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- This will occur even if said character is hovering or flying, because it's just funnier that way.
Source: Screeching Stop -
This is a sci-fi trope in which a wheeled vehicle of some kind is capable of flying or hovering by simply rotating the wheels 90 degrees, usually up and into the vehicle in question.
Source: Hubcap Hovercraft - They'll flap when flying or hovering, but they'll also flap when gliding, when one'd expect them to be outstretched and still.
Source: Stationary Wings
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Hovering and Flying. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/flying/hovering
Flying & Hovering. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/flying/hovering>.
Hovering or Flying. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/flying/hovering.
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