History Main / SlidingBikeStop

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->''"I customized that bike for myself! It's too wild for you to handle."''
-->-- '''Shotaro Kaneda''' (to [[UnknownRival Tetsuo Shima]]), ''Manga/{{Akira}}''

You are a BadassBiker and you want to enter with style with your two-wheeled monster. Want to stop it with style and look [[RuleOfCool as cool as possible]]? An easy way to do so is slamming on the brakes so your bike skids away from the camera, perpendicular to the direction of the skid and angled so that both the side and top of the vehicle are visible until it stops (and if the slide includes [[ShockAndAwe lightning]], much better). This is what this trope is about: a bike slide stopping with style, a way to cement your driving skills, or your status as TheHero of your show.

The TropeCodifier is the ''Manga/{{Akira}}'' shot during the [[https://youtu.be/t0lOTFRFAqQ?t=142 bike gang fight scene]], when after [[LovableRogue Kaneda]] defeats the leader of the Clowns and makes this sliding stop. This is [[FanNickname more known]] as the "''AKIRA'' bike slide", which was the previous name of this trope. Even when [[OlderThanYouThink the bike slide was a resource used before]], it wasn't until this anime movie that the shot became homaged/parodied in [[https://old.reddit.com/r/anime/comments/px3372/the_iconic_akira_slide_referenced_across_three/ more ways than you think]].

SubTrope of StockShoutOuts and HomageShot. If you can do this, then you're a BadassBiker, or even a BadassDriver if you can make it in four wheels as well. Also, this is a good DynamicEntry and/or BigEntrance if you're on two wheels. Bonus points if your cool stop is done with a CoolBike. Of course, this is made as a RuleOfCool for fictional works only and doesn't take any issues of UsefulNotes/MotorcycleSafety, so DontTryThisAtHome![[note]]The most common risk to attempting this is what is known as a "lowside crash", where the bike slips out from under the rider and both end up skidding along the ground, with the bike "leading" the skid; '''however''', it can also easily result in a "highside crash", in which the bike (usually through the tires suddenly finding traction in the road such as a rough spot or sudden pothole) violently flips over into the direction that the vehicle is skidding, throwing the rider with it so that the rider is the one "leading" the skid, which is ''extremely'' dangerous; neither situation is ideal, but "lowside" crashes are considered to be the "safer" crash because the bike can cushion the rider from impact of anything in the way, and is at much less risk of crushing the rider, which is a very real risk during a "highside" crash -- not to mention that the rider will be the first thing that hits any obstacles in the way, which will usually be followed by the motorcycle smashing into the rider.[[/note]]

