History Main / RogerRabbitEffect

* ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse'' contains a weird, all-animated version of this with Spider-Ham. While the entire movie is animated, Spider-Ham is the only character who is treated as being a cartoon character in-universe, complete with ToonPhysics.

A subtrope of MediumBlending, and an extended version of {{Rotoscoping}}. Compare and contrast SerkisFolk and StarringSpecialEffects. Not to be confused with LiveActionCartoon, which is about live-action media making use of typical cartoon tropes.

* ''Machinima/Supermarioglitchy4sSuperMario64Bloopers'': The video "Mario in real life!?" features Mario and several other characters (Luigi, Peach, Bowser, Toad, [[Series/{{Teletubbies}} Po]], [[spoiler:[=McShyGuy=]]] and Old Man) visiting IRL [=SMG4=]'s house via a portal between the real life and [=Project64=] dimensions. [[spoiler:At the end, [[VideoGame/{{Minecraft}} Steve]] [[HereWeGoAgain brings back the portal and causes the Castle to end up in the Real World]].]]

* The [[MemeticMutation infamous]] Creator/MikeMatei video [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgIr9ZLV_wk Minecraft with Gadget]] has Matei interact with an animated WesternAnimation/InspectorGadget.

* A bizarre example in ''Webcomic/{{Sonichu}}'' in which Chris-chan inserts photographs of himself to replace his drawn self in order to destroy an evil expy of 4chan... with the power of rock and roll.

* ''WesternAnimation/TrollsWorldTour'': In Poppy and Branch's internal thoughts while brainwashed by Chaz, a real-life person who's only visible from the waist below shows up to give them "Fizzie Blues Juice" and hold a phone for Poppy. They return in the ending credits, where they can be seen above the waist, but [[TheFaceless their head remains unseen]].

** ''Film/SpaceJam'', based on Nike commercials pairing WesternAnimation/BugsBunny with Michael Jordan. In the sequel ''Film/SpaceJamANewLegacy'', this is {{Downplayed|Trope}} as UsefulNotes/LebronJames is rendered as an animated character when in Tune World, while the Looney Tunes characters become "realistic" CG characters for the climactic basketball game with live-action Lebron.

-->--Creator/RogerEbert, in his [[http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/who-framed-roger-rabbit-1988 review]] of ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit''

** ''Film/SpaceJam'', based on Nike commercials pairing WesternAnimation/BugsBunny with Michael Jordan.

!!Examples:

* The {{Trope Namer|s}}, ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit''. The special effects included several mechanical props covered by the animation to create the illusion of Toons being able to interact with real objects. A barroom had slots in the floor and puppeteers with large poles so animated penguins could carry real serving trays. A sink was built with a robotic pipe thingy so Roger Rabbit could splash in the sink and spit out a mouthful of water. One of the most elaborate effects was for the scenes with Benny the Cab; they were filmed with a custom rig which was essentially a steel frame with tires and a small gasoline engine to move about, with Creator/BobHoskins sitting on an elevated platform holding a fake steering wheel while the actual driver was down below, concealed by overlaying Benny in post. As one critic said in their review, "although this wasn't the first time that cartoon characters have shared the screen with live actors, it was the first time they did it on their own terms and made it look real."

* Similarly, ''VideoGame/ComixZone'' for the Sega Genesis.

* ''Anime/SpellboundMagicalPrincessLilPri'''s second opening and ending sequences feature the live-action singers with the animated characters whom they represent. The show's replacement, the ''[[Franchise/PrettyRhythm Pretty Series]]'', also does this.

* ''Series/PressYourLuck'' had the show's penalty, the Whammy, appear in front of the contestants' score and perform a cartoony stunt to erase it when it was landed upon at the big board. Similarly done in its 2002 reboot ''[[Series/{{Whammy}} Whammy! The All-New Press Your Luck]]'' which was in CGI as where the original was computer-composite 2-D. Reverted to the limited animation version when it was revived in 2019 with Creator/ElizabethBanks, although with [[WereStillRelevantDammit some mixed results in humor.]]

