# What is your favorite animated short? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** cartoons-animation\ **Created:** [December 5, 2020, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-animated-short/927248 "2020-12-05T00:51:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2020, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-animated-short/927248/1 "2020-12-05T00:51:57Z")
NOT “animation shorts”-please don’t post pictures of your Batman Underoos. 😁 I first saw this one at a Spike and Mike’s Sick and Twisted Festival of Animation many years ago. Don Hertzfeldt’s “Rejected” [REJECTED by DON HERTZFELDT (Blu-ray restoration) - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7JyjZI3LUM) ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2020, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-animated-short/927248/2 "2020-12-05T00:56:16Z")
Wow, that was truly horrific. For me I think I would go with _BASEBALL BUGS_ (1946) It doesn’t appear to available so [Baseball Bugs - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baseball_Bugs) ---
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2020, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-animated-short/927248/3 "2020-12-05T01:12:40Z")
Everybody loves this one: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/FJl_4IsQJ2g/maxresdefault.jpg "The Cat Came Back") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJl_4IsQJ2g) ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2020, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-animated-short/927248/4 "2020-12-05T01:19:41Z")
[Fallen Art](https://youtu.be/_LgLz0p7DsU) ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2020, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-animated-short/927248/5 "2020-12-05T01:43:23Z")
[Feast.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feast_(2014_film)) ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2020, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-animated-short/927248/6 "2020-12-05T01:59:18Z")
Your Face [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpej3a7AhGI) ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2020, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-animated-short/927248/7 "2020-12-05T02:05:45Z")
**Kiwi** by Dony Permedi [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/sdUUx5FdySs/hqdefault.jpg "Kiwi!") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdUUx5FdySs) ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2020, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-animated-short/927248/8 "2020-12-05T02:12:00Z")
Empty Roll [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/1oN3mbUXI6A/maxresdefault.jpg "Empty Roll") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oN3mbUXI6A) ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2020, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-animated-short/927248/9 "2020-12-05T02:59:03Z")
One Froggy Evening [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/80UjzxfNugs/maxresdefault.jpg "Looney Tunes | One Froggy Evening | Classic Cartoon | WB Kids") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80UjzxfNugs) ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2020, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-animated-short/927248/10 "2020-12-05T03:01:01Z")
Food Fight [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/e-yldqNkGfo/hqdefault.jpg "Food Fight") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-yldqNkGfo) ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2020, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-animated-short/927248/11 "2020-12-05T03:07:14Z")
Classic animation: Warner Bros.’ “What’s Opera, Doc?” (1957), starring Bugs and Elmer, doing Wagner: [https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x35sg3h](https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x35sg3h) Modern animation: Pixar’s “Knick Knack” (1989), with soundtrack by Bobby McFerrin: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/dbkG9PpHuQk/maxresdefault.jpg "Knick Knack (Original Version)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbkG9PpHuQk) ---
**Author:** ![Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2020, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-animated-short/927248/12 "2020-12-05T03:10:19Z")
Bambi Meets Godzilla I have a short attenti ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2020, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-animated-short/927248/13 "2020-12-05T03:20:19Z")
Korgoth of Barbaria - which was briefly described as picked up for syndication, but sadly nothing came of it. WARNING WARNING WARNING - NSFW (TV MA V) > **Summary** > > [https://www.dailymotion.com/video/xnfdy](https://www.dailymotion.com/video/xnfdy) > **[Korgoth of Barbaria](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korgoth_of_Barbaria)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > Korgoth of Barbaria is a pilot episode for what was originally planned as an American adult animated television series created by Aaron Springer, a storyboard artist, writer and director for Dexter's Laboratory, The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, Samurai Jack, and SpongeBob SquarePants, who previously created another failed pilot at Cartoon Network Studios called Periwinkle Around the World. He would later go on to produce Billy Dilley's Supe... For those who don’t want to watch the video. ---
**Author:** ![Anamorphic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/anamorphic/32/3057_2.png) [@Anamorphic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anamorphic)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2020, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-animated-short/927248/14 "2020-12-05T03:21:28Z")
Stop motion animation acceptable? I’ve always loved Balance. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/oTGg0Z46Af4/hqdefault.jpg "Balance short film won Academy Award for Best Animated Short of 1989.") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTGg0Z46Af4) ---
**Author:** ![Tabco](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tabco/32/7644_2.png) [@Tabco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabco)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2020, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-animated-short/927248/15 "2020-12-05T04:08:22Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/j0YSFvPTm2A/hqdefault.jpg "Tsumiki no Ie (The House of Small Cubes)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0YSFvPTm2A) La Maison en Petits Cubes (despite its French name, it’s a Japanese animation). ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2020, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-animated-short/927248/16 "2020-12-05T05:29:15Z")
**The Critic** , starring Mel Brooks [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/PramR5oxn50/hqdefault.jpg "Mel Brooks - The Critic (1963)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PramR5oxn50) (Back before anyone knew who he was. This is before **The Producers** , before **Get Smart** , even before he publicly performed **The Thousand Year Old Man** with Carl Reiner) ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2020, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-animated-short/927248/17 "2020-12-05T05:56:38Z")
The Hangnail: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/AsZ5MbQgzv4/hqdefault.jpg "The Hangnail - Animated short") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsZ5MbQgzv4) ---
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Frog Baseball, the original Beavis and Butt-head short. Spoilered for graphic animal cruelty. [Beavis & Butt-Head Short #1 - Frog Baseball - YouTube](https://youtu.be/m0HpG7Nx7fA) The Spirit of Christmas, the second South Park short, and the one that was directly adapted into the television show. Spoilered for NSFW language. [South Park - The Spirit of Christmas 1995 short (2nd ever short) - YouTube](https://youtu.be/qyyeRnDCG3I) ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2020, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-animated-short/927248/19 "2020-12-05T11:24:08Z")
People have suggested a lot of great ones, so I’ll recommend one that hasn’t been mentioned yet - _The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello_. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2020, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-animated-short/927248/20 "2020-12-05T11:38:05Z")
Since I can’t figure out how to embed videos, I’ll just link it the old-fashioned way and say that [“Duck Amuck”](https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6dxby0) is my all-time favorite. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-animated-short/927248.md?page=2)