36 Behind-the-Scenes Stories from Beloved Animated Movies and Shows

While animation is definitely interesting to look at, sometimes an animated movie or TV show can be just as interesting behind-the-scenes. Such tales also reveal how and why your favorite cartoon is the way that it is. For instance, the concept of bending in Avatar: The Last Airbender was created to allow battles and action to skirt around any flesh-on-flesh contact violence that would have been censored for children’s TV.

More on that and 35 other beloved animated movies and TV shows below…