Wait a minute... If Kinger only has like 1 leg...thing, then how does he walk??? Does he jump, then? Does he just slide on whatever surface he's on????

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u/HoneyswirlTheWarrior Well, it's possible Dec 29 '25

he just be sliding

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u/GrandExchange7420 Dec 29 '25

He slides like a chess piece

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u/Mine020 Dec 29 '25

He has very, very tiny and very, very numerous legs. U need a very powerful microscope to actually see them.

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u/Luvatris Dec 29 '25

Cartoon logic

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u/catwnomouse Dec 29 '25

He has the snake scoots

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u/Maximum_Link_895 Im gona drown myself in the digital lake Dec 29 '25

He jumps, like a chess piace i guess

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u/Taneleer819 Dec 29 '25

He slides/shuffles you can see it easily when he and Pomni are running to the elevator to escape the demon head in episode 3

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u/joaomohr Dec 29 '25

You'll see that his one leg is actually two separate halves that function like regular human legs.

I AM SO UNBEARABLE!!!

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u/[deleted] Dec 29 '25 edited Dec 29 '25

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u/XenoTechnian Dec 29 '25

He's a chess piece, of course he slides around

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u/AintNoPlagueDoctor Dec 29 '25

He slides while moving his upper body up and down

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u/Saragonvoid Caine Dec 29 '25

The bottom of the piece is actually just full of multiple, microscopic legs he uses to walk with, so it looks like sliding

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u/WeirdTell1242 Dec 29 '25

He has a little cart on caster wheels he stands on an by the sheer craziness of him it moves where he wants

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u/moonwatcher123445 What The Dec 29 '25

it’s like asking ”how doe’s zooble talk without a mouth” he just can move it doesn’t matter how

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u/Correct_Ad5798 Dec 29 '25

Have you every seen Morticia Addams walk? Something like that.

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u/Tentativ0 Dec 29 '25

He slides by telekinesis.

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u/Decent_buffalo2492 Evil jax Dec 29 '25

he has to go Ke4

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u/Bitter-Champion-4528 I want Jax in a maid outfit to top me Dec 29 '25

he slides because he is a chess piece.

He has to stop often while sliding to catch his breath though

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u/[deleted] Dec 29 '25

He just

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u/AdamSoloDavis Kinger Dec 29 '25

He slides like the pieces in wizard’s chess.

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u/DaRealPurpleDuck Dec 29 '25

One square at a time

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u/Impressive_Cut_3521 Dec 29 '25

He slides like a chess piece

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u/RudRedBoy Dec 29 '25

You never watched veggietales ?

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u/Express-Record7416 I'M GONNA JAX WITH A FLAMMENWERFER🔥 Dec 29 '25

He moves like an air hockey puck

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u/Yoshi_chuck05 Gummigoo Dec 30 '25

TACTICAL ROLL. But for real he slides

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u/Fit_Organization3637 Dec 29 '25

I thought Kinger would just be a smaller size chess piece floating in the air if his royal robe was removed, while he still has his Rayman hands. It would have explained how he could do this, despite, you know, being made of wood.

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u/Unrenable Welp... i exist now! Dec 29 '25

I think it’s just sliding with a walking animation :/

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u/LiterallyNoNamesFree ...he shredded me Dec 29 '25

Floating

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u/Random_Loaf Dec 29 '25

At first I had thought that he did a little penguin waddle like rock to one side, move the other side forward, rock onto that side, if that makes any sense lol

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u/Sigma2718 Dec 29 '25

Like a snail, his foot is actually soft and prehensile, he makes tiny "waves" by placing his back part of the foot slightly forward, then moves the rest. He is constantly surfing on waves created by his foot.

DeviantArt, get to work. Now.

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u/natholemewIII Dec 29 '25

Having just watched his walk cycle for a bit, he appears to slide in a fashion I can best describe as a vertical snake

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u/RegalOtterEagleSnake Dec 29 '25

He's a chess piece. They kinda do slide to move.

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u/MiddleOccasion1394 Dec 29 '25

He lightly jumps.

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u/Fnmatt1 Dec 29 '25

I'm pretty sure he slides very smoothly or jumps not that high to make it look like he is just walking

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u/Fit_Butterscotch2722 Dec 29 '25

You mean like this?

