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7	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cowboy.jpg]]
8	[[caption-width-right:300:Shadows without a cause.]]
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10	->'''Hobbes:''' What are you doing?\
11	'''Calvin:''' Being cool.\
12	'''Hobbes:''' You look more like you're being bored.\
13	'''Calvin:''' The world bores you when you're cool.
14	-->-- ''ComicStrip/{{Calvin and Hobbes}}''
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16	Leaning slightly against something, [[BadassArmFold arms folded]], and one foot resting against the wall. Often the standard pose of the AloofAlly, or the HookerWithAHeartOfGold. [[SmokingIsCool Cigarette]] [[OralFixation and/or toothpick]] optional.
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18	Why? Say you're not the BigBad, and you can't pull off the SlouchOfVillainy. But you're also not TheCape; you're a hero, but you want to rebel against ''something'', because rebels are ''cool''. Why not good posture?
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20	Often used as a {{Modeling Pose\|s}}.
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22	A SisterTrope to BadassArmFold, CharacterizingSittingPose, EdgyBackwardsChairSitting.
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24	Compare LeaningOnTheFurniture, CaptainMorganPose, CoyGirlishFlirtPose.
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26	!!Examples:
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30	[[folder:Anime and Manga]]
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32	* In ''Manga/BattleAngelAlita'', Alita has one of these in her flashback of when she was still Yoko.
33	* ''Anime/CowboyBebop'': [[BountyHunter Spike Spiegel]] is frequently seen leaning and slouching, much like a cowboy.
34	* ''Anime/DragonballZ''
35	** Any scene featuring Vegeta where he wasn't fighting, training, monologuing, or boasting had him doing this. He even pulls it off while sitting.
36	** Piccolo manages to pull this off every time he arrives on the battlefield in a movie, often while standing on a pole or floating in the air (in a relaxed fashion). Occasionally does so in the series as well.
37	%% * Heero Yuy does this in ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing''
38	* ''Manga/MoriartyThePatriot'': Sherlock Holmes can't [[CharacterizingSittingPose sit properly]] or stand properly--or really, he doesn't seem to want to. His posture is generally terrible and he especially spends a significant chunk of ''The Sign of Mary'' standing around with his arm crossed and foot against the wall while he smokes, letting Mary and John solve a case he already solved himself, to emphasize how obnoxiously he's behaving.
39	* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}''
40	%% ** Sasuke does this fairly often.
41	** Kakashi, when not fighting the current [[BigBad baddy]], often adopts this position -- even when not actually leaning against anything. He is also a master in the art of [[StealthHiBye sudden appearances]], and generally pulls them off with a comfortable slouch.
42	%% ** Shino and Shikamaru are also prone to this.
43	* Ash's Treecko/Grovyle/Sceptile from ''Anime/PokemonTheSeriesRubyAndSapphire'' does this all the time whenever the group relax outside of battle. Rebellious ''and'' badass.
44	* Joe Asakura aka [[Anime/BattleOfThePlanets Jason]]; [[Anime/GForceGuardiansOfSpace Dirk]], [[Anime/EagleRiders Joe Thax]] of the many dubbed ''Anime/ScienceNinjaTeamGatchaman'' franchise.
45	* In ''Manga/WeddingPeach'', Angel Salvia does this once, while scouting things up in a tree.
46	* ''Anime/YesPrettyCure5'': The exact position Syrup was in when the [[FiveManBand Five Girl Band]] first sees him in the first episode of ''[[OddlyNamedSequel GoGo]]''. Complete with strangely elaborated lighting and [[CherryBlossom cherry blossoms petals showering by]].
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49	[[folder:Comic Books]]
50	* Marvel Comics fans have often joked that ComicBook/{{Gambit}}'s mutant power is leaning against a wall and smoking a cigarette because he's so often seen doing that.
51	* ''ComicBook/RedDaughterOfKrypton'': During her AntiHero phase, ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} made a habit of leaning on a wall, folding her arms across her chest and slouching in ComicBook/RedLanterns meetings.
