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4Do you want to appear casual and relaxed, but not bored or inactive? Do you often find yourself at the bow of a ship, gazing forthrightly toward adventure? Or do you just have a compulsive desire to not-so-subtly demonstrate your virility by puffing out your chest and thrusting your crotch forward while simultaneously bringing it nearer to eye level for a friend seated nearby? Do you need to lean in closer to examine something, demonstrate that you are paying close attention to a coworker, or physically express your interest in a lady friend, but don't want to give up your freedom of movement by sitting or kneeling? Then you need the Captain Morgan Pose.
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6The Captain Morgan Pose is a dramatic pose that one strikes by planting one foot forward on an upraised object or surface, leaning forward and resting one hand or forearm on one's knee. It is often used in paintings to give an impression of boldness, heroism and leadership. It is also useful in photography, television and film to allow a standing actor to more easily share a shot with a sitting one, or a taller actor with a shorter one. Performing musicians can strike this pose by resting a foot on a speaker at the front of the stage.
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8This can overlap with ModelingPoses depending on the product.
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10Compare RebelRelaxation. Also compare VictoryPoseOnPerson which can look very similar but is done on defeated opponents.
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12Contrast LeaningOnTheFurniture, where the emphasis is on an air of insouciance and relaxation rather than heroism and manliness. If done when seated, this is just a chin-handrest away from the ThinkerPose. May be combined with other types of poses to form a SuperSentaiStance or AngelsPose. Bonus points for a SwordPlant.
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20* [[http://www.captainmorgan.com/ Captain Morgan rum,]] as seen above, is the TropeNamer. There is a series of television advertisements where everyday people in random places strike the pose, finishing with "There's a little Captain in all of us."
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24* ''Anime/APlaceFurtherThanTheUniverse:'' Kimari does this pose in the opening while posing for a picture.
25* In ''Manga/OnePiece'', Luffy and the crew of the Going Merry do a group Captain Morgan Pose on a barrel just before entering the Grand Line.
26* In ''Anime/GirlsUndPanzer'', Mako has this pose while waiting for the rest of her team to get back to the ship, having been delayed by a family issue between Hana and her mother. Saori comments that Mako is more energetic at night.
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30* [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Clyde_Caldwell_-_Female_Pirate_01.jpg This painting]] by fantasy RPG artist Clyde Caldwell. That image has been made into a Motivational Poster with the caption, "RPG artwork -- Let's face it, a lot of it is porn. (Pretty odd porn, too)" It is also the cover art to ''Chicks Ahoy!'', an omnibus volume of the first three ''Literature/ChicksInChainmail'' anthologies.
31* ''Art/TheKissHayez'': The man has one foot on the steps while he's kissing the woman, implying that he's about to leave despite this dramatic and tender moment.
32* ''Art/LasMeninas'': The chamberlain at the very back has one foot on the next step on the staircase, giving the impression that he's ascending or descending a staircase.
33* ''Art/WandererAboveTheSeaOfFog'': The figure stands with his left foot forward on a taller portion of the precipice.
34* [[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/95/Washington_Crossing_the_Delaware_by_Emanuel_Leutze%2C_MMA-NYC%2C_1851.jpg "Washington Crossing the Delaware"]]: UsefulNotes/GeorgeWashington is depicted in this pose in this famous 1851 oil {{painting|s}}. Notable in that, while dramatic, this would be a highly unsafe pose to strike aboard a rowboat (as opposed to, say, aboard a starship). The unsafe-in-a-rowboat aspect is lampshaded in one episode of ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'' when the heroes travel back in time to the Delaware crossing, noting that George was hunkered down and shivering like the rest of his troops. Also lampshaded by Ernie of all people in the ''Series/SesameStreet'' special "Don't Eat the Pictures." Hilariously lampshaded, too, by a Bob Newhart stand-up routine: "Who do you suppose gets up, and walks to the front of the boat, and ''stands'' in the front of the boat?! Nutty George, sure... And how about the guy in the next boat, painting him!"
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38* ''ComicBook/GoldDigger'', by Fred Perry, has a big one with the character Captain [=McMorgan=], who is pretty much an {{expy}} of Captain Morgan, only with a personality and as a leprechaun. But he does this in 90% or more of the panels he is in.
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42* In ''WesternAnimation/InsideOut'', after Riley's dad sends her to her room, his Anger is standing in his chair and has his right foot on the armrest.
43* ''WesternAnimation/TheLegoMovie2TheSecondPart'': Shortly taken by Watevra, who turns humanoid just for it, during "Not Evil", appropriately while tempting Metalbeard with his own Planet-Pirate Ship.
44* Woody in ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory3'' places his foot triumphantly on Mr. Potato Head in the FakeActionPrologue.
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48* To prove it predates its use on the rum, Captain Morgan himself is seen doing it several times as antagonist in the film ''Blackbeard The Pirate''.
49* ''Film/YouDontMessWithTheZohan'': Used as less of a pose and more of a theme.
