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Dr. Gu’s New Discovery (1958)

Dr. Gu’s New Discovery poster
Original title
古博士的新发现
Directed by
Qian Jiajun
Genre
animation
Country
People's Republic of China
Runtime
19 min
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 1 voters

How it feels

An animated film about an entomologist who mistakes a common fly for a new species. He and his colleagues argue over who gets to name it, writing ever longer papers to prove each other wrong.

whimsicalsatiricalplayfullightheartedcomedicsillylively

What happens

古博士的新发现是一部上海美术电影制片厂于1958年上映制作的彩色动画片作品。 昆虫学家古博士的儿子抓了一只苍蝇,被古博士发现了,但他不认识。他认为认为这是一个世界新物种,并且给它定名为“古普斯·杜勃斯·希里渥图斯”。古博认为凭借这项新发现将使他一举成名,于是他引经据典写起论文来。杜博士看到了古博士的新发现,他也不认识这只有两只大眼睛,六只脚,飞行时会发出嗡嗡声音的绿头虫子,于是他认为这个世界新物种应该叫“古克太·多克太·希里渥克太”,最后俩人为了命名权争执了起来。杜博士写了一篇20万字的论文来反驳古博士,古博士大怒,写了40万字的论文来批驳杜博士。最后一直吵到了昆虫学“权威”薛教授面前,薛教授也没见过苍蝇,他认为这个世界最新物种应该叫“古普太斯·多勃太斯·希里渥克太斯”,准备了了一百万字的科研论文来批驳二人。于是,三个昆虫学家为苍蝇的命名权大吵了起来........ 古博士的新发现 M1905 电影网 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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