52	* ''ComicBook/Robin1993'': When Tim Drake first started hanging out with Callie, she was constantly slouching whether she was sitting, [[LeaningOnTheFurniture leaning on something]], standing or walking. Her posture started to get a bit better as she gained more confidence.
53	* ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}. If there isn't a fight going on, he's usually seen leaning on the wall, lying back in a chair, hands clasped behind his head, bootheels on the table, cigar stuck in his mug, etc.
54	* ''ComicBook/XWingRogueSquadron'' character Plourr Ilo lounges in a more spread-legged casual way than her teammates. While they're all Rebels, she's the one with the most confidence.
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57	[[folder:Comic Strips]]
58	* ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'': Calvin once did this for a while. Hobbes didn't seem to grasp the concept very well.
59	--> '''Hobbes:''' I got a sombrero! Now we can be 'cool' together! ''[leans against a tree]''\
60	'''Calvin:''' Are you crazy? Cool people don't wear sombreros!\
61	'''Hobbes:''' ''[stalking away]'' What's the point of being 'cool' if you can't wear a sombrero?
62	* ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'': Snoopy's persona Joe Cool.
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65	[[folder:Fan Works]]
66	* Chapter 20 of ''Fanfic/TheGoodHunter'' has ByronicHero Cyril Sutherland leaning against the wall arms crossed, observing a crowd of onlookers cheering for a KnightErrant Sir Henry Watson.
67	* In ''Fanfic/{{Promstuck}}'', resident cool kid Dave spends much of the prom leaning up against the wall, hands in his pockets, surveying the scene, as opposed to dancing.
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70	[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
71	* In ''Film/{{Deadpool\|2016}}'', Francis assumes this pose in the back alley where Vanessa mistakes him for Wade.
72	* The poster for ''Film/MrAndMrsSmith2005'' has both title characters doing variations on this.
73	* Named for ''Film/RebelWithoutACause'', in which the main character does this.
74	* Clarence (a.k.a. The Cowboy) in ''Film/RomyAndMichelesHighSchoolReunion''.
75	* In ''Film/WhoAmI2014'', when [[TheHero Ben]] and [[TheAce Max]] first meet at community service, the latter does this pose against a wall while smoking a cigarette.
76	* ''[[Film/TheStranger2022 The Stranger]]'': The police are looking for a suspect in the murder of a child who was seen standing behind the boy, leaning against a wall with one foot braced against it. Through the course of the film, the police strongly suspect that Henry Teague is the culprit. When they finally arrest them, they handcuff him and make him wait for transport. He leans against a pole and braces one foot against it.
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79	[[folder:Literature]]
80	* Haplo had a text description of that when he was on the water world, in ''Literature/TheDeathGateCycle''.
81	* Vimes from ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' does this, even though (or because?) he's a duke.
82	* This position is described at length in the book ''Literature/SpudSweetgrass''.
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85	[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
86	* ''Series/{{Angel}}'': Spike did this a lot. When you're a ghost, there's not much else to do but kick back and annoy the hell out of Angel.[[note]]James Marsters who played Spike is on record as saying it was much more tiring working on the set of ''Angel'', compared to ''Buffy,'' for the seven episodes where he was playing the incorporeal version of Spike, as he couldn't lean against walls and objects during shots.[[/note]]
87	* JD Smith of ''Series/TheDakotas'' does this everywhere; standing, sitting -- he can even do this while perching on a windowsill.
88	* ''Series/DoctorWho'':
89	** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS12E1Robot "Robot"]]: After the Doctor has regenerated into Creator/TomBaker and the Brigadier convinces him to come and investigate the MonsterOfTheWeek, we have a shot of the Doctor sitting in the car with his feet up on the dashboard, showing this Doctor is going to be a lot more informal and anti-establishment than his predecessor.
90	** The Ninth Doctor did it on several occasions, such as while watching Charles Dickens examine a corpse in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E3TheUnquietDead "The Unquiet Dead"]].
91	** The Tenth Doctor does this a lot. One of his most common stances is leaning with his shoulder against a wall, hands shoved in his pockets.
92	** The Eleventh Doctor does it from time to time, not as often as Ten though.
