stop motion animation is animation that uses frame by frame motion to make it look like the characters are moving in a somewhat realistic matter to get it to professional standard you would have to take a photo every time your character or scene moves even slightly below im going to give you 3 examples of successful stop motion animation thats been made over the years

                                             above is robot chicken which is to evidence that stop motion animation has been used in order to make adult entertainment and not just childrens programs even though it looks like its for kids from the image you see trust me its not :)

here is an example of one of the most popular stop motion animations to exist in the uk with some of the films winning oscars its safe to say that this animation was a hit with people of all ages

last but not least is ooglies a classic childrens show about in animate objects coming to life and having a mind of their own i did not watch this personally but i respect the work and effort that went into each and every episode its quite impressive