Role added by jeremyelcuervo on August 11, 2023
A special effect intended to show live-action, flesh-and-blood performers interacting with animated (usually ink-and-paint) characters. If the story is a comedy, and it usually is, the characters tend to be medium-aware and recognize each other as belonging to either category. However, in some early examples like Pete's Dragon, animation is just a special effect and the animated characters are in-universe not different from the actor.
Fan Casting
Roger Rabbit Effect
Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
Space Jam
Looney Tunes: Back in Action
Pete's Dragon (1977)
The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie
Mary Poppins (film)
Mary Poppins Returns
Fantasia 2000
The LEGO Movie
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
The Adventures Of Rocky & Bullwinkle
WALL·E
The Simpsons
Fun and Fancy Free
The Three Caballeros
Fantasia
Once Upon a Studio
Tom & Jerry (2021 Film)
Space Jam A New Legacy
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