50* ''Film/TheGiantGilaMonster'' uses this pose to a ridiculous degree. When it was featured on ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000,'' they dedicated a whole host segment to pointing out how many times the pose was used, complete with a compilation of still shots. "You know, a smart fellow could put his knee up on such a thing."
51%%* Barbossa from ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' loves to do this.
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55* ''Literature/{{Flashman}}'': Several depictions of Harry Paget Flashman like to do this, in keeping with his FakeUltimateHero status. Also in keeping to [[ReallyGetsAround his]] [[KavorkaMan character]], it's usually subverted with a scantily-clad woman [[LegCling clinging to his legs]].
56* Commissar Literature/CiaphasCain ('''HERO OF THE IMPERIUM!''') is often like this or in a similar pose, notably on (where else) [[http://www.blacklibrary.com/Images/Product/DefaultBL/xlarge/hero-imperium.jpg the cover of the HERO OF THE IMPERIUM book.]] Being {{Literature/Flashman}} InSpace doesn't hurt.
57* ''Literature/TheOverlook'': "The captain adopted a command pose, putting his foot up on the back end of the truck and resting his elbow on his knee." Subverted in that the person striking the pose, Capt. Don Hadley, is an idiot that protagonist Detective Literature/HarryBosch has no respect for.
58* In ''Literature/StarWarsKenobi'', Orrin Gault likes to prop his boot up on the hood of his landspeeder when he's addressing a crowd made up of his {{posse}} and other neighbors.
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62* ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'': Commander William T. Riker is known for striking this pose with little or no provocation, particularly in the early seasons. This may have been as much to keep the 6'4" Jonathan Frakes in frame when speaking to shorter actors as anything. Fun fact: The Captain Morgan Pose saved the day in the GroundhogDayLoop episode "Cause And Effect." If he hadn't been doing that, Data wouldn't have been able to look up at the pips on Riker's collar. Some fans, in homage to the term [[http://memory-alpha.org/wiki/Picard_Maneuver Picard Maneuver,]] call this the Riker Maneuver. [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/rikermanuever_feat__geordi_5332.jpg It's contagious.]]
63* This is one of the things that the actors get the Prince Regent to do in ''Series/{{Blackadder}} The Third'' when they are training him in public speaking.
64* ''Series/WhoseLineIsItAnyway'' had a game called "Sit, Stand, Bend", in which the player charged with bending or leaning often wound up doing a Captain Morgan Pose. One game of ''Weird Superheroes'' would have Brad get the name 'Captain Morgan' (which is ironically the most mundane name ever suggested in this game) in a bit of unintended ProductPlacement, as Brad's portrayal was closer to the commercials than anything piratey.
65* Happens on ''Series/TheDrewCareyShow''. In one episode, Drew's boss does this while wearing spandex shorts, noooot a pretty sight...
66* ''Series/TheXFiles'': Played for laughs in "Humbug", in which Mulder and Scully investigate the death of a circus worker. In the end, the troupe of often deformed circus people must relocate, and one man particularly fond of causing himself pain explains to Scully that the 21st century will do away with their deformities and create perfect humans, but that it was up to him and his friends to show that nature can't go very long without creating a mutant. He exclaims that "The future looks just like him!" Cue Mulder in a Captain Morgan pose on the steps of a trailer, looking rather bored.
67* On ''Series/TopGear'', Jeremy Clarkson and Richard Hammond do one to [[VitriolicBestBuds mock James May]].
68* On ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'', when Barney and Ted [[ItMakesSenseInContext attempt "The Naked Man"]], one of the poses they suggest is "The Captain Morgan."
69* On ''Series/KamenRiderDenO'', [[BoisterousBruiser Momotaros]] is fond of this pose. So is [[{{Tsundere}} Hana]], it turns out.
70* Johnson in ''Series/PeepShow'' does this on occasion,
71* ...as does Denham Reynholm in ''Series/TheITCrowd'', once while dressed in lycra.
72* In ''Series/TheOfficeUS'', Dwight does this on a hay bale (awkwardly, as the workers were trying to stack hay there at the time), when showing off his family's hay maze.
73** Michael is prone to striking the pose too, generally managing to get his crotch right in someone's face in the process. It's hilarious when he puts his foot on the AwesomeButImpractical reception desk, since it's too high to comfortably pose.
74* On Howard Stern's late-80's TV show, one episode took place at a house party. Four women were hypnotized so that when they looked at Howard, they would see him with no pants on and having a large penis. Howard then struck this pose with his foot on the armrest of the couch the women were sitting on.
75* ''Series/{{Charmed|1998}}'': Dr. Griffiths strikes this pose during his TV interview in the season 3 finale.
76* ''Series/GetSmart''
77** In "Leadside", Maxwell Smart tries this when confronting the VillainOfTheWeek, only to put his foot in a spittoon. The villain then escapes while he's trying to get it off.
