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Last night, companies across America dumped millions of dollars into crafting the world's most perfect commercial. What did their millions dream up? Star Wars gags, Seinfeld, and the apocalypse. Here are the best (and the worst) scifi commercials from the Super Bowl.

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Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was the first full-length cel-animated feature to appear on the big screen. But if things had gone a little differently, that honor might have gone to John Carter of Mars, which MGM was developing with legendary animator Bob Clampett. We do, however, have some remains of the failed project in the form of Clampett's test animation. More »
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Aardman Animations, the people behind Wallace and Gromit and Chicken Run, are doing new claymation shorts starring DC Comics superheroes as part of Cartoon Network's new DC Nation block of programming. (Which will also include Plastic Man cartoons and a short series about superheroines teaming up called Super Best Friends Forever.) And now, here's your first glimpse at Aardman's take on DC characters. Could there anything cuter than claymation Catwoman explaining (in a little girl's overdubbed voice) that her cat mask covers her nose? And then... the hairball. More »
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Sometimes, Hollywood sets out to make a fun movie for kids — and it winds up being nightmare fuel for everyone, including adults. Whether it's Dumbo's drunken severed elephant head monster dreams, or the helping hands from Labyrinth, supposedly cute movies have been freaking us out for years. More »
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You were at a Halloween party last night. That's cool, we've got you covered. In this week's installment of Saturday Morning Cartoons, we'll take a look at new episodes of Thundercats, Clone Wars, X-Men Anime, and more! More »
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For some reason, good ‘ol cartoons like we grew up with in the 80s and 90s (and earlier) don't come on during Saturday mornings anymore. Maybe it's because anyone who is awake and would watch is sleeping. But it doesn't matter, we've got you covered. In this week's installment of Saturday Morning Cartoons, we'll take a look at new episodes of Ben 10: Ultimate Alien, Young Justice, and more! Minor spoilers ahead. More »
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We have don't know just how long MTV has been releasing old Liquid TV shorts on their website, but what we do know is that this news is pure, uncut awesome. After years of watching crummy youtubes of the most f-ed up cartoons and shorts ever made, MTV has finally decided to release all the contents of Liquid Television online. Which means, all the Psycho-Grams and Winter Steele episodes you want! More »
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Disney gave us all a little G-rated True Blood action with a touch of Teen Wolf in the mix, in an upcoming episode of Phineas and Ferb. Guests voice actors Stephen Moyer, Anna Paquin and the Teen Wolf himself, Michael J Fox, stopped by to give you a sneak peek from the fake vampire film, The Curse of Candace! More »
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Behold the reason the internet was created. To match up Disney music with surprisingly appropriate movies about mutants stopping the The Cuban Missile Crisis. We give you the Disney/X-Men mash-up set to the tune of Mulan's "I'll Make a Man Out of You" sung by Donny Osmond. More »
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Welcome to the second io9 music smackdown! We're putting together the ultimate science fiction (and fantasy) playlist - all the music that everyone should have on his or her iPod. More »
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Ever wondered where Gaston and Ursula the Sea Witch went after they died? Why, they almost certainly went to Walt Disney's cartoon Hell, as depicted in the 1929 Silly Symphonies short "Hell's Bells." More »
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How can you redeem the terrible 1978 Lord Of The Rings animated movie? Simple: Add G-strings and pasties! More »
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Check out this totally fake, but still incredibly awesome, promo for a Batgirl animated series that aired during Batman: The Brave and the Bold. Doesn't it make you want to see a CG Batgirl for real? More »
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There are only five episodes remaining to Futurama's sixth season, and we managed to see a lot of them at the show's Comic-Con panel. Including the entirety of an insanely funny anime segment! More »
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Captain Planet is getting his own live-action movie debut — which means we're getting a blue, mostly-shirtless superhero who sports a bright red caplet, hot pants, boots and a green mullet. SOLD. More »
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What if Shredder, Splinter, Rocksteady and Bebop were real? What if the toxic ooze that created the 90s action film Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles spilled into the sewers today? The results would probably look a lot like this. More »
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You don't really think of Optimus Prime as being much of a jokester, but he's actually quite funny in this exclusive clip from Saturday's new episode of Transformers Prime. More »
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Is this the return of the infamous she-Bender character Coilette? The first ever clip for the brand new season of Futurama gives everyone at Planet Express a gender-swap. Meet male Leela and Amy right now. More »
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We're used to seeing the Statue of Liberty get trashed in speculative fiction, but this strange cartoon from Harper's Weekly on May 28, 1887 turned Lady Liberty into a dystopian, Castle Greyskull-style train station. More »
