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Occasionally, a live-action show will decide to have an animated episode for whatever reason, often to make a special episode stand out more. Sometimes, there is an InUniverse reason for this, such as a character being in a dream or drug trip, or the characters falling into another world where everything is animated. Animated segments used for those purposes [[DemandOverload will sometimes be made into direct-to-DVD anthology "episodes"]], depending on the popularity (an example being the revival of obscure show ''Challenge: Anneka'' being ''entirely'' animated as retellings of some older episodes, which was originally supposed to be cashed in by ''Series/TwoPointFourChildren''), though this tends to be significantly more common in Commonwealth countries due to them usually skipping a storyboard approach.
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Occasionally, a live-action show will decide to have an animated episode for whatever reason, often to make a special episode stand out more. Sometimes, there is an InUniverse reason for this, such as a character being in a dream or drug trip, or the characters [[TrappedInAnotherWorld falling into another world where everything is animated. animated.]] Animated segments used for those purposes [[DemandOverload will sometimes be made into direct-to-DVD anthology "episodes"]], depending on the popularity (an example being the revival of obscure show ''Challenge: Anneka'' being ''entirely'' animated as retellings of some older episodes, which was originally supposed to be cashed in by ''Series/TwoPointFourChildren''), though this tends to be significantly more common in Commonwealth countries due to them usually skipping a storyboard approach.
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* ''WebVideo/AdamRuinsEverything'': . When debating with a science student about the validity of test data obtained from lab mice, Adam transforms himself and the student into animated mice, a la ''WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain''.
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* ''WebVideo/AdamRuinsEverything'': . ''WebVideo/AdamRuinsEverything'': When debating with a science student about the validity of test data obtained from lab mice, Adam transforms himself and the student into animated mice, a la ''WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain''.
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** The series' first foray into fully-animated battles was "Zeus vs. Thor," which displays the characters as LEGO figures.
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* ''WebVideo/GameGrumps'': Due to a glitch with the video capture, episode 36 and part of episode 37 of the ''Pokémon Fire[==]Red'' playthrough consist of new animation by guest [=Linzb0t=] rather than game footage.
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** In another episode about Christmas, Adam turns himself and his guest into characters from ''WesternAnimation/ThePeanuts'' to talk about the history of Christmas.
* ''WebAnimation/DeathBattle'': Inverted with 'Nightwing vs. Daredevil' and 'Winter Soldier vs. Red Hood', which are the only live-action episodes.
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** In another episode about Christmas, Adam turns himself and his guest into characters from ''WesternAnimation/ThePeanuts'' ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'' to talk about the history of Christmas.
* ''WebAnimation/DeathBattle'': Inverted with'Nightwing "Nightwing vs. Daredevil' Daredevil" and 'Winter "Winter Soldier vs. Red Hood', Hood", which are the only live-action episodes.
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* ''{{Series/Supernatural}}'' has "Scoobynatural," a {{crossover}} with ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDoo''.
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* ''{{Series/Supernatural}}'' has "Scoobynatural," [[Recap/SupernaturalS13E16ScoobyNatural "Scoobynatural",]] a {{crossover}} with ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDoo''.
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* Several old ''Series/DoctorWho'' episodes that are [[MissingEpisode missing]] have been reconstructed as animations, using the surviving scripts and sound recordings as a basis.
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** In another episode about Christmas, Adam turns himself and his guest into characters from ''WesternAnimation/ThePeanuts'' to talk about the history of Christmas.
* ''WebAnimation/DeathBattle'': Inverted with 'Nightwing vs. Daredevil' and 'Winter Soldier vs. Red Hood', which are the only live-action episodes.
* ''WebAnimation/DeathBattle'': Inverted with 'Nightwing vs. Daredevil' and 'Winter Soldier vs. Red Hood', which are the only live-action episodes.
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* ''Series/BroadCity'' episode "Mushrooms" is a [[MushroomSamba trippy animation]] for the first half of the episode, as Abi and Ilana go ona walk while on a mushroom trip, only to be interrupted by a phone call from Ilana's boss.
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* ''Series/BroadCity'' episode "Mushrooms" is a [[MushroomSamba trippy animation]] for the first half of the episode, as Abi and Ilana go ona on a walk while on a mushroom trip, only to be interrupted by a phone call from Ilana's boss.
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Occasionally, a live-action show will decide to have an animated episode for whatever reason, often to make a special episode stand out more. Sometimes, there is an InUniverse reason for this, such as a character being in a dream or drug trip, or the characters falling into another world where everything is animated. Animated segments used for those purposes [[DemandOverload will sometimes be made into direct-to-DVD anthology "episodes"]], depending on the popularity (an example being the revival of obscure show ''Challenge: Anneka'' being ''entirely'' animated as retellings of some older episodes, which was originally supposed to be cashed in by ''Series/TwoPointFourChildren''), though this tends to be significantly more common in Commonwealth countries due to them usually skipping a storyboard approach.
