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2 | ''Imaginaria'' was a compilation of 13 CGI shorts released by Creator/MiramarProductions on VHS and UsefulNotes/LaserDisc in [[TheNineties 1993]], who produced the popular ''WesternAnimation/TheMindsEye'' series. Most are multiple shorts edited together, but on the whole it's not as confusing as most examples of the method. It's notable for including ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfAndreAndWallyB'', how well most of the shorts have aged and for its many memorable songs and instrumentals by Gary Powell. |
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4 | The full list of shorts, according to Website/TheOtherWiki: |
5 | # '''"Imaginaria"''' Where the audience is invited on a journey to a wonderous land of magical sights. |
6 | # '''"Anything Is Possible"''' A continuation of the above, where we meet: a Fountain Pen with a taste for dancing and fancy dress, a fat airplane, [[RealityWarper reality warping]] butterflies, and a naked artist figure model. The wooden kind. |
7 | # '''"Locomotion"''' Engine No. 9 has difficulty crossing a tressel on the way to his destination. HilarityEnsues. |
8 | # '''"WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfAndreAndWallyB"''' Andre wakes up in the woods to find a bee coming for him. |
9 | # '''"All Shapes and Sizes"''' A catchy song set to ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin. One thing's for sure, they're always changing. |
10 | # '''"Rubber Duckies"''' [[MindScrew A duck spawned from an inner-tube explores... some sort of factory/nursery/studio]]. |
11 | # [[invoked]]'''"Gourmet Records"''' A guy hungry for music, and records, looks for just the right song. |
12 | # '''"Night Magic"''' [[JustForFun/XMeetsY Basically]] ''Franchise/ToyStory'' [[JustForFun/XMeetsY meets]] ''WesternAnimation/TheBraveLittleToaster'' [[JustForFun/XMeetsY in the city...]] Also, naked aliens. |
13 | # '''"Down the Road"''' Watch as your tour guide drives you through the set of ''Film/{{Earthquake}}'' and past the [[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever evil paperwork]], all while singing about the joys on the road. |
14 | # '''"Lucy & Remo"''' The epic story of two birds in love, and the mysterious window that separates them. |
15 | # '''"Styro the Dog"''' A Badass Dog brags about how awesome he is. |
16 | # [[invoked]]'''"More Bells and Whistles"''' One of the most '''[[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic EPIC]]''' music videos produced in the early Nineties. An early version of ''Music/{{Animusic}}''. |
17 | # [[invoked]]'''"Going Home"''' [[TearJerker It's time to leave.]] |
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19 | Every ''Imaginaria'' segment was used alongside clips from the first two ''Mind's Eye'' videos on Canadian cable channel Creator/{{YTV}}'s 1994-1996 "Short Circuitz" interstitials, primarily as filler back when the station was only required to run 8 minutes of commercials an hour. Independent superstation NTV (Newfoundland Television) adapted these videos into five "Computer Animated Art Festivals" in the 2000s alongside new post-production effects and pop music soundtracks, giving even more of a MindScrew effect than before. |
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21 | Can be found [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caqNIoTNopg&p=210A9C08BDBD4CEC&playnext=1&index=12 here]] or [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL68DB046DE5F9F973 here]] on Website/YouTube. |
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24 | !!Tropes exemplified in Imaginaria: |
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26 | * AcmeProducts: The factory in "Rubber Duckies" has an ACME label on the door. |
27 | * AnimateInanimateObject: Fountain pens, salt and pepper shakers, various appliances in "Night Magic", and an inner tube that turns into a duck, to name a few. |
28 | * AlienInvasion: A [[EpilepticTrees scouting party for one]] seems to show up in "Night Magic". |
29 | * AllCGICartoon: A compilation of 13 CGI shorts. |
30 | * AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever: There's a giant man made of paperwork in "Down the Road." |
31 | %%* CoolGate: A portal ''window'' in "Lucy and Remo"'s case. %%Portal to where? |
32 | * {{Determinator}}: Engine No. 9 from "Locomotion". |
33 | * DownerEnding: "Styro the Dog" ended with the police capturing him. |
34 | * ExtremeOmnivore: Evidently, you can get music videos by eating records... |
35 | * NeverSayDie: Averted; "Lucy and Reno" outright says "they were sure that if you flew through that window, you would be ''dead.''" |
36 | * NoOSHACompliance: During "Down The Road" the Point-of-View camera/car drives through what appears to be some sort of industrial/oil refinery complex. Hopefully the driver of that flatbed got fired for all those unsecured barrels he lost. |
37 | * RogerRabbitEffect: "Lucy and Reno" shows the birds flying alongside real, live-action children. |
38 | * SceneryPorn: For CGI ranging from mid-1980s to early 1990s? ''Plenty.'' |
39 | * TertiarySexualCharacteristics: The Salt and Pepper Shakers from "Night Magic": Salt inexplicably has a pearl necklace, and the Pepper has a bow tie. |
40 | * WordSaladLyrics: "Anything Is Possible" seems to have been written as the lyricist was watching the edited footage. |
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