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== Television series == *[[John Ryan (cartoonist)|John Ryan]]'s ''[[Captain Pugwash]]'' (1957–1966, 1974–1975) used cardboard cutouts that were manipulated with levers in front of painted backgrounds while filmed real-time *[[Oliver Postgate]] and [[Peter Firmin]]'s [[Smallfilms]] created and produced ''Alexander the Mouse'' (1957–1958, lost), ''[[Ivor the Engine]]'' (1959, 1975–1977) and ''[[Noggin the Nog]]'' (1959–1965, 1982). Their initial animation system used magnets on cutouts to move the figures around during real-time broadcasting.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Toonhound - Alexander the Mouse (1958)|url=http://www.toonhound.com/alexander.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090626021826/http://www.toonhound.com/alexander.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 26, 2009|access-date=2020-12-31|website=www.toonhound.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Bresson|date=2017-11-14|title=Animated Spotlight: Smallfilms|url=https://the-avocado.org/2017/11/14/animated-spotlight-smallfilms/|access-date=2020-12-31|website=The Avocado|language=en-US}}</ref> *Ten short episodes of an early black and white animated adaptation of ''[[:fr:Les Schtroumpfs (série télévisée d'animation, 1961)|Les Schtroumpfs]]'' ([[The Smurfs]]) (1961-1967) by [[:fr:TVA Dupuis|TVA Dupuis]] used cutout animation for many of its characters.{{citation needed|date=December 2020}} *''[[Monty Python's Flying Circus]]'' (1969) contained animation sketches with paper cut-out, as animated by Monty Python member [[Terry Gilliam]]<ref>{{Citation|last=Malbus Moma|title=Terry Gilliam explains Monty Python animations|date=2015-11-25|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQ7JTB2CaN0 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/SQ7JTB2CaN0 |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|access-date=2019-07-23}}{{cbignore}}</ref> *[[David McKee]]'s ''[[King Rollo]]'' (1980) *''[[Pigeon Street]]'' (1981) was created by Alan Rogers and Peter Lang, who would both go on to create animations for programmes like ''[[Words and Pictures (BBC series)|Words and Pictures]]'', ''[[Numbertime]]'', ''[[Rosie and Jim]]'' and ''Hotch Potch House'' *the intro and outro of ''[[Charlie Chalk]]'' (1987) featured cutout animation, while the episodes featured stop motion puppetry * [[:cs:Jan Sarkandr Tománek|Jan Sarkandr Tománek]] created several cutout animation series, including ''[[:cs:Medvěd 09|Medvěd 09]]'' (Bear 09) (1988), ''[[:cs:Balabánci|Balabánci]]'' (1993), ''[[:cs:Dobrodružství pod vrbami|Dobrodružství pod vrbami]]'' (adaptation of ''[[The Wind in the Willows]]'') (1999) * [[:cs:Art And Animation studio|Art And Animation Studio]] combined puppet and cutout animation in ''Hajadla'' (2006){{citation needed|date=March 2020}} *''[[Blue's Clues]]'' (1996-2006) used cutout animation for many of its characters *''[[South Park]]'' (since 1997) used construction paper cutouts in [[Cartman Gets an Anal Probe|its first episode]] before switching to [[PowerAnimator]] and, later, [[Autodesk Maya|Maya]].{{Citation needed|date=January 2012}} *''[[Angela Anaconda]]'' (1999-2002) used black-and-white photographs of faces that were superimposed on computer-generated bodies and backgrounds *[[Bill Cosby]]'s ''[[Little Bill]]'' (1999-2004) used a mix of cutout animation and [[flash animation]]{{citation needed|date=November 2020}} *[[Lauren Child]]'s ''[[Charlie and Lola (TV series)|Charlie and Lola]]'' (2005-2008) featured a collage style that mashed together 2D [[Flash animation]], paper cutout, fabric design, real textures, [[photomontage]], and archive footage *''[[Outer Space Astronauts]]'' (2009) blended live-action footage of actors' heads on computer-generated bodies against 2D and/or 3D backgrounds, a style that is associated with cutout animation *''[[Uncle Grandpa]]'' (2013-2017) featured photographic cutout character "the Giant Realistic Flying Tiger"
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