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** Does this count Robbie Rotten's BruceCampbell like [[UncannyValley creepy makeup]]?
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*** Special mention to the 2011 Muppet movie where the Muppets get their own promotion interviews with the media.
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This trope is all about movies that not only employ such special effect characters, but ''put them in the spotlight'': if you can take TheMuppets, SerkisFolk or [[RogerRabbitEffect Toons]] out of a movie without affecting the plot line or core cast, then it's not this trope.

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This trope is all about movies that not only employ such special effect characters, but ''put them in the spotlight'': if you can take TheMuppets, the {{Muppet}}s, SerkisFolk or [[RogerRabbitEffect Toons]] out of a movie without affecting the plot line or core cast, then it's not this trope.
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* The live-action ''{{Garfield}}'' movies.

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* The live-action ''{{Garfield}}'' ''Film/{{Garfield}}'' movies.
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** JimHenson's non-Muppet films ''TheDarkCrystal'' and ''{{Labyrinth}}'' also qualify -- the bulk of the characters in the latter are realized with puppets, and the former has an all-puppet cast.

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** JimHenson's non-Muppet films ''TheDarkCrystal'' and ''{{Labyrinth}}'' ''Film/{{Labyrinth}}'' also qualify -- the bulk of the characters in the latter are realized with puppets, and the former has an all-puppet cast.



* ''{{Alf}}''

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* ''{{Alf}}''''Series/{{Alf}}''
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* BluesClues is completely rendered in animation. The only real thing is a single guy standing in front of a greescreen talking to himself.

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* BluesClues is completely rendered in animation. The only real thing is a single guy standing in front of a greescreen greenscreen talking to himself.
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* ''[=~Looney Tunes: Back In Action~=]'', which merges live action and animation in much the same way as ''WhoFramedRogerRabbit''.

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* ''[=~Looney Tunes: Back In Action~=]'', ''LooneyTunesBackInAction'', which merges live action and animation in much the same way as ''WhoFramedRogerRabbit''.



* ''[=~E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial~=]''

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* ''[=~E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial~=]''''Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial''
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* The infamous film version of ''HowardTheDuck''.

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* The infamous film version of ''HowardTheDuck''.''Film/HowardTheDuck''.

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* All [[HarryhausenMovie Harryhausen Movies]] to the point where they are named and grouped after the special effects guy rather than anything else.

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* All The vast majority of [[HarryhausenMovie Harryhausen Movies]] to Movies]]. Ray Harryhausen treated each monster as a character in and of itself, giving them operatic deaths when he could. Special mention goes to:
** ''MightyJoeYoung'' - Joe is
the point star of the film, after all.
** ''TheBeastFromTwentyThousandFathoms''
** ''TwentyMillionMilesToEarth'' - A movie
where they are named and grouped after to many audiences, the special effects guy rather than anything else. monster is the most like-able characters.
** ''FirstMenInTheMoon''
** ''TheValleyOfGwangi''
** ''ClashOfTheTitans''
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* All [[HarryhausenMovie Harryhausen Movies]] to the point where they are named and grouped after the special effects guy rather than anything else.
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** The policy of working with Muppets is that one has to treat them as legitimate people, to the point that many muppeteers don't break character during the outtakes of the production.

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** The policy of working with Muppets is that one has to treat them as legitimate people, to the point that many muppeteers Muppeteers don't break character during the outtakes of the production.



*** TheDarkCrystal is especially notable, as it was the first live action movie done with no human cast. Every character however big or small was a puppet. This lent to the viewer's immersion in Henson and Froud's WorldBuilding.

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*** TheDarkCrystal ''TheDarkCrystal'' is especially notable, as it was the first live action movie done with no human cast. Every character however big or small was a puppet. This lent to the viewer's immersion in Henson and Froud's WorldBuilding.



** Jabba The Hutt starred "As Himself" in the same movie, and Yoda would join the ranks in the next two films.

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** Jabba The Hutt starred "As Himself" "[[CharacterAsHimself As Himself]]" in the same movie, and Yoda would join the ranks in the next two films.
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** The live-action ''{{Film/Transformers}}'' movies are entirely a [[IncrediblyLamePun vehicle]] to show off a whole set of special effects characters.
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**The live-action ''{{Film/Transformers}}'' movies are entirely a [[IncrediblyLamePun vehicle]] to show off a whole set of special effects characters.
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* SesameStreet would be nothing without it's Muppet cast.

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* SesameStreet would be nothing without it's its Muppet cast.
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** And, of course, ''TheMuppetShow''.
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*** TheDarkCrystal is especially notable, as it was the first live action movie done with no human cast. Every character however big or small was a puppet. This lent to the viewer's immersion in Henson and Froud's WorldBuilding.

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This trope is all about movies that not only employ such special effect characters, but ''put them in the spotlight'': if you can take TheMuppets, SerkisFolk or [[RogerRabbitEffect Toons]] out of a movie without affecting the plotline or core cast, then it's not this trope.

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This trope is all about movies that not only employ such special effect characters, but ''put them in the spotlight'': if you can take TheMuppets, SerkisFolk or [[RogerRabbitEffect Toons]] out of a movie without affecting the plotline plot line or core cast, then it's not this trope.


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* SesameStreet would be nothing without it's Muppet cast.
* BluesClues is completely rendered in animation. The only real thing is a single guy standing in front of a greescreen talking to himself.
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* The live-action ''{{Film/Transformers}}'' movies are mainly a vehicle to show off a whole set of special effects characters.

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* The live-action ''{{Film/Transformers}}'' movies are mainly a vehicle [[IncrediblyLamePun vehicle]] to show off a whole set of special effects characters.
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* The majority of ''{{LazyTown}}'s'' main csst are puppets.

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* The majority of ''{{LazyTown}}'s'' main csst cast are puppets.
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* ''LazyTown''

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* ''LazyTown''The majority of ''{{LazyTown}}'s'' main csst are puppets.
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** JimHenson's non-Muppet films ''TheDarkCrystal'' and ''{{Labyrinth}}'' also qualify -- the bulk of the characters in the latter are realized with puppets, and the former has an all-puppet cast.
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The one alien with the most screentime still doesn\'t have enough to be called a main character. This is for main characters, not just movies with lots of special effects.


* ''IndependenceDay'' could have been called StuffBlowingUp: TheMovie

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* ''IndependenceDay'' could have been called StuffBlowingUp: TheMovie
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* ''{{Film/IndependenceDay}}'' could have been called StuffBlowingUp: TheMovie

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* ''{{Film/IndependenceDay}}'' ''IndependenceDay'' could have been called StuffBlowingUp: TheMovie
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* ''{{Film/IndependenceDay}}'' could have been called StuffBlowingUp: TheMovie
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* ''LazyTown''
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* Christopher Johnson in ''District9''.

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* Christopher Johnson in ''District9''.''{{District 9}}''.
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* ''{{S1m0ne}}'' is an in-universe example.

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* ''{{S1m0ne}}'' ''[[{{Simone}} S1m0ne]]'' is an in-universe example.
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* ''{{S1m0ne}}'' is an in-universe example.
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No random Take Thats on the examples page, please.


** And there's its predecessor, ''[[SoBadItsHorrible Space]] [[SpaceJam Jam]]''.

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** And there's its predecessor, ''[[SoBadItsHorrible Space]] [[SpaceJam Jam]]''.''SpaceJam''.
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** And there's its predecessor, ''SpaceJam''.

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** And there's its predecessor, ''SpaceJam''.''[[SoBadItsHorrible Space]] [[SpaceJam Jam]]''.

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