93	* Breatt and Jemaine from ''Music/FlightOfTheConchords'' after styling their hair with gel, and suddenly becoming really cool.
94	* Cal Lightman of ''Series/LieToMe'', especially around the poker table in "Fold Equity."
95	** In the first season finale, someone referred to him as "a human question mark" because he slouched so badly. Actor Creator/TimRoth is bowlegged in real life, according to Website/IMDb.
96	** This probably also is why Lightman seems to be shorter than most of his staff, despite there not being a wide range of heights among the cast. Note that the rest of the characters all have exceptionally good posture (except for Loker when he's sitting down).
97	** The cast apparently calls it [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9SRTBjgySk the Lightman Lean.]]
98	* ''Series/TheLordOfTheRingsTheRingsOfPower'': Halbrand leans against a pillar with his arms folded while watching Galadriel training some Numenorians rookies. Fittingly, he is a LoveableRogue.
99	* ''Series/TheMandalorian''. In "The Reckoning", a couple of Imperial Scout Troopers are slouching on their speeder bikes as our heroes walk into town. Of course it's the Imperials who are the rebels now.
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103	[[folder:Theatre]]
104	* Many productions of ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}'' and/or ''Theatre/{{Fortinbras}}'' feature Prince Hamlet in this pose at some point or another.
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107	[[folder:Video Games]]
108	* ''Franchise/AceAttorney'': Simon Blackquill is fond of doing this at the prosecutor's bench, often with his back to the courtroom to express his disdain.
109	* ''VideoGame/BlazBlue: Chronophantasma'' has [[ChivalrousPervert Kagura]] do this against his own {{BFS}} planted into the ground.
110	* ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'': Magus pulls this off once, during a certain camping scene.
111	* In chapter 1 of ''VideoGame/{{Deltarune}}'', this is how Susie relaxes in the elevator to the Card Castle Dungeons while Kris and Ralsei sit on the floor.
112	* The "Disposal" world introduced in ''VideoGame/DotFlow'' v0.193 includes youths in dark clothes leaning against walls like this.
113	* ''VideoGame/EldenRing'' features the "What Do You Want?" emote, which has the character lean back against a nearby wall, arms crossed and right heel touching said wall. You learn it from Gideon's bodyguard Ensha, who leans just outside Gideon's door at the Roundtable Hold, sports an edgy skull-shaped mask, and stares at you in utter silence if you attempt to speak with him. [[spoiler:He also tries to murder you after you obtain a certain element.]]
114	* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'': Cloud does this a ridiculous amount of times. Vincent does it even more, and in ''VideoGame/DirgeOfCerberus'' it reaches comical proportions.
115	* Irvine Kinneas of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII'' is fond of the cowboy silhouette pose found on the page picture. He also looks like a cowboy.
116	* The Lean emote in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'' serves as this, the level of it depending on [[CharacterCustomization the race and gender of the user.]]
117	* If ''VideoGame/{{Iji}}'' runs into [[EnemyMine Ansaksie]] again in the very last room before the FinalBoss, she's leaning against the wall in of these poses. She even {{lampshade\|Hanging}}s it if the player [[StopPokingMe continues to pester her]]:
118	-->'''Ansaksie''': Figures. That Soldier sold me a malfunctioning translator, now I'm babysitting a human with people-poking issues. Might as well keep practicing this cool pose...
119	* In ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'', Twisted Fate's [[https://ddragon.leagueoflegends.com/cdn/img/champion/splash/TwistedFate_0.jpg classic splash art]] depicts him leaning against a wall surrounded by CardsOfPower.
120	* Rose from ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfDragoon''
121	* Zaeed, the first [[DownloadableContent DLC]] character from ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'', seems to spend all his non-mission time leaning against the wall in his room. He's still doing it in the briefing before the final mission.
122	* Protoman (Blues) from ''VideoGame/MegaManClassic'' has a tendency of striking a similar pose. It fits him well, considering his relationship to the main cast.
123	* [=McCree=] in ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}'' often does this in cutscenes. He also dresses like a cowboy (but with futuristic gadgets).
124	* Stocke of ''VideoGame/RadiantHistoria'' during the Mimel Sidequest.
