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{{trope}}
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{{quote|''"This is my victory pose!"''
|'''Raven''', '''''[[Tales of Vesperia]]'''''}}
It is human nature to celebrate when a victory is achieved. And so it is with video game characters.
At the end of a battle, the victorious character or characters will almost always perform an action to celebrate their success. It may be small (Ryu in ''[[Street Fighter]]'' thrusting an arm up) or elaborate (Chun Li in the same game jumping for joy and shouting "YATTA!") depending on the character or the circumstance. [[Stab the Sky]] is often a [[Bicep
Every [[Fighting Game]] and [[Role
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* In ''[[Super Mario Bros.|Super Mario 64]]'' and ''Super Mario 64 DS'', every time you grab one of the level's stars, Mario spins around, throws up the V-hand-sign, and says "Here we go!".
** He has slightly different victory poses in later games. In ''Sunshine'' he catches the Shine Sprite and holds it toward the screen after collecting it. In ''Galaxy'', his victory pose is identical to ''Sunshine's'', with the added bonus of Antigravity.
** ''Galaxy'' actually has two, depending on whether it was a regular Star or a Grand Star you just collected.
*** [[Super Mario Galaxy 2
*** Eight if you count Luigi's poses.
** In ''Super Mario World'', normal levels have Mario march to the right as the Course Clear message appears, then do the V-sign as the screen iris-in's around him. [[Kaizo Trap|You can die while he's doing this]].
** Mario or Luigi would do a V-sign at the end of a level in [[Compilation Rerelease|All-Stars]].
** Hilariously parodied in [[
*** And again late in the game when one of the Seven Stars is intercepted mid-victory animation by a boss.
* Similar to Mario's V-hand-sign, Wario (particularly in recent games with him as the protagonist) performs a W-hand-sign when he does something particularly awesome.
* Luigi's
* At the end of the ''[[Metroid Prime|Prime]]'' games, ''[[Metroid]]'s'' Samus Aran tends to raise her [[Arm Cannon]] above her head like the victor of a wrestling match would raise his/her arm (putting her free hand on her hip is optional).
* ''[[Final Fantasy]]'' games have had these since the sprite days. Back then, the heroes would merely pump their fists, looking like they were running in place. As the technology progressed, the characters' poses gained variety, detail, and even sound, and in ''[[
** ''[[
** ''[[
** [[Lampshade Hanging]]: In ''[[
*** The game has a decent example of a specific nature of the victory pose: one from a busty female. After all, zooming in on Tifa as she leans back isn't exactly a subtle way of [[Male Gaze|featuring her bust]]. The Victory Fanfare is available on [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YCN-a0NsNk youtube.]
** Interestingly, in ''[[
** ''[[
* ''[[Planescape: Torment]]'' subverts this in a hilarious manner: one of the items the player can summon with an in-game cheat (the "Tome O'Cheats") is the "Sword of Whynn" - an extreme version of the [[Sword of Plot Advancement]], that, when [[Stab the Sky|held up]] in an appropriately pathetic victory pose, allows the player to instantly win the game. And all this is actually explained to the Nameless One by an NPC, no less.
* In ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess]]'', if the player puts away the sword immediately after killing an enemy, Link will spin it around and sheathe it in a classy, [[Badass]] way. He also does this in a [[Cutscene]] after each [[Boss Battle]] - this is [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshaded]] slightly in one case where he does this then realises that the boss is [[Not Quite Dead]] after all. This particular pose also returns as one of Link's [[Taunt Button|taunts]] in ''[[Super Smash Bros Brawl]]'' and can also be performed right before the end of a match.
