Xiao Xiao
Xiao Xiao (, "Little Work") is an Internet Flash cartoon series by Chinese animator Zhu Zhiqiang, featuring stick figures performing choreographed fight scenes. Some of the cartoons are interactive and game-like. All cartoons are in the Adobe Flash format, with the exception of Xiao Xiao #1, which was originally in AVI format and converted to Flash format."''Xiao Xiao''" is the Chinese character for "small" repeated twice in Mandarin Chinese; here this reduplication connotes an affectionate diminutive, an equivalent might be the English expression "itty bitty" or "lil' old". Each Xiao Xiao cartoon is given a Chinese title with the adjective "Xiao Xiao" preceding a descriptive noun phrase. Xiao Xiao #1 was originally titled "Xiao Xiao Zuo Pin", which translates to "A Little Bit of Creative Work". Since then each Xiao Xiao cartoon has had a different noun succeeding "Xiao Xiao". #4 is titled "Little Sheriff", and #7 is titled "Little Movie".
The term has gradually shifted meaning from the cartoons themselves to the main character, an anonymous black stick-figure. In this context it means something similar to "little fella", appropriate since in most perspectives Xiao Xiao and his fellow stick-people appear tiny and childlike, with disproportionately large heads and small limbs.
Xiao Xiao is placed in various dangerous situations to prove his martial arts prowess, often against other stick figures who appear more or less identical to himself. Usually other stick figures are also black, but can be other colors, and Xiao Xiao's perpetual nemesis is the Boss, a purple stick figure who commands the enemy sticks and appears to be Xiao Xiao's only peer in ability.
Others have seized on Xiao Xiao's popularity to make animations exploiting the easy-to-draw style of stick figures and minimalist backgrounds, often creating cartoons that are sequels or takeoffs of the official Xiao Xiao cartoons, especially Xiao Xiao #3. Provided by Wikipedia
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186by Ping Wang, David A. Ratkowsky, Xiao Xiao, Xiaojing Yu, Jialu Su, Lifang Zhang, Peijian ShiGet full text
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188by Kouminin Kanwore, Piniel Alphayo Kambey, Xiao-Xiao Guo, Ayanlaja Abdulrahman Abiola, Ying Xia, Dianshuai GaoGet full text
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192by Bonanni, Leonardo Amerigo, Xiao, Xiao, Hockenberry, Matthew, Subramani, Praveen, Ishii, Hiroshi, Seracini, Maurizio, Schulze, JurgenOther Authors: “...Xiao, Xiao...”
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193by Xiao-Xiao Shan, Xiao-Xiao Shan, Yan Qiu, Yan Qiu, Wei-Wei Xie, Ren-Rong Wu, Ren-Rong Wu, Yan Yu, Hai-Shan Wu, Hai-Shan Wu, Le-Hua Li, Le-Hua LiGet full text
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194by Ke Li, Han Wang, Hong‐Feng Zhang, Xiao‐Xiao Zhao, Yong‐Ji Lai, Fang‐Fang LiuGet full text
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197by Jie Fu, Tenghao Wang, Xiao Xiao, Yuanzhi Cheng, Fengqin Wang, Mingliang Jin, Yizhen Wang, Xin ZongGet full text
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198by Jianguang Hu, Xiaoshi Zhong, Jing Yan, Daoyuan Zhou, Danping Qin, Xiao Xiao, Yuanyuan Zheng, Yan LiuGet full text
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199by Qiwei Li, Tao Chen, Hexi Cui, Xiao Xiao, Chunqiu Chen, Zhenyu Shen, Fu Ji, Lu YinGet full text
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