History Main / DynamicAkimbo

* WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls are known to assume this pose, most notably on the print material for their movie.

* ''Series/Supergirl2015'':
** [[ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} Kara Danvers]] is depicted like this [[http://www.newsarama.com/images/i/000/151/251/original/supergirl-cast-kara-143921.jpg?1436810990 fairly often]].
** In one episode, WellIntentionedExtremist Manchester Black is making a speech on TV, saying that Supergirl is probably somewhere watching, "hands on her hips in the name of justice," and dares her to come and meet with him. Supergirl, who of course ''is'' in that pose, looks annoyed.

* ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'':

* The Cyberdemon does this in the ''ComicBook/{{Doom}}'' comic as "Doomguy" tries to "'''[[MadnessMantra RIP AND TEAR]]'''" his guts out. ''Tries.''

** The Hands-on-Hips Most Muscular is a variation on the Most Muscular pose, which unlike the other versions involves placing the hands on the hips while flaring the elbows and shoulders. It differs from the lat spreads in some important details: open hands are placed on the hips instead of closed fists; the athlete leans forward and crunches down on the abs instead of leaning back; and while the width of the lats plays a part, the emphasis is more on overall muscularity through the deltoids, trapezius, arms, pecs, and abs.

* The Renaissance era copied the muscular style of AncientGrome and cemented this visual.

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* ''Advertising/MetroManners'': At the end of her TransformationSequence, Super Kind strikes a variant of this pose where she stands with legs apart, one arm on her hip, and the other hand making a VSign. This alludes to her status as a superhero, but the VSign makes her more cute and less confrontational than the usual superhero, fitting as her goal is to get people to be respectful on the bus.

* ''[[ComicBook/WonderWoman1942 Wonder Woman 600]]'': In Phill Jimez's two page spread [[ComicBook/WonderGirl Donna Troy]] is depicted standing confidently with her hands on her hips.

This one is OlderThanFeudalism. A character poses boldly with both of their hands resting on their hips, and their elbows and shoulders flared out wide; the impact can be increased by having the hands in fists (in which case the knuckles rest on the hips), and slightly puffing out the chest. The feet are squared up towards the viewer, and typically set wide apart for a sense of strong rootedness and balance. Usually they will hit this pose while directly facing the viewer, especially if they do it to announce their arrival on the scene. Occasionally, however, the character doing this pose will be shown from behind, because they are so awesome or mysterious that their focus is on something or someone other than you. The dynamic akimbo pose projects confidence by demonstrating that you aren’t afraid to expose your vital targets, and makes you appear bigger by widening the outline of your body.

This one is OlderThanFeudalism. A character poses boldly with both of their hands resting on their hips, with their elbows and shoulders flared out wide; the impact can be increased by having the hands in fists (in which case the knuckles rest on the hips), and slightly puffing out the chest. The feet are squared up towards the viewer, and typically set wide apart for a sense of strong rootedness and balance. Usually they will hit this pose while directly facing the viewer, especially if they do it to announce their arrival on the scene. Occasionally, however, the character doing this pose will be shown from behind, because they are so awesome or mysterious that their focus is on something or someone other than you. The dynamic akimbo pose projects confidence by demonstrating that you aren’t afraid to expose your vital targets, and makes you appear bigger by widening the outline of your body.

This one is OlderThanFeudalism. A character poses boldly with both of their hands resting on their hips, with their elbows and shoulders flared out wide; the impact can be increased by having the hands in fists (in which case the knuckles rest on the hips), and puffing out the chest. The feet are squared up towards the viewer, and typically set wide apart for a sense of strong rootedness and balance. Usually they will hit this pose while directly facing the viewer, especially if they do it to announce their arrival on the scene. Occasionally, however, the character doing this pose will be shown from behind, because they are so awesome or mysterious that their focus is on something or someone other than you. The dynamic akimbo pose projects confidence by demonstrating that you aren’t afraid to expose your vital targets, and makes you appear bigger by widening the outline of your body.

This one is OlderThanFeudalism. A character poses boldly with both of their hands resting on their hips, with their elbows and shoulders flared out wide. The feet are squared up towards the viewer, and typically set wide apart for a sense of strong rootedness and balance. Usually they will hit this pose while directly facing the viewer, especially if they do it to announce their arrival on the scene. Occasionally, however, the character doing this pose will be shown from behind, because they are so awesome or mysterious that their focus is on something or someone other than you. The dynamic akimbo pose communicates confidence by exposing your vital targets in a way that shows fearlessness, and gives the torso as large and imposing a silhouette as possible.

