History Main / AirplaneArms

* InuYasha, whenever he's in a hurry.

* King Trode in ''DragonQuest 8'' always runs like this. It may have something to do with how he's cursed to look like a little green troll for most of the game...

* The song in the page quote was used on SesameStreet. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5wOkfHwweo Watch it]], in all it's EarWorm goodness.

* This is often done by younger characters, or characters who act much younger than they really are, and shows up in many an anime, including ''KingyoChuihou'' and ''IchigoMashimaro''

* Lucario does this in the ''PokemonLucarioAndTheMysteryOfMew'' movie.

* Kuu in ''HaibaneRenmei'' does this a lot. The bird-impression is enhanced since she actually has wings on her back.

* Altair and Ezio from the ''AssassinsCreed'' series do this whenever they're running on something narrow like a wire, wall or a fence.

** This is parodied in the track episode of ''AzumangaDaioh''. Chiyo, inspired to catch up, goes into this pose and promptly ends up running even slower.

* Lucario does this in the ''[=~Pokémon: Lucario and the Mystery of Mew~=]'' movie.

** Also, when he first appears in ''Galaxy'', Mario is seen running towards the Star Festival with his arms out, just because he's such a happy-go-lucky guy. Also, he can run like this in-game in [[SuperStar Rainbow form]].

* Misuzu often runs around like this in ''{{Air}}'', which is likely a hint about her background. That she falls down a lot may also be very symbolic in the show's context.

* In ''{{Gundam ZZ}}'', [[GenkiGirl Puru]] was really fond of doing this while saying "[[PokemonSpeak Puru puru puru puru!]]". It's a recurrent gag in ''{{Super Robot Wars}}'' and other Gundam related videogames.

* Vincent Valentine of ''FinalFantasyVII'' does this during running animations. Since his character concept and design was basically the RuleOfCool personified, it's justified.

** Former Italian striker Vincenzo Montella was nicknamed "L'Aeroplanino" ("The Little Aeroplane") for his tendency to celebrate in this manner.

In modern Japan, this pose is known as "[[http://danbooru.donmai.us/wiki/show?title=bu-n buun]]" (Danbooru wiki link, NSFW).

I'm a little airplane now.''\\
-- '''Jonathan Richman''', "I'm a Little Airplane"

* Sayoko (a NinjaMaid) does this in ''CodeGeass''.

* Ed from ''Anime/CowboyBebop'' (illustrated above) does this quite frequently.

* This a fairly common celebratory dance for various sports, most notably scoring a goal in football (European-type football that is.)

A strange position where a character in a generally good mood runs with their arms stretched out behind near the level of the hips, as if imitating an airplane (Try it, it's fun!).

{{Ninja}} are also frequently portrayed running this way, though they now tend to prefer the NinjaRun. {{Samurai}} also run in a similar manner, usually while keeping one hand grasped onto their katana. In a more (apparently) realistic series this may have something to do with the runner having a reduced profile and thus being harder to hit with ranged weaponry, but it's generally just the RuleOfCool.

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[[caption-width-right:288:Ed goes on a bombing run.]]

* Mugen does this in an episode of ''SamuraiChamploo''. That this is done during the Edo period is explained by way of the show being an example of AnachronismStew.

* Mugen does this in an episode of ''SamuraiChamploo''. That this is done during the Edo period is explained by way of the show being an example of [[AnachronismStew]].

* Mugen does this in an episode of ''SamuraiChamploo''.

* Barney on ''HowIMetYourMother'' does a lovely airplane-armed run to see the mysterious girl in Ted's bed in the Pineapple Incident.

* Koshi Rikdo of ''ExcelSaga'' does this in the opening credits. Excel herself does it quite often too.