And of course, The Simpsons makes fun of just about everything.Īnimaniacs (Tom Ruegger, original series 1993-1998) and its spin-off, Pinky and the Brain (Tom Ruegger, 1995-1998) (Fig. The Disney Renaissance also films hark back to earlier Disney features and classic Broadway shows, while The Tick pokes fun of superhero comics and animation. For example, Roger Rabbit not only uses some of the early Golden Age cartoons as a reference point, but also makes use of (and perhaps gently parodies) the Tex Avery style in the characters of Jessica and Roger Rabbit. These included movies like Who Framed Roger Rabbit (Robert Zemeckis, 1988), The Little Mermaid (Ron Clements & John Musker, 1989), and Beauty and the Beast (Gary Trousdale & Kirk Wise, 1991), as well as TV shows like The Simpsons (Matt Groening, 1990-), Rugrats (Arlene Klasky, Gábor Csupó, and Paul Germain, original run 1991-1994), The Tick (Ben Edlund, 1994-1997), and Batman: The Animated Series (Bruce Timm, Paul Dini & Mitch Brian, 1992-1995). While these may seem like a disparate collection, they do have a few things in common – most notably, the use of parody and/or a sense of nostalgia. Starting in the very late 1980s and early 1990s, moviegoers and television watchers in the United States saw a wave of high-quality animation.
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