Member
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Jan 10, 2012, 10:11 PM
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Mooning scenes in cartoons
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With all these threads about butts, I thought this thread might be helpful.
Remember in the Rabbit of Seville, when after Bugs cuts Elmer's suspenders, he shows Elmer his tail--and butt?
That's an example of the kind of scenes that will be discussed in this thread.
And yes, you can share Bart Simpson's mooning moments, too.
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Key Animator / Contributor
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Jan 10, 2012, 10:30 PM
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This was pretty much the whole raison d'être for I. R. Baboon, from Cartoon Network studios' cartoon I Am Weasel in 1997. Once the FCC green-lighted the depiction of bare glutes on television, this cartoon series, among others, went haywire with them.
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Supervising Animator
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Jan 11, 2012, 9:03 AM
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In the Ed Edd 'N Eddy episode "A Case of Ed" Eddy drops his pants and moons Kevin. We don't actually get to see Eddy's butt (Thank goodness) but we do see Kevin's reaction. Ed responds with "I am turning into a werewolf,Eddy."
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"Homer,we just brought Flanders back from the dead. Did you use the notebook to make a flock of penguins peck him to death?"
Marge-"Murder He Wrote"-a Simpsons Comic story.
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Zinc Saucier / Moderator
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Jan 13, 2012, 11:40 AM
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Of course, you named the all time leader (I suspect) in "moon shots" in the opening post- The Simpsons. I think there are actually way too many to name there, but it's not just limited to Bart, homer has quite a few instances himself.
What I think would be even more interesting, though, is a slightly modified list. It seems that the only characters ever depicted mooning someone are guys. Why? I'd like to see if anyone can come up with any times that a female character (if anthropomorphised) has been shown mooning somebody. If there aren't any of those scenes we can think of, maybe just any female character (the non-anthro'd ones as well).
I mean, stereotypically I'd bet it usually is guys that moon people. But to tell you the truth, aside from myself, the only people I've ever known to moon anyone were female!
(This post was edited by krisAHQ on Jan 13, 2012, 11:41 AM)
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Key Animator / Contributor
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Jan 14, 2012, 10:36 PM
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This definitely counts as a mooning scene, despite the character having no separator between his glutes:
From Disney's Lilo & Stitch in 2002, as Lilo and her newly adopted pet Stitch are leaving the animal shelter, Stitch becomes aware of Doctor Jukiba hiding nearby. Stitch promptly does a headstand, waving his bottom, stubby tail and all, as a taunt to his pursuer.
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Directing Animator
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Jan 15, 2012, 1:30 PM
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I remember one cartoon where a blue bird flips up his tail at someone and then flies away. But I can't remember the name of the cartoon or who he flips his tail at (Porky maybe?). All I know is that is was a LT toon from either late 1940s to early 50s.
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Supervising Animator
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Jan 15, 2012, 4:15 PM
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I remember one cartoon where a blue bird flips up his tail at someone and then flies away. But I can't remember the name of the cartoon or who he flips his tail at (Porky maybe?). All I know is that is was a LT toon from either late 1940s to early 50s.
That's from "The Trial of Mr. Wolf." The bluebird tells the wolf to act his own age--then flies off--but not before flipping up his tail.
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"Homer,we just brought Flanders back from the dead. Did you use the notebook to make a flock of penguins peck him to death?"
Marge-"Murder He Wrote"-a Simpsons Comic story.
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Apprentice
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Jan 15, 2012, 6:21 PM
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This definitely counts as a mooning scene, despite the character having no separator between his glutes:
From Disney's Lilo & Stitch in 2002, as Lilo and her newly adopted pet Stitch are leaving the animal shelter, Stitch becomes aware of Doctor Jukiba hiding nearby. Stitch promptly does a headstand, waving his bottom, stubby tail and all, as a taunt to his pursuer.
Also, Stitch does a "pressed ham" against the spaceship window to Gantu during the pursuit to rescue Lilo.
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Key Animator / Contributor
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Jan 16, 2012, 1:10 AM
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Pardon me for possibly sidetracking this thread, but I seriously doubt there are any American examples of female mooning. There seems to exist a gender double standard about how cartoon characters are depicted that spans all the major production studios. Perhaps this is a remnant of the Hays Code, which sprang into being in response to some bare-breasted scenes, such as Betty Boop in Bamboo Isle, and some ancillary mermaids in Felix the Cat's Neptune Nonsense.
Also, most major studios that produce and market cartoons as "family entertainment" have come to realize that women, namely mothers, often control the finances in the family. Overtly sexual characters, and even some subtly sensual ones, tend to repulse these mothers, who promptly clamp down on their purses. Studios feel this purse grip like Darth Vader's force choke, and get the message, "You're not bringing that [*cuckoo*] into this house" loud and clear. This is believed to have been the death knell for Minerva Mink, among others.
Observe how, in most cartoons, the males can be half-dressed or less, but the females are completely clothed. Only in cases where the characters are talking animals is clothing unused for both genders, with rare exceptions. One could point to Disney's Rescue Rangers series, where all the males are dressed to the waist, but the females are completely dressed. Or to Warner Brothers Looney Tunes, where Bugs Bunny goes about without a stitch, while Lola Bunny is fully dressed.
I firmly believe that studios cannot depict a female even partially denuded without sliding dangerously into ecchi territory. Mooning would involve stripping from the waist, which is just too suggestive for "family" entertainment. In cases such as The Simpsons, let me point out that Fox studios aren't aiming for the family market; they're targeting the prime-time market, which is adults.
Sorry, Kris. The United States will have to relax its mores before we'll see bare female glutes.
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Directing Animator
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Jan 16, 2012, 9:54 PM
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That's from "The Trial of Mr. Wolf." The bluebird tells the wolf to act his own age--then flies off--but not before flipping up his tail.
Yeah, that's it. Boy was I off on the year estimate.
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Key Animator / Contributor
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May 14, 2012, 11:44 AM
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Forgot about this one, until today.
From Rock & Rule by Nelvana Studios of Canada in 1982, at the 0:52:32 mark, the drummer Dizzy drops his drawers and moons Angel and Mok through the Ohmtown bus window. Though, in fairness, he was doped out of his mind at the time.
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