* ''WebVideo/CLWEntertainment'': The ''Anime/{{Doraemon}}'' fandub announcement [[https://youtu.be/ySEfqD4HB7Q "Just Finished a HUGE Episode of Doraemon!!"]] has an animated clip of Fenneko from ''Anime/{{Aggretsuko}}'' layered on top of live-action footage of Collin.

** The pre-show of the former ride, ''Ride/TheFuntasticWorldOfHannaBarbera'', had Bill Hannah and Joseph Barbera interacting with their own creations in person.

* ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Brawl'', insofar as [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid Solid Snake]] can be considered a "normal"-looking human being. Or, for that matter, [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Link]], [[Franchise/{{Metroid}} Samus]], and any other "normal"-looking human characters. And the coexistence of Link and [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker Toon Link]]. Sort of an odd case. In ''Melee,'' one of the Event Matches pits you against what the game calls the "[[SlidingScaleOfSillinessVersusSeriousness realistic]]" characters, presumably contrasted with the "cartoony" characters. But the supposedly realistic characters include the anthropomorphic animal [[VideoGame/StarFox Fox]] (though Fox & friends are space aliens who just happen to look like a bunch of FunnyAnimal cartoon characters). And the Final Destination stage's changing background is meant to show the characters actually traveling from the video game world to the real world.

* ''VideoGame/{{Toonstruck}}'', wherein the real world animator [[PunnyName Drew Blanc]] (played by Christopher Lloyd) gets sucked into the toon world.

[[caption-width-right:350:Nope, nothing [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes loony]] about this!]]

* The Don Knotts vehicle ''Film/TheIncredibleMrLimpet'' has a bit of this.

* Technically, most {{Intercontinuity Crossover}}s in fanfiction between live-action and animated series are these. How it is treated vary widely, though. Most frequently, it's not mentioned at all or {{Handwave}}d.

* ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Brawl'', insofar as [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid Solid Snake]] can be considered a "realistic"-looking human being. Or, for that matter, [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Link]], [[Franchise/{{Metroid}} Samus]], and any other "realistic"-looking human characters. And the coexistence of Link and [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker Toon Link]]. Sort of an odd case. In ''Melee,'' one of the Event Matches pits you against what the game calls the "[[SlidingScaleOfSillinessVersusSeriousness realistic]]" characters, presumably contrasted with the "cartoony" characters. But the supposedly realistic characters include the anthropomorphic animal [[VideoGame/StarFox Fox]] (though Fox & friends are space aliens who just happen to look like a bunch of FunnyAnimal cartoon characters). And the Final Destination stage's changing background is meant to show the characters actually traveling from the video game world to the real world.

* ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Brawl'', insofar as [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid Solid Snake]] can be considered a normal human being. Or, for that matter, [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Link]], [[Franchise/{{Metroid}} Samus]], and any other "normal" human characters. And the coexistence of Link and [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker Toon Link]]. Sort of an odd case. In ''Melee,'' one of the Event Matches pits you against what the game calls the "[[SlidingScaleOfSillinessVersusSeriousness realistic]]" characters, presumably contrasted with the "cartoony" characters. But the supposedly realistic characters include the anthropomorphic animal [[VideoGame/StarFox Fox]] (though Fox & friends are space aliens who just happen to look like a bunch of FunnyAnimal cartoon characters). And the Final Destination stage's changing background is meant to show the characters actually traveling from the video game world to the real world.

* [[RogerRabitEffect/{{Advertising}} Advertising]]

* ''Film/TheSmurfs'' is about smurfs ending up in the live-action human world. Also, Gargamel and Azrael are live-acted.

* The ''StarWars'' films, both the more recent ones and updated re-releases of the originals, feature live actors interacting with animated CGI characters or creatures.

* ''WesternAnimation/HappyFeet'' has animated animals and live-action humans.

