“Rooty Toot Toot” is for sure an animated feature for adults, even with its simplistic style. All its characters are sort of geometrically shaped, like the Mr. Men cartoons, but differs in that it has a sort of water color look to it. The short looks as if it was painted then the lines were drawn on in a thin black pen, or vice versa. Because of its rather artistic look, I think this is what separates it from being too “child-like”, on top of what the characters are singing about. As for colors, everything is muted and moody; none of the colors in it could read as happy in anyway. Theres often monochromatic scenes, like one blue one for the past, where a character will just be fully white in order to stand out. I quite like the contrast of these scenes, as it makes me feel like thought was put into each design aspect. All the characters have some movement quirks to accentuate what they are saying, like the woman witnesses’ arms moving in a spiral as she sang. While this sort of thing would usually be attributed with kids cartoons, I think it just keeps the viewer interested by following the 12 principles of animation. I think all of this together makes the video fun to watch, and helps it hold up even today because of its unique style you don’t see much anymore.
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