Pose of Supplication: Difference between revisions

Drop to your knees. Fall forward with arms outstretched, bow your head, and curse cruel fate. Sometimes called '''OTL''', '''orz''',<ref>* no relation to [[Star Control|the Orz]]</ref>, or '''STO''' because the shape of the letters approximates this folding of the body.

* Yukari and Ryo spend nearly two hours straight in the [[Pose of Supplication]] in order to save both of their jobs in ''[[Penguin Revolution]]''.

* Toyed with in [[Bleach]]. The ability of Izuru Kira's zanpakutou, Wabisuke, is to double the weight of whatever it strikes. As a consequence, after some blocked hits, the enemy is unable to even lift their weapons, and often go in [[Pose of Supplication]] due to said weapon's weight. Kira uses this as a chance to deliver the ''coupe de grace'', decapitating the opponent with his zanpakutou. In his words: "''A warrior does NOT beg for his life''"

* ''[[The Twelve Kingdoms]]'' anime features a ruler who bans the pose of supplication from his subjects, since he's come to think of it as humiliating. Additionally, the kirin in ''[[The Twelve Kingdoms]]'' select the rulers for their realm by bowing in front of them. (They're not able to bow in front of anyone else -- evenelse—even if they want to, they're physically incapable of doing so. This causes lots of angst to Taiki, the [[Naive Newcomer]] among them, since he's not sure if he'll be able to do so.)

* In ''[[Naruto]]'', Hiashi ends his telling Neji the truth about his father's death by entering a [[Pose of Supplication]] and asking for his forgiveness. This is especially significant because Hiashi is head of the clan and Neji is a branch house member forced to serve him, and Neji, overwhelmed, accepts his apology and tells him to raise his head. Later on, Naruto approaches the Raikage and enters this pose to beg him to spare Sasuke, but the Raikage is unimpressed, and tells him that the strong rule the ninja world and that begging for one's comrades is not friendship. Naruto then realizes that he must ultimately deal with Sasuke himself.

* On the subject of Greeks, [[Xenophon]]'s ''[[Anabasis]]'' records that, during the debate of the Ten Thousand (the Greek mercenaries, one of whom was Xenophon himself) after trying to overthrow the Shah in favor of his younger brother (only to have said younger brother killed in the battle, resulting in the [[Nasty Party|murder of their leaders at a Persian banquet]]), consensus was that the Ten Thousand were screwed. A single mercenary [[Sneeze of Doom|sneezed]]. All of the others immediately prostrated themselves--thethemselves—the Greeks considered a sneeze a sign from the gods--andgods—and decided right then and there to elect new officers and fight their way, if need be, all the way back to Greece.

* In the short story [http://theopinionguy.com/OG25.pdf "Assumption" (scroll down)] by Desmond Warzel, the primitive people of an unexplored world--aworld—a literal [[Cargo Cult]]--make—make this gesture before the object of their worship. The narrator is incredulous, and makes an explicit comparison to jungle tribes in old movies.

* In ''[[Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan]]'' and ''[[Elite Beat Agents]]'', if you fail a stage, you often see the person you were trying to help do the [[Pose of Supplication]] on the "game over" screen.

* In ''[[Kingdom Hearts II]]'', Sora takes this pose before Saix when begging him to bring him to Kairi. Saix refuses contemptuously, and pays for it later -- withlater—with his life.

* In the older ''[[The King of Fighters]]'' games, your defeated characters would be shown in the background as you play with the others, sitting or kneeling around sadly after their losses. Their poses were different per character, but several of these were very similar to the traditional [[Pose of Supplication]].

* The temple-guardian [[Mooks]] in ''[[Prince of Persia]] 2'' all give up fighting and assume the [[Pose of Supplication]] after you get the Flame. Hilariously, if they're at the edge of a platform, they'll fall right into a [[Bottomless Pit]].

* Shu, who is being targeted for recruitment as [[The Strategist]] by the [[Hello, Insert Name Here|player character's]] army in ''[[Suikoden II]]'', asks [[Quickly-Demoted Woman|Apple]] to assume the [[Pose of Supplication]] before he'll consider [[Joined Your Party|joining up]]. One sign he's at least a minor [[Jerkass]] is that he admonishes her for throwing away her pride so quickly, then leaves the room.