Cartoons
Plates
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Reynaud's cartoons became quite popular, but his technique of reflecting glass plates proved to be a technological dead end, soon eclipsed by the Lumiere brothers and Thomas Edison and others who were projecting motion pictures by using photographic film.
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This invention, which resembled the later invention of motion picture projectors, allowed for Reynaud to project longer and more complex cartoons, with 500 or more images on glass plates.
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Primarily a comedy trope, a common sight gag with this kind of character in cartoons or anime is having piles upon piles of plates and bowls stack up as the character chows down.
Source: Big Eater
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