After Pixar lost the Best Animated Film Oscar to Happy Feet—a movie built on motion capture—they inserted a 'Quality Assurance Guarantee' card at the end of Ratatouille, insisting every frame is hand-animated. It reads less like a credit and more like a grudge note aimed directly at the Academy. The move turned an industry awards snub into a public defense of craft.
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