** There is also a scene where {{spoiler|Link participates in a joust on horseback, in which he must force his opponent to fall off of a bridge. When he wins the joust, there is a Victory Pose of Link and his horse Epona on the bridge; Link stares down after his fallen adversary while Epona [[Rearing Horse|rears up on her hind legs]].}}
* The movie version of ''[[Street Fighter]]'' included a closing scene wherein all the "good" characters were celebrating the [[Load-Bearing Boss|destruction]] of the [[Big Bad]]'s
* In ''[[Kingdom Hearts (
** Also, in the sequel, in [[Boss Battle|boss battles]] and other important fights, the camera gives a slo-mo close-up of the character who lands the final blow. Not quite a
*** A similar thing occurs in ''[[
** ''358/2 Days'' manages to give every playable character a victory pose upon winning a round in the Colosseum.
** Ditto for ''Birth by Sleep'' and the Mirage Arena.
* ''[[The King of Fighters]]'' has a ton of these, naturally. There are ones that are always with certain characters from game to game, and even character-vs-character specific ones. Orochi Iori's is just him howling, and Shingo just collapses, exhausted and amazed that he won.
* Manabi and friends do a
* ''[[Jak and Daxter]]'' strike a victory pose whenever they acquire a power cell in ''[[Jak and Daxter The Precursor Legacy]]''.
** At one point in ''[[Ratchet and Clank]]'', another Sony second party game, the titular characters do the same dance as a nod/in-joke.
* A rather unusual example: Zappa in ''[[Guilty Gear]]'' is possessed by spirits, and as such is [[Not Himself]] during battle. His "victory pose" is the spirits letting go of him, at which point he passes out.
* ''[[
** Also there are set victory poses in the game where Vyse, Aika, and later Fina all get together, do a lot of hand slapping and then all point and smile for the camera when they find a [[Plot Coupon]]. Funny as you've normally got four characters, leaving the fourth person in the background; poor Enrique looks like he wants to be part of it!
* Ash in ''[[Pokémon (
** In the ''[[Pokémon Ranger]]'' games, every Ranger has his or her special pose. In fact, one of the things you learn in Ranger school is to develop your own pose for yourself.
* In ''[[Modern Warfare]] 3'', the first thing Priece does after {{spoiler|killing Markarov}} is to sit up, pull out a cigar, and light it.
* For an RTS example, ''[[Command
** Previous games of the series had victory/defeat cutscenes. If you won, the logo of your faction kicks the ass of the logo of the other faction, for instance. If you lost, it was the other way around. This is a lot cooler (and more depressing if you lost) than it sounds.
** In ''Tiberium Wars'', whenever infantry units win a battle, they will begin cheering and jumping up and down. The Forgotten mercenaries will even fire their miniguns into the air.
* Similiarly, all of your troops start their unique cheers when victory is achieved in the ''Myth'' series of RTT games.
* Another RTS example: ''Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-Earth'' had your troops cheering after every successful minor skirmish. That is to say, if you send one squad of cavalry to run down one squad of orcs, they will stop and cheer once the orcs are dead. Every. Time. Well, at least morale is good. They will also cheer if a hero is present and nearby. Which makes sense for, say, Aragorn or Theoden, but the Hobbits?
* Krystal and Fox in ''[[
* ''[[
** [[Capcom]] has actually put the fist pump [[
** While the original ''[[Mega Man (
** In sequels, Mega Man just freezes in places while the victory music plays, so most players have him jump up into the air and take an impressive-looking pose.
* The ''[[Tales
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'''Lloyd:''' ...Belongs to...
'''Sheena:''' ...The most...
'''Zelos:'''...Sexy! DEAD SEXY! }}
** Note that in most of the [[Tales
** ''[[
** [[
{{quote|
'''[[Cute Bruiser|Karol]]''': ''(To Rita)'' You too!
'''[[Teen Genius|Rita]]''': Oh ''hell'' no! }}
*** [[Running Gag|"The sign of victory!"]]
** It's taken another step forward in ''[[
{{quote|
'''[[Team Mom|Cheria]]''': ''*camera shows her as she poses*'' Lose!
'''[[Genki Girl|Pascal]]''': ''*camera shows her as she poses*'' Perish!
