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[[File:speed stripes 3445.pnggif|link=Justice League|frame|Click [[media:speed stripes.gif|here]] for the animated version.]]

{{quote|''"Man, I wish I had swishy lines behind'' me ''when'' I ''did stuff."''|'''Narrator''', |A [[Cartoon Network]] ''[[Teen Titans (animation)|Teen Titans]]'' spot}}

In animated shows, characters moving at high speed often appear in front of a set of moving colored lines—usuallylines — usually blue background with yellow stripes, although depending on the impact, any color combination may be used. This is usually done because drawing a proper background moving behind the character would require drawing a large background from a camera angle which would only be seen for a split-second. The direction of the lines indicates the direction; if the lines seem to be coming from a central point, then it is because the character is moving toward or away from the screen.

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