Web Video / AniMat

That guy in the orange hat? Yep, thats AniMat.

“In the world of animation, there is known to be a legend. A wise man with all the knowledge of its history. A critic in pursuit of excellence. An expert on the world of Disney. There are many more thing to say about this legend, but you may know him more as AniMat.”

- YouTube Channel Trailer of Electric Dragon Productions

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AniMat (a.k.a Mat Brunet) is an internet reviewer on RVT who has several main shows, all focused on animation. The shows are:

• Animation Lookback: His flagship show, which takes an in-depth look at the history of various animation studios (such as Pixar) and animators (such as Don Bluth).
• AniMat's Reviews: A Video Review Show that looks at new theatrically-released animated films in a critical light by judging the story, animation, and characters (and, when necessary, the songs) separately.
  • He also has AniMat's Classic Reviews, which is exactly like his normal reviews, except they're about older animated films not in theatres.
  • He has also reviewed live-action films and other media that have to do with animation, such as the Epic Mickey games, Persistence of Vision, and Saving Mr. Banks. Here, he ditches the Story-Animation-Characters critique system and just talks about what works in them and what doesn't work, and he's on-camera frequently. ^note The only exception to both of these is his review of the first Epic Mickey, which is exactly like his normal and Classic reviews, but the "Animation" and "Characters" critiques are replaced with "Gameplay" and "Presentation". In 2015, he made an announcement that his fans can request him to review anything they want him to, as long as he's able to review them ^note For example, he won't review a game that will take a very long time to complete. and if a fan donates $100 or more on his Patreon.

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• The Epic Mickey Files: A series that takes a look at the characters from the video game Epic Mickey, as well as its sequel and spinoff, and talks about their first appearances, the characters themselves, some of their later appearances, and their role in the game.

You can view his videos at the above links, as well as on his YouTube channel. He can also be found on his Twitter account, Patreon account (where fans can support his work), deviantART account, and the Animation Lookback Facebook page. He also used to have a Blip account, but it is now deleted due to Blip shutting down. A Recap of the episodes of his shows can be viewed here.

Here is a list of all the animated films AniMat has reviewed, both regular and Classic Reviews, along with non-animated films or other media that he's reviewed. Please note that this does not include any films or other media that he only reviewed via crossover, such as the Scary Godmother duology review with Hewy Toonmore or the live-action Smurfs review with Cartoon Palooza. Bolded denotes films that he's reviewed in his Classic Reviews. Italics denotes special reviews that were requested by fans via Patreon. Bolded Italics denotes films reviewed in AniMat's Classic Reviews that were requested by fans via Patreon. Also, while the film are listed in alphabetical order, the only time they won't be is if a film and it's sequel(s) get the same rating, in which case, they will be listed chronologically.

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Disclaimer: While AniMat has not made a Top 5 (Or 4 in this case) Best and Worst Animated Films of 2010 list, you can tell where he would place them according to the numbers transitions in his 2011 list.

Films He's Given the AniMat Seal of Approval

10/10

• Fantasia^note Requested by Micah Mann.
• Inside Out^note Best Animated Film of 2015. 2nd Best Animated Film of the 2010 Decade.
• The Iron Giant
• The Lion King^note Requested by Thomas Richardson. This was also his 5th request.
• Perfect Blue^note Requested by Kae McSpadden.
• The Prince of Egypt^note Requested by RedBandit101. This was also his 4th request.
• Princess Mononoke
• The Road to El Dorado
• Soul^note Best Animated Film of 2020.
• Spirited Away^note Requested by Brandon Ferretti. 5th animated film to have a 10/10 on every critique, as well as the 3rd film in the Classic Reviews to have this distinction.
• Toy Story^note Requested by Peyton Michael. This was also his 4th request.
• Toy Story 2^note Requested by Nick J. This was also his 3rd request.
• Toy Story 3^note 1st animated film to have a 10/10 on every critique. Toy Story 3 was given this rating before the creation of the seal. Best Animated Film of 2010. Tied with Toy Story 4 as the 3rd Best Animated Film of the 2010 Decade.
• Toy Story 4^note Best Animated Film of 2019. Tied with Toy Story 3 as the 3rd Best Animated Film of the 2010 Decade.
• WALL•E^note 3rd animated film to have a 10/10 on every critique, as well as the 1st film in the Classic Reviews to have this distinction.
• Waltz with Bashir
• Who Framed Roger Rabbit^note Requested by Kim Lechman. This was also her 2nd request. 4th animated film to have a 10/10 on every critique, as well as the 2nd film in the Classic Reviews to have this distinction.
• Yellow Submarine^note Requested by Sparkle Puppy.
• Zootopia^note 2nd animated film to have a 10/10 on every critique. Best Animated Film of 2016. Best Animated Film of the 2010 Decade.

