History Main / EverybodyDoTheEndlessLoop

* In at least one episode of the ''WesternAnimation/TheBeatles'', the animated FabFour are seen dancing an endless loop in the sing-along portion of the cartoon.

-->-- '''TheNostalgiaCritic''', on a scene from ''CaptainNTheGameMaster''

* ''CodeLyoko'' is famous for its excessive use of {{stock footage}} [[NarmCharm (not that its fans mind, really)]]. It also has a couple of scenes featuring repetitive dance moves; once in Odd's music video, featuring two girls doing the Endless Loop in the background (along with a song that features no more than five different words) and again at the party during Aelita's first stint as a DJ, wherein Yumi's mad dance skills consist entirely of shuffling slightly from side to side.
* ''TheArchieShow'' seemed to have gender-specific Endless Loop dances.

* In at least one episode of the ''BeatlesCartoon'', the Beatles are seen dancing an endless loop in the sing-along portion of the cartoon.
* Done occasionally in the {{KennedyCartoons}} animated episodes of {{TinyToonAdventures}}.

* ''PlantsVsZombies'': The zombies during the final video clip. Not surprisingly, zombies make ''stiff'' dancers.

** Shows up in the Scooby-Doo segment of the ''BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'' episode "Bat-Mite Presents: Batman's Strangest Cases!" And they're dancing to a WeirdAl polka, yet.

And so, when the story calls for our {{Toon}}s to show off their stuff on the dance floor, you'll see that MichaelJackson had not a thing to worry about. Their movements are stiff, twitchy, and repetitive; often, no two characters will dance to the same beat, and none of them will pay any mind to the kind of music that's actually playing. If a series features more than one dance scene, for example, you'll notice that all the characters waltz the same way they tango. Finally, there are one or two distinct moves per character, which they will repeat over and over and over again. One really must wonder whether this is a dance at all; for all we know, the characters have just finished watching that one episode of ''{{Anime/Pokemon}}'' that gave everyone epileptic fits.

Animation is hard work. The advent of computers in the hands of professionals have given cartoon characters more lifelike movements and mannerisms than we had ever seen before, but that's not the way they had it in the good old days, when each individual twitch on [[ClassicDisneyShorts Mickey's]] eyelid had to be put in motion one frame at a time. Besides, animation is ''expensive'', meaning that if you've completed this one sequence, and it looks good enough, you're going to see the characters behave in ''exactly'' the same way whenever the story demands that particular action, [[StockFootage to the point that it looks jarringly obvious]].

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* The ''WeaponBrown'' comic, a DarkerAndEdgier parody of ''Peanuts'', refers to the scene from ''A Charlie Brown Christmas'' with the neuromuscular syndrome simply called "The jigs". It is explained to be caused by overexposure to chemicals, and the symptom is violent physical seizures that that are reminiscent of the dance moves from the Christmas special. And the seizures will continue until the sufferer dies from it, usually by a broken spine.
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* The aforementioned ''ACharlieBrownChristmas'', replicated in live action [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pL2T619kkmA here]].

* Done by the Scooby gang in ''APupNamedScoobyDoo'' during the big chase scene [[OnceAnEpisode in each episode]], often against plain color backgrounds.

->"That's right, Princess, move that one leg! Pull off the drowning geriatric look!"

And so, when the story calls for our {{Toon}}s to show off their stuff on the dance floor, you'll see that MichaelJackson had not a thing to worry about. Their movements are stiff, twitchy, and repetitive; often, no two characters will dance to the same beat, and none of them will pay any mind to the kind of music that's actually playing. If a series features more than one dance scene, for example, you'll notice that all the characters waltz the same way they tango. Finally, there are one or two distinct moves per character, which they will repeat over and over and over again. One really must wonder whether this is a dance at all; for all we know, the characters have just finished watching that one episode of ''[=~Pokémon~=]'' that gave everyone epileptic fits.

In VideoGames, this falls under {{Going Through the Motions}}.

* The first ''{{Urusei Yatsura}}'' ED is a prime example of this. Just [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtlfnNg3-TY see]] for yourself.

