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{{trope}}
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Despite how [[Badass Biker|badass motorcycles are]], sometimes [[Cool but Impractical|they're just not quite right]] for the situation. For one, they're large, they're noisy, you need to stay fully on them, it's hard to fight hand-to-hand and they can't maneuver well in tight spaces. So for some, roller skates are better.
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Not to be confused with [[Wheel-O-Feet]]. A form of [[Travel Cool]].
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== Anime and Manga ==
 
* Subaru, Ginga and Quint in ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]'' all use skates with ''magical rocket boosters'' on them to get around. [[Full -Contact Magic|They also serve as]] [[Empathic Weapon|Empathic Weapons]]s. However, they are more [[Lightning Bruiser]] than [[Fragile Speedster]].
** Nove has a bulkier pair that are even her [[Kick Chick|primary weapons]].
* The Knightmare Frames in ''[[Code Geass]]'' use roller wheels called landspinners as their primary method of locomotion (until flight packs get mass-produced). Played the most straight with the Shen-Hu, whose landspinners are actually designated "rollerblade-type" and are formed by a pair of blade-like projections on the feet which form down, as opposed to the wheel being on a separate limb as with all other models.
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** The mecha in ''[[Armored Trooper VOTOMS]]'' also use this extensively, and are probably the [[Trope Codifier]] for mecha.
** as did the Aestivalises in ''[[Martian Successor Nadesico]]''
* The Tachikomas in ''[[Ghost in Thethe Shell]]:[[Stand Alone Complex]]'' had wheels for feet to allow for high speed movement.
** Although it's worth noting that they also fold into three-toed feet for climbing up sheer faced walls, or occasionally, hanging from the ceiling.
* Sakura in ''[[Cardcaptor Sakura (Manga)|Cardcaptor Sakura]]'' skates to school every day and uses them in battle on occasion, with one particularly impressive example when fighting The Fly.
* But of course, the first skating [[Humongous Mecha]] is the MS-09 Dom from ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam]]'', which uses jets built into its legs to skate along the ground instead of running.
* This is taken to an extreme in ''[[Super Robot Wars Original Generation]]: Divine Wars'', in which just about every mecha not capable of atmospheric flight can instead hover-skate over not only the ground, but the ''water'' as well.
* Jango, the [[Humongous Mecha]] from ''[[BakuretsuBurst TenshiAngeli]]'', has rollerskates and a jet engine. Actually has a function, as they're meant for speeding through Tokyo's highways.
* In the first episode of ''[[Kaleido Star]]'', Sora Naegino catches a pair of loaner rollerblades to chase after a luggage thief, going [[Roof Hopping|awning-hopping]] to finally track him down. {{spoiler|Her rollerblade skating abilities come handy later, when she has to train for a role in ''Dracula'' that includes ''ice-skating''. Too bad she loses to May, a top-notch ice skater.}}
* ''[[Air Gear (Manga)|Air Gear]]'' uses this liberally with the ATs, which actually ''fly''.
** Technically, they don't let you fly, just use crazy amounts of momentum to launch you in the air ''really far''. (Most of the cast DOES end up flying later, but it's not because of the ATs.)
* Lil Slugger of ''[[Paranoia Agent (Anime)|Paranoia Agent]]'' wear rollerblades, though he isn't as good as he is utterly terrifying.
* The Alien Party in ''[[Alien Nine (Manga)|Alien Nine]]'' chases extra-terrestrials around their elementary school on in-line skates. Armed with butterfly nets. And symbiotic aliens as helmets.
* Suzuna from ''[[Eyeshield 21 (Manga)|Eyeshield 21]]'' loves to wear these, even when cheerleading. Her ice-skating skills are also top-notch, too.
* Genki in the anime version of ''[[Monster Rancher (Animeanime)|Monster Rancher]]'' uses them very often in battle.
* The titular machines from ''[[Ride BackRideback]]'' are normally bikes that can transform into small-sized mecha with the bike wheels instead of feet, allowing their pilots to cover both [[Badass Biker]] ''and'' [[Rollerblade Good]] depending on situation.
* Minamo from ''[[Real Drive]]'' has shoes that sprout rollerblades at opportune moments.
* After her [[So Last Season|season 2 power up]], [[Shugo Chara|Amulet Heart]] has a pair of rollerblades. Which can fly.
* [[Trigun]] brings us Rei-Kei The Blade, a samurai who uses [[Dangerous Forbidden Technique|DangerousForbiddenTechniques]] with his katana against gunslingers. To compensate for his reduced effective range, he wears rocket-powered roller blades. Somehow, Vash manages to keep a straight face while fighting him.
* Konoka Konoe from [[Mahou Sensei Negima]] skates her way to school.
* The [[Humongous Mecha]] from [[Twentieth20th Century Boys]] ''must'' be bipedal {{spoiler|according to ''The Book of Prophecy''}}. The scientist kidnapped to design it emphatically points out that this is completely impractical. His solution is to treads under the hollow feet support the weight of the machine, while the feet only lift up and down.
* [[Kirby]] in [[Kirby: ofRight theBack Starsat Ya!]] achieves rollerblades when he copies the Paint ability from Paint Roller.
* Giriko of [[Soul Eater]] has skates made of [[Chainsaw Good|chain saws]]. Seeing as he [[Voluntary Shapeshifting|can change into a chainsaw]], it's not a huge stretch to change only his legs.
* ''[[Macross Frontier]]'', where [[Power Armor|EX-Gears]] come equipped with these. Also many [[Humongous Mecha|Destroids]]. [[Non -Serial Movie]] even gives us ''rocket-powered'' skates courtesy of the EX-Gear's [[Jet Pack]].
* In ''[[Shugo Chara]] Doki'', Amulet Heart gets a pair of roller skates, the Heart Speeders, as power-ups, allowing her to fly.
 
