Floo's swimming animations I had difficulty with to begin with. I couldn't get the flowing movement of his wiggling to be smooth enough. I showed it to some of the people in my company, and they suggested animating him like hair! This was, surprisingly similar to the reference that I used, of the small intestine's villi moving in this game, "Earthworm Jim 2". The wiggles actually have similar weight to that of hair, and floo for that matter - the movement is lead by the head, and the end bits have to catch up after the head is moved. This is especially emphasised if it is in liquid, which floo is!
I also took influence from the floating movement of a bullet bill from mario. Like Floo, he has hovering hands beside him that follow in the direction he is going in. Almost like the the head and the hands direct the rest of the body.
Floo's Final Swimming Animation:
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