Hard and Scratchy

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Hard adjective - Having or showing a lack of sympathy or tender feelings.

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Scratchy and hard are semantically related in harsh topic. In some cases you can use "Scratchy" instead an adjective "Hard".

Nearby Words: harden, hardship, hardy, hardly, hardness

Scratchy adjective - Having leaves or branches which are likely to cause a scratch.

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Hard and scratchy are semantically related in harsh topic. Sometimes you can use "Hard" instead an adjective "Scratchy".

Nearby Words: scratch, scratched, scratching

As Scratchy is male and Snowball II is female, this also inverts Humanoid Female Animal hard.

Source: Western Animation / Treehouse of Horror
However, the technology only allowed for black outlines, which forced a hard scratchy visual style for years until The Rescuers when softer outlines with various colors were possible.

Source: Useful Notes / The Dark Age of Animation
On the technical side, this film was the first Disney animated film to move away from the hard scratchy outline look that was the norm for Disney animation since 101 Dalmatians thanks to improvements of xerography processing technology to allow a softer look.

Source: Disney / The Rescuers

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