History Main / ReallyMovesAround

Compare AdventureTowns, where the characters move around as part of their quest and main plot. Compare NewJobAsThePlotDemands. Often a result of being a MilitaryBrat. If the characters are kids or teens, it results in them being a serial NewTransferStudent, or sometimes HomeschooledKids.

''Not to be confused with ReallyGetsAround, which is about entirely different proclivities / activities.''

* ''Manga/CaptainTsubasa'': Taro Misaki, one of the best known characters of the series and trusty friend of Tsubasa Ozora, moves to many different places, since his father is a painter. He played in several teams due to his father travelling around Japan all the time.
* Discussed in ''Manga/KaguyaSamaLoveIsWar'' when it's suspected that Iino has a stalker. Koromo mentions how she's had to move into new homes countless times due to stalkers and that it's a constant problem for people in the entertainment industry, something which [[spoiler:[[FormerChildStar Osaragi]]]] corroborates. That said, neither of them have actually moved outside of the Tokyo area, as they've both been attending [[ElevatorSchool Shuchi'in]] since elementary school.
* ''Manga/NatsumesBookOfFriends'': Before being taken in by the Fujiwaras, Natsume was passed around between his father's relatives, never staying with any of them very long as they saw him as a trouble maker and taking care of him as an unwanted duty.
* ''Manga/PenguinBrothers'': Hina lives with her painter uncle, and as a result they move around a lot to accommodate his wanderlust. At the start of the story, she mentions how she's changed schools 8 times, and [[spoiler:by the end of the series, he decides out of the blue to move to ''France'', and she willingly goes with him]].

* ''Art/CivicVirtueTriumphantOverUnrighteousness'' was originally erected in-front of New York City Hall. Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia, who hated it for its lack of modesty (nudity in art being less acceptable in America than Europe at the time) and had it moved to Kew Gardens, at Queens Boulevard and Union Turnpike, beside the new Borough Hall in 1941. In 2011, the statue was put up for auction on Craigslist by Former Congressman Anthony Weiner where it would eventually be purchased by Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn where it now stands.

* ''Fanfic/{{Moving}}'' revolves around Karen learning to stop this behavior. After the tragic suicide of her best friend Martha, Karen tries to run away from her past by moving from city to city. Eventually she runs out of money, but she refuses to go home. This is when she's taken in by her roommate Elizabeth, who helps her get on on her feet.

* ''Fanfic/{{Parthenogenesis}}'': The titular character and her daughter, Maggie, move to San Francisco when the latter's a teenager so she can live her dream of having a "normal" life after moving around so much while she was growing up. Prior to living in San Francisco, Carmen and Maggie had never lived in a place for longer than a year--this is not only due to Carmen's adventurous nature, but also because of the fact that she's still a wanted thief (despite having long since gone straight).
* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6208221/1/Velma-Dinkley-s-Beginning Velma Dinkley's Beginning]]'', Velma and her family move around a lot due to her dad's job. Velma wants to stay in Coolsville, due to befriending Fred, Daphne, Shaggy and Scooby. Her parents briefly considered moving due to her getting bullied, but Velma and her friends convinced them otherwise.

* ''Film/HighSchoolMusical'': Up until moving to Alburquerque and transferring to East High (and meeting Troy Bolton), Gabriella Montez and her family would usually move to a new place once the school year was over.

* In [[ClashingCousins "Dissin' Cousins,"]] a first season episode of ''Series/ThatsSoRaven'', Raven is revealed to have a rich and beautiful (but also mean and snobby) cousin named Andrea who has spent a large part of her life traveling through Europe--Andrea's dad (Raven's uncle) is in the military and as of "Dissin' Cousins," Andrea and her family were living in Paris, France (it's also revealed that they've live in London, England and Rome, Italy). Raven and Andrea eventually reach an understanding when Andrea admits that her life isn't as perfect as she likes to make everyone think it is and confesses that she's always been secretly jealous Raven (which surprises her). Andrea elaborates by explaining that she hates having to move around so much and was envious of how Raven ultimately got to have a much more "normal" life (it's never revealed if Andrea knows about Raven's PsychicPowers).