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Skeletor is known for his nefarious schemes, wheezy laugh, and for being a 1980s fashion iconoclast (after all, he more or less invented the hood/loin cloth/ram's skull staff combo). More »
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If you thought the new rebooted TMNT series was going to look like this released image, you've been tricked. EW has a short clip of the new CG Turtles in action. We're worried about the rebirth of NYC's mutants. More »
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First there was Voltron Girl, then there was this fantastic movie concept art, now Hollywood is primed and ready to make the 80s cartoon into a movie, and they're battling over the rights to the cat robot! More »
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In between the original Tron and Disney's recent Tron: Legacy is the animated series TRON: Uprising, which explains what happened under the dark reign of Clu. Watch the new trailer now... and find out who could be the next Tron. More »
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A few weeks ago Hipster Ariel was burning up the memes - now her snarky Ray-Ban rants are being picked up by the rest of the Disney Princess crew. We give you Hipster Mulan, Pocahontas, Jasmine, Snow White, and more. More »
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Worlds — and disproportionate body figures — collided today. Check out this mash-up of Jessica Rabbit and Princess Leia. The result: teeny tiny feet, and a waistline that would snap in half if she tried to stand up. But we're not complaining. More »
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We love this mashup of Back to the Future's Doc Brown with an Ed Roth-style hot rod freakout drawing. The Delorean would have been perfect for the Rat Fink cartoonist, whose crazy style became synonymous with custom car culture of the 1960s and 70s. You can get this picture on a t-shirt today only at Tee Fury for $10. More »
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Robb Pratt, who's animated for Disney films such as Pocahontas and Fantasia 2000, has created this marvelous Man of Steel short, Superman Classic. It's absolutely charming and brings to mind Max Fleischer's old-school Superman serials, right down to the clanking robots. More »
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We thought we'd seen every weird and zany translation of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet — but we were wrong. We give you the first ever clips from Gnomeo and Juliet, the story of two star-crossed CG animated garden gnomes. Our only question now is: How do two ceramic gnomes off themselves? More »
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The other members of the Thundercats are looking a lot more anime-inspired in their new cartoon incarnation. But the character who's undergone the biggest changes by far, is the beloved the mascot of planet Thundera, Snarf. Here's the first look at the new version Snarf... whose speech patterns may be very different than what you're used to. More »
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Qui-Gon Jinn may be dead, but he's not gone. Liam Neeson is bringing back the Master Jedi on Star Wars: Clone Wars by voicing the CG character (who appears in Obi-Wan's visions). Watch his return now! More »
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Check out a whole gallery of images from this teenaged Batman animated series that never got off the ground, Gotham High. Harvey Dent versus Poison Ivy for class president, emo Joker... This would have been epic. More »
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Too long have we gone without some quality Tusken Raider or Darth Vader upskirt. Well wait no more — this odd collection of Star Wars pinups will finally answer that nagging question, "What do Admiral Ackbar's wife's legs look like?" More »
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As usual, Taiwan's Next Media Animation has brought its A-game to its coverage of the Arkansas and Louisiana black bird deaths. In NMA's hands, this mystery's become a perplexing video collage featuring a cigarette-smoking cat and a military dog. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5724990&view=rss&microfeed=true We've got an exclusive clip from the new Family Guy: It's A Trap! Star Wars special, in which Vader Stewie reveals the new Death Star's going to have free wi-fi! Watch over 9 minutes before it's out on DVD. More »
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The first trailer for Family Guy's spoof of Return Of The Jedi is here, and it's not a trap! Meg makes her big debut as the Sarlacc, and Peter is still kicking clone butt as Han. Watch it now. More »
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Maybe our expectations were a little high, after compiling the best moments of past Treehouses of Horror, but last night's Simpsons special was a bit lackluster. However, there were at least two few funny jokes — and here they are. More »
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Tomorrow The Simpsons will unveil their 22nd Treehouse of Horror episode. In honor of this creepy cavalcade, we've rounded up Treehouse's top 10 horror stories. What made the cut? Dolphin overlords, doughnut rain, and an extraterrestrial Bob Dole. More »
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Producer Robert Zemeckis verifies that the Roger Rabbit sequel still hasn't been plunged into a giant vat of dip. We're still not 100% behind Roger Rabbit 2 - but like it or not, here it comes. More »
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This Krang costume could easily be the best Halloween costume of 2010. We challenge you to find something more awe-inspiring than this talking and moving Krang get up. Watch it in action. More »
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We've got an exclusive look inside the pages of Royal Flush magazine's "settlin' the score" feature. And this issue, the the Smurfs are battling the Snorks. Two toons enter - only one toon lives! Find out who's the winner. More »
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