One of the trippiest scenes I remember as a kid was the hefalumps and woozles scene from The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977). It was just a tiny acid trip that seemed so out of place in a Winnie the Pooh cartoon of all places. In fact Disney did it so much in those 70-80s movies that I credit them with my love of psychedelics.
One of my favorite animated scenes is from "The Raggedy Ann and Andy: A Musical Adventure" The scene in question is called "The Greedy" and it involves Raggedy Ann and her friends listening to a candy creature explain how he feels lonely and needs a sweetheart to make him feel better. The animation in this scene is jaw dropping. It was done by former Max Fleicher animators. It's so fluid, not a single still frame, and immaculately detailed. One of the greatest animated scenes I have ever seen along side "Pink Floyd's - The Trial" as was present here. Give it a look, you will be amazed.
Just to let you know James, that silhouetted figure in A Grinch Night is believed by many die hard Seuss fans to be a cameo from one of his books. The book in question being Oh The Thinks You Can Think. It's about all the cool stuff you can conjure up with your imagination. There's a brief part where the book talks about various weird questions you can ask yourself, and one of those questions is "What would you do if you met a Jiboo?" The Jiboo is the a very similar looking shadowed bird creature, who two is looking at a kid like Ukaria on a similar looking street. A lot of readers were notably scared of that part, but he appeared to be friendly, as he was waving to the kid in the book. Some people believe that the creature in the special was him, except now, he's actually menacing, in a pose that looks like he's going to attack Ukaria. Maybe it's Seuss acknowledging how much that scene in the book scared people. In fact, I bet dollars to donuts (and a duckdog too) that a lot of the creatures in the Paraphernalia Wagon were from Ted's books and paintings. Maybe Seuss saw this as an opportunity to put all of his favorite scary drawings in one place!
The street and character are basically identical except for the pose. Of course it was very convenient to use the various sceneries Seuss had already created as inspiration for their nightmare gallery. It's a very striking idea.
I'm surprised you didn't mention any Don Bluth productions, particular "The Secret of Nimh". So many amazing sequences in that movie but for me it's either the great owl scene or when she lifts the cinder block from the mud. So awesome.
For me the coolest scene that stuck out in Transformers was Unicron transforming. You practically expected Unicron to be able to transform but when Galvatron provokes him. You watch his despair as this planet eater shifts and changes into the Metallic Devil. Showing just how truly small and insignificant the series' villain to a being capable of tearing apart Cybertron itself.
Man, the trippiest thing in the world is when they explore the inside of Unicron and they find the other Autobots who are about to be dropped into the molten metal and manage to save them. The movie is still just friggin insane
Janet Waldo actually recorded all her lines as Judy Jetson for the movie. Tiffany was originally just going to do the singing, but some studio executive insisted that she do all of the dialog, too. Gilbert Gottfried said (so take it with a grain of salt) on his podcast that the guy that played George Jetson actually died in the recording booth for the Jetsons movie.
Grinch Night was always one of my favorite holiday cartoons, and one of my favorite cartoons IN GENERAL, just because of that psychadelic nightmare sequence! XD I wish there was more animation done in that very specific style!
Yes! There was a Lupin arcade game done in the Dragon's Lair style that I played at a casino in Reno while my parents were gambling that opens with the car chase. I easily dumped $20 in that game.
To me, one of the best animated sequences I've seen was the "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" sequence in 1968's Yellow Submarine. It's very well animated and pretty much screams "pop art" with its Warholian approach.
The Amazing World of Gumball as an entire series is rather incredible seeing as nearly every character outside of the main family is in a completely different art style from one another. Different animation styles, 2D mixed with 3D, etc.
For me, one that has always stuck with me is from the cartoon Real Ghostbusters and the friggin’ Boogieman stepping through a closet door, with that improbably big head followed by the goat/faun like lower body. It’s just stuck with me over the years.
Not as crazy as these scenes and a little bit later in terms of era, but the extremely goofy movie had a scene where goofy is taking a test, falls asleep and has this jarring happy/depressing dream sequence. Tripped me out as a kid.
Another scene that comes to mind is from the obscure animated film Felidae. The nightmare sequence with the puppeteer and the piles of dead cats, it's absolutely nightmarish but the animation is just incredible.
I could fill a list like this with all of Fantasia. That movie really opened up the idea of how music can make a story and how fitting songs can be in movies which led the way for AMVs The Toccada and feud in D minor segment especially
I know James and Doug are friends, And James would never say a unkind word about Doug, but I would still be very interested to hear James’ thoughts about Doug’s “review” of The Wall.
Truly a reminder of why we NEVER should use a nuclear bomb ever again I don't think people really realized the full destruction and effects until after the bombs were dropped
I remember as a kid when my dad showed me his favorite movie- Forbidden Planet. The animated scene where they show the invisible monster is very memorable. I believe Disney did the animation for it, and you can tell, but it's different enough from what they usually do, and in such an unexpected place, that it stands out.
