My brother and I are arguing over what is considered a cartoon. The

what does "on the computer" even mean? personally, i think a cartoon is hand-drawn and is geared toward kids and is funny and awesome like spongebob and timmy turner
 
Well traditionally a cartoon is hand drawn. Its the way it has been done since Popeye and Betty Boop came in the 1930's and Bug Bunny came out in the 1950's. Only within the last 10 or so years has the computer had enough power to render the 3d animations and be able to produce 3d animation "cartoons".

Technically a cartoon is hand drawn and a computer cartoon is called animation. A good example is some computer games plays a mini movie when you complete a level. You would never call that a cartoon, right? As a broad and general term you can call it a cartoon just so someone has a general idea of what you're talking about, but I would never call any computer animation a cartoon.

So if you're just trying to win an argument, you both win, in a way.
 
what does "on the computer" even mean? personally, i think a cartoon is hand-drawn and is geared toward kids and is funny and awesome like spongebob and timmy turner
 
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