History Main / EveryProperLadyShouldCurtsy

** Elsa does this when her parents go away on a trip [[spoiler: only for them to die at sea]].

* [[LadyOfWar Mami]] in ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'' does this more than once in battle. Then [[HyperspaceArsenal long muskets start to fall from under her skirt]]...

* ''WesternAnimation/We'reBack:ADinosaur'sStory'':Cecilia curtsies when she introduces herself to the dinosaurs.

* ''WesternAnimation/We're Back:A Dinosaur's Story'':Cecilia curtsies when she introduces herself to the dinosaurs.

* ''Western Animation/We're Back:A Dinosaur's Story'':Cecilia cursies when she introduces herself to the dinosaurs.

* ''Western Animation/We're Back:A Dinosaur's Story'':Cecilia cursies when she introduces herself to the dinosaurs.

** In Discworld/MonstrousRegiment, [[spoiler: Wazzer]] curtsies to the Duchess's painting, [[spoiler: even though she's [[SweetPollyOliver disguised as a boy]]]].

* Relena does the mocking version in the first episode of ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing'', directed at a soldier who's dragging her father away for more work immediately after he returned from a business trip.

* Lizzie does this in ''Manga/BlackButler'' when greeting Sebastian. Ciel also curtsies to Aleister when DisguisedInDrag. Some female dancers curtsy as well after dancing at a ball in season 2 before Hannah provides music that brainwashes everyone.

* In ''Disney/{{Frozen}}'', Anna curtsies when introducing herself to Hans and when she introduces Hans to Elsa. Elsa does this when her parents go away on a trip [[spoiler: only for them to die at sea]].

* ''Film/EverAfter'': Danielle's new step-sisters Marguerite and Jacqueline do this when meeting her. They also do this when greeting Prince Henry. And when Danielle pretends to be a countess she curtsy's out of respect upon seeing Henry.

* Referenced in [[Literature/{{Discworld}} Tiffany Aching books]]. When Tiffany won't give a proper curtsy, due to her status as a witch, the Baron's son Roland gives her a dictionary with a sort of half-curtsy marked as a joke.

* ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' games take place in a fantasy version of medieval times, and curtsying wasn't really around back then but Princess Agatha of ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'' does when you give her one of the golden bugs.
* Princess Peach curtsies for King Nimbus in ''Videogame/SuperMarioRPG,'' a rare gesture, as she's typically the highest ranked person present in her appearances.

* In the ''VideoGame/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaAsPortable'' games, this is one of the win poses of resident YamatoNadeshiko Shamal. The second game, ''The Gears of Destiny'', also has Fate's ParentalSubstitute, Linith, who curtsies as one of her entrances.

* Inverted in ''Videogame/DragonAgeII'' where the only person who curtsies to Hawke is Isabela, perhaps the least ladylike person in the entire game. Add to that it's a pretty sarcastic bow.

* Pictured above: Lila from ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'' does it in the episode "Helga's Masquerade" when trying to teach Helga how to be more feminine. Helga also does so sarcastically in the episode "Helga and the Nanny", when her overbearing, old-fashioned nanny, Inge, demands that Helga curtsy out of respect for her father.

* Sometimes in ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'' when the Warner Brothers bow, [[TheChick Dot]] curtsies.

* Inverted in ''Videogame/DragonAgeII'' where the only person who curtsies to you is Isabela, perhaps the least ladylike person in the entire game. Add to that it's a pretty sarcastic bow.
* You get curtsied a fair amount to in one particular mission in ''Videogame/DragonAgeInquisition'', where you have to make nice at an Orlesian (fantasy France) masquerade ball. The lady Inquisitor and her companions themselves don't curtsy due to wearing a tunic and trousers.

* Princess Peach curtsies King Nimbus in Videogame/SuperMarioRPG, a rare gesture, as she's typically the highest ranked person present in her appearances.

It's also a common part of those Regency-Debut to London Society type books. Specifically, the formal presentation to the queen, where the presentee has to curtsy before the queen. There's a little info about it [[http://edwardianpromenade.com/?p=34 here]], after the fourth picture.

* In [[Literature/ChroniclesOfNarnia ''A Horse and His Boy]] Aravis' perfect Calormene style curtsy is contrasted with Shasta's very awkward bow.
* In Literature/ThePerilousGard Kate's clumsiness is most apparent in her inability to perform an acceptable curtsy. Part of her 'makeover' is being taught how to move gracefully by the 'Fairies'.

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* In ''Series/GameOfThrones'', Shae's inexperience at court is evident in her inept curtsy. Cersei, who had perfected the gesture at age four, shows her how it's done.

* BadassPrincess Hilde from the ''VideoGame/SoulCalibur'' series does this ''in armor'' as a pre-battle pose.

* In ''Literature/TheSilverChair'', Jill Pole just bows, as she's from post-WorldWarTwo England and thus she wasn't taught how to curtsy at school. She learns how in the next book.

** Almosty at the end of the movie, Marguerite and her mother are seen doing this again to the King and Queen [[spoiler: when they call the twwo up to explain themselves for their shitty treatment of Danielle.]]

* At the close of every ballet class and performance, dancers perform what is known as "reverence", or a series of curtsies, to the teacher, the audience, and the orchestra/pianist, as applicable.
* Often used by female Broadway performers during their curtain calls, particularly if their costume makes bowing awkward -- for instance, the actress playing Christine in ''ThePhantomOfTheOpera'' almost invariably curtsies due to her Victorian-era dress.

* Pictured above: Lila from ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'' does it in the episode "Helga's Masquerade" when trying to teach Helga how to be more feminine.

-->'''Matt Murdock:''' Well it's to know chivalry isn't dead.

* In ''[[TheChroniclesOfNarnia The Silver Chair]]'', Jill Pole just bows, as she's from post-WorldWarTwo England and thus she wasn't taught how to curtsy at school. She learns how in the next book.