9/10

• The Adventures of Prince Achmed^note Requested by Mohammed Fikree. The oldest film AniMat has reviewed.
• The Adventures of Tintin^note First film to receive the seal. Best Animated Film of 2011. 8th Best Animated Film of the 2010 Decade.
• Aladdin^note Requested by Justin Kennon. This was also his 3rd request.
• Animal Farm
• Anomalisa^note 5th Best Animated Film of the 2010 Decade.
• Batman: Mask of the Phantasm
• Big Hero 6^note 3rd Best Animated Film of 2014. 20th Best Animated Film of the 2010 Decade.
• Boy and the World
• The Castle of Cagliostro^note Requested by Jasmine Sawalmah. This was also her 2nd request.
• Chico & Rita
• Coco^note Best Animated Film of 2017. 6th Best Animated Film of the 2010 Decade.
• Coraline^note Requested by Claus Fuirendal.
• The Emperor's New Groove^note Requested by Peyton Michael. This was also his 8th request.
• Finding Dory^note 4th Best Animated Film of 2016.
• Frozen^note Best Animated Film of 2013. 9th Best Animated Film of the 2010 Decade.
• The Great Mouse Detective^note Requested by RedBandit. This was also his 6th request.
• The Illusionist
• Incredibles 2^note 2nd Best Animated Film of 2018. 15th Best Animated Film of the 2010 Decade.
• Isle of Dogs^note Best Animated Film of 2018. 14th Best Animated Film of the 2010 Decade.
• How to Train Your Dragon 2^note Best Animated Film of 2014. 4th Best Animated Film of the 2010 Decade.
• How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World^note 2nd Best Animated Film of 2019.
• The Hunchback of Notre Dame^note Requested by Nick J.
• Kubo and the Two Strings^note 2nd Best Animated Film of 2016. 7th Best Animated Film of the 2010 Decade.
• Kung Fu Panda 2^note Kung Fu Panda 2 was given this rating before the creation of the seal. 2nd Best Animated Film of 2011. 12th Best Animated Film of the 2010 Decade.
• The LEGO Batman Movie^note 2nd Best Animated Film of 2017. 11th Best Animated Film of the 2010 Decade.
• Moana^note 3rd Best Animated Film of 2016. 13th Best Animated Film of the 2010 Decade.
• The Nightmare Before Christmas^note Requested by Ryan Walterson. This was also his 6th request.
• Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva^note Requested by Luna Jackson.
• Raya and the Last Dragon
• The Rescuers Down Under^note Requested by Thomas Richardson.
• The Secret of Kells
• The Secret World Of Arrietty^note 2nd Best Animated Film of 2012. 19th Best Animated Film of the 2010 Decade.
• A Silent Voice^note Requested by Vanessa Geron
• The Simpsons Movie
• Song of the Sea^note Requested by Gordhan Rajani. This was also his 2nd request.
• South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut
• Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse^note 3rd Best Animated Film of 2018. 17th Best Animated Film of the 2010 Decade.
• The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie^note The only film in the AniMat's Classic Reviews series to not be pulled from the Animation Hat nor be a Patreon request. Rather, it was the winner of a poll created to celebrate AniMat reaching 100,000 subscribers.
• Tangled^note Tangled was given this rating before the creation of the seal. 2nd Best Animated Film of 2010. 16th Best Animated Film of the 2010 Decade.
• The Thief and the Cobbler: Recobbled Cut
• Watership Down
• Whisper of the Heart
• The Wind Rises^note 2nd Best Animated Film of 2014. 10th Best Animated Film of the 2010 Decade.
• Wreck-It Ralph^note Best Animated Film of 2012. 18th Best Animated Film of the 2010 Decade.

Films That Don't Have Either Seal

8.5/10

• Alice in Wonderland^note Requested by Casey Stevens.
• Frozen II^note 3rd Best Animated Film of 2019.
• Mulan

