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** Palpatine wanted this from Luke, but it didn't work out so well.
** Jabba The Hutt also states that Han and Chewbacca have the option of pathetically begging for their lives should they choose to exercise it. Han tells Jabba off while Luke confidently gives the gangster one last chance to be bought off by letting them go. Less than 5 minutes later, Jabba learns the hard way that he should have listened.
* In ''[[The King and I]]'', Yul Brynner famously declares "Your head must never be higher than mine!" forcing Anna to the floor in her attempt to comply.
* ''[[He-Man and the Masters of the Universe]]'': "Now. You. Will. '''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abqAwKLpeqs=related KNEEL!]'''"
* In ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'' [[The Movie]], Dr. Forester forces Mike and the bots to bow down to him. When they try to bluff their way out, he cuts off the oxygen supply in the Satellite of Love so all have to bow to Dr. Forester to save Mike.
* Naturally, [[Monty Python]] have some fun with this in ''[[Life of Brian]]''.
{{quote|'''Centurion:''' Oh, and throw him the floor again, sir?
'''Pilate:''' Oh yes, fwow him to the fwooah, please!
''(Brian is already kneeling on the floor, so they pick him up and throw him back down again)'' }}
* Inverted and hilariously parodied in ''[[Monty Python and
* ''[[James Bond (film)|James Bond]]''
** The first thing psychopathic assassin Red Grant does to James Bond when he captures him in ''[[From Russia with Love]]'':
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{{quote|'''Ba'alzamon:''' Kneel! Kneel, and acknowledge me your master! In the end, you will. You will be my creature, or you will die.}}
* [[Star Wars Expanded Universe]]
** In the ''[[New Jedi Order]]'' series, [[Evil Overlord|Supreme Overlord Shimrra]] uses a gravity-controlling creature called a dovin basal to force Luke Skywalker to bow to him when they meet face-to-face during the climax. Then subverted because between his own formidable Force powers and his nephew Jacen's rapport with the Vonglife, Luke is able to resist gravity and pull himself back to his feet, to the stunned amazement of Shimrra and his court.
** In ''[[The Thrawn Trilogy]]'', Joruus C'Baoth has foreseen that Mara Jade will kneel before him. {{spoiler|She does, in order to [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|strike him dead]].}}
** And in ''[[Star Wars Legacy]]'', Darth Krayt [[Mate or Die|forces Cade to sleep with Talon]].
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* ''[[Supernatural (TV series)|Supernatural]]''
** Played with in the episode "Wishful Thinking", where a small child who gains super-strength yells "Kneel before Todd!" when toying with teenagers who used to bully him.
** 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 [[wikipedia:General Synod of the Church of England|England Synod]]:
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== Video Games ==
* Andrew from the Star Wolf team in ''[[Star Fox (series)|Star
* ''[[World of Warcraft]]''
** An NPC for the An'Quiraj world event was called "General Zog". If a player did the "/kneel" emote to him, he would reply with "General Zog acknowledges your submission with a glance."
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* ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]''
** Played with in ''[[Kingdom Hearts II]]'': Saix simply asks Sora to show just how important Kairi is to him. Sora, who [[Ain't Too Proud to Beg]], kneels of his own volition.
** Saix does it for real in ''[[Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days
** Seifer's [[Catch Phrase]] for the game: "KNEEL LOSER!"
* In the old ''[[Panel De Pon|Tetris Attack]]'' game for the Super Nintendo (a port of ''[[Panel De Pon]]'' in which all of the characters were replaced with characters from [[Yoshi's Island]]), you could take a look at all of the characters available in the Options menu, complete with a bit of text from that character. [[Squishy Wizard|Kamek's]] text starts off with superiority and ends with demanding Yoshi to "KNEEL, KNEEL BEFORE YOUR NEW MASTER".
* Happened on ''[[Mitadake High]]''. They said no. Badguy shot them in the face.
* [[George Takei]]'s huge [[Large Ham]] intro speech in ''[[Command
{{quote|"The Imperial war machine has been unleashed. Do not struggle against what is inevitable. All who stand in the way of our divine destiny will be swept away by the march of history. You will bow before us, or you will cease to exist."}}
* In ''[[Knights of the Old Republic]]'', {{spoiler|the protagonist gets the option to demand people to bow down to him once it is revealed that he was the former Big Bad.}}
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* In ''[[Blood]]'', two of the lines Chernobog says when you fight him are ''"Bow down to me"'' and ''"Kneel before me"''.
* Shao Kahn of ''[[Mortal Kombat]]'' is fond of this trope, being the Emperor of Outworld and all. "Bow to me!"
* In the Story Mode of ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha As Portable]]: The Gears of Destiny'', [[Large Ham]] Lord Dearche commands this to practically anyone she's about to fight.
{{quote|'''Dearche:''' A lowly fragment like you dares to raise your hand against your lord? Such arrogance! KNEEL BEFORE ME!}}
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* ''[[Homestuck]]'': {{spoiler|[[Monster Clown|Gamzee]] demands that [[Genius Bruiser|Equius]] kneel before him, playing on Equius's strong belief in/fetish for [[Fantastic Racism|submission to his superiors]]. Equius does indeed kneel after having [[Death by Irony|an arrow fired through his knee, and is promptly strangulated to death]]. What drives the scene into outright horror is that it's also heavily implied that Equius is ''[[Too Kinky to Torture|getting off on his own murder]]''.}}
* ''[[Pibgorn]]'': "[http://www.gocomics.com/pibgorn/2011/04/22/ Now, in acknowledgement of my supremacy, prostrate yourself before me.]"
* ''[[The Inexplicable Adventures of Bob]]''
{{quote|'''Fructose Riboflavin:''' Bow before your new master, whelp!
'''Bob:''' ''(sitting in cramped spaceship cockpit)'' Bow? I barely have room to scratch my nose in here. }}
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