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[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
* ''Manga/{{Akira}}'' is the obvious TropeMaker and [[TropeCodifier Codifier]] of this trope with TheMovie, but this was [[OlderThanYouThink made way before this]], being part of the same scene in the [[https://shambrookblog.files.wordpress.com/2018/03/akira_1_p128.jpg 1982 manga]], which is a part of a panel instead a complete shot as seen in the anime.
* There's a scene in ''LightNovel/AntiMagicAcademyThe35thTestPlatoon'' where [[DefrostingIceQueen Ouka Ootori]] makes this bike slide [[https://knowyourmeme.com/photos/1051456-akira in the city at night]].
* ''LightNovel/{{Bakemonogatari}}'': The scene was also homaged in episode 3 of ''Nisemonogatari'' when Araragi makes this slide with his bicycle instead of a motorcycle.
* As one of the biggest parody series made, ''Manga/{{Gintama}}'' can't be out of this fad, having at least one shot of this slide in his scooter. [[AnachronismStew IN MEDIEVAL JAPAN]].
* In the fourth OVA of ''Manga/GTOTheEarlyYears'', Yasha does this when sliding to a halt after leading Ryuji on a motorcycle chase, just before he hits a tripwire.
* In episode 10 of ''Manga/KeepYourHandsOffEizouken'', Asakusa and Hanamori ride their bikes, but then Hanamori overtakes Asakusa and stops in front of her with this slide. As the "love letter" to the anime industry this series is, Hanamori's slide is a clear homage to this scene, with her bike being red and even having the lightning when she brakes.
* ''Anime/{{Kurozuka}}'' homages the bike slide during an action scene in episode 10, where [[HeroProtagonist Kuro]], wielding a sword while on his motorcycle battles one of Hasegawa's gunship during a chase scene, which leads from a highway overpass to the top of a collapsing building, with Kuro sliding down the building's side before hitting the asphalt, skidding sideways across the road where Kuro is prominently featured in the center of the screen.
* In ''Anime/{{Madlax}}'', the title character introduces herself to Vanessa by riding a sports bike in-between her and a bunch of goons sent to kill her, then gunning them all down [[FiringOneHanded one-handed]] -- all while side-sliding to a stop.
* ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'':
** In the second episode, an Officer Jenny gives Ash and a worn-out Pikachu an emergency ride to the Viridian City Pokémon Center, skidding into the lobby and prompting an irritated response from Nurse Joy at first... until she realizes Jenny was justified when she sees the shape Pikachu's in and hurries to treat him.
** In the ''Anime/PokemonTheSeriesDiamondAndPearl'' episode "Stealing the Conversation!", a [[CowboyCop looser than usual]] Officer Jenny pulls this off while saving Pikachu from Team Rocket -- she goes at full speed with her motorcycle, jumps from it, takes Pikachu from them and lands back on her still-moving motorcycle, skidding it to a halt and making the slide with style.
* There's a debatable bikeless scene being made in the first episodes of ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'', where ActionGirl Yoko Litter brakes in her own feet, making a pose with her {{BFG}} very similar to the one Kaneda does.
* In episode 17 of ''Manga/YoureUnderArrest'', there's a scene where an old BadassBiker called Daimaru Nakajima claims to be the best biker out there and makes this bike slide to demonstrate it.
* ''Franchise/YuGiOh'':
** The CrisisCrossover movie ''Anime/YuGiOhBondsBeyondTime'' has one scene where [[Anime/YuGiOh5Ds Yusei Fudo]] makes a rescue in his CoolBike and escapes from the Shadow Realm to make this slide in a rooftop.
** There's a scene in the first episodes of ''Anime/YuGiOhArcV'' where Yuya makes this bike slide ([[https://ravegrl.wordpress.com/2017/02/27/yugioh-arc-v-scale-19-their-whereabouts/ at least in the manga]]).
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[[folder:Fan Works]]
* There's an animated gif from ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' where Finn was mounting Jake as a motorcycle making this pose, even appearing on Website/{{Crunchyroll}}'s [[https://www.crunchyroll.com/es/anime-feature/2018/12/07/youve-definitely-seen-the-akira-slide-before-even-if-you-dont-watch-anime article]]. However, it's confirmed this is a {{fanart}} gif instead of coming from the series.
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[[folder:Films -- Animation]]
* In ''Anime/FinalFantasyVIIAdventChildren'', during the bike chase of Loz, one of the TerribleTrio of the movie [[spoiler:and remnants of SelfDemonstrating/{{Sephiroth}}]], he changes the way with his PowerFist making this shot inside a tunnel.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheLegoNinjagoMovie'': Nya enters the high school hallway on her motorcycle and skids to a sideways stop in the middle of the hall.
* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverseTheMovie'': Connie arrives to fight Spinel, and launches into the room riding on Lion, who lands and slides across the floor, emulating the bike slide.
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[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
* ''Film/{{Nope}}'' has a reference to the scene via Emerald Haywood using a motorcycle with banners attached to it [[spoiler:in order to lure [[StarfishAliens Jean Jacket]] to the Jupiter's Claim theme park.]]
* ''Film/TronLegacy'' uses this a couple times in the lightcycle fight. The villains of the piece use this as a form of intimidation and showing off for the blood...er, voxel-hungry crowd.
* Even ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} pays tribute to this scene in ''Film/XMenOriginsWolverine'', where during the "fight" against the helicopter, he stops his bike in moving and changes the way with his [[WolverineClaws claws]] on the ground, making this iconic pose for the movie.
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[[folder:Video Games]]
* ''VideoGame/MortalKombat11'': A sliding bike stop is part of one of the Terminator's fatalities.
* ''VideoGame/Persona5'': Most cutscenes featuring Johanna show Queen stopping her in this way.
* ''VideoGame/StreetFighter6'': The trailer for Juri has her stop her bike this way.
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[[folder:Web Animation]]
* Being the definitive homage to ''AKIRA'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' ever made, the RealTrailerFakeMovie animation of ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SWt6OQ4Nl4 BARTKIRA]]'' from 2015 can't be out of references for both franchises. Inspired by this animation, many artists made a lot of {{fanart}}s, and one of them made [[https://i.pinimg.com/originals/2c/f8/1c/2cf81c543cc1ec521c4078520e561c65.gif this scene]] with Bart (as Kaneda) in noneless than into the living room as a CouchGag.
* Happens twice one after the other in ''WebAnimation/DeathBattle'''s "[[Recap/DeathBattleS08E08LinkVsCloud2021 Link vs. Cloud (2021)]]". During their Fenrir vs Master Cycle Zero ChaseFight, first Cloud does the stopping pose in a forward direction whilst firing some Lightning Materia while Link does the traditional ''AKIRA'' bike slide stop at the end of the tunnel to face his opponent, before eating the Lightning spell.
* The German animation studio Unter freiem Himmel made ''[[https://vimeo.com/373127103 SHOWREEL 2019]]'', an anime opening of themselves as well a little showcase of their studio portfolio, with one of the animators making the famous bike slide in the opening (and even with a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0c32LtZQQR0 "making of" video]] of this).
* Appears in the middle of the ''What If VideoGame/Cyberpunk2077 Was An Anime?'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOoKQzxI-yA parody video]] by French animator Malec, as part of the general homage to 1980s anime aesthetic.
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[[folder:Websites]]
* A lot of pages discuss this shot, including famous websites such as [[https://kotaku.com/the-akira-motorcycle-skid-a-celebration-1842234326 Kotaku]] and [[https://the-avocado.org/2018/03/28/an-incomplete-history-of-the-akira-bike-slide/ The Avocado]], where you can find a lot of examples and even obscure references to this bike slide.
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[[folder:Web Videos]]
* [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=A9hCzjBc7Q4 A three-decade compilation]] of this trope by Badspler.
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[[folder:Western Animation]]
* Another bikeless example can be seen with [[FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire Marceline]] in ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' in the episode "[[Recap/AdventureTimeS2E20GoWithMe Go with Me]]" where she and Finn go running with wolves, and when they stop, Marceline does a pose that pays homage to this trope.
* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'': In "Robin's Reckoning", Robin arrives at the pier on his bike just in time to save Batman from Tony Zucco, power sliding to a stop as he does so in a very clear homage to the ''AKIRA'' anime. It is famous for being one of the first (if not ''the first'') references to this shot, at least outside Japan.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/BigCityGreens'' episode "Hurt Bike", Cricket finishes a dangerous ramp jump by sliding his bike.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheFungies'', there's a scene when Pascal goes with Seth and the other Fungies in a kind of motorcycle making [[https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=614171119268512 a landing that ends well with that slide shot]].
* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'', Brooklyn goes on a motorcycle (with a complete biker look) and makes a BadassBiker demonstration by skidding his bike in this pose.
* [[Characters/StarWarsObiWanKenobi Obi-Wan Kenobi]] also pays tribute to this pose during the first short series of ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsCloneWars'', making a stop like this in his speeder with his lightsaber turned on and the clones armor.
* ''WesternAnimation/SuperRobotMonkeyTeamHyperforceGo'': In the episode "Shadow Over Shuggazoom", Chiro does one of these to dodge a sudden attack from Nova and Gibson, who were [[ZombieApocalypse turned into evil zombies along with everyone else in the city]]. This makes particular sense with how {{Animesque}} the show is as a whole.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles|2003}}'' (2003): The opening references the Akira scene via Raphael launching out of the Turtlemobile on his bike and skidding to the side.
* ''WesternAnimation/TronUprising'': This is also used frequently with lightcycles, mostly as a way to try and block roads or trap fleeing characters.
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* In the ''Anime/PokemonTheSeriesDiamondAndPearl'' episode "Stealing the Conversation!", a [[CowboyCop looser than usual]] Officer Jenny goes at full speed with her motorcycle, jumps from it, takes Pikachu from the hands of Team Rocket and lands in her bike, making the slide with style.

