History Main / UnmovingPlaid

* [[SpecialEffectsFailure Unintentionally invoked]] with the Kikanalo in ''WesternAnimation/{{Bionicle}} 2: Legends of Metru Nui''. Where there are points where the character models and textures are clearly not synchronizing with one another.

* All of the Timber Cat's flannel shirts in ''WesternAnimation/KipoAndTheAgeOfWonderbeasts''.

* The Cheshire Cat in ''[[WesternAnimation/CareBears Care Bears In Wonderland]]'' constantly changes patterns, and ''all of them'' are this.

* [[WesternAnimation/FelixTheCat Felix the Cat's]] [[WesternAnimation/JoeOrioloFelixTheCat Magic Bag of Tricks]] has polka dot patterns on it that usually don't wrap around the bags form and just face the viewer in a two dimensional way. [[WordOfGod Don Oriolo]] claims the polka dot pattern of the bag was based on some wallpaper his dad had and [[OffTheShelfFX often used to glue to the cels of the bag of tricks.]]
* Averted in ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife'', specifically with Rocko's complicated triangle shirt. The creator has playfully mentioned in interviews that it must have drove the animation team nuts.
* The chalk speckles in ''WesternAnimation/ChalkZone'' have this effect.
* The plaid coat worn by Tommy from "The Off-Beats" on ''WesternAnimation/{{Kablam}}''. This jacket is what initially inspired the trope's name.
** The cartoon did that with several other materials, too. September disguises himself as "the President", complete with wig with unmoving hair texture.

* The animated adaptation of the ''Literature/BerenstainBears'' avoided this by simply removing the patterns. Papa's plaid and Mama's and Sister's Polka Dots are all taken out in favour of solid colours.

* Kay's sweater from ''[[http://www.misfile.com/?date=2008-12-23 this]]'' ''Webcomic/{{Misfile}}'' strip. The fandom reacted with horror.

* Katie's shirt in ''Webcomic/TheWotch'' is like this, as seen [[http://www.thewotch.com/?date=2004-08-02 here.]]

* In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61wLeH2Ui1U super ☆ business ☆ dancing ☆ night]] the office worker's mouth is not firmly attached to his head, most likely so the animator didn't have to perfectly synch up the mouth with the dancing. (Not a perfect example for this trope, as the mouth is not patterned.)

* In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61wLeH2Ui1U super ☆ business ☆ dancing ☆ night]] the office worker's mouth is a case of unmoving plaid. Most likely so the animator didn't have to perfectly synch up the mouth with the dancing.

* ''VideoGame/{{Persona 5}}'': The plaid pattern on the male high school uniforms remain fixed no matter how much their wearers move around in the opening animation.

* ''WesternAnimation/YakkityYak'' took this trope to the extreme with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cPgp2Xl_kg&feature=related Dr. Crazy Hair's hair]].

* ''Webcomic/{{Narbonic}}'': "My flannel! Source of all my power!"

* In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61wLeH2Ui1U super ☆ business ☆ dancing ☆ night]] the office worker's mouth is a case of unmoving plaid. Most likely so the animator didn't have to perfectly synch up the mouth with with the dancing.

* In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61wLeH2Ui1U super ☆ business ☆ dancing ☆ night]] the office worker's mouth is a case of unmoving plaid. Most likely so the animator didn't have to perfectly synch up the mouth with with the dancing.

%%* Used in the ''Anime/{{Monster}}'' manga.

* ''Manga/DailyLifeWithMonsterGirl'': Whenever Miia's scale pattern is drawn, it's usually like this. Mero usually escapes, but some [[http://safebooru.org/index.php?page=post&s=view&id=1914540 official artwork]] draws her scales as a simple hex grid.

* The Calculus, representative of the Machine, in ''Comicbook/SwampThing'' wears a pinstripe suit like this, to emphasise its desire for order and that its appearance is not exactly "real".

* The webbing pattern on [[ComicBook/{{SpiderMan}} Spider-Man]]'s iconic costume isn't '''supposed''' to do this, but countless times over the decades, artists have gotten jammed up by deadlines or badly-chosen layouts and produced this effect. It's almost always unintentional.

[[folder:Web Comics]]

* ''WebComic/TowerOfGod'': The line pattern on Chung's avatar's robe on the Hidden Floor, as seen right in his first proper appearance. In that panel, the lines to his side are at least making a bit of an effort by not being perfectly vertical, but they're still forming a flat pattern.

* Shows up in the manga version of Manga/AxisPowersHetalia and some of the artwork, although it's averted in the anime.

* ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'' has some examples:

* ''Manga/ParadiseKiss'''s anime uses this to animate the more elaborate dresses made by the characters, though the regular clothing is animated normally

* Used in the ''Anime/{{Monster}}'' manga.

* ''Manga/SangatsuNoLion'' is guilty of this on occasion in the manga, usually through the girls' clothes. This is much more noticeable in the anime adaptation, of course, with the sisters in motion.

* In the FanWebcomic ''Webcomic/CobwebAndStripes'', the stripes of [[Film/{{Beetlejuice}} Betelgeuse]]'s costume are almost always perfectly vertical, or at least always straight, whatever the pose he's in. This gives him a somewhat otherworldy look, which -- considering the character -- is of course entirely fitting.

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* Stan the [[HonestJohnsDealership Salesman]] from the ''VideoGame/MonkeyIsland'' games, pictured above, incorporates an Unmoving Plaid jacket in his outfit, deliberately, up to and including the series' 3D installments, as seen [[https://web.archive.org/web/20150506114806/http://www.worldofmi.com/images/characters/mi4/stan-mi4-01.png here]]. And yes, it's even uglier in motion.

* In ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'', there's a blink-and-you'll-miss-it example with Sayaka's bunny bedspread in episode 6.