Editing Animutation (section)

==Recurring themes==
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===Audio===
Animutations can be based on songs of foreign, independent, or mainstream origin. [[Japanese language|Japanese]] songs were used in many of the original animutations by Neil Cicierega, but newer animutations use songs in a wide variety of languages, including [[English language|English]], [[Dutch language|Dutch]] and gibberish.

[[Image:Irrational Exuberance.JPG|thumb|Screen shot from Irrational Exuberance (yatta), a popular animutation using the Japanese song "[[Yatta (song)|Yatta]]", known for classic examples of [[soramimi]] from "misheard" English lyrics ]]
The foreign language songs are often [[mondegreen|"misheard"]] into English by the creators and added as subtitles.  The words are not translations but [[soramimi]]s, English words that sound roughly the same as the original lyrics.  For example, the animutation title "French erotic film" is a soramimi of the original Dutch lyrics "Weet je wat ik wil" in an [[Ome Henk]] song.  The actual translation of the lyrics is "Do you know what I want?"

===Recurring motifs===
Though animutations are close in relation to the random nonsense of [[dadaism]] and can be entirely unpredictable, they sometimes exhibit recurring memes among them as a result of being influenced by each other and internet culture.  Among the many recurring motifs found in animutations are:
*The inclusion of Canadian comedian [[Colin Mochrie]] from ''[[Whose Line Is It Anyway? (American TV series)|Whose Line Is It Anyway?]]''<ref>{{cite news | title = Copy, paste, animate Pop culture crudely skewered in animutation | work = [[Toronto Star]] | date = 26 August 2006 | first = Shauna | last = Reppel | page = H3}}</ref> Regularly, a picture of Mochrie's head superimposed into a crudely drawn sun is also used.  This inclusion is largely due to Neil Cicierega's  fixation on the comedian.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.colinmochrie.com/askcolin.cfm |title=Colin Mochrie |access-date=2008-07-19 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080312120047/http://www.colinmochrie.com/askcolin.cfm |archive-date=2008-03-12 }}</ref>
*The inclusion of [[Harry Potter]] in various forms, often edited in a bizarre fashion. Neil Cicierega, also a creator of the [[Potter Puppet Pals]], is responsible from the outset explosion of Harry Potter's use in animutation, most notably starting in Hyakugojyuuichi.
*Obscure pop-culture references, typically catchphrases or images.
*Random cartoon characters, usually from children's television programs or anime, although obscure characters are also used.

===Non-traditional interfaces===
While many flash animations have a "replay button" at the end, animutations often use a silly graphic which animates when interacted with, included with instructions on how to replay the animutation. For instance, at the end of ''Cold Heart'', the title character is holding a package of [[Mentos]] mints, which serves as the replay button. The package slightly increases in size when moused over, and text at the bottom of the video informs the user to "Click the Mentos to replay!".

Similarly to the replay button, a progress animation is used in many animutations, especially the later creations. For example, in ''Jesus H. Christ'', a [[papier-mâché]] goose which was originally in a ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'' episode was used as a pointer, rotating clockwise to indicate the animation's playback progress.