[[folder:Western Animation]]
* This trope was very widespread in {{The Silent Age of Animation}}. It continued to show up a lot in most of WaltDisney's and FleischerStudios work in the early 30's too. It had a big comeback when animation got cheap again in {{The Dark Age of Animation}}.
* The aforementioned ''ACharlieBrownChristmas'', replicated in live action [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pL2T619kkmA here]].
** Also [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRQp6dYKUHM here]] by [[http://www.survivingtheworld.net Surviving The World's]] own Dante Shepard.
* Done by the Scooby gang in ''APupNamedScoobyDoo'' during the big chase scene [[OnceAnEpisode in each episode]], often against plain color backgrounds.
** It goes all the way back to ''[[ScoobyDoo Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!]]'', episodes "A Tiki Scare Is No Fair", "Scooby's Night With a Frozen Fright" and "Don't Fool With a Phantom".
* Kevin and Princess Lana did it in ''CaptainNTheGameMaster''. TheNostalgiaCritic did not let it stand.
** ''The SuperMarioBros Super Show''. "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8g3I96hwqlg#t=4m16s Bad Rap]]".
* Actually averted in the little know animated film ''The Scarecrow'' about a dancing... well, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin a scarecrow]]. The movie isn't great but the dance sequences are crisp, smooth and imaginative. In the final dance near the end there's even a well-animated swing dance number.
* ''CodeLyoko'' is famous for its excessive use of {{stock footage}} [[NarmCharm (not that its fans mind, really)]]. It also has a couple of scenes featuring repetitive dance moves; once in Odd's music video, featuring two girls doing the Endless Loop in the background (along with a song that features no more than five different words) and again at the party during Aelita's first stint as a DJ, wherein Yumi's mad dance skills consist entirely of shuffling slightly from side to side.
* ''TheArchieShow'' seemed to have gender-specific Endless Loop dances.
* CGI doesn't mean the end of the Endless Loop -- witness the Hot Dog Dance at the end of every episode of ''MickeyMouseClubhouse''.
** ''JimmyNeutron''. Careless use of a certain helmet, invented in a phase of genius-hating, will cause the wearer to intentionally break into an endless loop of dancing, while proclaiming the joys of being 'loopy'.
** ''FanboyAndChumChum'', another TV CGI animated cartoon, beautifully subverts this, as [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lttLC4KlR2k#t=0m36s every]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRifQxcBKMU#t=10m12s single]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyC7rtlkRFY dance]] in the series is unique.
* In at least one episode of the ''BeatlesCartoon'', the Beatles are seen dancing an endless loop in the sing-along portion of the cartoon.
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* The ''WeaponBrown'' comic, a {{Darker and Edgier}} parody of ''Peanuts'', refers to the scene from ''A Charlie Brown Christmas'' with the neuromuscular syndrome simply called "The jigs". It is explained to be caused by overexposure to chemicals, and the symptom is violent physical seizures that that are reminiscent of the dance moves from the Christmas special. And the seizures will continue until the sufferer dies from it, usually by a broken spine.

[[folder:Live Action TV]]
* On ''{{Buffy the Vampire Slayer}}'', Xander does the Snoopy's looped dance from ''Charlie Brown'' (as he did every year at Xmas when they were kids) to prove to Willow that he is the real Xander. She stops him after a minute, but given that this is Xander, he probably would have kept looping.

* ''{{Eat Lead the Return of Matt Hazard}}'' [[DiscussedTrope mentions]] that the dancers in the nightclub are just robots to save memory, explaining their bad dancing.
* In ''[[DungeonsAndDragons Dungeons & Dragons]] Online'', perhaps because both players ''and'' monsters can dance, the majority of dances are extremely short loops. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wzZZW8jbLM See here.]]
* ''{{Plants vs Zombies}}'': The zombies during the final video clip. Not surprisingly, zombies make ''stiff'' dancers.

* ''Grand Theft Auto: Vice City'': An option to make the game progress requires spending cash for an endless looper. Fortunately not required.

* The [[http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20100206.html dance scene]] from ''{{The Inexplicable Adventures of Bob}}'' actually has accompanying animation on [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlI7sKjRgOU You Tube (admittedly just pencil tests.)]] Molly's dance is a loop, while [[spoiler: Bob & Voluptua's dance]] is not.