* In ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}'', Yosuke often had to move around because of his father's job, with his move to Inaba a few months before the start of the game only being the latest such. Because of moving so often and trying to integrate into new schools, he [[FriendlessBackground doesn't have many close friends before meeting the Investigation Team]]. In the manga and anime it's shown that [[PlayerCharacter Yu]] had a similar background which contributes to him becoming Yosuke's BestFriend. At one point in ''[[UpdatedRerelease Golden]]'', his father's job at Junes is threatened when the recent murders cause an idol to cancel a scheduled appearance, resulting in the Investigation Team throwing a Risette concert together to save him from having to move away.

* Lily from ''VisualNovel/DaughterForDessert'' has a wanderlust which always comes out. She walks and hitchhikes for transportation, and can sleep either in a tent or in the houses of friends she makes along the way. She attempts to settle into a job at the diner, [[spoiler:but eventually, she leaves to keep traveling. In the "good" Lily ending, the protagonist bequeathes the diner to Amanda so he can travel with her.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}'': Gus Griswald's family moves often [[MilitaryBrat because his father is a general]]. He admits to attending eleven different schools by the time he starts 4th-grade--in fact, until transferring to Third Street Elementary School, Gus explains that he's never been at a school long enough to be known as anything other than "the new kid" (or, as revealed in one episode, to have a class picture taken).

* Creator/PedroPascal interviews sometimes describe him as [[https://www.gq.com/story/pedro-pascal-in-paradise a nomad]], unable to plant roots despite his fame as an actor. By the time the son of Chilean-American refugees graduated New York University, he lived in three different countries, and three different states. His acting career further complicated his attempts to settle down, after he began landing gigs that require him to travel away from his home.
* American SerialKiller [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_Sellers Sean Sellers]]' psychological decline was in large part due to this. His mother and stepfather frequently moved around due to their jobs and as a result, Sean had a FriendlessBackground and tried to avoid getting attached to other people so he wouldn't be disappointed when he inevitably left. After finding happiness in Colorado Sean became embittered after being uprooted once again, and as a result of this [[FreudianExcuse in addition to]] [[AbusiveParents physical abuse from his mother Vonda]] he grew to resent his family and turned to HollywoodSatanism in a bid to gain control of his own life and environment. After murdering a store clerk at the age of 16, he [[SelfMadeOrphan murdered his parents in their sleep]] months later in 1986 before being arrested, [[TheAtoner converted to Christianity in prison]], and finally executed in 1999.

* The ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'' characters are constantly moving around from title to title. For example, in ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure'' they lived either in or around Station Square but ''VideoGame/SonicBattle'' moves them to the more suburban Emerald Town.

* In [[ClashingCousins "Dissin' Cousins,"]] a first season episode of ''Series/ThatsSoRaven'', the TitleCharacter is revealed to have a rich and beautiful (but also mean and snobby) cousin named Andrea who has spent a large part of her life traveling through Europe--Andrea's dad (Raven's uncle) is in the military and as of "Dissin' Cousins," Andrea and her family were living in Paris, France (it's also revealed that they've live in London, England and Rome, Italy). Raven and Andrea eventually reach an understanding when Andrea admits that her life isn't as perfect as she likes to make everyone think it is and confesses that she's always been secretly jealous Raven (which surprises her). Andrea elaborates by explaining that she hates having to move around so much and was envious of how Raven ultimately got to have a much more "normal" life (it's never revealed if Andrea knows about Raven's PsychicPowers).

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* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'': When Connie is introduced in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E7BubbleBuddies "Bubble Buddies"]], she says her family moves around a lot because of her dad's job as a private security guard. [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness This is never referenced again]], doesn't really make sense once we find out her mother is a doctor, and she keeps living in the same house until she leaves for college.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'': The members of the titular family all have superpowers, and have to keep their identities secret because of a government ban on superheroes. It is stated that by the time of the movie's main plot, they have moved at least a few times in the past because of blowing their cover. And by the end of the movie, they have to do it again.