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{{quote|[[H.P. Lovecraft|Out of space? Nah, I's outta Scotland.]]|'''H.P. Lolcraft [[Image Macro]]'''}}
A subtrope of [[Cheated Angle]]. Oftentimes in cartoons if a character is wearing clothes with a complex pattern, e.g.
This trope, like the [[Wheel-O-Feet]], [[Four-Fingered Hands]] and others, spawns from the [[Lazy Artist]] or a lack of budget. Patterned clothes are hard to animate correctly and take longer to do, so animators just don't bother animating the pattern. However, with the advent of more advanced digital animation tools to do such gruntwork, this trope may start falling by the wayside. Additionally, when intentionally used for lavishly animated content, it may transcend the notion of sheer laziness and become a distinct ([[Deranged Animation|if sometimes bizarre]]) visual style.
The effect is also sometimes seen in comic strips, with the pattern remaining the same orientation from panel to panel (and usually straight vertical and horizontal, regardless of the orientation of the fabric of which it supposedly is a part). Often this is because comics (especially manga) use tone paper to fill in the
See also [[Limited Animation]].
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== Anime and Manga ==
* ''[[Gankutsuou]]'' is an extreme example that can only be described as an "acquired taste art style" - just about any detailed pattern or texture is screened in, including the characters' ''hair,'' creating an effect that's almost like an animated collage.
* ''[[Mononoke]],'' a recent anime series, uses this effect in a way similar to ''[[Gankutsuou]]''.
* ''[[Hell Girl
* ''[[Sayonara, Zetsubou-sensei]]'' uses this constantly, mostly with Nozomu's various clothes.
* ''[[Bakemonogatari]]'', by the same studio, also uses this technique for patterned clothing. It's stylistic choice (one of Akiyuki Shinbo's trademarks) rather than pure laziness, given how much they've embraced digital animation.
* Principal Ench's suits in ''[[Crayon Shin-chan]]''.
* In an episode of ''[[Ouran High School Host Club]]'', Tamaki wears an extremely elaborate designed tea kimono. The design
* This happens in the ninth ''[[Bleach]]'' opening.
* The school uniforms in ''[[Shugo Chara]]'' consist [http://cdimg3.crunchyroll.com/i/spire1/08172008/f/2/d/7/f2d714fa6890d0_full.png almost entirely of
* The yellow robe worn by Tobi in most of the last episode of the ''New [[Fist of the North Star]]'' OAV series.
* All over the place in ''[[Hidamari Sketch]]''
* Hiro's pink
* [[Paradise Kiss]]'s anime uses this to animate the more elaborate dresses made by the characters, though the regular clothing is animated normally
* Kiyohiko Azuma, the artist of ''[[
* In ''[[Ranma ½]]'', Ryouga Hibiki's headband demonstrates this.
* Used in the ''[[Monster (manga)|Monster]]'' manga.
* In ''[[Seitokai Yakuindomo]]'', the female characters wear
* The ''[[Death Note]]'' manga took some very noticeable shortcuts when depicting
* Averted in ''[[
* Used in chapter 17 of ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha ViVid
* In ''[[Area no Kishi]]'', the skirts for the girls' school uniform suffers from this. It's especially noticeable when the focus is on the potential love interest, Six.
* ''[[MM!]]'' The ending has this in their skirts and ties same
* Averted in ''[[
* ''[[Persona 4: The Animation]]'' has this for school uniforms and Naoto's
* The ''[[Chihayafuru]]'' opening sequence.
* In ''[[Puella Magi Madoka Magica]]'', there's a blink-and-you'll-miss-it example with Sayaka's bunny bedspread in episode 6.
* ''[[Ojamajo Doremi]]'' has this during the second ending for the Dokkan! season, using floral patterns for the girls and other patterns for the boys that appear.
== Comic Books ==
* Scott McCloud's [[Author Avatar]] character in his ''[[Understanding Comics]]'' series.
* ''[[Checkerboard Nightmare]]''.
