Pietà Plagiarism: Difference between revisions

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== Anime & Manga ==

* The first opening sequence of ''[[Death Note]]'' features [[media:misora_pieta_plagiarism_7367.jpg|Naomi Misora]] cradling (apparently {{spoiler|recently killed}}) fiancee Raye Penber about halfway through as just one of countless biblical references.

** Also, Light Yagami holds {{spoiler|L's dead body in this position, while grinning evilly after L [[Died in Your Arms Tonight|dies in his arms.]] }}

* ''[[Final Fantasy VII]] [[The Movie|Advent Children]]'' used this in promotional artworks, most notably for the front cover of the OST. It shows [http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000CBNIJW.01-A2ZG40UZTGC4WR._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg Cloud and Kadaj].

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** In addition, it isn't as though weight would be an issue, seeing as how Cheza {{spoiler|is literally a flower.}} Within the context of the show, it seems significant that she's the only one able to be carried like that {{spoiler|by the wolves.}}

* Quite unsurprisingly given the title, the [[Girls Love]] manga ''[[Pieta]]'' uses this pose at a climactic moment, with one of the protagonists holding the other after the latter's suicide attempt.

* Used on the spoileriffic [http://www.nanoha.com/archive3/goods/dvd6.html Vol. 6 cover] of ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]] StrikerS''' Japanese DVD, which has Subaru cradling the {{spoiler|seemingly dead body of her sister Ginga}}.

* Daram holds his girlfriend Harulu like this [[After the End]] of ''[[Space Runaway Ideon]]''. It is especially poignant since ''both'' characters are [[Kill'Em All|dead at that time]] and appear as spirits. [[Mind Screw|Don't ask]].

* ''[[Ranma ½~~|Ranma 1/2~~]]'' several times, but at least twice in a definite parallel: first, a chapter-cover illustration with Ryoga thus cradling an unconscious Akane during an [[Martial Arts and Crafts|ice-skating battle]]; second, at the end of the series when {{spoiler|Ranma thinks Akane has died}}.

* ''[[Ranma ½]]'' several times, but at least twice in a definite parallel: first, a chapter-cover illustration with Ryoga thus cradling an unconscious Akane during an [[Martial Arts and Crafts|ice-skating battle]]; second, at the end of the series when {{spoiler|Ranma thinks Akane has died}}.

* One chapter of ''[[Majin Tantei Nougami Neuro]]'' ends with X holding Yako like this. An image of the scupture is behind them, except Mary and Jesus are wearing bondage masks.

* The cover art for the latest release of the remastered Platinum Collection of ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'' features [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/images/B001GTFP1I/ref=dp_image_z_0?ie=UTF8&n=130&s=dvd Shinji holding Rei in this fashion]. Of course, [[Faux Symbolism|given everything else in the series]]...

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* In ''[[Pokémon Special]]'', Red holds an unconscious Yellow in this fashion, and to drive the point home, {{spoiler|they're both frozen in stone in this position for presumably some time.}}

** Wallace also briefly holds {{spoiler|Steven's dead body}} in this manner.

* At the near-end of the series of ''[[Tokyo Mew Mew]]'', used twice with Tart and Pudding and Kish and Ichigo. The former being the dead one in both cases.

* [[Darker Than Black|Hei]] does this at the end of the second season with {{spoiler|Yin's body}}.

* ''[[Saint Seiya]]'': When Seiya saves Saori from crows and then [http://www.deathms5.altervista.org/athena1/ath138.jpg catches her before landing]

** In the anime, this is also pulled by {{spoiler|Hyoga}}, who carries {{spoiler|Shun}} in his arms after the other {{spoiler|almost sacrifices himself for him, holding Hyoga in his own arms and then burning his Cosmo to its limits to ''[[Human Popsicle|literally]]'' de-freeze him.}}

* There is official art of Heero from ''[[Gundam Wing]]'' holding Relena this way.

** Link please? And anyway, she returns the favor in ''Endless Waltz'', when Heero collapses out of exhaustation when it's all said and done and Relena catches him mid-fall, then cradles him gently to her.

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* The ''[[wikipedia:Pietà|Pietà]]'' was already a long-established representation of the sorrowful Virgin Mary by the time Michelangelo started work on his first one. It first arose in Germany, where the form is known as ''Vesperbild'' ("vespers image", because it portrays a moment after the crucifixion, around the time of evening prayers on Good Friday), and spread to Italy from there. The oldest surviving Pietàs date back to the early 1300s, over 150 years before Michelangelo was born.

** Some ancient sculptures and paintings depicting scenes from pre-Christian mythology also have Pietà-like configuration, e. g. Niobe holding the body of one of her children, Eos (Dawn) with that of her son Memnon etc.

