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== Advertising ==
* Kookai used it ([http://www.advertnews.com/pix/kookai_ad_1.jpg here] and [http://www.advertnews.com/pix/kookai_ad_3.jpg here] ),to express a "love at first sight post catatonia".
* Appears in one of the ''[[Compare the Meerkat (Advertising)|Compare the Meerkat]]'' adverts.
 
 
== Anime & Manga ==
* The first opening sequence of ''[[Death Note (Manga)|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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** Suzaku pulls this off absolutely straight with {{spoiler|Euphemia}}...
** CLAMP have drawn an illustration of Suzaku holding {{spoiler|Lelouch}}.
* ''[[Mazinger Z (Anime)|Mazinger Z]]'': Several times in the manga and in the anime series Kouji held Sayaka -or vice versa- in that position, usually when one of them lay unconscious on the ground. Actually the cover of one of the volumes features a grim-looking Kouji holding a fainted Sayaka.
** ''[[UFO Robo Grendizer (Anime)|UFO Robo Grendizer]]'': It happened near from the end, when {{spoiler|Rubina got murdered}} and Duke held her as she died.
* ''[[Sailor Moon]] R'' does this near the end, when {{spoiler|Prince Dirmando carries his brother Safiiru's lifeless body away of the battlefield, after he's killed by Wiseman.}} This is repeated in the S season, {{spoiler|after Super Sailor Moon rescues Sailor Saturn from her last fight with Pharaoh 90 and takes her back to Earth, now as a newborn baby, in her arms.}}
* The [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/images/B000G73URC/ref=dp_image_text_0?ie=UTF8&n=130&s=dvd DVD cover] for ''[[WolfsWolf's Rain|Anime Legends: Wolf's Rain Complete Collection II]]'' depicts (among other things) Kiba holding Cheza in his arms. Which should be ''impossible'', because (in case there's anyone who isn't aware of the show's basic concept) {{spoiler|Kiba is actually a wolf and is only projecting the illusion of being human - he doesn't really ''have'' arms, and couldn't possibly hold this pose in wolf form - it would look pretty silly too}}.
** Turns out this ''is'' an actual scene from the show. {{spoiler|Presumably he's actually carrying her on his back.}}
** 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.}}
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** And {{spoiler|Itsuki}} holds {{spoiler|his lover and leader Sensui}}'s body after he dies.
* In the ''[[Inuyasha]]'' manga and ''Final Act'' anime, {{spoiler|Kikyo dies in Inuyasha's arms}} in this manner.
* ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]!''. Yami pulls this with Yugi after defeating the latter in a duel, the price of which was at least [[Sadistic Choice|one of their souls]], in the episode ''Self Destruction (Showdown! The Two Yugis)''.
* 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.
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== Comic Books ==
* Many, many comic books. The examples below are just a brief overview. As citing the numerous examples would take up ''way'' too much of this page, here's a nice big [http://www.comics101.com/guestlecturer//?mode=project&action=view&project=Guest%20Lecturer&chapter=17 list] for ya.
** The cover of ''[[Crisis Onon Infinite Earths]]'' #7, showing Superman carrying Supergirl's dead body, is one of the best known examples in comic books, and is frequently referenced and/or parodied, effectively making the origin of the trope [[Older Than They Think]].
*** The final page of ''[[Final Crisis]]'' #6 has Supes doing it again, this time with {{spoiler|Batman}}'s corpse. This has got to be a throwback.
**** And a drawing by Arthur Suydam of DC zombies has it too, with everyone but Supergirl a zombie, and her with an apple in her mouth.
*** ''[[Tom Strong (Comic Book)|Tom Strong]]'' #22.
*** A [http://machsabre.deviantart.com/art/Guardians-issue-51-colors-34543555 cover] done for a ''[[Guardians of the Galaxy]]'' storyline that [[What Could Have Been|never actually came to be]].
** The [[media:398px-X-Men_Vol_1_136.jpg|cover]] of ''[[X-Men (Comic Book)|Uncanny X-Men]]'' #136 (Cyclops holding Dark Phoenix) is equally well known; ironically, it wasn't until the ''next'' issue that Phoenix died.
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** Another very famous one comes from [[Batman|A Death in the Family]], with Batman holding {{spoiler|Jason Todd as Robin's body. [http://mindlessones.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/jason_todd_robin.jpg This picture.]}}
** ''[[Captain Atom]]'' probably deserves mention for doing it twice, first on the cover of #8, with Plastique [[Foe Yay|cradling]] a badly wounded Cap, with bonus points for Cap having a very visible wound in his side, and then inverting that image on the cover of issue #44, with Cap now cradling an unconscious Plastique.
** It's a fictional comic book, but [http://www.popimage.com/content/images/rage-lg.jpg the cover of issue 1] of ''Rage: Gay Crusader'' from the US version of [[Queer Asas Folk]].
** The last issue of the fictional Bluntman and Chronic, from [[Kevin Smith]]'s ''[[Chasing Amy]]'', references the Batman example with "the inevitable death of Chronic!".
** ''[[Dark Reign (Comic Bookcomics)|Dark Reign]]'' had [http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/herocomplex/2009/02/exclusive-cover.html one of these] in a promo poster.
** ''[[Witchblade (Comic Book)|Witchblade]]'' #128's cover.
* Issue 217 of ''[[Hellblazer (Comic Book)|Hellblazer]]'' [http://www.insanerantings.com/hell/gallery/hb217.html literally copied the statue].
* Two-Face holds a drugged and bleeding Batman like this in ''Batman: Jekyll and Hyde''.
* One of the earliest ''[[Star Trek: theThe Next Generation]]'' comics had Data cradling Geordi's dead body this way. {{spoiler|Then Q resurrects him.}}
** This cover was a double whammy: Data's not only holding Geordi's dead body, he's also in ''tears''.
* The [[The Avengers (Comic Book)|Avengers]]: [http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y84/tsukinofaerii/temp/redzone5cover.jpg Red Zone Part 5 cover] features this with Iron Man holding a very dead Captain America. Note that Tony's angst is so great that even the [[Ho Yay (Comiccomic Booksbook)|armor is emoting]].
* The "Death of Captain America" plotline has Steve Rogers {{spoiler|taking a bullet and collapsing outside the court}}, only for him to be cradled by Sharon Carter and a federal agent '''''[http://media.comicvine.com/uploads/0/40/955433-marvel_comics_captain_ameri.jpg.jpeg (spoilers)]'''''.
* Marjane in ''[[Persepolis]]'' recounts how she got into the Iranian art school; in the entrance exam, she drew a copy of Pietà, with Mary replaced by a veiled Iranian woman, and [[Jesus]] replaced by a martyr.
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* For the Marvel reprints of [[Elf Quest]], a new series of covers was made. [http://www.elfquest.com/gallery/images/marvel24.jpg Issue 24] also used this pose for Clearbrook and One-Eye.
* A cover of Batman and Son has [http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/File:Zur_En_Arrh_001.jpg Batman do this to the Joker]
* In ''[[All Fall Down (Comic Book)|All Fall Down]]'', the Ghoul holds {{spoiler|Portia}} this way after rescuing her.
 
