The Dot and the Line: A Romance in Lower Mathematics

[InvaderZim897]

The line can do better.

[Nadius89]

Watched many times, when Cartoon Network wasn't crap...

[InvaderZim897]

@Nadius89 It's not

[h4tm4ker]

The decagon example done at 6:23 is done with another line? Scandalous..

[yasmineHTML]

Still a better love story than Twilight.

[frixlm]

@yasmineHTML every porn movie has a better love story than twilight

[chriscantrell1989]

@yasmineHTML That's like saying this smells better that crap

[EHH246]

"And suddenly she realized that what she thought was freedom and joy was nothing more than anarchy and sloth." I love that line.

[roryphelan]

@EHH246 Yes this comes across as anti-hippy.

[bearsandpenguins]

@roryphelan Norton Juster's The Phantom Tollbooth had the same themes. They do seem anti-hippy, since both are from the early 60s. But considering that he was an architect, I thought they were mostly about aesthetic beauty and joy that can come from orderliness and logic, rather than a social statement.

[falloutatthedisco96]

that circles a bitch

[DoomzdaySayer]

Classic Chuck Jones! I sure as heck miss him! The cartoon world needs Chuck Jones! Heck! The art world needs Chuck Jones!

[Wronzoff]

I love this cartoon. I actually prefer it in my native language though, because the genders are inverted, the dot is male (o ponto) and the line is female (a linha), it makes more sense to that way.

[manray17]

I will use this to teach elements of art to my students. very cool!!

[AmyD1958]

The Dot is a hoochie.

[jwelch5742]

This Cartoon won an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film.

[JGonzoDr85]

In the ideal sense, dots are 0D and lines are 1D, although both type of object make extensive use of the 2nd dimension in this film. :)

[georgiapacific]

the dot is a bitch .

[yamiriei]

fuck the dot...fucking bitch



[rhaben]

Thank you for posting this video. It has been years since I saw this wonderful abstract cartoon by the always brilliant Chuck Jones. Now to show it to my kids...

[G4m30v]

Is there a script for this, I wonder?

[DoomzdaySayer]

Chuck Jones rocks! I love his cartoons! I can remember this one from my childhood. Totally a classic!

[poofpoint]

Ohhhhhhhhhhhh ............how lovely <3 :/

[supermegafoxy112]

Haha we all had to watch it... I know you guys...

[craziayj]

My Pre-Calculus teacher assigned watching this to my class for homework...

[AngstBand]

I have to watch this for homework. 

[greg19670]

One of my favorite Chuck Jones toons.

[GoCurtius]

This has to be the moste lovable piece of utterly petty bourgeois and conservative propaganda there is. Now get in line, get your hole and be happy, fools.

[AMDave1023]

She's a perfect 36 36 36. Sounds more like a straight line to me.

[luckystrr09]

what year was this?

[Howmeister]

Check out the sequel: The Dot misses a Period.

[eviekbarr]

@Howmeister I can't find it... :(

[G4m30v]

@eviekbarr that's because it doesn't exist, silly!

[dofbg]

it's like see moving art

[mentonerodominicano]

FINALLY FOUND THIS! =D

[xXTheThinkTankXx]

The squiggle is simply a line who has yet to settle down.

[YoSaraLu]

17 morons

[hevyonez97]

"...to the vector belong the spoils..." what a line to remember for all time......

[JimShadyUK]

I loved this cartoon when I was little. It's a shame my son will never get to see it on television as I can't think of a channel that would broadcast it. I'll showhim on the computer though.

[TheChill4u]

I Love This Cartoon, Is one of my favorites from the Childhood! :-)

[buxombabyNJ]

dot is a c*nt. squiggle is the same as line except already evolved and has better tunes.

[EuropeanAnimation]

If he can turn himself into complex curves, why doesn't he just find another line and teach her to do the same thing?

[centerfield34]

@EuropeanAnimation You need to understand Love. Then you will understand why he is 'faithful' to her..................

[EuropeanAnimation]

@centerfield34 That's a pretty squiggly response.

[lukaspukas1]

This completely deserved the academy award it won.

[Ajabudw]

Oh so sweet. I haven't seen this in years. Thank you!!!

[MeneerTiki]

Oh look, a cartoon for people with Asperger's syndrome.

[linco011235]

we read this in my British literature class, to see if it is more classical or more romantic.

[jerz211]

that was an intense math session o.O

[murrrrrgles]

Aw. :)

My math teacher recommended this short. Love it.

[Dreamergirl818]

AWWWW <3 i loved this. I miss the old cartoons like this.

