Marv Newland’s Bambi Meets Godzilla remains one of animation’s greatest minimalist jokes. Created in 1969 as a student project, the black-and-white short opens with peaceful credits over grazing Bambi—until Godzilla’s foot abruptly crushes him, punctuated by The Beatles’ final chord from “A Day in the Life.” Hailed as a cult classic, the short toured U.S. theaters in the ’70s, appeared on VHS alongside Godzilla 1985, and was later preserved by the Academy Film Archive, cementing its legend as a two-minute triumph of absurd genius.