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== Anime and Manga ==
* Episode 8 of ''[[Bubblegum Crisis]]'' shows Lisa Vanette running off in this manner after an exchange with Nene.
* Ed from ''[[
** Complete with sound effects!
* This is often done by younger characters, or characters who act much younger than they really are, and shows up in many an anime, including ''[[Kingyo Chuihou
* [[Shinigami]] in ''[[
* Rin from ''[[Please Save My Earth]]''
* Souga in ''[[Tenshi
* The ending credits to ''[[
* Koshi Rikdo of ''[[Excel Saga (
* For some reason, when Kanzaki Akari from ''[[Battle Athletes]]'' does this, she goes super fast.
** This is parodied in the track episode of ''[[
** Osaka tries a variant to keep people from passing her. It fails, mostly because her arms aren't twelve feet long.
* Son Gohan and others in ''[[
* As you'd expect from the mention of Ninja above, pretty much ''everyone'' in ''[[Naruto]]'' does this, either by running on the ground or by jumping and gliding from one rooftop/branch to another.
* Taken a step up in ''[[Spirited Away]]'', where Haku is able to swiftly hover inches above the ground by running this way.
* Kitsune does this in ''[[Love Hina]]'' while looking for her drill in Episode 13.
* Lucario does this in the ''[[Pokémon
* Kuu in ''[[
* Arale from ''[[Dr. Slump]]'' perhaps is not only the first manga/anime character to ever do this, but she's also probably responsible for the name, since she does it to pretend she's flying and makes a sound like a jet engine.
{{quote| Arale: [[Saying Sound Effects Out Loud|KIIIIIIIIN]].}}
* Misuzu often runs around like this in ''[[
* [[
* Sayoko (a [[Ninja Maid]]) does this in ''[[
* In ''[[
** ''[[
** ''[[Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam
** ''[[Mobile Suit Victory Gundam
* Kana from ''[[Minami-ke]]'' does this sometimes. In a desperate situation in episode 5 of ''Okawari'', she Bird Runs all over town. (Unsurprisingly, she skins both knees in the process.)
* ''Big O'' villain Schwarzwald plays this straight. After he initially discovers his flying giant robot he's so excited he can't help but run through the hangar with his arms outstretched.
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* Mihoshi does this a lot in ''[[Sora no Manimani]]''.
* In the sixth ''[[Hellsing]]'' OVA, the Nazi vampires run this way.
* [[Tenshi
* The entire Italian army does this while running away from lookout duty in "Axis Powers Hetalia".
* Basically any major character who play soccer in [[Inazuma Eleven]]. Yes, even [[The Hero|Endou]] the goal keeeper.
* [[Neon Genesis Evangelion]] : While piloting [[Humongous Mecha|Unit 01]], Shinji skips past airplane arms and goes straight to ''jet'' arms. 'Jet' specifically because he's breaking the sound barrier.
* [[Daphne in
== Film ==
* In the dramatic Japanese story ''The Hidden Blade'', a minor subplot is made about Japan's industrialization and revision of its military forces. An instructor comes to oversee the various samurai learn of the new ways to fight and quickly grows frustrated in their refusal to take his advice seriously. It hits its peak when they feel they can run fast enough in a way similar to a bird run (lean forward a bit, hands on the sheathed sword to quickly draw it) and laugh at the instructor's Western style. So he races and beats them. ''Badly''.
* In [[Repo!
* In ''[[Enchanted]]'', Giselle and a little girl (and eventually others) do this.
* In ''[[Local Hero]]'' Danny does this at one point when he runs off down the street.
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* [[Seijuu Sentai Gingaman]] and [[Hyakujuu Sentai Gaoranger]], and their adaptations ''[[Power Rangers Lost Galaxy]]'' and ''[[Power Rangers Wild Force]]'' have a ''Beast'' Run instead, running partially bent over with their arms out in what is apparently intended to be a ready-to-strike-savagely position. [[Rule of Cool|It's not as practical as it sounds.]]
* Miratrix of ''[[Power Rangers Operation Overdrive]]'' seems to have pulled hers straight from Naruto.
* Barney on ''[[
* Colbert whips his shirt off and does this in ''[[Generation Kill]]'' for no readily apparent reason, much to the bemusement of everyone watching.
