Category:20th century

The 20th century was a signifigant century in animation. Events in the 20th century include:
 * The first cartoon character with personality, Gertie the Dinosaur (1914)
 * The debuts of Felix the Cat (1919), Mickey Mouse (1928) and Looney Tunes (1929), et al.
 * The first sound cartoon, My Old Kentucky Home (1926)
 * The switch from cut-out paper animation to painted cel animation (late 1920s–early 1930s)
 * The first color cartoon (though in two-strip Technicolor), "Ub" Iwerks' Fiddlesticks (1930)
 * The first feature-length animated film created using cels, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, released by Walt Disney Productions (1938)
 * The first cartoon created for television, Crusader Rabbit (1948)
 * The first cartoons released in widescreen scope format by MGM and Disney (1955)
 * The first feature-length adult animated film, Fritz the Cat (1973)
 * The creation of the long-running cartoon for television The Simpsons (1990)
 * The first CGI animated film, Toy Story (1995)