'''[[Badass Adorable|Sophie]]''': ''*camera shows her as she poses*'' Be defeated!
'''[[The Hero|Asbel]]''': ''*camera shows him behind the girls, sitting rejected*'' Cry even if left alone... }}
** ''[[Star Ocean]]'', the [[Tales
* In ''[[One Must Fall]]'', the competitors didn't have individual
* In the ''[[
* The ''[[Super Smash Bros
* In ''[[
* Characters in ''[[City of Heroes]]'' and ''[[City of Villains]]'' have access to the ''Victory'' and ''Winner'' emotes. There is also the ''You Bow Down'' emote to use against defeated heroes while playing a villain.
** The animations for different Stalker Assassin Strike powers all end with a sort of victory pose that the character will hold until the player decides to move or attack again.
* ''[[Fire Emblem Tellius
* Whenever [[Kirby]] completes a stage, he does a rather extravagant victory dance which ends with him splitting into at least three Kirbies.
** This is referenced in [[Kirby:
* Diddy Kong from [[Donkey Kong Country]] 2 breaks out into a sick freestyle when he completes a level...
** And Dixie goes APEsh... well, let's just say she gives a mean guitar solo when it's her that completes the level.
** All 5 playable kongs also have a shorter animation in [[
*
** Soul Calibur IV introduces the Critical Finish, an ability that scores a one-hit KO if used. Winning the match by using one will prompt a unique victory pose.
* ''[[Lost Odyssey]]'' ends each successful battle with a pan over the party members, ending on the one who dealt the final blow, as they perform their various
* ''[[
** Most of the 3D games <ref>[[
** In ''[[
* [[Heroes of Might and Magic]] also has victory poses, the most recent iteration also has one for the units. They are played everytime an enemy stack is defeated.
* A few units in ''[[
* ''[[Valkyrie Profile]]'' (original and ''[[Valkyrie Profile: Silmeria|Silmeria]]'') features one victory pose per character, but also one out of four or five victory quotes.
* In ''[[
** This continues in ''[[
* While playing a MMORPG in the ''[[Lucky Star]]'' [[OAV]], Konata suggested to the rest of her party members that they should create a
* In ''[[Billy Hatcher and
* In ''[[Wild
* ''[[Tomica Hero Rescue Force]]'' has Kyosuke and Hikaru deciding that they need a new victory pose because their new [[Combining Mecha]] is just that awesome.
** There's even an episode where they spend their free-time trying to synchronize their
* In ''[[Metal Gear Solid]]'', Snake will punch the air upon completing a VR mission. After completing the final mission in a bracket, he'll jump up and punch the air enthusiastically, yelling "''yeah!''" He does the same pose in all the later games (with minor variations, like putting his other hand on his hip in ''[[Metal Gear Solid]] 2''), and his father does the same in ''[[Metal Gear Solid]] 3'' after completing a Duel. In ''Brawl'', he sneaks it in after scoring a successful hit with the NIKITA.
* In ''[[Total War|Rome: Total War
* In ''[[Populous:
* Every character does this when he/she makes a touchdown in ''[[Backyard Sports|Backyard Football]]''.
* Every character in ''[[
* In [[Dance Dance Revolution]] Hottest Party 3/MUSIC FIT, during one-player mode, at the end of a song when your score is being tallied, your character will wait for the results of their score. It's even different depending on gender!
** The best score, AAA, the character is obviously very triumphant. The girls gesture to the audience around them, then throw their arms out proudly; the guys do an "ooh yes yes yes" pose before punching the sky.
** AA, they're not as triumphant, but they're certainly proud. The girls blow kisses and wave to the audience; the guys spin on the spot, then fist-bump the screen with both hands.
** A-B, it's "oh I got a good enough score" type of pose. The girls do a happy sort of jig before waving to the audience again; the guys glance around in surprise, then hurriedly fist-bump the screen again, only with one fist.
