History Main / LegCling

* ''Franchise/[[Transformers}}'': The (fairly silly) ''WesternAnimation/BeastWars'' episode "The Low Road" has a shot of the Maximals making a dramatic entrance, with [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/vlcsnap-2012-02-13-19h24m58s59_7460.png Airazor doing this to Optimus]]; she's standing normally a moment later.

This is a common pose used on a ContemptibleCover.

* ''Literature/BimbosOfTheDeathSun'': As part of its general ContemptibleCover, the eponymous book has a scantily-clad barbarian woman clinging to the leg of a muscular scientist with a clipboard.

** Franchise/ConanTheBarbarian, [[http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/346/conanearlnoremjr1.jpg as pictured above.]] Plus [[http://www.rehupa.com/images/lancers_conan_adventurer_painting.jpg Conan the Adventurer]].
** The page quote is taken from the Conan story called ''Literature/TheHourOfTheDragon''

This trope was popularized by the fantasy art of Creator/FrankFrazetta [[http://frankfrazetta.org/viewimage.php?loc=frank_frazetta_thebarbarian.jpg]] and Creator/BorisVallejo [[http://vallejo.ural.net/1978/show.php?017]] (Warning: it's even less safe for work than the picture to the right.)

A [[FilmPosters Film Poster Trope]] that has ties to old pulp comics or adventure book covers. It depicts a muscle-bound man in a dominant pose, with an attractive woman literally clinging to one of his legs. After all, MenAreStrongWomenArePretty. The man is always a {{Hunk}} (handsome and manly), and very often is depicted shirtless (or with his shirt torn open), to reinforce how tough he is, with a cocky expression on his face and a PhallicWeapon on one hand, even maybe [[StabTheSky stabbing the sky]]. Very often he's AtopAMountainOfCorpses, or viewed from a [[HitlerCam low angle]] atop a [[CoolChair throne]] to make him look even more intimidating than he already is. Meanwhile, the woman is almost always half-naked in a sexualized manner, with a [[DamselInDistress helpless expression and posture]] that reinforce her submissiveness. The contrast between the male and female characters alludes to the notion that [[MenActWomenAre men are defined by their actions and women by their passiveness]]. The pose was popularised at a time when oral sex was widely known but officially considered unmentionable, indecent, and grounds for divorce, making it ripe for encoding.

A [[FilmPosters Film Poster Trope]] that has ties to old pulp comics or adventure book covers. It depicts a muscle-bound man in a dominant pose, with an attractive woman literally clinging to one of his legs. After all, MenAreStrongWomenArePretty. The man is always a {{Hunk}} (handsome and manly), and very often is depicted shirtless (or with his shirt torn open), to reinforce how tough he is, with a cocky expression on his face and a PhallicWeapon on one hand, even maybe [[StabTheSky stabbing the sky]]. Very often he's AtopAMountainOfCorpses, or viewed from a [[HitlerCam low angle]] atop a [[CoolChair throne]] to make him look even more intimidating than he already is. Meanwhile, the woman is almost always half-naked in a sexualized manner, with a [[DamselInDistress helpless expression and posture]] that reinforce her submissiveness. The contrast between the male and female characters alludes to the notion that [[MenActWomenAre men are defined by their actions and women by their passiveness]]. The pose was popularised at a time when the oral sex was widely known but officially considered unmentionable, indecent, and grounds for divorce, making it ripe for encoding.

A [[FilmPosters Film Poster Trope]] that has ties to old pulp comics or adventure book covers. It depicts a muscle-bound man in a dominant pose, with an attractive woman literally clinging to one of his legs. After all, MenAreStrongWomenArePretty. The man is always a {{Hunk}} (handsome and manly), and very often is depicted shirtless (or with his shirt torn open), to reinforce how tough he is, with a cocky expression on his face and a PhallicWeapon on one hand, even maybe [[StabTheSky stabbing the sky]]. Very often he's AtopAMountainOfCorpses, or viewed from a [[HitlerCam low angle]] atop a [[CoolChair throne]] to make him look even more intimidating than he already is. Meanwhile, the woman is almost always half-naked in a sexualized manner, with a [[DamselInDistress helpless expression and posture]] that reinforce her submissiveness. The contrast between the male and female characters alludes to the notion that [[MenActWomenAre men are defined by their actions and women by their passiveness]]. The pose was popularised at a time when the oral sex act some versions of it suggest was widely known but officially considered unmentionable, indecent, and grounds for divorce, making it ripe for encoding.

