• Question: How does cartoon physics effect us? What is cartoon physics?

    Asked by wizzyg12 to Claire, Kate, Matt, Rob, Sam on 21 Jun 2013.
    • Photo: Claire Lee

      Claire Lee answered on 21 Jun 2013:

      Cartoon physics is the laws of physics which hold in cartoons. Like how when the road runner runs off a cliff, he hovers there for a while before falling.

      Or how the ACME anvil manages to float until exactly the point when the baddie is under it

      So unfortunately it doesn’t really affect us, because we have to live with plain old vanilla physics in our universe

    • Photo: Sam Geen

      Sam Geen answered on 21 Jun 2013:

      When you fall off a tall building, you don’t leave a you-shaped hole in the ground. It’s a little more messy than that. So don’t try it!

    • Photo: Robert Woolfson

      Robert Woolfson answered on 21 Jun 2013:

      I’d like to make one extra point, which is a world governed by cartoon physics would be non-stop comedy. Watch Who Framed Roger Rabbit for a perfect example.

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