Where does the line get drawn as far as crediting creators if a film includes some minor characters created by myriad writers/artists?


Legally, the line is drawn wherever the contract says so! Absent that, it probably down to the goodwill of the people involved in producing the film, I suppose.

The closest precedent to a situation like that I can think of would be something like Who Framed Roger Rabbit, or The Puppetoon Movie, which featured lots of different characters -- even in brief cameo appearances! -- that all had to be properly attributed to different (corporate) owners.

(Oh, boy, I can't wait for another round of complaining that the suit involves properties Kirby had nothing to do with. Woo hoo.)

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