Need suggestion for cheerleading stunt fail

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Hi everyone,
I’m not sure how to explain this but in my story a cheerleading practice is going on. The character Kathy is mad because the character Amy got Captain. During a stunt in the practice I want to make it look like Kathy caused Amy to fall while doing the stunt but I want it to look like an accident (which is was not). Any ideas on what animations to use? Here is the script for the cheerleading part

This is also a flashback

@cut to zone 3

@zoom on 0 0 to 100% in 0
@COACH MAY spot 1.280 -480 0
@COACH MAY moves to layer 3
&AMY spot 0.820 162 129
@AMY moves to layer 8
&MONIQUE spot 0.771 33 168 and MONIQUE faces right and MONIQUE is idle_handsonhips_neutral_loop
@MONIQUE moves to layer 3
&BETHANY spot 0.771 93 184 and BETHANY faces right and BETHANY is idle_handsonhips_neutral_loop
@BETHANY moves to layer 3
&ALYSSA spot 0.739 220 200 and ALYSSA faces left and ALYSSA is idle_handsonhips_neutral_loop
@ALYSSA moves to layer 3
&KATHY spot 0.782 152 198 and KATHY faces right and KATHY is idle_handsonhips_neutral_loop
@KATHY moves to layer 2
&WENDY spot 0.758 281 171 and WENDY faces left and WENDY is idle_handsonhips_neutral_loop
@WENDY moves to layer 4
@speechbubble is 129 133 to 78% with tail_top_right
AMY (talk_handsonhips_neutral)
5, 6, 7, 8!
@speechbubble reset

&MONIQUE is dance_drop_it and BETHANY is dance_drop_it
&ALYSSA is dance_drop_it and WENDY is dance_drop_it
&KATHY is dance_shake_happy_loop

@AMY is cheer_hurdler_happy

&AMY is dance_shake_happy_loop
&ALYSSA is sing_dance_fingersnap_loop and BETHANY is sing_dance_fingersnap_loop
&MONIQUE is sing_dance_fingersnap_loop
&WENDY is sing_dance_fingersnap_loop
@KATHY is cheer_jump_legsback_extreme

&MONIQUE is sing_dance_clap_happy_loop and BETHANY is sing_dance_clap_happy_loop
&KATHY is sing_dance_clap_happy_loop and AMY is sing_dance_clap_happy_loop
&ALYSSA is sing_dance_clap_happy_loop and WENDY is sing_dance_clap_happy_loop

@pause for a beat
@pause for a beat

&MONIQUE is sing_dance_energetic_pointup_loop and BETHANY is sing_dance_energetic_pointup_loop
&ALYSSA is sing_dance_energetic_pointup_loop and WENDY is sing_dance_energetic_pointup_loop
&KATHY is sing_dance_energetic_pointup_loop and AMY is sing_dance_energetic_pointup_loop

@speechbubble is 158 110 to 101%
NARRATOR (KELLY)
Let’s just say after that it didn’t take long for Kathy to make her move
@speechbubble reset

&MONIQUE is dance_lift_give_all and BETHANY is dance_lift_give_all
&ALYSSA is dance_lift_give_all and WENDY is dance_lift_give_all
&KATHY is sing_dance_shimmy_loop
&KATHY spot 0.782 144 198
@KATHY moves to layer 2
&ALYSSA spot 0.739 178 133
@ALYSSA moves to layer 3
&BETHANY spot 0.771 153 124
@BETHANY moves to layer 3
&MONIQUE spot 0.771 66 148
@MONIQUE moves to layer 3
@COACH MAY spot 1.280 -480 0
@COACH MAY moves to layer 3

&WENDY spot 0.758 258 151
@WENDY moves to layer 4

&MONIQUE is dance_grind_neutral_loop and BETHANY is dance_lift_give_loop
&ALYSSA is dance_lift_give_loop and WENDY is dance_grind_neutral_loop
&AMY walks to spot 0.655 157 411 in 2 and AMY is cheer_happy_loop
&AMY is cheer_happy_loop
&AMY is cheer_happy_loop
&AMY is cheer_happy_loop

@zoom on 796 561 to 264% in 2

@zoom on 800 262 to 264% in 2

@KATHY is laugh_chuckle
@pause for a beat

@pause for a beat

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Can you tell me where Kathy is standing when monique, bethany, and alyssa lift amy during the stunt?
It would work if kathy is on the bottom of the pyramid and she just lowers her arms at some point when everyone else is doing the lift move.

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she is the one all the way in the back

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Would it work if Kathy shoved one of the girls at the bottom, who then dropped Amy?

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i was thinking that but it wouldnt look sneaky

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Hmm, here’s a really catty one.
Have Kathy lifting Amy from the bottom of the pyramid. She goes into whatever lowering arm animation you can use, and Amy falls. Amy and the other girls confront her, and Kathy says something like “You’re too heavy to lift, maybe you should lose some weight if you want to do stunts.”

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hmm that could work, thanks

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