** On C-D, the girls act surprised that the audience is giving them polite applause and wave politely back; while the guys flair their arms for a second or two before calming down to smile at the audience.
** On the failure score, E, their defeat poses are even complete with gloomy lighting and rain! The girls clutch at their head for a second before falling to their knees in despair; the guys do a "this can't be" kind of despaired shrug, before waving an arm dismissively at the audience and turning around, slouching sadly.
* Many sports games exhibit this trope:
** ''[[
** EA's ''FIFA'' series has a very deep selection of celebrations when a player scores a goal. Some of them require more controller dexterity than the goal itself. Also, goalies sometimes show a short fist-pumping animation upon making a save.
** Sony's ''MLB: The Show'' series has short cut scenes when a batter hits a "no-doubter" home run. The shot is framed so that the batter, the pitcher, and the rapidly escaping ball are all visible. The batter admires his handiwork and casually flips his bat away before trotting off to complete his circuit, while the pitcher either stands with his hands on his hips or lowers his head in shame.
* Inverted in ''[[
* ''[[Virtual On]]'' has a number of victory poses for each robot, and possibly one each for a perfect victory.
* At the end of ''[[Neverwinter Nights]]: Shadows of Undrentide,'' when the [[Big Bad]] is defeated, the player character does a little sky-punching animation.
** There's also the "Cheer" emote that you can activate at will and depending on your selected class your character will perform one of three animations: Fighter classes get the dramatic and hammy striking of a pose while lifting their weapon in the air (unless holding a two-handed weapon,) support classes like Rogues and Rangers get the fist pump, and casters hold their arms out in a manner similar to pro-wrestler Raven's pose.
* ''[[RPG World]]'', of course, spoofed this. [[The Hero|Hero]] throws his fist in the air, [[Bishonen|Eikre]] folds his arms all cool-like, [[Ms. Fanservice|Diane]] bends over and makes the victory sign with her hands, and [[Genre Savvy|Cherry]] raises one finger while looking annoyed and bored.
* ''[[Akinator]]'': Akinator, upon guessing your riddle succesfully, will celebrate by smiling beamishly with closed eyes and pointing both thumbs towards himself.
* Whoever lands the killing blow in ''[[
* The Tank from ''[[Left 4 Dead]]'', a super muscular zombie, will raise its fists in the air and slam them down to the ground if it manages to incapacitate or kill all the survivors.
* Every playable pilot in ''[[Front Mission]] 3'' has a unique pose when he/she destroys an enemy unit. Doubly awesome because it's ''the mecha'' they are piloting does the pose. [[Fair Cop|Miho]] salutes, [[The Lancer|Ryogo]] gives a thumbs-down, [[The Hero|Kazuki]] points skyward, [[Cool Shades|Liu]] [[Badass Arm
* ''[[Daemon Bride]]'' is one of the few fighting games to avert this trope at all.
=== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ===
* In ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX]],'' Judai/Jaden has a
* During the Legendary Heroes arc of ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'', the heroes overcome a powerful enemy in the virtual world they're exploring. There's then a cut to the villains monitoring their progress via a viewscreen... which shows the heroes as 16-bit sprites doing a "jump up and down"
* In ''[[
=== [[Film]] ===
* In the [[James Bond]] movie ''[[
=== [[Live
* ''Some [[Power Rangers]]'' and ''[[Super Sentai]]'' series get a synchronized post-finishing procedure (to go with the morph pose and the roll call pose), though it's far from all. However, turning around and looking cool as the [[Monster of the Week]] goes boom in the background is a time-honored tradition. (Like all of 'em, it's subject to [[Lampshade Hanging]]. Once in ''[[Power Rangers Dino Thunder]],'' the team does this... but the monster survives and blasts the Rangers from behind. In ''[[Power Rangers Samurai]],'' a monster-hosted [[Clip Show]] had more than one bad guy complain about the Rangers adding insult to injury with the turn-and-pose.)
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