* While it lacks the Mary figure, David's ''Death of Marat'' has the subject mimicking Jesus' pose.

** Although that portrait supposedly was taken from life, er death.

* An even closer version is [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:G._W._Fasel_-_Charles_G._Crehen_-_Nagel_%26_Weingaertner_-_Martyrdom_of_Joseph_and_Hiram_Smith_in_Carthage_jail,_June_27th,_1844.jpg this image of the death of Joseph Smith], founder of the Mormon Church, from ''[[Older Than They Think|1851]]''.

* [http://themetapicture.com/lego-tragedy/ Lego Tragedy]

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4PjMuIhwdA Even Robert Downey Jr. partakes in a little plagiarism.]

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* Nearing the end of ''[[The Nightmare Before Christmas]]'', {{spoiler|Jack lies defeated}} in the arms of a graveyard statue of an angel.

* {{spoiler|Meg's death}} in ''[[Hercules (Disney film)|Hercules]]''. {{spoiler|And it's not just Hercules cradling her in his arms as a powered mortal, but he also holds her spirit once he is restored to godhood as well.}}

* In ''[[Tangled]]'', {{spoiler|Rapunzel is holding Eugene/Flynn}} after his [[Heroic Sacrifice]].

* At the very beginning of ''[[The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Disney film)|The Hunchback of Notre Dame]]'', the Archdeacon actually does this to Quasimodo's mother after she has been trampled to death by [[Complete Monster|Frollo]] for being a Gypsy and is about to drown baby Quasimodo by dropping him into a well because of his hideous appearance.

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== Film - Live Action ==

* The live-action [[Chop Sockey]] movie ''The Protector'' ends with {{spoiler|the hero and the lead villain falling through a skylight onto the mounted skeleton of the elephant he was supposed to be protecting from poachers; his body ends up cradled in the elephant's tusks.}}

* The last scene of Dead Ringers.

* The film version of ''[[Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (film)|Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street]]'' has this. The twist is, {{spoiler|they're both dead}}.

** [[Johnny Depp]] does it again in ''[[Dark Shadows]]''. The twist is, {{spoiler|they're both ''undead''}}.

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** Well, [[Sorting Algorithm of Deadness|not very, anyway]].

** And it's incredibly appropriate, considering she's the last living relative of Christ.

* Another Kevin Smith example: the last "Bluntman and Chronic" in-universe comic shows Bluntman cradling Chronic in a similar way.

* Used intentionally in ''[[Children of Men]]'', with a refugee mother holding her dead (or at least severely wounded) son. The commentary reveals this was a reference both to Michelangelo's sculpture and a real-life photograph.

* Parodied at the end of ''[[Wayne's World]]'' when Wayne stumbles out of the burning house cradling the dead Garth and shouting "Why, God?! Why?!"

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* In ''[[The Fugitive (film)|The Fugitive]]'', Richard Kimble holds his dead (or dying) wife in his arms this way.

* In ''[[Don Juan Demarco]]'', the pose is enacted when {{spoiler|John's father is fatally wounded in a sword duel, and dies in the arms of John's mother.}}

* [[The Incredible Hulk (film)|The Incredible Hulk]] carries Betty away from the battle on the college campus.

* In ''[[RoboCop]] 3'', the titular character carries the dying {{spoiler|Anne Lewis}} into a church in this fashion, and sets them down on the altar before {{spoiler|she finally succumbs to her gunshot wound}}.

* Used in ''[[Robot Monster]]'', as immortalized on the [http://www.cultreviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/RM-poster.jpg poster].

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* The last episode of the first season of ''[[Merlin (TV series)|Merlin]]'' plays it straight with {{spoiler|Uther holding Arthur. It's ok though, he gets better.}}

** Also in the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIbESjbH2wI season four trailer], {{spoiler|Percival was seen carrying an unconscious Merlin in his arms.}}

* Used in, of all places, the first season of ''[[The OC]]'', with Ryan and Marissa, who had just taken a painkiller overdose washed down with a lot of alcohol in Tijuana.

** And in a deliberate parallel to the above scene, {{spoiler|he carries her the same way in the Season 3 finale, "The Graduates", following a car accident. She's suffered head trauma and he has to carry her away from the burning car. She dies in his arms, and the final shot is him huddled over her body}}.

* Spoofed in an episode of ''Upright Citizens Brigade'' in the Camp Kalterman sketch.

* Done a few times in ''[[Hercules: The Legendary Journeys]]'', usually whenever Iolaus dies. (Yes, it happened more than once.) In a commentary, Michael Hurst got his Michelangelo sculptures mixed up and compared it to ''David''.

