Pounce

An animal on four legs pounces, as a cat does: it crouches low, its back end wiggling, then leaps forward, front paws reaching, and lands.

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

What it is for

A cat on a toy mouse, a dog on a ball. It is what Jump, Hop over, Leap and Get ready to jump play on four legs, and in a game it is a jump.

The principle it shows: load, then let go

A pounce is all in the getting ready: the body sinks low over bent back legs and the back end wiggles while the eyes stay fixed, then everything goes at once, the back legs pushing and the front legs reaching forward, and the body lands a body length on.

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 68.75 over 0.35 s (out)
      glide dy -87.5 over 0.45 s (out)
      glide dy 0 over 0.25 s (in)
      glide dy 0 over 0.35 s
    — 2:
      glide dx 0 over 0 s
      glide dx -12.5 over 0.35 s (out)
      glide dx 93.75 over 0.45 s (out)
      glide dx 162.5 over 0.25 s (in)
      glide dx 162.5 over 0.35 s
    — 3:
      glide torso 0 over 0 s
      glide torso -8 over 0.35 s
      glide torso 12 over 0.45 s
      glide torso -6 over 0.25 s
      glide torso 0 over 0.35 s
    — 4:
      glide head 0 over 0 s
      glide head -6 over 0.35 s
      glide head -12 over 0.45 s
      glide head 0 over 0.6 s
    — 5:
      glide tail 0, part:tail~out 0 over 0 s
      glide tail -10, part:tail~out 0 over 0.35 s
      glide tail -10, part:tail~out 30 over 0.15 s
      glide tail -10, part:tail~out -30 over 0.12 s
      glide tail 10, part:tail~out 0 over 0.18 s
      glide tail 0, part:tail~out 0 over 0.6 s
    — 6:
      glide left leg #2 0, right leg #3 0 over 0 s
      glide left leg #2 -15, right leg #3 -15 over 0.35 s
      glide left leg #2 70, right leg #3 70 over 0.45 s
      glide left leg #2 20, right leg #3 20 over 0.25 s
      glide left leg #2 0, right leg #3 0 over 0.35 s
    — 7:
      glide left forearm 0, right forearm 0 over 0 s
      glide left forearm 35, right forearm 35 over 0.35 s
      glide left forearm 10, right forearm 10 over 0.45 s
      glide left forearm 20, right forearm 20 over 0.25 s
      glide left forearm 0, right forearm 0 over 0.35 s
    — 8:
      glide left leg #0 0, right leg #1 0 over 0 s
      glide left leg #0 35, right leg #1 35 over 0.35 s
      glide left leg #0 -40, right leg #1 -40 over 0.45 s
      glide left leg #0 0, right leg #1 0 over 0.25 s
    — 9:
      glide left shin 0, right shin 0 over 0 s
      glide left shin 45, right shin 45 over 0.35 s
      glide left shin 0, right shin 0 over 0.45 s
    — 10:
      look happy

0 s — the body up 0, the body forward 0, torso 0, head 0, tail 0, front legs 0, forearms 0, back legs 0, shins 0, the face happy.
0.35 s — the body up -22, the body forward -4, torso -8, head -6, back legs 35, shins 45, front legs -15, forearms 35, tail -10.
0.5 s — tail -10 out 30.
0.62 s — tail -10 out -30.
0.8 s — the body up 28, the body forward 30, torso 12, front legs 70, forearms 10, back legs -40, shins 0, head -12, tail 10 out 0.
1.05 s — the body up 0, the body forward 52, torso -6, front legs 20, forearms 20, back legs 0.
1.4 s — the body up 0, the body forward 52, torso 0, front legs 0, forearms 0, head 0, tail 0.

Try this

Take 0.6 s over its first change instead of 0.35 s: a slower pounce.
In the program: ramp · over 0.35 → 0.6
Turn the tail to -13 instead of -10: a bigger pounce.
In the program: ramp · to.part:tail -10 → -13

How it differs from the others

Stalk is the creeping before it; Startle jumps back, away.

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

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