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A common pose for young ladies to show they are interested in someone, but in a subtle way rather than (and sometimes, even when) being overtly seductive. This is TruthInTelevision, which makes it a good characterization visual in fiction.

The common form is to hold her arms behind her back (which by itself is a common pose for shy girls, and it's the key here to making her not look too forthcoming) and tilt her head coyly, while either leaning forward or walking towards the person she's interested in. Bonus points if she is standing just a bit off angle.

She could be doing this to get a guy to sleep with her, but just as often she wants a date, or just likes a guy doting on her (without having to resort to {{attention whor|e}}ing).

It should also be noted that what the girl is wearing doesn't matter. It's how she carries herself. She could wear {{dominatrix}} gear and still pull off this trope. However, something demure and/or elegant is the most common thing the poser tends to wear.

This can {{exploit|ed trope}} the notion that WomenAreDelicate when a girl uses it to help get a guy comfortable with her.

A SubTrope of DelicateIsBeautiful. Often used as a {{Modeling Pose|s}}.

Compare ReadyForLovemaking (the very up-front SisterTrope), PecFlex (a more direct male version), BoobsAndButtPose, OldFashionedRowboatDate, RebelRelaxation, and TheTeapotPose. Often used in tandem with EyelashFluttering.

Contrast AllWomenArePrudes, TheIngenue, TheVamp.

Compare and contrast CuteIndignantGirlStance, ReverseArmFold, HeadAndHipPose.

