Line #18 Main/NoKnees


1	On a limited budget it's somewhat hard to animate someone running without making it look jerky. As recently as ''WesternAnimation/ThePerilsOfPenelopePitstop'', animators tended to draw legs moving with very little bending of the knee, sometimes at even a full run. In real life, this would be more than a little painful, as shown in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNWP2Yc7XvM this animated insert]] from ''Series/SesameStreet''.
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3	The preferred trick around this is to avoid showing the legs altogether. You can position the "camera" above the runner's waist while still showing him swaying about a little, or aim the shot straight at the feet, which also doubles as looped footage.
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5	Some artists go an extra step if a female character has a skirt. The legs might be drawn nearly ''straight all the way down'' even while stationary, as if she doesn't have knees, thighs, or defined hips.
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7	Oddly enough, knees seem to be a little too flexible in the TwistedKneeCollapse.
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9	See also WheelOFeet.
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11	!!Examples:
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15	[[folder:Comic Books]]
16	* Aside from having a (rather notorious) problem with feet and pouches, Creator/RobLiefeld has done this, with both men and women. Although the women tended more to have ''one'' knee that seemed to branch out into the rest of each leg.
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19	[[folder:Fan Works]]
20	* Sekoila Zarner from ''Zany to the Max'' has no knees. Because of this, the way she walks is very interesting. Her legs spin rapidly as if around an axis, to the point where WheelOFeet is used.
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23	[[folder:Films -- Animation]]
24	* Naturally, being a Franchise/{{LEGO}} adaptation, ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOMovie'' features this with its characters, which is lampshaded when Emmett does "jumping jacks".
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27	[[folder:Video Games]]
28	* [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] in ''VideoGame/LegoIsland'', which, since all the characters are LEGO minifigs, displays this by default.
29	-->'''Papa Brickolini:''' I have a bad feeling about this, [[MySignificanceSenseIsTingling I can feel it in my knees.]]
30	-->'''Mama Brickolini:''' Papa, you are just imagining things!
31	-->'''Papa:''' Imagining knees? ...You're probably right.
32	* The main heroine of ''VideoGame/NarbacularDrop'' is called Princess No-Knees - but it's not immediately obvious whether she lacks them, as it's a nickname referring to her inability to jump.
33	* ''VideoGame/ZakMcKrackenAndTheAlienMindbenders'' mentions and animates the aliens as having no knees. They make a two-frame movement animation with rapid footsteps. In contrast, humans are given a distinct bend in the knee, and make less frequent steps.
34	* It would be easier to list entities in ''Videogame/{{Minecraft}}'' that do have knees than the ones who do not.
35	** The specific circumstances surrounding Steve in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate'', combined with the various possible circumstances he can get into in that game, end up causing him to have [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEgCCVDJCmQ very unusual and often comical animations]] to account for his complete lack of elbows and knees.
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38	[[folder:Web Animation]]
39	* In the 2009 ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'' {{Halloween\|Episode}} [[http://www.homestarrunner.com/ween09.html toon]], "[[DoomyDoomsOfDoom Doomy Tales of the Macabre]]", Strong Sad removes Homestar's knees--to no very great effect.
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42	[[folder:Webcomics]]
43	* Pintsize from ''Webcomic/QuestionableContent'' originally had no knees or elbows, but during the course of the comic he happily received upgraded limbs.
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46	[[folder:Western Animation]]
47	* [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Pinkie Pie]] from ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' occasionally displays this for RuleOfFunny, such as a humorous backwards run done in ''Swarm of the Century''. Otherwise, her knees are just as existent as the rest of the cast's.
48	* Averted in ''WesternAnimation/{{Ninjago}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/LegendsOfChima'', where characters bend their limbs despite also being LEGO minifigures.
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