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* While most Advertising/{{Orangina}} commercials feature all CGI characters, they have some that include live-action humans, like this [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nV5vx0yqEo one.]]
* Those e-surance commercials in which famed pink-haired superspy and [[PerverseSexualLust nerd heartthrob]] Advertising/ErinEsurance "draws" various customers to their auto insurance.
* Many cereal mascots frequently hang out with live-action kids.
* Several commercials for Creator/CartoonNetwork's ''Creator/CartoonCartoons'' shows depict the characters in the real world. One such example was the ''[[Film/AHardDaysNight Hard Days Night]]'' spoof [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofvXa_TWrc8&NR=1 "Cartoon Cartoons: Always On The Run."]]
* The American Express extended spots featuring Creator/JerrySeinfeld and Franchise/{{Superman}}.
** [[https://youtu.be/AeVdtvwJlzo There's also a commercial]] featuring ComicStrip/{{Garfield}} and his creator Jim Davis.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxnfGghO5gQ This]] NSPCC advert uses this trope to dramatic (and [[NightmareFuel very disturbing]]) effect.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYlkSQA0wm0 A Japanese commercial]] ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epk9iCXKrFI full length]]) for Lotte Gum, featuring ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'' characters.
* The Honda commercials featuring Mr. Opportunity do this often
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'':
** Homer and Bart in the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8trzYhFDrY 1990 Fall promo for Fox.]]
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9hrPb0cQhs A commercial for the Renault Kangoo.]]
** {{Inverted|Trope}} in this [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vX6FXRgcKQc Burger King]] ad.
** Also inverted with these [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmrQYU5goLw Toyota commercials.]]
* [[http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xhthmn_1991-an-american-tail-reading-is-fundamental-psa_shortfilms This]] 1991 "Reading Is Fundamental" PSA starring [[WesternAnimation/AnAmericanTail Fievel Mousekewitz]], which aired after a showing of ''Film/{{ET|The Extraterrestrial}}''. Fievel suddenly appears in the live-action home of a family that just finished watching the aforementioned movie and tells them all about the "Reading Is Fundamental" initiative, while various celebrities hi-jack the family's TV, all the while the family treats this as an UnusuallyUninterestingSight. The animation was cheaply lifted straight out of ''An American Tail: Fievel Goes West'', and [[HongKongDub Fievel's dialogue doesn't even match up with his mouth movements]].
* Also done (arguably much better) [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPvZGp25hWY in a commercial for]] ''Fievel Goes West'' on VHS. This time they bothered to use original animation.
* [[WesternAnimation/OneFroggyEvening Michigan J. Frog]] appeared in commercials for the WB block starting in the 90's.
* Most early VideoGame/{{Pokemon}} commercials had the characters drawn in the style of the anime with live-action backgrounds, often with human actors ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSD0ixlhczY here's an example]]). Around the DS era, the Pokémon were CGI instead.
* Many of the commercials for the ''VideoGame/JakAndDaxter'' trilogy as well as the racing game it later spawned, ''Jak X: Combat Racing'', had the title characters interacting with live-action people.
* WesternAnimation/BettyBoop did a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhtIBTEJfxU commercial for Hypnôse]] alongside Daria Werbowy.
* There were a series of ''Anime/PrettyCure'' commercials for the Japanese restaurant "Joyfull" where the characters interact with diners eating there.
* Some Japanese commercials for shoujo anime such as ''Anime/OjamajoDoremi'' and ''Manga/ShugoChara'' have people dressed like the characters talking to the animated characters.
* WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb made a special guest appearance in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dD1cnv8Kek a commercial]] for the Los Angeles Marathon.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheTransformers'' did this several times in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9qABpn1U5s the]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KeNf3jQ1zdw later]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOvx9ByUUqo toy]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAGdONYuMxQ commercials]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fG77AH_belA this shoe commercial.]]
