History Main / GotTheWholeWorldInMyHand

* The cover image of Creator/ChoiceOfGames' ''The Fleet'' shows a giant scaled hand clutching a blue world.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Persona 3}}'' and ''VideoGame/Persona4Arena'', Akihiko Sanada's Persona Caesar invokes this motif: it carries a broadsword in one hand and a model of the Earth in the other. Unlike most examples, though, Akihiko is never depicted as anything other than unambiguously heroic, if obsessed with becoming the best he can at what he does. "[[ToBeAMaster The Man who Lusts for Power]]," indeed.

* Andross does this on the Game Over screen in ''VideoGame/StarFox''.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'', Mr. Incredible works at Insuricare, an insurance company after Supers are banned. Its logo is a giant hand hovering over the globe. Moreover, its slogan is "your life is in our hands".

* One picture of Friend from ''Manga/TwentiethCenturyBoys'' has the world floating in front of his outstretched hands.

* The aliens do this to Earth in the movie poster for the Spielberg remake of ''Film/TheWarOfTheWorlds''.

* ''Film/AustinPowersTheSpyWhoShaggedMe'' plays with this trope when Dr. Evil picks up a giant globe and starts dribbling it like a basketball. Given the fact that he was on ''Series/TheJerrySpringerShow'' at the time he did it, it's likely that he did this [[RefugeInAudacity mostly to be crass]], especially when his words right before dribbling it is shouting "The World is Mine! The World is Mine, you [bleep]!"
* In an early example of this trope, Charlie Chaplin's Hynkel, ''Film/TheGreatDictator'' (1940), dances with an inflatable globe. When Hynkel squeezes it too much... the globe explodes.

The TropeNamer is a Christian children's song called "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands", referring to {{God}}. As such this trope may be used as a subtrope of RuleOfSymbolism. What better way to show that [[AGodAmI you ARE God]] than to instantly grow to ginormous size and just grab the Earth like a marble out of a bag?

* In ''VideoGame/EvilGenius2'', all of the victory cutscenes for the various {{Diabolical Mastermind}}s ends with them grasping a globe and cackling maniacally. The appearance of the globe varies depending on which Evil Genius you're playing.
* The symbol for the Authoritarian ethics from ''VideoGame/{{Stellaris}}'' is a hand grabbing the "habitable world" icon.
* Played for laughs in ''VideoGame/LegoBatman'', as when it's revealed that Brainiac's goal is to shrink the Earth and add it to his collection, ComicBook/TheJoker starts talking and eventually singing a song about how cool it would be to have the whole world in his pants.

* The [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Globus_cruciger globus cruciger]], a globe with a cross on its top to represent Christ's dominion over the world, is a traditional symbol of royalty in Europe since the Middle Ages. Christ, angels and monarchs are depicted holding the globe (ergo the world) in their hands as a symbol of authority. (See [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Globus_cruciger#Gallery the pictures in the other wiki]].)

* The logo for ''Anime/TransformersArmada's" "Unicron Battles" arc has the titular villain cradling Cybertron. Granted, it's less effective here because Unicron is slightly smaller than Cybertron, but still.

* The soulless Insuricare company from ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'' has a logo of a hand holding the world.
** Their slogan is "Your Life is in Our Hands".

* Kokage Kuga from ''Manga/{{Sketchbook}}'' says at one point that a terrestrial globe makes her think of this trope. It's so easy to grab.
* One picture of Friend from ''Manga/TwentiethCenturyBoys'' has the world floating in front of his outstretched hands.
* One of the volume covers of ''Manga/TheLuciferAndBiscuitHammer'' has Samidare eating the planet with a spoon.
* Saiou in ''Anime/YuGiOhGX'' has a shot of him doing this.
* ''Manga/DeathNote'': Light Yagami, [[AGodAmI 'God]] of the [[VisionaryVillain New World']].

* ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara'''s second anime opening has a gigantic Toyotomi Hideyoshi lifting Japan out of the sea with a single hand.

* Inverted in ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica''. [[spoiler: The DVD case for the third disc shows Madokami with one hand on either side of the globle. In this case, it represents that a divine HopeBringer is watching over the people below.]]

* Multicorp from ''ComicBook/BruteForce''. As [[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall Linkara]] put it [[http://atopfourthwall.blogspot.com/2010/08/others-1-and-brute-force-1.html "they're either giving the world a hug or saying we've got the world, don't screw with us!"]]

At least they didn't decide to [[EarthShatteringKaboom blow it up]].

* The [[VillainTeamUp Superman Revenge Squad's]] first appearance depicts stabbing knives into the {{Superman}} logo.

* ''Film/TheGreatDictator'' has a scene of him playing with an inflatable globe.

* The United Underworld in ''Film/BatmanTheMovie'' has a emblem of the Earth being [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/UUW_emblem.jpg squeezed to death by a giant octopus]].

* The original logo for FurNation was [[https://e621.net/post/show/110324 the globe being held in a clawed anthro paw, and animal eyes behind it.]]

* Played for laughs in ''VideoGame/LegoBatman3BeyondGotham'', as when it's revealed that Brainiac's goal is to shrink the Earth and add it to his collection, ''ComicBook/Joker'' starts talking and eventually singing a song about how cool it would be to have the whole world in his pants.

The TropeNamer is a spiritual children's song called "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands", referring to {{God}}. As such this trope may be used as a subtrope of RuleOfSymbolism. What better way to show that [[AGodAmI you ARE God]] than to instantly grow to ginormous size and just grab the Earth like a marble out of a bag?

* In ''VideoGame/LastAlert'', the evil syndicate ruling over the world has an insignia of this sort.

* In ''EvilGenius2'', all of the victory cutscenes for the various {{Diabolical Mastermind}}s ends with them grasping a globe and cackling maniacally. The appearance of the globe varies depending on which Evil Genius you're playing.