History Main / BizarreAlienLocomotion

** One of the alien races from the series roll around on a single large sphere embedded at the bottom of their tear-shaped bodies.
** There's also a species that rolls on disc-shaped projections from its cylindrical body.

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* The Literature/{{Lensman}} series book ''Galactic Patrol''. The inhabitants of Aldebaran I are the Wheelmen, who are literally wheel-shaped aliens, like a living example of MonowheelMayhem. As you might expect, they move by rolling around like wheels. They also encounter a non-sentient wheel-shaped alien in one of the earlier novels which apparently doesn't have the ability to turn unless it's physically moved; it just keeps rolling in a continuous circle around the entire planet.

* ''VideoGame/MonsterHunterGenerations Ultimate'': While Valstrax is a faily standard quadruped on the ground, its method of flight is bizarre: it draws in air through an orifice on its chest, compresses it with [[AppliedPhlebotonium Dragon energy]], then ejects the mixture from its wings as it ignites to propel itself. That's right -- it's a living jet engine. The wings themselves also have bizarre flexibility for biological limbs, being able to stretch a surprising distance to stab at prey, or completely flip with the vents pointing forwards so Valstrax can use blasts of Dragon energy [[WeaponizedExhaust as an attack]].

* ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter'': While Valstrax is a faily standard quadruped on the ground, its method of flight is bizarre: it draws in air through an orifice on its chest, compresses it with [[AppliedPhlebotonium Dragon energy]], then ejects the mixture from its wings as it ignites to propel itself. That's right -- it's a living jet engine. The wings themselves also have bizarre flexibility for biological limbs, being able to stretch a surprising distance to stab at prey, or completely flip with the vents pointing forwards so Valstrax can use blasts of Dragon energy [[WeaponizedExhaust as an attack]].

* ''Wiki/SCPFoundation'': SCP-2086, a type of giant predatory arthropod that mimics public transportation, curls its legs into "wheels" to roll on. This lets it maintain the illusion of being a bus, the better to trick potential victims into boarding.

* The Literature/{{Lensman}} series book ''Galactic Patrol''. The inhabitants of Aldebaran I are the Wheelmen, who are literally wheel-shaped aliens, like a living example of MonowheelMayhem. As you might expect, they move by rolling around like wheels.

* As do the three-legged Jan in ''Literature/AlienInASmallTown.''

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-->-- '''WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation''', ''VideoGame/{{Spore}}''

* The fish-creature from ''Film/TheHost'' traverses the undersides of bridges above the Han River by ''doing back flips'', alternately gripping with its two legs and its prehensile tail.

** The 3rd party D&D supplement ''Into The Black'' describes a number of exotic cavern-dwelling critters, one of which - the ice rat - traverses glacial cavern floors by rolling around in snow until its thick fur is sheathed in ice, with gaps for its head, paws, and rudder-shaped tail. Encased by this form-fitted one-rat toboggan, it slides along incredibly fast, controlling its speed and direction with tail and dragging claws.

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* [[Wiki/SCPFoundation SCP-2086]], a type of giant predatory arthropod that mimics public transportation, curls its legs into "wheels" to roll on. This lets it maintain the illusion of being a bus, the better to trick potential victims into boarding.

* On the original ''WesternAnimation/{{Ben 10}}'', Ben's Kineceleran form [=XLR8=] has small black wheels on both feet. His Petarola form as Cannonbolt can curl into an armored sphere and roll at high speed.
* One of the gladiator champions from ''[[WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack Jack and the Smackback]]'', Torto, could curl into a sphere and roll at opponents.
* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'': The Lurmen, seen in [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS1E13JediCrash "Jeid Crash"]] and [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS1E14DefendersOfPeace "Defenders of Peace"]] curl into a ball and roll along like a wheel rather than run when they want to go fast.
* In ''WesternAnimation/ThreeTwoOnePenguins'', the Wait-Your-Turners (aliens that look like old fashioned electrolux vacuum cleaners) move around via rolling around on their four wheels.
* Starfire's pet larva Silky on ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo'' occasionally curls up and rolls along the floor.
* Clayface turns into a giant rolling ball in an attempt to crush Batman during his OriginStory on ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'', and repeatedly during his BossBattle from ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity''.
* While [[WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch Sti]][[Franchise/LiloAndStitch tch]] has legs, and normally walks, runs, or climbs, he can also curl himself into a ball and roll around with surprising speed. His "cousin" Richter ([[Characters/LiloAndStitchExperiments Experiment 513]]) can also do so as seen in ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitchTheSeries''.
* One oddball alien on ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'', briefly seen at a health club, had a round green body with stubby legs all around its circumference. It ran on the gym's treadmill by rolling steadily forward.

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* ''WebOriginal/{{Serina}}'': The snuffalo are a species of large, flightless birds that walk tripedally, using their huge bills as a third leg. They rest its blunt tip on the ground when at rest in order to support their massive heads, and when walking they press it down in front of themselves and then use their huge neck muscles to pull themselves towards the spot where it's planted.

* The Skiapods from Myth/ClassicalMythology have one giant foot at the center of their bodies, so move about with tremendous jumps.

* Creator/AlanDeanFoster's ''[[Literature/HumanxCommonwealth Icerigger]]'' trilogy:

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* Fleeches in ''[[VideoGame/{{Oddworld}} Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus]]'' are worm-like creatures who move like regular real life worms, but they can use their MultipurposeTongue as a grappling hook to navigate their environment.