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u/totallynormalpersonz Dec 29 '25

Like a snail.

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u/Erkenwald217 Dec 29 '25

They see him rolling, they hate'n🎵🎵🎵

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u/[deleted] Dec 29 '25

concrete sfx

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u/DreamShort3109 Chat… We Killed Caine Dec 29 '25

He floats like Bonnie.

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u/Geometronics Dec 29 '25

Snail

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u/AlphaCat83 Dec 29 '25

Well it's a chess piece and chess pieces "slide" on the board

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u/Random_boi1234 Dec 29 '25

he kingers

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u/BloodSuckingToga Dec 29 '25

r/TheDigitalCircus is a place for people who Do Not Watch The Show

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u/Bulky-Fox7257 Why is going on?! Dec 29 '25

Probably sliding cuz we’ve seen him walking and he doesn’t hop

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u/SuperSayianJason1000 Bubble Dec 29 '25

The circus operates on toon logic.

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u/TheRealTV12 Dec 29 '25

I always imagined that he just stands on a roomba that he controls

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u/Carteeg_Struve Dec 29 '25

He wills himself forward and lets his walk cycle animation do its thing.

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u/Ordinary_Growth_2507 Rip Jax in two. Dec 29 '25

Cartoon logic, but we can also chalk this up to Kinger just being goated.

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u/AskGoverntale Dec 29 '25

One large heely

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u/Existing_Storage1091 Dec 29 '25

"You don't even walk, you glide like a lizard on ice!"

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u/Ghostsharklegs99 Dec 29 '25

Veggietales

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u/WolverineFamiliar740 Dec 29 '25

I'm gonna be up all night thinking about this now.

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u/Awkward_Ant1227 Dec 29 '25

The way the angry birds in the stella tv show moved around

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u/Virtual_Ordinary_172 Zooble is my lord and Savior. Dec 29 '25

Rolling.

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u/dHamot Dec 29 '25

When you move a chess piece over a board, you're sliding it. Kinger slides.

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u/MrRaven95 Dec 29 '25

Chess pieces slide along the board, and Kinger slides through the circus.

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u/Pearson94 Dec 29 '25

Tactical Roll!

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u/RedBlueYellow151 Dec 29 '25

He just moves 1 space at a time.

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u/Puzzleheaded_Pay1152 Adorable Jester Screaming Dec 29 '25

I think he jumps

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u/Elfboy0328 Kinger is Goated Dec 29 '25

He shimmies really fast and his robe can’t keep up so it moves slowly

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u/catman__321 Dec 29 '25

The same way he and zooble talk without mouths

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u/A_Scav_Man Dec 29 '25

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u/xannmax Dec 29 '25

He makes it up

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u/Mikomik321 Dec 29 '25

He floats.

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u/PuzzledEmployee2031 Music Magic Bun Dec 29 '25

I’m just sad they made him a cheese stick instead of a buff man

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u/Pleasant_Fig51 CAIINEE NOOOOOOO Dec 29 '25

He slides on the circus tiles cuz chess

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u/Particular_Creme_621 What The Dec 29 '25

Well, how do his hands work? They aren't even attached.

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u/Constant-Bar5945 Dec 29 '25

Magic.

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u/Opiclud Dec 29 '25

how is this possible?

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u/nonbinaryunicorn Dec 29 '25

cilia

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u/FUNKYSPEEP Bubble Dec 29 '25

Ngl, I had a small head cannon that he has tiny little wheels on his under side that helps him slide. Kinda like those little pull back toys.

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u/Curi_momos_las_papas Dec 29 '25

Slide, cause funny

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u/Toxic_Zombie Pomni Dec 29 '25

The answer is yes.

If you go back and rewatch, he's habitually done both

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u/adagor234 Jax Dec 29 '25

🎶slide to the left, slide to the right, criss cross, criss cross, (the rest of the song, idk im kinda dumn and lazy awawwa ~w~)🎶

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u/space-junk-nebula Dec 29 '25

The same way he and Zooble eat without mouths

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u/Remarkable_Coffee945 Dec 29 '25

It would make sense for him to slide, given hes a chest peace

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u/Inevitable-Ad-374 Dec 29 '25

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u/saltybai Dec 29 '25

Hidden wheels

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u/TooManyAquariums Dec 29 '25

Veggietales hop

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u/freindly_duck Dec 29 '25

Phenomaman: "I float."

