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A subtrope of [[Faux Symbolism]]. May be mixed with [[Touch of the Monster]]. [[Super Trope]] to [[Cradling Your Kill]] and [[Died in Your Arms Tonight]]. See also [[Background Halo]] for related subliminal symbolism. Compare [[Last Supper Steal]] and [[Crucified Hero Shot]] for other examples of frequently homaged Christ-iconography.
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* 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
* ''[[Ranma One Half|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}}.
* 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.
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* The Jane Howell film of ''[[Shakespeare|Richard III]]'' ends with a ''reversed'' Pietà pose: {{spoiler|Margaret holding Richard's body with its head cradled in her left arm, laughing.}}
* ''Superbad'', when Seth carries a drunk Evan out of the party.
* Happens in ''[[The Rocky Horror Picture Show]]'', with {{spoiler|Rocky holding Frank-n-Furter}}. [[Isn't It Ironic?|Considering the nature of the movie/play...]]
* Used blatantly, and intentionally, in the Argentinian film ''Hombre Mirando al Sudeste'' (''Man Looking Southeast''), because one of its many, many [[Epileptic Trees|possible interpretations]] is that the character Rantes is what he says he is, [[The Messiah]] (or rather, ''a'' messiah).
* The first example of this in film is, predictably enough, ''[[The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (Film)|The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari]]'', as Cesare kidnaps Jane
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* When ''[[Shin Megami Tensei II]]'' was remade for the Playstation, its original poster featured [[media:[[SMT 2]].jpg|the protagonist being held by the angel Gabriel in this postition.]]
* In the fifth case of the original Ace Attorney game, Lana Skye holds her unconscious younger sister Ema in this manner after {{spoiler|Ema is attacked by a serial killer.}}
* Kefka of ''[[Final Fantasy VI]]'' mimics this as one of his [[One
** Notably, in the Japanese version, the female torso and head floating behind Kefka was named "Maria", as in "Mary", as opposed to the western translations in which she was named "Girl" or "Lady" depending on the console version. (Quite obviously to avoid pushing any [[Berserk Button|berserk buttons]].)
* 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.}}
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