78** Max is watching a newsreel about a famous Depression-era outlaw (also played by Don Adams). The outlaw is just as bumbling as Max, as he strikes this pose only to break off the bumper of his car when he puts his foot on it.
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82* Heavy metal musicians ''love'' this pose, especially singers. The most typical example is for a singer to rest one foot on the speaker cabinets at the front of the stage and lean forward to look directly into the crowd. Singers in certain genres (particularly hardcore punk and deathcore) may instead use platforms or wooden crates for this purpose, as well as to stand on.
83* The canon example band for that pose is Music/IronMaiden. Steve Harris and Music/BruceDickinson used to actually bump each other from the front stage monitors, and Dickinson leaned forward so much that he actually rested his forearm on his thigh. (He does not do that so much nowadays.)
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87* Music/HenryRollins illustrates a version in the video ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rA5xWG3cXFQ Talking From the Box.]]'' (look for it around 8:20). He recommends, after breaking up, to turn up any of the albums by Music/RonnieJamesDio, attaching a towel to your neck with a paper clip, and singing into a celery stalk. He points out that if you get caught like this, head back, one leg up on a chair, there will be no way you can claim you were doing anything else.
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91* On Wrestling/RingOfHonor television, Beer City Bruiser carries a keg to the ring, mainly so he can rest his foot on it in this manner.[[/folder]]
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94* In any performance of ''Theatre/TheTamingOfTheShrew'' where Kate ''literally'' puts her hand below Petruchio's foot as she vows to do in her final speech, it'll end up looking like this.
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98* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII'': Lightning strikes this pose on the box art.
99* ''VideoGame/{{StarCraft|I}}'': Ghost's promo cinematic has a company of Marines approaching a Zerg-held refinery. The overconfident captain in charge is first shown while striking this pose. (he soon gets to display its converse, OhCrap, when he realizes the deep, rumbling [[BadVibrations vibration]] in the ground is NOT [[TankGoodness Siege Tank]] reinforcements, but rather an immense ZergRush.)
100* In ''VideoGame/HeartOfTheSwarm'', Kerrigan has a vision of taking Augustgrad that ends of her striking that pose by stepping on the head of a [[StatueToppling crumbled statue]] of [[ArchEnemy Arcturus Mengsk]].
101* [[VideoGame/MegaManLegends Tron Bonne]] combines this with a NoblewomansLaugh as her taunt in ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom'', as well as using it to aim her shots.
102* ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'': [[AxCrazy Thr]][[TortureTechnician esh]] performs one while recalling in his [[SeaMonster Deep Terror]] skin. While recalling on the skin, there's also a slight chance for him to bring up a tire and pose disappointedly instead.
103* ''VideoGame/{{Civilization}} VI: Rise and Fall'' adds Scotland, whose leader Robert the Bruce strikes this pose in his diplomacy screen. If you declare war on him, he angrily kicks the stool away while [[ViolentGlaswegian threatening to bash your teeth in]].
104* ''VideoGame/{{Brawlhalla}}'': The pirate Thatch has this pose in the character select screen.
105* ''VideoGame/{{BlazBlue}}'': One of [[TheHero Ragna The Bloodedge's]] victory poses has him stab his sword into the ground and place a foot onto the edge of the blade, striking a downplayed version of this pose.
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109* ''Webcomic/AntiHeroes'': The third-to-last panel of [[http://antiheroescomic.com/comic/207 this]] strip.
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113* ''WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment'': Spoony is quite fond of this pose, as seen in the Power Klingon and ''Film/AloneInTheDark2005'' behind-the-scenes vlog.
114* There is a training video used in a certain burger place in which a male worker used this pose as an excuse to basically grind his junk into the back of a female coworker's head as she knelt to get something from a low shelf. This was given as an example of sexual harassment and obviously strongly discouraged.
115* The "[[https://www.youtube.com/shorts/XDwPk7lMOps What's it like to be a sex symbol?]]" Website/{{Vine}} has a guy attempting to do this pose on a chair, but slipping, falling, and hitting his head.
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119* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'': Parodied -- Peter strikes the pose three times in a campaign ad. First he's in a classroom, and he puts his foot on a desk. Then he's in a school hallway, and he puts his foot up on another desk. Then he's in the middle of a football field, and there just happens to be ''another'' desk for him to stick his foot on.
120* In ''WesternAnimation/{{ThunderCats|2011}}'' the pose has twice been used to introduce ObviouslyEvil {{Smug Snake}}s
121** In "Omens Part One" {{Catfolk}} General Grune makes his BigEntrance in this pose atop a [[TreasureIsBiggerInFiction gigantic]] geode hauled by a [[WorkingOnTheChainGang chain gang]] of four-dozen LizardFolk [[MadeASlave slaves]] because he's TooImportantToWalk.
122** In "The Duelist and the Drifter" The Duelist is introduced posed this way, as a [[{{Chiaroscuro}} shadowed]] figure watching Lion-O [[DramaticHighPerching from a rooftop]] at a sword competition.
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