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== Film ==
* The Triplets from ''[[Dogma]]'', being roller-hockey themed mooks.
* Subverted in ''[[Jackass (TV)|Jackass]]: [[The Movie]]'', which has them trying rocket-skates which sent the guy flat on his ass after a couple feet, showing that the rocket powered skates aren't quite [[Truth in Television]] yet.
* There is a scene in the live-action ''[[Transformers (Filmfilm)|Transformers]]'' film where Bonecrusher transforms into his robot form and proceeds to rollerblade down the highway after the heroes, only to be blocked by Optimus Prime when he turns around to do the same.
** Sideswipe, a character in the sequel ''Revenge of the Fallen'', literally has wheels for feet. [[Catch Phrase|Damn]], [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|he's good]]...
* ''[[Rollerball (Film)|Rollerball]],'' with James Caan.
* The titular kids in ''[[Hackers]]'' got around on blades, and The Plague used a skateboard.
* ''[[Solarbabies]]''.
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* In [[Robots]], Cappy (voiced by Halle Berry) kicks down wheels embedded in her feet and "rollerderbies" a few bad guys to help Rodney and Bigweld escape, then later in the underground battle with Madame Gasket (voiced by Jim Broadbent) she uses them again.
* ''[[Whip It]]'' is about a misfit who discovers that she has a hidden talent when she joins a roller derby league.
* Ron gives a bogart-turned-giant spider these in ''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Filmfilm)|PrizonerHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.]]''.
 
== Literature ==
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* Subverted in ''[[World War Z]]'' where a mercenary tells how he saw a kid on roller blades wielding a hockey stick with a cleaver at the end of it. He was grabbed at the ankle (making him fall), and then dragged into a gutter. And then called a "dumbass". By ''Paris Hilton''.
 
== Live -Action TV ==
 
* The Quantum Ranger's power-up armor in ''[[Power Rangers Time Force]]'' had rollerblades.
* In ''[[Tomica Hero Rescue Force]]'', the late-series [[Humongous Mecha]] Rescue Max is made from the parts of two large rescue vehicles, and thus even with "legs", it's inevitable that it's going to have to skate around on wheels. The rockets only come out when it's time for the [[Finishing Move]].
* Father Dougal Mcguire from ''[[Father Ted]]'' had to give up rollerblading as a vice for Lent in one episode.
* One episode of ''[[Myth BustersMythBusters]]'' had Jamie, in the course of building a hovercraft, zooming across the shop in skates wearing a homemade jetpack made from several leaf-blowers grafted together.
* [[Countdown Withwith Keith Olbermann|In one Countdown]] [[Take That|Worst Person In The World]] segment, the "worser" person commented on China's Olympic Torch woes and suggested getting faster runners, and [[Deadpan Snarker|Keith]] [[Invoked Trope|suggested giving them Rocket-Powered Roller Skates]] [[Rule of Cool|because that would be even better]].
* ''Rollergames'' was a 1989 television series that tried to turn the sports of roller derby into a theatrical show. It only lasted one season, but it had several tie-in products, including an arcade game and an NES game, both developed by [[Konami]].
 
