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9	A StockParody and {{Stock Pose\|s}}, when somebody dances in fiction, they're likely to mimic Creator/JohnTravolta's iconic pose from ''Film/SaturdayNightFever,'' with their arm stretched out and hand pointing toward the sky. When licensed music is allowed, it's usually combined with "Staying Alive" by Music/TheBeeGees -- except for ''Film/SaturdayNightFever'' itself in which Travolta [[BeamMeUpScotty dances to "You Should Be Dancing"]].
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11	DancingRoyalty might pose like this. Related to the GratuitousDiscoSequence. Compare RiskyBusinessDance.
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18	[[folder:Comic Strips]]
19	* There's a ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'' strip where Jon does this at a party. The disco ball then falls on his head.
20	-->'''Jon:''' ''[strikes pose]'' BOOGIE! BOOGIE! BOOGIE! ''[ball falls on head]''\
21	'''Garfield:''' Let's boogie on home. I'll lead.
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25	* ''WesternAnimation/ChickenRun'' is supposed to take place in TheFifties, but that doesn't stop [[TheGenieKnowsJackNicholson the rats Nick and Fetcher]] from striking the pose during "Flip, Flop, and Fly."
26	* ''WesternAnimation/AGoofyMovie'':
27	** {{Bigfoot\|SasquatchAndYeti}} is seen doing it [[FunnyBackgroundEvent in the background]], listening to "Staying Alive" on a Walkman, no less.
28	** In the sequel, ''everyone'' does it during [[GratuitousDiscoSequence the disco scene]].
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32	* In ''Film/{{Airplane}}'', during Ted Stryker's flashback about how he first met Elaine, before dancing with her, he throws his jacket off and strikes the pose, only for someone to throw the jacket back at him.
33	* Willard (Creator/ChrisPenn) strikes this pose during the final prom scene in ''Film/{{Footloose}}''.
34	* [[spoiler:Rowan]] [[PeoplePuppets subjects]] a large group of police and soldiers to this at one point during ''Film/{{Ghostbusters\|2016}}'' (2016). The credits revisit the scene and turn into a dance number while [[CreativeClosingCredits he knocks them out of alignment with his moves]].
35	* Tony P. does the move in ''Film/MysteryMen'', while dancing the Hustle in the Disco room. A couple of the other Disco Boys do it while fighting the Mystery Men; it seems to be not just a dance for them but also a part of their martial arts style.
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39	* In one of his ''Franchise/StarTrek'' memoirs, Creator/WilliamShatner included a picture of himself as Captain Kirk inadvertently striking this pose, with a [[SelfDeprecation snarky]] caption.
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43	* In ''Series/TheGoodies'' parody of ''Film/SaturdayNightFever'', Tim Brooke-Taylor adopts this pose, then admits he doesn't know what dance move comes next.
44	* On ''Series/MarriedWithChildren,'' Al's LetsGetDangerous catchphrase was "Let's rock." When the show moved to Saturday nights for its final season, Al was in commercials saying "let's disco" and doing this.
45	* The Jason Alexander episode of ''Series/MuppetsTonight'' included a clip of him with Miss Piggy on ''Muppet Bandstand''. At one point he throws her into the air and has time to do an elaborate solo routine before she comes down, including the ''Staying Alive'' pose and drenching himself with water in a ''Film/{{Flashdance}}'' parody.
46	* John Travolta [[SelfDeprecation did this himself]] in an opening monologue on ''Series/SaturdayNightLive,'' referencing his various roles [[CouldSayItBut while saying he's not going to do that]] including ''Series/WelcomeBackKotter,'' ''Film/UrbanCowboy,'' ''Film/LookWhosTalking;'' and of course ''Film/SaturdayNightFever.''
47	-->'''Travolta:''' It's just fun to have a new film like ''Pulp Fiction'' and forget about the old ones. What is that? Is that a light? ''points upward in this fashion''
48	* ''Series/{{Starman}}'': In "One for the Road", the alien title character, Paul (played by Creator/RobertHays), is a chaperone at a school dance. At first he refrains from dancing when invited by one of the teachers because he [[ICantDance doesn't know how]], but when dragged onto the dance floor he soon picks it up (as he tends to do with skills and languages). As he gets into it, he [[ActorAllusion briefly adopts]] the StayingAliveDancePose Hays famously parodied in ''Film/{{Airplane}}''.
49	%%* Kelso, Fez, and Eric do this at various times in ''Series/That70sShow''.
50	* In a game of "Superheroes" on the American edition of ''Series/WhoseLineIsItAnyway,'' Colin Mochrie does this while playing "Disco Boy."
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54	* The ''Series/SesameStreet Fever'' [[http://i.imgur.com/lIbAf1F.jpg album cover]], which mimics the design of the ''Saturday Night Fever'' soundtrack album cover with Grover as John Travolta and Ernie, Bert, and Cookie Monster as the Bee Gees.
