Walking the Earth: Difference between revisions

* Even Cartoon Network has done this kind of series, twice: ''[[Samurai Jack]]'', and then ''[[Ben 10]]''.

** Samurai Jack does have a purpose to his wandering, however: he's looking for a way back into the past. A journey without a specific destination, but with a very specific goal. Another reason he never stays in one place is because Aku is always watching him, meaning any community that takes him in is never safe.

* [[Super Mario Bros.|Mario]], Luigi, Princess Peach, and Toad in The Super Mario Bros Super Show.

* ''[[Scooby-Doo]]'', in all its incarnations, is centered around this trope, as the teenage heroes roam the country solving mysteries for local townspeople, without getting paid, without having any recurring family or friends, and without ever worrying about school or jobs. Later spin-offs, adaptations and supplemental material refer to them as "Mystery, Inc.," though it's only in the more recent entries that they're generally recognized as investigators, and even then there never seems to be any payment involved. Their wanderings are [[Parental Bonus|subtly]] parodied in some spin-offs: at one point, the Mystery Machine drives through a snowfield to a scientific outpost, and a character cheerfully announces, "here we are gang, Antarctica!"

*** The most recent show retcons the whole shenanigan - all the mysteries the gang solved in previous incarnations of the show actually happened in their hometown of Crystal Cove, which has made it famous as a supernatural hotspot, and most local business is based chiefly on tourism. So much so, that Velma and her tendency to bitterly point out that every last one was a hoax pose a significant danger to the local economy all by herself.

* [[Adult Swim]]'s ''[[Xavier: Renegade Angel]]''

* The [[Hanna-Barbera]] series ''[[Devlin]]'' is a subversion since the main characters are part of a travelling circus (well, technically the title character is; his brother Todd assists him bike maintenance, etc, while both are the legal guardians of their sister Sandy).

* Any show (Hanna-Barbera or otherwise) that involves a travelling musical group (e.g., ''[[Josie and the Pussy Cats]]'', ''[[Jabberjaw]]'') can be considered a subversion, since they're likely on some kind of indefinite "tour."

* The Gaang must do this in ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'', initially to get from the South to the North Pole and making a lot of detours/helping people along the way. After the first season, they get more involved with the Earth and Water militaries, and their destination keeps changing, and they are often on the run.

** The Air Nomads lived their lives Walking the Earth.

** While the nature of the Avatar's duties call for a certain amount of walking the earth, they do generally have homes they return to, Kyoshi Island and Roku's island, and Aang would probably would too if not for [[You Can't Go Home Again|certain events.]]

** Zuko spends three years <s>walking</s> sailing the earth, and spends a couple of months wandering around in the Earth Kingdom. Said wandering did more for his character development than just about anything else.

* In ''[[Transformers Prime]]'' it's Wheeljack who does this with the galaxy.

** It's later revealed that a fellow Wrecker of his, Seaspray, did the same until Dreadwing killed him. Wheeljack then pursued him to Earth and has since given up the whole galaxy wandering- but now he wanders the Earth instead.

* In ''[[The Real Ghostbusters]]'', the [[Physical God| Babylonian god Marduk]] is always traveling, partially because he is God of the City, and partially to avoid his [[Arch Enemy| eternal nemesis Tiamat]]. Although he claims [[Big Applesauce| New York City is his favorite]].