[BlackHayateTheThird]

this video is so sexist!!!! the only thing the dot can do is be pink and girly while even the squiggle can at least try (and can... pathetically) to transform... the way she says things is really bitchy, not all women are like that, and how come the line can do all the amazing stuff and not the dot? very talented line but still... dot does nothing... but bounce...the dot can also only be with a squiggle or a line, why can't she just be by herself? she doesn't need to be with either...

[GoCurtius]

@BlackHayateTheThird

Considering that this was made in the 60s... back then many women could barely do much more than be girly and bounce. So this might actually not be subtile sexism, but a rather accurate allusion to reality, and thus even criticize patriarchy. Think before you hate.

[Kylekorversgirl88]

1:59 "He's so gay, and free!"

mfw O_o

lmao

I have loved this since I was very young :)

[maragathambala]

ஆனால் புள்ளியை வசீகரிப்பதற்காக தன்னால் முடிந்தபடி வளைந்து நெளிந்து முன்பின்னாக ஆடி,தனக்குள்ளாகவே சுற்றித் திருகி என்று பல்வேறு வடிவங்களை, சாத்தியங்களைச் செய்து காட்டுகிறது கோடு. அப்படியும் புள்ளிக்குக் கோட்டினைப் பிடிக்கவேயில்லை. காதலை அடைவதற்காக கோடு மேற்கொள்ளும் எத்தனிப்புகள் படுவேடிக்கையாக இருக்கின்றன. இந்த உருமாற்றத்தின் வழியே நாம் கோடு என்றால் என்னவென்று புரிந்து கொள்ளத் துவங்குகிறோம

thanks. Writer. S.Ramakrishnan

[maragathambala]

கணிதத்தை இவ்வளவு எளிமையான ஒரு காதல் கதையாக உருமாற்ற முடிந்திருப்பது பெரிதும் வியப்பளித்தது. ஒரு புள்ளியைக் காதலிக்கும் நேர்கோட்டின் கதை என்ற புனைவு ரீதியிலும் மிக முக்கியமான கதையாகவே வெற்றியடைந்துள்ளது. நாலைந்து முறை இதைப் பார்த்துவிட்டேன். தத்துவம், மெய்தேடல், விஞ்ஞானம், கவிதை, சமூகமாற்றம், உளவியல் சிக்கல் என்று எப்படி வேண்டுமானாலும் இதை அர்த்தபடுத்திக் கொண்டே போகலாம்.

புள்ளி ஒன்றின் வசீகரத்தில் மயங்கி அதைக் காதலிக்க துவங்குகிறது ஒரு நேர்கோடு. புள்ளிக்கோ கோட்டினை பிடிக்கவேயில்லை (S.R.)

[sonicgail]

that squiggle made 19 accounts and disliked the vid

[n1ppywin9er]

The dot was fickle, but up until it bailed on the squiggle it didn't do anything wrong.You aren't obligated to reciprocate unwanted affection.

[doorki42]

the dot is a selfish slut you can do better line

[sharkonwhisky]

Never seen this before! Brilliant, thanks for posting.

[powderdd]

Why couldn't my math classes have been more like this?

[lo2enge]

thin and drawn! superb stuff

[LocoTaco190]

I've always loved this cute little story!

[dubs19842009]

This looks like it should be on Sesame Street.

[bazzjedimaster]

fun fact in the latinoamerican dub they inverted the genders of the lines and the dot

[themangakawolf]

the dot is a whore!

[MrChunkylover3]

watch this while high, mind=blown

[Hamburgler55]

mrs lee watched this video 1272 times

[OMeisekiyume]

Tenía años buscando esta animación.

[Harkadenn]

I finally get this cartoon, of all those times sitting late at night watching this cartoon seldom time over TNT or CARTOON NETWORK and falling asleep or changing the channel.

Now as grown up I saw it and all I have to say is... what a b**** of a red dot she was... hey and how many of you noticed the word LOVE in the squiggly line?

[megaanimefreak200]

did they have humans back then???

[droophy]

Ms. Dot sound like a gold digger.. hahaha

[SabinHD]

15 people live their life like a Squiggle.

[MrMindGasm]

"He's so gay and free."

(I know he meant it as "merry" but I still giggled)

[MicahBuzan]

. and ----

[KaikipBT7]

This cartoon came to mind a few days ago studying for math finals. Remembered it from my childhood. I remembered how much I loved the lines transformations in the later parts. Loved it. Thanks for uploading.

[Keairan3]

This cartoon should be shown in any class that deals with spatial relationships, such as geometry, linear (vector) algebra, or three dimensional calculus. Not only is more gotten out of the ensemble, it would be good for helping people understand some of the more complicated shapes and angles.

