Topic summary
Animated cartoon
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Animation.
General overview
An animated cartoon, or simply a cartoon, is an animated film, usually a short film, that features an exaggerated style. This style is often inspired by comic strips, gag cartoons, and other non-animated art forms. Cartoons frequently include anthropomorphic animals, superheroes, or the adventures of human protagonists. The action often revolves around exaggerated physical humour, particularly in predator and prey dynamics (e.g. cats and mice, coyotes and birds), where violent pratfalls such as falls, collisions, and explosions occur, often in ways that would be lethal in the real life.