8/10

• An American Tail^note Requested by Thomas Richardson. This was also his 3rd request.
• Arthur Christmas^note 4th Best Animated Film of 2011.
• Balto^note Requested by Karlamon.
• The Book of Life^note 4th Best Animated film of 2014.
• Brave^note 4th Best Animated Film of 2012.
• A Bug's Life
• Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie^note 3rd Best Animated Film of 2017.
• Despicable Me^note 3rd Best Animated Film of 2010.
• Despicable Me 2^note 2nd Best Animated Film of 2013.
• Despicable Me 3^note 4th Best Animated Film of 2017.
• Fantastic Mr. Fox^note Retroactively given the "Seal of Approval" in the Isle of Dogs review, but will be kept here for the sake of consistency
• The Good Dinosaur^note Honorable Mention on 2015 list.
• Hercules^note Requested by RedBandit101. This was also his 3rd request.
• Ice Age
• The King and the Mockingbird
• Kung Fu Panda 3^note 5th Best Animated Film of 2016.
• Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole^note 4th Worst Animated Film of 2010.
• The LEGO Movie^note 5th Best Animated Film of 2014.
• Megamind^note 4th Best Animated Film of 2010.
• Missing Link^note 4th Best Animated Film of 2019.
• Mr. Bug Goes to Town
• ParaNorman^note 5th Best Animated Film of 2012.
• The Peanuts Movie^note 2nd Best Animated Film of 2015.
• Penguin Highway (2018 film)
• The Pirates! Band Of Misfits^note Honorable Mention on 2012 list
• Pocahontas
• The Princess and the Frog^note The first review Mat has ever done.
• Puss in Boots^note 5th Best Animated Film of 2011.
• Ralph Breaks the Internet^note 4th Best Animated Film of 2018.
• Rango^note 3rd Best Animated Film of 2011.
• Rise of the Guardians^note 3rd Best Animated Film of 2012.
• A Scanner Darkly^note Requested by Simon Howells.
• Shaun the Sheep Movie^note 4th Best Animated Film of 2015.
• The Spongebob Movie Sponge Out Of Water^note 3rd Best Animated Film of 2015.
• Surf's Up
• You Are Umasou^note Requested by Jasmine Sawalmah. This was also her 4th request.

7.5/10

• All Dogs Go to Heaven
• Winnie the Pooh^note While it didn't get an Honorable Mention on the 2011 list due to The Lion King 3D taking the spot, AniMat has stated that it is the Best Honorable Mention of 2011.

7/10

• The Animatrix
• Antz^note Requested by RedBandit101. This was also his 2nd request.
• The BFG (1989 film)
• The Boxtrolls^note Best Honorable Mention of 2014.
• The Croods^note 4th Best Animated Film of 2013.
• Early Man^note Honorable Mention on 2018 list
• Epic^note 3rd Best Animated Film of 2013.
• FernGully: The Last Rainforest
• Frankenweenie^note 4th Worst Animated Film of 2012.
• Gnomeo and Juliet^note 5th Worst Animated Film of 2011.
• Hey There, It's Yogi Bear!
• Horton Hears a Who!^note Requested by RedBandit. This was also his 7th request.
• How to Train Your Dragon^note 3rd Worst Animated Film of 2010.
• James and the Giant Peach^note Requested by Ryan Walterson. This was also his 7th request.
• Justice League: The New Frontier^note Requested by Troy Troodon.
• The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part^note 5th Best Animated Film of 2019.
• Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted^note 5th Worst Animated Film of 2012.
• Minions^note 4th Worst Animated Film of 2015.
• Mr. Peabody & Sherman^note Worst Honorable Mention of 2014.
• Onward^note 5th Best Animated Film of 2020.
• The Phantom Tollbooth
• The Point^note Requested by Ryan Leger.
• Rio^note While it didn't get an Honorable Mention on the 2011 list due to The Lion King 3D taking the spot, AniMat has stated that it is the Worst Honorable Mention of 2011.
• Sausage Party^note Best Honorable Mention of 2016.
• Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island
• The Secret Life of Pets^note 3rd Worst Honorable Mention of 2016.
• Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas^note Requested by RedBandit101.
• Sing^note 2nd Best Honorable Mention of 2016.
• Storks^note 3rd Best Honorable Mention of 2016.
• Team America: World Police
• Teen Titans Go! To the Movies^note 5th Best Animated Film of 2018.
• Treasure Planet^note Requested by Peyton Michael. This was also his 7th request.

