''Short Circutz'' is a series of short
computer-animated
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videos that were played between television shows on
YTV every afternoon and evening from September 5, 1994 until August 31, 1997. Most videos were 30 to 120 seconds long and often played between other computer-animated shows, such as ''
ReBoot
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'' and ''
Beasties''. The videos were all sampled from three film collections: ''
The Mind's Eye'', its sequel ''
Beyond the Mind's Eye'', and ''Imaginaria''.
List of shorts
*''Virtual Reality''
*''Seeds Of Life''
*''Afternoon Adventure''
*''Brave New World''
*''Transformers''
*''Too Far''
*''Windows''
*''Nothing But Love''
*''The Pyramid''
*''Theatre Of Magic''
*''Voyage Home''
*''Creation''
*''Civilization Rising''
*''Heart Of The Machine''
*''Technodance''
*''Post Modern''
*''
Love Found''
*''First Flight (Leaving The Bonds Of Earth)
*''The Temple''
*''Imaginaria''
*''Anything Is Possible''
*''Locomotion''
*''Pear People''
*''All Shapes & Sizes
*''Rubber Duckies''
*''Gourmet Records''
*''Night Magic''
*''Down The Road''
*''Lucy & Remo
*''Styro The Dog''
*''
More Bells and Whistles''
*''Going Home''
Trivia
*Footage from the
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game ''
Cube Quest'' is used more often than footage from any other individual clip in the shorts. Some examples include the jungle tunnel in "Creation," the many tunnels in "All Shapes and Sizes" and the flying ship in "All Shapes and Sizes."
*"
More Bells and Whistles" is one of the earliest of
Wayne Lytle
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* Wayne (given name)
* Wayne (surname)
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's productions; Lytle now produces more complex variations on the idea with his company,
Animusic.
*Some clips from the shorts are CGI commercials and promos, like an ID for
MusiquePlus in ''Anything is Possible''.
External links
YTV's official website
Canadian computer-animated television series
YTV (Canadian TV channel) original programming
Canadian motion picture television series
1990s Canadian animated television series
1990s Canadian anthology television series
1994 Canadian television series debuts
1997 Canadian television series endings
Canadian children's animated anthology television series
Canadian English-language television shows
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