A.I. Just Recreated Characters Like The Grinch And Beauty And The Beast In Naughty Positions, And It’s Funny, Terrible, And Weirdly Charming All At Once

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I’ve been really fascinated watching AI art evolve, even though I totally get why people are critical of it. Sometimes, the stuff it creates is just…weirdly interesting! The latest thing blowing up online is a collection of pretty scandalous Christmas ornaments, and I’m guessing the creators are about to face some legal trouble.

The ornaments are made by a company called Homacus and feature many popular copyrighted characters, primarily from Disney – think Beauty and the Beast, Stitch, and Jack and Sally from The Nightmare Before Christmas. They also include characters like The Grinch, Shrek, and Chucky and Tiffany from Child’s Play. The ornaments depict these characters in a wide range of poses, some of which are suggestive or even quite explicit. Homacus even posts AI-animated versions of the ornaments on TikTok, and they’re surprisingly risqué.

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Yes, the ornaments are somewhat amusing, but it’s definitely strange that someone is making risqué Christmas decorations featuring cartoon characters. In fact, to make some of these designs work, they’ve even created female characters – and it seems likely those were also made using artificial intelligence.

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While many of the ornaments are flawed, a few have a certain appeal. They still have a slightly artificial smoothness, but some are actually quite cute. For example, there’s an ornament of Cinderella Castle from Walt Disney World that lets you personalize it with family names. Although the colors aren’t quite right, it’s at least a little bit charming.

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Even if you find these ornaments amusing or odd, there’s a clear issue: they strongly resemble the official character ornaments sold at stores like Hallmark. The characters themselves are likely a problem too, as the companies that own the rights to those characters probably won’t appreciate them being used this way. The creators *could* have avoided trouble by only using the very first versions of Mickey and Minnie Mouse from the short film *Steamboat Willie*, since that early work is no longer protected by copyright.

While using these videos as inspiration might normally be considered fair use, the fact that the company is selling ornaments based on them changes things. Given the videos’ popularity – some have over a million views – it’s probable that legal action will be taken.

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2025-09-26 19:53