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Classic animated series like Tom & Jerry are often studied by animation students so they have a better understanding about timing, staging, and character animation.

The short in this particular study is Down Beat Bear from MGM, 1956, which is heavy on the musical numbers and just the thing to show off your sense of timing as an animator, and the cutesy characters on the anime side are from a video game series called Touhou Project.

This surreal side-by-side short was created by YouTube user dfj688 using an animation program called MikuMikuDance, which explains all the dancing but very little else about this strange project.

-Via Cartoon Brew

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Quilling is the art of using rolled and curled strips of paper to create textured images. DeviantART member wholedwarf uses the craft to create images of Pokémon. 

Squirtle

Nidoqueen

Charmeleon

Magikarp

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A trailer for Michael Bay's controversial Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles reboot movie finally made its way onto the interwebs this week, and while it relieved some of the anxiety felt by fans of the franchise it also created a whole new meme- the Michaelangelo.

Mike’s odd appearance in the trailer was immediately likened to that of Shrek, then other folks jumped on board the Michaelangelo meme train and created some hilarious visual masterpieces sure to make net surfers say cowabunga.

Got a Michaelangelo meme of your own design? Post it in the comments section!

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Hugh Jackman visited the Matt Edmondson Show on BBC Radio and sang about playing the part of Wolverine. The song is based on “Who Am I” from Les Miserables, with new superhero lyrics. Jackman was a good sport about it, and with a little more practice, could have pulled this off on stage in front of a crowd. -via Viral Viral Videos

The transitional government of Ukraine has scheduled national elections for May 25, and so far there are 14 candidates running for the office of president. The latest to throw his hat into the ring is Darth Vader.

Mr. Vader was nominated by the Internet Party of Ukraine, notes Voice of Russia via Interfax. The Central Election Commission of Ukraine confirmed Darth Vader’s entry into the race. A complete application along with the required 2.5 million hryvni as a monetary deposit were submitted Saturday.

The fee of 2.5 million hryvni is over $200,000 US, so someone is serious about this candidacy. Of course, with Ukraine under threat from Russia, they could really use a president with experience in imperialism and rebellion. The deadline for filing for the office is Sunday. 

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This video contains spoilers if you aren’t current on The Walking Dead. College Humor calls this a “wish fulfillment” scenario -or several of them, actually, introducing elements that would make the show even more over-the-top ridiculous than it already is, but we’d love to see them. I could totally believe that Michonne is 300 years old. -via Laughing Squid

If you follow the the TV show The Walking Dead for any length of time, you come to realize that they kill off a major character or two in every season finale and mid-season finale. The “who will die” question has been discussed thoroughly at The Walking Dead Forums, reddit, Warming Glow, Entertainment Weekly, Heavy, and The Examiner, among other sites.

If you are not current on the series, you may want to skip the rest of this post because of possible spoilers. Otherwise, click "continue reading" for more speculation.

Jen of Epbot went to MegaCon, a geek convention in Orlando. It was attended by fully 75,000 people, many of whom dressed for the occasion. Jen took a lot of photos of the cosplayers, including this lady dressed as the Death Star. Her hair clip is a LEGO TIE fighter.

You can see many more photos of the costumes here, including those inspired by My Little Pony, He-Man, and Doctor Who.

It's been a long, hard day. It's been especially challenging because Spock is on a ship full of illogical humans. When his work is done, Spock knows how to take care of himself. He puts on some soft jazz, takes off his boots and slips into his giant pile of tribbles.

The tribbles are responsive. They trill softly, rhythmically, like a white noise machine. Sleep comes easily to Spock in this painting by Cameron Kobe.

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Freddie Wong walks around, enjoying the internet on Google Glass. What could possibly go wrong? Well, considering it’s Freddie Wong, the sky is the limit! Google Glass, used for the purpose for which it was designed, can be hazardous to your health. -via Geeks Are Sexy

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Calm down, cat owner. Now's not the time for fear. That comes later. Bane Cat will destroy your house. Then, when he is done and your house is in ashes, you will have his permission to die. Robs Rants presents us the great villain from the cat version of The Dark Knight Rises.

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No other superhero has had as many imitators, incarnations or variations as that wisecracking webhead Spider-Man, and even though it’s hard to keep track of all the men and women who have donned the Spidey suit it’s easy to see why Marvel loves coming up with new versions of their most popular hero.

Series writer Dan Slott revealed an upcoming series event called Spider-Verse which will feature “every Spider-Man from every universe” in one big ol’ web slinging bonanza that will start in the pages of Amazing Spider-Man and expand across multiple titles. And what's the best part about this crazy event? Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham will be there!!!!

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The billion dollar virtual economies created by massively multiplayer online video games are something very few people saw coming in the 80s, when video games were just beginning to hold their own against other popular forms of media.

Even more surprising is how fast these virtual economies sprang up, and how people around the world are now making a living farming for loot in video games like World of Warcraft and EVE Online.

This episode of the PBS series Off Book focuses on the strange virtual economies created by video games, and how this internal economic snafu has become quite a headache for both the game studios and international law enforcement officials. Dern gold farmers, dey tuker jobs!

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Hey gang, want to win SIX free tees from the NeatoShop? All you have to do is like the NeatoShop Facebook page and tell us the name of your favorite design (like the Batnoir pictured) in the comments for this FB post. All submissions must be in by Sunday at 11:59 PM PST.

Want to increase your chance of getting a tee? While we can't manage referrals in this contest, we can say that with six tees up for grabs, if you happen to refer the person who ends up winning the contest they kind of owe you one of the tees they win and we will be happy to ship prizes to two different addresses. So there's certainly good reason to urge your friends to participate too.

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Enormous is a web series with a mighty big name to live up to, and a highly competitive online market full of quality productions to vie against for viewers, but the Machinima and Prime Universe Films production looks like it might live up to its monicker.

Enormous tells a different kind of post apocalyptic tale- the world is overrun by monsters, and the remaining human survivors have to fight for survival or risk becoming a pile of critter crap.

It suffers from the usual first episode problems, namely generic dialog, slow pacing and actors still becoming familiar with their roles, but these problems are sure to be ironed out as the series gathers steam.

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-Via GeekTyrant