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So you're not the [[Big Bad]], and you can't pull off the [[Slouch of Villainy]]. But you're also not [[The Cape (trope)]]; you're a hero, but you want to rebel against ''something'', because rebels are ''cool''. Why not good posture?
▲So you're not the [[Big Bad]], and you can't pull off the [[Slouch of Villainy]]. But you're also not [[The Cape]]; you're a hero, but you want to rebel against ''something'', because rebels are ''cool''. Why not good posture?
Leaning slightly against something, [[Badass Arm-Fold|arms folded]], and one foot resting against the wall. Often the standard pose of the [[Badass]] or the [[Aloof Ally]]. [[Smoking Is Cool|Cigarette]] [[Oral Fixation Fixation|and/or toothpick]] optional.
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A [[Sister Trope]] to [[Badass Arm-Fold]].
Compare [[Leaning
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* [[Wedding Peach
* In ''[[Gunnm]]'', Gally has one of those in her flashback of when she was still Yoko.
* In ''[[Dragonball Z]]'', any scene featuring Vegeta where he wasn't fighting, training, monologueing, or boasting had him doing this. He even pulls it off while sitting.
** Piccolo manages to pull this off every time he arrives on the battlefield in a movie, often while standing on a pole or floating in the air (in a relaxed fashion). Occasionally does so in the series as well.
* Treecko/Grovyle/Sceptile from ''[[Pokémon (
* Kakashi of ''[[Naruto]]'', when not fighting the current [[Big Bad|baddy]], often adopts this position - even when not actually leaning against anything. He is also a master in the art of [[Stealth Hi Bye|sudden appearances]], and generally pulls them off with a
* The exact position [[Yes! Pretty Cure 5|Syrup]] was in when the [[Five-Man Band|Five Girl Band]] first sees him in the first episode of ''[[Oddly
* Joe Asakura aka Jason; Dirk, Joe Thax of the many dubbed ''[[
* In the light novel<ref>Shown in one illustration, though never mentioned in the text</ref> and manga of ''Amagi Brilliant Park'', when Princess Latifa is apologizing to the cast members for the closing of the park because Kanie Seiya refused to help them, [http://www.mangahere.co/manga/amagi_brilliant_park/c005/12.html Seiya stands in this position] as he interrupts to say [[Changed My Mind, Kid|she's declaring defeat too soon]].
== [[Comic Books]] ==
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== [[Film]] ==
* Named for the film ''[[Rebel Without a Cause]]'', in which the main character does this.
* The poster (and page image) for ''[[Mr. and Mrs. Smith]]'' has both title characters doing variations on this.
* Clarence (a.k.a. The Cowboy) in ''[[Romy and
== [[Literature]] ==
* Haplo had a text description of that when he was on the water world, in ''[[The Death Gate Cycle]]''.
* This position is described at length in the book ''[[Spud Sweetgrass]]''.
* Vimes from the [[Discworld]] does this, even though he's a duke.
* Cover picture for ''[[Matador Series|The Man Who Never Missed]]''.
== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* JD Smith of ''[[The Dakotas]]'' does this everywhere; standing, sitting - he can even do this while perching on a windowsill.
* Breatt and Jemaine from ''[[Flight of the Conchords]]'' after styling their hair with gel, and suddenly becoming really cool.
* Cal Lightman of ''[[Lie to Me (TV series)|Lie to Me]]'', especially around the poker table in "Fold Equity."
** In the first season finale, someone referred to him as "a human question mark" because he slouched so badly. Actor [[Tim Roth]] is bowlegged in real life, according to [[IMDb]].
** This probably also is why Lightman seems to be shorter than most of his staff, despite there not being a wide range of heights among the cast. Note that the rest of the characters all have exceptionally good posture (except for Loker when he's sitting down).
** The cast apparently calls it [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9SRTBjgySk the Lightman Lean].
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== [[Video Games]] ==
* Rose from ''[[Legend of Dragoon]]''
* Doc in ''[[Star
* [[Chrono Trigger
* [[Final Fantasy VII|Cloud]] does this a ridiculous amount of times.
** Vincent does it even more, and in [[Dirge of Cerberus]] it reaches comical proportions.
* If ''[[
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* Zaeed, the first [[Downloadable Content|DLC]] character from ''[[Mass Effect 2]]'', seems to spend all his non-mission time leaning against the wall in his room. He's still doing it in the briefing before the final mission.
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* ''[[
* [[Troubled but Cute|Jet]] of ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]''.
** Toph often does this as well.
* Parodied hilariously in ''[[The Weekenders]]'', when Carver decides to hang out with a pair of "cool kids". When he asks them what they do for fun, they tell him fun is for losers and that they mostly "just lean against stuff". He proceeds to join them in idle
== [[Real Life]] ==
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