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1	'''Freelance Animators New Zealand''' (also known as Freelance Graphics Ltd.) was a [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin New Zealand]] animation studio based in Auckland founded by John Ewing and Barry Pierce in 1989. Some of its animators later went to work for Creator/ToonzAnimation, also based in New Zealand. Today, co-founder Pierce runs [[http://www.animationcollege.co.nz/about-us/history/ Animation College]], training a new generation of animators. Ewing had already died on September 15, 2023.
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4	!!Shows and games worked on by Freelance:
5	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'' (14 shorts)[[labelnote:List]]"Buttons and the Balloon", "The Cat and the Fiddle", "Chalkboard Bungle", "General Boo-Regard", "Broken Date", "The Blemish", "The Mindy 500", "Moby or Not Moby", "Nighty-Night Toon", "Of Nice and Men", "Survey Ladies", "Up a Tree", "What a Dump!", "When Rita Met Runt"[[/labelnote]] (plus a handful of bumpers, including all of the Dot's Poetry Corners)
6	* ''WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck'' (animation and backgrounds for [[Creator/WaltDisneyAnimationUnits Walt Disney Television Animation Australia]]; 1 episode)[[labelnote:List]]"Heavy Mental"[[/labelnote]]
7	* ''WesternAnimation/GoofTroop'' (animation and backgrounds for Disney Australia; 1 episode)[[labelnote:List]]"Meanwhile, Back at the Ramp" (with Creator/PacificRimAnimation)[[/labelnote]]
8	* ''VideoGame/LivingBooks: Literature/{{Arthur}}'s Reading Race''
9	* ''WesternAnimation/TazMania'' (2 episodes)[[labelnote:List]]"Driving Mr. Taz", "Mean Bear"[[/labelnote]]
10	* ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'' (3 episodes)[[labelnote:List]]"Rainy Daze", "Brave Tales of Real Rabbits", "Toons Take Over"[[/labelnote]]
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13	!!Tropes associated with Freelance:
14	* AnimationBump: The "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1a2lK8cfCW8 Humans Ain't What They Seem to Be]]" song from "When Rita Met Runt" is definitely a step up from their [[OffModel usual work]] on ''Animaniacs'', to the point that it barely resembles their usual work. Some parts look more like something Creator/TMSEntertainment (which is near unanimously considered the best studio for the show) would do.
15	* SignatureStyle: John Ewing, who supervised the animators with Barry Pearce, was a former Disney animator and his style can be seen in many Freelance episodes. Check out this [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMSZp7YkVQg anti-smoking PSA]] from 1981 (directed by Ewing); it is very similar to what would be seen in Freelance episodes a decade later.

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