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->''The machine is like...like clockwork. One move out of place and you're ground to a pulp.''
-->--'''Proog'''

''Elephant's Dream'' is a 10-minute computer animation by the Creator/BlenderFoundation, created between 2005 and 2006 as a testing ground for the open-source 3D modeling software Blender.

An old man named Proog guides a gaunt young man named Emo through what looks like a {{Clockpunk}} universe, extolling its many wonders and perils – but can we take Proog's words at face value? The MindScrew nature of the work has engendered much [[EpilepticTrees outlandish interpretation]], while WordOfGod suggests the work is actually [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elephants_Dream#Production quite simple]].

''Elephant's Dream'' is released under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0, and is downloadable at its own [[http://www.elephantsdream.org Web site]]. The Blender Foundation went on to make ''WesternAnimation/BigBuckBunny''.
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!! ''Elephant's Dream'' provides examples of:
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Both characters, but Emo is especially scary.
* CombatTentacles
* ClockPunk: The main aesthetic for the world portrayed in the short film.
* EverythingTryingToKillYou: At least according to Proog.
* MentalWorld: The entire world represents an idea which only Proog believes in, which is why Proog is the only one who reacts to anything around him.
* MindScrew
* WordSaladTitle: The short may be a dream or may not be, but it definitely has nothing to do with elephants. However, [[WordOfGod the Blender Foundation]] and Website/TheOtherWiki say it was inspired by a Dutch tradition of ending a bedtime story with an elephant sneezing. This may have been made to accommodate for the MindScrew nature of the short.
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