[JCXX2]

el de hanna barbera es mejor

[TheDynastQueen]

I forgot all about this cartoon and never got it as a child but now having watched it over I must say that the dot is a one dimensional bitch who does not deserve the line. She can't do anything except take up space and bounce, plus she's so fickle and arrogant that if the story continued she'd probably leave the line for a dotted line. Terrible she-dot, amazing cartoon.

[stainglassfox]

@TheDynastQueen Actually, mathematically speaking, the dot takes up no space.

[snugglenuts]

@stainglassfox I heard that a dot is a geometric concept that can occupy any space and any dimension. Typically, it is thought as an infinitesimal point, we we both could be right. :)

[stainglassfox]

@snugglenuts I'm speaking about a point where two lines cross, an intersection. By definition, it takes no space since it's an intellectual concept.

[Goodiesfanful]

@TheDynastQueen The dot and the line did live reasonably happily ever after, so maybe the dot became a better dot. She showed some maturity when she saw the squiggle for what he really was and told him off with some very eloquent adjectives.

[SpaceTime4D]

@TheDynastQueen Correction: the dot is a zero-dimensional bitch. Dots, or points, have no dimension at all.

[BlackHayateTheThird]

@SpaceTime4D hope you know not all dots are like that... >.>

[Skymouth]

@TheDynastQueen Lol, agrees whole heartedly. I'd forgotten about this cartoon until I saw it just now and while watching thought, 'God, the dot is such a bitch!'

[calspace]

@TheDynastQueen - I was just thinking something similar.  I loved this cartoon, and I have the book, and honestly, the dot doesn't deserve the line.

[VacantFilmer]

@sassy363

the thing i love about this cartoon is the fact that even though Line changed the way he looked he was still a line, so everything he did was unique of himself. Squiggle wasn't really unique... he just looked unique when compared to Line in the beginning. but when Line started to make shapes and artwork, Squiggle turned out to be a pretty boring and useless guy after all!

says a lot about what women like in a guy. no one said love was easy.

[heine71]

Who was Robert Morley, who narrated "The Dot and the Line"?

[sassy363]

Why is this cartoon suggesting that I change who I am in order to fit someone else's standards?

[paix221]

@sassy363 I thought the same thing. That dot was mean anyway.

[markstringf]

@sassy363 The line chose what to make of himself.

[SavingEverySecond]

as meaningless as a melon? =*

[crakdak]

THAT DOT IS A BITCH.

[OurGangFan]

@crakdak Maybe the dot was on it's period because it's red!

[IFStravinsky]

What some guys won't do to get laid ...

[Pynaegan]

To the vector belong the spoils, and oh was she ever spoiled!

Oh my GOD I remember this! Not only had I forgotten about this, but I had to think waaaaaay back to when I had seen it last. On a silver screen in the school basment through an old projector when I was in elementry.

Blessed be youtube.

[jjjeeefffeeerrryyy]

ohhhhh yaaaaaaa go line ur an allstar

[metrolead]

the line as a progress bar

[elmuerteyu]

@metrolead

Agreed...infinite and constant......

[mrdotbryce]

i need this on dvd

[allisonmariebeall]

i LOVE this story omg

[toonadict]

The dot is a gold diggin whore! She broke that squiggles heart!

[njskiinglegend]

When I was little, I enjoyed nothing more than when this cartoon came on during looney tunes. Seriously, it's so simple yet so amazing!

[girlluvwaffles]

wow awsome cartoon

[JOZZ145]

Bottom line is, you half to do everything to win over a girl's heart, and they get to sit back and judge all they want, life sucks.

[draven26]

An interesting piece of animation, really enjoyable

[Cogent89]

I wonder why the line is "he" and the dot is "she".

[toonadict]

@Cogent89 Red dot... the other name for a dot is a period... a red dot.... do ya get me or do i need to say red dot and period more? lol

[SpaceTime4D]

@Cogent89 Possibly a reference to Edwin A. Abbott's "Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions". In a one-dimensional world called Lineland, all the men were lines, and all the women points.

[lukaspukas1]

@SpaceTime4D The source material on which this was based on cites just that as the inspiration.

[DragonslayerProd]

The dot is such a one-dimensional character.

[ThePolysyllabist]

@DragonslayerProd You, sir or madam, are awesome

[Michgal2189]

Hey now Ms.Dot, did you forget that being stiff and straight is a GOOD thing when it comes to men?

[apocolsipe]

@Michgal2189 OH Ooooo I see what your did there clever clever Boy

[deadcrowes19]

Wow, the dot's an absolute whore. What happens if she encounters a 3d shape that does things a line can't? She'd ditch the line like a clunker and kiss up to the new guy in town.

[rabbitpi]

@deadcrowes19 She's a dimensional-slut.