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!!Examples:
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[[folder:Advertising]]
* Smurfette does this in a poster for the live-action ''[[Film/TheSmurfs Smurfs]]'' film.
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[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
* In ''Anime/{{Daltanious}}'' Judela does this despite being an old lady. While she laughed when Catine initially suggested she hook up with Earl, she actually grew to really like him and flirted with him for all of the dinner ceremony.
* ''Manga/HayateTheCombatButler'': Hinagiku Katsura does this pose quite a bit in the manga up to and after she is aware of her feelings for Hayate, somewhat notable in that she does little variations sometimes such as adding a spin when she's in a good mood.
* ''Anime/TheIdolMaster'': Miki pulls this on the Producer from time to time.
* ''Literature/TheIrregularAtMagicHighSchool'': School student council president Saegusa, in the anime first opening, prances about a bit and assumes a flirt pose looking at the camera when a shot of student council occurs. Her sharpness, sociability, moments of teasing and cheerfulness are shown in story events.
* ''Anime/{{K}}'': Male example - Shiro, particularly when his gorgeous [[SamuraiPonytail ponytail samurai]] [[ShipTease "wife"]] Kuroh is around.
* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'': Sakura tries this on Sasuke to get his attention.
* ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'': Chisame in episode 11 (fast-forward to around five minutes, then onwards). Bonus points for acting as an internet personality (Chiu Chiu), dressing up like something out ''Film/TheWizardOfOz'', and changing her voice.
* ''Manga/SekainohateDeAimashou'': the newly gender-bent Ryouma unintentionally does this to his younger brother and almost melts his brain.
* ''Manga/WeddingPeach'': The girls occasionally do this when flirting with Yanagiba.
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[[folder:Comic Books]]
* In ''ComicBook/IdentityCrisis2004'', during a flashback of Ralph Dibny meeting his future wife Sue for the first time, Sue does this pose while talking to him for the first time.
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[[folder:Films -- Animation]]
%%* Seen a couple times in ''[[WesternAnimation/AGoofyMovie An Extremely Goofy Movie.]]''
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheBookOfLife'', La Muerte does this when she wants Xibalba to do something for her.
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[[folder:Literature]]
* ''Literature/AdrianMole'': In ''Wilderness Years'', Bianca hangs about after she has fixed Adrian's shower, and lies on his bed in what an old-fashioned man might call a provocative pose. Adrian has no idea how to proceed, and Bianca falls into a very deep sleep, leaving Adrian in an awkward position.
* ''Literature/{{Warbreaker}}'': Siri tries to pull this off on at least one occasion, but she can't keep a straight face and ends up bursting into giggles.
* ''Literature/JourneyToChaos'': Tasio does this to tease with Eric when [[GenderBender disguised as a beautiful human girl]]. Kallen, Tasio's favorite follower, also uses this pose to appear more girly to Eric when [[HunterOfMonsters off-duty]].
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[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
%%* Wilma Deering does this occasionally in ''Series/BuckRogersInTheTwentyFifthCentury''.
* Music/MirandaCosgrove when she was younger had photoshoots include this pose, and her ''Series/ICarly'' character often uses it when trying to flirt with a guy she likes.
* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer''. Vampire girl Darla does this in "Angel" in line with her schoolgirl image; subverted in that she's in GameFace at the time and using the pose to hide [[GunsAkimbo two pistols]] behind her back.
* ''Series/{{Cluedo}}'': In series 2, Marie-Anne Cray lies seductively on the billiard table when she sees Reverend Green, recounting her "sexy romps with randy Rev".
* Annie Walker does this constantly in ''Series/CovertAffairs''.
* ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'', "Swarley": Robin is upset when Ted reveals that his bashful, head-down, flirty-eyes look is a deliberate move he uses when asking a girl out. He counters that Robin often uses her own "innocent" look, and he bluntly tells her so: "Oh, and you biting your lower lip, shyly looking away and thrusting your chest is natural?" Robin admits it's not and lets the issue go.
* Lieutenant Gruber from ''Series/AlloAllo'' is a RareMaleExample. What should be a standard soldier's "at ease" pose frequently morphs into this, cementing the 30-odd-year-old Wehrmacht officer's unlikely status as TheCutie.
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[[folder:Video Games]]
* ''VideoGame/DeadEstate'': Cordelia does this in her balcony shop.
* ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'':
** Aerith does this several times in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'', ''VideoGame/CrisisCore'', and ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsI'', usually with Cloud and usually for flirting purposes. [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIIRemake The remake]] even adds new scenes where she does this. Looking at old recordings of her birth mother Ifalna indicates that she used to do the pose as well.
*** Tifa Lockhart is frequently shown in this pose during the early chapters of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIIRemake''.
** This is one of Rinoa's [[GoingThroughTheMotions stock motions]] in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII''. She mostly uses it when Squall is being standoffish, which is often.
** Rikku in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX2''.
* ''VideoGame/FireEmblem'':
** In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'', the CG for Cynthia's LoveConfession to the Male Avatar has her adopting this pose.
** Charlotte pulls this as her victory pose in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemFates'' as part of her TheFakeCutie act.
* The dancer at the beginning of [[Music/KatyPerry "Firework"]] in ''VideoGame/JustDance 2''.
* Kairi does this in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsI'', and although it's not for sexual reasons, it still shows she's not a shy or demure girl.
* ''VideoGame/TheLastStory'':
** Lowell hits on a castle maid, and she does this pose, showing she's flirting back.
** Calista does this to Zael while ''[[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything she's sitting on a bed]]''. ''[[spoiler:The morning after their wedding day.]]''
* ''VideoGame/MadWorld'' The Black Baron's eyecandy strikes one of these every time she [[TheyKilledKenny launches him into one of the deathtraps he was explaining]].
* This is Peach's down taunt in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros''. It's fitting for a princess.
%%* ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphoniaDawnOfTheNewWorld'': Marta does this over and over again.
* ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters XIII'' gender-flips this when [[spoiler:a [[DudeLooksLikeALady girly-looking]] [[RareMaleExample guy]] named Ash]] adopts the pose... after [[spoiler: he's at the end of a GrandTheftMe from [[IdenticalGrandson his just as girly looking male ancestor]] Saiki.]] It is the opposite of the usual reasons.
* Another male example in ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'', where [[WholesomeCrossdresser Ast]][[DudeLooksLikeALady olfo]] adopts this as his idle pose.
* Ibuki from ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' [[https://www.deviantart.com/allthestawf/art/SFXT-Ibuki-and-Rolento-in-their-swap-costumes-560412833 does this pose]] in a non sexual way as her win pose in ''VideoGame/StreetFighterXTekken'' after she and her partner defeat her enemies.
** Karin also does this in Ibuki's story mode after Ibuki defeats her in battle in [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/streetfighter/images/0/03/Vs181002-018.JPG/revision/latest?cb=20181003002742 a non sexual way.]]
* Kokoro from ''VideoGame/DeadOrAlive'' does this when she wins a tag match alongside her big sister Helena as part of their win pose.
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[[folder:Visual Novels]]
* Maya Fey poses this way in one of her sprites in the ''Franchise/AceAttorney'' series.
* Hikari Hinomoto of ''VisualNovel/TokimekiMemorial 2'' does this as her standard [[RelationshipValues Tokimeki Status]] sprite pose.
* Monika from ''VisualNovel/DokiDokiLiteratureClub'' does this [[CharacterTics rather frequently]], as seen in the image above.
** Yuri does it sometimes as well, although it's rarely flirtatious. Usually it's when she's happy or [[{{Yandere}} psychotic.]]
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[[folder:Webcomics]]
* ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'':
** [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20120727 Saana ends up doing this for Moloch,]] to the latter's considerable surprise.
** A woman in Mechanicsburg was standing with her feet pointing inward with a coy smile while flirting with a lady in a very nice hat [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20140611 when time stopped in Mechanicsburg.]] (spoilers at link)
* Faye would sometimes do this [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=162 early on]] in ''Webcomic/QuestionableContent'', though she'd also strike a very [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=284 similar pose]] while being snarky/sassy.
* In ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'', [[GenderBender Elliot]] [[http://egscomics.com/?date=2008-07-28 strikes this pose]] in apology after accidentally pissing off a Bloodgrem by flinging the box it was in when it startled him.
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[[folder:Western Animation]]
* Lois Griffin does this pose in ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' when she does sexual roleplay and dresses as a [[CatholicSchoolGirlsRule Catholic schoolgirl]].
* Heloise tries this on Jimmy on ''WesternAnimation/JimmyTwoShoes'' on a fairly regular basis, especially in later episodes when {{Flanderization}} exaggerates her crush on him. Since Jimmy is ObliviousToLove, this never works.
* Isabella in ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'', especially when she says "Whatcha doooooin'?" Other ladies in the show do this as well, even the girls in {{Sexy Santa Dress}}es during Doofensmirtz's song about not hating Christmas.
* WesternAnimation/{{The Powerpuff Girls|1998}} do this to disarm the [[SpearCounterpart Rowdyruff Boys]] so they can destroy them by kissing them.
* In ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'', Creator/NataliePortman does this when she gently refuses to [[ItMakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext open her wormhole]].
* Zoey of ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'' does this on occasion, particularly in one scene where [[AwesomeAussie Manitoba]] is hitting on her. She's trying to turn him down despite being attracted to him (because, technically, he's [[SplitPersonality not her boyfriend]].)
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