History DuelingWorks / FilmAnimated

** '''Implementation:''' Apart from the ants being protagonists, almost nothing else about the films was the same. ''WesternAnimation/ABugsLife'' had a very cartoonish design, while ''WesternAnimation/{{Antz}}'' had a more realistic design of the insects. ''Antz'' had dark humor, dialogue and themes all around, while ''WesternAnimation/ABugsLife'' was aimed at children. Just the same, thanks to the ants, they were ''both'' considered to be ripping ''each other'' off. Fact is, Jeffrey Katzenberg, though responsible for getting ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory1'' greenlit, had just been booted from Disney, was furious at them, and knew about the next Pixar project, which was ironically pitched to Disney only hours after Katzenberg was informed he was being "asked" to remove himself from the Disney lot and cut ties with the Mouse House; the competition was intentional. This duel is the one that provides the Page Quote for the DuelingWorks trope on TV Tropes ([[Series/SiskelAndEbert courtesy]] of Creator/GeneSiskel, who, along with Creator/RogerEbert, laughed at the whole mess).

** '''Implementation:''' ''David'' is by Angel Studios, a relatively new studio with some hit movies and series under their belt and adapts [[Literature/BookOfSamuel the story of David and Goliath]], while the ''Larry-Boy'' movie is part of the ''[=VeggieTales=]'' franchise and is the third film associated with it.

* ''WesternAnimation/FindingNemo'' (2003) / ''WesternAnimation/SharkTale'' (2004) ''WesternAnimation/TheSpongeBobSquarepantsMovie'' (2004)

** '''Implementation:''' That's about the only similarity. Except that in a reversion of the two above, [=DreamWorks=] and Nickelodeon had the cartoonish and childish approach, while Pixar went for realistic graphics and a "darker" story (no matter how kid-friendly, it dealt with the adult fear of [[OutlivingOnesOffspring a father losing his son)]].

** '''Implementation:''' ''Recess: School's Out'' was based on [[WesternAnimation/{{Recess}} the Disney TV show]] and focused on the main six trying to stop a madman from getting rid of summer vacation, while ''Jimmy Neutron'' served as a {{pilot}} to its Nickelodeon [[WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutronBoyGenius TV series]] and focused on Jimmy and the rest of the kids in town to save their parents from being killed by aliens. Also, ''Neutron'' was in CGI, while ''Recess'' had traditional animation, and while ''Recess'' didn't have much competition, ''Neutron'' was competing with ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc''

* ''WesternAnimation/Shrek1'' (2001) / ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'' (2001) & ''WesternAnimation/IceAge1'' (2002)

** '''Implementation:''' ''Monsters University'', is, well, Creator/{{Pixar}}. As such, it's a CGI movie directed towards family audiences: children, their parents, and fans who grew up with its prequel, ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'', revisiting and building on the characters from said movie. ''Genesect'', on the other hand, is traditionally animated, is the 16th movie in its long-running franchise, and was strictly marketed to children. It revisited its past by featuring Mewtwo, an iconic character from the early movies, but said Mewtwo turned out to be another member of the species rather than the original character.

