Startle

An animal on four legs is startled: it springs up and back, its front off the ground, its ears and tail up, then lands a step back, surprised.

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

What it is for

A cat meeting a cucumber, a dog hearing a pop. It is what Surprised and React play on four legs.

The principle it shows: surprise moves away

A startled animal gets away from the surprise first and looks later: the body goes up and back in one quick spring (ease out: fast at the start), the front paws leave the ground, and it lands a step behind where it stood, still looking, ears 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 -37.5 over 0.15 s (out)
      glide dy 0 over 0.25 s
    — 2:
      glide dx 0 over 0 s
      glide dx -25 over 0.15 s (out)
      glide dx -43.75 over 0.25 s
    — 3:
      glide torso 0 over 0 s
      glide torso 16 over 0.15 s (out)
      glide torso 0 over 0.25 s
    — 4:
      glide head 0 over 0 s
      glide head -18 over 0.15 s (out)
      glide head -10 over 0.75 s
    — 5:
      glide left ear 0, right ear 0 over 0 s
      glide left ear 25, right ear 25 over 0.15 s (out)
      glide left ear 20, right ear 20 over 0.75 s
    — 6:
      glide tail 0 over 0 s
      glide tail 35 over 0.15 s (out)
    — 7:
      glide left leg #2 0, right leg #3 0 over 0 s
      glide left leg #2 30, right leg #3 30 over 0.15 s (out)
      glide left leg #2 0, right leg #3 0 over 0.25 s
    — 8:
      look surprised
  wait 0.3 s

0 s — the body up 0, the body forward 0, torso 0, head 0, ears 0, tail 0, front legs 0, the face surprised.
0.15 s — the body up 12, the body forward -8, torso 16, head -18, ears 25, tail 35, front legs 30.
0.4 s — the body up 0, the body forward -14, torso 0, front legs 0.
0.9 s — head -10, ears 20.

Try this

Take 0.3 s over its first change instead of 0.15 s: a slower startle.
In the program: ramp · over 0.15 → 0.3
Sink the body to -48.7 instead of -37.5: a lower startle.
In the program: ramp · to.dy -37.5 → -48.7

How it differs from the others

Happy hop also lifts the front, but again and again, for joy; Cower (four legs) is the fright that stays.

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, back legs, tail, ears

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