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== Tabletop Games ==
 
* The mecha ofIn ''[[Heavy Gear]]'' runmost with[[A Mech by Any Other Name|gears]] have retractable rollerwheels or treads as secondary movement system. This allows "rollerskating", trading off maneuverability and off-road skatescapability for highgreater speed movement(between 1.5x and 2x for most types) over flatter ground. Many [[Spider Tank|striders]] (except Caprician "mounts" built for climbing) are built this way too, but some also have low profile while rolling. No rockets, and usually doesn't say much about the pilot's personality -- theypersonality—they're just around to make transportation easier. Carried over to the video games.
* One of the cyberbits you could've put on in ''[[Shadowrun]]'' (at least its third edition) was, basically, in-line Gadget skates.
* ''[[Mage: The Ascension (Tabletop Game)|Mage: The Ascension]]'' had rocket-powered rollerblades that could run up walls. And along ceilings. And reach 200 MPH in 20 feet. Failing the rather difficult athletics rolls with them spelled painful disaster.
 
== Toys ==
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== Video Games ==
 
* Fatman from ''[[Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty]]'' is an overweight demolitions expert. Including his blast suit, he weights half a ton...so, obviously, he needs to wear roller blades for increased maneuverability. Predictably, he falls down a lot, and has trouble getting up.
* ''[[Jet Set Radio|Jet Set/Grind Radio]]'' has all the playable characters in skates. Including the unlockable characters of the last boss, the last boss' human form, and the ''heroes' dog''.
* Lilica Felchenerow from ''[[Arcana Heart (Video Game)|Arcana Heart]]''.
* Sammy "Skate" Hunter, Adam's kid brother from ''[[Streets of Rage]] 2''.
* [[Sonic the Hedgehog|Shadow the Hedgehog]] doesn't need a [[Wheel-O-Feet]] to prove that he's fast . . . he's got hover skates.
* [[Magical Girl|Clara]] from ''[[Power Instinct]]'' has the ability to turn into an age-progressed version of herself decked out in an odd, [[Stripperiffic]] costume and rollerblades. One of the games makes this special form of hers a dedicated, selectable character.
* Two characters in the ''[[Street Fighter (Franchise)|Street Fighter]]'' franchise wear rollerskates.
** Yang from ''[[Street Fighter III (Video Game)|Street Fighter III]]'', is often seen wearing a pair, usually in cut-scenes, but never in actual combat.
** Area, a [[Mad Scientist]] girl introduced in ''[[Street Fighter EX (Video Game)|Street Fighter EX]] 2 Plus'', wears a pair in battle along with a big gauntlet (actually an invention of her father).
* ''[[Front Mission]] 4'' has this in its intro video in a most certainly badass way.
** This is also something that can be upgraded onto humanoid leg parts, allowing equipped wanzers to move in straight lines (such as down streets) much farther than they could walk. They can't actually turn while using these though, unlike in the cutscenes.
* Top Man from ''[[Mega Man 3 (Video Game)|Mega Man 3]]'' has roller blades on his feet. He uses them to move fast across the room while [[Everything's Better Withwith Spinning|spinning]] and shooting [[Exactly What It Says Onon the Tin|spinning tops]] at Mega Man. Unfortunately, this means that when you [[Mega Manning|get his weapon]], you don't get the tops - you get his ability to do a 360. And since Mega Man [[Required Secondary Powers|doesn't have roller blades,]] [[Joke Item|he can only use said ability in the air]]. At least it's useful for getting rid of those [[Goddamn Bats|annoying enemies]] that bump you into pits while you are jumping merrily around. It also kills the final boss [[Lethal Joke Item|in one hit]].
* [[Mega Man Battle Network (Video Game)|Lan Hikari]] can switch between walking or skating.
* Mega Man himself gets some in ''[[MegamanMega Man Legends]]''. Except that they do away with wheels entirely and use jets.
* Averted in ''[[Tony Hawks Pro Skater]]'', where bladers are whiny brats who are to be thoroughly embarrassed by the skateboarders.
* <s> Elzam V. Branstein</s> [[Paper-Thin Disguise|Ratsel Feinschmecker]]'s Aussenseiter of ''[[Super Robot Wars]]'' is a [[Super Robot]] with large wheels attached to it's feet that allow it to skate along the ground to make fast attacks.
* ''[[Steel Battalion]]: Line of Contact'' changed 5th gear into a wheel mode. Fast and smooth on level terrain, but worse for climbing and much harder on the balancer during turns, increasing the likelihood of the VT tipping over if the pilot isn't careful.
* Grace from the [[Sega Saturn]] game ''[[Fighting Vipers]]'' was equipped with a pair of roller blades.
* ''[[Honkai Impact 3rd]]'': Timido is [[An Ice Person]] who moves and fights using ice skates.
 
