Animation Theories

By: Fern Claire Mar

What are Animation Theories?

Animation Theories are created by
various
people
based
on
their
observations on the shows or movies
they have seen. Although, some
producers have admitted that some of
the animation theories are true

The Fosters Home for

Imaginary Friends:
Autistic Theory
The show is basically
about the imaginary
friends
of
children
having a place to go
when their child has
grown-up.

Mac is the main character of the show

and the show begins with him having
to take Bloo, his imaginary friend, to
the home by request of his mother.

But on the last

episode

Its discovered that the whole

show was actually a figment
of Frankies imagination and
that she actually has Autism.

The Rugrats: Dead Baby Theory

The Rugrats is a show about the
adventures of babies whose parents
are friends and therefore, causing
them to have lots of playtime together.

But apparently, the show

happened in reality but with a
twist.

The
Rugrats
really were a
figment
of
Angelica's
imagination.

Chuckie died a long time ago along

with his mother; that's why Chaz is a
nervous wreck all the time.

Tommy was a stillborn; that's why

the basement making toys for the
a chance to live.

Stu is constantly in
son who never had

The DeVilles had an abortion. Angelica couldn't figure

whether it would be a boy or a girl, thus creating the
twins.

All Grown-Up
A few years after the last episode of
Rugrats aired. The producers aired
the continuation of their story in a new
show called All Grown-Up. The show
revolves around all the babies growing
up and becoming teenagers and

schizophrenic, who, as a teenager, became

addicted to various narcotics, bringing her
back to her childhood, thus creating a world
in her mind that she obsessed over. Because
of the time lapse between the present and
the last time she interacted with her
imaginary world, she made them older.
Angelica was constantly taking hits of acid
so she would never have to live without her
creations. To her, her creations were her only
company in a judgmental world. Angelica's
mom actually died of a heroin overdose.
Angelica was schizophrenic and bipolar
because she was a crack baby.

Additionally,
Drew, in his
depression,
married a
gold digging
whore that
Angelica
idolized
because she
fooled herself
into thinking
it was her
real mom.

However, she always had a concept of her mom, Cynthia. She used a
Barbie doll to mirror her birth mother's imagewearing an unwashed
orange dress and jacked up hairwhich is why she was so attached to it.

Later in life she followed in her mother's footsteps,

dying of overdose at age 13 when All Grown Up! was
"cancelled."

was unborn Tommy's

brother, Dil. However,
Angelica didn't know the
difference between Dil
and her creations. Dil
didn't
follow
her
commands and after
endless crying and a
refusal to disappear like
the others did when
Angelica was angry with
them, so she hit him.
After she hit him, he
screamed a screeching
tune, and Stu ran in and
pulled his niece off of
his only child, but it was
too late. Dil had a brain
hemorrhage,
which

As he grew up, his damage only

became more evident, and by the
time he was 9 in All Grown Up!
he lived as an outcast, being
ridiculed for his weirdness and
retardation. The immense guilt
over this is what caused Angelica
to start using drugs, and to uncreate the rugrats briefly, until her

Chaz lost his mind after the death

of his first wife and was in denial
that she was ever a prostitute. On
a trip to Paris to find love, Chaz fell
in love with a hooker named Kira
(He was originally going to marry
a different hooker, but she just
wanted him for his money).

but the baby was torn

from her by law due
to
her
cocaine
addiction.
(Angelica
imagined Kimi from
Kira's stories.) Upon
return to America,
Chaz and Kira married
and she got her green
card.
It
was
a
surprisingly
happy
and romantic story.
Kira
continually
struggled
with
addiction, but was
relatively happy with

Angelica's
only
friend,
who
entertained the
thought
of
Angelica's
creations
because
they
seemed to make
her happy. She
later became a
psychologist and
teamed up with
Nickelodeon
to
make
the

When Angelica died of the overdose,

Suzie helped arrange her funeral.
Because of her addictions and her
mental state, Angelica was expelled
from society, which lead to a break
with reality and her eventual death.
She spent the last days of her life in
the back of the school cafeteria,
imagining friends around her and

Recess: The
Playground Theory
The
show
revolves
around a group of
friends who help each
other with the various
problems that unfold
around their school and
in their neighborhood.

The playground is the place where all the kids gather

for recess but all of the main characters are exactly
the same age.

Third Street School was built After

World War I.

TJ was among
the first students
to attend. He
was
always
proven to be a
strong
leader,
running for 4th
grade president
in 1928, A year
before the Great
Depression
began.

However, the current principal at the

time was making budget cuts on
certain lunch items. Attempting to lead
a revolt, TJ was hit by an Ice Cream
truck during a student walkout in
1929. TJ's spirit still lives on through
the playground, teaching kids how to
stand up for their rights.