* The song in the page quote was used on ''[[
* Sailor Venus does this often as part of her fighting style in early episodes of ''[[Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon]]''.
* In the closing credits of "[[Little House
* The [[Doctor Who/Recap/S24 E1 Time and The Rani|Lakertyans]] of ''[[Doctor Who]]'' run like this, though with their arms very close to their bodies. Apparently the intention was to make their species and culture more alien: it worked very well.
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== Video Games ==
* King Trode in ''[[
* ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' has run this way ever since Sonic CD, his [[Super Mode]] also flies like this.
** Parodied by one the many [[Uncanny Valley]] NPCs of ''Sonic 2006''. A man with Sonic hair and a familiar dress style will challenge Sonic to a race, claiming to be the real Sonic, and he reenacts this style of running. He's really, really slow, though, and it's almost impossible to lose against him.
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* Aigis (the robot) in ''[[Persona 3]]''. This looks especially funny when she has her sundress on. In [[Expansion Pack|FES]]'s "The Answer" mode, she moves less like a jumbo jet and more like a quail -- less stiff, but even more birdlike.
* [[Cute Bruiser|Sakura]] from ''[[Street Fighter]]'' runs into her matches this way and almost overbalances before assuming a fighting stance.
* [[Super Mario Bros.|Mario]] has been doing this in the 2D platformers since ''[[
** And if he has the right item (such as the Cape in Super Mario World), he ''can'' take flight, making this almost a literal case of a [[Bird Run]].
** Also, when he first appears in ''Galaxy'', Mario is seen running towards the Star Festival with his arms out, just because he's such a happy-go-lucky guy. Also, he can run like this in-game in [[Invincibility Power-Up|Rainbow form]].
* Vincent Valentine of ''[[
* The {{spoiler|Majestic 12}} Commando in [[
* Rumia and Suika from the ''[[
** Tamiflu Reimu.
* [[Star Fox (
** ... And in ''[[Super Smash Bros|Brawl]]'', it's actually ''Fox'' that sprints at a full-on [[Bird Run]]. Huh. Falco goes for more a [[Ninja Run]] for this game.
* Marle in Chrono Cross.
* [[
* One of '[[Splosion Man]]'s running animations
* Altair and Ezio from the ''[[
** Justified in that the outstretched arms help with balance.
* Taokaka from ''[[Blaz Blue]]'' does this in her forward dash.
* Kainé from ''[[Nie R]]'' runs this way.
* Recette and Charme of ''[[Recettear]]'' do this when running through dungeons. Charme uses a dangerous variant, dual wielding knives that she holds out as if to cut things just by running by them. (Unfortunately, that doesn't actually work in the game.)
* [[The Remake]] of [[Romancing
* In ''[[League of Legends]]'', Udyr being in his Pheonix Stance changes his run animation to running with airplane arms, tilting slightly to either side with each step like he's actually pretending to be an airplane.
* The Acrobatics travel power in Champions Online also has the character running in this position. Therefore, the power is often mocked and (incorrectly) nicknamed [[Ninja Run]].
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== Webcomics ==
* The track art for "[http://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/lifdoff Lifdoff]" in ''[[
* In ''[[Kiwi Blitz]]'', robots run with their arms swept back. In [[The Rant]], Mary Cagle explains that this is because their locomotion is quite different from a human's.
{{quote| Since they don’t have a human’s muscular system, it’s actually efficient for these gals to run NINJA STYLE. Unlike actual humans and/or narutos.}}
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== Western Animation ==
* The teenage shuriken specialist Mai on ''[[
** Toph does her own version sometimes, as well: [http://piandao.org/screencaps/ep38/ep38-141.png\].
** Ty Lee does this when she runs on wires.
* ''[[Freakazoid]]!'' extends his arms above his head [[Up, Up, and Away|ala Superman]] and makes wooshing noises to pretend he's flying. He ''can'' run super fast. He ''chooses'' to keep himself amused.
* Goo from ''[[
* Happy!Raven does this when Beast Boy and Cyborg enter Raven's mirror in "Nevermore". It's their first hint that she isn't the Raven they're used to.
* In the ''[[Looney Tunes]]'' ''Brother Brat'', an aircaft worker leaves her son for Porky to babysit, enthusiastically telling him "We hafta build those planes!" and heading out with arms outstretched - and then seen ''flying off'' in the distance!
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