History Main / UnmovingPlaid

* Stan the [[HonestJohnsDealership Salesman]] from the ''VideoGame/MonkeyIsland'' games incorporates an Unmoving Plaid jacket in his outfit, deliberately, up to and including the series' 3D installments, as seen [[https://youtu.be/fnehiuTuIn8?t=93 here]]. And yes, it's even uglier in motion.

* ''VideoGame/PizzaTower'': Some of the unlockable outfits the player can unlock for Peppino have this effect. It's especially notable in the results screen or [[spoiler: the cutscene that plays when Peppino does a massive piledriver on Pizzahead in the final battle]]; despite the close-up, the pattern still remains the same size!

* ''VideoGame/PizzaTower'': Some of the unlockable outfits the player can unlock for Peppino have this effect. It's especially notable in [[spoiler: the cutscene that plays when Peppino does a massive piledriver on Pizzahead in the final battle; despite the close-up, the pattern still remains the same size!]]

* In the anime adaptation of ''LightNovel/HolmesOfKyoto'' scenes where ornately patterned kimonos use this. It is not too noticeable if the character moves across the screen as the pattern shifts with them. However a character turning or shifting in place reveals the effect as the pattern does not change despite their orientation.
* ''LightNovel/{{Bakemonogatari}}'', by the same studio, also uses this technique for patterned clothing. It's stylistic choice (one of Akiyuki Shinbo's trademarks) rather than pure laziness, given how much they've embraced digital animation.

* ''LightNovel/{{MM}}'' The ending has this in their skirts and ties same color plaid, but the ties are angled. Watching them jump and turn around is very odd since the plaid only moves vertically.

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* On ''WesternAnimation/BigHero6TheSeries'', The Ukiyo-e painting texture pattens around the character’s shadings does this.

* Parodied with the idea of "plaid paint"--that is, paint that when rolled on to walls is supposed to paint them plaid. A new, unsophisticated construction worker may be sent to buy plaid paint. Plaid paint also appears as a gag in department store window displays, with mannequins surrounded by paint cans with plaid fabric on the top of the cans to show the "paint color" and pieces of the same plaid fabric in lieu of paint in the pans in which they are dipping their rollers or on the walls they are painting (sometimes placed askew). By contrast, plaid wall coverings do create walls in unmoving plaid and need to be well matched at seams to avoid looking sloppy or uncanny.

* OlderThanFeudalism - see the page image for TheTourney where the mediaeval artist gives up completely on any pretence of reproducing the folds and drapes of a complex garment on the losing knight.

* ''Webcomic/SleeplessDomain'': This crops up in the initial chapters illustrated by Oscar Vega, such as Sally's skirt pattern [[https://www.sleeplessdomain.com/comic/chapter-1-page-4 here]]. After Creator/MaryCagle takes over as lead artist, however, this is averted; contrast Will's shirt in a later page [[https://www.sleeplessdomain.com/comic/chapter-6-page-27 here]].

** Also appears in ''Anime/Persona4GoldenTheAnimation'', with Nanako's spotted dress in the last episode.

* ''VideoGame/PizzaTower'': some of the unlockable outfits the player can unlock for Peppino have this effect. It's especially notable in [[spoiler: the cutscene that plays when Peppino does a massive piledriver on Pizzahead in the final battle; despite the close-up, the pattern still remains the same size!]]

* The FestivalEpisode SeriesFauxnale of ''Manga/AyakashiTriangle'' has the cast wearing yukata with patterns, mostly floral. The patterns are mostly continuous over folds and different pieces of clothing, even one panel that shows the ''inside'' of Matsuri's sleeve.

* In ''VideoGame/RocketLeague'', some of the decals like the Encryption have this appearance.

** In ''VideoGame/ReturnToMonkeyIsland'' when Stan is imprisoned he wears unmoving ''stripes!''

* In ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddysBigPictureShow'', Eddy's brother's shirt does this. So does Jimmy and Plank's outfits in the school picture episode.
** The tiles on Ed's kitchen floor are like this also.