If it's a ChristmasEpisode, expect it to be stop motion, as a parody of the Creator/RankinBass [[ChristmasSpecial Christmas Specials]]. Expect this [[SelfDeprecation to be mocked]] InUniverse from time to time, or at least in the episodes' commentaries. %%Tends to be the standard deviation among {{Sixty Five Episode Cartoon}}s, which often rely on episodes with pre-determined ideas and stories.
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* ''Series/AmazingStories'': "WesternAnimation/FamilyDog", which was later spun-off into an animated series. Along with being animated, it stood apart from the other episodes in that it had no fantasy or horror elements. Marked the directorial debut of Creator/BradBird.
* The [[Recap/TheBlacklistS7E19TheKazanjianBrothers season seven finale of]] ''Series/TheBlacklist'' was animated, in part due to COVID restrictions at the time, though the producers had expressed interest in imitating the style of the tie-in graphic novels.
* ''Series/BroadCity'' episode "Mushrooms" is a [[MushroomSamba trippy animation]] for the first half of the episode, as Abi and Ilana go ona walk while on a mushroom trip, only to be interrupted by a phone call from Ilana's boss.
* ''{{Series/Community}}'' has the ChristmasEpisode "Abed's Uncontrollable Christmas," animated in stop-motion, "Digital Estate Planning" featuring the characters as 8-bit characters, and as "G.I. Jeff," a {{crossover}} with ''WesternAnimation/GIJoe''.
* The ''Series/{{Eureka}}'' ChristmasEpisode "Do You See What I See?" has the town transformed into multiple animation styles, handwaved as being due to a malfunctioning hologram generator.
* ''Series/{{Farscape}}'': "[[Recap/FarscapeS03E16RevengingAngel Revenging Angel]]" has Crichton get hit in the head by D'Argo during an argument, causing him to spend the bulk of the episode hallucinating himself and D'Argo in a RoadRunnerVsCoyote-style cartoon.
*''Series/LegendsOfTomorrow'': A significant portion of Season 6's episode "[[Recap/LegendsOfTomorrowS6E5TheSatanistsApprentice The Satanists Apprentice"]] is animated like a 90's Disney movie, as it's one big {{Homage}} to Creator/{{Disney}} and their numerous animated features. The fact Astra turns the Legends into {{Animate Inanimate Object}}s homages ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast'', with their animated appearance referencing the original film, while their looks in live action referencing the [[Film/BeautyAndTheBeast2017 live-action remake]].
* ''Series/TheNanny'': The episode "[[Recap/TheNannyS3E14OyToTheWorld Oy to the World]]", in which Fran tells Grace a Christmas story, is animated in the same style as [[AnimatedCreditsOpening the opening credits]].
* ''Series/TheSandman2022'': The first half of the special "A Dream of a Thousand Cats/Calliope" is animated.
* ''Series/StarTrekStrangeNewWorlds'': "[[Recap/StarTrekStrangeNewWorldsS2E07ThoseOldScientists Those Old Scientists]]" is a {{crossover}} with ''WesternAnimation/StarTrekLowerDecks'', and the prologue and epilogue both take place in the cartoon USS ''Cerritos'', over a century in SNW's future. Then we cut back to the present-day ''Enterprise'', where the crew tries the Orion version of a GargleBlaster and turn into a ''Lower Decks''-style cartoon themselves.
* ''{{Series/Supernatural}}'' has "Scoobynatural," a {{crossover}} with ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDoo''.
* ''Series/TalesFromTheCrypt'': The very last episode, "The Third Pig", is a violent FracturedFairyTale retelling of ''Literature/TheThreeLittlePigs''. It's the only animated episode in the entire series, and was produced by Creator/{{Nelvana}}, which also animated the LighterAndSofter cartoon spin-off, ''WesternAnimation/TalesFromTheCryptKeeper''.
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* ''WebVideo/AdamRuinsEverything'': . When debating with a science student about the validity of test data obtained from lab mice, Adam transforms himself and the student into animated mice, a la ''WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain''.
* ''WebVideo/EpicRapBattlesOfHistory'':
** The series' first foray into fully-animated battles was "Zeus vs. Thor," which displays the characters as LEGO figures.
** "Harry Potter vs. Luke Skywalker" was also a LEGO-animated battle.
** "Godzilla vs. King Kong" was fully animated via MotionCapture.
* ''WebVideo/GameGrumps'': Due to a glitch with the video capture, episode 36 and part of episode 37 of the ''Pokémon Fire[==]Red'' playthrough consist of new animation by guest [=Linzb0t=] rather than game footage.
* ''WebVideo/SandersSides'':
** Downplayed in "Becoming a Cartoon", where Creator/ButchHartman animated a segment of Thomas with the Sides.
** "Flirting with Social Anxiety" became this [[RealLifeWritesThePlot by necessity]] due to the UsefulNotes/Covid19Pandemic, done in an animatic style for all but the beginning and end.
