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Line 8: Not to be confused with the "''Atlus'' pose", a look of sheer despair that one gets after staring at their [[Nintendo Hard\|millionth]] [[Game Over]] screen in an [[Atlus]] game. Bears minimal relation to ''[[Atlas Shrugged]]'', though this pose is [[Title Drop\|mentioned once]] and shows up on the cover of some versions. ---- {{examples}} ~~'''Examples:'''~~ == [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] == * Dragon Shiryuu in ''[[Saint Seiya]]'', when the tunnel underneath the Sagittarius House collapses and he stays behind to support it as the others escape. == [[Comic Books]] == * This pose is one of the iconic images of [[~~Superman (Comic Book)\|~~Superman]]. He's lifting a car on his [[wikipedia:Action Comics 1\|very first cover]]; some more early examples are [http://www.coverbrowser.com/covers/superman here] (including #28, where he seems to be helping out a statue of Atlas himself!). These covers have been homaged countless times since. In ''[[Superman Returns]]'', he even does an Atlas pose catching the Daily Planet's giant metal globe. * [[Fantastic Four (Comic Book)\|The Thing]] has been known to do this when moving lab equipment around for Mr. Fantastic. * The cover to ''[[~~The~~ Incredible Hulk ~~(Comic Book)~~\|The Incredible Hulk]] Special'' #1, homaged many times since. * [[Spider -Man]] did this while trapped under a bridge (later homaged in a simmilar scene with him in a subway). While he has super strength, it is not as vast as someone like Superman so for him, this was a monumental feat. == [[Film]] == * in ''[[The Incredibles\|]]'', Mr. Incredible]] catches and lifts a robot on his back, briefly mimicking the Atlas pose. == [[Live -Action TV]] == * There was a British sketch show from many years ago, the title of which has long since fled this troper's memory, which had a scene where a man was under the delusion that he was Atlas - so he was posing ''upside-down'' on the ground. Think about it. == [[Video Games]] == * ''[[Rayman 2: ~~(Video~~The ~~Game)\|Rayman~~Great 2Escape]]'' and the explosive kegs. * ''[[City of Heroes]]'' has their very own superhero named Atlas. He died defending Paragon City during the sneak attack that started World War II, and was immortalized with a life-sized statue of ~~Atlas~~him holding up the globe outside City Hall. Considering Atlas was a couple-hundred feet tall... ~~== Webcomics ==~~ == [[Web Comics]] == * ''[[Karate Bears ~~Webomic~~]]'' [http://www.karatebears.com/2011/08/karate-bears-shrugged.html illustration of Ayn Rand's book.] == [[Western Animation]] == * In [[Chaotic]], a [[Combining Mecha]] that went on a rampage [[AIA.I. Is a Crapshoot\|after being given free will]] did a last minute [[Heel Face Turn]] and [[Heroic Sacrifice\|used itself]] to support the section of the Underworld ceiling formerly propped up by the Iron Pillar which it just destroyed moments ago. The robot assumed the Atlas pose as it held up the section of the cavern ceiling. But it also had another dose of Atlas in that the robot was petrified by Chaor (Atlas Mountains, anyone?), permanently becoming the new Iron Pillar. * Done by ''Megatron'', of all bots, in episode 5 of ''[[Transformers Prime]]'' (but it's with {{spoiler\|a chunk of Dark Energon}}). Line 42 ⟶ 41: [[Category:Older Than Steam]] [[Category:Atlas Pose]] [[Category:Stock Poses]] [[Category:Art Tropes]] [[Category:Cover Tropes]] [[Category:Shout-Outs Index]] [[Category:Art Subjects]]