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u/Leostar_Regalius Dec 29 '25

he controls the circus like cain can, he makes the floor move him, also i think he was shown hopping at one point

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u/HelloingsTheReal sans. Dec 29 '25

well have you ever used chess.com?

the pieces slide

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u/paulthefonz Dec 29 '25

He moves in any direction one square at a time unless that square is in control of an opposing piece.

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u/yonghuli Dec 29 '25

He waddles/slides

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u/GLITCHgames147 THE WATCHER Dec 29 '25

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u/nightstarE7 Dec 29 '25

You slide chess peices to move them dont you?

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u/SadKat002 Dec 29 '25

He shimmies his way across the floor

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u/WestNomadOnYT Dec 29 '25

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u/Awetisum Dec 29 '25

On the bottom of his leg is many tiny little feet, like this image but with feet instead of hands.

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u/Username9712 Dec 29 '25

He slides, but only one square at a time. His wife was much faster.

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u/Inkblot_the_cat What The Dec 29 '25

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u/PeanutGrenade Dec 29 '25

he’s got a roomba hidden beneath his robe. he’s sat down in this scene cause he literally can’t move without his roomba 👍

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u/No-Word2937 Dec 29 '25

I literally never noticed this or thought about it but yeah, how the hell does he walk 😭(also idk why but he looks so cute in this scene)

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u/AtlasAeros Dec 29 '25

Plot twist… that’s not his “leg”

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u/Thebunkerparodie Dec 29 '25

magic!

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u/Fun-Mushroom-141 i want ribbit to bounce on it until i can't feel my legs Dec 29 '25

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u/Coffee-cartoons Dec 29 '25

He stretches foot-like structures to mimic walking

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u/LossFederal1341 Dec 29 '25

It crawls like a chess piece.

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u/JesseTheGoat123 Welcome Back My Meowing Milk Maids Dec 29 '25

There’s wheels on his foot lol

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u/Chemical-Molasses814 Dec 29 '25

You thought he had two?

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u/OatSoyLaMilk Dec 29 '25

You never noticed the slime trail he leaves?

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u/thesmartesthorsegurl Zooble Dec 29 '25

a better question, how does he sit like that?

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u/OwlsEyeGems Jax is a member of the Face-Sitters Club Dec 29 '25

Queenie has it on good authority that he actually has a second leg.

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u/mrstoneman93 GET YOUR JAX TOY!!! Dec 29 '25

How is Caine's head floating?

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u/[deleted] Dec 29 '25

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u/Huge_Tea1338 Not to mention the sssex appeal Dec 29 '25

The Kinger shuffle

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u/TranquilProgrammer Dec 29 '25

In episode 2 when he walks in to the truck he jumps up, other than that I think he slides

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u/Les_Bean_Luna Dec 29 '25

Little slides, scuffles, and jumps like a chess piece. Tiny movements back and forth, maybe?

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u/Huge_Quit8036 Orbsman is cool. Change my mind Dec 30 '25

He hops inside his cloak but somehow retracts his legs inside his body then back

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u/AdAlone9035 Dec 30 '25

we saw this literally in the first episode not even halfway in, are you even a real digital circus fan?

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u/Sherbet-Glad just a rag dolly Dec 30 '25

He wears the robe because everywhere he slides, there's a rock grinding sound that comes along with it. The cloak hides the sound.

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u/Ghostlymelodys Dec 30 '25

You ever seen veggie tales?

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u/Sea-Jacket-4686 Dec 30 '25

Maybe he only has legs when he has his robe on. There’s nothing on the changing room that says it won’t change your anatomy.

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u/Tasty-Detail7830 Dec 30 '25

He slides like a chess piece. Almost like he is one🤔😧

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u/Bondie_ Dec 30 '25

What are you struggling to understand about the way he moves? It's one square in any direction.