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If it's a ChristmasEpisode, expect it to be stop motion, as a parody of the Creator/RankinBass [[ChristmasSpecial Christmas Specials]]. Expect this [[SelfDeprecation to be mocked]] InUniverse from time to time, or at least in the episodes' commentaries. %%Tends to be the standard deviation among {{Sixty Five Episode Cartoon}}s, which often rely on episodes with pre-determined ideas and stories.
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!!Examples:
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[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
* ''Series/AmazingStories'': "WesternAnimation/FamilyDog", which was later spun-off into an animated series. Along with being animated, it stood apart from the other episodes in that it had no fantasy or horror elements. Marked the directorial debut of Creator/BradBird.
* The [[Recap/TheBlacklistS7E19TheKazanjianBrothers season seven finale of]] ''Series/TheBlacklist'' was animated, in part due to COVID restrictions at the time, though the producers had expressed interest in imitating the style of the tie-in graphic novels.
* ''Series/BroadCity'' episode "Mushrooms" is a [[MushroomSamba trippy animation]] for the first half of the episode, as Abi and Ilana go ona walk while on a mushroom trip, only to be interrupted by a phone call from Ilana's boss.
* ''{{Series/Community}}'' has the ChristmasEpisode "Abed's Uncontrollable Christmas," animated in stop-motion, "Digital Estate Planning" featuring the characters as 8-bit characters, and as "G.I. Jeff," a {{crossover}} with ''WesternAnimation/GIJoe''.
* The ''Series/{{Eureka}}'' ChristmasEpisode "Do You See What I See?" has the town transformed into multiple animation styles, handwaved as being due to a malfunctioning hologram generator.
* ''Series/{{Farscape}}'': "[[Recap/FarscapeS03E16RevengingAngel Revenging Angel]]" has Crichton get hit in the head by D'Argo during an argument, causing him to spend the bulk of the episode hallucinating himself and D'Argo in a RoadRunnerVsCoyote-style cartoon.
*''Series/LegendsOfTomorrow'': A significant portion of Season 6's episode "[[Recap/LegendsOfTomorrowS6E5TheSatanistsApprentice The Satanists Apprentice"]] is animated like a 90's Disney movie, as it's one big {{Homage}} to Creator/{{Disney}} and their numerous animated features. The fact Astra turns the Legends into {{Animate Inanimate Object}}s homages ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast'', with their animated appearance referencing the original film, while their looks in live action referencing the [[Film/BeautyAndTheBeast2017 live-action remake]].
* ''Series/TheNanny'': The episode "[[Recap/TheNannyS3E14OyToTheWorld Oy to the World]]", in which Fran tells Grace a Christmas story, is animated in the same style as [[AnimatedCreditsOpening the opening credits]].
* ''Series/TheSandman2022'': The first half of the special "A Dream of a Thousand Cats/Calliope" is animated.
* ''Series/StarTrekStrangeNewWorlds'': "[[Recap/StarTrekStrangeNewWorldsS2E07ThoseOldScientists Those Old Scientists]]" is a {{crossover}} with ''WesternAnimation/StarTrekLowerDecks'', and the prologue and epilogue both take place in the cartoon USS ''Cerritos'', over a century in SNW's future. Then we cut back to the present-day ''Enterprise'', where the crew tries the Orion version of a GargleBlaster and turn into a ''Lower Decks''-style cartoon themselves.
* ''{{Series/Supernatural}}'' has "Scoobynatural," a {{crossover}} with ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDoo''.
* ''Series/TalesFromTheCrypt'': The very last episode, "The Third Pig", is a violent FracturedFairyTale retelling of ''Literature/TheThreeLittlePigs''. It's the only animated episode in the entire series, and was produced by Creator/{{Nelvana}}, which also animated the LighterAndSofter cartoon spin-off, ''WesternAnimation/TalesFromTheCryptKeeper''.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Web Video]]
* ''WebVideo/AdamRuinsEverything'': . When debating with a science student about the validity of test data obtained from lab mice, Adam transforms himself and the student into animated mice, a la ''WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain''.
* ''WebVideo/EpicRapBattlesOfHistory'':
** The series' first foray into fully-animated battles was "Zeus vs. Thor," which displays the characters as LEGO figures.
** "Harry Potter vs. Luke Skywalker" was also a LEGO-animated battle.
** "Godzilla vs. King Kong" was fully animated via MotionCapture.
* ''WebVideo/GameGrumps'': Due to a glitch with the video capture, episode 36 and part of episode 37 of the ''Pokémon Fire[==]Red'' playthrough consist of new animation by guest [=Linzb0t=] rather than game footage.
* ''WebVideo/SandersSides'':
** Downplayed in "Becoming a Cartoon", where Creator/ButchHartman animated a segment of Thomas with the Sides.
** "Flirting with Social Anxiety" became this [[RealLifeWritesThePlot by necessity]] due to the UsefulNotes/Covid19Pandemic, done in an animatic style for all but the beginning and end.
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