125	* Jake Muller of ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil6'' is rather fond of standing this way in the background while Sherry does all the talking, whenever the duo encounter the BSAA or Leon's team.
126	* Doc, Kaliyo Djannis, and Andronikus Revel in ''VideoGame/StarWarsTheOldRepublic''.
127	** A Smuggler player character will often do this in cutscenes, as well.
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130	[[folder:Visual Novels]]
131	* ''VisualNovel/HavenfallIsForLovers'': Mentioned in Mackenzie's first episode, regarding JD:
132	-->'''JD:''' It's a crime that you don't have It's Not Unusual on this thing.\
133	'''Razi:''' The crime is me paying you nine dollars an hour to perfect your disaffected lean against my wall.
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136	[[folder:Webcomics]]
137	* This is Sal's standard pose in ''Webcomic/DumbingOfAge''. So naturally, when Joyce tries to be a rebel, [[https://www.dumbingofage.com/2014/comic/book-4/03-up-all-night-to-get-vengeance/assimilation/ she adopts the same pose]]. Dina also does it.
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141	* In ''Roleplay/TheGamersAlliance'', several people tend to fold their arms and lean against a wall while chatting, one of the more recent examples being the sometimes ruthlessly pragmatic half-elven thief Raul.
142	* ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'': The WebAnimation/StrongBadEmail "origins" has Strong Bad lounging against Bubs' Concession Stand with his fellow "On-Point Kings".
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146	* In ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'', [[TroubledButCute Jet]] and Toph often do this.
147	* ''WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers'': In "Y Tu Ga-Ga Tambien" Rudy, a meek, unathletic kid, becomes popular after being good at a new playground sport called Ga-Ga ball. He is seen leaning against the lockers, to which Gene asks why he has "Creator/MatthewMcConaughey's body language."
148	* WesternAnimation/{{Danny\|Phantom}} does this after punching a ghost at the end of his theme song, complete with a cocky grin...
149	* ''WesternAnimation/TheDragonPrince'' has a few characters who do this: notably Soren (who later rebels against his father) Rayla (who later rebels against her society) and Aaravos (whose reasons are more mysterious). It's especially noticeable with Aaravos, since he appears to be leaning on nothing. But this is of course because he is actually projecting an image of himself, he is stuck inside a pocket dimension.
150	* ''WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends'' referenced it in an episode where Bloo tried to make Mac cooler. Their efforts culminate in the resident cool kid (Jamez) offering Mac a chance to hang out a place he's dubbed "The Rock." Mac excitedly accepts and arrives to find Jamez leaning comfortably against a giant rock. He follows suit but quickly becomes bored and suggests several activities they could do, including drawing on the rock. Jamez rejects each of them and says that all you're supposed to do is hang. Mac decides that it isn't worth being considered cool if it means you have to hang out at some stupid rock all day.
151	* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': In "The Break-Up Break Down", Discord tries to cheer up Big Macintosh, who is upset because he thinks Sugar Belle wants to break up with him. He takes Mac and Spike to an "emergency guy's night" and shows off how "cool guys lean against things".
152	* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'': At the beginning of "Lars and the Cool Kids", Steven sees Lars doing this while hanging out outside Fish Stew Pizza, hoping to attract the attention of the Cool Kids (Sour Cream, Buck, and Jenny).
153	* Grizz tries leaning on stuff to look cool in the ''WesternAnimation/WeBareBears'' episode "[[Recap/WeBareBearsS1E16PandasSneeze Panda's Sneeze]]."
154	* Parodied hilariously in ''WesternAnimation/TheWeekenders'', when Carver decides to hang out with a pair of "cool kids". When he asks them what they do for fun, they tell him fun is for losers and that they mostly "just lean against stuff". He proceeds to join them in idle Rebel Relaxation, mocking random passersby.
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157	[[folder:Real Life]]
158	* Those "cowboy silhouette" yard decorations (pictured).
159	* A [[http://www.urban75.org/blog/waiting-passenger-sculptures-brixton-railway-station/ statue]] of a waiting passenger is in this pose at Brixton station in London, England.
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