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** ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'' features the main cast gathered around an Ewok campfire.

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** ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'' features the main cast gathered around an Ewok campfire.campfire during its ending.
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* Parodied in ''Theatre/TheFantasticks''. At the end of Act I, the song "Happy Ending" features young lovers Matt and Luisa and their fathers (who manipulated them into falling in love by appearing to forbid their romance) in a celebratory pose after foiling a fake kidnapping. After the song ends, El Gallo, who orchestrated the "kidnapping" at the fathers' request, wonders aloud to the audience how long they can hold their positions. Act II opens with the quartet still in the same tableau, but, as predicted, they struggle to maintain it and eventually give up, foreshadowing the impending collapse of the previous act's "happy ending".
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** ''Film/ANewHope'' and ''Film/ThePhantomMenace'' both end with the main characters standing on a raised platform in front of an audience, during a victory celebration;
** ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'' ends with the main characters gathered around a large window, looking out into space;
** ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'' features the main cast gathered around an Ewok campfire;
** ''Film/AttackOfTheClones'' closes with Padme and Anakin (along with [=R2D2 and C3PO=]) on a Naboo balcony being married;

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** ''Film/ANewHope'' and ''Film/ThePhantomMenace'' both end with the main characters standing on a raised platform in front of an audience, during a victory celebration;
celebration.
** ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'' ends with the main characters gathered around a large window, looking out into space;
space.
** ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'' features the main cast gathered around an Ewok campfire;
campfire.
** ''Film/AttackOfTheClones'' closes with Padme and Anakin (along with [=R2D2 and C3PO=]) on a Naboo balcony being married;married.

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* ''Film/LePupille'': The orphans at the Catholic school put on a Nativity scene, in which they strike static poses as angels, shepherds, Wise Men, and the baby Jesus, everybody except Mary and Joseph who are played by nuns. This is expected by the parishioners, who come by at midnight to make special prayers, and it is also a big deal for the school, as Sister Fioralba is counting on the money and food they're supposed to get to stretch their inadequate supplies.



* Every scene in ''Film/StationsOfTheCross is presented with a static shot of characters in dialogue in detailed sets with little to no movement.

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* Every scene in ''Film/StationsOfTheCross ''Film/StationsOfTheCross'' is presented with a static shot of characters in dialogue in detailed sets with little to no movement.

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* ''Radio/OurMissBrooks'': When Head of the Board of Education, Mr. Stone, visits Mr. Conklin, he finds Conklin, Miss Brooks, Mr. Boynton, and Walter Denton motionless. They're stuck to the furniture. Walter Denton had unknowingly mixed his touch-up paint with liquid cement:
-->'''Mr. Stone''': I must be having hallucinations! What is the meaning of this '''grotesque tableau!'''
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A static scene. That is, the actors do not move around or speak. They are blocked (positioned) in ways meant to communicate the relationships between the characters at that moment. The entire scene need not necessarily be a tableau; scenes can open or close with one, often held as the curtain rises or falls. Although usually scripted, a tableau might appear due to a director's decision. The original French word "tableau" is usually used to mean "painting", which the trope is partially about.

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A static scene. That is, the actors do not move around or speak. They are blocked (positioned) in ways meant to communicate the relationships between the characters at that moment. The entire scene need not necessarily be a tableau; scenes can open or close with one, often held as the curtain rises or falls. Although usually scripted, a tableau might appear due to a director's decision. The original French word "tableau" is usually used to mean "painting", "{{painting|s}}", which the trope is partially about.



See also TimeStandsStill, ArtImitatesArt and the latter's subtrope LastSupperSteal.

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See also TimeStandsStill, ArtImitatesArt ArtImitatesArt, and the latter's subtrope LastSupperSteal.

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