Alexandre Cabanel's The Fallen Angel has been Referenced by...
Anime & Manga
- Bungo Stray Dogs: During the Dark Era prequel, Odasaku briefly adopts
◊ Lucifer's iconic pose (right arm covering his mouth) while charging with an axe. He may not be crying, but he's every bit as hateful and angry and has a Dramatic Wind tousling his hair. Odasaku has been associated with Christian imagery once before and is widely regarded as Dazai's guardian angel.
Fan Works
- Very popular among Fan Artists, who use it as a template for characters who undergo a Face–Heel Turn (though not always), such as Jinx◊ from Arcane, Eren◊ from Attack on Titan, Will Graham◊ from Hannibal, IRyS◊ from hololive (who is not evil, just has a nephilim aesthetic), Bakugo◊ from My Hero Academia (who didn't betray the heroes but is a jealous, narcissistic prick), King◊ from One Piece, and Catra◊ from She-Ra and the Princesses of Power.
- Justines Mic: Her cover of Paris Paloma's song "The Fruits" has a digital drawing of Judith (one of Justine's original characters) emulating Lucifer's pose as its cover art. Judith is naked, with a red drape covering her sensible parts; she also sports a pair of feathery, quickly blackening, white wings. The background is nearly the same as the original painting, although without the upper side, so no angels or white clouds. The song and artwork resonate with Judith's backstory because, as a fallen angel herself, she's disappointed at and has grown resentful toward both of her masters (Lucifer and God).
- Vylet Pony homages the painting on the cover to "Angelfish", mimicking the pose and expression with an added electric guitar.
Films — Live-Action
- Mad Max: Imperator Furiosa◊.
- Revenge of the Sith: There are two shots where Anakin, after betraying the Jedi Council and becoming a Sith apprentice, references The Fallen Angel. In the first◊, he's crying and sporting a suffering expression after Palpatine orders him to kill the Jedi younglings. In the second◊, Anakin is giving Obi-Wan a pained, full-of-hatred Kubrick Stare while dueling him, so he's shielding his face with his arms. This adds to Anakin being a Satanic Archetype.
Western Animation
- Arcane: At the end of the third episode, Silco is embracing and comforting Powder, who has just been slapped and abandoned by her older sister. The final shot◊ frames Powder's right eye between Silco's arms — she's wearing the same expression as Cabanel's Lucifer and the lightning makes her eye color appear purplish pink (the same she will later get as Jinx). The context of this situation is that Powder has just accidentally killed all of her adoptive family and that the overwhelming guilt is going to drive her into insanity. Furthermore, this frame parallels one of the promotional posters◊, where Powder is being protectively hugged by her older sister and has a more innocent expression. In a sense, this represents how Powder went from a difficult childhood with a loving family to being adopted by a well-intentioned but toxic man who uses her as an assassin.
- She-Ra and the Princesses of Power: In the Villain Episode "Light Spinner", newly turned Shadow Weaver emulates Lucifer's pose◊, albeit standing instead of laying down. After having been consumed and scarred by the evil entity summoned by the Spell of Obtainment, the Council of Mystacor accuses her of being power-hungry, which is the same reason why Lucifer started the divine war that he just lost and is simmering about in the painting. She absorbs their attacks and her first offensive spell has her crossing her arms covering her mouth and with her hands skewed to the right. Her countenance is downright ballistic and betrayed.
