Cower (four legs)

An animal on four legs cowers: it sinks low to the ground on bent legs, its head down, its ears flat and its tail tucked under it. It stays so.

Use it in a cartoon Change it in the move maker The pack file (JSON)

What it is for

A dog afraid of thunder, a cat caught where it should not be. It is what Cower and Embarrassed play on four legs.

The principle it shows: small is safe

A frightened animal makes itself small: every leg bends so the body sinks toward the ground, the head goes down, the ears flatten and the tail tucks right under. Nothing points up.

The program, line by line

when it starts
  show the side view
  at the same time:
    — 1:
      glide dy 0 over 0 s
      glide dy 81.25 over 0.5 s (out)
    — 2:
      glide torso 0 over 0 s
      glide torso -6 over 0.5 s
    — 3:
      glide head 0 over 0 s
      glide head 22 over 0.5 s
    — 4:
      glide left ear 0, right ear 0 over 0 s
      glide left ear -25, right ear -25 over 0.5 s
    — 5:
      glide tail 0 over 0 s
      glide tail -75 over 0.5 s
    — 6:
      glide left leg #0 0, right leg #1 0 over 0 s
      glide left leg #0 30, right leg #1 30 over 0.5 s
    — 7:
      glide left shin 0, right shin 0 over 0 s
      glide left shin 40, right shin 40 over 0.5 s
    — 8:
      glide left leg #2 0, right leg #3 0 over 0 s
      glide left leg #2 -20, right leg #3 -20 over 0.5 s
    — 9:
      glide left forearm 0, right forearm 0 over 0 s
      glide left forearm 40, right forearm 40 over 0.5 s
    — 10:
      look sad
  wait 1 s

0 s — the body up 0, torso 0, head 0, ears 0, tail 0, back legs 0, shins 0, front legs 0, forearms 0, the face sad.
0.5 s — the body up -26, torso -6, head 22, ears -25, tail -75, back legs 30, shins 40, front legs -20, forearms 40.

Try this

Take 0.9 s over its first change instead of 0.5 s: a slower cower (four legs).
In the program: ramp · over 0.5 → 0.9
Sink the body to 105.6 instead of 81.25: a lower cower (four legs).
In the program: ramp · to.dy 81.25 → 105.6

How it differs from the others

Droop is only sad, standing; Lie down goes all the way down to rest, relaxed.

Works on

The two in the film above, and what the move turns on each: worked out by the build, which plays the move on each body and checks what moves. Nobody types this table.
Who	Moves?	What moves
Sunny (one of the six people)	yes	whole body, turns, body, head, arms, legs
Grump (an animal on four legs)	yes	whole body, body, head, front legs, back legs, tail, ears

c4c:beh:cower_low · version 1.0.0 · c4c-free · by Jabbertoon