$('a').hover(function(){
    $(this).animate({'paddingLeft':'15px'},{queue:false,duration:120,complete: function(){
    $(this).animate({'marginBottom':'15px'},{queue:false,duration:120});
}
});
        },function(){
    $(this).animate({'paddingLeft':'0px'},{queue:false,duration:120,complete: function(){
    $(this).animate({'marginBottom':'0px'},{queue:false,duration:120});
}
});
});

$('a').hover(function(){
    $(this).animate({'paddingLeft':'15px'},{queue:false,duration:120,complete:function(){
        $(this).animate({'fontSize':'8px'},{queue:false,duration:120});
    }
});
    },function(){
        $(this).animate({'paddingLeft':'15px'},{queue:false,duration:120,complete:function(){
            $(this).animate({'fontSize':'12px'},{queue:false,duration:120});
        }    
    });
});

This is the syntax for a chained animation on hover. The included animations probably aren't very useful, but could easily be changed out with addClass or other css attributes... Or other animations of other properties. God, I don't know. I hope some lucky bastard finds this useful.

Jquery Chained Animation On Hover

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