Cartoon Crossovers: 27 Hot Pop Toons

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Beyoncé Knowles as Queen Tara, the Mother Nature-like queen of the forest

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Steven Tyler as Nim Galuu, a somehow wise and party-ready caterpillar in “Epic.”

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Pitbull as Bufo, a well-dressed businessman in “Epic.”

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Snoop Dogg lends his voice and his swagger to the upcoming animated film “Turbo” as a super cool snail named Smoove Move.

In “Ice Age: Continental Drift,” Nicki Minaj joins the hilarious cast as Steffie, a young, girly woolly mammoth.

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Not to be outdone by his Young Money labelmate, Drake will also be in theaters for the new “Ice Age” film as Ethan, a woolly mammoth that Peaches (voiced by Keke Palmer) has a crush on.

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Jennifer Lopez plays opposite “Ice Age” regular Denis Leary in the new “Continental Drift” film as Shira, a saber-toothed cat (Smilodon) who is part of Gutt’s crew but becomes Diego’s love interest later.

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It’s about smurfin’ time Katy Perry’s bubbly personality finally hit the big screen. In the recent “The Smurfs” flick, Perry played everyone’s favorite blue blonde, Smurfette.

In between sold-out concerts and writing songs about famous ex-boyfriends, the talented Taylor Swift found time to voice Audrey in Universal’s adaptation of Dr Seuss’ “The Lorax,” which hit theaters in the spring.

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Long before the two teamed up for this year’s “Bad Teacher,” Justin Timberlake played a teenage King Arthur, opposite ex Cameron Diaz, in “Shrek 3.”

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Billy Joel’s “Why Should I Worry” is a toe-tapping track about living carefree in NYC. The fact that the Piano Man is singing it as a street-savvy pooch named Dodger in 1988’s “Oliver & Company” is just icing on the cake.

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Miley Cyrus provided both a voice (she played Penny) and a song for 2008’s “Bolt,” the Disney film that follows a TV star dog on a cross-country adventure to save his co-star.

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In a subtle cameo, the JoBros play three adorable, singing/rapping cupids in Ben Stiller’s “Night At The Museum 2: Battle of The Smithsonian.”

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For reasons we can’t quite explain, rapper Tone-Loc showed up in 1992’s “Ferngully: The Last Rainforest” as a menacing, famished lizard named Lou. The result? A song called “I’m Gonna Eat Somebody.”

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Pedro is a red-crested bird who keeps the party rocking in this year’s “Rio,” much like will.i.am, who voiced the charismatic cardinal.

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Mandy Moore is a spunky Rapunzel in Disney’s 2010 film “Tangled,” a more modern re-telling of the classic fairytale.

Snoop Dogg voiced a hip-hopping hound dog in 2005’s “Racing Stripes,” a movie about a zebra who thinks he’s a racehorse. You can’t make this stuff up.

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As Janet The Lioness in this year’s “The Zookeeper,” Cher helps a confused Kevin James — who can talk to animals — get the girl of his dreams.

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Donny Osmond provided the singing voice for army leader Shang in Disney’s “Mulan,” a role that helped him reach a whole new audience back in 1998.

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The legendary Louis Prima donated his distinctive vocals for the part of orangutan King Louie in “The Jungle Book,” the last Disney flick produced by Walt himself. A role originally meant for Louie Armstrong, Prima performed the movie’s hit song “I Wanna Be Like You.”

The super-smooth Harry Connick Jr. popped up in 1999’s “The Iron Giant” as Dean McCoppin, a beatnik artist who owns a junkyard. Classy.

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When CGI was still a blossoming baby, 1998’s computer-animated “Antz” found Jennifer Lopez as a worker ant named Azteca, alongside an especially neurotic ant version of Woody Allen.

Jack Black (of comedy rock duo Tenacious D) got animated to play the very Jack Black-esque Po (alongside Dustin Hoffman and Angelina Jolie) for the “Kung-Fu Panda” films.

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Although it may not be one of her most glamorous, Queen Latifah’s turn as fast-talking Ellie the Wooly Mammoth in the “Ice Age” franchise could certainly be one of her funniest.

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Ever wanted to see what rapper/actor Will Smith would be like as a fish? Same here. Lucky for us, the all-star casted “Shark Tale,” where Smith plays the underachieving Oscar, provides us with the opportunity.

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In the revived, especially squeaky “Alvin & The Chipmunks” film franchise, Jesse McCartney voices the endearingly bashful Theodore.

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Jamie Foxx also lends his pipes in “Rio” as Pedro’s partner-in-crime, Nico, a yellow canary who has a passion for samba.