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* Aragorn does this at the beginning of the battle with the Uruk-hai in ''[[The Lord of the Rings (Filmfilm)|Fellowship of the Ring]]''. [[Viggo Mortensen]] makes it come off like a pre-battle salute.

* During the dueling club scene in ''[[Harry Potter (Filmfilm)|Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets]]'', the pre-duel mimicks the classic fencing salute, which incorporates this trope.

* The cover of ''[[The Acts of Caine (Literature)|Caine Black Knife]]''.

* Strong Bad does this in ''[[Strong BadsBad's Cool Game for Attractive People (Video Game)|Strong Bads Cool Game for Attractive People]]: 8-Bit Is Enough'' after claiming the Trogsword, throwing in a [[Shout-Out]] to while he's at it.

* In the PS and DS versions of ''[[Chrono Trigger (Video Game)|Chrono Trigger]]'', Frog does it in at least one cutscene.

* Lion-O of ''[[Thundercats (Animation)|ThunderCats]]'' and ''[[Thundercats 2011 (Western Animation)|ThunderCats (2011)]]'' does this with the Sword of Omens during his [[Once an Episode]] [[By the Power of Grayskull]]. In some instances, as he's using the [[Third Eye]] in the ''hilt'' of the sword to activate his "[[Seers|Sight Beyond Sight]]" ability.