* ''WesternAnimation/TitanAE'' (2000) / ''WesternAnimation/TreasurePlanet'' (2002)
** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' Final Bluth vs. Disney face-off. Fatherless boy tries to solve his [[DisappearedDad daddy issues]] by going on a space voyage in search of a long-lost treasure, hidden on a BigDumbObject, with a [[{{Pun}} less-than-stellar]] crew of galactic {{Humanoid Alien}}s, one of whom is a ParentalSubstitute, but proves to be TheMole, using a [[ImDyingPleaseTakeMyMacguffin starmap]] [[YouWillKnowWhatToDo only he]] [[LivingMacguffin can read]]. The villain [[spoiler:redeems himself in a TakeMyHand moment]] while trying to activate/deactivate the [[ForgottenPhlebotinum Forgotten]] DoomsdayDevice. More specific, you say? OK...
** '''Implementation:''' Both films were heavily and deliberately marketed to single-parent Gen-X kids. UsedFuture, SchizoTech and uplifting {{Grunge}} music pops up on occasion. Oh, and one is about {{Pirates}} in a SteamPunk AlternateUniverse, based on a [[Literature/TreasureIsland classic novel]]. The other is about SpacePirates AfterTheEnd, based on ''Franchise/StarWars'' and ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica|1978}}''. Both got an EarthShatteringKaboom. In the very beginning, both stories were essentially "Treasure Island [[Main/RecycledInSpace in space]]", both were conceived some time in the 80s, and both took almost 2 decades to get made.
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** '''Implementation:''' Both cartoons were shown to the [[UsefulNotes/AcademyAward Academy]] for Oscar consideration, and ''The Cat Concerto'' was shown first and the only one to get a nomination.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheLegoMovie'' (2014) / ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperMarioBrosMovie'' (2023)
** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' Animated Movies based on an Intellectual Property starring Chris Pratt and Charlie Day that involve a Hero getting sent to a world and meeting a Strange Female.
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** '''Implementation:''' Both films were heavily and deliberately marketed to single-parent Gen-X kids. UsedFuture, SchizoTech and uplifting {{Grunge}} music pops up on occasion. Oh, and one is about {{Pirates}} in a SteamPunk AlternateUniverse, based on a [[Literature/TreasureIsland classic novel]]. The other is about SpacePirates AfterTheEnd, based on ''Franchise/StarWars'' and ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica|1978}}''. Both got an EarthShatteringKaboom.

** '''Implementation:''' ''[=KFP3=]'' came out at the end of January, while ''Zootopia'' was released in the U.S. in March. Both films have Creator/JKSimmons, aka, [[Franchise/SpiderMan J. Jonah Jameson]][=/=][[WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra Tenzin]][=/=]The Farmers Insurance University professor, in the voice cast (he plays the BigBad of ''[=KFP3=]'', Kai, while he plays the mayor and a superior of Judy Hopps in ''Zootopia''). ''[=KFP3=]'' had already crushed ''Norm of the North'' by this point.

** '''Implementation:''' It's worth noting that ''The Wild'' started production several years before ''Madagascar'', so this might be an example of the above feud, carried on by Pixar's [[Creator/{{Disney}} parent company]] (though Disney was barely involved with ''The Wild''; it was created by a British animation studio and Disney distributed the film).

!! Main: [[DuelingWorks/{{Film}} Dueling Movies]]

!! Navigation: Animation | [[DuelingWorks/FilmComedy Comedy]] | [[DuelingWorks/FilmDrama Drama]] | [[DuelingWorks/FilmHorror Horror]] | [[DuelingWorks/FilmPeriodPieces Period Pieces]] | [[DuelingWorks/FilmSciFi Sci-Fi]] | [[DuelingWorks/FilmSpyFiction Spy Fiction]] | [[DuelingWorks/FilmSuperhero Superhero]] | [[DuelingWorks/FilmWar War]] | DuelingWorks/FilmCrossGenre

** '''Implementation:''' ''The Nut Job'' was first announced in January 2011, based on a 2005 short film called ''Surly Squirrel'' and fronted by Toonbox, who had never done an animated movie before. Vanguard Animation, creators of ''WesternAnimation/SpaceChimps'' and ''WesternAnimation/HappilyNeverAfter'', announced ''The Nut House'' nine months later.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheNutJob'' (2014) / ''The Nut House'' (Cancelled)

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* ''Film/SonicTheHedgehog2020'' (2020) / ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperMarioBrosMovie'' (2023)
** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' Animated movies based on highly popular Video game franchises with the plot involving the hero being sent to another world, finding their place within them and taking on a overly hammy villain portrayed by famously hammy actors (Jim Carrey and Jack Black for Dr. Eggman and Bowser respectively).
** '''Implementation''': The Sonic film (and its sequel) are a hybrid of both Live-Action and CG Animation, while the ''Mario'' movie is a full CGI Cartoon.