Growl

An animal on four legs growls: its front end lowers and braces, its head goes low and forward, its ears go back and its tail stands up stiff, angry. It stays so.

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

What it is for

A dog guarding its bone, a cat facing a stranger. It is what Angry and Annoyed play on four legs.

The principle it shows: weight forward, head low

An angry animal gets ready to go forward: the front legs brace back under it, the chest drops, the head comes low and forward with the neck stretched, and the tail goes up stiff. The face does the rest: the brows down and the mouth set.

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 31.25 over 0.4 s (out)
    — 2:
      glide torso 0 over 0 s
      glide torso -16 over 0.4 s (out)
    — 3:
      glide head 0 over 0 s
      glide head 26 over 0.4 s (out)
    — 4:
      glide neck 0 over 0 s
      glide neck -28 over 0.4 s (out)
    — 5:
      glide left ear 0, right ear 0 over 0 s
      glide left ear -15, right ear -15 over 0.4 s (out)
    — 6:
      glide tail 0 over 0 s
      glide tail 20 over 0.4 s (out)
    — 7:
      glide left leg #2 0, right leg #3 0 over 0 s
      glide left leg #2 -18, right leg #3 -18 over 0.4 s (out)
    — 8:
      look angry
  wait 1 s

0 s — the body up 0, torso 0, head 0, neck 0, ears 0, tail 0, front legs 0, the face angry.
0.4 s — torso -16, head 26, neck -28, ears -15, tail 20, front legs -18, the body up -10.

Try this

Take 0.7 s over its first change instead of 0.4 s: a slower growl.
In the program: ramp · over 0.4 → 0.7
Sink the body to 40.6 instead of 31.25: a lower growl.
In the program: ramp · to.dy 31.25 → 40.6

How it differs from the others

Cower (four legs) also goes low, but backs away with the tail tucked; Bark is the voice.

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
Grump (an animal on four legs)	yes	whole body, body, head, front legs, tail, ears

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