Troubled Fetal Position: Difference between revisions

* The ''[[Keroro Gunsou]]'' anime has Dororo often take this pose while in his [[Corner of Woe]]. Normally [[Played for Laughs]]. The episode that introduces the [[Journey to the Center of the Mind|Soul Diver]] plays it a bit more seriously, as he gets stuck in his Trauma Mode and has to be pulled out of it, with Dororo staying in this position the whole time.

* Tsubasa does this in episode 4 of ''[[Starry Sky]]''.

* Yae from ''[[Hanjuku Joshi]]'' does it [http://manga.animea.net/hanjuku-joshi-chapter-8-page-9.html here].

* So, in ''[[One Piece]]'' at the beginning of the Skypiea saga, Usopp nearly drowns on the way up through the Sea Clouds. Then he jumps out thinking he's going to swim, only to fall right through, barely saved by Luffy and Robin. He then spends half of Chapter 237/Episode 153 curled up in a fetal position muttering "sky island so scary".

** In a much more serious variant, we have {{spoiler|King Neptune, who went into this after his wife, Queen Otohime, was assassinated, as he desperately attempts to hold back his [[Unstoppable Rage|murderous rage]] over it so as to avoid ruining everything she spent her life working toward}}.

* Allen does this in chapter 206 of ''[[D.Gray-man]]''.

* In chapter 62 of ''[[Hen]]'' Chizuru does it [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/hen/v06/c062/5.html here].

* In [[Madoka Magica]], the titular character rests sits on her bed in this position after {{spoiler|the deaths of Kyoko and Oktavia (Sayaka as a witch).}}

* Chihiro does this on the stairs, while saying "Go away, Go away... Disappear..." after the events of the beginning of ''[[Spirited Away]]'' have unfolded.

* [[The Woobie|5]] from ''9'' drops into this [[Heroic BSOD|complete with rocking and frantically muttering]] the first time he, 9, and 7 take cover from [[Implacable Man|the machine]], {{spoiler|right after [[Heterosexual Life Partners|2]] is killed}}.

 

 

* The protagonist of [[Stephen King]]'s ''Pet Sematary'' goes into this after {{spoiler|his wife is killed and eaten by their toddler son that he brought back from the dead as a demon-possessed zombie.}}

* In Graham McNeill's [[Ultramarines (novel)|Ultramarines]] Novel ''Dead Sky, Black Sun'' {{spoiler|after escaping from a daemonic womb that has been trying to take his genetic material via [[Naughty Tentacles|tendrils]] through the interface sockets in his body}} Uriel Ventris does this, screaming and crying in rage and horror.

* In ''[[Who Cut the Cheese?]]'' by Stilton Jarlsberg, Hi starts hyperventilating after discovering that CheesyWorld has run out of cheese, and Ho suggests that Hi calm down and assume the position.

 

* Saavedro from ''[[Myst]] 3: Exile'' goes into one of these [[Villainous Breakdown|near the end of the game.]]

* From ''[[Touhou]]'', [[Green-Eyed Monster|Parsee]]'s flight pose in ''Subterranean Animism'', partnered with a [[Cheshire Cat Grin|giddy smile]] and [[Ax Crazy|attempted murder]]. Alice provides the picture, but isn't an example in-game.

* Pressing the secondary action button in ''[[Yume Nikki]]'' with no effect that uses it makes Madotsuki sit like this. After a few seconds, she lowers her head invoking this trope.

* In the ''Superstar'' expansion pack of the original ''[[The Sims]]'', your Sim can do this in Studio Town if their mood is low enough. Watch out, though - the next tabloid might just report that your Sim was spotted in that position and that things might not be looking too good for them.

** In the episode "Dial Meg For Murder" Peter is shown in this position {{spoiler|after being raped by a bull}}.

* Aelita from ''[[Code Lyoko]]'', from times to times.

** As does Cosmo whenever someone mentions [[Noodle Incident|Supertoilet]]. "So... much... ''clogging!''"

* Played for laughs with Squidward in the ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]'' episode "Band Geeks", after another screw-up by his slapdash marching band.

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