History Main / AtlasPose

* ''VideoGame/Civilization'' uses a massive Atlas statue to represent the sixth installment of the series.

* ''CoicBook/{{Superman}}'': This pose is one of the iconic images of Superman. [[https://d29xot63vimef3.cloudfront.net/image/superman/28-1.jpg Superman #28]] in 1944 even features a status of Atlas himself. (including #28, where he seems to be helping out a statue of Atlas himself!). Discussed in the novelisation of ''Film/SupermanReturns'' where Jimmy describes him catching the Daily Planet globe as "Atlas holding up the world", but the scene, like the iconic Action Comics #1 cover, technically are not Atlas Poses because he is only holding onto the weight with his hands. Compare with [[https://youtu.be/g32OeSwxPJ4?t=97 the island scene]] in the same film, which is closer to the pose.

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* This pose is one of the iconic images of Franchise/{{Superman}}. [[https://d29xot63vimef3.cloudfront.net/image/superman/28-1.jpg Superman #28]] in 1944 even features a status of Atlas himself. (including #28, where he seems to be helping out a statue of Atlas himself!). Discussed in the novelisation of ''Film/SupermanReturns'' where Jimmy describes him catching the Daily Planet globe as "Atlas holding up the world", but the scene, like the iconic Action Comics #1 cover, technically are not Atlas Poses because he is only holding onto the weight with his hands. Compare with [[https://youtu.be/g32OeSwxPJ4?t=97 the island scene]] in the same film, which is closer to the pose.

* The cover to ''Comicbook/IncredibleHulk Special'' #1, homaged many times since.
* Franchise/SpiderMan did this while trapped under a bridge (later homaged in a similar scene with him in a subway). While he has super strength, it is not as vast as someone like Superman so for him, this was a monumental feat.

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* This pose is one of the iconic images of Franchise/{{Superman}}. He's lifting a car on his [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_Comics_1 very first cover]]; some more early examples are [[http://www.coverbrowser.com/covers/superman here]] (including #28, where he seems to be helping out a statue of Atlas himself!). Oddly, none of these pictures show Superman doing the Atlas pose himself. These covers have been homaged countless times since. In ''Film/SupermanReturns'', he even does an Atlas pose catching the Daily Planet's giant metal globe.

[[caption-width-right:300: [[Literature/AtlasShrugged "If you saw Atlas, the giant who holds the world on his shoulders, what would you tell him?"]]-[[ThePowerOfRock "I would tell him to ''ROCK!''"]]]]

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* Some support columns carved in the shape of a man carrying the floor/ceiling/object are called [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlas_(architecture) atlantes.]]
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Bears minimal relation to ''Literature/AtlasShrugged'', though this pose is [[TitleDrop mentioned once]] and shows up on the cover of some versions.

[[caption-width-right:300: [[Literature/AtlasShrugged "If you saw Atlas, the giant who holds the world on his shoulders, What would you tell him?]] [[ThePowerOfRock "I would tell him to ''ROCK!''"]]]]

Not to be confused with the "''Atlus'' pose", a look of sheer despair that one gets after staring at their [[NintendoHard millionth]] GameOver screen in an Creator/{{Atlus}} game.

* ''VideoGame/{{Rayman 2}}'' and the explosive kegs.

* The cover of Music/VanHalen's ''5150'', with its version of Atlas hoisting the Van Halen globe logo.

Not to be confused with the "''Atlus'' pose", a look of sheer despair that one gets after staring at their [[NintendoHard millionth]] GameOver screen in an {{Atlus}} game.

* ''VideoGame/CityOfHeroes'' has their very own superhero named Atlas. He died defending Paragon City during the sneak attack that started World War II, and was immortalized with a life-sized statue of Atlas holding up the globe outside City Hall. Considering Atlas was a couple-hundred feet tall...

A strong or [[SuperStrength superstrong]] character picks up an object that is obviously too bulky, if not also too heavy, for him to carry properly. This character holds the object in question between his head and the supporting shoulder. This is at least OlderThanSteam, since the earliest atlas had Atlas in the Atlas Pose on the cover holding up the globe. The most famous incidence of this trope probabily the Atlas statue in front of the Rockefeller Center in New York city.

[[quoteright:155:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/AtlasAwardLG.gif]]
[[caption-width-right:155:Lift with your legs, dude.]]

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->''Carry your world\\
I'll carry your world''
-->-- '''Music/{{Coldplay}}''', "Atlas"

* The cover to ''Comicbook/TheIncredibleHulk Special'' #1, homaged many times since.

* This pose is one of the iconic images of Comicbook/{{Superman}}. He's lifting a car on his [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_Comics_1 very first cover]]; some more early examples are [[http://www.coverbrowser.com/covers/superman here]] (including #28, where he seems to be helping out a statue of Atlas himself!). Oddly, none of these pictures show Superman doing the Atlas pose himself. These covers have been homaged countless times since. In ''Film/SupermanReturns'', he even does an Atlas pose catching the Daily Planet's giant metal globe.

* This pose is one of the iconic images of Comicbook/{{Superman}}. He's lifting a car on his [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_Comics_1 very first cover]]; some more early examples are [[http://www.coverbrowser.com/covers/superman here]] (including #28, where he seems to be helping out a statue of Atlas himself!). These covers have been homaged countless times since. In ''Film/SupermanReturns'', he even does an Atlas pose catching the Daily Planet's giant metal globe.

http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/AtlasAwardLG.gif
[[caption-width:180:Lift with your legs, dude.]]

* This pose is one of the iconic images of Comicbook/{{Superman}}. He's lifting a car on his [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_Comics_1 very first cover]]; some more early examples are [[http://www.coverbrowser.com/covers/superman here]] (including #28, where he seems to be helping out a statue of Atlas himself!). These covers have been homaged countless times since. In ''SupermanReturns'', he even does an Atlas pose catching the Daily Planet's giant metal globe.

* Franchise/SpiderMan did this while trapped under a bridge (later homaged in a simmilar scene with him in a subway). While he has super strength, it is not as vast as someone like Superman so for him, this was a monumental feat.

* The cover of Music/VanHalen's ''5150''.