History Main / LimpAndLivid

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

%%%%%%* Done by the more {{Woobie}} characters in ''{{Naruto}}''. Namely Sasuke, Gaara, and Naruto. Maybe ''[[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds that]]'' kind of Woobie.

* 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 persona and perfectly-working [[PlayingWithFire firebending]], she becomes a really creepy opponent.

** Leona too. Also Vice in her KOF 98 fighting stance.

* ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}'' has this in the battle against [[spoiler:Adachi.]]

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

* Occurs a few times in ''Anime/CodeGeass''.
* Guaranteed in ''LightNovel/TheFamiliarOfZero'' with Louise every time her and Saito's relationship gets rocky.

* Done by the more {{Woobie}} characters in ''{{Naruto}}''. Namely Sasuke, Gaara, and Naruto.
** Maybe ''[[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds that]]'' kind of Woobie.
* ''Manga/{{Genshiken}}'' - when Saki gets called an otaku by Ogiue.
* ''Manga/TheWallflower'' - Sunako cracks after her chocolate is destroyed by the InstantFanClub.
** She also does this when the four main {{Bishonen}} characters first meet her.
* Non-aggressive example: in the ''Anime/ReadOrDie'' TV series, Maggie is forbidden to go into any bookshops in a town full of them, despite her being a total bibliomaniac. Cue lurching from shopfront to shopfront.

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

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

* Kuro, an early villain from ''Manga/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.

* Mai in ''Anime/MaiHime'' does this for a little in the midst of her TraumaCongaLine.
* ''Manga/SoulEater'': Crona and Maka when they use the black blood.

** Madness personified, the Kishin Asura moves this way all the time, primarily due to having been skinned alive and sealed in a bag for hundreds of years, meaning he has to learn how to walk upright again.

* Noa briefly in ''Anime/YuGiOh''.

* Ginias from ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamThe08thMSTeam'' ends up like this once he goes over the edge towards the end of the series.
** It's worth noting it could stem from the fact that he seems two steps away from falling on the floor and going into cardiac arrest at this point, presumably due to neglecting even his most basic health needs in favor of working on his pet project.
* {{Invoked}} by Haruko in the first episode of ''Anime/{{FLCL}}'', while attacking Naota in the hospital.
* If memory serves, [[Franchise/DragonBall Goku]] struck this pose when Frieza killed Krillin. [[UnstoppableRage And the rest]], [[SuperMode as they say]], [[CurbStompBattle is history]].

* [[LightNovel/HighSchoolDXD Issei]] confronts Raynare like this. The limp is because he just took two holy spears through the thighs, the livid is because [[spoiler:she just killed Asia]].

* The Berserk Fury in ''Anime/ZoidsNewCentury'' pulls this off during its final battle with the Liger Zero, after its pilot has been knocked unconscious and the Fury is relying purely on its feral instincts to fight.

* Silva at the end of ''Film/{{Skyfall}}''. After [[spoiler: Bond's manor and his own helicopter]] blow up practically in his face, he loses both his posture and what remains of his sanity. He spends the rest of his screentime stumbling around with only willpower keeping him vertical.

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

* This is Septimus' fighting style in ''Film/{{Stardust}}'' after [[spoiler:Lamia kills him and uses him as a [[PeoplePuppets puppet]]]].

* ''WayOfTheSamurai'':

** Also [[PlayerCharacter you]] in ''[[WayOfTheSamurai WOTS]] 2'' and ''3'', if you obtain [[BerserkButton Okyo's]] sword,

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

** Kyojiro Kagenuma in ''WayOfTheSamurai 2'' stands neutral with her sword to the side, but her combat style [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkvOnEwpC5k#t=4m54s most assuredly fits]], underlying her bloodthirsty nature.

* Asura from ''VideoGame/AsurasWrath'' does this when in [[spoiler: Wrath Form]]. Goes into a PrimalStance occasionally, too.[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AD_PcuRquFI Biteikotsu]].
* ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'': In the [[UpdatedRerelease Prepare to Die Edition content,]] [[FallenHero Abysswalker Artorias]] spends the entirety of the fight in this posture.The reason he does it is 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.

