Cartoons with black humor are a sight, first of all, not for children, but for their parents. Cartoons have long ceased to be an art exclusively for kids and schoolchildren. Modern cinemas produce feature films designed exclusively for adults. In this article we will talk about the most striking paintings from this category.
"Nine Lives of the Cat Fritz"
Cartoons with black humor for adults have been filming for several decades. The creators of this art form almost immediately realized its capabilities, which at some points are even higher than that of cinema.
For example, in the list of cartoons with black humor, it is necessary to include an animated film by Robert Taylor in 1974 entitled "Nine Lives of the Cat Fritz". This work is based on the comic book of the same name by Robert Cramb.
The animated film tells about the cat Fritz, who is getting married, he has a son, Ralphi, who, as soon as he has grown up, is constantly engaged in masturbation. The family is poor, existing on unemployment benefits. In this case, the main character can not get rid of a bad habit - smoking hemp. Wife against, on this basis they are constantly quarreling. During the next conflict, the cat plunges into its imaginary small world, trying to renounce the hardships surrounding it.
Further, the viewer watches a series of stories that unfold in the stupefied imagination of a cat. Each of them ends tragically for him.
"Hair on end"
It is worth noting that most of the full-length cartoons with black humor still were shot in the last two decades, when this genre became especially popular.
In 2004, Bill Plympton's comedy horror melodrama "Hair on end" was released. In this American painting, the main characters are American teenagers of the 1950s.
At the beginning of the new school year, a new student appears at the school, who on the very first day accidentally hits the car of the King of the Rod school. In punishment, he forces a freshman Spud to engage in biology with his girlfriend Cherry. Recession offends the girl, as a result, is forced to turn into her slave. However, very soon their hatred will grow into true love.
Young people decide to go to a school ball together. Rod cannot allow this, so he arranges an accident - a car with lovers falls into the lake. Exactly one year later, they come to life in an amazing way, leave the reservoir and still go to the ball. During this time, their bodies turned into skeletons, and when they begin to go on stage, beetles, spiders and snakes come out of their bodies.
"Ladies' man"
Most of the famous and well-known cartoons for adults with black humor have been released in the USA. An animated picture of 2005 under the name "Ladies' Man" was no exception.
While young girls and boys from prosperous families dream of growing up into lawyers and astronauts, the protagonist Lil Pimp presents himself as a pimp. And this is only 9 years old. It turns out that commanding adult ladies of easy virtue is indeed his calling.
In this he is only convinced by his acquaintance with the local influential pimp Jus. However, the path to success and wealth will be difficult, thorny and funny. This full-length cartoon with black humor is definitely worth a look to all fans of comedies below the belt.
"Free Jimmy"
In 2006, an interesting project was released by Norwegian and English creators. This is Christopher Nielsen’s black humor movie “Free Jimmy.”
The main character, who is originally voiced by the famous actor Woody Harrelson, offers several of his friends to earn some money in the Russian circus, which tours Norway, in a few weeks. For example, you need to look after an old elephant nicknamed Jimmy, who sits firmly on drugs.
The poor animal attracts the attention of the "greens", who decide to steal it from the circus that exploits the animal.
The plot’s sharpness is added by the Lapland Mafia, which finds itself in the same places in search of stolen heroin.
"Achi and Sipak: The Slaughter Duo"
In 2006, South Korean director Joe Beom Jin shot a bright and memorable cartoon with black humor. The plot of the film "Achi and Sipak: The Slaughter Duo" unfolds in one of the options of the world of the future. There were no sources of energy left in it, but people learned to reproduce it from their feces.
To gain complete control over this resource, the government embeds a microchip in the anus of every citizen, which is connected to a single computer system to track the national volume of gross bowel movements. According to another law, every resident after a bowel movement receives a reward “Jusibar” lollipop, which helps to defecate and has a narcotic effect. For some, these nipples began to become addictive, due to which they lost the ability to defecate, but continued to want to get a new dose of the drug. They began to organize gangs, trying to get as many of these nipples as possible.
The main characters of Sipak and Achi are street hooligans. They rob public toilets in which Jusibarov dispensers are installed, and then sell them on the black market. Once on their way there is an amazing girl who is able to get a huge amount of lollipops in one visit to the toilet instead of one.
"Futurama: Big Bender Jackpot"
The top cartoons with black humor also include the full-length sequel to this famous Futurama series. In total, the creators of this universe have already released four such films, one of the most memorable for fans was the picture "Futuramap: Big Bender Jackpot", which was released in 2007.
According to the plot in 3005, Planet Express loses its license, two years after this event, former employees decide to gather at the Professor's house.
During this meeting, they learn that the license has already been returned, and those who deprived her of the company, literally wiped into powder. Regarding the resumption of work, a party is organized at which an accident and an absurd event took place. Hermes accidentally chopped off his head, and presses the body with a spaceship.
In addition, scammers use Planet Express to seize influence throughout the world.
"Bull"
Among foreign cartoons with black humor, it is worth highlighting the picture of the Argentinean director Gustavo Cova "Bugaya", which was released in 2009.
At the center of the story is the last Vietnam war killer, nicknamed Bugai. He works for the mafia. On the boss of criminals, they start cases, the outcome of which depends on the testimony of a secret witness. Bugai is tasked with eliminating an eyewitness, but he is unable to negotiate a price with a lawyer.
Then the mafiosi hired a young and cheap killer Blackburn for this business. Bugai decides to abduct the witness himself, in order to make him pay him as much as he asks.
The witness turns out to be the ex-girlfriend of the lawyer Marcia. managing to save her from the hands of Blackburn, Bugai exchanges a witness for a suitcase of money. But by this time he already has certain feelings for the girl that will not allow him to allow her to be killed.
He brings her back, and then in a hurry to court, because the time allotted to the prosecution for questioning witnesses expires. Marcia has time, but the mafia is not going to allow her to testify. The entire hall is full of mercenaries, which Bugai has to deal with. Finally, he falls in love with a girl when she kills her with the shoes of a corrupt lawyer.
"Rabbi Cat"
In 2011, a hilarious black animated comedy by French directors Antoine Delevo and Joanna Sfara "Rabbi Cat" was released.
The events of this picture unfold in North Africa in the Maghreb at the beginning of the twentieth century. Around Arab exoticism and amazing tolerance, in which Jews, Muslims and Christians organically coexist. Among them, Rabbi Sfar with his daughter Zlabia, a cat and a noisy parrot.
Once a cat eats a bird and starts talking. He constantly lies, asks him to hold a bar mitzvah, and then orders a parcel from Russia, in which there is a Jewish refugee with a Slavic appearance.
Viewers should be prepared for the fact that the film has scenes of murder and obvious sexual overtones.
"Full cracker"
One of the best cartoons with black humor of recent years is the adventure comedy Conrad Vernon and Greg Tiernan, "Full Cracking Bass," another version of the translation "Sausage Party." In America, the film received a strict rating for sexual content, obscene language and drug use scenes.
The plot begins with the opening of a new grocery supermarket in which live products live. Every morning they sing songs about a better world in which the gods, they consider people as them, can provide them with eternal bliss.
The main characters are Brenda's bun and Frank sausage. They live in different packs, on different shelves, but dream of getting closer. Contrary to the rules, they decide to open their packs to touch each other.
At the end of the day, both packs are in the basket of one of the customers. The products are happy that they are now finally at their side with their creators in the Eternal Ice World. Suddenly, at that moment, a can of mustard appears next to them, which is ready to completely change the life of all the products from this store.