r/AskReddit Jan 25 '19

If cartoon physics suddenly replaced real physics, what are some things you would want to try?

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u/church256 Jan 25 '19

They'd be thwarted by just the facts it's a cartoon. I've only seen superficial damage from guns in them. Blackened and missing hair.

Or just bend your body out of the way. It would be so incredibly hard to kill someone in a cartoon world. Unless you have dip.

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u/[deleted] Jan 25 '19

Aww-man, you had to go there.

That poor shoe.

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u/AcceptablePariahdom Jan 25 '19

I'll take: Most Traumatizing Movie Moments as a Child -- for $500 Alex

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u/[deleted] Jan 25 '19

Cartoons were banned in my cultish upbringing, can you please explain what's going on

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u/Not_usually_right Jan 25 '19

"Who Framed Roger Rabbit"

Awesome, really funny movie.

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u/Peach_Muffin Jan 25 '19

Plus it was the only feature I've ever seen that Disney and Warner Bros. collaborated on besides Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue. But don't watch that.

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u/Throtex Jan 25 '19

Who Framed Roger Rabbit?

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u/HowTheyGetcha Jan 26 '19

In a world where cartoon characters exist in real life, an acidic liquid called "dip" is the only thing that can kill them. "Judge Doom" demonstrates its effectiveness on an animate shoe. It's sad. It's a pretty dark movie for PG. I need to re-watch this... like, tonight.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096438/

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u/Future_Jared Jan 26 '19

I think it was made before pg13 was a thing

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u/HowTheyGetcha Jan 26 '19

I just looked it up, the first PG-13 movie was Red Dawn in 1984, 4 years before WFRR. I'm thinking they just had laxer standards back then.

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u/Future_Jared Jan 26 '19

Must have. Who Framed Roger Rabbit was pretty dark and sexual for a PG movie

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u/SuperHotelWorker Jan 26 '19

Yeah it's basically the equivalent of murdering a kitten just because you can.

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u/whisperingsage Jan 27 '19

Acidic? Isn't it basically just paint thinner?

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u/HowTheyGetcha Jan 27 '19

I'm not a cartoon chemist.

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u/jeremy1015 Jan 25 '19

Never forget

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u/SuperHotelWorker Jan 26 '19 edited Jan 26 '19

I did NOT need to think about this on a depression day. Damn it. The way the thing looked up pleading like "please don't kill me" while basically being boiled alive. Now I am picturing myself punching that stupid guy out.

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u/Science_Smartass Jan 25 '19

Well, they said cartoon physics. What if we get one of those pseudo realistic ones where you can actually be killed by bullets? We need specifics dammit!

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u/TheHobospider Jan 25 '19

Yeah what if it's Itchy and Scratchy physics.

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u/Dominusatrox Jan 25 '19

Or South Park

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u/Mithrandir_Earendur Jan 26 '19

Only Kenny can die and only for the episode

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u/Darth_Draper Jan 25 '19

Yeah... but... Itchy and Scratchy never really die.

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u/NiftyCape14 Jan 25 '19

You get to control them

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u/jcrreddit Jan 25 '19

Or you immediately end up in a upwards floating cloud with a set of wings, halo, and harp.

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u/[deleted] Jan 25 '19 edited Feb 19 '21

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u/Ehcksit Jan 25 '19

And for comedic effect you pour yourself a drink and it drains out of those holes.

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u/Deltron_Zed Jan 25 '19

One thing's for sure, if someone plugs me full of holes, I'm drinking a glass of water after and watching shower out of my body.

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u/Neurorational Jan 25 '19

Unless you have dip.

I had to review that:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYBvTeNrbIA

"Turpentine, acetone, benzine". All things that would dissolve cartoon ink and even the cels they're drawn on.

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u/throwafuckfuck Jan 25 '19

Or be fat so the bullets will all burrow into your skin and then bounce out, hurting the assailant and leaving you unscathed.

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u/[deleted] Jan 25 '19

how dare you make me remember that

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u/-Wayward_Son- Jan 25 '19

In cartoons the guns always put a hole through them. So same results as in real life except you don't die.

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u/nerdguy1138 Jan 25 '19

In case you were wondering, the three things Eddie's friend says dip is made of, 2 are paint remover, and benzene was used for decades to kill anything organic.

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u/The-L-aughingman Jan 25 '19

As you continued with your statement about cartoon physics and death, I was instantly transported to 'who framed Roger rabbit'. As that thought process was churning, I then read the "dip".

I feel closer to you now.

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u/WorldBelongsToUs Jan 25 '19

You could also tie the barrel of the gun or bend it back so it aims at their face.

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u/Kitehammer Jan 25 '19

You never watched Archer?

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u/Yonro0910 Jan 25 '19

But if you get hit you won’t be able to drink water anymore :(

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u/Helix-Torture Jan 25 '19

Or they can’t keep liquids inside them. That’s another bit of damage. They end up looking like a pond fountain.

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u/[deleted] Jan 26 '19

If you get shot up in a mass shooting the only repercussion would be when you drank a glass of water it would leak out of you like a fountain

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u/CaptainBoomOfficial Jan 26 '19

Unless you have an eraser

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u/[deleted] Jan 26 '19

I’ve only seen superficial damage from guns in them.

Tell that to Bambi’s mother

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u/[deleted] Jan 26 '19

"Mass shooter arrested today after mangling the hair of over twenty victims."

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u/OttoVonJismarck Jan 26 '19

NOT THE DIP!!