Happy Feet beat Pixar's Cars to win Best Animated Feature at the 2007 Academy Awards.
The award honored films released during 2006, including Cars, Happy Feet, and Monster House. Happy Feet, directed by George Miller, follows a penguin named Mumble whose dancing sets him apart from his colony. It became the second winner of the Best Animated Feature Oscar.
Cars was Pixar's nominee that year and was also a major commercial success. Its nomination recognized the film's animation, visual design, and storytelling, but the Oscar went to Happy Feet. This is sometimes confused with the Annie Awards, where Cars won major honors, or with later Pixar Oscar wins.
The 79th Academy Awards ceremony took place on February 25, 2007, at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. The result is a stable awards fact: Cars was nominated, while Happy Feet won the category.