Animation

blur-mo n. when a character moves so fast it blurs.

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budget run n. character running past endlessly repeating backgrounds--e.g. Fred Flintstone dashing past the same window/chair/plant--to save on the cost of preparing detailed backgrounds.

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flunder n. script impossibility due to characters design, e.g. Barney Rubble tying his shoes: Daffy Duck placing a pencil behind his “ear.”

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OOF abbr. Out of Frame. “The cannonball carries Wile E. Coyote OOF.”

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QEP abbr. Quck Extreme Poses. character’s convulsive hyper-re-action to fright, nasty-tasting food, etcetera. “Have Ren do some QEP when Stimpy serves him Spam.”

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spin-morph v. spin a character like a tiny cyclone until he emerges as a completely different shape or entity. “Let’s spin-morph Bugs into Napoleon Bonaparte when Elmer chases him.” rel. wham-whack v. smashing a character, causing him to change shape.

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walla n. incoherent, overlapping dialogue spoken by several characters during a fight, argument or intoxicated spree.