History NonStandardCharacterDesign / WesternAnimation

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Doug}}'': Skeeter, Porkchop, Stinky, Mrs. Dink, Mayor White, Larry, Coach Spitz, Beebe's mother, Muffy, Brian, and a variety of animals are the only characters to have visible eye sclera.

** Unlike the other characters (even Slappy Squirrel), the Warner Siblings have designs that look rather like those of inkblot style characters of the late 1920s and early 1930s. This because they were first drawn around that era, [[UsefulNotes/TheHaysCode but proved too wild for audiences of the time, so they had to be locked away in the water tower]].

** In the episodes featuring The Flame, the people look rather realistic, unlike Mindy, Ralph, Mr. Plotz, and other people in the show.

** Buddy in this show has PieEyes.

* Omi from ''WesternAnimation/XiaolinShowdown'' looks a little different from the other major characters. He is [[AmazingTechnicolorPopulation bright yellow]], in contrast to the others' normal skintones. He also has [[BlackBeadEyes black dots for eyes]], while the others have colored , [[SkinToneSclerae slightly more detailed eyes]].

* ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'' doesn't have much of a ''standard'' character design, from the flat 2D drawn animation of Gumball and his family to the CGI animation and claymation of other characters, including a photo-realistic Tyrannosaurus Rex. Still, humans manage to stand out by how they are either depicted as live-action (usually on television) or animated in the style of Filmation-era cartoons. Neither is common for the show, since the former is often left out in favor of using a variety of animation techniques (the only live-action non-human is Sussie the chinface, which is technically a form of puppetry and thus could also be considered animation), and the latter are [[StylisticSuck designed to look crappy]] [[LimitedAnimation and choppy]] while it's clear that the animators are making the other characters with their best foot forward. {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d in [[Recap/TheAmazingWorldOfGumballS3E29TheSaint "The Saint"]] where Gumball tries to make Alan look bad by using his account to say he thinks [[FantasticRacism 3D people are better than 2D ones.]]

* Dulcinea in ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfPussInBoots'' is far more cartoony than any other cat character in the series, even having four fingers instead of five. In the last season it's revealed that the goblin Cleevil also looks nothing like a goblin should and the common thread between the two characters [[spoiler:is that they are both artificial spirits created by a mage to watch over the town.]]

** The BoyBand Sev'ral Timez are few of the only characters in the series with visible blue irises in their eyes instead of just pupils. Later characters that have visible colored irises are background characters in ''[[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/GravityFallsS2E5SoosAndTheRealGirl Soos and the Real Girl]]''. One is a [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/gravityfalls/images/d/df/S2e5_soos_talking_to_girl.png/revision/latest?cb=20140924221605 Mystery Shack customer that was scared off by Soos]] and the [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/gravityfalls/images/a/a6/S2e5_clerk.png/revision/latest?cb=20170729160933 other is a clerk at Beeply Boop's]].
** Gabe Bensen from ''[[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/GravityFallsS2E4SockOpera Sock Opera]]'' stands out for having blue dot pupils instead of black dot pupils.
** [=.GIFfany=], another video game character in ''[[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/GravityFallsS2E5SoosAndTheRealGirl Soos and the Real Girl]]'', has a very {{Animesque}} design, since she's meant to invoke the image of a character from a Japanese DatingSim game.

* ''WesternAnimation/HarleyQuinn2019 '':Robin’s big eyes and ShonenHair are much more {{Animesque}} than any of the other characters.

** Bart, Lisa, and Maggie are almost the only characters on the show who have 'hair' ''anything'' like theirs (that is points coming directly out of the top of their heads identical in colour to their skin, and with no visible dividing line between forehead and hairline). Nominally they are all blonde but every other blonde haired character in the show is drawn with more realistic hair. The show has {{lampshade|Hanging}}d this several times.
** In general, this is true of a lot of characters from earlier seasons, which had a looser and more cartoonish style, while later seasons went a more realistic route. Homer has a scribble on the side of his head to signify baldness, something shared by no other character.

* In David Feiss' GagDub of ''Yoohoo & Friends'', Father Time and Feiss' other characters clash severely with the original show's animesque artstyle. Conversely, Yoohoo and his friends are the ones who look out-of-place whenever they appear in one of Father Time's framing segments.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Disenchantment}}'' has the angels in Heaven looking like Kewpie dolls or 60s cartoon characters, as opposed to everyone else being drawn in Matt Groening's trademark style, sphere eyes, overbite and all.