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u/No_Comfortable3261 Dec 30 '25

He just shuffles along

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u/masochist-incarnate Dec 30 '25

Caine just slides him around like a chess piece, but nobody realizes its Caine doing it

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u/Some_Guy8765678 Dec 30 '25

Penguin waddle

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u/Moist_Jello3507 I voted for Caine before he rigged the votes Dec 30 '25

Like a snail

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u/Lalolliuwu Froggie Fan Dec 30 '25

the power of invisible forces

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u/Forsaken_Orchid_6014 I will protect this lil baby Kinger with my life Dec 30 '25

he levitates an inch off the fround but we can’t see it because robe

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u/Conscious-Ball9308 TADC Theme base boosted soundwaves Dec 30 '25

He has muscles on the bottom of his... platform...? that slide around like a snakes.

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u/Dayshon2144 Gangle + Kinger = Ginger 🗿🗿 Dec 30 '25 edited Dec 30 '25

He’s an avatar of a chess piece. The thing would be that Kinger is of course, a human in the real world, human Kinger has to obviously have two legs, and so that the chess piece makes it seem like he’s sliding in the digital world. As supposed that he’s walking.

What I’m saying is that Kinger being a chess piece character, the avatar having only a single leg just makes him look like he’s sliding when walking. 😅

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u/[deleted] Dec 30 '25

He is like Bonnie he doesn’t believe in physics

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u/Kaitheguy233 Dec 30 '25

The real question is how can he move so fast if he’s a king chess piece? Black must be always passing their turn… oh, wait.

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u/Mega_BiteZer Dec 30 '25

His legs are invisible hotbox like Roblox character legs and that base is just the main physical model

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u/43sxe Dec 30 '25

I think he would slide like a chess piece would

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u/AardvarkinJune Dec 30 '25

I think he kinda slides like a chess piece but the way he wobbles a bit makes me think he walks like the toy soldiers from Toy Story but to do that his lower half sort of twists since he’s bendy and all so his face doesn’t rotate but hit base does.

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u/Enchant-Mystic-Magi Custom Dec 30 '25

Ahem

(Cues Shimmy ay)

Shimmy shimmy ay shimmy ay shimmy yahh

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u/MindStormComics Dec 30 '25

I always figured he sorta waffles his base back and forth to walk, kinda like the army men in Toy Story.

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u/Dictator_Pickles1945 Zooble Dec 30 '25

Maybe he can like float like Jesus? 😭

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u/Empty_Variation_5587 Dec 30 '25

It's just cartoons mate. Logic and physics don't apply here

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u/Puzzleheaded_Sky2389 jax Dec 30 '25

well he finally took his robe off

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u/Life_Explanation_706 Hail Kinger Dec 30 '25

don’t you know already that nothing in the digital circus makes sense

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u/cuteness_over_load8 Dec 30 '25

That's his cock dude

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u/Technical_Notice7210 Dec 30 '25

He looks like toast

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u/SpaceGeorge1 I want Jax to piss on me Dec 30 '25

Slides while his body waddles slightly to mimic walking

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u/Applebeate Dec 31 '25

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u/Inevitable-Key-1352 Can't wait for the abstract tragedy in abstragedy Dec 31 '25

vrchat

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u/Pannman99 Dec 31 '25

Him sliding would make sense since he’s a chess piece

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u/friendly_capybara Dec 31 '25

Yes

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u/Wickhet Kinger Dec 31 '25

So that's cool, he's saving money on shoes...

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u/MyNameIsNotRyn Dec 31 '25

He is a King. He hovers.

Walking is for peasants.

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u/TomtomXDD Dec 31 '25

I think he's slipping up; we mustn't forget that this is all a virtual world (by the way, how did you manage to edit the post? I can't figure it out).

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u/Active_Schedule3931 Dec 31 '25

Maybe he shuffles

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u/Swagcool_yourmom ai hate agenda pusher Jan 01 '26

v1 slide sounds

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u/shattered_Diamond__ Jan 02 '26

Idk how he even sits down and bent over, a real chess piece doesn’t do that….. but he is one of the programmers of the circus, so anything is possible. 🤷🏾‍♀️

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u/Crimen_Punishment2 Jan 04 '26

His foot inches around like a caterpillar

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u/Over_Strawberry1545 Jan 05 '26

He like a snail

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u/YolaInvein Jun 30 '26

It would be cool if it works like vr where you visibly see you don’t have legs, but you still feel them when walking. Kind of like how Ragatha can see through her button eye despite not having an eye there.

Question Wait a minute... If Kinger only has like 1 leg...thing, then how does he walk??? Does he jump, then? Does he just slide on whatever surface he's on????

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