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▲[-{{quote box|Clockwise from top left:<br />[[Kirby|Waddle Dee]], a [[Mega Man (Video Game)|Metool]], a [[Braid (Video Game)|Monstar]], and a [[Kid Radd|Bogey]].}}-]
There are a large number of video game enemies and creatures which physically resemble a coloured sphere with eyes and feet. It is a mystery how they are even capable of lifting their feet to take a step, let alone anything as complicated as running or jumping. These goofy-looking creatures are often [[The Goomba]] of their respective games.
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The most they have with regards to other limbs are stretchy, stubby stumps in place of arms or hands. Otherwise, expect them to lift and manipulate objects, if they must, with [[Invisible Anatomy]].
The reason for this is partly [[Fun Size|because it's cute]] and partly practicality. Back in the 8-bit era, most video game sprites had to fit in 16 x 16 squares. The easiest way to make a cute, harmless-looking enemy with that many pixels is to just draw a big-eyed face, and put feet on the bottom to justify its ability to walk.
A subtrope of [[Cephalothorax]] and [[Cartoon Creature]].
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== [[Action Adventure]] ==▼
== Video game examples==
* Dizzy of the ''[[Dizzy (Video Game)|Dizzy]]'' series is another [[Player Character]] example. Dizzy is an egg with boxing gloves, as are the other Yolk Folk.▼
▲=== [[Action Adventure]] ===
▲* Dizzy of the ''[[Dizzy (
** The monsters from the arcade spin-off ''Fast Food'' go even further: [[Armless Biped|they have no arms]].
* Both the titular characters of ''Head Over Heels''.
* The ghosts in ''[[Ufouria]]''/''Hebereke''.
* Bubbles in ''[[The Legend of Zelda]]'' are [[Dem Bones|skull]] versions of this, although they don't walk. They either hop around or use tiny wings to fly.
* Balrog from ''[[
=== [[Maze Game]] ===
* ''[[
=== [[Platform Game]] ===
* Kirby of the ''[[Kirby]]'' series is a rare [[Player Character]] example, but his foes include such quintessential waddling heads as Waddle Dee.
* ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]''' Goombas are somewhat justified, as they're supposed to be stout chestnuts. Or maybe mushrooms. [[MST3K Mantra|Try not to think about it]]. As are the Bob-ombs, which are [[Cartoon Bomb
** Shy Guys started out as this trope, but developed torsos over time. Compare [https://web.archive.org/web/20131113231747/http://www.mariowiki.com/images/e/ec/ShyGuySprite.gif this] to [http://www.mariowiki.com/images/f/fb/ShyTennis.png this.]
* ''[[
** These guys went through some [http://www.destructoid.com/art-attack-friday-the-braid-that-almost-was-part-2-foes-149839.phtml freaky design phases.]
* ''[[Mega Man (
** That often ''shoot bullets'', unlike many of the other examples on this page. And often in multiple directions.
** Oh, Metools are known to do ''much more'' than just shoot bullets, if you're playing the right level of the right game. Some levels contain ''nothing but'' Metools in various forms. One nice example is the miniature pink lightsabers seen in the first ''[[
*** They're more futuristic police batons, considering they also make a siren noise and only attack when you're not in "civilian" mode.
** They are also much tougher than most examples on this page. Waddling Heads are typically weak little mooks, but these things are usually invincible when not attacking and can be quite [[Goddamned Bats|frustrating to deal with]].
** The Metool viruses in the ''[[
* The main character of ''[[
* Gooms, Pirate Gooms, certain other enemies and types of Bandineros from the ''[[
* The Moos from ''[[
* [[The Legendary Starfy|Starfy]] resembles a
** Then again, [[Word of God|he's not a starfish or a star]]. He's a creature that resembles the two.
* The main character and many enemies in ''[[Mr. Gimmick]]!''
* An old computer game called ''[http://takegame.com/logical/htm/zeek.htm Zeek the Geek]'' features a little red alien who fits this trope.
* Most characters in ''[[
* Most minions in [[Billy Hatcher and
* The Undergrounders from [[Mr. Driller]]
* The Pookas from [[Dig Dug]]
* BLOB, the protagonist of ''[[Starquake]]''.
* Miss Chack'n & Mr. Chack'n from ''Chack'n Pop''. They have three-fingered hands, but no arms.
* Plodder, the [[The Goomba|weakest enemy]] in ''[[FHBG]]''.
=== [[Puzzle Game]] ===
* From ''[[Adventures of Lolo]]'' we have Lolo and Lala.
* Nuts, Milk and Yogurt from ''[[Nuts and Milk
* The ''[[Angry Birds]]'' and their target pigs.
* ''[[Logical Journey of the Zoombinis]]''
* ''[[Number Munchers]]'' and the hostile Troggles.
=== [[Rhythm Game]] ===
* The Patapons (and their enemies) of ''[[Patapon]]''
=== [[Role
* Rabites, icons of the ''[[Mana
* Many [[Pokémon]] are like this. In the fourth generation games, there's a new section in the Pokédex for body-types. Oddish, Poliwag, Bonsly, Seedot, Azurill, Shroomish, and Tangela are amongst the many.
* ''[[
** To remember which is which, just remember that foppies are pink and [[Fobbies Are Borange]].
=== [[Shoot
* Yukkuris in ''[[
* The true form of the final boss from the NES game ''[[NARC]]'', Mr. Big, was a giant head.
=== [[Tower Defense]] ===
* The Minirobots from ''[[
=== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ===▼
▲== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* In ''[[Dog Days]]'', because of some protective enchantments, when someone is wounded or "killed", they temporarily turn into one of these rather than dying.
* Don Patch from ''[[Bobobo-Bo
* Most baby ''[[Digimon]]''. Very few of them have any sort of limbs at all and most are generally constrained to bouncing around.
=== [[Live-Action TV]] ===
* [[
=== [[Toys]] ===
* Furbies.
=== [[Web Comics]] ===
* The webcomic ''[[Kid Radd]]'' has Bogeys as the [[The Goomba|Goomba]]s of the fictional Kid Radd game.
* ''[[User Friendly]]'''s Dust Puppy.
* In ''[[The Inexplicable Adventures of Bob]],'' Molly's pet tentacle bunny Snookums is basically this, although he hops instead of waddling.
* ''[[Dan and
* Deconstructed in ''[[Buck Godot: Zap Gun for Hire]]''; the Beemahs are a race of digitigrade
=== [[Web Original]] ===
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20101120135600/http://www.centralcitytower.com/2010/07/fuzzy.html Fuzzy] fits the bill.
* The characters in the ''Tales of the Blode'' flash animations.
* [[Vocaloid|Tako Luka.]]
* JubJubs in [[Neopets]] (cute fluffballs with humanlike feet) and Kikos (inexplicably bandaged spheroids with clawed hands on the ends of two bendy arms). JubJub feet seem dexterous enough to serve in the office of hands. Kikos are aquatic creatures which use their arms to swim or paddle; on land they bounce.
=== [[Western Animation]] ===
* Marvin the Martian temporarily became this trope whenever his doomsday devices backfired, reducing him to a helmet waddling around on oversized shoes. [[Ur Example]]?
* Many of the characters from ''[[
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