[QUOTE=kawaiitentaclebeast] Are we limited to animated productions intended for children here? [/QUOTE] Knockyerself out (with a big mallet) ---
**Author:** ![Lissa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lissa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissa)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2006, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-ahppen-all-the-time-in-animation-that-doesnt-irl/369408/33 "2006-08-20T15:04:46Z")
I was going to say “the Scooby-Doo scamble”-- you know, where people/animals run in place for a moment before gaining the traction to go forward? But I have dogs and hardwood floors, so I can testify that this one actually happens. Also, I have yet to come across a giant rubber band capable of launching me if I would attatch it to a slingshot-shaped post. Mouse holes are not attractive, dome shaped entries which are easily visable from any spot in the room. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2006, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-ahppen-all-the-time-in-animation-that-doesnt-irl/369408/34 "2006-08-20T15:19:30Z")
[QUOTE=Unintentionally Blank] Knockyerself out (with a big mallet) [/QUOTE] Check out the username of the poster you were responding to. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2006, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-ahppen-all-the-time-in-animation-that-doesnt-irl/369408/35 "2006-08-20T15:43:38Z")
Actually, sometimes pianos _did_ fall on you, in New York and places like that at least, I guess, because wouldn’t they have to winch them up through the window? I’d imagine that’s where that comes from, isn’t it? (Anvils, no idea.) I am always disappointed when I wake up and that classical symphony that says “Morning” isn’t playing. (Debussy? I forget.) ---
**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2006, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-ahppen-all-the-time-in-animation-that-doesnt-irl/369408/36 "2006-08-20T17:36:18Z")
[QUOTE=Evil Captor] Check out the username of the poster you were responding to. [/QUOTE] :eek: :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Baine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Baine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baine)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2006, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-ahppen-all-the-time-in-animation-that-doesnt-irl/369408/37 "2006-08-20T17:44:07Z")
So Elmer Fudd meets this 5-foot tall, english-speaking rabbit, and he wants to kill it. Really, he should feature that guy in some sort of travelling show. ---
**Author:** ![Throatwarbler\_Mangrove](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8c91f0/32.png) [@Throatwarbler\_Mangrove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Throatwarbler_Mangrove)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2006, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-ahppen-all-the-time-in-animation-that-doesnt-irl/369408/38 "2006-08-20T17:49:52Z")
I suppose I won’t have to spell out exactly the differences between my animated world and my real world? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Mapp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miss_mapp/32/369_2.png) [@Miss\_Mapp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Mapp)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2006, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-ahppen-all-the-time-in-animation-that-doesnt-irl/369408/39 "2006-08-20T18:11:06Z")
[QUOTE=Baine] So Elmer Fudd meets this 5-foot tall, english-speaking rabbit, and he wants to kill it. Really, he should feature that guy in some sort of travelling show. [/QUOTE] Ah, but remember what happened to that guy who discovered the singing frog? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Cherry\_Garcia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71c47a/32.png) [@Cherry\_Garcia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cherry_Garcia)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2006, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-ahppen-all-the-time-in-animation-that-doesnt-irl/369408/40 "2006-08-20T19:33:17Z")
[QUOTE=Lissa] Also, I have yet to come across a giant rubber band capable of launching me if I would attatch it to a slingshot-shaped post. [/QUOTE] The Mythbusters actually tested that one IRL and managed to bust it (unsurprisingly, although it was fun to watch them build a giant slingshot and test it). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-ahppen-all-the-time-in-animation-that-doesnt-irl/369408.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-ahppen-all-the-time-in-animation-that-doesnt-irl/369408.md?page=3)