[[quoteright:298:[[Franchise/ConanTheBarbarian https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/conanearlnoremjr1.jpg]]]]

* Mary Jane Watson, of all people clings to... wait for it, wait for it... ComicBook/ThePunisher in ''ComicBook/MarvelUniverseVsThePunisher''.
* ''ComicBook/ElfQuest: Jink'' did a gender-reversed take on this one, with a publicity shot of [[http://www.elfquest.com/gallery/OnlineComics/JK/JK01/DisplayJK01.html?page=26 Kullyn clinging to Jink's leg]] while she wields a [[SmallGirlBigGun laser rifle]].
* Alex Ross's cover for ''Thulsa Doom''.
* The second [[Creator/ImageComics Image]] cover for ''ComicBook/KingCity'' has [[http://alldaycomics.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/king-city-2-cover.jpg Anna clinging to Max's leg]] amidst the [[ZombieApocalypse xombie apocalypse]].
* In ''ComicBook/TheSimpsons[=/=]ComicBook/{{Futurama}} Crossover Crisis'', after several characters had been pulled out of fiction, Franchise/{{Conan|TheBarbarian}} is inconvenienced by one of these:
-->'''Conan:''' Ow, by Crom! It's hard enough to fight without this wench hanging off my leg!\\
'''Wench:''' Hey, I'm a [[LampshadeHanging leg wench]]. Do I tell ''you'' how to do ''your'' job?

* In ''ComicBook/NewMutants'' this gets a GenderFlip , of a male on a females leg.
* Just to show that she is [[spoiler:The Key/demon slaying queen interdimensional demi goddess]] ''ComicBook/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' has a gender flipped version where Dawn is delivering a CurbStompBattle as Xander clings to her leg.
* ''ComicBook/RedSonja'' spoofed this in a drawing of the heroine standing over her slain enemies, with a dying mook clutching at her leg.

* Dave Cockrum did a [[https://i.pinimg.com/originals/62/d3/1f/62d31fe0c67103e128ade5b74a2bc37c.jpg parody version]] of the image to promote his humorous ComicBook/{{Nightcrawler}} mini-series.
* Spoofed in ''ComicBook/AllNewAllDifferentAvengers'', where we can see [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/msmarvelfic.png an illustration]] for the fanfiction ''Ms. Marvel and the Teenage Love Triangle from Space'' featuring ComicBook/KamalaKhan with ComicBook/SpiderMan (Miles Morales) and ComicBook/{{Nova}} (Sam Alexander) clinging to her legs.
* The [[https://i1.wp.com/darkworldsquarterly.gwthomas.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Captain-Carrot-and-His-Amazing-Zoo-Crew-1982-07-18.jpg final splash page]] of ''Comicbook/CaptainCarrotAndHisAmazingZooCrew'' #7 shows Bow-Zar the Barkbarian with a FoxyVixen clinging to his leg.

* A {{NSFW}} ''Franchise/StarWars'' [[http://www.tshirthell.com/funny-shirts/han-job-han-solo-princess-leia T-shirt design.]]

* [[http://felipemassafera.deviantart.com/art/Boba-Fett-roughs-139473585 One Boba Fett Comic.]]

* [[http://ninjaink.deviantart.com/art/Son-of-Coul-301410545 "Son of Coul"]] parodies the ''Army of Darkness'' poster, ''[[Film/TheAvengers2012 Avengers]]''-style, with Phil Coulson as the man with the {{BFG}} and Natasha Romanoff doing the clinging.
* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3BEZ9cLxKM fan film]] ''ComicBook/MarvelZombies vs. Film/ArmyOfDarkness'' also parodies this, with [[Franchise/SpiderMan Gwen Stacy]] clinging to Ash's legs when they are confronted by several zombiefied Marvel heroes.
* Parodied deliciously [[https://www.deviantart.com/art/Rory-Destroyer-of-Worlds-330428489 here]], using ''Series/DoctorWho''[='s=] "The Last Centurion" as the standing badass.

* The ''Film/ArmyOfDarkness'' [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Army_of_Darkness_poster.jpg poster]]. The strapping powerful male (also note the [[HitlerCam low angle "power" shot]]) with a DamselInDistress literally clinging to his heel, with a phallic chainsaw for good measure.
* Film/NationalLampoon:
** Chevy Chase [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/nationallampoonsvacation_1983.jpg knows what we're talking about]] in ''Film/NationalLampoonsVacation''.
** Chevy also [[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089670/mediaviewer/rm3349615616 doesn't know when to quit]] (in more ways than one) in ''Film/NationalLampoonsEuropeanVacation'' (although instead of his wife and the girl in a Ferrari, this time the other leg has his son).