Loved this and all I could think as you went through the list was The Wall being the best animated scenes. Saw this when I was younger and decades later still sticks with me.
My partner is an animator. It was really fun to pick her up from class when she was in school because I'd join conversations about the most memorable animation cycles. There's a very famous one of pluto from the 30s where his skin is impeccably animated with secondary motion. It's incredible and lives in my memory forever.
The "Everybody Wants Some" claymation scene from "Better Off Dead" always stuck out to me as a kid. Also, the entire anime movies of "Paprika"(especially the Parade scene) and "Metropolis" are fantastic looking throughout.
Honestly I don't know how many crazy and awesome animations I've seen, but one that is in my memory now is the part from "Le roi et L'Oiseau" (The King and the Bird?), where the King takes an elevator to his 'private chambers'. Just how much you see through this journey, the sounds, places and colours is so wonderful
The Jinx and Ekko fight from Arcane is one of the best animated scenes in recent memory. The way it conveys that these two characters have a friendly history together and they're fighting now interlaced with each other without any dialogue said. It's brilliant!
one of the best animated moments ive seen is pretty much every single shot or animated scene in the Thief and the Cobbler (sadly the movie was never finished tho)
James, I can't tell you enough how much I genuinely love hearing you talk about things that are important to you. It's like I'm having a conversation with a close friend. Keep up the great work♥️💯😃
Big shout out to The Wall, that's still as weird and freaky as it always was. The Animation is so symbolic and essential to the storytelling that without them it wouldn't have the same feel or lasting effect that stays with you long after watching it.
I'm glad you got that Chris Pryniski fact right, since many think it was Rob Zombie. For those that don't know Chris started Titmouse Studios (Big Mouth, Venture Brothers, Metalacaypse and MEGAS XLR )
You talking and showing bits of The Wall makes me want to actually listen to Pink Floyd's entire discography and then watch the movie. To get the full experience ofc
11:42 is called the "Jibboo." I felt the same way about it as a kid. Comes from "Oh the Thinks You Can Think!" Except, in the book he's not in the gunslinger pose. Instead, he's just standing there and waving menacingly.
Ninja Scroll is my favourite. The Benisato part where her snake tattoos are slithering off her body. Or the blind swordsman Utsutsu fight in the bamboo forest. There are so many great scenes in that movie!
Prince of Egypt. Man, I’m not a big fan of musicals, but that movie is a masterpiece. As far as animated pieces in live-action movies. I’d have to say Large Marge from PeeWee’s Big Adventure sticks out the most in my mind.
Dude! I could have swore I was having a Mandela Effect moment because I always remembered the Grinch putting a Who through some kind of horror fun house and I couldn’t separate the Christmas movie and this one in my head! Thanks for helping me remember! As always!
The cliff part in 'The Phantom Toll Booth' where all the monsters come crawling out! That always scared me as a kid. The sludge creature(s) from 'My little pony the movie(1986) always sit with me too. And one of my favorites is the magic transformation battle in 'The sword in the stone'.
Man, I had that Jetsons movie as a kid and the only thing I ever remember about it is that crazy animation sequence with Judy. That's crazy you brought that up because I haven't watched the movie since the VHS days and it was a trip to see it again.
One piece of animation I always remember is from "Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor". Near the start, Popeye's ship gets attacked by a giant bird and the animation of the ship keeling over is really nice and smooth.
I remember the diving scene from Animolympics being really strange and trippy. Also, I always found the psychedelic scene from the secret of Nihm to be really striking.
The Mob scene from Heavy Metal "Do the Evolution", specifically the crucifix scene The intellectuals monologue from Fritz the Cat Tetsuo's transformation from Akira
I’m so happy with this new content you’ve been making. This, vhs memories, and a couple other videos all seem like a real passion for you, and it shows.
The Queen's transformation into the hag from Snow White, as well as Snow White running through the forest - both scenes were terrifying to me as a child. I'd also include the donkey transformation scene from Pinocchio as well.
Hand animation was one of the most creative things 3D animation could never top, it's a shame the entire animation industry switched to this system just because it was obsolete.
3D has it's moments. So much of "The Lego Movie" is a real thrill in visuals for one thing, but I do agree sometimes we get reminders that 3D may do better at "immersing" since it's popular to make the characters look "realistic", but it's not always the most exciting thing to watch when it's hewing so close, no matter how nice it can look. I remember how nice something like "Lightyear" looked, but there is so little I remember about it standing out.
@@motherplayer like Spiderman into spiderverse, or Michelle vs Machines would be one of them, but unfortunately they are few, unlike what there was of the magic of animation without being so digital and being in the computerized use of 3D, that is why it will never match what was true animation for more than 100 years.
