"Under the Sea" Cartoon?
March 8, 2012 10:20 AM Subscribe
I'm looking for the name of an animated short film involving two humanoids (male and female) who live in a bubble house at the bottom of the sea. After a long argument between the two about venturing outside the safety of their home, one of them leaves the bubble, holds his/her breath on an epic journey to the surface, only to find himself/herself floating alone in the middle of a seemingly infinite sea. I think I saw in on TNT in 1991 whilst tripping balls and it BLEW MY MIND.
What is this animated movie?
Response by poster: Neither. This was not a full-length film. It was like 5-10 minutes. Animation style was low-fi: somewhere between Home Movies and Rankin Bass' The Hobbit.
The humanoids were fairly generic alien types. No hair, no real defining sex characteristics.
posted by mrgrimm at 3:23 PM on March 8, 2012
The humanoids were fairly generic alien types. No hair, no real defining sex characteristics.
posted by mrgrimm at 3:23 PM on March 8, 2012
Is it possible this was on a show, like MTV's Liquid Television? If not, it was probably shown as part of a compilation. Possibly an Academy Nominated short? It doesn't strike me as American either. Maybe Canadian? The animation style seems perhaps Eastern European or Soviet, though I might be wrong.
posted by teekat at 5:33 PM on March 8, 2012
posted by teekat at 5:33 PM on March 8, 2012
Response by poster: First off, the more I think about this, the more I think it was later, like New Year's Eve, 1995. Sorry.
The animation style seems perhaps Eastern European or Soviet, though I might be wrong
That would be my guess as well, but I'm not an expert.
Is it possible this was on a show, like MTV's Liquid Television?
It *is* possible that it was on a show, but my best guess is that was a short between two shows.
It was on TNT. I am almost positive. To be honest, I only gave this question (with all of its vagueness) about a 5% shot of being answered, but wanted to finally get it out because the image of the guy floating in the sea all alone is so haunting. And the twist--i.e. the guy taking the leap of faith is the one who gets screwed--was twilight-zone style fun.
Since I've put half the story out there, I may as well finish, though I swear it was not my intent of this question. ***I would give good money to get a copy of that cartoon.***
Anyway, it was New Year's Eve and I stopped by the party around 11pm. Everyone else had dropped 4-5 hours ago, but I went ahead and took two hits anyway. Of course, after an enjoyable period of infinite time which I won't bore you with, everyone else went to sleep, while I was left alone in the kitchen around 3-4am.
I spent a good hour or so reading the book that comes with Sea Monkeys and becoming more and more infuriated on the massive hoax they were perpetrating. Then I finally gave up and figured everyone who is sleeping is sleeping hard, squeezed in next to a lump on the couch, and turned on the TV. I got this cartoon.
Even better (and this may provide some valuable context in identifying this short film), right after was back-to-back episodes of The Thunderbirds, including a hilarious scene where all the characters are wearing disguise beards.
Does that help?!
If not, how about identifying that Thunderbirds episode with the fake beards? I'll take that as a second prize?
Goddammit, maybe it was just Thunderbirds are GO. I'm getting old.
posted by mrgrimm at 10:14 AM on March 12, 2012
The animation style seems perhaps Eastern European or Soviet, though I might be wrong
That would be my guess as well, but I'm not an expert.
Is it possible this was on a show, like MTV's Liquid Television?
It *is* possible that it was on a show, but my best guess is that was a short between two shows.
It was on TNT. I am almost positive. To be honest, I only gave this question (with all of its vagueness) about a 5% shot of being answered, but wanted to finally get it out because the image of the guy floating in the sea all alone is so haunting. And the twist--i.e. the guy taking the leap of faith is the one who gets screwed--was twilight-zone style fun.
Since I've put half the story out there, I may as well finish, though I swear it was not my intent of this question. ***I would give good money to get a copy of that cartoon.***
Anyway, it was New Year's Eve and I stopped by the party around 11pm. Everyone else had dropped 4-5 hours ago, but I went ahead and took two hits anyway. Of course, after an enjoyable period of infinite time which I won't bore you with, everyone else went to sleep, while I was left alone in the kitchen around 3-4am.
I spent a good hour or so reading the book that comes with Sea Monkeys and becoming more and more infuriated on the massive hoax they were perpetrating. Then I finally gave up and figured everyone who is sleeping is sleeping hard, squeezed in next to a lump on the couch, and turned on the TV. I got this cartoon.
Even better (and this may provide some valuable context in identifying this short film), right after was back-to-back episodes of The Thunderbirds, including a hilarious scene where all the characters are wearing disguise beards.
Does that help?!
If not, how about identifying that Thunderbirds episode with the fake beards? I'll take that as a second prize?
Goddammit, maybe it was just Thunderbirds are GO. I'm getting old.
posted by mrgrimm at 10:14 AM on March 12, 2012
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The time frame would be off, but I also thought of Atlantis: The Lost Empire.
Was it a more adult style film? Did it look like anime or more traditional Disney-style animation?
posted by BrianJ at 12:32 PM on March 8, 2012