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* All the characters in ''VideoGame/{{Cuphead}}'' are this as an homage to the animation in the Creator/MaxAndDaveFleischer cartoons back in the 1930s.

* ''VideoGame/Cuphead'' is this as an homage to the animation in the Creator/MaxAndDaveFleischer cartoons back in the 1930s.

* ''VideoGame/{{BendyAndTheInkMachine}}'' is this played for horror.

* Most classic NickToons fall into this category.

** [[WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries The Abridged Series]] had a field day with this, especially with [[{{Lolicon}} Toon Dark Magician Girl]].

* Most of the cartoons that came out during UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation qualify, such as Warner Brothers' ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'', and the [[''WesternAnimation/ClassicDisneyShorts classic Disney characters]].
* ''WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse'', ''WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck'', and ''WesternAnimation/{{Goofy}}'' proved to be [[UniversalAdapterCast versatile enough]] characters that they can be used to tell stories that are more than just simple comedies, being more adventurous or dramatic, instead, without feeling out of place or out of character.

* Most of WaltDisney's longest-running non-feature characters are traditional toons; until late 2008, Disney had done away with hand-drawn cel animation and converted to CGI. Disney execs recently (as of early 2009) announced Disney's return to 'traditional' forms of animation, saying that if ''any'' company is going to preserve the art of hand-drawn animation, it should be Disney.
** Arguably, the Disney non-feature characters are ''not'' toons in the comics, where we often have to take them quite seriously in dramatic situations. It's almost painful for anyone raised on the comics continuity to chat with those who view MickeyMouse, DonaldDuck, and [[ComicBook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse Uncle Scrooge]] as wacky, one-dimensional clowns.

* All famous [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Warner Brothers]] characters are, too.
** Most of the cartoons that came out during UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation qualify.
* The Disney series ''WesternAnimation/{{Bonkers}}'' was about a cartoon cat who joined an all-human police force, and drove his human partner to distraction with his zany cartoon antics, in a fairly obvious pastiche -- if not a [[WildMassGuessing shared universe]] -- of ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit''. However, since the show itself was animated, the proper effect was achived by giving all the normal human characters subdued and muted color schemes.

* ToonDisney, in its heyday, aired exclusively WesternAnimation, mainly from Disney, and in its promos featured the word "toon." Except the word "toon" can come off as ambiguous in them; it can mean the programming featured, as in "around the clock toons," or the characters in said programming, as in its slogan "built from the best toons." It's one of the few cases where the word Toon was used without the notion that the Toon are made of paint, and without the idea of AnimatedActors.

More specifically, a Toon is a character whose personality (and usually appearance) is greatly exaggerated. Even for the TheComicallySerious, comedy colors everything the character does and he is often unable to complete the most basic tasks without falling victim to a number of improbable variables. A probable reason is that many thrive on a consistent, tolerated kind of chaos.

The few animated shows in the West that attempt drama, such as ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'', shy away from using certain tropes associated with Toons in an effort to be taken seriously. See AnimationAgeGhetto. For obvious reasons, this is a lot more capricious in anime.

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* ''WhoCensoredRogerRabbit'' is the TropeNamer.

Not to be confused with [[EnglishPremierLeague Newcastle United.]]

** Most of the cartoons that came out during TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation qualify.

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* ToonDisney, in its heyday, aired exclusively WesternAnimation, mainly from Disney, and in its promos featured the word "toon." Except the word "toon" can come off as ambiguous in them; it can mean the programming featured, as in "around the clock toons," or the characters in said programming, as in its slogan "built from the best toons."

The few animated shows in the West that attempt drama, such as ''KingOfTheHill'', shy away from using certain tropes associated with Toons in an effort to be taken seriously. See AnimationAgeGhetto. For obvious reasons, this is a lot more capricious in anime.

* ''DrawnTogether'''s Wooldor Sockbat represents the classic Toon. Everything he does is zany (including masturbation) and explained as a desperate need to be liked.

The word "Toon" may be used interchangeably with "Character" in some [=MMORPGs=]. As in, "Which toon do you want me to play for this raid, my fighter or my cleric?". This especially applies to ''ToontownOnline'', in which this is actually what the players are officially called in-game.

* ''WhoCensoredRogerRabbit'' is the TropeNamer

** [[YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries The Abridged Series]] had a field day with this, especially with [[{{Lolicon}} Toon Dark Magician Girl]].

* The Cel-Shaded variation of Link from ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker'' is given the moniker "Toon Link" in Super Smash Bros Brawl and has a more, pardon the pun, animated and comical personality than the "main" ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess Twilight Princess]]'' inspired Link. His actual design however is more {{animesque}}.

* The Cell-Shaded variation of Link from TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker is given the moniker "Toon Link" in Super Smash Bros Brawl and has a more, pardon the pun, animated and comical personality than the "main" ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess Twilight Princess]]'' inspired Link. His actual design however is more {{animesque}}.

* The Cell-Shaded variation of Link from TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker is given the moniker "Toon Link" in Super Smash Bros Brawl and has a more, pardon the pun, animated and comical personality than the "main" TwilightPrincess inspired Link. His actual design however is more {{animesque}}.

* ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'' has toons living in the same world as humans and [[FantasticRacism being treated poorly by them]], it also introduces a nightmarish hybrid of both human and Toon in the form of [[spoiler: Judge Doom]]