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* Sumire in ''Manga/VenusVersusVirus'' gets this when fighting Luca. Her [[SuperpoweredEvilSide Berserker mode]] gets shot with [[ShockAndAwe lightning]] to [[ShootingSuperman no effect]].

* ''RurouniKenshin'' uses this in the first [[OriginalVideoAnimation OVA]], ''Trust & Betrayal'', when Kenshin is chasing after Tomoe and is increasingly worn down by his attackers.

* Sumire in ''VenusVersusVirus'' gets this when fighting Luca. Her [[SuperpoweredEvilSide Berserker mode]] gets shot with [[ShockAndAwe lightning]] to [[ShootingSuperman no effect]].

* ''{{Genshiken}}'' - when Saki gets called an otaku by Ogiue.
* ''TheWallflower'' - Sunako cracks after her chocolate is destroyed by the InstantFanClub.

* Riot of the Blood Iori's (''TheKingOfFighters'') default stance is this, complete with GlowingEyesOfDoom and steam coming out of his mouth.

* Guaranteed in ''LightNovel/ZeroNoTsukaima'' with Louise every time her and Saito's relationship gets rocky.

* In ''CasshernSins'', this pops up from time to time - primarily from Casshern himself during his UnstoppableRage freakouts early on, but mook robots sometimes do it too.

* Zappa from ''GuiltyGear'' adds some additional horror into [[http://www.fightersgeneration.com/characters4/zappa-a.html his version]].

* [[Manga/SoulEater Crona and Maka]] when they use the black blood.

* In ''ElfenLied'', whenever Nyuu flips over to Lucy her head drops so her hair covers/shades her eyes.

* In the final video of the [[{{Firefly}} R. Tam Sessions]], River is shown sitting behind a table with her head bowed....right before she [[ThePenIsMightier stabs her interrogator in the throat with a pen.]]

** Maybe ''[[{{WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds}} that]]'' kind of Woobie.

* When brutally questioned by TheMenInBlack about her family, Lain from ''SerialExperimentsLain'' does this. [[spoiler:And then reverts to her Wired persona and chews him out.]]

* Most of the main cast in ''HigurashiNoNakuKoroNi'' tend to do this eventually, but Satoshi and Keiichi usually bring their WeaponOfChoice, the [[BatterUp baseball bat]] with them.

* Kuro, an early villain from ''OnePiece'', goes like this and sways back in forth in order to put himself into a blind trance where he slashes up everything around him.

* [[SoulEater Crona and Maka]] when they use the black blood.

* Ginias from ''The08thMSTeam'' ends up like this once he goes over the edge towards the end of the series.

* In ''{{Minami-ke}}'',Chiaki does this briefly when Kana challenges her to decide who goes out for drinks in the rain.

* {{Invoked}} by Haruko in the first episode of ''{{FLCL}}'', while attacking Naota in the hospital.
* If memory serves, [[DragonBall Goku]] struck this pose when Frieza killed Krillin. [[UnstoppableRage And the rest]], [[SuperMode as they say]], [[CurbStompBattle is history]].

* Azula goes like this during her final battle with [[spoiler: Zuko]] in ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'', in the advanced stages of her VillainousBreakdown. Along with her LaughingMad and perfectly-working firebending she becomes a really creepy opponent.

* ''RurouniKenshin'' uses this in one of the [[OriginalVideoAnimation OVAs]].

* Azula goes like this during her final battle with [[spoiler: Zuko]] in ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'', in the advanced stages of her VillainousBreakdown. Along with her MadLaughter and perfectly-working firebending she becomes a really creepy opponent.

* ''{{Persona 4}}'' In the battle against [[spoiler:Adachi.]]

* Azula goes like this during her final battle with [[spoiler: Zuko]] in ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'', in the advanced stages of her VillainousBreakdown.

* The Gangrel player character in VampireTheMasqueradeBloodlines does this when he or she is using the Protean discipline. For bonus points they grow elongated claws from their hands and run in a loping, beast-like bound.

* '''[[FirstEncounterAssaultRecon Alma]]'''.

* ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'': In the new [[UpdatedRerelease Prepare to Die Edition content,]] [[FallenHero Abysswalker Artorias]] spends the entirety of the fight in this posture. At least partially justified; one of his arms is horribly broken and mangled, and the other one is [[SwordDrag dragging]] his signature [[{{BFS}} greatsword]]. True to form for this trope, he manages to be perhaps one of the single most relentless bosses in the game (Considering that this is ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'', that's saying something), lunging forward abruptly over impossible distances and somersaulting through the air and crashing down on you repeatedly.

Probably taken from Western horror flicks, where it's associated with zombified/possessed characters. Compare with PrimalStance, MarionetteMotion and ZombieGait.

* Oichi in the third ''SengokuBasara'' game, due to being little more than a living puppet animated by malevolent shadows. Mitsuhide and Mitsunari also have tendencies towards acting like this, highlighting their mental instability.

** Luffy himself does it in [[TheMovie Movie]] 6, after [[spoiler:Lily eats his friends, turns into millions of arrows, and shoots them all into his skin]]. It's one of the [[NightmareFuel creepiest things]] in OnePiece history.

* Zappa from ''GuiltyGear'' adds some additional NightmareFuel into [[http://www.fightersgeneration.com/characters4/zappa-a.html his version]].

* After [[spoiler:his]] FreakOut, [[spoiler: [[ButtMonkey Shinji]]]] from ''NeonGenesisEvangelion'' does this. He also strangles [[spoiler: [[{{Tsundere}} Asuka]]]] in this pose.