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** With Milt Kahl, as they were often paired together to focus on specific characters. Milt would focus on the design, draftsmanship, and technical performance of the character, while Frank would focus on the emotions and the internal motivations of the character. Notably, Frank often struggled with draftsmanship which came more easily to Kahl. On the flipside, Frank's performances were often more sincere.
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* RedBaron: "The Laurence Olivier Of Animation", given by none other than Creator/ChuckJones. Thomas was known for the intense emotional of the characters he animated, wanting to create believable characters who appeared to think and act of their own volition rather than simply drawings. In essence, Jones considered him one of the greatest actors in the medium of animation.
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* LimitedAnimation: Was very capable of animating subtle sequences of emotion where the characters moved relatively little. Examples include the dwarves mourning in ''WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs'', and the SpaghettiKiss from "WesternAnimation/LadyAndTheTramp''.
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* LimitedAnimation: Was very capable of animating subtle sequences of emotion where the characters moved relatively little. Examples include the dwarves mourning in ''WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs'', and the SpaghettiKiss from "WesternAnimation/LadyAndTheTramp''.''WesternAnimation/LadyAndTheTramp''.
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* LimitedAnimation: Was very capable of animating subtle sequences of emotion where the characters moved relatively little. Examples include the dwarves mourning in ''WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs'', and the SpaghettiKiss from 'WesternAnimation/LadyAndTheTramp''.
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* LimitedAnimation: Was very capable of animating subtle sequences of emotion where the characters moved relatively little. Examples include the dwarves mourning in ''WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs'', and the SpaghettiKiss from 'WesternAnimation/LadyAndTheTramp''."WesternAnimation/LadyAndTheTramp''.
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'''Franklin Rosborough "Frank" Thomas''' (September 5, 1912 – September 8, 2004) is best known as one of Creator/DisneysNineOldMen. He is known for the emotional focus of his characters and his influence on character animation at the [[Creator/{{Disney}} Walt Disney Studios]].
. Once described by Chuck Jones as "the Laurence Olivier of animation".
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'''Franklin Rosborough "Frank" Thomas''' (September 5, 1912 – September 8, 2004) is best known as one of Creator/DisneysNineOldMen. He is known for the emotional focus of his characters and his influence on character animation at the [[Creator/{{Disney}} Walt Disney Studios]].
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In the 1960s, Frank worked on such scenes as Roger reviving a newborn puppy in ''WesternAnimation/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians'' and the Wizards' duel in ''WesternAnimation/TheSwordInTheStone''. One of his most famous and emotional scenes would occur in ''WesternAnimation/TheJungleBook1967'', where Baloo has to bring himself to tell Mowgli that he has to go back to the man-village. In the 1970s, he animated the geese and dogs in ''WesternAnimation/TheAristocats'', WesternAnimation/{{Robin Hood|1973}} disguised as a stork, and a lot of scenes of Bernard and Bianca in ''WesternAnimation/TheRescuers'', which he considered his best film without Walt Disney. He retired in January 1978 during production of ''WesternAnimation/TheFoxAndTheHound''
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In the 1960s, Frank worked on such scenes as Roger reviving a newborn puppy in ''WesternAnimation/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians'' and the Wizards' duel in ''WesternAnimation/TheSwordInTheStone''. One of his most famous and emotional scenes would occur in ''WesternAnimation/TheJungleBook1967'', where Baloo has to bring himself to tell Mowgli that he has to go back to the man-village. In the 1970s, he animated the geese and dogs in ''WesternAnimation/TheAristocats'', WesternAnimation/{{Robin Hood|1973}} disguised as a stork, and a lot of scenes of Bernard and Bianca in ''WesternAnimation/TheRescuers'', which he considered his best film without Walt Disney. He retired in January 1978 during production of ''WesternAnimation/TheFoxAndTheHound''
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* LimitedAnimation: Was very capable of animating subtle sequences of emotion where the characters moved relatively little. Examples include the dwarves mourning in ''WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs'', and the SpaghettiKiss from 'WesternAnimation/LadyAndTheTramp''.
* RedBaron: "The Laurence Olivier Of Animation", given by none other than Creator/ChuckJones. Thomas was known for the intense emotional of the characters he animated, wanting to createanimated believable characters who appeared to think and act of their own volition rather than simply drawings.drawings. In essence, Jones considered him one of the greatest actors in the medium of animation.
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'''Franklin Rosborough "Frank" Thomas''' (September 5, 1912 – September 8, 2004) is best known as one of Creator/DisneysNineOldMen of animators. He is known for the emotional focus of his characters and his influence on character animation at the [[Creator/{{Disney}} Walt Disney Studios]].
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'''Franklin Rosborough "Frank" Thomas''' (September 5, 1912 – September 8, 2004) is best known as one of Creator/DisneysNineOldMen of animators.Creator/DisneysNineOldMen. He is known for the emotional focus of his characters and his influence on character animation at the [[Creator/{{Disney}} Walt Disney Studios]].
