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** Ironically enough, Lois pulls a "Kneel Before Zod" moment in the season 10 episode "Harvest". When Clark, weakened by Blue Kryptonite, is buried alive by a rural community who plan to sacrifice Lois in a ritual to ensure a bountiful harvest, he manages to regain enough of his strength to escape his grave and rescue Lois. When the villagers see Clark survive gasoline burns that would have killed a normal man instantly, Lois [[Large Ham|goes full-on Charlton Heston on them]], declaring that Clark has been sent by God to punish the villagers [[Pulp Fiction|"with great vengeance and furious anger"]], thus forcing the Blue-K enhanced villagers to back away long enough for Clark and Lois to make their escape. As they watch Clark speed off with Lois, the townsfolk all kneel.
* ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'': In an episode, Forrester is practicing the speech he plans to give after conquering the world, and even says "[[Kneel Before Zod]]!" He also shouts "You will bow down before me, son of Jor-El!" at one point.
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** [[The Master]], having sadly forgotten everything he'd read on the [[Evil Overlord List]], demanded this of Martha. Which she did, [[The Plan|but then began to laugh because her capture was part of an elaborate plan]]. Notable for being a rare occasion when the hero ordered to kneel just sucks it up and ''does'' it rather than go through a lot of gritted "Never!" posturing first.
** And years earlier in ''[[Doctor Who
{{quote| '''Fenric:''' The choice is yours, Time Lord. I shall kill you anyway, but if you would like the girl to live... kneel before me.<br />
'''Ace:''' I believe in you, Professor.<br />
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** In the Season 6 finale, {{spoiler|Castiel}} proclaims himself the [[A God Am I|new God]], and demands that the heroes bow and profess their love to him. Season 7 opens with Bobby [[Ain't Too Proud to Beg|getting down on his knees]] and asking if that's good enough or if he wants "the whole forehead-to-the-carpet thing?" The villain promptly decides it's pointless, since they're only doing it out of fear, and leaves to spread the word of his godhood.
* In ''[[The Big Bang Theory]]'', on hearing that a team of strong contenders will not feature in the University's Physics Bowl Tournament, Leonard invokes this trope.
* Parodied in an episode of ''[[Mock the Week]]'', discussing the recent Church of [
{{quote| '''Frankie Boyle:''' Wasn't General Synod the villain in ''Superman II''? "'''Kneel before Synod!'''"}}
* ''[[Mortal Kombat Conquest (TV)|Mortal Kombat Conquest]]'': From Shao Kahn to Raiden in the series finale episode:
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* ''[[Bio Shock]]''
** "''Sit'', {{spoiler|would you kindly.}}"
** In the ''Bioshock II'' opening, Sofia Lamb casually tells Subject Delta to "Kneel, please." Unfortunately for Delta, the [[Dangerously Genre Savvy]] Lamb has already put him under [[Compelling Voice|Hypnosis]]. [[Moral Event Horizon|After he kneels, she hands him a pistol]] [[Psychic
* In ''[[Battle Realms]]'', one of Serpent Clan Kenji's [[Bond One-Liner|lines when he slays a foe]] is "bow before '''me'''!". If you choose to "ally" with the monks instead of the ninja, Kenji also forces the monks to kneel before him in the post-battle cutscene.
* Happens in ''[[The Force Unleashed]] 2''.
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