Maya: 4 Different Ways of Animating

Using Maya to animate in 4 different ways, with Rigs, Motion Path, MEL and Dynamics. The first 3 being good for character movements while Dynamics is better for the movements of environments and objects.
I found all of the ways of animating interesting, even though coding for the MEL type of animation is still a bit odd to me as I don't have that much experience in that area.

Animation 1: Using Rigs

Animation 2: Using Motion Paths

Animation 3: Using MEL

Animation 4: Using Dynamics