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->''"He wins the struggle with his drawings. He has something in his mind that he's after. Just getting there is a little hard for him. Everything is solved through motion. Frank had a way of moving through it in very subtle ways. It is the series of drawings that sell the thought."''
-->--'''Creator/AndreasDeja''', Disney animator
'''Franklin Rosborough "Frank" Thomas''' (September 5, 1912 – September 8, 2004) is best known as one of Creator/DisneysNineOldMen of animators. He is known for the emotional focus of his characters and his influence on character animation at the [[Creator/{{Disney}} Walt Disney Studios]].
. Once described by Chuck Jones as "the Laurence Olivier of animation".
Frank Thomas joined the studio in 1934, and soon became an assistant to Creator/FredMoore, one of Disney's star animators. His first important scene was in ''Mickey's Elephant'', where Pluto tries to make head or tail of a disappearing ball, and then animated the powerful finale of ''WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs'' where the dwarfs mourn Snow White in her glass coffin. Frank became a rising star at the studio, and animated another fine piece of personality animation, WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse's encounter with a grizzly bear in ''WesternAnimation/ThePointer''.
He then animated the not-yet-alive WesternAnimation/{{Pinocchio}} during the "Little Wooden Head" song sequence, and then drew him alive for "I've Got No Strings". After that, Walt assigned Frank to be a supervising animator on ''WesternAnimation/{{Bambi}}'', where his best-known scene is Bambi and Thumper's misadventure while skating on a frozen lake. When World War II broke out, Frank briefly enrolled in the Air Force and joined an animation unit producing films for the Army. He returned to Disney in 1946, and soon after, animated a scene in ''[[WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfIchabodAndMrToad The Legend of Sleepy Hollow]]'' where Ichabod Crane nervously and slowly rides through the hollow.
During the first half of the 1950s, Frank animated some of Disney's most memorable villains, including Lady Tremaine in ''WesternAnimation/{{Cinderella}}'', the Queen of Hearts in ''WesternAnimation/AliceInWonderland'' and Captain Hook in ''WesternAnimation/PeterPan''. After that, he was assigned to ''WesternAnimation/LadyAndTheTramp'', where he most famously animated the iconic SpaghettiKiss, and then helped work with the three good fairies in ''WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty'' with his lifelong friend and fellow animator Ollie Johnston.
In the 1960s, Frank worked on such scenes as Roger reviving a newborn puppy in ''WesternAnimation/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians'' and the Wizards' duel in ''WesternAnimation/TheSwordInTheStone''. One of his most famous and emotional scenes would occur in ''WesternAnimation/TheJungleBook1967'', where Baloo has to bring himself to tell Mowgli that he has to go back to the man-village. In the 1970s, he animated the geese and dogs in ''WesternAnimation/TheAristocats'', WesternAnimation/{{Robin Hood|1973}} disguised as a stork, and a lot of scenes of Bernard and Bianca in ''WesternAnimation/TheRescuers'', which he considered his best film without Walt Disney. He retired in January 1978 during production of ''WesternAnimation/TheFoxAndTheHound''
Frank co-authored four books with Ollie Johnston: ''Literature/TheIllusionOfLife'', ''Too Funny for Words'', ''The Disney Villain'' and ''Bambi: The Story and the Film''. He and Oliver Johnston would also have voice cameos in two of Creator/BradBird's films, ''WesternAnimation/TheIronGiant'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles''. Frank died of natural causes in 2004.
!!Tropes Associated with Frank Thomas include:
* CreatorThumbprint: More subtle, but characters that Thomas animated would often perform a nose wrinkle as a sign of affection.
* UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation: Started working at Disney during this period, all the way into the 1970s before retiring in 1978. He still continued mentoring animators in subsequent years.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: with Ollie Johnston, his fellow member of Creator/DisneysNineOldMen. The two were best friends who often worked together on scenes, co-wrote books together, and spent time with each other outside of work. Their relationship was such that there was even a documentary released about them titled ''Frank And Ollie''.
* RedBaron: "The Laurence Olivier Of Animation", given by none other than Creator/ChuckJones. Thomas was known for the intense emotional of the characters he animated, wanting to create animated characters who appeared to think of their own volition rather than simply drawings.
* TechnicianVersusPerformer:
** With Milt Kahl, as they were often paired together to focus on specific characters. Milt would focus on the design, draftsmanship, and technical performance of the character, while Frank would focus on the emotions and the internal motivations of the character.
** With Ollie Johnston. Compared to Ollie, Frank was often more analytical and reflective. Whereas Ollie was even more emotional.
* TheTwelvePrinciplesOfAnimation: TropeNamer. As one of the co-authors of ''Literature/TheIllusionOfLife'', he helped codify the principles into coherent and consistent ideas. To this day, most animators refer to these principles.