* Roger Mellie, and sometimes other characters, in the British adult comic Viz can usually be seen sporting an Unmoving Horizontally-lined jacket.
* Any character with a
* In ''[[Calvin and Hobbes]]'', whenever Calvin's mother wore
* ''The Jocks and the Geordies'', a comic strip that ran in [[The Dandy (comics)|The Dandy]] from 1975 until the early 1990s, had the eponymous Jocks wear [http://ukcomics.wikia.com/wiki/File:Jocks.jpg unmoving
* Many Disney characters show this trope, most notably [[wikipedia:Sleuth (Disney)|Sleuth]], as seen [https://web.archive.org/web/20070107123209/http://users.cwnet.com/xephyr/rich/dzone/hoozoo/images/sleuth2.gif here].
* The main character of the title crew of the German comic magazine [[wikipedia:Yps (comics)|Yps]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20071011120407/http://www.asterix-fan.de/cb/yp/yps.jpg A checkered kangaroo].
* This is the way the teacher's shirt works in ''Grand Avenue''.
* Amy Rose's
* [[The Phantom (comic strip)|The Phantom]] had an unmoving
* [[Tintin]]'s overcoat in the very early newspaper strips.
== [[Eastern Animation]] ==
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* ''[[The Thief and the Cobbler]]:'' Pretty much any scene with tiled floors. This is due to the style being based on ancient Persian miniature paintings, which did not have correct perspective. Averted whenever the animators [[Doing It for the Art|decided to rotate the scene around]]. [http://thethief1.blogspot.com/2008/07/dying-messenger-part-2.html This actually caused some problems] with the scene where a messenger rides across a courtyard, with a panning camera.
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== Video Games ==
* Stan the [[Honest John's Dealership|Salesman]] from the ''[[Monkey Island]]'' games incorporates an Unmoving Plaid jacket in his outfit, deliberately, up to and including the series' latest 3D installment.
** Check [https://web.archive.org/web/20130530233300/http://www.worldofmi.com/images/characters/mi4/stan-mi4-01.png here]. And yes, it's even uglier in motion.
** Inverting this trope's usual purpose, applying this pattern to a ''3D character'' was actually difficult. They did it solely because that's apparently ''just how Stan looks.''
** In ''[[Tales of Monkey Island]]'', his jacket maintains this trait. It looks [http://files.telltalegames.com/monkeyisland/mi104_stan_souvenirstand.jpg a LOT better]{{Dead link}} than it did in ''[[Escape from Monkey Island|Escape]]'', and {{spoiler|for the first time in the history of the series, it's actually a plot point/part of a puzzle solution}}. Seeing it in motion is [[Mind Screw|kinda hypnotic]]...
** It was initially a limitation of the computer hardware (and, presumably, the patience of the animator) in ''[[Secret of Monkey Island]]''. Later games appeared on computers that COULD handle moving
* Gaia in ''[[EVO Search for Eden]]'' also deliberately uses this effect, but with her ''hair''; it's colored with a cloud pattern that scrolls on its own, giving her hair the appearance of shimmering clouds.
* ''[[Touhou]]'' does a similar trick to ''[[EVO Search for Eden|EVO]]'' with Utsuho Reiuji's cape; the inside of it has a deep space pattern that, like Gaia's hair and Stan's suit, scrolls independently of Utsuho's own movement, giving the illusion that her cape is a portal to deep space.
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* The complex colors of pants in ''[[Fancy Pants Adventures|The Fancy Pants Adventure: World 3]]'' stay still when Fancy Pants Man moves. Since this game is a 2-D platformer, Brad Borne would not appreciate animating each of the 30 frames per second of this game for dozens of colors of pants.
== Web Comics ==
* Torg's flannel shirts in ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]''.
* ''[[Narbonic]]'': "My flannel! Source of all my power!"
* In one ''[[Venus Envy]]'' storyline, Zoe wears a dress with an [http://venusenvy.comicgenesis.com/d/20030304.html unmoving leaf pattern].
