Line #4 WesternAnimation/Imaginaria


1	[[quoteright:280:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/imaginaria_495.jpg]]
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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