Airplane Arms
A strange position where a character in a generally good mood runs with their arms fully outstretched to the sides like the wings of an airplane. (Try it, it's fun!)
A cooler, more aerodynamic variant, with the runner's body leaning foward and the arms swept farther back, like the wings on an F-14 Tomcat, is also often used to indicate a very fast and agile runner.
Happy Battle Music
There's regular boss music. There's Boss Remixes. There's Sad Battle Music. And then there's this.
Sometimes video games or other forms of media will have a boss battle where the Battle Theme Music is happy, cheerful, or lively instead of intense, scary, or climactic—though even the most dramatic ones can have noticeable cheerful elements to it.
The reason for this tends to vary. Maybe to make a point that the protagonist isn't in any real danger, at least within the context of the story. Maybe it was meant to symbolize the villain having the time of his/her life. Maybe it was a form of encouragement. Or maybe they just got lazy and reused happy level music for various bosses.
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