* Though she doesn't fit in the buxom category, Elizabeth Swann inexplicably did this to Jack Sparrow in ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanDeadMansChest'' while he was attempting to shoot the Kraken.
* [[http://www.imdb.com/media/rm3679362816/tt0084935 The poster ]] for ''Film/YorTheHunterFromTheFuture''.

* ''[[http://m.blog.hu/fi/filmdroid/image/peter/%21regiplakatok/posters_18.jpg Hell Comes to Frog Town]]''

* Film/{{Flash Gordon|Serial}}'s {{Parallel Porn Title|s}} ''[[http://www.imdb.com/media/rm1819974912/tt0068595 Flesh Gordon]]''.
* [[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/69/Joe_dirt.jpg The poster]] for ''Film/JoeDirt''.
* The poster for ''Film/{{Dolemite}}'' features several ladies doing this to our hero. One of them even has her fingers the wrapped around the gun between Dolemite's legs as it discharges. [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything Yup.]]
* Subverted in ''Film/BlackSnakeMoan'' -- Rae does this to Lazarus as he plays the guitar and tells her about his life, but their relationship is decidedly non-sexual and weirdly sweet, even though she ReallyGetsAround and [[MisaimedMarketing the plot was promoted as being otherwise]].
* [[http://meansheets.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/the-big-head-italian-film-poster.jpg The Italian]] poster for ''The Big Head''.

* Averted in the first poster for ''Film/ANewHope''. All the elements are there, except the princess is standing on her own, looking away from the hero and holding a gun.
* The final pose of the movie ''Film/BlackDynamite'' -- see the page image of the article.
* Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse:
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOT2Sj_9i_s A deleted scene]] from ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol2'' has Ego showing the Guardians a Xandar War Memorial he built, showing Star-Lord "single-handedly saving the galaxy". To the dismay of the other Guardians, Peter Quill is pictured as larger than life, standing triumphantly above Ronan the Accuser, with Drax reduced to a monkey on his shoulder and Gamora clinging submissively to his leg.
** ''Film/ThorRagnarok'': As Thor and Loki work their way toward the hangers to commandeer the Grandmaster's ship, they enter a room while wielding large rifle blasters to take down the guards inside. Said guards happen to be standing in front of a statue of the Grandmaster that looks straight out of a Vallejo painting, complete with him holding a massive blaster over his head while a woman clings to his right leg.
* ''Film/TheBurning'': After the raft is found and the remaining campers freak out, one of them is shown desperately clinging to another's leg.

* Franchise/ConanTheBarbarian, [[http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/346/conanearlnoremjr1.jpg as pictured above.]] Plus [[http://www.rehupa.com/images/lancers_conan_adventurer_painting.jpg Conan the Adventurer]].

** At the start of ''Literature/XuthalOfTheDusk'' Natala does this--admittedly due to exhaustion rather than Conan's manly allure.
* Several of the ''Literature/{{Flashman}}'' books, including the eponymous debut and ''[[http://www.museumsyndicate.com/images/3/25043.jpg Flash for Freedom]]''. With Flashman it's arguably a subversion, because the protagonist is a contemptible bully.

* ''Literature/BimbosOfTheDeathSun'': As part of its general ContemptibleCover, the eponymous book has a scantily-clad barbarian woman clinging to the leg of a muscular scientist with a clipboard.

* One promotion picture for ''Series/DoctorWho'' has Creator/ChristopherEccleston in front with Creator/BilliePiper doing this.

* [[http://cdn3.iofferphoto.com/img/item/118/187/865/hkits901lZaNr2k.jpg Eerie #116]]

* Done in the cover of Exciter's ''Long Live the Loud''.

* The cover for ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaan:_Barbarian%27s_Blade Kaan: Barbarian's Blade]]''.
* Featured on the [[https://www.c64-wiki.com/images/8/82/Stormlord_Cover.jpg cover art]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qr73jWMfGPg title screen]] for an old computer game called ''Stormlord'', with a female character that's oddly smaller than the male character she is clinging to.

* Unsurprisingly, featured in the ''VideoGame/{{Deadpool}}'' video game, with two scantily clad women clinging to ComicBook/{{Deadpool}}'s legs -- as can be seen on Teamheadkick's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=544WmUAvsYs&t=2m56s "Deadpool Rap"]] video.

* Brent Sienna as Iron Thor is the cover to ''Webcomic/PvP'' [[http://www.coverbrowser.com/image/pvp/17-1.jpg #17]].

