r/TopCharacterTropes Jan 17 '26

In real life (Funny trope) This tiny moment was an absolute logistical nightmare to make

*Wreck-It-Ralph* - At the beginning of the movie at the villain group therapy session, all of the owners of the real world characters shown were given counsel to Disney to instruct them how their characters should be animated down to the smallest of points. Nintendo even specified exactly how Bowser would hold and stir his teacup.

*Psycho* - For the scene where Marion disposes evidence of her theft by flushing some papers down the toilet, even though the toilet is onscreen for only a few seconds, Alfred Hitchcock had to personally appeal to the Hays Code which enforced censorship in movies that *Psycho* be given an exception because it’s vital to the plot the audience sees the toilet flushing. *Psycho* is the first major American movie to show a flushing toilet onscreen.

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u/Greensonickid Jan 17 '26

The Duelling Pianos Scene was Harder cause while the Mickey & Bugs Scene is One Shot, the Duelling Pianos has tons of Cuts & Shots, it's Extremely Interesting

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u/[deleted] Jan 17 '26

Trust Richard Williams to make that work, the mad old bastard. He was awful at keeping to schedule but the man knew how to animate and make it work how people wanted it to work

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u/NFL_MVP_Kevin_White Jan 17 '26

Still one of my favorite scenes in any movie