* The school uniforms in ''Manga/ShugoChara'' consist [[http://cdimg3.crunchyroll.com/i/spire1/08172008/f/2/d/7/f2d714fa6890d0_full.png almost entirely of plaid]], which makes this trope pretty glaring. But it could be even worse: Here at least, each part is oriented differently.

* [[ClothesMakeTheSuperman Two-star uniforms]] in ''Anime/KillLaKill'' have red bits with yellow lines moving across them in this fashion. [[spoiler: It's eventually revealed that Ryuko and Nui's hearts are the same way, since they're Life Fiber HalfHumanHybrids.]]

* Many Disney characters show this trope, most notably [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleuth_(Disney) Sleuth]], as seen [[http://users.cwnet.com/xephyr/rich/dzone/hoozoo/images/sleuth2.gif here]].

** In ''VideoGame/TalesOfMonkeyIsland'', his jacket maintains this trait. It looks [[http://bulk2.destructoid.com/ul/153334-talesofmi104_stan_souvenirstand.jpg a LOT better]] than it did in ''[[VideoGame/EscapeFromMonkeyIsland Escape]]'', and [[spoiler: for the first time in the history of the series, it's actually a plot point/part of a puzzle solution (Guybrush needs a collection of objects that represent extremes of each of the senses. The eye-watering plaid of Stan's jacket is sight)]]. Seeing it in motion is [[MindScrew hypnotic]]...

* The Flash animation "[[http://www.spinnerdisc.com/category/originals/tiny-plaid-ninjas/ Tiny Plaid Ninjas]]" takes this to extremes.

* In most strips of ''Webcomic/EarsForElves'' with some kind of pattern, this trope is apparent due to how the shading works. Particularly noticeable on some of the costumes from the [[http://www.earsforelves.com/archives/234 Chapter 2 title page]].

* ComicBook/ShadeTheChangingMan's coat in [[http://www.dccomics.com/videos/dc-nation-shade-the-changing-man-shade-the-changing-man-full?adid=hero1_dc-nation-shade-the-changing-man-shade-the-changing-man-full this animated short]], although not usually in the original comics. Of course, the idea that Shade's coat might be a cloth-based wormhole to a patterned universe actually fits the character perfectly.

* Parodied with the idea of "plaid paint"--that is, paint that when rolled on to walls is supposed to paint them plaid. A new, unsophisticated construction worker may be sent to buy plaid paint. Plaid paint also appears as a gag in department store window displays, with mannequins surrounded by paint cans with plaid fabric on the top of the cans to show the "paint color" and pieces of the same plaid fabric in the pans in which they are supposedly dipping their rollers. By contrast, plaid wall coverings do create walls in unmoving plaid and need to be well matched at seams to avoid looking sloppy or uncanny.

* Parodied with the idea of "plaid paint"--that is, paint that when rolled on to walls is supposed to paint them plaid. A new, unsophisticated construction worker may be sent to buy plaid paint. Plaid paint also appears as a gag in department store window displays, with mannequins surrounded by paint cans with plaid fabric on the top of the cans to show the "paint color" and pieces of the same plaid fabric in the pans in which they are supposedly dipping their rollers. By contrast, plaid wall coverings do create walls in unmoving plaid and need to be well matched at seams to avoid looking uncanny.

Nothing to do with [[UsefulNotes/{{Wales}} Plaid Cymru]]. See also LimitedAnimation.

** Also done with Miko's BadassCape in ''Hopeless Masquerade'', except this time on the outside.
** And also the inside of [[spoiler:Sumireko]]'s cape in ''Urban Legend in Limbo''.

* ''WesternAnimation/FelixTheCat'': Felix'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.]]

* 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://youtu.be/fnehiuTuIn8?t=93 here]]. And yes, it's even uglier in motion.

* Manga in general does this a lot. Like with polka dots or plaid, in a close-up scene with a character wearing polka dots, they look normally-sized, where if it's more spaced out from view, the polka dots remain the exact same size, looking rather giant relative to the clothing article. This is usually because the pattern is done with a screentone transfer so it can be done quickly and easily (a common task for a mangaka's assistants).