6/10

• 9
• Abominable^note Middle Honorable Mention of 2019.
• An American Tail: Fievel Goes West^note Requested by Thomas Richardson. This was also his 2nd request.
• The Angry Birds Movie^note Worst Honorable Mention of 2016.
• The Angry Birds Movie 2^note Best Honorable Mention of 2019.
• The Black Cauldron
• Cars 2^note 4th Worst Animated Film of 2011.
• Cars 3^note 5th Best Animated Film of 2017.
• The Croods: A New Age^note 5th Worst Animated Film of 2020.
• Dante's Inferno: An Animated Epic
• DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp
• Ferdinand^note Worst Honorable Mention of 2017.
• The Flight of Dragons^note Requested by Jon Erol Bilgutay.
• Gay Purr-ee^note Requested by Kim Lechman.
• The Grinch^note 4th Worst Animated Film of 2018.
• Ice Age: The Meltdown^note Requested by Brandon Ferretti. This was also his 2nd request.
• Leap!^note 2nd Best Honorable Mention of 2017.
• The Lego Ninjago Movie^note 2nd Worst Honorable Mention of 2017.
• The Little Prince^note 2nd Worst Honorable Mention of 2016.
• Looney Tunes: Back in Action
• Monsters University^note 5th Best Animated Film of 2013.
• My Little Pony: Equestria Girls^note Requested by The Autistic Pony.
• My Little Pony: The Movie (2017)^note Best Honorable Mention of 2017.
• Penguins of Madagascar^note 4th Worst Animated Film of 2014.
• Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure
• Rio 2^note 5th Worst Animated Film of 2014.
• Rock & Rule
• The Secret Life of Pets 2^note 2nd Best Honorable Mention of 2019.
• Sgt. Stubby: An American Hero^note 5th Worst Animated Film of 2018.
• Shrek Forever After^note 2nd Worst Animated Film of 2010.
• The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run^note 4th Worst Animated Film of 2020.
• The Sword in the Stone
• The Transformers: The Movie^note Requested by Matt Schouten.
• Trolls: World Tour^note 3rd Worst Animated Film of 2020.
• Wizards^note Requested by Dave Berkens.

5/10

• Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters
• BIONICLE: Mask Of Light
• The Care Bears Movie
• Dinosaur^note Requested by Daniel Vasquez.
• Happy Feet Two^note 3rd Worst Animated Film of 2011.
• Home^note 3rd Worst Animated Film of 2015.
• Ice Age: Continental Drift^note 2nd Worst Animated Film of 2012.
• Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie
• The King and I
• A Liar’s Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python’s Graham Chapman
• Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch
• The Lorax^note 3rd Worst Animated Film of 2012.
• Mars Needs Moms^note 2nd Worst Animated Film of 2011.
• My Neighbor Totoro^note This is only as a film in itself, though. As a children's film, it got a 8/10. The first review of the AniMat's Classic Reviews series.
• Planes: Fire & Rescue^note 3rd Worst Animated Film of 2014.
• Pokémon: The First Movie
• Quest for Camelot
• SCOOB!^note Worst Animated Film of 2020.
• Smallfoot^note 3rd Worst Animated Film of 2018.
• Smurfs: The Lost Village^note 5th Worst Animated Film of 2017.
• Spies in Disguise^note 2nd Worst Honorable Mention of 2019.
• The Swan Princess^note Requested by JezzMann 94.
• Titan A.E.
• Trolls^note 5th Worst Animated Film of 2016.
• Turbo^note Honorable Mention on 2013 list.
• We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story
• The Wild
• Yo-kai Watch: The Movie^note Requested by Rick Green.

Films He's Given the AniMat Seal of Garbage

4/10

• The Addams Family (2019)^note 3rd Worst Animated Film of 2019. 13th Worst Animated Film of the 2010 Decade.
• Alpha and Omega^note Alpha & Omega was given this rating before the creation of the seal. Worst Animated Film of 2010. 18th Worst Animated Film of the 2010 Decade.
• The Boss Baby^note 4th Worst Animated Film of 2017.
• Chicken Little^note Requested by Jeremy Sherman.
• Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
• Free Birds^note 5th Worst Animated Film of 2013.
• Gumby: The Movie
• Happily Ever After
• Hey Arnold! The Movie
• Hotel Transylvania^note Worst Animated Film of 2012.
• Hotel Transylvania 2^note 2nd Worst Animated Film of 2015.
• Jetsons: The Movie
• Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return^note Worst Animated Film of 2014. 14th Worst Animated Film of the 2010 Decade.
• The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning
• The Nut Job^note 2nd Worst Animated Film of 2014. 20th Worst Animated Film of the 2010 Decade.
• The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature^note 2nd Worst Animated Film of 2017.
• Open Season^note Requested by Ryan Walterson.
• Open Season: Scared Silly^note Requested by Ryan Walterson. This was also his 5th request.
• Planes^note 4th Worst Animated Film of 2013. 16th Worst Animated Film of the 2010 Decade.
• Ratchet & Clank^note 4th Worst Animated Film of 2016. 17th Worst Animated Film of the 2010 Decade.
• Rock-A-Doodle
• Sherlock Gnomes^note 2nd Worst Animated Film of 2018. 19th Worst Animated Film of the 2010 Decade.
• The Star^note 3rd Worst Animated Film of 2017.
• Surf's Up 2: WaveMania^note Requested by Chris Etrata. This was also his 3rd request. The most recent film to ever be reviewed on AniMat's Classic Reviews, with the movie releasing 3 months before the review.
• TMNT
• Uglydolls^note 4th Worst Animated Film of 2019. 15th Worst Animated Film of the 2010 Decade.
• Wonder Park^note 5th Worst Animated Film of 2019.