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58	* ''Magazine/{{MAD}}'': Alfred E. Neuman strikes the pose on the cover of an issue spoofing ''Saturday Night Fever''.
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62	%%* [[Wrestling/GlennGilbertti Disco Inferno]], of course. %%ZCE
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66	* ''VideoGame/CrashTeamRacingNitroFueled'': Ami's hologram in Slide Coliseum does this move.
67	* A couple of 70s song routines from ''VideoGame/DanceCentral'' feature both the pose and the full move as dance moves. Aptly, the move is called "Fever".
68	* In the GBA and DS versions of ''VideoGame/HarryPotterAndTheGobletOfFire'', Harry can strike this pose during the Yule Ball dancing level.
69	* The "I Will Survive" dancer from ''VideoGame/JustDance'' 2014 does a version of the pose.
70	* Junpei Iori of ''VideoGame/Persona3'' fame performs this exact pose when he finishes the last shadow in an enemy party.
71	* The cover for ''VideoGame/Persona4DancingAllNight'' shows the Investigation Team, minus Rise, pulling this pose.
72	* The dancing zombie in ''VideoGame/PlantsVsZombies'' does this move, which summons four other dancing zombies to join him.
73	* In ''VideoGame/RaymanOrigins'', the [[BigBad Magician]] pulls this pose during the [[GratuitousDiscoSequence dance party]] in the final level.
74	* The way in which Iku Nagae of ''[[VideoGame/{{Touhou}} Scarlet Weather Rhapsody]]'' brandishes her [[VancianMagic spell cards]] looks a lot like the pose, leading to a lot of {{doujinshi}} associating her with disco.
75	* In ''VideoGame/SpaceStationSiliconValley'', Dan Danger poses as such in the "Heroes for Hire" ad.
76	* ''VideoGame/WarioWareSmoothMoves'': The cats and dogs representing the player's lives in the Jimmy T. and Jimmy P. stages.
77	* ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'': the dance animation for the male human is this dance, for reasons known only to Blizzard. Of course it does kind of fit with the overall derpiness of the male humans in the game (one of the few games that violates the general principle that male characters always look better than female ones). It often features prominently in machinima productions due to being so iconic and adorkable. As many of the villains either are humans, or have a human form (such as Deathwing, a dragon): there is much comedic potential for this dance in machinimas. It's particularly funny given the propensity of armor models to clip through each other due to this being a game made in the early 2000s. The large shoulder pads that male humans have, usually go through their head when they go for the pointing pose. Hilarity Ensues.
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81	* Done by Amanda and Kathy both when they have a jukebox party at the start of ''VisualNovel/DaughterForDessert'' to fend off boredom.
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85	* In ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'', Dan [[https://www.egscomics.com/egsnp/2005-07-26 does]] this while trying out the "dance" emote in the MUD that he plays.
86	* In ''{{Webcomic/Erfworld}}'', prince Ansom did this while coordinating his army dance-fighting against the enemy thriller-dancing zombies. (ItMakesSenseInContext)
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90	* ''WesternAnimation/TheBackyardigans'' do a version of the pose during "Quest for the Flying Rock".
91	%%* The California Raisins: ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CuiM9Z4yMGg Stand up everybody, it's the Disco Polka Man!]]''
92	* ''WesternAnimation/{{DC Super Hero Girls\|2019}}'': In "[[Recap/DCSuperHeroGirls2019S1E11ShockItToMe #ShockItToMe]]", this is part of the dancing moves imposed on Bumblebee during an InvoluntaryDance caused by Livewire taking control of her suit.
93	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'': In the episode "Less Than Hero", Fry adopts this pose when he becomes the retro-themed superhero Captain Yesterday.
94	* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'':
95	** Spike dances like this at the end of the episode "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E25PartyOfOne Party of One]]".
96	** In the IDW ''Friends Forever'' issue 8, there's a bear at Whinny Land striking this pose.
97	** It's one of the standard dance moves in the Enterplay mobile game.
98	* ''WesternAnimation/ThePatrickStarShow'': In "[[Recap/ThePatrickStarShowS1E3LostInCouchPatAThon Pat-a-thon]]", Sandy briefly does this pose after activating her automatic snail dancing machine.
99	* ''WesternAnimation/RazzberryJazzberryJam'': Ella does one at the start of “Say It In Song”, the disco-themed musical number of “Music Is Universal”.
100	* In the ''WesternAnimation/ReadyJetGo'' episode "[[Recap/ReadyJetGoS2E21MoonCircusEveryDayIsEarthDay Moon Circus]]”, Carrot assumes this pose when he does his famous flip.
101	* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': [[DiscoDan Disco Stu]], as his name implies, does this often, even during a Civil War reenactment.
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