* The [=MetLife=] insurance company had a contract that allowed them to use the characters from ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'' for their advertising, allowing them to run commercials like Lucy and Charlie Brown trying to argue with a [=MetLife=] actuary to sell insurance for five cents.
* Parodied in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fA8ad71n94 this 1998 Sprite commercial]] (directed by Creator/SpikeJonze), where a mascot pops off the label of a bottle of [[BlandNameProduct "Sun Fizz"]] as a mom serves it to her two kids. They (and the dog) react to [[UncannyValley the grinning CGI imp]] in [[ScrewThisImOutOfHere a straightforward manner]].
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnfbyD2BoU0 This]] commercial for a ''Manga/DrSlump'' game on the UsefulNotes/GameAndWatch.
* The Nike commercials with Michael Jordan and WesternAnimation/BugsBunny that inspired ''Film/SpaceJam''.
* ''[[Advertising/EnergizerBunny The Energizer Bunny]]'':
** During Energizer's "villains" ad campaign, two of the worlds the Energizer Bunny (who at the time was a live-action robotic model) wandered into were the animated worlds of ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' and ''WesternAnimation/RockyAndBullwinkle''. In these commercials, the Bunny faced off against [[WesternAnimation/WileECoyoteAndTheRoadRunner Wile E. Coyote]] and [[BumblingHenchmenDuo Boris and Natasha]], respectively.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LalgeHNK2eA Another commercial]] featured a live-action animator drawing cartoon rabbits, including the Energizer Bunny, which came to life, until he erased them out of disapproval (with the obvious exception of the Energizer Bunny, as the battery in his mechanical eraser ran out at the time). Like the other two rabbits, the Energizer Bunny himself was animated for this commercial.
* The ''VideoGame/MySims'' series did this in it's ads, specifically for the original, ''Kingdom'', and ''Party''. The characters from the games would show up and hand teenagers a Wii remote, which would prompt them to start customizing the world around them (or [[WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs holding a minigame party in some guy's brain]], in the case of ''[=MySims Party=]'').
* Used a lot in old Creator/CartoonNetwork bumpers, usually featuring the characters as AnimatedActors for the Cartoon Network Studios, working alongside live-action staff.
* ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDoo'' makes a cameo in the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GwqzFSG60A 1982 promo]] for {{Creator/ABC}}.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJwFUNHtCJQ A notable commercial]] in the ''Advertising/GotMilk'' campaign features [[VideoGame/SuperMario64 Mario]] entering the real world to get himself some milk.
** The Advertising/TrixRabbit also makes an appearance in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N54rfkksxBo another ad.]]
* Several of Creator/{{CBC}}'s [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-AA_GZOe9Q promos from the late 80s]] feature the main characters of ''{{WesternAnimation/Babar}}'' and Cyril Sneer from ''WesternAnimation/TheRaccoons''.
* The inverse occurs in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=if2Sjpj8Il0 this series of commercials]] for the Opel Corsa featuring WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones.
* Mario gets arrested by some live-action police officers in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRzfQW80zs0 this]] ad for ''VideoGame/MarioParty''
* Various Advertising/MonsterCereals commercials featured the monsters interacting with live action children.
* The commercials for Advertising/{{Hhgregg}} feature the store's animated mascot, hh, interacting with live-action hhgregg employees.
* In 1992, the commercials for the Regina Steamer Carpet Cleaner featured an animated [[ThePigPen Pig-Pen]] from ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'' in a live-action house setting, trying unsuccessfully to evade the titular Regina.
* In addition to the above-mentioned tie in to ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsonsMovie'', Burger King would utilize this for both their ''Anime/Pokemon2000'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3vPBavXfJU commercial]], a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7AIfMpyHtA commercial]] featuring [[WesternAnimation/ScoobyDoo Shaggy and Scooby-Doo]], and for the Burger King Kids Club gang back in the 90s.
