Does this anime quirk have a name?


I've always liked this quirky anime technique, which was used in several anime
around the 1990s and 2000s, but not THAT often. What is it called and how does
it work?

How do you animate it and when does it get used?

[![magic knight rayearth -
chibi](https://i.stack.imgur.com/PBqPV.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/PBqPV.jpg)

I also found other examples

[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/9vuVF.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/9vuVF.png)

[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/q9afx.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/q9afx.png)

[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/bMzjy.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/bMzjy.png)

[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/nsp0P.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/nsp0P.png)

[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/AmQaJ.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/AmQaJ.png)

[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/h6qbO.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/h6qbO.png)




It's most likely a mix of,

  * [Human Hummingbird](https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HumanHummingbird)
  * [Kewpie Doll Surprise](https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/KewpieDollSurprise)
  * [Wheel o' Feet](https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/WheelOFeet)
  * [Floating Limbs](https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FloatingLimbs)
  * Possibly also [Thundering Herd](https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ThunderingHerd) if you want to consider the background or context for the first image

