what's your favorite scene in cartoon history?

[rtil]

you can only pick one!

mine is the finale of episode 5 of cowboy bebop, ballad of fallen angels. in this scene you get your first real glimpse of spike's former life as he slowly falls from the window, with amazing music and animation. it really strikes me every time i see it, ever since the first time i did 10 years ago.
Cowboy Bebop - Ballad of Fallen Angels - Green Bird

[trent bortknob]

this is the first one that came to mind; the chase scene from "the thief and the cobbler". i watched this whole movie one night on youtube when zekey linked it to me, and this scene really struck me. the animation is just incredible, and the whole scene is very creative and inventive in its execution. the whole movie is like that, but this scene in particular really showcases the strengths of the film.

The Thief And The Cobbler - Chase Scene

[psi43]

South Park-La resistance lives on, music video in HD.

i'm pretty sure that most of you will say "oh psi picked south park how obvious" but really, every time I see the south park movie this medley gets me so worked up for the even more amazing ending of the movie. I get the chills every time I see this and there aren't really any other animations or real life shows that give me repetitive chills when watching certain scenes.

Also the audio quality in this one is kind of lame, it all sounds so clustered into another, in the original it sounds a lot cleaner.

[Gladius]

Tom and Jerry Dicky Moe

Skip to 5:35

[Sinitron]

ya

dicky moe is probably THE most unforgettable tom and jerry cartoon if not THE most memorable cartoon of ALL TIME fuck your gay anime bullshit m8 ..|.,

[rtil]

with all due respect i'm a huge fan of mgm, fleischer, wb, terrytoons, etc so no neeed for the  'fuck your gay anime bullshit' comment, a close 2nd for me is what's opera doc, but i'd pick the entire episode and not just a scene from it

[psi43]

okay fuck south park, just to annoy sinister i will pick the following instead:

The Epic Fight - Luffy Vs Lucci Amv

the fight between Luffy and Lucci of One Piece. This was - i think - the last major battle in One Piece as of now and definitely the most amazing one so far. The detail that went into the animation (a great deal of it was shaded, unlike most animes do), the fluid animation and the very very few repetitions of animation make one piece fights some of the best anime scenes I have ever seen. They are also always very creative, entertaining to watch and unlike dragonball, they don't have as many filler episodes to drag fights out into 20+ episodes, usually they just last for 2-4 episodes, depending on how impactful the fight is to the storyline (this case here is a long fight, because he's basically taking out one of the strongest guy in an underground organization which has more influence on their world than the government itself).

[Gladius]

creative? looks like 2 fist of the north star rejects

[CoolDrMoney]

I think this is my favorite scene in animation. Though the animation wasn't necessarily something extraordinary, it still was good. The main thing I like is the design and how incredibly beautiful and stylistic the forest is. I remember seein this part and being awe struck.

The Secret of Kells - Aisling's Forrest

2nd place would be the Krom'Kroa scene in this movie.

[Alta Don]

Futurama// seymour waits for fry (jurassic bark ending)

[CoolDrMoney]

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[trent bortknob]

yeah there are some really great spongebob scenes, i just haven't seen the show in so long i don't  really remember them all.

[rtil]

too many to pick from season 1-5

[Hnilmik]

I'm not sure if it's my absolute favorite scene in cartoon history, but it is the first one to come to mind that had an effect on me even when I was still learning English in kindergarten, as Vietnamese was first language.

Balto - White Wolf Scene [Aniu]

A lot of this scene speaks for itself while using very few words to boot.

[dinky-dau]

The ending sequence of Swing You Sinners (at about 7:10)
Swing You Sinners! (1930)

[emanhattan]

i think this cartoon is the reason why i wanted to become an cartoonist...ive never seen anything quite like it even till this day.i was very young when i first watched it and my jaw dropped at the incredibly subtle body language. even as a kid i thought "wow this is really unique". and its got a great story too!
i especially like the way it ends, beginning from 11:00 where a character realizing he wants to follow his dream accidentally causes everyone else to reach theirs as well.
badass music, badass animation, cool story, and likeable characters, whats not to love

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYk_dU4IWVg&feature=player_embedded#!

[naturally]

the train scene in spirited away. that scene means a lot of things to me and i'll never forget it.

The Sixth Station - Joe Hisaishi

unfortunately it's not on youtube. rtil's is my 2nd.

[trent bortknob]

i didn't see spirited away until 2 or 3 months ago but i really really liked it. i saw the dub though, i bet the original voice acting with subs would have been even better

[emanhattan]

i still havent seen it but thanks to taylor now ill watch it with subtitles for optimal enjoyment

[dilly]

the hunchback of notre dame - hellfire HD

The Hunchback of Notre Dame in itself is an awesome movie. This scene in particular is beautiful. You see the antagonist of the film questioning his God as to why he is corrupted by one of whom he has been trying to rid from his city. He then asks his God for permission to then say "hey, this feeling is ok if it's me, but if not, kill her,". This is powerful to me because it shows how, even in this fictional setting, political and religious figures are corrupted, then seem to see how nothing is wrong because they'll just claim "it was just sin. God forgives me etc"

I found this a very bold move that not only a Disney film would have, but an animated film, presents. That and how could you not love those choirs belting out Latin.