* British bank Halifax ran a campaign featuring several classic Creator/HannaBarbera characters (WesternAnimation/TopCat, the Flintstones and Shaggy and Scooby) featuring the characters interacting with employees telling them about the benifits of opening an account with the bank.
* WesternAnimation/{{Underdog}} makes a quick cameo in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sho21SqXMYQ this]] Visa Check Card commercial.
* Most [[Advertising/MandMs M&M's]] commercials feature the animated spokescandies interacting with real life people.
* ''Advertising/McDonaldland'':
** Commercials for the Happy Birthday Happy Meal from 1994 feature a live-action Ronald interacting with [[{{Crossover}} various animated characters]], including VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog, Franchise/{{Barbie}}, [[Literature/TheBerenstainBears Brother and Sister Bear]], [[WesternAnimation/MuppetBabies1984 Baby Kermit and Baby Miss Piggy]], and [[WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures Babs and Buster Bunny]].
** Iam Hungry's introductory commercial features the titular character being animated in [=CGi=] and interacting with a live-action Ronald.
* Commercials for ''VideoGame/KirbysDreamLand2'' depicted animated versions of Kirby and the animal friends storming a live-action BadGuyBar.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8TYLCBCLCM This]] commercial for Mellow Mushroom Pizza Bakers has an animated version of its mascot, Mel interacting with a live-action woman at a Mellow Mushroom restaurant chain, the woman explains that he is a cartoon. then, he asks for beer and the woman says that she should buy cartoon beer. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-IT5E6vZmw Another commercial]] has animated versions of Mel and Wizard at the same restaurant chain from the previous commercial. In it, Mel lets Wizard make a cartoon pizza turn into a real pizza, but fails.
* In a commercial for Advertising/{{Progressive}} featuring VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog, the titular character is animated in CGI while the Progressive characters remain live-action.
* The commercial for the ''VideoGame/SonicBoom'' video games, ''Rise of Lyric'' and ''Shattered Crystal'' depicts Sonic and his friends helping a little girl save [[CatUpATree her pet cat, who is stuck in a tree]]. The little girl, the cat, and the setting are all live-action, but Sonic and his friends are all animated in the same CGI that is used in [[WesternAnimation/SonicBoom the TV Series]].
* When [[ComicStrip/DennisTheMenaceUS Dennis the Menace]] was the mascot for Dairy Queen, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CDB8uDvlAs commercials for the DQ Kids Pick-nic]] depicted the animated versions of Dennis and his friends in a live-action setting, interacting with real people.
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* OlderThanTelevision: Creator/WinsorMcCay's animated short, ''WesternAnimation/GertieTheDinosaur'', despite being one of the oldest animated films, successfully used this trope in ''live performances''. [=McCay=] set up a projector on a vaudeville stage and interacted with the animated Gertie, commanding her to do tricks, tossing her a pumpkin (he palmed the real one while she caught an animated one), and ending the show by ''climbing into her mouth and being carried away''. All this in [[UsefulNotes/TheSilentAgeOfAnimation 1914]]. Sheesh!
* Another early proto-example is the WesternAnimation/FelixTheCat cartoon ''WesternAnimation/FelixSavesTheDay''. Some scenes use still photographs for Felix to interact with, and some live action film is cut in with the animation, but neither interact together at once.
* ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes''
** The cartoon ''Film/YouOughtToBeInPictures''.
** Bob Clampett's ''Eatin' on the Cuff'' ends with a live-action narrator getting his pants eaten by a cartoon moth.
** Zig-zag: The 1941 cartoon ''Porky's Pooch'' used live photographs as backgrounds.
** The short "The Mouse That Jack Built" features an animated mouse version of [[Radio/TheJackBennyProgram Jack Benny]] running by his real life counterpart.
* Done in Behind the Scenes segments of the original ''WesternAnimation/WoodyWoodpecker Show''. However, Woody is only shown animated against static photo backgrounds, and is ''never'' seen interacting with Lantz or anything else.
