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This specific pose is often used either following a [[Heroic Sacrifice]] or on a comic book cover, in which case it will likely be accompanied by a [[Tonight Someone Dies]]. It's frequently [[Gender Flip|gender-flipped]] (i.e. the man holding a dead/dying/comatose woman), perhaps because the latter is more dramatic in modern media.
A subtrope of [[Faux Symbolism]]. May be mixed with [[Touch of the Monster]]. [[Super
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== Art ==
* The ''[
** Some ancient sculptures and paintings depicting scenes from pre-Christian mythology also have Pietà-like configuration, e. g. Niobe holding the body of one of her children, Eos (Dawn) with that of her son Memnon etc.
* While it lacks the Mary figure, David's ''Death of Marat'' has the subject mimicking Jesus' pose.
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* 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 the Next Generation]]'' episode "Brothers". Data was only deactivated at the time, though.
* In [[
** 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.
*** Given the way {{spoiler|the Doctor}} tends to feel responsible when people die around him, this almost plays as [[Cradling Your Kill]].
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