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* The world of ''WesternAnimation/WelcomeToTonkaTown'' is ''loaded'' with these- in just the first few minutes of "Teamwork In Tonka Town" alone, we see living road barriers, gas pumps, traffic cone, shovels and jackhammers, and of course Tommy Toolbox and Prybar Pete.
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* The main cast of ''WesternAnimation/TheToolStreetGang'' consists of anthropomorphic, human-sized tools.
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* ''VideoGame/TonicTrouble'': The titular tonic is able to turn ordinary objects into these, and is responsible for the game's AttackOfTheKillerWhatever enemies. In fact, the ''very first thing'' the audience sees it do is bring some screws to life during the game's intro.
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* ''VideoGame/GrowSongOfTheEvertree'': The apprentice was raised by Coppertop (a stove), and Book ([[ADogNamedDog a book]]).
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* ''WesternAnimation/BabesInToyland'': Among the inhabitants of Toyland are a number of sentient objects, including a monkey-like monkey wrench who gets thrown into "the works" of a factory as a LiteralMetaphor. (Don't worry, the wrench ends up being fine.)
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* The ''WesternAnimation/SushiPack'', along with [[EvilCounterpart The Legion of Low Tide]] and [[EvilKnockoff The Fried Food Fighting Force]] are all humanized versions of various food stuffs (sushi for the Pack and Legion, fried foods for [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin guess who]].
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* ''Film/TheWiz'': The SinisterSubway is filled with such things as living columns, biting trash cans, and serpent-like electrical cables.
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* In the ''WesternAnimation/PennZeroPartTimeHero'' episode "Balls!", Penn visits a world inhabited by sentient balls and other living sports equipment.
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* The enemies in ''VideoGame/FaeFarm'', called jumbles, are objects that have been brought to life by magic.
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** Different sentient instruments (a string bass, drum set, electric keyboard, and saxophone) were the series' mascot for a time.

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** Different sentient instruments (a string bass, drum set, electric keyboard, and saxophone) were the series' mascot mascots for a time.
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* Most characters in ''WesternAnimation/TheMightyOnes'' are animated objects of some sort, with the show's main cast consisting of a twig, a rock, a leaf, and a strawberry.
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* ''WesternAnimation/BluesClues'' has sentient salt and pepper shakers, shovel and pail, side table drawer...

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* ''WesternAnimation/BluesClues'' has sentient salt and pepper shakers, shovel and pail, side table drawer... and in ''WesternAnimation/BluesCluesAndYou'', there's a sentient dreidel.
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* ''Series/IrisTheHappyProfessor'': Piano is a sentient... well, piano.
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Fantaghiro}}'':
** The Magic Stone is a small talking rock who hops around and is constantly trying to pick fights with creatures much, much bigger than him. One episode reveals he has a “family” of sorts, which consists of other (more respectably-sized) living rocks.
** In one episode, Darken’s use of a blacksmith as a VillainPossessedBystander has the side effect of bringing some of his recently created weapons to life. Despite having been animated by dark magic, the weapons are open to a HeelFaceTurn and remain alive after Darken’s spell on the blacksmith is lifted.
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* ''WesternAnimation/BestAndBester'': Bettervale's population consists of a large number of living objects with stick-figure arms and legs. The titular duo are unique among then in that they aren't set in their forms- every day, they can [[{{Objectshifting}} choose a new kind of object to be.]]
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* The world of ''WesternAnimation/RockPaperScissorsNickelodeon'' is absolutely full of these- there's the titular trio, Pencil, Lou (a trash can), Putty, Sandpaper...

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* ''Series/TheBigGarage'': Any character that isn't [[SentientVehicle the taxis or Rusty]] is some other kind of object. To give a few examples: Pump, the taxis' mentor, is a gas pump; Scrap is a trash compactor who lives in a scrapyard near the Big Garage; and Tooly, a toolbox who qualifies as this himself, works using sentient wrenches known as the Spanners.


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* ''Series/TheBigGarage'': Any character that isn't [[SentientVehicle the taxis or Rusty]] is some other kind of object. To give a few examples: Pump, the taxis' mentor, is a gas pump; Scrap is a trash compactor who lives in a scrapyard near the Big Garage; and Tooly, a toolbox who qualifies as this himself, works using sentient wrenches known as the Spanners.


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* ''Series/TheHoobs'' has the Motorettes, sentient motors with a passion for singing.
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* Everything in ''Film/MrToadsWildRide''. Even the water!

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* Everything in ''Film/MrToadsWildRide''.''[[Film/TheWindInTheWillows1996 Mr. Toad's Wild Ride]]''. Even the water!
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* One scene in ''Film/ManWithAMovieCamera'' has a tripod and camera that move by themselves.


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* ''Film/TheWizardOfSpeedAndTime'': The titular wizard's magic causes a large amount of film equipment to animate and begin dancing during his musical number.
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** And before ''that'', the episode "Put the Barbarian Back the Box" featured animate miniatures from a D&D-like tabletop RPG, who rebel against the trio for not playing by the rules of their game.
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* ''Film/EllisInFreedomland'': The appliances in Ellis’s dream are all able to speak, although due to the film’s lack of a special effects budget they can’t really move on their own (aside from being inconsistently able to open and close their doors) and need Ellis to demonstrate their functions.
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Bikes}}'': Acting as comic relief in the film are a few living air pumps which bear a bizarre resemblance to [[Franchise/DespicableMe Minions]].
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheMagicKey'':
** In “The Patchworker”, Anneena and Chip (and Floppy) find themselves in a world inhabited by sentient pins and sewing needles.
** Crayon World from “Fraser The Eraser” is inhabited by anthropomorphic crayons, as well as the titular eraser.
** The island visited in “The Sound Monster” is inhabited by humanoid batteries. The titular monster itself also counts, as its design is clearly based on a stereo.
** Nadim, Biff, and Floppy once visited Tool World, whose population consisted of living, human-sized tools. Unlike the show’s other examples, the tool people had no idea what humans were and thus assumed their visitors to be (very strange-looking) tools.

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