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* OnceOriginalNowOverdone: UPA's minimalist, stylized approach to animation was a unique thing when it came out, but not unlike the Disney aesthetic it was meant to rebel against in the first place, it became such a lasting, ubiquitous approach to animation, that it's hard to appreciate the cartoons without their proper context.
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* OnceOriginalNowOverdone: OnceOriginalNowCommon: UPA's minimalist, stylized approach to animation was a unique thing when it came out, but not unlike the Disney aesthetic it was meant to rebel against in the first place, it became such a lasting, ubiquitous approach to animation, that it's hard to appreciate the cartoons without their proper context.
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* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: UPA's minimalist, stylized approach to animation was a unique thing when it came out, but not unlike the Disney aesthetic it was meant to rebel against in the first place, it became such a lasting, ubiquitous approach to animation, that it's hard to appreciate the cartoons without their proper context.
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* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: OnceOriginalNowOverdone: UPA's minimalist, stylized approach to animation was a unique thing when it came out, but not unlike the Disney aesthetic it was meant to rebel against in the first place, it became such a lasting, ubiquitous approach to animation, that it's hard to appreciate the cartoons without their proper context.
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* AudienceAlienatingEra: The quality of UPA's cartoons is generally agreed to have declined from around 1953 onwards. They still had many decent, even great cartoons later in the decade, but the combination of losing many of the studio's founding staff to UsefulNotes/TheHollywoodBlacklist, other studios gradually luring away the best of their remaining animators and increasing dependance on stock characters like Mr. Magoo and Gerald [=McBoingBoing=], took their toll.
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* DorkAge: The quality of UPA's cartoons is generally agreed to have declined from around 1953 onwards. They still had many decent, even great cartoons later in the decade, but the combination of losing many of the studio's founding staff to UsefulNotes/TheHollywoodBlacklist, other studios gradually luring away the best of their remaining animators and increasing dependance on stock characters like Mr. Magoo and Gerald [=McBoingBoing=], took their toll.
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* DorkAge: The quality of UPA's cartoons is generally agreed to have declined from around 1953 onwards. They still had many decent, even great cartoons later in the decade, but the combination of losing many of the studio's founding staff to UsefulNotes/TheHollywoodBlacklist, and then other studios gradually luring away the best of their remaining animators, took their toll.
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* DorkAge: The quality of UPA's cartoons is generally agreed to have declined from around 1953 onwards. They still had many decent, even great cartoons later in the decade, but the combination of losing many of the studio's founding staff to UsefulNotes/TheHollywoodBlacklist, and then other studios gradually luring away the best of their remaining animators, animators and increasing dependance on stock characters like Mr. Magoo and Gerald [=McBoingBoing=], took their toll.
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* DorkAge: The quality of their cartoons is generally agreed to have declined from around 1953 onwards. They still had many decent, even great cartoons later in the decade, but the combination of losing many of the studio's founding staff to UsefulNotes/TheHollywoodBlacklist, and then other studios gradually luring away the best of their remaining animators, took their toll.
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* DorkAge: The quality of their UPA's cartoons is generally agreed to have declined from around 1953 onwards. They still had many decent, even great cartoons later in the decade, but the combination of losing many of the studio's founding staff to UsefulNotes/TheHollywoodBlacklist, and then other studios gradually luring away the best of their remaining animators, took their toll.
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* DorkAge: The quality of their cartoons is generally agreed to have declined from around 1953 onwards. They still had many decent, even great cartoons later in the decade, but the combination of losing many of the studio's founding staff to UsefulNotes/TheHollywoodBlacklist, and then other studios gradually luring away the best of their remaining animators, took their toll.
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* AwardSnub: The 1937 short "The Little Match Girl" was nominated for the academy award, but lost to Disney's "Disney/TheOldMill".
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* AwardSnub: The 1937 short "The Little Match Girl" was nominated for the academy award, but lost to Disney's "Disney/TheOldMill"."WesternAnimation/TheOldMill".
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* FairForItsDay: Mr. Magoo's schtick of getting into hijinks by blindly stumbling about was a reflection of the stubbornness of old-world men who were "blind to progress." Nowadays, he's remembered more for being nothing but cheep blind jokes.
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* FairForItsDay: Mr. Magoo's schtick of getting into hijinks by blindly stumbling about was a reflection of the stubbornness of old-world men who were "blind to progress." Nowadays, he's remembered more for being nothing but cheep cheap blind jokes.
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* AwardSnub: The 1937 short "The Little Match Girl" was nominated for the academy award, but lost to Disney's Disney/TheOldMill.
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* AwardSnub: The 1937 short "The Little Match Girl" was nominated for the academy award, but lost to Disney's Disney/TheOldMill."Disney/TheOldMill".
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* SoOkayItsAverage: The consensus of the pre-UPA shorts, which are generally considered some of the weakest cartoons of [[TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation the Golden Age of Animation.]]