* Even earlier than the original ''Woody Woodpecker'' show, Creator/WalterLantz briefly tried this out with an ''WesternAnimation/OswaldTheLuckyRabbit'' short, and used this even earlier in his [[UsefulNotes/TheSilentAgeOfAnimation Silent Age]] ''WesternAnimation/DinkyDoodle'' shorts.
* Disney's ''WesternAnimation/AliceComedies'' all feature the titular live-action girl interacting with cartoon characters.
* Creator/MaxAndDaveFleischer's ''WesternAnimation/OutOfTheInkwell'' shorts. This and the ''WesternAnimation/AliceComedies'' are especially notable for being one of the first attempts at playing around with animation/live-action blending.
* Briefly in the opening of ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures''.
* ''WesternAnimation/HiHiPuffyAmiYumi'' features an episode in which the live-action J-Pop stars sit on a couch with their animated manager, while the animated versions of the girls wonder who those two women are and [[WhoWouldWantToWatchUs who would want to watch them]].
* ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents''
** One time, the Nega Chin beat up [[RageAgainstTheAuthor his author]], played in live-action by Creator/PattonOswalt, although the interaction between them [[SpecialEffectFailure comes off as looking pretty fake]] due to the cartoon's comparatively stiff animation.
** A later episode has the characters appearing at Scott Hamilton's house. It's a wee bit more convincing there.
** In addition, Cosmo and Wanda made a special guest cameo in a fantasy sequence on ''Series/NedsDeclassifiedSchoolSurvivalGuide''.
** The SeriesFauxnale ''Film/AFairlyOddMovieGrowUpTimmyTurner'' is live-action, but the fairies are animated in CG.
* Infrequently done for comic effect on ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' when the characters go on land. In one episode, they were all portrayed as [[StylisticSuck crude puppets]]. In ''[=The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie=]'', part of the climax even involves [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick receiving help from an AdamWesting Creator/DavidHasselhoff. Recently, in the 20th anniversary special, Spongebob and Patrick travel on land for a sight-seeing tour.
* During the first year of Creator/KidsWB, the stars of the sitcoms on Creator/TheWB appeared in promotional spots and bumpers depicting them hanging out at the animated version of the Warner Bros. studio lot (as seen on ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'').
* Many of Creator/TexAvery's cartoons used live action:
** ''TV of Tomorrow'' has live action for all the televised images.
** ''WesternAnimation/WhoKilledWho'' starts with an onscreen presenter introducing a murder mystery, and in the end the murderer is unmasked and revealed to be [[spoiler:the very same presenter]].
** ''Señor Droopy'' ends with Droopy sitting on the lap of '50s actress Lina Romay.
** In ''Three Little Pups'', the dog-catcher swears he'll "go into television" if his final scheme to catch the dogs doesn't work. It doesn't, and as the cartoon ends he shows up in the (live-action) western the dogs are watching.
* The ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'' special ''It's the Girl in the Red Truck, Charlie Brown'' has Snoopy's brother Spike becoming infatuated with the live-action title character (played by Charles Schulz's daughter, Jill).
* ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb''
** The Creator/DisneyChannel's music video of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nl-8LA9MgS0 "It's On"]], made to promote the ''Film/CampRock 2'' movie, in which Phineas and Ferb are periodically depicted dancing with real people who were hired to lipsync to the song.
** The spin-off ''Take Two with Phineas and Ferb'' has the title characters hosting a talk show where they interview real-world celebrities.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''
** "Homer³", one of the ThreeShorts of "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS7E6TreehouseOfHorrorVI Treehouse of Horror VI]]" , ends with 3D Homer being transported into the real world (if you can call UsefulNotes/LosAngeles real). If you pay attention to the people around him, they seem very well aware that the strange, yellow man walking down the sidewalk isn't normal. None of them seem to do anything more than stare, however, and Homer freaking out over being in the real world is cut short when he goes inside an erotic bakery.
