Talk:Title Cards

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Contents 1 DVD Menus 2 Toons Menu 3 Animated titles 4 Where's the Cheat? 5 Page organization

[edit] DVD Menus

Does this page include DVD menus? Like for email 169, the Yellow Dello, and the KOT cartoon? --BroncoTroll^☺ 00:24, 12 August 2015 (UTC)

I presume not. Maybe there should be a separate page for that? --BroncoTroll^☺ 00:27, 12 August 2015 (UTC)

Yeah, I would tend to think not as well. (The exception being if a DVD exclusive toon itself had its own title screeen.) — Defender1031*Talk 00:42, 12 August 2015 (UTC)

[edit] Toons Menu

Wait a minute. Did the creator of this mean the little previews that appear on the the TV of the tv time menu? They often have titles with a still, but are distinct from "title screens". --BroncoTroll^☺ 00:40, 12 August 2015 (UTC)

No, the title card is the part of the toon that displays its name. — Defender1031*Talk 00:42, 12 August 2015 (UTC)

Okay then. --BroncoTroll^☺ 00:44, 12 August 2015 (UTC)

[edit] Animated titles

I've found a few animated title screens so far. Kick the Can, A Folky Tale, and Weclome Back. Weclome Back especially. Which frame should be the still we use? --BroncoTroll^☺ 03:05, 12 August 2015 (UTC) I guess I'll just use my executive decision. --BroncoTroll^☺ 03:28, 12 August 2015 (UTC)

If they're looping animations, it might be interesting to make gifs, although the wiki has issues with those and depending on how much they move or flash, they can be distracting sometimes. In general, a static screenshot from whatever point is most appropriate is probably fine. — Defender1031*Talk 04:04, 12 August 2015 (UTC)

[edit] Where's the Cheat?

Does the still with the title count as a title card? --BroncoTroll^☺ 03:46, 12 August 2015 (UTC)

It's unusual because it's part of the credit sequence, and no different from it stylistically. --BroncoTroll^☺ 03:48, 12 August 2015 (UTC)

"Where's the Cheat" is a rather generic term in the toon, being said very often. I don't think it counts because it only appears in plain text around halfway through the toon. - Catjaz63 03:53, 12 August 2015 (UTC)

Cool. --BroncoTroll^☺ 04:07, 12 August 2015 (UTC)

Actually, I disagree. The shot where it says "its [sic] called: Where's the Cheat?" spread on the bun certainly counts as that toon's title card. — Defender1031*Talk 04:08, 12 August 2015 (UTC)

Oh yeah. I forgot about that. - Catjaz63 04:26, 12 August 2015 (UTC)

That's what I was talking about. The bun thing. --BroncoTroll^☺ 05:31, 12 August 2015 (UTC) I'll add it.

[edit] Page organization

I just expanded the intro quite a bit. In doing so, I noticed several things that need to be addressed:

1. Marzipan's answering machine
2. Teen Girl Squad
3. Title cards for shows within the toon

My proposal would be to change the sectioning of the page slightly to be:

1. big toons
2. holiday toons
3. mam
4. tgs
5. other toons
6. shows within the H*R universe

What do people think? — Defender1031*Talk 23:04, 12 August 2015 (UTC)