* In David Feiss' GagDub of ''Yoohoo & Friends'', Father Time and Feiss' other characters clash severely with the original show's animesque artstyle. Conversely, Yoohoo and his friends are the ones who look out-of-place whenever they appear in one of Father Time's framing segments.

%%* Cotton on ''King Of The Hill''.

* The 1991 WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes cartoon "WesternAnimation/InvasionOfTheBunnySnatchers" lampshades this greatly. Daffy, Elmer and Yosemite Sam are mysteriously replaced with doppelgangers that looked as if they were designed and animated by the likes of 50s Hanna-Barbera, its imitators and even the creators of ''Clutch Cargo.''

** "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E17MadeInManehattan Made in Manehattan]]" ends with the appearance of an chubby pony quite different from the design of any other pony yet seen.
** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS7E19ToChangeAChangeling To Change a Changeling]]", Pharynx had a purple shell, violet eyes and red crest instead of the changelings' standard blue-and-cyan color scheme, and is the only changeling to do so. Even after he transforms into a more typical "bug-horse", he still retains a much darker color scheme than the other changelings.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheMarvelousMisadventuresOfFlapjack'', Flapjack, K'nuckles, and Bubby are drawn in a bit of a more cartoonish style than the [[GrotesqueGallery rest of Stormalong Harbor]].

** The eponymous girls, besides lacking [[InvisibleAnatomy hands, feet,]] or [[TheNoseless noses]], are drawn with a focus on curves rather than the heavily angular designs of most other character to make them stand out even more. There is one episode that shows what they would look like if they had been born as normal little girls, but those designs still seem... off. Their nonstandard designs are even more noticeable in the [[WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls2016 2016 reboot]] where the background characters are stylized like something out of ''WesternAnimation/{{Clarence}}''.

* Queen La from ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfTarzan'' looks nothing like the characters from the Disney film ''Disney/{{Tarzan}}'' and looks more like a character from ''Disney/AtlantisTheLostEmpire'' instead, a hint towards her [[{{Atlantis}} true heritage.]]

** Kion stands out amongst all other lion cubs from the extended ''[[Disney/TheLionKing Lion King]]'' canon because he has rosettes, like a real-life cub.

** The BoyBand Sev'ral Timez are also the only characters in the series so far with visible blue irises in their eyes instead of just pupils.
** [=.GIFfany=], another video game character, has a very {{Animesque}} design, since she's meant to invoke the image of a character from a Japanese DatingSim game.

** Bart, Lisa and Maggie are almost the only characters on the show who have 'hair' ''anything'' like theirs (that is points coming directly out of the top of their heads identical in colour to their skin and with no visible dividing line between forehead and hairline.) Nominally they are all blonde but every other blonde haired character in the show is drawn with more realistic hair. The show has {{lampshade|Hanging}}d this several times.

** Ocellus, another changeling appearing in Season 8, is smaller, skinnier, and has a translucent frill on the back of her neck, as well as a more uniform blue color scheme.

* The 1991 WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes cartoon "Invasion of the Bunny Snatchers" lampshades this greatly. Daffy, Elmer and Yosemite Sam are mysteriously replaced with doppelgangers that looked as if they were designed and animated by the likes of 50s Hanna-Barbera, its imitators and even the creators of ''Clutch Cargo.''

** White Diamond's body is mostly obscured by the light emanating from her gem, making it look like her entire body is made of light (to the point that her head looks almost like it's two-dimensional from some angles). She also stands completely motionless, her arms outstretched in a crucifixion pose which, when combined with her dissonant, monotone voice, makes her seem almost robotic. Her body was actually drawn like it was part of the ''background''. She is also by far the most detailed character design seen yet. Her design is specifically based on the works of Creator/NellBrinkley.

** The Chinese animated series ''Animation/StitchAndAi'' drops ''all'' the first 625 experiments with new ones that Jumba makes inspired by creatures of Myth/ChineseMythology. However, much of these [[https://disney.fandom.com/wiki/Jumba's_Chinese_Experiments Chinese experiments]] look so radically different from the original ones that some don't even look like genetic experiments at all, just looking like straight-up mythological Chinese creatures brought to life.

** The ''Anime/{{Stitch}}'' anime series expands this to include Twang/Flute, Witch, and Mr. Stenchy's DistaffCounterpart Mrs. Sickly. However, in this series, experiments who are controlled by Hämsterviel have their pupils dilute just enough to reveal their irises; Twang/Flute and Witch were among those under his possession and we never see if they would have normal experiment eyes if they were not serving him.