3/10

• All Dogs Go to Heaven 2
• Beauty and the Beast: Belle's Magical World^note Requested by Tyler "Bio" Rodriguez.
• Escape from Planet Earth^note 2nd Worst Animated Film of 2013. 5th Worst Animated Film of the 2010 Decade.
• Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer
• Happily N'Ever After
• Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil^note First film to receive the seal. Worst Animated Film of 2011. 6th Worst Animated Film of the 2010 Decade.
• Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation^note Worst Animated Film of 2018. 11th Worst Animated Film of the 2010 Decade.
• Ice Age: Collision Course^note 2nd Worst Animated Film of 2016. 10th Worst Animated Film of the 2010 Decade.
• Open Season 2^note Requested by Ryan Walterson. This was also his 2nd request.
• Open Season 3^note Requested by Ryan Walterson. This was also his 3rd request.
• Playmobil: The Movie^note 2nd Worst Animated Film of 2019. 9th Worst Animated Film of the 2010 Decade.
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars
• Strange Magic^note Worst Animated Film of 2015. 8th Worst Animated Film of the 2010 Decade.
• Walking with Dinosaurs^note 3rd Worst Animated Film of 2013. 7th Worst Animated Film of the 2010 Decade.
• The Wild Life^note 3rd Worst Animated Film of 2016. 12th Worst Animated Film of the 2010 Decade.

2/10

• Arctic Dogs^note Worst Animated Film of 2019. 3rd Worst Animated Film of the 2010 Decade.
• Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2^note Worst Animated Film of 2013. 4th Worst Animated Film of the 2010 Decade.
• Doogal^note Requested by Jonathan Booth
• The Emoji Movie^note Worst Animated Film of 2017. Worst Animated Film of the 2010 Decade.
• The Legend of the Titanic^note Requested by Chris Etrata. The first review in Animat's Classic Reviews to be done via a Patreon request.
• In Search of the Titanic^note Requested by Thomas Richardson. This was also his 4th request.
• Norm of the North^note Worst Animated Film of 2016. 2nd Worst Animated Film of the 2010 Decade.

1/10

• Foodfight!^note Requested by Chris Etrata. This was also his 2nd request.
• Where the Dead Go to Die^note Requested by Eric Pineiro. Currently has the lowest score of any animated film reviewed, with a 1/10 on every critique.

Special Reviews

10/10

• Gravity Falls^note Requested by Nick J. This was also his 2nd request.

9/10

• Cowboy Bebop^note Requested by Christopher Gunderson.
• Cybersix^note Requested by Jeremy Sherman. This was also his 4th request.
• Death Note (2006 anime series)^note Requested by Henrik Moi Nilsen.
• Epic Mickey^note Epic Mickey was given this rating before the creation of the Seal of Approval. The first special review Mat has done. (Though it was done in the style of his regular reviews)
• Hot Fuzz^note Requested by Jeremy Sherman. This was also his 3rd request.
• The Muppets^note The Muppets was given this rating before the creation of the Seal of Approval. Also, this was only as a Muppets movie. As a movie in itself, it got a 7.5/10. The first special review to use the "Special Review" style.
• Persistence of Vision

8/10

• Epic Mickey: Power of Illusion
• The Insider^note Requested by Peyton Michael. This was also his 5th request.
• Iron Man^note Requested by Peyton Michael.
• The Jungle Book (2016)
• Knyacki!^note Requested by Jasmine Sawalmah. This was also her 5th request.
• Office Space^note Requested by Peyton Michael. This was also his 3rd request.
• RWBY^note Requested by Gordhan Rajani.
• Saving Mr. Banks
• Small Town^note A book written by Justin Kennon, who also requested the review.
• ×××HOLiC (2006 anime series)^note Requested by Luna Wright.
• The Spectacular Spider-Man^note Requested by Jasmine Sawalmah.
• Telltale's The Walking Dead (Season One)^note Requested by Tyler "Bio" Rodriguez. This was also his 2nd request.
• Wonder Boys^note Requested by Peyton Michael. This was also his 6th request.

