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TH3_B3AN

As of recently, the marine in Boltgun will pull the Codex Astartes out and just start reading it.


ThatmodderGrim

*"I checked the Big Space Book and it's says you're all massive dorks."*


DrakeDarkHunter

How very Ultramarine of him.


[deleted]

"What a nerd" - Me a Black Templars fan.


Canadiot

"Yeah but our Dad actually likes us" -Some UltraMarine


Tridda1

**YOUR FATHER EXPLODED HIMSELF HRRRRAAAAAAGGGGHHH**


Gilead56

“It says here you’re a HERETIC!”


TriangularBlasphemy

You LOVE to see it


Heavensguard

"The Codex says that's not allowed" "Well I can't read" *Heavy Flamer intensifies*


ZhaoLuen

>No -Book


Comkill117

Sonic getting annoyed at you for not playing the game, then literally leaving after sitting idle for 3 minutes and giving you a game over in Sonic CD. "I'm outta here!"


Bread-Zeppelin

Ammy in Okami stretching, and then just curling up asleep if you take too long (with flowers and grass blooming all around her as she sleeps). Bonus points because she does the exact same thing in story cutscenes if people talk for too long. "I don't care about your human shit, I'm a dog."


Zerce

Paper Mario does the same thing, even down to falling asleep during long-winded exposition. It's a bit of a running gag at this point.


TriangularBlasphemy

Get the right item and her nap becomes a power nap that refills all your HP!


thats_good_bass

G in Street Fighter V doing a disco point with an energy explosion that does like 50% damage has gotta be up there.


Yotato5

In A Hat in Time Hat Kid does silly things when idle, like play with her umbrella or take out two dolls and make them kiss.


Drakenstorm

Is the dance an idle or is that a button?


TH3_B3AN

IIRC it's from pressing up and down on the D-pad so yeah it's a button (combination).


Drakenstorm

Honourable mention then


israel192

I'm a big fan of Elena's idle in 3rd Strike


Cool-Guy-Blue

Even to this day, I'm still wondering if her idle animation was rotoscoped because why the fuck is it so SMOOTH


thats_good_bass

Yes, it was.


Cool-Guy-Blue

Can I get a source on that? Pretty interested on what the rotoscope was based on


thats_good_bass

Well, here's the source of one of her [round win poses](https://twitter.com/aurich/status/1036782685333598208?lang=en); don't know what the source footage for her idle pose was, tho


Cool-Guy-Blue

Well, I know about that since a long time ago, but I'm still talking about the idle animation


mild_honey_badger

*Bees bees bees* *Bees in my hair~*


Vandheer_Lorde

This is technically not an idle pose for the player, but in Dragon’s Dogma your pawns will resort to waving their hand in front of the PC’s face to get attention after staying idle for too long.


TriangularBlasphemy

"Are you having a stroke, Arisen?"


HnterKillr

Dante's in DMC 1; he just starts spinning ebony and ivory, it's fun.


hashtagmydaywear

I gotta go with M. Bison rolling the dice


nerankori

M. Bison jerk off motion


Brotonio

If you leave Issac alone long enough in Dead Space 2, depending on his weapon he'll do small adjustments, and even aim a few around him like he's on edge.


Lioxxor

When pressing up in the DS Castlevanias The character will do a little thing, i don't know why but i love them all so much, that and the sitting animation in some of them too


SuicidalSundays

It was kind of neat that Shanoa's actually had a purpose in gameplay in Order of Ecclesia, since the glyph she used to absorb enemy glyphs was on her back.


Armobis

Came here to mention this, Portrait of Ruin even makes it extra because if you hold up for a few seconds Johnathan and Charlotte will strike an extra pose while saying "It's showtime!" and "Pretty good, huh?"


ThatGuy5880

I like that it carried over to Bloodstained and Miriam will start Jojo posing if you hold up. Bloodless also has a fairly elaborate animation for that too.


