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[[File:graspthesun.jpg|frame|Gotcha!]]
''Su~n!
▲{{quote|''Follow the sun!<br />
''Su~n!''|''[[Taiyou Sentai Sun Vulcan]]'' [[Theme Song]].}}▼
▲Catch the sun!<br />
▲Su~n!''|''[[Taiyou Sentai Sun Vulcan]]'' [[Theme Song]].}}
A visual motif wherein a character who is about to attempt some superhuman feat reaches out towards the sun (or the moon, Earth, etc.) with their hand, as if to grasp it. The camera then switches [[POV Cam|to his point of view]] as the hand "grabs" the selected celestial body via [[Perspective Magic]]. This symbolizes the human will to seize things that are just too big for them.
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Not to be confused with cases where characters ''literally'' [[Perspective Magic|grasp the sun]].
Compare [[Got the Whole World In My Hand]] and [[Pan
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== [[Anime]] ==
* In ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'' ([[The Movie]]), Asuka clutches at the sun while trying to get up {{spoiler|after she gets fragged by mass produced Evas but [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|refuses to give up]]}}.
** Asuka is, in fact, associated with the Sun several times throughout the series.
* In ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam 00]]'', Lockon tries "grabbing" the Earth {{spoiler|while he delivers his [[Famous Last Words]]}}.
* ''[[Love Hina]]'': Keitarou does this to the Tokyo University clock tower.
* See the finale of the [[Fullmetal Alchemist (
** Edward is very fond of doing this in the 2003 anime openings. He just never learns, does he?
** Used in ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist (
* Subverted in ''Hellsing'', where Alucard does this to the moon.
** In the OVA series, Maxwell ''caresses'' the moon for a second while giving a speech.
* ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]'', naturally.
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* ''[[Sorcerer Hunters]]'': Carrot does this in the opening credits animation.
* Mayuri Shiina of ''[[
== [[Comic Books]] ==
* In ''Supreme Power'', Hyperion flies into orbit for the first time as a boy, and looks down at Earth. Light from the sun gets in his eyes, and he puts his hand in front of him, over Earth. He pulls his hand back... and then puts it back in front of the world, as if to clutch it.
== [[Fan
* Done in ''[[
== [[Film]] ==
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== [[Literature]] ==
* One character in ''[[
** [[Leprechaun|Mad Sweeney]] does the exact same thing, only with the sun into a golden coin, showing off for Shadow while drunk(er). By the time he realizes that the coin he plucked was not just ''any'' coin and tries to get it back, Shadow's already buried it with his recently deceased wife. {{spoiler|This act leads, through separate means, to Sweeney's death and his wife's resurrection.}} Later on, Shadow learns to do this himself.
* A famous bit of symbolism in ''[[The Great Gatsby]]'' involves the titular [[Anti-Hero]] reaching to grasp the light across the water (at Daisy's mansion).
== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* In the ''[[Merlin (
* Part of [[Mahou Sentai Magiranger|Magishine]] and the [[Power Rangers Mystic Force|Solaris Knight]]'s [[Transformation Name Announcement|rollcall posing]].
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== [[Web Comics]] ==
* In ''[[
** Well, [http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=502 that changed] [http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=503 a couple of strips later]...
* ''Inhuman'' goes into Cinne's thought process a bit, punctuated by him [http://inhuman-comic.com/comic347.php "pulling up the sun"].
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* Invoked but avoided, by nature of the "fight", in the final showdown of ''[[The Flight of Dragons]]'': when [[Big Bad|Ommadon]] threatens to
* Not exactly the sun, but in ''[[
* General Shiva tries doing it {{spoiler|just before his death}} in ''[[
== Other ==
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