Death in cartoons.

[Logan]

Star Blazers and Robotech managed to get aired with death scenes intact. (ironically, Robotech's Macross Saga has a higher body count than its original source material)

Transformers also had a death as well, if I recall correctly. "War Dawn", I think.

[Mandi-chan]

Originally Posted by Sage Ninja

I remember that actually disturbing me as a little kid. Especially Jerry's young mouse nephew cheerfully saying "goodbye, pussycat" after watching it happen and continuing on his merry way with his stolen food. I guess it was how blase Jerry and the kid was about it. Especially since it was made clear in the episode that Tom would be executed for

That very cartoon was the reason for my long-standing hatred for Tom and Jerry when I was a kid.

BTW, what is that picture in your signature from? The artwork looks very familiar, but I can't remember what it's from or who the artist is.

[gobo]

Originally Posted by Mandi-chan

That very cartoon was the reason for my long-standing hatred for Tom and Jerry when I was a kid.

Kinda me too. I could never see Jerry as the harmless goodguy anymore. LONG LIVE SPEEDY GONZALES!!

[oldmanwinters]

Aw, come on, folks, "The Two Mouseketeers" is hilarious!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BF4dW87c-K8#t=06m40s

The thing about Tom and Jerry cartoons is that no matter what happened to the characters in the end of any given episode, you knew they'd be right back to the cat-n-mouse game in the next episode. It's similar to some of the old Looney Tunes shorts where some major characters like Daffy occasionally died and went to hell. That's just how animation rolled back in the mid-twentieth century!

[Jester]

Originally Posted by oldmanwinters

Aw, come on, folks, "The Two Mouseketeers" is hilarious!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BF4dW87c-K8#t=06m40s

The thing about Tom and Jerry cartoons is that no matter what happened to the characters in the end of any given episode, you knew they'd be right back to the cat-n-mouse game in the next episode. It's similar to some of the old Looney Tunes shorts where some major characters like Daffy occasionally died and went to hell. That's just how animation rolled back in the mid-twentieth century!

If it weren't for stuff like this, we'd have never gotten Itchy and Scratchy...

[Type 97 Chi-ha]

Originally Posted by XERO

Kenny in South Park.

But South Park was very obviously not meant as kids' entertainment, despite its being animated and having child characters.

[BubblyShell22]

No, but the topic is death in cartoons, and South Park is still a cartoon although it's aimed at adults and not kids.

And I agree about Looney Tunes. Wile E. Coyote was always the target for death, but he always came back to try and catch the Road Runner. Beep! Beep!

[Jester]

I should have been specific. It was intended to discuss the censorship of death in children's cartoons....

[gobo]

Casper wasn't born a ghost... I don't think.

Duke died in G.I.Joe: The Movie. Don't remember exactly how they put it in words though.

And, Optimus Prime died in his movie.

[XERO]

Originally Posted by Type 97 Chi-ha

But South Park was very obviously not meant as kids' entertainment, despite its being animated and having child characters.

If you wanna get fancy about it, with all the taboo-ness the Looney Tunes got away with, at least South Park was honest about what they represented.

Originally Posted by Jester

I should have been specific. It was intended to discuss the censorship of death in children's cartoons....

My mistake then.

[Candy Kappa]

Originally Posted by gobo

Optimus Prime died in his movie.

the whole Transformers movie was a slaughterfest to make way for the new toys. and it was awesome, in a scary way

[gobo]

A bunch of those leaf-people in TCats11 died.

[Candy Kappa]

Originally Posted by gobo

A bunch of those leaf-people in TCats11 died.

saddest thundercats episode to date.


Batman Brave and the Bold had a lot of death as well, it was really well done, the flashback scene of the death of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne and the death of Animal Man.

and that Bat-Mite episode...

[Sage Ninja]

Originally Posted by oldmanwinters

Aw, come on, folks, "The Two Mouseketeers" is hilarious!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BF4dW87c-K8#t=06m40s!

...erm, not really. I kind of wanted to stomp on that little french mouse after that. My feelings on this episoide are still the same after all these years. Sometimes I actually felt more for Tom than Jerry, even though Tom was normally the one who started it.

I guess it is a weord double standard because Bugs Bunny coulkd be a bully at times even when the other started it and I was always fine with it. In fact when ever Bugs go up against that turtle I would get made because Bugs came out the loser in those cartoons, and some how became a dumbass on the same level of Elmer Fudd. WTF? To me that just wasn't right, Bug's should always be on top. And yet I didn't mind when one of his normal adversaries got one over him. Like the short where Elmer Fudd torments Bug's with a paint brush! That was genuanly amusing.

[Cure]

Originally Posted by Sage Ninja

In fact when ever Bugs go up against that turtle I would get made because Bugs came out the loser in those cartoons, and some how became a dumbass on the same level of Elmer Fudd. WTF? To me that just wasn't right, Bug's should always be on top.

There are rules when it comes to Bugs. He wins when going against dimwits but his overconfidence gets the best of him when going up against characters like Cecil. I forgot where I read that, though.

[Original TMNT Cartoon Fan]

I noticed someone wonder if we didn't see off-screen human death caused by action in the "Big Cufflink Caper" 1987 TMNT episode inside the candy factory. Actually, Michelangelo first saves April and Irma from being dipped in that hot candy, then Leonardo kicks down the gangsters in the vat. It seemed that if April and Irma would fall down there, dying.

[oldmanwinters]

Tom could be pretty creepy too!

Originally Posted by Sage Ninja

I guess it is a weord double standard because Bugs Bunny coulkd be a bully at times even when the other started it and I was always fine with it. In fact when ever Bugs go up against that turtle I would get made because Bugs came out the loser in those cartoons, and some how became a dumbass on the same level of Elmer Fudd. WTF? To me that just wasn't right, Bug's should always be on top. And yet I didn't mind when one of his normal adversaries got one over him. Like the short where Elmer Fudd torments Bug's with a paint brush! That was genuanly amusing.

Eh, it probably just depended on the animation director and the era.

Looney Tunes characters certainly underwent character evolution over time.

Tex Avery directed the first "Tortoise and the Hair" inspired Bugs cartoon and he portrayed Bugs into an almost Daffy Duck-like character. In 1941, Bugs still sported his old animation design seen in earlier shorts, which often had him acting far less cool and suave as the world would come to know him in time. The Tortoise was one of the few characters (like the Gremlin) to really get under Bugs's skin. Bob Clampett made a sequel two years later with a redesigned Bugs model who was still bitter about his defeat.

Daffy Duck himself started out as a hyper-active character who gradually grew into the cynical, jealous deviant under Chuck Jones. I think John K. really resents Jones for that too. Jones also perfected the notion of Bugs as the all-wise character who almost never got frustrated or outwitted.

[Logan]

Transformers Prime has had some deaths, mostly the stock Decepticons, but Cliffjumper was a major one.

[gobo]

Was there ever a Disney animated feature that didn't have an implied death of the antagonist?

[BubblyShell22]

*tries to think off the top of her head*

Nope, I've got nothing.

And don't forget the deaths of Bambi's mother and Mufasa. Those were some emotional moments.