7.5/10

• Mary Poppins Returns

7/10

• Cinderella (2015)
• Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two
• Muppets Most Wanted
• Newsies^note Requested by RedBandit. This was also his 5th request.
• October Sky^note Requested by Peyton Michael. This was also his 2nd request.
• Peter Pan (2003)^note Requested by RedBandit. This was also his 8th request.
• Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales^note This is only as being the final film in the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, though. If a sixth film were to come, it gets a 6/10.
• Pokémon Detective Pikachu
• Quaq Quao^note Requested by Jasmine Sawalmah. This was also her 3rd request.
• Richard Simmons Aerobics Videos^note Requested by Pokematic. Reviewed videos include The Stomach Formula, Tonin' Uptown, and Sweatin' to the Oldies.
• Tomorrowland

6/10

• 100 Greatest Cartoons^note Requested by Simon Howells. This was also his 2nd request. The first special review to be done via a Patreon request.
• Aladdin (2019)
• Beauty and the Beast (2017)
• Christopher Robin
• Hellsing Ultimate^note Requested by Jamie Martínez.
• The Incredibles (BOOM! Comics)^note Requested by Dave Berkens. This was also his 2nd request.
• Mulan (2020)
• Pete's Dragon (2016)
• Sonic the Hedgehog (2020)
• Stretch Armstrong and the Flex Fighters^note Requested by Jasmine Sawalmah. This was also her 6th request.
• Tiger Mask W^note This is only as a regular anime series, though. As an anime for wrestling fans, it got an 8/10. Requested by Justin Kennon. This was also his 2nd request.

5/10

• Dumbo (2019)
• Hop^note Requested by Ryan Walterson. This was also his 4th request.
• The Lion King^note Worst Honorable Mention of 2019.
• Maleficent

4/10

• Alice Through the Looking Glass
• Cats (1998 direct-to-video film)^note Requested by Kim Lechman. This was also her 3rd request.
• The Happytime Murders^note Requested by Daniel Vasquez. This was also his 2nd request.
• Maleficent: Mistress of Evil

3/10

• Escape from Tomorrow
• Tom & Jerry (2021)

2/10

• Serenity (2019 film)^note Requested by Daniel Vasquez. This was also his 3rd request.

1/10

• Bratz (2007 film)^note Requested by Jeremy Sherman. This was also his 2nd request.

Not given any rating

• BioShock Infinite^note Requested by Tyler "Bio" Rodriguez. This was also his 4th request. While not given any rating, the game did receive the Seal of Approval.
• The singing career of Paige O'Hara^note Requested by Tyler "Bio" Rodriguez. This was also his 3rd request.

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His videos provide examples of:

