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6	Timm Style is a style of animation. Characters are drawn with fairly realistic, though somewhat exaggerated, proportions and small eyes all round (though villains' eyes may still be [[GoodEyesEvilEyes slightly narrower]] than those of the heroes). People are drawn with lots of straight lines rather than curves, which makes them look rather angular. From 1996 forward, male characters, especially those who are meant to be very muscular like Batman or Superman, tended to be drawn with [[TopHeavyGuy large upper body mass while having rather thin legs.]]
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8	This style tends to be used in action series, so characters and clothing will usually be drawn with just a few colours, simple shading and minimal textures to make them easier to animate.
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10	Among the artistic influences Timm has cited for this style are Chester Gould's ''ComicStrip/DickTracy'' (look at Batman's jaw!), and Dan [=DeCarlo's=] style of drawing pretty girls in ComicBook/ArchieComics as well as his less innocent pin-up style works. Creator/AlexToth used a similar style during his days at Creator/HannaBarbera.
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12	This wiki commonly misuses the term {{Animesque}} to refer to these, though there is occasional overlap. For a quick little reminder, think of faces. While {{Animesque}} may increase eye size, Timmstyle will choose simpler features (in fact, SkintoneSclerae and BlackBeadEyes are quite common in Timmstyle works). Pretty much faces are different, bodies are the same when comparing these two styles.
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14	It is named for Creator/BruceTimm, an artist and animator for Creator/DCComics who uses this style. As a result, it's quite common in {{animated adaptation}}s of DC properties, particularly the ''Franchise/DCAnimatedUniverse'' and occasionally WesternAnimation/DCUniverseAnimatedOriginalMovies.
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17	!!Examples:
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19	[[AC:Anime & Manga]]
20	* ''Anime/TheBigO'' is a rare anime example of this trope; the character designs take a lot of cues from Bruce Timm's art style, and Roger himself greatly resembles Bruce Wayne. Fittingly, Creator/{{Sunrise}} (the studio behind the anime) was a subcontractor for ''Batman: The Animated Series'', the most well-known example of the trope and a major influence on the series as a whole.
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22	[[AC:Comic Books]]
23	* ''ComicBook/{{Powers}}''
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25	[[AC:Animated Films]]
26	* The DirectToVideo animated movie ''[[ComicBook/{{Turok}} Turok: Son of Stone]]''
27	* The ''ComicBook/Gen13'' movie.
28	* When portrayed in a two-dimensional manner, such as during end credits, Franchise/TheIncredibles bear this style simplified.
29	* ''WesternAnimation/HerculesAndXenaTheAnimatedMovieTheBattleForMountOlympus'' was an early adapter of this style
30	* ''WesternAnimation/MortalKombatLegendsScorpionsRevenge'' and [[WesternAnimation/MortalKombatLegendsBattleOfTheRealms its sequel]] use this style like the below-mentioned [[WesternAnimation/MortalKombatDefendersOfTheRealm cartoon series]], only they're ''much'' TruerToTheText.
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32	[[AC:Music]]
33	* Natalia Oreiro's video clip Tu Veneno has animated sequences with this style.
34	* Cami's music video Perreo Pa Las Nenas features animated scenes with this style.
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36	[[AC:Video Games]]
37	* ''VideoGame/{{DrakeOfThe99Dragons}}'': the game uses an art-style inspired by Bruce Timm's.
38	* ''VideoGame/CodeNameSteam'': Bruce Timm was explicitly named as an influence for the comic-book art style.
39	* ''VideoGame/{{Multiversus}}'': Franchise/{{Superman}} and Franchise/{{Batman}} are portrayed this way.
40	* ''VideoGame/{{Skullgirls}}'': Character designer Alex Ahad cited Bruce Timm and Mike Mignola (among several others) as influences on his style [[https://skullgirls.com/2011/04/skullgirls-artistic-origins/ in this post]].
