Trope Workshop:Animation Evolution

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Let's just say you hopped on to your favorite show after not attending to it for quite some time... You are excited that you're finally getting back into something you were attached to that you haven't done in like months... or. YEARS, then you turn on the TV --- and you start to contemplate how long you've been away from that show... because the animation on it has gotten... how do you put it? better. Or worse.

Don't confuse with Art Evolution, because that only applies to the art, the style, or the appearance of the media looks. This page specifically applies to the animation movements changing as time went on, and not as a quick Animation Bump that lasts only for like, 3 seconds. Nope, this applies to the permanent change to the animation style that continues on for the rest of the series.

Examples of Animation Evolution include:

Western Animation

• Dora the Explorer: Much like Family Guy, the show's style for the character movements got more composed and cheated on the camera view as time when on, and seasons after 1 fixed any off-model issues (especially noticeable with seasons after the 4^th).
• Family Guy: After the show got un-canceled in the mid-2000s, the animation style for the characters gradually got FAR more stiff and composed, almost lacking any fluidity at all, are facing mainly in a 3/4 angle, and are moving as if you are fast forwarding the program. All of this is a far contrast to the more fluid, Simpsons-like style of the pre-cancelation seasons (Seasons 1-3).
• Rocko's Modern Life: The pilot episode, which is Trash-O-Madness, originally, not only had a far cruder artstyle, but it also original had slightly more squash and stretch and fluid animation compared to most of the real show, all of this is possibly due to the fact that this short was actually animated domestically by Joe Murray (the show's creator) himself in his own studio rather than being outsourced to Korea. This is especially noticeable in the 1993 expanded cut that aired as part of the series, where numerous scenes are added/reanimated whilst simultaneously reusing shots from the original version. (The only difference made to the original footage is that Rocko's color is changed from yellow to beige.)
• SpongeBob Squarepants: Back in the classic age (S1-3) for the series' earliest years on air, the series sported fairly rubberhose and cartoony animation, and the characters were often prone to over-the-top expressions. Post-2005, however, after the 1^st ever movie came out, the series' animation is now way more condensed and economic, and the expressions become far more dull. This change got reversed, however, after the 2^nd movie came out, and is now back to the cartoon-ish nature when the show 1^st started, except now the animation has even more rubber and exaggeration than before, which was lowered around about after the 12^th season wrapped up.
• The Fairly OddParents! went through this with near the end of their last season where the animation suddenly went from traditionally animated to flash animated.
• During its' long run, Arthur went through a different animation style for the characters as their movements got more stiff.