• Arch-Enemy: He refers to Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs as this. Time will tell if Norm of the North, a film he considers worse than Cloudy, replaces it.
• Berserk Button:
  • The Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs films, but especially the sequel in any sort of context (he likes the books though). Just watching it for a second in the animation montage at the Oscars made him go on a short rant, comparing the Academy acknowledging its existence to an American Heroes slideshow featuring Charles Manson.
  • Environmental messages thrown in at the last minute, particularly in Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 and Jetsons: The Movie.
• Big "NO!": During his Nightmare Sequence in the “Top 10 Worst Films Based on a Cartoon” episode.
• The Cameo:
  • Hewy Toonmore appears in “Don Bluth Part 4” upon hearing about AniMat's signed DVD copy of The Secret of NIMH.
  • Mr. Coat and his fellow members appear at the end of the “Top 10 Worst Films Based on a Cartoon” episode.
• Catchphrase:
  • “Hey guys, this is AniMat.”
  • "Let's find out!"
  • “See ya later, dudes!”
  • “What the fridge!?”
• Caustic Critic: Averted. While AniMat isn't a professional film critic, and his reviews are, for all intents and purposes, an entertainment web series, he mostly gives a fair criticism for the works he reviews. He does get rant-y when it comes to reviewing a work he dislikes, though.
• Cliffhanger: Used at the end of his review of Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two. The following review is the spinoff game Epic Mickey: Power of Illusion.
• Content Warnings: This is used prior the Number 1 Worst spot of the “Top 5 Best & Worst Animated Films of 2012” (Hotel Transylvania).
  Voice Over: Warning: The following animated film may cause blindness of rage and angry comments due to it being on the worst list at #1. It may contain arguments about the film that not everyone would want to hear. If you’d like to avoid this, please skip ahead to here (20:13). If not, then please listen and try to understand the reasons why it’s at #1 on the worst list. You have been warned.
• *Cough* Snark *Cough*: He considers Dracula from Hotel Transylvania to be a ripoff of Marlin from Finding Nemo because of the Overprotective Dad role, and another reason.
  AniMat: (coughs “dead wife”)
• Dork Age: invoked What he feels Sony Pictures Animation is going through. He believes that after the first Cloudy film was released, they started going on a downward spiral (not counting the Aardman co-productions), fueled by poor corporate decisions and other matters. He claims in his review of Surf's Up that if they don't progress, then eventually they will be shut down. However, he has expressed positive interest in Smurfs: The Lost Village, praising the character designs revealed in a photo and the animation in the teaser trailer, considering it promising overall. Unfortunately, though, Mat thinks that it might not save the company since it, and The Star, are at high competition with other movies (Mainly, The Fate of the Furious and Star Wars: The Last Jedi, respectively^note The Star has now been set to release in November 10th. Unfortunately, though, he still thinks it would be a flop because Coco, which releases in the same month, would most likely overshadow it.). To make matters worse with The Star, it is mainly a Christian movie, so Mat feels that it most likely won't bring in a large audience. And to add extra salt to the wound, they made The Emoji Movie...Yeah...
• Double Standard:
  • He has repeatedly taken a potshot against films that are primarily aimed at younger audiences because they tend to be lazily written to squeeze money out of the most gullible of all audiences. However, he made an exception to My Neighbor Totoro, which he doesn't personally enjoy very much, but appreciated the thought put into it, and even gave it two separate grades (as a kid's movie, and as a movie in general).
  • He also did not seem to have any issue tearing Sony Pictures Animation apart for losing Lauren Faust as a director, while ignoring similar instances of this happening at other studios.
• Everyone Has Standards: His "it's fine to have disagreements over movies and television" viewpoint comes to an abrupt end when it comes to Where the Dead Go to Die.
• Evil Laugh: During his “exit” at the end of the “Top 10 Scariest Disney Moments” episode.
• Fanon Discontinuity:
  • invoked During his Zootopia review, he mentioned that Zootopia is Disney's first computer-animated feature that uses a world full of anthropomorphic animals. As he was saying this, an image of Chicken Little popped up from the corner, and AniMat quickly shoved it away, screaming, "NO! Shut up! That movie doesn't exist!" Averted later on though, as he does openly acknowledge Chicken Little both near the end of the Zootopia review, and in its own review.
  • He's also implied to hold this sentiment toward Muppets from Space.
• Fatal Flaw: He states that the addition of non-stop voiceovers in the Walking with Dinosaurs movie completely destroys the experience.
• Four Point Scale: Averted. He has a ten-point scale and tends to distribute his rankings evenly. Anything below a five gets a Seal of Garbage, and he only tends to give one Seal of Approval (9+) per year.
  • Only sixteen films (or seventeen pieces of media if Special reviews are counted) have a perfect score, and only three of them did so in the year they were released as opposed to being on AniMat's Classic Reviews.
• Heroic BSoD:
  • In his Animation Lookback series on Pixar, he briefly turned into a sobbing wreck and needed a time off after realizing that Pixar made its first bad movie that is Cars 2.
  • After watching Where the Dead Go to Die, his brain needed a CTRL-ALT-DEL.
  • Also happened near the end of his Lets Watch of The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure.
• I Work Alone: Most of his videos are made only by himself.
• The Ken Burns Effect: Being a documentary series, Animation Lookback features a lot of this.
• Medal of Dishonor: His "Seal of Garbage", which he hands to films he rates below 5/10.
• The Mockbuster: He calls Turbo a full-on ripoff of Cars.
• Nice Guy: Most of the time. He has become more opinionated in recent years, though.
• Nightmare Sequence: In the “Top 10 Worst Films Based on a Cartoon” episode, Mr. Coat members bombard him with “announced” live-action film adaptations of cartoons.
