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[[File:akp_1akp 1.jpg|link=Charlie's Angels|frame|Synchronized Ass Kicking = [[Pure Awesomeness]]]]

See also [[Bring It]] -- a—a challenging gesture daring the opponent to attack. Supertrope of [[Super Sentai Stance]].

* Most of the HiME from ''[[MaiMy-HiME]]'' (except [[What Kind of Lame Power Is Heart, Anyway?|Yukino]]), after they draw their weapons [[Hyperspace Arsenal|out of thin air]]. Gaze upon [[Lady of War|Shizuru's]] spear stance, ye lowly, and despair!

* ''[[Naruto]]'' has Rock Lee, whose combat stance involves a mid-to-low center of gravity, left hand held behind the back (potentially to grab kunai and such), and right hand ''held forward in the classic "[[Bring It|come and get me" gesture.'']] Definitely a sign of rampant [[Badass|badasserybadass]]ery, whether or not it ends up [[The Worf Effect|working]].

* Parodied in the ''[[Azumanga Daioh]]'' Supplementary Materials. Tomo asks Chiyo what a cool pose would be. She responds with an exaggerated [[Asskicking Pose]], prompting Kagura to ask, "What's with the cool pose?"

* Parodied in the [[Comic Book Adaptation|supplementary manga]] of ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]] StrikerS]]'', which had a huge background picture of the [[White Magician Girl]] ''Caro'' doing this while [[Squishy Wizard|Hayate]] mentioned how she might lose to her too since she's undergone Nanoha's [[Training Fromfrom Hell]].

* Ku Fei of ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]!'' assumes what looks like some kind of [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_sensei_negima/v19/c177/12.html Crane stance] ''after'' she deals with crowds of common challengers. Which, in addition to the incident during the Summer Festival, [httphttps://wwwweb.mangafoxarchive.org/web/20200413204245/http://fanfox.comnet/manga/mahou_sensei_negima/v07/c55/3.html she does every day before class]. [[Red Oni, Blue Oni|Kotaro and Negi]] do one before their fight against Wilhelm.

** The Straw Hats use them a lot obviously. Luffy typically cracks his knuckles or stretches before a fight. Zoro usually puts his sword in his mouth before fighting, but the real [[Asskicking Pose]] comes when he takes the bandanna off his arm and puts it on his head. Robin most often crosses her arms in front of her and closes her eyes when she's using her powers. Chopper's arms-folded-in-front-of-him [[Death Glare]] is not even slightly ruined by the tiny blue knapsack and [[Real Men Wear Pink|pink hat]] that he always wears.

* The Shinobi Five, a freelance ninja squad from ''[[Gintama]]''.

== ComicsComic Books ==

* While [[Batman]]'s combat stances tend to be more practical than showy, he does like to use his cape -- alongcape—along with his imposing physical stature -- tostature—to devastating psychological effect.

'''[[Daredevil|DD]]:''' *smiles*<br />

* Bruce Lee was the master of the [[Asskicking Pose]]. Just watch ''Enter the Dragon'' and stand in awe.

** There's a lot of ceremony behind it: each Ranger has his or her own personal pose, with a little routine of a few moves before snapping into the final pose (with optional smoke clouds.) Some teams have an entire routine where each gives his or her Ranger designation while posing, and then all pose together after the team's [[In the Name of the Moon]] phrase -- thisphrase—this is known to fans (well, some fans) as the "roll call". When Rangers return for a [[Reunion Show]] years or even a ''decade'' after their most recent appearance, the poses are always done just as they were before. Z of ''Power Rangers SPD'' had a habit of quickly taking on her final pose ''without suiting up'' just before running in to take on [[Mooks]], though the full routine was saved for roll call scenes.

* ''[[Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide]]'' [[Playing with a Trope|played with]] this and then [[Lampshade Hanging|hung a lampshade]] on their playing with it, when Ned and Cookie fought. {{spoiler|They imitated every cliche [[Asskicking Pose]] possible, then made up before throwing any actual blows. The [[Combat Commentator|Combat Commentators]]s left in disgust.}}

* [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]] wrestler Rob Van Dam has a tendency to get knocked down, then pop right back up into an Ass Kicking Pose.

* Many ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]'' taunts are of the [[Asskicking Pose]] variety. Lucario and his Aura poses, Captain Falcon's "Show me ya moves" and Wario laughing at his opponents for example.

** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_3EX9haTFU&feature=related The Five Warriors.] Pose as a team [[Super Mario Bros.(franchise)|CAUSE]] [[The Legend of Zelda|SHIT]] [[Kirby|JUST]] [[Kid Icarus|GOT]] [[Yoshi's Island|REAL.]]

* The ''[[Fallout]] 3'' DLC ''Operation Anchorage'' has a trio of soldiers [https://web.archive.org/web/20130929205346/http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/File:AnchorageStatue.jpg posing] for a Washington Post journalist. After snapping a photo, the journalist remarks that "maybe someone will make this into a statue someday". He had no idea how right he was: the [http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/File:Anchorage_War_Memorial_Tribute.jpg statue] of the Anchorage War Memorial has the exact same soldiers with different weapons. What's more, the statue was in the base game as well.

* Done quite a bit with the ''[[Legion of Super-Heroes (TV series)|Legion of Super-Heroes]]'', especially Triplicate Girl in her three selves -- justifiedselves—justified in that she's one of the only ones who fights hand-to-hand. Bouncing Boy always pulls his goggles down before he smashes into someone or does a particularly daring maneuver on the ship -- moreship—more of an Ass-Kicking Ritual than pose, but still.

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