** Also "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS10E4TreehouseOfHorrorIX Treehouse of Horror IX]]", "The Terror of Tiny Toon", has Bart and Lisa [[TrappedInTVLand trapped inside a TV]] with Itchy and Scratchy trying to murder them. At one point Homer changes the channel and they end up ruining a scene for ''Regis and Kathy Lee'' (it was originally going to be the FOX legal dramedy ''Series/AllyMcBeal'', but Calista Flockhart (the show's star) declined. It does explain why a morning show like ''Regis and Kathy Lee'' would air at night).
* In March of 1959 Cambria Productions came up with the show ''WesternAnimation/ClutchCargo'', which used the then cutting-edge idea of combining animated characters with live-action mouths superimposed onto their faces, called "SynchroVox", this show had the distinction of [[UncannyValley horrifying its target audience]] and inducing more childhood nightmares than Creator/HRGiger could ever dream of. Cambria struck again a year later with ''Scott [=McCloud=]: Space Angel'' and also prepared a pilot based on the comic strip ''Moon Mullins'' (which did not get optioned as a series). Both used the Synchro-Vox technique.
* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' has a two-parter ("[[Recap/SouthParkS12E10Pandemic Pandemic]]") featuring giant, real-life guinea pigs "rampaging" through town.
* In a truly bizarre example of this trope, in the late '40s, when Creator/ColumbiaPictures was making live action Franchise/{{Superman}} serials, in order to save money on the flight effect, they actually had Superman ''turn into a cartoon version of himself'' when he flew!
* NBC's preview of the ''Atom Ant'' and ''Secret Squirrel'' shows in 1965 had the titular characters conversing with their creators, Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera.
* CBS's ill-fated [[FollowTheLeader attempt to mimic]] the [[Series/WaltDisneyPresents Walt Disney anthology series]] was 1956's ''CBS Cartoon Theater'' in which Creator/DickVanDyke hosted and interacted with Terrytoons characters (who appeared on a TV set).
* On the 100th episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'', the segment inbetween the two parts has the animated characters being interviewed by a live Larry King.
* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'':
** In "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS9E6BrianWritesABestseller Brian Writes a Bestseller]]", Brian appears on the real set of ''Series/RealTimeWithBillMaher'' sitting with Maher, Dana Gould, and Ariana Huffington.
** One segment of "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS5E9RoadToRupert Road to Rupert]]" was nothing but the scene in ''Anchors Aweigh'' (see "Films" above) with Stewie drawn over [[WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry Jerry]].
** In "Brian's Got a Brand New Bag", Brian mentions to Rita that he had a bit part in ''Film/DieHard''. It then shows actual footage from the movie with an animated Brian inserted into the clip.
* The whole premise of ''WesternAnimation/SpaceGhostCoastToCoast'' is an animated talk show where Space Ghost would interview live-action people via TV screen.
* ''[[WesternAnimation/TheArchieShow Archie's Fun House]]'' shows Archie and friends performing for a live-action audience of children.
* Similar to the Archie example, the WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}} episode "You Risk You Life" had Yakko doing a game show in front of live action people.
* ''WesternAnimation/SitDownShutUp'' zigzags this trope. The backgrounds are live photographs, but the characters are animated.
* ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken''
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFNtf95roQk Used]] to insert ''Magazine/{{Playboy}}'' model Robin Bain into ''Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey''.
** A sketch that parodies the Boglins have the creatures themselves as live-action puppets, but the rest of the characters are stop-motion as usual.
* The opening to NBC's ''WesternAnimation/ThePinkPanther Show'' opens with a live-action opening where a kid driving a "Panthermobile" drops the Pink Panther and The Inspector off at Grauman's Chinese Theater. The credits show the Inspector going in and the car drivingaway, leaving the Panther to chase after it.
* The Japanese version of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' ends their episodes with a Japanese hostess chatting with an [[LimitedAnimation (poorly)]] animated Twilight Sparkle.
* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'': While ''WesternAnimation/TheSpongeBobSquarePantsMovie'' establishes how the Roger Rabbit Effect is put into play in [=SpongeBob=]'s world, it happens several times in the show as well, in episodes such as "Bubble Trouble". In the 20th Anniversary special, "[=SpongeBob=]'s Big Birthday Blowout", the characters go on a Surface-world tour and this effect goes on for most of the episode.
