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A common sitting position for an introverted, shy, depressed character or perhaps one that is going through a [[Freak-Out|breakdown]] or some [[Sanity Slippage]] is for them to sit with their knees pulled to their chest perhaps with their arms wrapped around their knees. If the character has gone through something traumatic expect them to rest their head atop their knees so that their hair falls around their face. Sometimes, they may rock their body back and forth while [[Madness Mantra|muttering something incoherent]]. Also considered a form of [[Wangst]]. Someone taking a [[Shower of Angst]] is likely to do this.
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** Asuna does this in the beginning of chapter 352.
* ''[[Peacemaker Kurogane]]'': Several characters tend to do this, most notably Tetsunosuke, especially after he almost gets killed by Yoshida. As well as {{spoiler|Suzu}} after he discovers his beloved master {{spoiler|Yoshida}} dead.
* ''[[Revolutionary Girl Utena]]'': Nanami goes into the
** And Utena does this in episode 10 while lamenting that perhaps she, being a girl, can't become a prince after all.
*** She also does it in episode 12 after losing the duel and Anthy to Touga.
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** Mayu after she runs away from home and is living on the street.
* Hatchin in ''[[Michiko to Hatchin]]'' does this in the first episode during her [[Shower of Angst]].
* Hatsumi from ''[[Hot Gimmick]]'' goes into the
* In ''[[Umineko no Naku Koro ni]]'''s second witches' tea party, Bern and Lambda make a few different comments ("What? Are you still hugging your knees?") that imply that Battler wound up doing this after [[Silent Scapegoat|everything]] [[Pater Familicide|that]] [[Kill'Em All|happened]] [[A Fete Worse Than Death|in]] [[Trauma Conga Line|the]] [[I'm a Humanitarian|second]] [[Cold-Blooded Torture|arc]].
** At the beginning of EP4, Ronove alerts Beatrice that Battler has assumed the
* [[Chainsaw Good|Sawyer the Cleaner]] from ''[[Black Lagoon]]'', after she loses her voice machine.
* While ''[[Soul Eater]]'''s Crona has sat in a [[Corner of Woe]] (played for humor), there are instances when [[Ambiguous Gender|he/she]] has done it in a more serious sense. One involves a scene where we see Crona inside of his/her soul (or mind) which is shown as an empty desert. Crona sits in the fetal position and his/her shadow asks all sorts of questions in which Crona answers with "Pass." At one point he/she sobs into his/her knees. Considering Crona's past with his/her abusive mother [[Complete Monster|Medusa]], it's no wonder.
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** And young Tsukishima does it in chapter 477.
* San finds Luna in this state in the 2nd [[Seto no Hanayome]] OVA, following [[Nightmare Fuel|an encounter]] with a ghost {{spoiler|actually San's childhood friend, Saturn}}.
* Yuki of ''[[Uragiri wa Boku no Namae wo Shitteiru]]'' goes into the
** Uzuki does this in episode 4 while depressed and wondering why someone like him is still alive.
** Hotsuma in episode 10 when Shusei goes missing.
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== Films -- Live Action ==
* In the 1996 version of ''[[A Little Princess]]'', Sara goes into the
* In ''[[The Princess Diaries]]'', Mia returns home after being humiliated by her supposed "friends" and she cuddles with her mom in a position like this and cries.
{{quote|'''Mia:''' It was really bad -- [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|my foot didn't even pop]]!}}
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* Lots of inmates in the show ''[[Oz]]'' are shown curling up in the fetal position, particularly after all the ordeals that most of them endure while in prison, namely Beecher.
* In the ''[[Father Ted]]'' episode "Cigarettes and Alcohol And Rollerblading" Dougal sits like this while suffering withdrawal symptoms from being forced to give up rollerblading for Lent.
* In the ''[[CSI]]'' episode "Nesting Dolls", Sara adopts a
* During the American ''[[Whose Line Is It Anyway?]]?'' run's (in)famous Living Scenery game with Richard Simmons, Wayne assumes the Troubled Fetal Position in his chair after the game. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTxkxG3DF4k It's not very surprising.]
* ''[[iCarly]]'': Since it's a kid-tween show, depressed adults are extremely prone to this trope.
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== Web Original ==
* One of the scenarios in ''Play with Me'' shows the doll grabbing the stuffed monkey and going into the
* The picture accompanying ''[[The Onion]]'' article [http://www.theonion.com/content/node/29955 "Study: Depression Hits Losers Hardest"].
{{quote|''A depressed loser cowers in a corner. According to a new Stanford University study, there is no hope for such people.''}}
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