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* This trope is used in the chase scene of the second ''[[Looney Tunes]]'' live-action movie. Especially effective since the characters are running through an art museum.
* In John Ford's ''Young Mr. Lincoln'' (1939), at the end of the trial scene, young Abe (Henry Fonda) is seen sitting in a chair, his head bowed in thought, in the exact posture of the Daniel Chester French statue in the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.
* Similarly, the Venus de Milo is frequently used, usually in period pieces where the whole statue is shown and then the arms are "accidentally" broken off. Used in Disney's ''[[Hercules (Disney1997 film)||Hercules]]'' at least.
* ''[[wikipedia:File:La nascita di Venere (Botticelli).jpg|The Birth of Venus]]'' by Sandro Botticelli was used in ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'', when Homer is fantasizing about Mindy.
* ''[[The Adventures of Baron Munchausen]]'' features Venus herself, appearing like in the Botticelli painting.
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