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One of the few ways to indicate that you are a [[Badass]] or at least hellishly ambitious. [[Badass
So basically, if you see people folding their arms, this is a good indication to see that they are [[Badass]]. Even if they're not, they're still showing determination/stubbornness/toughness.
Note that crossing arms below the ribcage speaks a whole other body language, and involves bringing shoulders forward defensively. This tends to denote sulkiness or defensiveness. To cross arms over chest, one must spread shoulders back, which juts out the chest and straightens the spine, making the figure stand slightly taller, and raises the chin. Each of these elements alone convey confidence, the total posture sums them up to a
Sometimes combined with [[I Have the High Ground]]. Often leads to [[Rebel Relaxation]], but this [[Sister Trope|is when they aren't leaning]].
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== [[Advertising]] ==
* Mr. Clean.
* Much as the [[Dreamworks Face]] is seemingly mandated by law to be on every animated movie poster, attempts at a
== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* Vegeta is prone to doing this in ''[[Dragonball Z]]''.
** So is Piccolo.
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** Which is a case of the [[Weird Al Effect]]. Gunbuster is a mish-mash of references to Kamen Rider and other [[Super Robot|super robots]], with that pose being a nod to the signature pose of [[Getter Robo|Getter Dragon]].
* Lordgenome from ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]'' pilots his mecha this way. Also how the SuperGalaxy Gurren Lagann is introduced, in a ''[[Gunbuster]]'' homage. Super Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann also does the pose.
** This pose is Kamina's default stance when he's not sitting down, or in his heaven piercing pose.
** Not to mention what Simon does in what's arguably [[He's Back|the]] [[Theme Music Power-Up|series']] [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|most]] [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|famous]] [[Tear Jerker|scene]].
* In ''[[Sailor Moon]]'', Tuxedo Mask often does this as he delivers his prebattle speeches.
** [http://www.fantasyanime.com/sailormoon/smchar_group006.jpg Makoto and Rei demonstrate.]
* Izumi and Sig Curtis from ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]].'' Ed does it a few times when he's sulking, but he's still just as [[Badass]] as the others. If I'm not mistaken, Scar had his arms crossed once in Episode 24 of the anime.
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* Two more Words: [[G Gundam|Master Asia]]
** And the... King of Heart or whatever {{spoiler|Domon and Rain shoot}} in the finale. [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|Who cares what it was, it rocked all the same]].
* [[Our Dragons Are Different|Voltaire]] of ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]'' has a tendency to do this, as shown during the final mission in ''StrikerS''. Considering its [[Kaiju|size]] and black color scheme, maybe it's a subtle ''Gunbuster'' reference?
* [[Naruto]] has a habit of doing this when he's feeling particularly confident, or after having accomplished a [[Big Damn Heroes]] moment.
** Naruto, what about Gaara? He pretty much doesn't leave that position, especially not in battle; after all, his ability doesn't actually require him to move unless he's crushing someone, and even then he only needs one free hand. The armfold is practically his signature stance!
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* Kaiba from ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]''.
* Stardust Dragon does this in the fifth opening of ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's]]''.
* All three [[Team Shot
* This is the signature stance of [[Saint Seiya|Aldebaran]], [[Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas|Rasgado]] and [[Saint Seiya: Next Dimension|Ox]]; all different incarnations of the [[Lightning Bruiser|Taurus Saint]].
* [[Space Pirates|Space Pirate]] [[Captain Harlock]] does this from time to time, especially when he's behind the Arcadia's ship's wheel.
* During the climax of ''[[G Gundam]]'', Domon and Rain's final technique summons the King of Hearts, who performs a badass arm fold as he blows a hole in the [[Final Boss]].
* [[Ranma
* Kirino's pose on the cover of the first volume of ''[[Ore no Imouto ga Konna ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai!]]'' is more [[Tsundere|tsun-tsun]] than badass, but it's enough to undergo [[Memetic Mutation]] as seen [
== [[Comic Books]] ==
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* Commonly done by [[Superman]], who stands and/or floats with arms crossed with a derisive look on his face after his opponent's attacks have failed to even make him flinch.
** Also done whenever he's chiding a crook for acting like a [[Jerkass]], usually with a "I'm not mad, I'm just ''disappointed''" attitude. Being [[Nice Guy|Superman]], this is [[Shaming the Mob|really effective]].
** [[Black Adam]] uses this all the time. [[Punctuated!
* Cyclops of the [[X-Men]] is also prone to this when he's doing the Team Leader bit. Also, he has that "impressive muscles" part down to an absurd degree.
* Thor does this (or something very similar) when he is facing down Tony Stark on the subject of Ragnarok ([[Fan Nickname|aka Clor]])and the superhuman registration act. Tony wildly underestimates how powerful Thor actually is, and hits him with the full power of his repulsors when Thor refuses to play ball. When the dust clears, Thor is shown unharmed, and a mix of angry and disappointed with Tony. He then proceeds to beat the crap out of Tony while chiding him for not acting as a friend should.
== [[Live
* ''[[Top Gear]]'': When not driving, The Stig is only ever seen with his arms crossed over his chest or with his hands on his hips.
** [[Lampshaded]] in the episode where he was forced to take public transport. They wheeled him on using one of those Hannibal Lecter gurneys so he wouldn't break his cooler-than-thou pose.
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== [[Professional Wrestling]] ==
* [[ECW]] wrestler Taz (not so much [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]]'s Taz'''z''').
== [[Real Life]] ==▼
* One case of this in real life: bouncers outside of clubs. They fold their arms in front of them to make their arms look bigger and look more threatening. Similar groups, such as security guards tend to do the same.▼
* Rugby players' pictures are often taken in this style.▼
== [[Video Games]] ==
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* Amongst the three rulers in ''[[Dynasty Warriors]]'', Cao Cao is the most ambitious. Thus, he is prone to be portrayed in this pose (especially his DW 5 official art).
