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Realistically animating running characters on a budget is just too hard. Instead, a vertical upper body is perched on a rotating wheel of blur lines and (occasionally) visible feet, which is animated in a loop. Add a [[Wraparound Background]] and some dustclouds, and voila, the character is running! And really fast, too! |
Realistically animating running characters on a budget is just too hard. Instead, a vertical upper body is perched on a rotating wheel of blur lines and (occasionally) visible feet, which is animated in a loop. Add a [[Wraparound Background]] and some dustclouds, and voila, the character is running! And really fast, too! |
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] == |
== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] == |
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* Used in ''[[Fushigiboshi no Futagohime]]''. Turns out |
* Used in ''[[Fushigiboshi no Futagohime]]''. Turns out Wheel-O-Feet + [[Pimped-Out Dress]] = [[Raymanian Limbs]]. Those artists were ''really'' lazy... |
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* Also utilized in ''[[Real Bout High School]]'', combined with the [[Thundering Herd]] effect, on Ryoko and Azumi in a mad race to be the first to give Tatsuya their bento during a [[Cooking Duel]]. |
* Also utilized in ''[[Real Bout High School]]'', combined with the [[Thundering Herd]] effect, on Ryoko and Azumi in a mad race to be the first to give Tatsuya their bento during a [[Cooking Duel]]. |
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* The ''[[Rose of Versailles]]'' manga. |
* The ''[[Rose of Versailles]]'' manga. |
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* [[Invoked Trope|Invoked]] in one strip of ''[[FoxTrot]]'' where Jason Fox runs around holding a pair of wheels with a spiral design during gym class, with dry ice strapped to his feet, so that he appears to be running fast (the dry ice generating the "steam trail" often associated with this trope). |
* [[Invoked Trope|Invoked]] in one strip of ''[[FoxTrot]]'' where Jason Fox runs around holding a pair of wheels with a spiral design during gym class, with dry ice strapped to his feet, so that he appears to be running fast (the dry ice generating the "steam trail" often associated with this trope). |
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== [[Video Games]], [[Visual Novel |
== [[Video Games]], [[Visual Novel]]s == |
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* Until he made the jump to 3D games, ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog]]'''s running animation was always done like this, in both the games and the TV series that was based on them. |
* Until he made the jump to 3D games, ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog]]'''s running animation was always done like this, in both the games and the TV series that was based on them. |
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** The first ''[[Sonic Advance]]'' did this with Sonic only, but other characters and games averted it. |
** The first ''[[Sonic Advance]]'' did this with Sonic only, but other characters and games averted it. |
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* The Road Runner, in his ''[[Looney Tunes]]'' shorts. |
* The Road Runner, in his ''[[Looney Tunes]]'' shorts. |
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** Fake Elmer Fudd's wheel was [[Leaning on the Fourth Wall|visible]] in ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLvttWXLLWk&t=9m10s Invasion of the Bunny Snatchers]''. |
** Fake Elmer Fudd's wheel was [[Leaning on the Fourth Wall|visible]] in ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLvttWXLLWk&t=9m10s Invasion of the Bunny Snatchers]''. |
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* Nickelodeon's animated anthology ''[[Ka Blam!|Ka Blam]]!'' had hosts Henry & June demonstrate this, and referred to this as "the bongo run", from the odd drum-like sound effects that often accompany the |
* Nickelodeon's animated anthology ''[[Ka Blam!|Ka Blam]]!'' had hosts Henry & June demonstrate this, and referred to this as "the bongo run", from the odd drum-like sound effects that often accompany the Wheel-O-Feet (in this case, literally provided by another character from the linking segments playing the bongos). |
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* The ''[[Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy|Ed, Edd n Eddy]]'' episode "1+1=Ed" had [[Playing with a Trope|a surreal exploration of many different animated tropes.]] At one point, Eddy makes a |
* The ''[[Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy|Ed, Edd n Eddy]]'' episode "1+1=Ed" had [[Playing with a Trope|a surreal exploration of many different animated tropes.]] At one point, Eddy makes a Wheel-O-Feet, [[Mind Screw|then jumps out and sticks Sarah in it, forcing her to run off.]] |
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** Played straight in Homecooked Eds when Eddy attempts, and fails, to move the Kankers' trailer. |
** Played straight in Homecooked Eds when Eddy attempts, and fails, to move the Kankers' trailer. |
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* Animated series of ''[[Horrible Histories]]''. |
* Animated series of ''[[Horrible Histories]]''. |
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