->''"He wins the struggle with his drawings. He has something in his mind that he's after. Just getting there is a little hard for him. Everything is solved through motion. Frank had a way of moving through it in very subtle ways. It is the series of drawings that sell the thought."''
-->--'''Creator/AndreasDeja''', Disney animator
'''Franklin Rosborough "Frank" Thomas''' (September 5, 1912 – September 8, 2004) is best known as one of Creator/DisneysNineOldMen of animators. He is known for the emotional focus of his characters and his influence on character animation at the [[Creator/{{Disney}} Walt Disney Studios]].
. Once described by Chuck Jones as "the Laurence Olivier of animation".
Frank Thomas joined the studio in 1934, and soon became an assistant to Creator/FredMoore, one of Disney's star animators. His first important scene was in ''Mickey's Elephant'', where Pluto tries to make head or tail of a disappearing ball, and then animated the powerful finale of ''WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs'' where the dwarfs mourn Snow White in her glass coffin. Frank became a rising star at the studio, and animated another fine piece of personality animation, WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse's encounter with a grizzly bear in ''WesternAnimation/ThePointer''.
He then animated the not-yet-alive WesternAnimation/{{Pinocchio}} during the "Little Wooden Head" song sequence, and then drew him alive for "I've Got No Strings". After that, Walt assigned Frank to be a supervising animator on ''WesternAnimation/{{Bambi}}'', where his best-known scene is Bambi and Thumper's misadventure while skating on a frozen lake. When World War II broke out, Frank briefly enrolled in the Air Force and joined an animation unit producing films for the Army. He returned to Disney in 1946, and soon after, animated a scene in ''[[WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfIchabodAndMrToad The Legend of Sleepy Hollow]]'' where Ichabod Crane nervously and slowly rides through the hollow.
During the first half of the 1950s, Frank animated some of Disney's most memorable villains, including Lady Tremaine in ''WesternAnimation/{{Cinderella}}'', the Queen of Hearts in ''WesternAnimation/AliceInWonderland'' and Captain Hook in ''WesternAnimation/PeterPan''. After that, he was assigned to ''WesternAnimation/LadyAndTheTramp'', where he most famously animated the iconic SpaghettiKiss, and then helped work with the three good fairies in ''WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty'' with his lifelong friend and fellow animator Ollie Johnston.
In the 1960s, Frank worked on such scenes as Roger reviving a newborn puppy in ''WesternAnimation/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians'' and the Wizards' duel in ''WesternAnimation/TheSwordInTheStone''. One of his most famous and emotional scenes would occur in ''WesternAnimation/TheJungleBook1967'', where Baloo has to bring himself to tell Mowgli that he has to go back to the man-village. In the 1970s, he animated the geese and dogs in ''WesternAnimation/TheAristocats'', WesternAnimation/{{Robin Hood|1973}} disguised as a stork, and a lot of scenes of Bernard and Bianca in ''WesternAnimation/TheRescuers'', which he considered his best film without Walt Disney. He retired in January 1978 during production of ''WesternAnimation/TheFoxAndTheHound''
Frank co-authored four books with Ollie Johnston: ''Literature/TheIllusionOfLife'', ''Too Funny for Words'', ''The Disney Villain'' and ''Bambi: The Story and the Film''. He and Oliver Johnston would also have voice cameos in two of Creator/BradBird's films, ''WesternAnimation/TheIronGiant'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles''. Frank died of natural causes in 2004.
!!Tropes Associated with Frank Thomas include:
* CreatorThumbprint: More subtle, but characters that Thomas animated would often perform a nose wrinkle as a sign of affection.
* UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation: Started working at Disney during this period, all the way into the 1970s before retiring in 1978. He still continued mentoring animators in subsequent years.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: with Ollie Johnston, his fellow member of Creator/DisneysNineOldMen. The two were best friends who often worked together on scenes, co-wrote books together, and spent time with each other outside of work. Their relationship was such that there was even a documentary released about them titled ''Frank And Ollie''.
* RedBaron: "The Laurence Olivier Of Animation", given by none other than Creator/ChuckJones. Thomas was known for the intense emotional of the characters he animated, wanting to create animated characters who appeared to think of their own volition rather than simply drawings.
* TechnicianVersusPerformer:
** With Milt Kahl, as they were often paired together to focus on specific characters. Milt would focus on the design, draftsmanship, and technical performance of the character, while Frank would focus on the emotions and the internal motivations of the character.
** With Ollie Johnston. Compared to Ollie, Frank was often more analytical and reflective. Whereas Ollie was even more emotional.
* TheTwelvePrinciplesOfAnimation: TropeNamer. As one of the co-authors of ''Literature/TheIllusionOfLife'', he helped codify the principles into coherent and consistent ideas. To this day, most animators refer to these principles.