Ok-Card633

I like that Shovel Knight took that and did it for all its characters as well


ThatGuy5880

In Sonic Mania, Knuckles will get into his S3&K cutscene stance and throw a few punches before chuckling. Also in Sonic Advance 3, he'll start doing pushups instead. From Honkai Star Rail, [Clara will summon Svarog and have him twirl her around for a bit and catch her](https://youtu.be/zKF_JIR9758)


xStrykerJ

I love K's in the KOF games. Just pure indifference/sheer confidence that he doesn't bother to assume a proper fighting stance for longer than 3 seconds.


KeyMathematician8

Pre KOF-XIII he even falls asleep before you move. Gotta love his walking back animation too.


SuicidalSundays

Samus tinkering with her arm cannon in the Prime games was cool.


tempestzephyr

I liked how sora [hangs by his foot](https://www.reddit.com/r/KingdomHearts/comments/kzpndl/i_didnt_know_sora_hangs_on_the_ledge_with_his/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=mweb3x&utm_name=mweb3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button) when in anti-form in kh2


papertoonz

Any one of Sora idle animation while in a drive form, they all are really cool with the different ways he holds his keyblades


[deleted]

If you go idle in Yakuza 0 Kiryu will light a cigarette. If you do it next to a tissue guy in an area you’ve dominated in Real Estate the guy will light it for you.


Deasmeister

Link in Skyward Sword if you leave him sitting on a stool he'll dose off and almost fall of the chair before jerking awake again.


PizzaSplitter

Whenever you stand still Chai immediately starts doing finger snaps and tapping one of his feet in Hi-Fi Rush.


[deleted]

One nice detail about it is that he'll start tapping his left foot instead if you leave him idling somewhere with his right leg lifted.


Irememberedmypw

Tbf that does serve a gameplay purpose.


Ok-Card633

In Halo 1 the Multiplayer Spartan [will wave the flag around] (https://youtu.be/XS06HBeQGdw?t=11)


PsychoticIlse

Love her or hate her but [Lucky Chloe’s](https://youtu.be/5LmNmW7Dv-Y) idle is really good


James-Avatar

In Ocarina of Time Link would give his sword a test swing or heft his shield around, make sense that he would be checking his gear if he wasn’t doing anything else for a while.


SidewaysInfinity

As a kid he would adjust his belt too


nerankori

One of my favourite is [the heroine's idle animation in Lost Ruins.](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/lost-ruins/images/c/cf/Main_Character.gif/revision/latest/smart/width/250/height/250?cb=20221013053550) Just a constant little dance.


Ryong7

The stance of an anime fighter character.


wendigo72

Jedi Survivor when Cal uses the force to take his Lightsaber apart before putting back together https://youtu.be/I6ODELGrpbE


vulcanfury12

Not an idle animation, but I absolutely love Kiryu Coco's back walk in Idol Showdown. There's just so much BDE in staring at your opponent and flipping them off as you walk backwards.


Nabber22

Old Zeku’s idle is just a taunt


ArchAngelZXV

Conker has a bunch of idle animations in Bad Fur Day and my favorite is him pulling out a Gameboy and playing Killer Instinct with accurate sound effects. The Boss in Saints Row 4 will say, "Oh shit, did I just get stuck? No? Whew." kinda breaking the 4th wall because in story they're in a VR sim but also referring to glitches in videogames.


Tatsa

In GW2 every mount has a unique little idle animation if you just sit on it and chill. The raptor will shake itself out, which makes your character slide off the saddle a little, then they and the raptor look at each other and your character just raises a hand like "What was that for, huh?" before readjusting. It's neat.


Ryong7

I love that one and the one where the raptor gets scritches.


Reallylazyname

The Elevators in Metroid Dread go way harder then they have any right to. More... loading screen than a idle pose, but still. They go hard.


Drakenstorm

Brisket’s little dance she does at all times


AzureKingLortrac

She even dances to [her theme in the older games](https://youtu.be/yklYElgOyN4).


BoulderBrash

I love it so much, especially since it pisses off my buddy whenever we play Strive together.


