# Animated Snail Tales Dribble Circus Animation Short Shows What Little Boys are Made From By Meghan Young | Published 2009-10-13 | Life-Stages Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/dribble-circus-animation-short References: [66.196.80.202](http://66.196.80.202/babelfish/translate_url_content?.intl=fr&lp=fr_en&trurl=http://www.fubiz.net/2009/10/13/bave-circus/) & [supinfocom.fr](http://www.supinfocom.fr/) Since boys are made from frogs and snails and puppy-dog tails, it only seems natural that the Dribble Circus animation short centers around a little boy and his foundling snail. Featuring [original music](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/synchrony-bank) from Thomas Miquel, this heartening tale of [new found friendships](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/barbour-x-shaun-the-sheep) and boundless imagination goes straight to the heart. The Dribble Circus animation short itself is a beautiful work of genius by Philippe Desfretier, Nicolas Dufresne, Sylvain Kauffmann and Martin Laugero. Watch the clip to see this boy’s frown turn upside down when a troop a snails enter his life—with style, might I add. ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 4.5/10 - Popularity: 29% | Activity: 97% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 70% men, 30% women - Primary generations: Gen Z, Millennial - Top markets: North America, Europe, Asia ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Life-Stages](https://www.trendhunter.com/life-stages) > [Youth](https://www.trendhunter.com/youth) ## Key Themes ### Why This Trend Is Growing - **Animation Shorts:** Opportunity to create more heartening and imaginative animation shorts like Dribble Circus. - **Foundling Snails:** Potential for stories and characters related to foundling snails in various media. - **Original Music in Animation:** Opportunity to compose original music for animation shorts or films. ### Industries Being Reshaped - **Film and Animation:** Disruptive innovation opportunity to create unique and heartening animation shorts like Dribble Circus. - **Children's Entertainment:** Opportunity to develop stories and characters related to foundling snails for children's books, TV shows or movies. - **Music Industry:** Opportunity for composers and musicians to collaborate with animators to create original music for animation projects. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Adult Animated Series](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/animated-comedy.md) - [Life Lesson Animated Cartoons](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/veefriends-cartoons.md) - [Book-Inspired Animated Adaptation](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/frog-toad.md) - [Family-Centric Animated Films](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/sneaks-movie.md) - [Surreal Dark Comedy Toys](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/amazing-digital-circus.md) - [Social Emotional Learning Snacks](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/eat-play-fruit-emotions-snack.md) - [Holiday Story Animations](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/little-holiday-munchkin.md) - [Stop-Motion Short Animations](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/over-the-garden-wall.md) - [Animated Short Film Trailers](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/carls-date.md)