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“Digital culture”, which develops and spreads rapidly with the developing technology in the 21st century, is an important tool used in many fields. The cartoon movie industry is one of the areas where digital culture is used the most. Cartoon cinema, which has an important place in mass media, undertakes an important task in terms of reflecting the cultural characteristics and values of societies. In this respect, cartoon cinema is closely related to the science of folklore and is among the important sources of cartoon cinema. The fact that most of the cartoons published in the world and in Turkey are of Western origin and reflect Western culture, causes generations to grow up alienated from the local culture. However, there has been an increase in the number of Turkish-made cartoons in recent years. Finding and emphasizing the features of local culture in these Turkish-made films has been an important development. At this point, among the important examples is the “My Dear Sıster: Have They Come Alıens?” published in 2016. This cartoon, which appeals to a mostly child audience, is about the encounters of Müge, Mine and Mete with two aliens in the forest and their adventures with them in a town where a nuclear family goes for a holiday. There are many cultural elements of Turkish society in the film. From this point of view, the aim of this article is to examine the relationship between folklore and cartoons and to examine the question “My Dear Sıster, Have They Come Alıens?” The aim is to identify the folkloric elements in the movie and analyze these elements.