* Worf carrying Data during the ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' episode "Brothers". Data was only deactivated at the time, though.

* In [[Doctor Who]], the Doctor holds {{spoiler|the Master}} in this way in the Series 3 Finale. Somewhat ruined by his odd squatting pose on the floor, although that was only as narmy as the odd position of his legs while dramatically floating.

** He did it again {{spoiler|with Jenny}} in 'The Doctor's Daughter,' complete with that little hug-rocking motion. Once again, a secondary character {{spoiler|shot the closest thing to family he had left out of almost nowhere;}} it was a bit of a callback.

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== Theater ==

* The script of the play for [[Little Shop of Horrors]] mentions Pieta a few times when discussing how to act {{spoiler|Audrey's death and subsequent feeding to the plant}}.

* [[Shakespeare]] example: [[King Lear]] carrying Cordelia's body at the end of the play. Well, near the end.

* The very last pose in [[Elisabeth]]. See that show's trope page for an illustration.

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* Tellah of ''[[Final Fantasy IV]]'' takes both sides of this trope in the DS remake, holding {{spoiler|his daughter Anna as she's just been shot full of Baronian arrows}}, and then being picked up by Cid after {{spoiler|[[Cast From Hit Points|sacrificing his own life]] to power his uber-doom Meteor spell against Golbez.}}

* The standing Pietà could be found on the box art of ''[[Shadow Hearts]]'' with Yuri carrying Alice. The sequel ''Shadow Hearts: From the New World'' mimics this with Johnny and Shania, except that Johnny is not strong enough to lift Shania. The art effectively looks more like the picture above (''Lamentation'') as Johnny is kneeling. Ruined, at least for this troper, as Shania's neck is straight up; she is clearly supporting it herself.

** You can see the sculpture itself in Apoina Tower in ''Covenant''.

* ''[[Mega Man X]] 4'', during the infamous [[Narm|"WHAT AM I FIGHTING FOOOOOOOOOOR"]] scene, where Zero carries the {{spoiler|dead Iris}}.

** Another one in ''X8'', with X carrying {{spoiler|a comatose Axl}} before and during their {{spoiler|journey back to Earth}}.

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* There's at least one in the [[Walkyverse]].

** At least one? If a major character dies and leaves a body, there's a greater chance that this will happen as the series goes on. In Shortpacked, it was used for unconscious character''s'', considering how [[Death Is Cheap|Death wasn't so cheap]] there.

* ''[[Breakfast of the Gods]]'' gives us (spoiler warning) ''[http://www.webcomicsnation.com/poyorick/botgpromo/series.php this]''. And yes, that ''is'' {{spoiler|Tony the Tiger cradling the lifeless body of Cap'n Crunch}}.

** [http://www.webcomicsnation.com/poyorick/botg3/series.php?view=archive&chapter=40085 Later on] the inversion, [[Cradling Your Kill]] is used: the Pietà pose is of an enemy holding his victim.

* Occurs [http://www.garanos.com/pages/page-165 near the end of the first volume] of fantasy comic ''[[Garanos]]''.

* Pastiched by [[Dasien]] and Mindmistress on [http://www.drunkduck.com/Crossoverlord/index.php?p=598517 this] cover in ''[[The Crossoverlord]]''.

* In one of two pages being added to the [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20061216 second printing] of ''[[Girl Genius]]'' Volume 6 to fix a layout issue, {{spoiler|Agatha tends to a freshly dead Lars}}.

* Done with the accidentally slaughtered Raccoon #1 in ''[http://www.intrepidgirlbot.com/2009/04/27/pieta/ The Intrepid Girlbot]''.

* Rumble Bee of Super Stupor strikes this pose with her mentor when he ceases to exist during the Cataclysm in [http://www.superstupor.com/sust12242007.shtml this] strip.

* Seen in [[Juathuur]] [http://oneway.juathuur.com/1/?strip_id=278 here], with inverted genders.

* [[Dominic Deegan]] shows this trope during a flashback to {{spoiler|the slaughter of a group of students by a sadistic Infernomancer.}}

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* In ''[[Blue Yonder]]'', [http://www.blueyondercomic.net/comics/1086929/blue-yonder-prologue-page-15-finale/ Jared is carried in like that after the injuries he suffered.]

* [[Karate Bears]] need [http://www.karatebears.com/2012/01/pita.html a mop.]

* ''[[Homestuck]]'' manages to pull it off both seriously and mockingly ''[[Crosses the Line Twice|at the same time]]'' thanks to Sburb's [http://mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=005284 kiss-revival system.]

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