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This article explores how animation has unique abilities to portray the emotional lives of characters in concise, accurate, reflective and engaging ways. It does so through a close reading of the experimental Norwegian film Ninjababy (Flikke 2021), about Rakel, a young woman who, discovering that she is six-and-a-half-months pregnant after casual sex, decides to put her baby up for adoption. In Ninjababy, animation is combined with live-action footage and used to illustrate interior states of mind that live-action film cannot show. The article also discusses how the use of animation makes Ninjababy particularly fit to address sensitive topics like sexuality and mental health in secondary education.