* Shown in the BigEntrance of ''Film/JudgeDredd''. While his fellow Judges are crouching for cover in the middle of a blockwar, Dredd rides through the flames in his bike, steps off it and stands out in the open with hands on hips and [[IAmTheNoun says his famous]] CatchPhrase. His confidence is not misplaced, as he points out to the other Judges that the armor they're wearing protects them against the caliber of rounds being fired.

* ''Film/JudgeDredd''. While his fellow Judges are crouching for cover in the middle of a blockwar, Dredd rides through the flames in his bike, steps off it and stands out in the open with hands on hips and [[IAmTheNoun says his famous]] CatchPhrase. His confidence is not misplaced, as he points out to the other Judges that the armor they're wearing protects them against the caliber of rounds being fired.

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** Powerful characters, such as the Z-Fighters, often pull off the pose in true dramatic fashion.

* ''Series/Batwoman2019''. When Ryan Wilder dons the Batsuit for the first time, she adopts this pose while looking in the mirror. In the following episode however she has to do an EmergencyImpersonation by standing in the Batsuit on a tall building at a pro-Batwoman rally; Mary Hamilton-Kane thinks this trope is a bit much and advises her to go for a CapeSwish instead.

* ''Series/Batwoman2019''. When Ryan Wilder dons the Batsuit for the first time, she adopts this pose while looking in the mirror.
-->'''Ryan:''' Time to be powerful.

This one is OlderThanFeudalism. A character poses boldly with both of their hands resting on their hips, with their elbows and shoulders flared out wide. The feet are squared up towards the viewer, and typically set wide apart for a sense of strong rootedness and balance. Usually they will hit this pose while directly facing the viewer, especially if they do it to announce their arrival on the scene. Occasionally, however, the character doing this pose will be shown from behind, because they are so awesome or mysterious that their focus is on something or someone other than you. The dynamic akimbo pose communicates confidence by exposing your vital targets in a way that shows fearlessness, and willgive the torso as large and imposing a silhouette as possible.

This one is OlderThanFeudalism. A character poses boldly with both of their hands resting on their hips, with their elbows and shoulders flared out wide. The feet are squared up towards the viewer, and typically set wide apart for a sense of strong rootedness and balance. Usually they will hit this pose while directly facing the viewer, especially if they do it to announce their arrival on the scene. Occasionally, however, the character doing this pose will be shown from behind, because they are so awesome or mysterious that their focus is on something or someone other than you.

The dynamic akimbo pose communicates confidence in a couple of ways. In terms of primal psychology you are doing the opposite of cringing or closing off, by exposing your vital targets in a way that shows fearlessness. The flared-out elbows and feet serve to claim more personal space, asserting that you are the boss of the situation. Lastly--and especially for a person with a muscular upper body--this positioning of the arms will widen the back so that the latissimus dorsi and deltoid muscles will give the torso as large and imposing a silhouette as possible. Well-developed pecs, abs, and legs complete the picture.

Once upon a time, this trope was AlwaysMale, but female characters later began using it as well. MsFanservice will typically get a gender-specific variation where she does this pose, but at an angle where you can see her sexy parts, serving a similar function to a BoobsAndButtPose.

This one is OlderThanFeudalism.

The pose itself is used to draw attention to the upper body, to indicate how large, imposing, or confident the subject is. Once upon a time, this trope was AlwaysMale, but female characters later began using it as well. In either case, the trope usually invokes an impressive, or large, chest along with powerful shoulders, biceps and abs. Sometimes, the trope may be done from the back to demonstrate that the character is so awesome or mysterious that their focus is on something or someone other than you. Women typically get a gender-specific variation of that which may be combined with BoobsAndButtPose, where she does this pose, but at an angle where you can see her sexy parts.

Expect to see lots of this for any SupermanSubstitute. It should be noted, however, that villains often like to pull off this pose, too, when they're confident or intimidating enough to do so.

* The front lat spread is an established UsefulNotes/{{Bodybuilding}} pose and one of the eight mandatories in the men's open division, which involves placing one's fists against either side of the stomach while rotating the elbows and shoulders forward, in order to flare out the lats as wide as possible. Check out Lee Haney for a version with crazy V-taper, or Dorian Yates for sheer muscularity and width through the lats. Besides the lats themselves, pectoral and leg development also displayed. The rear lat spread is basically the same pose turned around to display the width and density of the back, as well as the development of the glutes, hams, and calves.

* Apparently, TruthInTelevision. Doing this pose often enough will boost your testosterone.

* In ''Franchise//DragonBall'', the pose is both played straight and satirized.