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* SoOkayItsAverage: The consensus of the pre-UPA shorts, which are generally considered some of the weakest cartoons of [[TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation the Golden Age of Animation.]]
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* AwardSnub: The 1937 short "The Little Match Girl" was nominated for the academy award, but lost to Disney's TheOldMill.
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* NightmareFuel: "The Tell-Tale Heart," not unlike the short story it was based on.
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* FairForItsDay: Mr. Magoo's schtick of getting into hijinks by blindly stumbling about was a reflection of the stubbornness of old-world men who were "blind to progress." Nowadays, he's remembered more for being nothing but cheep blind jokes.
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* HarsherInHindsight: UPA was originally founded out of the ashes of a horrible strike at the Disney studio by artists who walked out in protest of Disney's refusal to experiment with bolder design and more sophisticated stories. The company's most popular character, Mr. Magoo, would later be adapted into a live-action movie... by Disney.
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* GrowingTheBeard: The studio improved drastically in the early 40's with the arrival of FrankTashlin and several ex-Disney animators. The UPA shorts are considered to be where the Columbia cartoons really found their own identity.
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* GrowingTheBeard: The studio improved drastically in the early 40's with the arrival of FrankTashlin Creator/FrankTashlin and several ex-Disney animators. The UPA shorts are considered to be where the Columbia cartoons really found their own identity.
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* AwardSnub: The 1937 short "The Little Match Girl" was nominated for the academy award, but lost to Disney's TheOldMill.
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* TearJerker: The Mintz Studios adaptation of The Little Match Girl, with enough emotional power to rival even the best works of Disney.
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* ArchivePanic: 369 shorts from the Mintz era alone, 104 theatrical shorts from the UPA era, and then five made for tv cartoon series, two tv specials and two animated features, and a lot of animated commercials.
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* GrowingTheBeard: The studio improved drastically in the early 40's with the arrival of FrankTashlin and several ex-Disney animators. The UPA shorts are considered to be where the Columbia cartoons really found their own identity.
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* VindicatedByHistory: The UPA shorts, despite their acclaim and being widely imitated in the industry, were never particularly popular with audiences save the Mr Magoo shorts. They didn't get their lasting reputation until many years later.
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* VindicatedByHistory: The UPA shorts, despite their acclaim and being widely imitated in the industry, were never particularly popular with audiences save for the Mr Magoo shorts. They didn't get their lasting reputation until many years later.
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* VindicatedByHistory: The UPA shorts, despite their acclaim and being widely imitated in the industry, were never particularly popular with audiences save the Mr Magoo shorts. They didn't get their lasting reputation until many years later.
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* HypeBacklash: The UPA shorts have received unanimous critical praise both in their time and today, but their appeal is generally elusive and mixed in regards to audiences and animation fans, who tend to find the shorts overrated and rather tame compared to other stylized cartoon efforts from other studios.
* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: UPA's minimalist, stylized approach to animation was a unique thing when it came out, but not unlike the Disney aesthetic it was meant to rebel against in the first place, it became such a lasting, ubiquitous approach to animation, that it's hard to appreciate the cartoons without their proper context.
* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: UPA's minimalist, stylized approach to animation was a unique thing when it came out, but not unlike the Disney aesthetic it was meant to rebel against in the first place, it became such a lasting, ubiquitous approach to animation, that it's hard to appreciate the cartoons without their proper context.
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* SoOkayItsAverage: The consensus of the pre-UPA shorts, which are generally considered some of the weakest cartoons of [[TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation the Golden Age of Animation.]]
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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: The bulk of the library is not available, save for what is available on Jerry Beck's Cartoon Research Garage Sale Web site. Fortunately, the cartoons are now being aired on the Antenna TV program "Totally Tooned In". Jerry has said that he is working with Columbia on a DVD release at this time.
** [[http://shop.tcm.com/upa-jolly-frolics-dvd/detail.php?p=364906 UPA: The Jolly Frolics Collection]] is now available from TurnerClassicMovies. A set of the theatrical ''WesternAnimation/MrMagoo'' shorts is forthcoming.
* TooGoodToLast: However, as noted under ShortLivedBigImpact on the main page, it was still able to leave a major impact on animation despite its short lifespan.
** [[http://shop.tcm.com/upa-jolly-frolics-dvd/detail.php?p=364906 UPA: The Jolly Frolics Collection]] is now available from TurnerClassicMovies. A set of the theatrical ''WesternAnimation/MrMagoo'' shorts is forthcoming.
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** [[http://shop.tcm.com/upa-jolly-frolics-dvd/detail.php?p=364906 UPA: The Jolly Frolics Collection]] is now available from TurnerClassicMovies. A set of the theatrical ''WesternAnimation/MrMagoo'' shorts is forthcoming.
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** [[http://shop.tcm.com/upa-jolly-frolics-dvd/detail.php?p=364906 UPA: The Jolly Frolics Collection]] is now available from TurnerClassicMovies. A set of the theatrical MisterMagoo shorts is forthcoming.
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