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== Webcomics ==
 
* Thog from ''[[The Order of the Stick]]'' had his beloved rocket skates...
 
== Western Animation ==
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* [[Kim Possible]] travels on rocket skates often enough.
* [[Looney Tunes|Wile E. Coyote]] used rocket skates in his very first appearance. Needless to say, it did not end well.
* In ''[[Beast Wars (Animation)|Beast Wars]]'', Megatron's [[Mid-Season Upgrade|Transmetal form]]'s beast mode is a ''roller-skating VTOL T-rex''.
* ''[[Transformers Armada]]'' Hot Shot can lower the wheels around his ankles and roller skate on them.
* In ''[[Transformers Animated]]'', Bumblebee and Optimus Prime both have one of their wheels on each of their robot-mode that they have been occasionally been shown to move around on. On the other hand, Prowl has his vehicles mode wheels in his knees and can use them to ''[[Wall Crawl|ride up walls]]''.
** Optimus and Prowl only ever pulled tthis trick once though. Bumblebee used his skates alot more, given he the [[Fragile Speedster]].
** ''[[Beast Machines (Animation)|Beast Machines]]'' gives the "wheels as feet" to Rattrap. It's pretty much a hindrance to him, though.
* ''[[Static Shock]]'': Gear invents rocket skates that can fly.
* ''[[WereWe're Back! aA DinosaursDinosaur's Story]]'' has a scene in which Rex uses a pickup truck as a skateboard to escape the police. He also grinds down the wire of the Brooklyn Bridge.
* Streex of ''[[Street Sharks]]'' is a hammerhead shark with roller blades.
* Maxwell from ''[[Stone Protectors (Animation)|Stone Protectors]]'' got these as a ''superpower'', along with being able to climb. Out of the [[Five-Man Band]] he really got [[What Kind of Lame Power Is Heart, Anyway?|heart-level]] powers.
* [[Totally Radical|Spyke]] on ''[[X-Men: Evolution]]'' was never far from his skateboard until he was [[Rescued Fromfrom the Scrappy Heap]].
* One of the toys that Boris bought out with his enormous supply of counterfeit box tops in the Box Top Badman arc of ''[[Rocky and Bullwinkle]]'' was atomic roller skates.
* Rhodey makes fun of Tony for the idea of putting roller blades on the Iron Man suit in ''[[Iron Man: Armored Adventures]]''. Later in the season, he does just that.
* Starlee Hambrath, from the "Fast Forward" season of ''[[TMNTTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2003|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'' (2003) is never without her two-wheeled inline skates, which appear to be built into her jumpsuit.
* Loogie from ''[[Get Ed]]'' has a pair of jet-propelled skates. While he may or may not qualify completely for [[Fragile Speedster]] status, he's certainly the most...eccentric...team member, talking to his [[Companion Cube|sock puppet catfish]] Dr. Pinch.
 
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* Roller derby. Though the [[Fragile Speedster]] bit is usually hugely, hugely averted.
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