Float (parade)

A float is a decorated platform, either built on a vehicle or towed behind one, which is a component of many festive parades, such as the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade and the Tournament of Roses Parade. For the latter event, floats are decorated in flowers.

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Vehicle - Parade - Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade - Tournament of Roses Parade - Flowers

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The name is derived from the first floats, which were decorated barges that were towed along canals with ropes held by parade marchers on the shore.

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The climax of the movie Animal House features the misfits from the title fraternity surreptitiously launching their own float into a parade featuring legitimate entries from many of their rivals. The illicit float, in the form of a giant decorated cake adorned with the words "Eat Me" later splits open to reveal the parade-destroying "Deathmobile" inside.

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Animal House - Misfit - Fraternity - Cake

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