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** The Egg Press from ''[[VideoGame/SonicAdvanceTrilogy Sonic Advance]]'', pictured above.

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* In ''[[VideoGame/LegoAdaptationGame Lego Star Wars]]'', when C-3P0 gets hit his leg falls off and he hops to get around.

* ComicBook/GastonLagaffe's perpetual machine, a conical spring with a red ball attached to the top. After its first appearance, it is occasionally seen boinging around the office.

* Kyōju from ''Anime/BakutenShootBeyblade'' specializes in the Einstein series of beyblades , which have the ability to hop by means of a spring in the center. The main advantage is being able to avoid the opponent's bey. Kyōju isn't primarily a blader himself, but when he enters the ring he shows to be very capable with the mechanic.

* A non-robotic example that doesn't use legs to begin with, but in one early episode of ''Anime/{{Beyblade}}'', Kenny, normally a non-action character, attempts to enter a beyblade contest with a spring loaded top in lieu of the traditional spinning method. This works well enough against some of the weaker players due to being evasive and being out of the range of attack most of the time until the opponent's top run out of spinning momentum, but due to its inability to attack it became easy prey to Kai's superior blade and skill.

* ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'':

* The [[http://megaman.wikia.com/wiki/Big_Eye Big Eye]] from ''VideoGame/MegaMan''. Every game of the original series has its own variation of that enemy.

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* In ''Literature/LuckyStarr and the Oceans of Venus'', Lucky needs to get somewhere fast and all the regular vehicles are being used to evacuate the sector of the UnderwaterCity. A policeman jokingly suggests that he take a "hopper"--a ludicrous hopping vehicle that was a System-wide fad some years back--and Lucky takes him up on it.

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* In ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures: Babs' Big Break'', Montana Max controls one of these in the final battle against him.

* WileECoyote tried using a jet-propelled pogo stick - it didn't go well.

* One of the Convert-A-Car's alternate forms in the ''WackyRaces'' uses 'Pogo Power'.

* A Disney homefront WartimeCartoon starring {{Goofy}} proposed saving on rationed gasoline and tires by using pogo sticks as regular transportation.

* Darth Drongo's AT-BT (All Terrain Bouncing Transport, or "Roo-Bot") in the Australian FanFilm ''StarWarsDownunder''. AwesomeButImpractical, as it's difficult to shoot someone when you're jumping up and down like a demented kangaroo.

* [[{{Pixar}} The Luxo lamp.]]

In reality, this is a JustifiedTrope as this enables robots to actually walk and even climb the stairs [[NoKnees without actually having any knees to bend]], which simplifies their construction, albeit can leave them vulnerable to falling over.

* ''{{GURPS}}'' 4th edition ''Ultratech'' handbook includes, in its chapter on NanoMachines, the "hopper" type--microbots that resemble metallic fleas or crickets.

* The Egg Press from ''[[VideoGame/SonicAdvanceTrilogy Sonic Advance]]'', pictured above.

* The [[http://megaman.wikia.com/wiki/Big_Eye Big Eye]] from ''VideoGame/MegaMan''. Every game of the original series has its own variation of that enemy, of which the ones from the first and second game are the [[DemonicSpiders worst]].

* A non-robotic example that doesn't use legs to begin with, but in one early episode of ''{{Beyblade}}'', Kenny, normally a non-action character, attempts to enter a beyblade contest with a spring loaded top in lieu of the traditional spinning method. This works well enough against some of the weaker players due to being evasive and being out of the range of attack most of the time until the opponent's top run out of spinning momentum, but due to its inability to attack it became easy prey to Kai's superior blade and skill.

* ''SystemShock'' features robots called Hoppers, which are ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin.

* In ''LegoStarWars'', when C-3P0 gets hit his leg falls off and he hops to get around.

* The Hopster from ''MakaiKingdom'', which appears again as the TX-6 Jumpstart from ''VideoGame/PrinnyCanIReallyBeTheHero''. "No one knows if it's supposed to move like that, or if it's just broken."