Asskicking Pose: Difference between revisions

** ''[[GoLion]]'' adopts such poses during [[Stock Footage]] transformation sequences, particularly when creating weapons.

* ''[[Dragonball Z]]''. About every character, but special mention go to the [[Super Sentai Stance|Ginyu Force]] and "The Great Saiyaman!"

* Most of the HiME from ''[[Mai-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|badassery]], whether or not it ends up [[The Worf Effect|working]].

* ''[[Katekyo Hitman Reborn]]'': If you see [[Butt Monkey|Sawada]] [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass|Tsunayoshi]] raise both his hands up, one in front pointing at you, the other [[Playing with Fire|creating a massive fireball behind him]], get down on your knees and pray for a swift death.

** If he crosses his hands and flames start pouring from the vents on the backs of the gauntlets, there's no need to pray; your swift death is coming. And it's coming ''very fast''.

** There's Ed's clap pose and Roy's finger-snap-ready stance.

** Also when Ed takes his [[Badass Longcoat|red cloak]] [[The Coats Are Off|off]], and/or his [[Shirtless Scene|shirt]].

** Just watch the extras instead of the leads. At least in the first one, the no-names tend to actually have some idea what they're doing...

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

* In ''[[Romeo Must Die]]'', one of the black guys uses the Crane Stance to mock Jet Li, complete with screeching "waaaa" sound. Cue immediate [[Groin Attack|kick in the fork.]]

* The last shot in the first ''[[Mortal Kombat]]'' movie.

* The [[Gun Kata]] style of ''Equilibrium'' relies extensively on these to position the body ''just so'' while gunning down enemies.

* ''[[Serenity]]''. After River {{spoiler|slaughters the entire Reaver horde}} the doors open to show her in a very simple stance, legs spread apart and and axe and a sword in her hands that pretty perfectly conveys the fact that many, ''many'' people just got ''pasted'' by a [[Waif Fu|ninety pound girl]]. When the Alliance troops bust in moments later, she doesn't even shift her stance, instead just very slowly turning her head to face them - the implication being that, even with their heavy body armor and a dozen guns pointed at her, she is going to massacre ''them'' too, just as easily.

* ''[[Indiana Jones]]'' has this as a recurrent joke: in ''[[Raiders of the Lost Ark]]'', a swordman offers a good pose and demonstration of skills, and Indy answers by shooting him dead; the pose was useless. In the following movie, several thugs do the Ass-Kicking Pose, Indy reaches for his gun again and... he had lost the gun somewhere. Oops.

* A subversion in the 1989 ''Batman'' film, when one of the mooks threatens Our Hero with a series of flailing martial arts poses. The technique is about as useless as it appears, since Batman manages to flatten the guy with one punch. On ''two'' separate occasions.

* Again subverted in ''The Cannonball Run''. During the Big Brawl scene, Roger Moore (essentially playing himself) squares off against one thug, adopts an Ass-Kicking Pose... and promptly gets his lights punched out.

* Almost every robot master/Maverick from ''[[Mega Man (video game)|Mega Man]]'' and ''[[Mega Man X]]'' does one of these, right after making their grand entrance.

** Starting with X4, X and Zero do this as they enter a stage. Also, X's armor warps into place.

** The Subspace Emissary adventure mode's cutscenes are positively ''saturated'' with them. One of the more spectacular examples involves [[Donkey Kong|DK and Diddy]] posing while a ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVQJk55ET7o&feature=related Bullet Bill explodes behind them.]''

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

*** Combine this with the Mortal Draw for some nice showy iaijitsu.

*** Technically, Link [[Older Than They Think|originally did the sword twirl]] in the [[The Legend of Zelda (animation)|Zelda cartoon]]. However, it was no where near as impressive as in Twilight Princess or any other example here, possibly due to the size of the blade and where the holster was.

* The ''[[Fallout]] 3'' DLC ''Operation Anchorage'' has a trio of soldiers [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.

== Webcomics ==

* In one fight scene from ''[[El Goonish Shive]]'', Elliot berates Nanase for striking what he calls a "Look at me, I just kicked Elliot" pose.

* Bun-Bun from ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'' gets these a ''lot''. "Ka-click!"

* [[Problem Sleuth]] from ''[[MS Paint Adventures]]'' has a panel entitled "Pose as a team CAUSE SHIT JUST GOT REAL!". And then later, "POSE AS A TEAM AGAIN CAUSE SHIT JUST GOT '''MORE''' REAL!" In all, there's about four panels, where shit continues to get increasingly real.