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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* The main characters of [[
* In ''[[Cowboy Bebop]]'': When {{spoiler|Julia dies}}, the doves go flying. In slow motion, no less!
** Not to mention the frequent flapping and squawking of Vicious' pet bird during the Cathedral fight scene.
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== [[Film]] ==
* [[John Woo]] is in love with this trope, as it's been a trademark of his since ''[[The Killer]]'', where they featured strongly during the siege at the church in the finale. By the time ''[[Mission: Impossible (film)||Mission Impossible]] 2'' was released, it appeared as though Woo had ''[[Why Don't You Marry It?|married]]'' this trope and fathered a dozen of its babies. It seems that this trope will even appear in the anime movie ''[[Appleseed Ex Machina]]'' he is producing.
** And indeed it does. In fact, the doves are even slightly relevant to the plot of ''Ex Machina'', since {{spoiler|they are not actually real birds but rather radio re-transmitters disguised as such by the villain}}. Come think of it, it might have even been a twisted meta-[[Red Herring]]: the viewers are ''expected'' to know [[Signature Style|what doves mean in John Woo movies already]] and to assume that this is also the case here, failing to connect the dots until [[The Reveal]]. Evil.
** In his video game sequel to ''[[Hard Boiled]]'', ''[[Stranglehold]]'', you can activate Spin Attack, which kills every mook in the room and summons doves. [[Rule of Cool|For no reason.]] [[Fridge Logic|Inside any building.]]
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== Literature ==
* In [[Dan Abnett]]'s [[Warhammer
* Reading—for the first time—Jonathan Safran Foer's ''Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close'', you're expecting the title to refer to one of the 9/11 plane crashes, because '''that''' would likely be relevant to the plot. Turns out to be 10-year-old narrator Oskar's description of the [[Red Herring|sudden departure of a flock of birds]].
* [[The Art of War]] gives this as one of the signs the enemy is on the move.
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== [[Professional Wrestling]] ==
* Randy Orton's signature taunt, where he leans back slightly with his arms extended outward and upward (sorry, best description I could come up with) has been [[Memetic Mutation|given the]] [[Fan Nickname|nickname]] of "the 'RELEASE THE DOVES!' pose".
** WWE [https://web.archive.org/web/20081014192129/http://www.pwmania.com/post/specials/headlines/188761019.php agrees].
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* Referenced in ''[[Questionable Content]]'' [http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=696 #696].
{{quote|'''Marten:''' I'm not sure who released the white doves when he did that spinning jump-kick thing, but it was a nice touch.}}
* On [https://web.archive.org/web/20131029110433/http://www.earsforelves.com/archives/112 the very first page] of ''[[Ears for Elves]]'', several types of woodland creature are disturbed by Tanna's archery practice, and a flock of birds fly away from the area.
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