Why do American cartoons go out of their way to make characters look ugly as possible...

I can't believe he has Thompson's voice actor.

>no answer
Got his ass

These weird designs are associated comedy and have been for literally decades. They give characters weird looking faces because they are supposed to be goofy and funny looking because it’s supposed to be a funny movie. Movies that are more serious tend to have more attractive designs (How to Train Your Dragon and every Disney Princess movie). I think movie goers think that attractive characters just aren’t as funny as weird looking ones and frankly I think a lot of general audience members would agree to that. Like, they’d literally laugh LESS if the characters were hot. I think that’s stupid but people are stupid.

Aren't you the one seething over fictional characters who are attractive in the first place? People have their preferences. Live and let live seems to be a foreign concept to you

*movie creators not movie goers

This. It's a caricature of your average middle America woman.

Probably the one good answer in this thread that isn't made by trolls or seething assholes who can't stand fictional characters not being designed for their tastes. (Not specifying which group because you all do it)

All things said, they still look better than the characters in Onward.

This movie seems to be targeting the parents more so than children. The average married with kids couple honestly isn’t very attractive. I think many parents would feel somewhat uncomfortable to see very attractive representations of people like themselves on the screen. The dad still has a more idealized look though. He’s not hot and he’s not fit but his jawline is nice and he has a full head of hair. So maybe there’s a Goldilocks hotness zone where the leads can look just a bit hotter than the people being targeted by the advertisements.

>because you all do it
>you all do it
And you don't. Right.

I can’t understand Dan Scanlons aesthetic tastes. By all accounts he’s really poured a lot of love into Onward and it’s a deeply personal story for him but the character and environment design looks ugly. He was also director for Monsters University 2 and both his movies share an aesthetic sensibility he helped cultivate. I’m sure he’s a good storyteller because both his films have recurved fair praise for the story lines but does he actually like how both movies look?