Mikey
soon
transferred to the
school
after
TJ's
death, starting first
grade in the 19291930 school year.
Mikey was always
hungry, demanding
food. However, he
was a kind a gentle
person, causing no
harm to the students
around him.

In 1931, he was diagnosed with

Diabetes type 1. Feeling depressed, he
ate an insane amount of chocolate
bars to cope with his disease. He went
into a diabetic coma in 1932, and died
later that year of a heart attack at the
age of 10. Mikey still walks in the
playground, fat as ever and hungry as

Spinelli
began
attending in 1933,
a school year after
Mikey's
death.
Always trying to
act the tough one,
Spinelli
would
converse with the
ghosts of TJ and
Mikey and share
with
them
her
experiences.

Spinelli died in a fight in 1936, during her 2nd repeat of

the 4th grade year. She now hangs with the rest of the
game, acting as the group's bodyguard.

Randall started at Third Street School in 1944. Dreams

of being a reporter, he often worked as the
"muckraker" of the school principal.

Despised by the gang, especially

Spinelli, Randall one day caught a
random bystander beating up a tiny
2nd grader in 1946 and told the
principal (a different one than the one
from the 1928). Furious, the bystander
killed Randall with a gun in his house a
few nights later. He was struck in the
head and killed instantly. Randall is still
known as Third Street's best snitch.

Gus began school

in 1951. He was
often quiet and
kept to himself. He
conversed with TJ,
Spinelli, and Mikey
a lot, as the ghosts
were
his
only
friends. He was
often the target of
the
playground
bullies.

One fateful night in 1953, Gus was walking

home from school, in tears and covered in
dirt and blood. He was beaten up by the
neighborhood bullies the previous day and
his parents had forgotten to pick him up.
Gus collapsed on the sidewalk in front of his
house as he was turning to walk towards the
door. He died on New Years Day, 1954. Gus
is viewed as the nerdy kid of the group,
often keeping to himself and avoiding dirt

When the Tylers began school in 1958, the Ashleys were already in
school, living the "dream" as top-notch 4th graders. Both groups
were often despised by the rest of the kids on the playground.

One night, while the girls were having a

sleepover and the boys were having a
gentlemen's sleepover, both co-existing that
night, a serial killer broke into the
Armbruster mansion and murdered the
Armbrusters, Quinlan children, Tomassia
children, and the Boulet children. The killer
was captured by police in early 1959. The
Ashleys and the Tylers still roam the
playground, acting like the big people on

Gretchen came
to Third Street
in 1962.

She was shown as the intelligent one

of the group, winning the science
award every year until Becky Benson
stole her project in 1965. Gretchen
went home that day on a mad
rampage. In her anger, she committed
suicide by gunshot to head. She's still
the more intelligent of the ghosts in
the group, and is even willing to tutor
her friends when the time calls for it.

Diggers Sam and Dave attended Third Street School a

while after Gretchen's death. Beginning in 1968, both
boys were always interested in digging.

In the summer of 1971, they were caved in while exploring an old coal
mine. They never got out, and died 2 weeks after being trapped. They dig
near the school playground, afraid that digging outside school grounds will
cause them to lose their lives in the afterlife.

Vince, who was the

last to join the gang,
attended the school
in 1978, just as the
disco
70's
were
coming to a close.
Vince worked on his
basketball
career,
often of dreaming of
making the NBA,
inspired by famous
NBA stars of that
time.

One day in 1982, he tripped and broke

his leg and was told he wouldn't be
able to play basketball anymore.
Devastated by this, Vince attempted to
take his own life in 1983. As a result,
he was sent to an insane asylum,
where he died in 1988. Vince plays a
wide variety of sports in the after life,
as the protagonist gang of ghosts was

King Bob is known as the king of the playground. After

winning class president of the 4th grade in 1991, King
Bob was always a fair ruler.

After going crazy with power, the 4th grade

body led a coupe. King Bob was not allowed
to run for president during the 1992 - 1993
school year. As a result, he murdered the
entire student body in one night by breaking
into their houses and stabbing them to
death. He was sent to juvenile detention in
Fall 1995, and stayed there until he was
killed by another prisoner in 2001 at the
Fifth Street Corrections Facility at the age of

Due to the tragedies caused by the Third

School Street playground, the school was
shut down and deserted in the summer of
2002, the last class of 5th graders leaving in
2001 on the 74th anniversary of TJ's death.
However, this event did not affect the school
playground nor its current residents. The
ghosts of the fallen children still frolic and
play on the playground of the Third Street
School as if it never shut down.