** ''FanboyAndChumChum'', another TV CGI animated cartoon, beautifully subverts this, as [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lttLC4KlR2k#t=0m36s every]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRifQxcBKMU#10m12s single]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyC7rtlkRFY dance]] in the series is unique.

* ''JimmyNeutron''. Careless use of a certain helmet, invented in a phase of genius-hating, will cause the wearer to intentionally break into an endless loop of dancing, while proclaiming the joys of being 'loopy'.

* ''Jimmy Nuetron''. Careless use of a certain helmet, invented in a phase of genius-hating, will cause the wearer to intentionally break into an endless loop of dancing, while proclaiming the joys of being 'loopy'.

* The scene from ''ACharlieBrownChristmas'' was parodied in [[http://www.wcihigh.com/?p=336 this]] strip from ''WCI High''.

[[caption-width-right:350:Are you ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBPcoI4OE9Y sure]]'' it's not a mass [[EpilepticTrees epileptic fit?]]]]

[[folder:Western Animation]]
* This trope was very widespread in {{The Silent Age of Animation}}. It continued to show up a lot in most of WaltDisney's and FleischerStudios work in the early 30's too. It had a big comeback when animation got cheap again in {{The Dark Age of Animation}}.
* The aforementioned ''ACharlieBrownChristmas'', replicated in live action [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pL2T619kkmA here]].
** Also [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRQp6dYKUHM here]] by [[http://www.survivingtheworld.net Surviving The World's]] own Dante Shepard.
* Done by the Scooby gang in ''APupNamedScoobyDoo'' during the big chase scene [[OnceAnEpisode in each episode]], often against plain color backgrounds.
** It goes all the way back to ''[[ScoobyDoo Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!]]'', episodes "A Tiki Scare Is No Fair", "Scooby's Night With a Frozen Fright" and "Don't Fool With a Phantom".
* Kevin and Princess Lana did it in ''CaptainNTheGameMaster''. TheNostalgiaCritic did not let it stand.
** ''The SuperMarioBros Super Show''. "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8g3I96hwqlg#t=4m16s Bad Rap]]".
* Actually averted in the little know animated film ''The Scarecrow'' about a dancing... well, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin a scarecrow]]. The movie isn't great but the dance sequences are crisp, smooth and imaginative. In the final dance near the end there's even a well-animated swing dance number.
* ''CodeLyoko'' is famous for its excessive use of {{stock footage}} [[NarmCharm (not that its fans mind, really)]]. It also has a couple of scenes featuring repetitive dance moves; once in Odd's music video, featuring two girls doing the Endless Loop in the background (along with a song that features no more than five different words) and again at the party during Aelita's first stint as a DJ, wherein Yumi's mad dance skills consist entirely of shuffling slightly from side to side.
* ''TheArchieShow'' seemed to have gender-specific Endless Loop dances.
* CGI doesn't mean the end of the Endless Loop -- witness the Hot Dog Dance at the end of every episode of ''MickeyMouseClubhouse''.
* In at least one episode of the ''BeatlesCartoon'', the Beatles are seen dancing an endless loop in the sing-along portion of the cartoon.
[[/folder]]

* The ''WeaponBrown'' comic, a DarkerAndEdgier parody of ''Peanuts'', refers to the scene from ''A Charlie Brown Christmas'' with the neuromuscular syndrome simply called "The jigs". It is explained to be caused by overexposure to chemicals, and the symptom is violent physical seizures that that are reminiscent of the dance moves from the Christmas special. And the seizures will continue until the sufferer dies from it, usually by a broken spine.

* In at least one episode of the BeatlesCartoon, the B eatles are seen dancing an endless loop in the sing-along portion of the cartoon.

[[folder:Live Action TV]]
* On BuffyTheVampireSlayer, Xander does the Snoopy's looped dance from Charlie Brown (as he did every year at Xmas when they were kids) to prove to Willow that he is the real Xander. She stops him after a minute, but given that this is Xander, he probably would have kept looping.
[[/folder]]

-->-- '''[[ThatGuyWithTheGlasses The Nostalgia Critic]]''', on a scene from ''CaptainNTheGameMaster''

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[[folder:Live-Action TV]]