* ''[[Zebra Girl]]'': After his ascension as a wizard, Jack the Plaid's 'totem' acquires a
* The ([[Captain Color Beard|aptly named]]) ''[http://rustyandco.com/archives/level-2-6 Plaidbeard]'' from ''[[Rusty and Co.
* Kay's sweater from ''[http://www.misfile.com/index.php?page=1150 this]'' ''[[Misfile]]'' strip. The fandom reacted with horror.
* The Flash animation "[https://web.archive.org/web/20130120215230/http://www.spinnerdisc.com/TPN.html Tiny Plaid Ninjas]" takes this to extremes.
* Some characters in ''[[Squid Row]]'' have worn shirts with unmoving pattern fills.
* In most strips of ''[[Ears for Elves]]'' with some kind of pattern, this trope is apparent due to how the shading works. Particularly noticeable on some of the costumes from the [https://web.archive.org/web/20150121073125/http://www.earsforelves.com/archives/234 chapter 2 title page].
== Western Animation ==
* Averted in Rocko's Modern Life; specially Rocko's complicated triangle shirt. The creator has playfully mentioned in interviews that it most have drove the animation team nuts.
* The chalk speckles in ''[[
* The
** The cartoon did that with several other materials, too. September disguises himself as "the President", complete with wig with unmoving hair texture.
* ''[[Crocadoo]]'' has Rufus Hardacre's distinctive polka-dotted shirt, as well as most other clothing from the series.
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* ''[[Josie and the Pussy Cats]]'' often wore dresses with this property.
* Irritatingly noticeable in the [[Animated Adaptation]] of ''Where's Waldo/Wally''.
* At least one ''[[Looney Tunes]]'' short featured Bugs Bunny tangling with a gameshow host in a
* The animated adaptation of the ''[[Berenstain Bears]]'' avoided this by simply removing the patterns. Papa's
* Dad's trousers from ''[[Cow and Chicken]]'' were like this, except in striped green trousers.
* A couple of early computer-animated (no, not ''that'' kind of computer-animated; imagine an MS-Paint drawing come to life) spots on ''Sesame Street'' used this.
* The ''[[Mr. Bean]]'' cartoon used this on many objects, including bedsheets.
* Used in ''[[Watch My Chops]]''.
* ''[[Yakkity Yak]]'' took this trope to the extreme with [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cPgp2Xl_kg&feature=related Dr. Crazy Hair's hair].
* Used often in ''[[The Ren and Stimpy Show]]'' with [[No Name Given|That Guy]]'s
* The Cheshire Cat in ''[[Care Bears|Care Bears In Wonderland]]'' constantly changes patterns, and ''all of them'' are this.
* In ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'', the Ursa Major's pelt is an Unmoving Star Field. While Princess Celestia's mane also flows, the colors on her mane don't flow the same way. And on one occasion, the colours on Rainbow Dash's tail continue to curve smoothly even where the end of the tail is ruffled into a zigzag.
* In '' ''[[Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy]]'''s Big Picture Show'', Eddy's brother's shirt does this. So does Jimmy and Plank's outfits in the school picture episode.
* Angus Dagnabbit (and later his ghost) in ''[[Mad Jack the Pirate]]'' wore unmoving
== Other Media ==▼
▲== Other ==
* Crops up occasionally among users of programs such as Photoshop, who decide to use background patterns with colours only in certain areas of their images (clothing being a common example).
* Has been used deliberately, and to nice effect, in at least one [[Demoscene]] production.
* Easy to pull off when making animations in POVRay to the degree that newer users will often do it by accident. Simply have the scene code for an object apply the transformations to it before applying the texture.
== Real Life ==
* Certain skin conditions can hop from an arm to the chest without following the curvature of the body, giving the appearance that the rash was spray painted on. Most common (though still rare) with the bullseye rash characteristic of Lyme's Disease.
* If one wears distinctly pure green or blue clothes, the unmoving
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