* Kira Daidouji from ''[[Arcana Heart]]'' is also highly ambitious and condescending and her fighting stance has her striking this pose. Her ambitions comes from her desire to, you guessed it, [[Take Over the World]].
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* In ''[[City of Heroes]]'', [[Player Character|your character]] does this during his/her/its idle animation every cycle. It fits, because you play as a [[Comic Books|Comic-Book]] style [[Superhero]].
* Shadow from the ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' series folds his arms on a regular basis.
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** Kain from ''[[Final Fantasy IV]]'' does this for his [[Victory Pose]] in ''Dissidia Duodecim''.
* Yuffie in ''[[Kingdom Hearts II]]'' and ''[[Final Fantasy VII]]''.
* Bang Shishigami, the hot blooded Ninja turned superhero from ''[[
* Hotsuma in the [[
* [[Star Fox (series)|Falco]] in the ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]'' games.
* Both Franziska von Karma and her father Manfred do this in the ''[[Ace Attorney]]'' series. As does [[Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney|Apollo]].
* Commander Shepard in ''[[Mass Effect]]'' is rather prone to doing this.
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* As mentioned earlier in the anime and manga section, Master Asia is fond of this, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioAAx0z_2jo as seen here in] ''[[Dynasty Warriors Gundam 2]]'' even domon indulges in it.
* In the ''[[Touhou]]'' fighting games, this is the neutral stance of Gensokyo's resident [[Time Master]] [[Ninja Maid]], Sakuya.
* Legendary [[Ninja]] Fuuma Kotaro's default stance in ''[[Sengoku Basara]]''. Takeda Shingen does it too, when he means business. Also Date Masamune [[Crazy Awesome|rides his horse]] sitting like this.
* [[Badass|Kratos]] [[Ensemble Darkhorse|Aurion]] in ''[[Tales of Symphonia]]'' does this quite often.
* Ansem (or {{spoiler|Xehanort's Heartless}}) has this as his battle pose in the ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]'' series, mainly because he lets his Guardian Heartless do all the work.
* [[Evil Twin|Liquid Snake]] did this alot in ''[[Metal Gear Solid]]''.
* It's [[Disgaea: Hour of Darkness|Disgaea]]'s very own main characeter's default pose. [[Disgaea: Hour of Darkness/Characters|Laharl]] seems to be quite aware of it's indication, as the trope description suits him really well.
** Kurtis is doing one in his Disgaea 3 and 4 character portrait, and in his cut-in portraits starting from 2. Despite being a [[Everything's Better with Penguins|Prinny]], it's still effective.
* Duke's [[Idle Animation]] in ''[[The King of Fighters]] Maximum Impact'' is to slowly fold his arms. He's an [[SNK Boss]].
* [[Marvel Comics|Shuma-Gorath]] is known to bust out a Badass Armfold with ''tentacles'' ever so often in [[Marvel vs. Capcom|the Marvel vs Capcom series]].
* Doctor Doom has this as his idle pose in [[Marvel vs. Capcom|Marvel Vs Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds]] along with his [[Badass Longcoat|signature cape]]. And it is awesome.
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* In ''[[Rift]]'', this is the default idle pose for a [[The Big Guy|male bahmi character]] on a [[Turtle Power|tartagon]] mount.
* There's two variants of this in [[City of Heroes]]. One is a sort of casual random pose your character will perform if you leave the controls alone for a while. The other is a slightly wicked take, with your legs together and your character staring slightly downward. Look GREAT if you're hovering!
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* Luigi of the [[Super Mario Bros.]] series does this as a victory pose. Granted, he grins happily when he does it.
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* ''[[Union of Heroes]]'': The Evil Wittener [http://www.unionofheroes.com/comic/377-episode-7-page-14.html does this] when The Master finds out that {{spoiler|he is in fact the former hero named "The Man From The Booth"}}
* Kamina pulls one of these [https://web.archive.org/web/20120328070503/http://doublek.thewebcomic.com/comics/1359081/chapter-1-017/ while standing on a car full of whores] in the early pages of ''[[Double K]]''. The author notes that he simply ''had'' to do it, since he never did in [[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann|the main series]].
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* ''[[Kim Possible]]'': Ron Stoppable does this at the end of "So The Drama", when Dr. Drakken remembers his name.
* ''[[Aladdin (Disney film)|Aladdin]]: The Return Of Jafar.'' Jafar comes out, folds his arms, hovers hugely and ominously, then leans in ''really'' close. I'd hate to be Abis Mal.
** He can pull off a
* Chernabog's awakening in ''[[Fantasia]]''. Seriously, that's what criminals see when [[Batman]] [[Offscreen Teleportation|emerges from the shadows]].
* Robin and Cyborg from ''[[Teen Titans (animation)|Teen Titans]]'' do this from time to time.
* In ''[[The Legend of Korra]]'' this pose is favored by Avatar Korra, and is [http://i.imgur.com/yiDNk.jpg the stock pose] she sports on her character page at nick.com, all the better for her to showcase that [[Sleeves Are for Wimps]].
* On ''[[Regular Show]]'', Mordecai folds his arms at Rigby to show that he is pissed off at him. He even does it slowly just to show he means business.
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'''Mordecai:''' Too late. It's already in motion. }}
▲== [[Real Life]] ==
▲* One case of this in real life: bouncers outside of clubs. They fold their arms in front of them to make their arms look bigger and look more threatening. Similar groups, such as security guards tend to do the same.
▲* Rugby players' pictures are often taken in this style.
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