Kiwi! (2006)

Dony Permedi's master's thesis at the School of Visual Arts in New York lasts three minutes, has no dialogue and became one of YouTube's early viral hits. A kiwi spends its life nailing trees to a cliff face, for a reason that only becomes clear when it jumps. The computer animation is simple by current standards, but the idea is perfectly built, and viewers still argue over the final sound. YouTube's first video awards voted it the most adorable video of 2006. Watch the upload on the SVA MFA Computer Arts channel rather than the many copies set to other music.