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42	[[AC:Web Original]]
43	* Internet artist Romil Ilagan applies this style (with Timm's work on ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' cited as a specific influence) to ''Theatre/ThePhantomOfTheOpera'' at his website, [[http://www.phantoonsoftheopera.com Phantoons of the Opera]].
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45	[[AC:Western Animation]]
46	* ''Franchise/DCAnimatedUniverse'':
47	** ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries''
48	** ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries''
49	** ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond''
50	** ''WesternAnimation/TheZetaProject''
51	** ''WesternAnimation/StaticShock''
52	** ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague''
53	* Other Creator/DCComics adaptations:
54	** ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003''
55	** ''WesternAnimation/TheBatman''
56	** ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold''
57	** ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice2010''
58	** ''WesternAnimation/GreenLanternTheAnimatedSeries'' and ''WesternAnimation/BewareTheBatman'' adapt this style to CGI.
59	** ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueGodsAndMonsters''
60	* Creator/MarvelComics adaptations:
61	** ''WesternAnimation/TheAvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes'' and its predecessor ''WesternAnimation/WolverineAndTheXMen2009''.
62	*** And related, being they shared a character designer, ''WesternAnimation/XMenEvolution'' features a ''similar'' style, though notably rounder and slightly more detailed then usual.
63	** ''WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan''
64	* ''WesternAnimation/GalactikFootball''
65	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Huntik}}''
66	* ''WesternAnimation/LegendOfTheDragon''
67	* ''WesternAnimation/ZorroGenerationZ''
68	* ''WesternAnimation/HellboyAnimated''
69	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}''
70	* ''WesternAnimation/StormHawks''
71	* ''WesternAnimation/WorldOfQuest''
72	* ''WesternAnimation/NightHood''
73	* Captain Hero in ''WesternAnimation/DrawnTogether'' is drawn in this style, as part of being a parody of Franchise/{{Superman}}.
74	* ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfCalamityJane''
75	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Freakazoid}}'' which was co-created by Timm but was abandoned after creative differences
76	* ''WesternAnimation/RoswellConspiraciesAliensMythsAndLegends''
77	* Creator/GenndyTartakovsky got one of his first jobs on ''Batman: The Animated Series'' as an in-between artist, and the influence shows in several of the works he contributed designs to:
78	** ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack''
79	** ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsCloneWars''
80	* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'' (especially in its pilot movie and first six seasons) is a rare example of being CGI-animated with a mixture of {{animesque}} and Timm-influenced character designs.
81	* ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003''
82	* ''WesternAnimation/MortalKombatDefendersOfTheRealm''
83	* Derrick J. Wyatt, one of the designers for the aforementioned ''Teen Titans,'' carried the influence to most of his other works, usually with [[NoodlePeople skinny kids]] in addition to buff guys and curvy girls.
84	** ''WesternAnimation/LegionOfSuperHeroes2006''
85	** ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated''
86	** ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooMysteryIncorporated''
87	** ''WesternAnimation/Ben10Omniverse''
88	* ''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime'', a natural consequence of mixing the art styles of [[Film/TransformersFilmSeries the movies]] and [[WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated the last cartoon]].
89	* ''WesternAnimation/ExtremeGhostbusters''
90	* ''WesternAnimation/MenInBlackTheSeries''
91	* ''WesternAnimation/GodzillaTheSeries''
92	* ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures'', which shared a character designer with the aforementioned ''The Batman''.
93	* ''WesternAnimation/TheMummyTheAnimatedSeries''
94	* Glen Murakami, executive producer and lead character designer for ''WesternAnimation/Ben10AlienForce'' and ''WesternAnimation/Ben10UltimateAlien'', worked on DCAU projects such as ''Batman Beyond'' and ''Justice League'' under the supervision of Timm.
95	** ''WesternAnimation/Ben10AlienForce''
96	** ''WesternAnimation/Ben10UltimateAlien''
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