* Parodied in ''Webcomic/MenageA3'': [=DiDi=] and Zii perform one of these for [[CampGay Dillon]] [[https://pixietrixcomix.com/menage-a-3/the-greatest-of-gifts when he presents them all with tickets to his show]].

* Parodied in ''Webcomic/DragonMango'': the door to [[TrainingFromHell Sherbert]]'s house has a sign depicting a hero standing triumphantly over a monster's corpse with a leg clinger and has the caption "you must be at least this badass to enter".
* One of the flashback comics in ''Webcomic/SisterClaire'' features [[http://www.sisterclaire.com/missing-moments/missing-moment-salita-3 a version of this pose]] with Clementine and Gabi watching the sun rise over Thronum Mare -- except Clementine is a scrawny teenage girl with horns and Gabi is her [[SelkiesAndWereseals selkie]] girlfriend.
* ''Webcomic/DaughterOfTheLilies'': Parodied and gender-flipped on one [[ShowWithinAShow in-universe novel]] in the cliché-soaked [[http://www.daughterofthelilies.com/dotl/808 saga]] of {{Barbarian Hero}}ine T'Fa'Nii the Clanless, complete with ChainmailBikini.
* ''Webcomic/EnnuiGo'': [[http://ennuigo.thecomicseries.com/comics/666 An all-female example]] (NSFW) with the opening of the ShowWithinAShow ''Sister Slug''. (Well, an all-NaughtyNun example to be precise.)

* ''Webcomic/GrrlPower'': The trope is referenced for comedy purposes when Sydney's lawyer mother reminds her artist father about some work that she landed for him.
-->'''Laura:''' I got you the job doing the movie poster for "Krognar, Champion of [[FreakierThanFiction Intercourse, PA]]."\\
'''Syd Sr.:''' Oh, right, yeah! The one with all the ladies clutching onto the hero's leg.

* ''WebVideo/DiamandaHagan'': Another gender-inversed example with the title screen of the ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmuiHUrvMgU Berserker: Hell's Warrior]]'' review episode. It's Diamanda as the muscle-bound barbarian warrior, and [[WebVideo/BadMovieBeatdown Filmbrain]] as the scantily-clad wench between her legs.
* ''WebVideo/JourneyQuest'' has BarbarianHero Karn's wife Starling doing this (or just lounging at his feet) when he's ruling his kingdom. He thinks that it's demeaning and that she should have her own throne, but she prefers it.

* The (fairly silly) ''WesternAnimation/BeastWars'' episode "The Low Road" has a shot of the Maximals making a dramatic entrance, with [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/vlcsnap-2012-02-13-19h24m58s59_7460.png Airazor doing this to Optimus]]; she's standing normally a moment later.

* [[http://yuki-chat.org/shimmie/_images/b5bddb9fe30a33c77835f1fd888c99e9/5495%20-%20amputee%20berserk%20blood%20casca%20guts%20monsters%20nude.jpg The cover art for the infamous volume 13]] of ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'' offers a variant, with a shirtless, bloodsoaked Guts cradling a naked Casca in his (severed) arm, while he holds a broken sword in the other arm and has sinister smirk on his face. The backdrop of the scene is full of demons, and Guts looks quite manly and victorious in the moment... [[spoiler:[[CoversAlwaysLie If only it had actually played out like this in the actual story.]]]]

* [[http://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/14/145416/2907823-darkavengers010pg2425.jpg a recreation of the Enchantress]] in front of Molecule Man's throne in his appearance in ''ComicBook/DarkAvengers''.
* As seen [[http://marvel.wikia.com/wiki/Doctor_Strange,_Sorcerer_Supreme_Vol_1_5 here]] Clea is often posing submissively on ''ComicBook/DoctorStrange'' covers, no matter how much demonic ass she kicks in the actual story.

* The Original ''Franchise/StarWars'' [[http://christophervalin.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/lgfp1416a-new-hope-original-movie-score-star-wars-episode-iv-poster.jpg poster]] (of course).
* ''Film/ConanTheBarbarian1982'', [[http://www.fotos.org/galeria/data/576/medium/Movie-Poster-Conan-The-Barbarian.jpg the movie]].

* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Chowder}}'' episode "Fireheart", during the song montage while Chowder is living with the dragons, there's a still shot of Chowder like this with Panini-Chowder has a stereotypical Conan physique, while Panini, for her part, is wearing a leopardskin bikini, with HartmanHips and GagBoobs. [[http://i46.tinypic.com/2j0o1he.jpg Must be seen to be believed.]]