 
== Fan Works ==
* In ''[[With Strings Attached (Fanfic)|With Strings Attached]]'', immediately after the Heart of Evil has been destroyed, the Hunter comes walking through a curtain of rain carrying Paul's naked body (though he isn't dead, and he didn't perform a [[Heroic Sacrifice]]; he got drained by wraiths that he overconfidently attacked).
* In [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6019679/1/A_Captive_Light A Captive Light] a Digimon fanfiction, {{spoiler|Kari}} cradles {{spoiler|TK}}'s body after Ken's monsters attack, with the intent of actually ''killing'' his hostage. The holding and sobbing last for a good chapter and a half, and reduced more than one reviewer to tears.
 
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== Film - Animated ==
* 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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* 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 (Filmfilm)|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''}}.
* 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.}}
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* 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
* At the very end of ''[[Dogma]]'', Silent Bob and Bethany mimic this, with Bethany playing the role of Christ. Don't worry, she's not dead.
** Well, [[Sorting Algorithm of Deadness|not very, anyway]].
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* 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 ''[[WaynesWayne's World]]'' when Wayne stumbles out of the burning house cradling the dead Garth and shouting "Why, God?! Why?!"
* Used blatantly and purposely in Mel Gibson's ''[[The Passion of the Christ]]'', when the dead Christ is removed from the cross. Mary cradles him in Michaelangelo's pose while the camera slowly pulls away.
* In ''[[The Silence of the Lambs|Hannibal]]'', the title character carries {{spoiler|Clarice}} this way towards the end.
* Inverted In [[Tom Yum Goong]] ([[The Protector]]).
* Parodied in the ''[[Strangers Withwith Candy]]'' movie when Noblet attacks Jerri over the science fair and then collapses backward into the arms of the other students.
* ''[[Starman (Filmfilm)|Starman]]'' carrying Jenny away from an explosion. [[Unexplained Recovery|She gets better]].
* Parodied in ''[[Mr. Bean]]'s Holiday'' - Bean attempts to earn some money by dancing to music from a CD stall, then the music switches to an opera piece, prompting Bean to stage his own improvised opera, with himself and his new friend in the roles of Mary and Jesus. It's [[Better Than It Sounds]].
* [http://www.reverseshot.com/files/images/issue21/idaho4.jpg Scott cradles Mike] in My Own Private Idaho - more than once. However he's only sleeping. He suffers from narcolepsy and it's up to Scott to look after him, and yes, carry him about when he's asleep.
* In the Australian film Animal Kingdom, Pope carries Nicole out of the house like this. {{spoiler|he just killed her by smothering and proceeds to dump her body under a bridge}}
* In [[We Were Soldiers]], an American helicopter returns to base carrying dead and wounded from an intense ongoing battle during the early stages of the [[Vietnam War]]. A [[Big Scary Black Man|large black soldier]] picks up a dead white soldier and carries him away while weeping. [[Truth in Television]], as the authors of the book the movie was based on indicate that it actually happened.
* In ''[[The Fugitive (Filmfilm)|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 (Filmfilm)|The Incredible Hulk]] carries Betty away from the battle on the college campus.
* In ''[[Robo CopRoboCop]] 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].
* Scotty carrying his dead nephew Ensign Prescott onto the bridge in ''[[Star Trek|The Wrath of Khan]]''
* In ''[[Harry Potter (Filmfilm)|Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2]]'', {{spoiler|Severus Snape cradles Lily Potter's body after finding her dead.}}
* Used in ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon]]'' when Optimus holds Sentinel's body, which has been on the moon since [[The Sixties]] and is locked in stasis due to lack of Energon.
* {{spoiler|Erik}} cradles a wounded {{spoiler|Charles}} on the beach in ''[[X -Men (Filmfilm)|X-Men: First Class]].''