• The One Thing I Don't Hate About You: He admits the only redeeming thing about Gribble in Mars Needs Moms is that he’s the only human character who actually looks like a human, as opposed to the others.
• Precision F-Strike: From his review of The Emoji Movie: "So with that said, f*** Sony, f*** emojis, and F*** THIS MOVIE!!!"
• "Psycho" Strings: He uses these in his "Top 10 Worst Sequels" when he shows the Yellow Bellies' song in The Land Before Time XIII: The Wisdom of Friends.
  • He uses them again in the "Top 10 Animated Box Office Bombs" when he shows some details of a planned CGI remake of Yellow Submarine.
• Rage Quit: Animat Watches Bratz the Movie. Animat dropped a censored F* bomb and says that he is done with Bratz the Movie with only Twenty Minutes left of it's run-time. Also counts as Screw This, I'm Outta Here!.
• Running Gag: Whenever a film is overly cutesy and trying to pander to a very young demographic (i.e. A Troll in Central Park, The Care Bears Movie, and to a lesser extent Trolls), expect him to use the phrase "happy rainbow butterfly pony flowers."
• Shout-Out: Crossover links.
  • To the web series Vaulting in his review of Jetsons: The Movie.
  • To his fans who personally did the ultimate Patreon pledge in their requested review. (Click on the "notes" for films in italics or bolded italics for the names of the Patrons)
• Something Completely Different:
  • He reviewed all of the Epic Mickey games, which include Epic Mickey, Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two, and Epic Mickey: Power of Illusion.
  • He reviewed the live action films The Muppets, Muppets Most Wanted, Saving Mr. Banks, Escape from Tomorrow, and Maleficent. The first two, because he's a huge Muppet fan, the third because it's about the making of a half-animated feature film and he's a huge Disney nut, the third because it's an independent film that looks at the "dark side" of Disney, and the fourth because it is a remake of Disney’s Sleeping Beauty.
  • His review of Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 was done in a vlog style, completely different from all his other reviews. This is because he was going into way more detail about why he hated this particular film (particularly when talking about the animation).
    • He would later do the same with his review of Where the Dead Go to Die, but unlike the previous, he only did it since a lot of the movie is way too messed up and violent to be shown on any website.
  • He has also reviewed Persistence of Vision, a documentary about The Thief and the Cobbler.
• So Okay, It's Average: invokedThese types of films usually receive the 5-6 score from him.
• Soundtrack Dissonance: He demonstrates in his review of The Legend of the Titanic how replacing the soundtrack can make Tentacles very threatening.
• Spiritual Successor: He considers Epic to be the spiritual successor to Rise of the Guardians.
• Standard Snippet: The end of reviews have one of five themes depending on how high a score the film got. These include:
  • The Seal of Approval worthy films get the celebration remix from Super Smash Bros. Melee Smashing... Live! Live Orchestra Music Track 5: Original Medley.
  • Films scoring an eight or seven get the orchestra "stage clear" theme from Sonic the Hedgehog (2006)
  • Films scoring a six or five get the tense $500,000 question music and the "Final Answer" jingle from Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?.
  • Films scoring a four or three play the Game Over music from Sonic the Hedgehog & 2.
  • Films scoring a two or one get a snippet of the demonic climax part of the "King of Pride Rock" score from The Lion King. However, due to copyright issues with Universal Music Group, the music was later switched to the Game Over music from Super Mario 64, starting with the Arctic Dogs review.
• Strictly Formula: Anytime something he's reviewing has this, he ends with "Rinse and repeat."
• Take That!:
  • When he responds to a question on why he reviewed the CGI/live-action hybrid Walking with Dinosaurs movie and not The Smurfs 2.
    AniMat: Look, Walking with Dinosaurs did it much more differently so that the animation plays a bigger role. How 'bout I say no and forget it so that both of our lives would be much more simpler.
  • During the CN Real segment in Part 4 of his Animation Lookback on Cartoon Network, he gives a little jab at Fox News with this:
    AniMat: If you take away the "Fox" from Fox News, then you would get a channel that would report real news from credible journalists that would respect women.
  • When bringing up the Misaimed Fandom of Coonskin in Part 2 of his Animation Lookback on Ralph Bakshi, he brings up pictures of Kentucky Senator Mitch McConnell, Attorney General Jeff Sessions, actor and far-right activist James Woods, actor and martial artist Steven Seagal, Fox News correspondents Sean Hannity and Tomi Lahren, alt-right leader Richard Spencer, and a klansmen.
  • The entire Office Space review is an elaborate one towards The Nostalgia Critic.
• Talking Poo: In his review of The Emoji Movie, he mocks Poop as being a possible mascot for Sony Pictures Animation: "A poorly-drawn animated piece of crap that spews jokes that no one would ever think is funny."

• The Stinger: Mat often ends Animation Lookbacks with these, most of them just directly hinting at the subject of the next lookback.
  • More recent installments have done a more traditional stinger. The History of The Thief and the Cobbler ends on a shot of four Disney films arranged in a circle while the words "10 Years Later" appears below them, and The History of Walt Disney Animation Studios+ ends on a upward panning shot from Mat's Disney film collection to a poster of The Muppets while Rainbow Connection plays.
• This Is Gonna Suck: Has this reaction in his review of Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie when he finds out the franchise is a Religious Edutainment series, and of course religion does have a tendency to lead to widely heated discussions online even if he tries his best to review the film objectively.

• Why Won't You Die?: Brought up word-for-word at the beginning of his review of Ice Age: Collision Course:
  I would like to categorize Ice Age as a zombie franchise, where no matter how many times you keep shooting at it, it always comes back and all you can do is shout out "WHY WON'T YOU DIE!?"
• X Meets Y: invokedHe describes Gnomeo and Juliet as “Romeo and Juliet meets Toy Story”.

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