Many of the modern cartoons that have connected with audiences are melancholic and beautifully tragic, focusing on characters’ deepest issues and turning away from traditional narrative storytelling ...

There’s a scene in the ‘90s Nickelodeon cartoon Rugrats where Stu wakes up in the middle of the night to make chocolate pudding. “It’s four o’clock in the morning,” his wife exclaims. “Why on Earth ...

Although Disney films are family-friendly adventures made with children in mind, they often include tragic elements that have become synonymous with their films. Bambi (1942), The Lion King (1994), ...