* At one point in ''WesternAnimation/CloneHigh'''s MushroomSamba episode, Ghandi is miniaturized and eaten by a (live action) housecat.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'' has static, heavily-edited photographs for backgrounds and characters that are animated in 2D, CGI, and one character and her family is a live-action puppet (specifically a live-action actor's upside-down chin). However, the live-action actors only appear on in-universe videos and TV shows, never together with animated people, until the SeriesFinale has a live-action human ([[spoiler:[[FullBodyDisguise seemingly]]]]) as the antagonist.
* A ''WesternAnimation/FatAlbertAndTheCosbyKids'' television special made before the Saturday morning series was done in a much more realistic, sketchy character style against live-action backdrops.
* Zig-zag: ''WesternAnimation/TheBeatles'' episode "Paperback Writer" has the cartoon Beatles in concert with photos of their real-life counterparts in the background.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheLingoShow'' uses this in every episode.
* In 1968, Hanna-Barbera had ''The New Adventures of Huck Finn,'' which had Mark Twain's titular boy protagonist along with Becky Thatcher and Tom Sawyer, all live-action youths, amidst cartoon backgrounds and figures.
* The ''Alan'' segments in ''WesternAnimation/ModernToss'' feature the titular character, a sort of animated scribble with a face, playing very cruel tricks on his live-action co-stars.
* The obscure GameShow ''WesternAnimation/{{Skatoony}}'' features live-action children competing against {{toon}}s on an animated quiz show.
* The earliest Creator/{{Terrytoons}} from 1930 opened with a silhouetted live-action orchestra performing over an animated background.
* The 1991 short ''WesternAnimation/{{Manipulation}}'', inspired by the classic ''WesternAnimation/DuckAmuck'', features the hands of an animator, shown in live-action, manipulating a cartoon man. At the end of the cartoon the animator throws the drawing in the garbage, only for the cartoon man to crawl out of the garbage can.
* The 1984 Creator/NationalFilmBoardOfCanada short ''Real Inside'' satirizes hiring practices by having an animated dog named Buck Boom going for a job interview at an accounting firm.
* ''WesternAnimation/BluesClues'': Steve is a real human ExcitedKidsShowHost who interacts with the green screen animated world around him. All the other characters are animated.
* ''WesternAnimation/SheepInTheBigCity'' had a [[NeverTrustATrailer deliberately misleading trailer]] that made it look like the show would be a live-action drama with an animated Sheep inserted in.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheScoobyDooProject'' had the ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'' gang interacting in the real world. Shaggy hangs a lampshade on this by pointing out that the woods look more realistic.
* ''WesternAnimation/MuppetBabies1984'' uses footage of live-action movies as a general rule, but in one episode in particular, "The Incredible Shrinking Weirdo", there is a scene where a live-action adult Kermit interacts with an animated Baby Gonzo. A clip from ''Series/TheMuppetShow'' (Episode 223: Creator/JohnCleese) was used, with Creator/FrankWelker (the voice of Baby Kermit) dubbing new lines for Kermit and with Baby Gonzo matted into the scene.
** ''WesternAnimation/MuppetBabies2018'' doesn't do this as often, but it pops up now and then. "Animal And The Egg" has Animal and Summer try to take care of a baby egg while everyone else looks for the mother. The Muppet Babies, who are CGI, are shown interacting with real life birds.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/DanielTigersNeighborhood'' book ''The Helpers in Your Neighborhood'' (based on an episode that has yet to be released), Daniel Tiger and Dad Tiger venture out of the Neighborhood of Make Believe and meet various real-world helpers, including a construction worker, a mailman and a police officer. They are shown interacting with these people in this manner.[[note]]Although this is a book, we'll list it here, since it uses stills from the television series and is an adaptation of an episode, albeit one not yet released.[[/note]]
* The Disney educational video series ''WesternAnimation/LanguageArtsThroughImagination'' has an animated [[Ride/JourneyIntoImagination Figment]] interacting with live action children.
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