* The last shot of ''The Roaring Twenties'' leaves {{spoiler|Eddie}} dead in Panama's arms after his [[Heroic Sacrifice]].
* The spectacular shot of Sam cradling Frodo on the slopes of Mount Doom in ''[[Lord of the Rings|The Return of the King]]''.
* In ''[[Sherlock Holmes (Filmfilm)|Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows]]'', Sim does this to {{spoiler|her brother}} after they collapsed from {{spoiler|a poisoned dart}}.
 
 
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* Used at least once in ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'', after Drusilla is restored to health and Spike is injured, she holds him in this manner.
** Also used in the episode The Puppet Show, when Buffy cradles {{spoiler|the [[Demon Slaying]] puppet}} after his death.
* ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]'' used this twice in season 3 in paintings of the future. One of {{spoiler|Matt holding a burned Daphne in a possible-future where Sylar goes nuclear}} and {{spoiler|Noah holding an injured Claire, foreshadowing the eclipse during which the powered people lose their abilities.}}
* 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.
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* 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: theThe 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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** Another one in ''X8'', with X carrying {{spoiler|a comatose Axl}} before and during their {{spoiler|journey back to Earth}}.
** And again in ''[[Mega Man Zero]]'', where Zero saves [[Distressed Damsel|a falling Ciel]] this way.
* Done twice in ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess]].'' Link holds Colin in this manner after rescuing him from abduction by the Bulblins. Later, when Midna uses the power of the Fused Shadow for the first time and it renders her unconscious, she likewise is [http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=cgn_brYu594 held in Link's arms until she wakes].
* An interesting variation from ''[[Final Fantasy VIII]]'': Rinoa does this with Squall after she finds him unconscious in the desert after Time Compression, but it's mostly shown from the ''back'' - most likely to highlight the wings on the back of her outfit.
** Also averted in ''[[Final Fantasy VIII]]''. Squall carries the unconscious {{spoiler|Rinoa}} piggyback style.
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* in the ''.hack'' series, Kite holds the {{spoiler|dying Mia}} in this manner.
** In G.U., Haseo does this when {{spoiler|1=Alkaid is PKed}}.
* ...And now someone's gone and made a [[Real Life]] statue of [[Super Mario Bros.|Peach holding Mario in that pose]]. From styrofoam. It's titled [http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/10/view/9567/michelangelo-nintendo-remix.html "Game Over"].
* In ''[[Umineko no Naku Koro Ni (Visual Novel)|Umineko no Naku Koro Nini]]'''s PS3 remake, Battler is holding Beatrice like this on the cover.
* In ''[[Dragon Age 2]]'' Hawke does this with his/her mother {{spoiler|when he/she is too late to save their mother from an insane blood mage who sought to [[Body Horror|'reassemble']] his late wife.}}
** Later in Act 2, Viscount Dumar does this {{spoiler|with his son Seamus after the latter is murdered by Petrice in her attempt to incite war with the Qunari.}}
* In ''[[Fable III (Video Game)|Fable III]]'', The Hero does this as {{spoiler|Walter dies in his/her arms after the final battle}}.
* In ''[[Batman Arkham City|Batman: Arkham City]]'', done by Batman during the ending after {{spoiler|the Joker dies from TITAN poisoning}}.
** Made somewhat hilarious by the fact that {{spoiler|he seems to have left Talia lying in a pool of her own blood without a second thought.}}<ref>Ehh, she'll get better, wot with the Lazarus Pit and all...</ref>
** This is also an [[Ironic Echo]] to the first image we see in the ''Catwoman'' opening - [[Cain and Abel|Cain]] doing the exact same pose with Abel.
* Despite being the furthest thing from a messiah imaginable, Alex Mercer in ''[[Prototype (Videovideo Gamegame)|Prototype]]'' cradles [[Morality Pet|his sister's]] unconscious body this way when he rescues her from a kidnapping, before he lifts her [[Super Strength|effortlessly]] and tears out of the building to find medical care.
 
