This thesis delves into three short animated films created by Chintis Lundgren and Draško Ivezić, a creative duo from Estonia and Croatia, which have instantly received acclaim and awards from prestigious film festivals both nationally and internationally. The satirical films Life with Herman H. Rott (2015), Manivald (2017), and Toomas Beneath the Valley of the Wild Wolves (2019) form a trilogy that shares the same fictional universe and characters, serving as prequels to the upcoming animated series Manivald and Absinthe Rabbits. While these films are apt for various readings through the lenses of contemporary critical theories, observing the position and the role of humor, a pervasive feature of their structural organization, imposed itself as a logical start to the films’ interpretation. The study points out the creation of incongruous relations as an important mechanism in achieving a comedic effect and accordingly uses the theory of incongruity as an assisting tool in the analysis of the respective films. With the occasional broadening of the perspective to the theoretical framework, along with its’ narrowing to the particular examples from films, the thesis examines how comedic dissonance is achieved through the choice and treatment of the genre, visual expression, application of intermediality and film intertextuality, the use of sound and in dramaturgical arrangements. Lastly, it additionally problematizes animal anthropomorphism in animated films and examines its degree and role.