[hugsfromthemouth]

The dot was a silly and materialistic hoe.

[ysbaddaden2003]

@hugsfromthemouth

A farmer?

[AleshaLeshaLeh]

I love this short because my boyfriend and I met in a high school math class. :)

[CoolGluestick]

7:12 the squiggle spells out love after the dot leaves <3

[ikon03]

the dot reminds me of some stupid tampon commercial

[AAVista]

@ikon03 HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! You mean this slogan from Kotex?  "Kotes fits... period!"

[fj4515]

I like that the creators made the line stretch infinitely like its definition tells us.

[Lemonade908]

The line shouldn't have had to work to earn the dot's love, she should have loved him for who he was in the first place. Still, it a cartoon. And a really creative one at that.

[MrFarrell]

Watching this as an adult, the Dot really comes off badly; fickle and vindictive. I feel bad for the Squiggle, who didn't seem like a bad guy, just unkempt. The Line is a jerk for breaking up their relationship.

[tsunchoo]

dots, eh?

[arcticcoconut]

I'm the squiggle :\

[arcticcoconut]

I'm the squiggle :\

[nameofthepen]

"To the vector go the spoils". Ha ha...worst (best) pun all day.

.

Marvelous vid. Perfect add to my "Educational Videos" playlist!

[CristalCube]

Excellent! ツ

[hallowvale]

I remember seeing this at the movies! :D There's a theater here in town that shows old cartoon shorts before the previews/movie, and this was the one that I saw one day. I'm shit at math, but I liked it.

[Godzillamovie1]

I LOVE THIS CARTOON.

[third3y3op3n3d]

I like the bass line in the squiggle's theme music.

[melcookie1983]

this was my FAVE cartoon growing up (i still LOVE chuck jones btw) - looking at it now just makes me feel so icky! what horrible being the line is! what a superficial piece of dirt (the dot)! :( i most certainly understand how times have changed... but really?

[dancarlson82]

What 15 people were stupid enough to dislike this?

[Ze0do0Gas]

One of the fewest chuck jones cartoons without Michael Maltese.

[porqporq]

A dot has no dimensions while a line has just one dimension...There's nothing 2D happening here at all, but might I ask you : did the dot get mono from the line ?

[koosiehjy]

Dislike. How could he still love her after she betrayed him with the squiggle? I don't think the relationship ever could be pure and honest after that.

[SickDream]

@koosiehjy

I guess that's because in that time, it was seen as ok for a girl to ditch her boyfriend for a "better" one, and then she had the right to get the old guy back if he proves to be a "top dog"...

that's how it was portrayed on TV. that's what shows like what Popeye were about. the cartoon just followed the trend of that time.

[TheGreenerPastures]

@koosiehjy I don't think she really betrayed him, since the dot was with the squiggle from the start. If you think about it, both genders do it all the time. Play around, but when they want something serious and to settle down, go for the person that actually has some angle.

[toshirodragon]

Dot is a rather fickle las, only with an eye to flash and good times. Wait Line, she'll leave you when you start to sag!

[Mokeyfrog]

any one know if this is on a dvd let me know please?

[Schmorgenderby]

@Mokeyfrog It is included on the "Glass Bottom Boat" DVD in the extras.

[Schmorgenderby]

@Mokeyfrog It is included on the "Glass Bottom Boat" DVD in the extras. 

[aer71367]

I havea first edition fot his book.. It is a charming wildly inventive cartoon as well!

[Sylderon]

And this, ladies and gentlemen, is how minimal animation is supposed to be done!

[flybyfish]

The squiggle is a meaningless jerk. Taking up the Dot's precious time.

[nico1245c]

yeah, conformism!

[MTabla]

I make it a point to studiously avoid Cartoon Network and Nickelodeon fare in my house and instead direct my little children's attention to cartoons like this one that's so elegantly done as well as imparting some wisdom to boot - thanks for the upload!

[mf91007]

To the guys who this hits like a ton of bricks (you know who you are. WoW nerds, the tall but skinny folks, the nice guys), translate the metaph

[nzingha1]

All the ladies need to take note! My favorite Cartoon ever...

[bruknot]

it's not about change yourself, it's talks about the magnificence of the rational over the irrational.

Sometimes rational seems to be bored and more funny the irrational cause hasn't rules.

but everything in life must be a direction.

[kaushiksays]

moral of the story: women become whores for money and successful men.

[Recedebo]

this cartoon is so awesome, its so simple ans so complex at the time, it explodes many abstract things that could only be imagined this way... chuck jones is such a genius i'm never tired of watching it...

[cgmster]

idiot you're an idiot. that's why that works for YOU. dumbass

[gabrielgfo2]

douche