at the Tampere Film Festival, the Silver Plaque for Animation at the Chicago International Film Festival, the Hiroshima Prize at the Hiroshima International Animation Festival, the FIPRESCI International Film Critics' Prize at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival and a Genie Award for Best Animated Short. It was also nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film at the 58th Academy Awards. In 1994, it was voted #25 of the 50 Greatest Cartoons of all time by members of the animation field, and was the highest ranked cartoon in the list that was from the NFB. It was also included in the Animation Show of Shows. Animation expert Charles Solomon cited it as one of the best animated films of the 1980s. In popular culture The Big Snit inspired a Scrabble scene in the second episode of The Simpsons' first season, "Bart the Genius". References External links Canadian Film Encyclopedia The Big Snit on BCDB 1985 films Animated comedy films Canadian animated short films Canadian comedy short films Films about nuclear war and weapons National Film Board of Canada animated short films Films directed by Richard Condie Works about Scrabble Best Animated Short Film Genie and Canadian Screen Award winners 1985 comedy films 1980s animated short films 1985 animated films Animated films about cats Animated films about birds English-language Canadian films 1980s English-language films 1980s Canadian films