# What's Your Favorite Animation Short? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 15, 2009, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-animation-short/521318 "2009-12-15T04:30:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2009, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-animation-short/521318/21 "2009-12-16T00:52:46Z")
I can’t give you just one. But this is a unique film that I find mesmerizing. And it’s done entirely with a pinscreen. Mindscape [http://www.nfb.ca/film/Mindscape/](http://www.nfb.ca/film/Mindscape/) ---
**Author:** ![Speak\_to\_me\_Maddie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/58956e/32.png) [@Speak\_to\_me\_Maddie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Speak_to_me_Maddie)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2009, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-animation-short/521318/22 "2009-12-16T01:02:19Z")
Walt Disney’s **Modern Inventions** , _A Donald Duck Cartoon_, 1937. The first DDC to really establish Donald’s character and his place and purpose in the Disneyverse. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2009, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-animation-short/521318/23 "2009-12-16T01:33:58Z")
I’m gonna guess that there’s a few people who have never seen Ryan Larkin’s [Walking](http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x20rhh_ryan-larkin-walking_shortfilms). ---
**Author:** ![Arkcon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Arkcon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arkcon)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2009, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-animation-short/521318/24 "2009-12-16T03:00:41Z")
Well, of the Pixar shorts: _Knick Knack_ is a favorite of mine (the original, not the later, altered one) 'Tho I could watch _Jack-Jack Attack_ on a loop, as well, so much is happening, yet it all fits together. I also like having around _Skywhales_ from 1983. You can find that on YouTube sometimes, it’s voiced by Robert Llewellyn, who plays Kryten on Red Dwarf. Always fun is _The Cat Came Back_ by Cordell Barker from 1988. Kinda old school in it’s slapstick. Also try to find \*Katedra \*(Cathedral) by Tomek Baginski. That, like Skywhales is a real stony one that stays with you. And you can’t go without: [http://users.wolfcrews.com/toys/vikings/](http://users.wolfcrews.com/toys/vikings/) Skywhales: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVmKhNG6S3o](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVmKhNG6S3o) The Cat Came Back: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bETCusT5kNM](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bETCusT5kNM) Katedra: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8GyHvBogrI](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8GyHvBogrI) ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2009, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-animation-short/521318/25 "2009-12-16T03:25:34Z")
Mine’s probably The Cat Came Back too. Is it really as new as 1988, though? I could swear I was younger then 11 the first time I saw it. ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2009, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-animation-short/521318/26 "2009-12-16T05:46:43Z")
[QUOTE=CalMeacham] Edifice – a short cartoon from the 1960s that tells the History of Civilization in the form of a building. I can’t find it now, but it’s been on the internet before. “Allah be praised! I’ve invented the zero!” “What?” “Nothing, nothing.” [/QUOTE] [Here it is.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nHOWkfGFsk) > [@lissener](#): > > And of course always a classic: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQkWrZw05P4](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQkWrZw05P4) I remember when they used to show that and other animated bumpers during breaks on MTV. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2009, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-animation-short/521318/27 "2009-12-16T16:44:39Z")
> [@Sitnam](#): > > I’ve always liked Balance and Fallen Art. > > Yeah, I have a twisted sense of aesthetic. > [@garygnu](#): > > Too many, too many. Pixar’s _Presto_ is my favorite recent one. > > Here’s one you may not have seen, _[Fallen Art](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7HMz1WKkso)_, dark and humorous by Polish animator Tomek Baginski. > [@Max Torque](#): > > Balance Hello? Hello? Is this thing on? I swear they can hear me out there. ---
**Author:** ![Superfluous\_Parentheses](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8edcca/32.png) [@Superfluous\_Parentheses](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superfluous_Parentheses)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2009, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-animation-short/521318/28 "2009-12-16T16:59:29Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > [Billy’s Balloon](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fpc5vgi9zbM) has been making me laugh 'til I cry for 10 years now. [Rejected is still my favorite Hertzfeldt movie](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJYxCSXjhLI) (NSFW - bleeding anus!) ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2009, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-animation-short/521318/29 "2009-12-16T17:55:51Z")
I forgot one, posssibly one of the most awesome youtube clips ever: War Photographer: [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAFXayH1bpY) Best video game FMV ever: Lunar Silver Star Story: [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZ8nyFGuqBo) ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2009, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-animation-short/521318/30 "2009-12-16T18:33:58Z")
> [@nivlac](#): > > No one has mentioned these two classics: > [Rabbit of Seville](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvXEElJFR6g) > [One Froggy Evening](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvX_TvnBcOU) – For me, this is an amazing cartoon. Not a single line of dialog, but funny as hell. Oh, absolutely. Wallace & Gromit’s _The Wrong Trousers_ and _A Close Shave_ are also world-class. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-animation-short/521318.md?page=1)