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This trope frequently occurs in [[Humongous Mecha]]. Logically, they are there to make it easier and faster for the mecha to move around, but also to appease [[Lazy Artist|lazy animators]]. The wheels will either be on the feet, or the feet will transform to reveal wheels. Caterpillar tracks are common substitutes for wheels. [[Spider Tank|Spider tanks]] under 4 meters (roughly 12.5 feet) tall will normally feature wheels on the bottom of their feet.
Not to be confused with [[Wheel
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== Anime and Manga ==
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* Lilica Felchenerow from ''[[Arcana Heart (Video Game)|Arcana Heart]]''.
* Sammy "Skate" Hunter, Adam's kid brother from ''[[Streets of Rage]] 2''.
* [[Sonic the Hedgehog|Shadow the Hedgehog]] doesn't need a [[Wheel
* [[Magical Girl|Clara]] from ''[[Power Instinct]]'' has the ability to turn into an age-progressed version of herself decked out in an odd, [[Stripperiffic]] costume and rollerblades. One of the games makes this special form of hers a dedicated, selectable character.
* Two characters in the ''[[Street Fighter (Franchise)|Street Fighter]]'' franchise wear rollerskates.
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* ''[[Front Mission]] 4'' has this in its intro video in a most certainly badass way.
** This is also something that can be upgraded onto humanoid leg parts, allowing equipped wanzers to move in straight lines (such as down streets) much farther than they could walk. They can't actually turn while using these though, unlike in the cutscenes.
* Top Man from ''[[Mega Man 3 (Video Game)|Mega Man 3]]'' has roller blades on his feet. He uses them to move fast across the room while [[
* [[Mega Man Battle Network (Video Game)|Lan Hikari]] can switch between walking or skating.
* Mega Man himself gets some in ''[[Megaman Legends]]''. Except that they do away with wheels entirely and use jets.
* Averted in ''[[Tony Hawks Pro Skater]]'', where bladers are whiny brats who are to be thoroughly embarrassed by the skateboarders.
* <s> Elzam V. Branstein</s> [[Paper
* ''[[Steel Battalion]]: Line of Contact'' changed 5th gear into a wheel mode. Fast and smooth on level terrain, but worse for climbing and much harder on the balancer during turns, increasing the likelihood of the VT tipping over if the pilot isn't careful.
* Grace from the [[Sega Saturn]] game ''[[Fighting Vipers]]'' was equipped with a pair of roller blades.
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* [[Kim Possible]] travels on rocket skates often enough.
* [[Looney Tunes|Wile E. Coyote]] used rocket skates in his very first appearance. Needless to say, it did not end well.
* In ''[[Beast Wars (Animation)|Beast Wars]]'', Megatron's [[Mid
* ''[[Transformers Armada]]'' Hot Shot can lower the wheels around his ankles and roller skate on them.
* In ''[[Transformers Animated]]'', Bumblebee and Optimus Prime both have one of their wheels on each of their robot-mode that they have been occasionally been shown to move around on. On the other hand, Prowl has his vehicles mode wheels in his knees and can use them to ''[[Wall Crawl|ride up walls]]''.
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* ''[[Were Back a Dinosaurs Story]]'' has a scene in which Rex uses a pickup truck as a skateboard to escape the police. He also grinds down the wire of the Brooklyn Bridge.
* Streex of ''[[Street Sharks]]'' is a hammerhead shark with roller blades.
* Maxwell from ''[[Stone Protectors (Animation)|Stone Protectors]]'' got these as a ''superpower'', along with being able to climb. Out of the [[Five
* [[Totally Radical|Spyke]] on ''[[X-Men Evolution]]'' was never far from his skateboard until he was [[Rescued From the Scrappy Heap]].
* One of the toys that Boris bought out with his enormous supply of counterfeit box tops in the Box Top Badman arc of ''[[Rocky and Bullwinkle]]'' was atomic roller skates.
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