* Tira in [[{{VideoGame/SoulSeries}} Soulcalibur]] does this in her "Gloomy" personality. Her voice is deeper and more guttural, her idle stance has her head pointed down, her weapon hanging around her neck, and she barely moves. Her attacks in said state are mostly more savage-looking and ignoring the thought of hurting herself, such as attacking with her weapon still hanging around her neck. In contrast, her "Jolly" personality speaks with a higher-pitched and childish voice, her idle stance is just shy of a dance, and her attacks are much more acrobatic, even playful.
* In the remakes of ''Videogame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire'', Zinnia leans forward and sways to the side with a manic look on her face at the beginning of a battle with her.

* In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword'', Ghirahim briefly does this during the final confrontation with him once Link exposes the [[AttackItsWeakPoint weak spot]] in his abdomen

** Majin Vegeta

* 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 fashion.

* ''Manga/TokyoGhoul'': Kaneki and Mutsuki are NotSoDifferent with their respective roles as one eyed ghouls who initially couldn't control their powers and attracting admirers of the AxCrazy variety, and Kaneki even garners one in Mutsuki himself. When Mutsuki shows up to attack Touka out of jealousy she stabs him in self defense with her kagune and he pushes himself up with his kagune while bleeding making this stance.

* ''Manga/Berserk'' [[TheBerserker Guts]] sometimes does this when in the grip of UnstoppableRage. Usually right before his enemies die a very messy death.

Sometimes, when a character is angry or deranged and is just about to snap, they start moving head down, everything limp, lurching as if they were a marionette that's had its strings cut. KubrickStare, and [[{{Angrish}} inability to form coherent sentences]] optional. This is sometimes taken as a sign of UnstoppableRage -- any character that dares to get close risks serious injury, especially if the character is also [[SwordDrag dragging a weapon across the ground.]]

Probably taken from Western horror flicks, where it's associated with zombified/possessed characters. Compare with PrimalStance, MarionetteMotion and ZombieGait. Not to be confused with a man who's angry because TheLoinsSleepTonight.

* ''DissidiaFinalFantasy'' does this to [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI Terra]] in the [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyIII Onion Knight]]'s storyline. However, it doesn't quite work due to [[GoingThroughTheMotions the limited expressive range]] of the character models used, and she ends up looking hung over more than anything.

* Asura from ''AsurasWrath'' does this when in [[spoiler: Wrath Form]]. Goes into a PrimalStance occasionally, too.[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AD_PcuRquFI Biteikotsu]].
* ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'': In the new [[UpdatedRerelease Prepare to Die Edition content,]] [[FallenHero Abysswalker Artorias]] spends the entirety of the fight in this posture.The reason he does it is 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.

* Kyojiro Kagenuma in ''WayOfTheSamurai 2'' stands neutral with her sword to the side, but her combat style [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkvOnEwpC5k#t=4m54s most assuredly fits]], underlying her bloodthirsty nature.
* Asura from ''AsurasWrath'' does this when in [[spoiler: Wrath Form]]. Goes into a PrimalStance occasionally, too.
** Also [[PlayerCharacter you]] in ''[[WayOfTheSamurai WOTS]] 2'' and ''3'', if you obtain [[BerserkButton Okyo's]] sword, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AD_PcuRquFI Biteikotsu]].

* ''Manga/TokyoMewMew'': Kisshu does this after getting rejected by Ichigo and loosing his sanity as a result. He tries to then [[IfICantHaveYou kill Ichigo]], [[SpurnedIntoSuicide himself]] and [[MurderTheHupotenuse her love interest]].

* Asura from ''AsurasWrath'' does this when in [[spoiler: Wrath Form]]. Goes into a PrimalStance occasionally, too.

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

* Mai in ''Anime/{{Mai-HiMe}}'' does this for a little in the midst of her TraumaCongaLine.