If these don't ring a bell, let me paint you a picture -- or, rather, an illustrated character that is now a cherished part of the Disney legacy.
Its most cherished character is Istanbul itself – the city's poor neighbourhoods, dramatic sunsets and long Ramadan evenings – celebrated with no less lyrical intensity than Baudelaire had showered on Paris.
Evans re-created some of the iconic animator's most cherished characters in the equally cherished 8-bit approach.
Catching wind that The Wind Rises would be the director's last animated feature, Evans re-created some of the iconic animator's most cherished characters in the equally cherished 8-bit approach.
This is the best kind of film franchise, in that it stitches us into an ongoing story, re-familiarising us with cherished characters and shows that the simple spectacle of two people walking and talking can be as purely dramatic as any comic-book blockbuster.
You'd think an impending sequel trilogy, featuring the return of cherished characters like Han Solo and Chewbacca, assembled with all the technology that Disney's endless resources can command, would transport me to ecstasy at hyperspeed.
"The BBC has played an instrumental role in shaping the British entertainment industry for nearly a century, creating some of the most iconic and cherished characters on TV and radio," said David Testa, director of LRCH.
"The BBC has played an instrumental role in shaping the British entertainment industry for nearly a century, creating some of the most iconic and cherished characters on TV and radio.
Although wisdom has it that "doing" the different voices of his cherished characters hastened his death, no other Victorian could match him for celebrity, earnings, and sheer vocal artistry.
Walt Disney's most cherished characters were princesses and animals; Lasseter's more ambivalent world is one in which any object might come to life - toys strike back when mangled, cars shrug their shoulders, multi-tasking mothers are pieces of elastic in human disguise.