** The CrisisCrossover movie ''Anime/YuGiOhBondsBeyondTime'' has one scene where [[Anime/YuGiOh5Ds Yusei Fudo]] makes a rescue in his CoolBike and escapes from the shadow realm to make this slide in a rooftop.

* A sliding bike stop is part of one of the Terminator's fatalities in ''VideoGame/MortalKombat11''.
* The trailer for Juri in ''VideoGame/StreetFighter6'' has her stop her bike this way.

You are a BadassBiker and you want to enter with style with your two-wheeled monster. Want to stop it with style and look [[RuleOfCool as cool as possible]]? An easy way to do so is slamming on the brakes so your bike skids away from the camera, perpendicular to the direction of the skid and angled so that both the side and top of the vehicle are visible, until it stops (and if the slide includes [[ShockAndAwe lightning]], much better). This is what this trope is about: a bike slide stopping with style, a way to cement your driving skills or your status as TheHero of your show.

* ''LightNovel/{{Bakemonogatari}}'': The scene was also homaged in the episode 3 of ''Nisemonogatari'' when Araragi makes this slide with his bicycle instead of a motorcycle.
* As one of the biggest parody series been made, ''Manga/{{Gintama}}'' can't be out of this fad, having at least one shot of this slide in his scooter. [[AnachronismStew IN MEDIEVAL JAPAN]].

* In episode 10 of ''Manga/KeepYourHandsOffEizouken'', Asakusa and Hanamori ride their bikes, but then Hanamori overtakes Asakusa and stops in front of her with this slide. As the "love letter" to anime industry this series is, Hanamori's slide is a clear homage to this scene, with her bike being red and even having the lightning when she brakes.

* In the episode 17 of ''Manga/YoureUnderArrest'', there's a scene where an old BadassBiker called Daimaru Nakajima claims to be the best biker out there and makes this bike slide to demonstrate it.

* A lot of pages discusse about this shot, including famous websites as [[https://kotaku.com/the-akira-motorcycle-skid-a-celebration-1842234326 Kotaku]] and [[https://the-avocado.org/2018/03/28/an-incomplete-history-of-the-akira-bike-slide/ The Avocado]], where you can find a lot of examples and even obscure references to this bike slide.

* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'', Brooklyn goes in a motorcycle (with a complete biker look) and makes a BadassBiker demonstration by skidding his bike in this pose.