 
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** [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 (Webcomic)|Dasien]] and Mindmistress on [http://www.drunkduck.com/Crossoverlord/index.php?p=598517 this] cover in ''[[The Crossoverlord (Webcomic)|The Crossoverlord]]''.
* In one of two pages being added to the [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20061216 second printing] of ''[[Girl Genius (Webcomic)|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 (Webcomic)|Dominic Deegan]] shows this trope during a flashback to {{spoiler|the slaughter of a group of students by a sadistic Infernomancer.}}
* ''[[El Goonish Shive (Webcomic)|El Goonish Shive]]''. Grace is shown doing it in [http://egscomics.com/?date=2011-05-19 this comic], right after knocking the guy out with a sleeper hold.
* ''[[Weapon Brown]]'': {{spoiler|[http://www.whatisdeepfried.com/2011/07/25/weapon-brown-245/ ME GOYLE!!]}}
* 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 (Webcomic)|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.]
 
 
== Web Original ==
* ''[[Dr. HorriblesHorrible's Sing -Along Blog]]'' has one heralding its finale in Act III: {{spoiler|Billy carries the lifeless body of Penny to a stretcher}} as he sings "Everything You Ever" and {{spoiler|makes his final transformation to Dr. Horrible}}.
* Invoked at the end of Brad Neely's [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wv8xazDzACg ''China, IL.'']
* [[Atop the Fourth Wall (Web Video)|Linkara]] does this with [[Marz Gurl]] in ''[[Kickassia]]'' when she's knocked down by an explosion. [[Played for Laughs]], since the entire time he's doing it, she's protesting that she's fine.
* ''[[Chaos Fighters]]: Chemical Warriors-RAKSA'' has this near the end, but subverted that the one being hugged {{spoiler|was alive and woke up}}.
 
 
== Western Animation ==
* ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender (Animation)|Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'': [[media:avatar.jpg|This scene]] from the second season finale is one example that doesn't follow a [[Heroic Sacrifice]], but a [[Hope Spot|poorly timed mistake]].
* ''[[Ben 10: Alien Force (Animation)|Ben 10 Alien Force]]'' actually has a shot like this in "What Little Girls Are Made Of", with Kevin holding Ben after he is knocked down in a (brief) conflict with a woman who turns out to be his grandmother. The scene is not dramatic and Ben isn't even unconsious, but he stays in Kevin's arms like that for a good five seconds.
* ''[[Superjail (Animation)|Superjail]]'': When {{spoiler|the [[Littlest Cancer Patient]] dies,}} one of the prisoners holds her like this.
* ''[[Transformers Animated]]'', Endgame Part 2: {{spoiler|Jazz carries Prowl's body after the third Lugnut Supreme blows up.}}
* Spoofed in the ''[[Dexters Laboratory|Dexter's Laboratory]]'' accompanying short, ''The Justice Friends'', in which Major Glory holds Valhallen in his arms after Valhallen injures himself in an attempt to get a bee out of their apartment. When Valhallen states that he is fine, Major Glory casually tosses him aside.
* In ''[[Lilo and Stitch]] 2'', where {{spoiler|Stitch has died, Lilo}} holds him in this fashion. It's okay though, he gets better.
* The end of the ''[[Looney Tunes]]'' cartoon "What's Opera Doc?"
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