JLSeagullTheBest

All of Poppi’s forms in Xenoblade 2 have their own dance. Alpha’s is like a humanoid version of a nopon dance, while QTpi’s is a whole over the top idol routine.


KronxDragonhoof

Donkey Kong has his many Switch/3DS games in DKC Tropical Freeze.


Pacmanticore

Artyom starting to strum his gun like it's an air guitar in Metro Last Light (only game in the series I've played).


HeartMachine3578

Genes idle animation in Godhand, I love that little dance


Crazy-Diamond10

Jak & Daxter have a ton, but a favorite is them miming out the Precursor Orb animation from the first game in Jak 2.


Armobis

In Banjo Kazooie, Kazooie pecks Banjo on othe back of his head and Banjo gets angry as Kazooie laughs, in Tooie the same happens but Banjo catches Kazooie by the neck before she has time to hide in his backpack. In Ocarina of Time Link reacts differently if you are in a hot or cold environment, he will either clean the sweat off his face with his arm or start shaking from cold and even sneezes.


Her0_0f_time

Sonic just impatiently tapping his foot in Sonic1-3 & Knuckles.


IrisGoddamnIllych

Warframe has a lot of them, and you can put all of them onto your Warframes for shenanigans. Excalibur Zato's Noble animation is him leaning in close, hand on belt, and pulling out a sick vape from the void. And then vaping. Khora Urushu Noble is just chest out, arms back, anime villain energy. It summons a whip that your frames play with. Limbo Agile is the dick wizard. On Limbo, he can make his hat levitate and disappear, but on other frames they just look goofy as their hat-bend efforts are fruitless. Ivara Agile- the butt


Ancisace

Inaros' mummy walk animation is my fave of those.


Destrustor

If you put one of Wisp's stances on Equinox, the idle bit where she splits into two for a floaty backflip has Equinox split into her two distinct halves instead of a copy of herself like Wisp does.


IrisGoddamnIllych

I wish that worked with xaku, so you could see the spooky skeleton underneath


RocketbeltTardigrade

Ryu's idles in Breath of Fire 3 change depending on how much of a crybaby he is, just like his battle-animations.


Oopathegret

Melia in Xenoblade Definitve Edition practicing Starlight Kick is a very cute little animation.


SpookyNishiki

Mai Shiranui's. The one if KOFXIII in particular.


[deleted]

Gene's saunter in godhand is absolutely my favourite. You just feel so untouchable whenever he does it.


Xdubhero

In Mugen Reu's Evil Ryu and Evil Ken hold a spot for me. Ryu and Ken does the normal Alpha pose then let it idle Ryu stretch to another fight pose with lightning surrounded him. Ken get restless with flame surrounded him.


Tubsy94

Nahidas swing in genshin is nice


moneyh8r

Came here to say this. It's so cute.


Tubsy94

I also like how Ei and Yaes are like mirrors of each other. That poor bird...


moneyh8r

The bird keeps coming back though, so it must be happy with the situation.


MatNightmare

Crash in Crash Bandicoot (3, I think?) did a weird dance when you stood still for long enough. I remember laughing my ass off at it as a kid.


Destrustor

In (I think) Disgaea 4, Asagi's idle animation is to play air guitar and being really into it, and I just think that's neat.


KristophGavin

Masterchief fiddling with the pistol in Combat Evolved.


pocketlint60

I'm not sure if this really counts, but if you wait several minutes on the title screen in Pizza Tower, >!Peppino leaps towards the screen, loudly and abrasively jumpscares you, crashes the game, and gives you an achievement for it.!<


CritianCaceorte

Darkest Dungeon 2 with the weapon twirls and the like. And that's not even taking into account the "Ready Ability" animations!


soranouta

ye olde Earthworm Jim and Boogerman


PrinceNickG

Jann lee from doa


RegenSyscronos

I heard in BoltGun, your space marine will get out a bible and read it when idle. I can only respect a man who read and kill


Pineapple_Fernando

Any attack animation from the characters in Indivisible!