Duck
Duck verb - To get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery.
Screen
Screen verb - To drive danger or attack away from.
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- Similar to the above Chemical Plant example, a staple in Sonic 3 and Knuckles The Speedrun technique is the "screen warp spin dash"; essentially, as most of the levels in the game wrap around onto itself, you can duck down until the screen scrolls down, then spin dash in place and jump.
Source: Good Bad Bugs / Platform Game - Duck Steps Out, Donald and Daisy spin around while jitterbugging and break through a folded screen.
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Duck Guy insists that they have finished the chicken picnic and stares at the screen for a few moments.
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