What denotes a Big Toon?

T3H_CH3K7_888 · **Joined:** Sat Feb 14, 2009 1:59 pm **Posts:** 147

I know it's not the length, I mean Commandos in the Classroom is longer than some of the Big Toons. What's the difference?

flicky1991 · **Posted:** Fri Mar 20, 2009 7:52 pm

The Brothers Chaps choose, really. Maybe the ones they put the most effort into count as Big, even if they're not big in length.

Mr. Daniel Goss · **Posted:** Fri Mar 20, 2009 11:29 pm

The ones that are (as you can tell) worked really hard on.

DorianGray · **Posted:** Sat Mar 21, 2009 5:22 am

The way I've heard it on the wiki, is it's not what denotes a big toon, it's what denotes a short. A short is typically more of a little "slice of life" type toon, whereas the big toons try to tell a particular story from point A to point B.

Lovin' that Coach Z · **Posted:** Sat Mar 21, 2009 2:11 pm

DorianGray wrote:

The way I've heard it on the wiki, is it's not what denotes a big toon, it's what denotes a short. A short is typically more of a little "slice of life" type toon, whereas the big toons try to tell a particular story from point A to point B.

So, then Career Day was sort of a short?

Heimstern Läufer · **Posted:** Sun Mar 22, 2009 6:38 am

Yeah, I kind of think Career Day is miscategorized, personally. I was talking with Dot com about it on IRC, and he said the same. It seems more like a short than a Big Toon to me.

Bad Bad Guy · **Joined:** Fri Nov 16, 2007 2:31 am **Posts:** 836

I wonder if the only reason it was a Big Toon was because TBC realized how long it's been since they last did one.

DorianGray · **Posted:** Sun Mar 22, 2009 10:25 pm

They shoulda just waited a week, then. =3

CaptainPastHisPrime · **Posted:** Mon Mar 23, 2009 2:59 pm

I think the length of a toon should be a factor, especially if it's above four minutes in length. I know you said it's not, but it should be.

Plus, some "shorts" may also tell a story from point A to point B, just like the big toons, such as "Looking At a Thing In a Bag", "No Hands On Deck" and "The Homestar Runner Gets Something Stuck In His Craw".

ComputerBox · **Joined:** Fri Jul 28, 2006 1:40 am **Posts:** 31

I always thought it was "big toons have a title card, shorts don't", but now they've been making exceptions to that so...

T3H_CH3K7_888 · **Joined:** Sat Feb 14, 2009 1:59 pm **Posts:** 147

You make a good point, Captain. But what's a title card?

Bad Bad Guy · **Joined:** Fri Nov 16, 2007 2:31 am **Posts:** 836

A title card is the thing that says what the toon is called. Here's an example:

Unfortunately, this example is from a short.

T3H_CH3K7_888 · **Joined:** Sat Feb 14, 2009 1:59 pm **Posts:** 147

Right, right, yeah, right, right. Like credits and stuff.

CaptainPastHisPrime · **Posted:** Fri Apr 17, 2009 5:50 am

T3H_CH3K7_888 wrote:

Right, right, yeah, right, right. Like credits and stuff.

Except most toons have abandoned credits. Only the Halloween toons still carry credits, and even they don't really mention the names of the people working on them anymore like they used to.

Charlie Jr. · **Posted:** Fri Apr 17, 2009 9:21 pm

That's probably because most of their fans already know who's responsible for what. Then again, newcomers will have to watch the earliest before watching the latest.

Bad Bad Guy · **Joined:** Fri Nov 16, 2007 2:31 am **Posts:** 836

I doubt newcomers care to know who's involved.

Omnisweater · **Posted:** Sat Apr 18, 2009 2:51 am

Bad Bad Guy wrote:

I doubt newcomers care to know who's involved.

Wouldn't newcomers be the most curious? It seems pretty difficult to learn anything about Mike and Matt from the website. I'm not sure if their full names are even on there. I'd be very curious if I hadn't found the wiki so early on.

T3H_CH3K7_888 · **Joined:** Sat Feb 14, 2009 1:59 pm **Posts:** 147

Omnisweater wrote:

Bad Bad Guy wrote:

I doubt newcomers care to know who's involved.

Wouldn't newcomers be the most curious? It seems pretty difficult to learn anything about Mike and Matt from the website. I'm not sure if their full names are even on there. I'd be very curious if I hadn't found the wiki so early on.

Of course their full names are on there! They're at least in SBCG4AP from what I can remember, that's how I got into H*R. SBCG4AP I mean.

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