Art is a main character featured in the 2021 Disney animated short Us Again.
Background[]
Personality[]
At first, Art is shown to be pragmatic, wanting to live in his apartment all alone grumpily watching TV all day. Just as his wife Dot felt sad that he refused to leave his apartment, Art saw a group of people dancing below him after remembering the moment he and his wife did when they were young, making him spontaneous as he started dancing in the rain, which also makes his wife happy. Throughout his relationship with his wife, the two began to dance across New York; however, when the rain passed through and Art and his wife began to revert to their elderly selves, the two look into each other's eyes and wordlessly acknowledge their love for one another, just as Dot and Art proceeded to dance together, though not as vibrantly as before.
Appearances[]
Us Again[]
Art is first seen staying in his apartment grumpily watching TV, just before his wife Dot enters and encourages him to get to dance like people outside, much to Art feeling pragmatic, just as his wife feels sad about this. He then looks at a picture of his memory when he and his wife were younger when they were dancing and as he sees the people dancing below him, Art suddenly turns young and gets used to dancing during a rainy night.
Feeling spontaneous, Art leaves his apartment and rushes happily greets various pedestrians passing by, just as he finds his wife Dot who has turned younger. Art and his wife Dot spontaneously dance across New York City and just before they are about to kiss, they suddenly turn to their elderly selves and it is found out that if they stay dry, their young selves revert to their elderly selves if they are not in the rain. Art and his wife continue to dance during a rainy night while trying to avoid getting dry and as they spontaneously enjoy their moments during a rainy night, they arrive at a fair as he attempts to kiss his wife. However, the rain passes through, causing Art to revert to his elderly self. He later sees his wife Dot sitting on a bench at the boardwalk just before they hug each other. During their relationship, Art and Dot begin to dance with each other on the boardwalk happily dance with each other while a rain puddle below them shows a reflection of Art and Dot in their younger selves dancing with each other.
Other appearances[]
Art and his wife Dot are briefly seen in Once Upon a Studio, waiting in line in the Walt Disney Animation Studios lobby for the group photo. They then join in the group photo during the end of the short with various other Disney characters outside the Walt Disney Animation Studios.
Trivia[]
- The frog that appears on Art's TV where said character is channel surfing is actually a cameo of Prince Naveen's frog form in his 3D-modeled appearance in Ralph Breaks the Internet.
- The scene where young Art stands on a traffic light when it rains is a reference to the famous "Singin' in the Rain" scene from the film of the same name.
- Art and Dot are seen visiting Litwak's Arcade from Wreck-It Ralph during the closing credits of Us Again.
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