* Parodied in ''Webcomic/MenageA3'': [=DiDi=] and Zii perform one of these for [[CampGay Dillon]] [[http://www.menagea3.net/d/20100130.html when he presents them all with tickets to his show]].

-->'''Laura:''' I got you the job doing the movie poster for "Krognar, Champion of Intercourse, PA."\\

* Featured on the title screen for an old UsefulNotes/{{Commodore 64}} game called ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDDv4NAGnMA&feature=channel&list=UL Stormlord]]'', with a female character that's oddly smaller than the male character she is clinging to.

A [[FilmPosters Film Poster Trope]] that has ties to old pulp comics or adventure book covers. It depicts a muscle-bound man in a dominant pose, with an attractive woman literally clinging to one of his legs. After all, MenAreStrongWomenArePretty. The man is always a {{Hunk}} (handsome and manly), and very often is depicted shirtless (or with his shirt torn open), to reinforce how tough he is, with a cocky expression on his face and a PhallicWeapon on one hand, even maybe [[StabTheSky stabbing the sky]]. Very often he's AtopAMountainOfCorpses, or viewed from a [[HitlerCam low angle]] atop a [[CoolChair throne]] to make him look even more intimidating than he already is. Meanwhile, the woman is almost always half-naked in a sexualized manner, with a [[DamselInDistress helpless expression and posture]] that reinforce her submissiveness. The contrast between the male and female characters alludes to the notion that [[MenActWomenAre men are defined by their actions and women by their passiveness]].

* Mary Jane Watson, of all people clings to... wait for it, wait for it...ComicBook/ThePunisher in ''ComicBook/MarvelUniverseVsThePunisher''.

** ''Film/ThorRagnarok'': As Thor and Loki work their way toward the hangers to commandeer the Grandmaster's ship, they enter a room while wielding large rifle blasters to take down the guards inside. Said guards happen to be standing in front of a statue of the Grandmaster that looks straight out of a Vallejo painting complete with him holding a massive blaster over his head while a woman clings to his right leg.

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* Simon Bisley with [[http://www.starstore.com/acatalog/simon-bisley-08.jpg an illustration]] from ''Magazine/HeavyMetal''.
* [[http://cdn3.iofferphoto.com/img/item/118/187/865/hkits901lZaNr2k.jpg Eerie #116]]
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* ''Webcomic/EnnuiGo'': [[http://ennuigo.thecomicseries.com/comics/666 An all-female example]] (NSFW) with the opening of the ShowWithinAShow ''Sister Slug''. (Well, an all-nun example to be precise.)

* The cover for the first issue of ''ComicBook/{{Barack the Barbarian}}'', as fitting for a ''Conan'' parody. ([[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_the_Barbarian No, really, it exists.]])
* In one of the stories of ''Garfield: His Nine Lives'', Helga, the female Viking who turns into a bitchy businesswoman, has one of her underlings clinging to her leg when she reverts back to her original Viking form.
* In ComicBook/NewMutants this gets a GenderFlip , of a male on a females leg.

* ComicBook/RedSonja spoofed this in a drawing of the heroine standing over her slain enemies, with a dying mook clutching at her leg.

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOT2Sj_9i_s A deleted scene]] for ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol2'' has Ego showing the Guardians a Xandar War Memorial he built, showing Star-Lord "single-handedly saving the galaxy". To the dismay of the other Guardians, Peter Quill is pictured as larger than life, standing triumphantly above Ronan the Accuser, with Drax reduced to a monkey on his shoulder and Gamora clinging submissively to his leg.

Flasbak has a whole gallery of poses from a variety of mediums [[http://flashbak.com/warriors-above-damsels-below-the-conan-pose-recycled-26655/ here]]

** The page quote, taken from the Conan story called Literature/TheHourOfTheDragon is the only time a girl does this to him in the original books.

[[caption-width-right:298:"Woman. Seriously. Let go."]]

* ''Webcomic/EnnuiGo'': [[http://ennuigo.thecomicseries.com/comics/666 An all-female example]] (NSFW) with the opening of the SwhoWithinAShow ''Sister Slug''. (Well, an all-nun example to be precise.)

** {{Gender Flip}}ped by Paul Kidby for the ''Discworld Calendar 2012'': one picture shows Conina the Barbarian Hairdresser (from ''Discworld/{{Sourcery}}''), striking a pose with Rincewind clinging to her leg.
** Similarly, Marc Simonetti's cover for the French edition of ''Discworld/InterestingTimes'' has Rincewind clinging to Cohen's leg.

* The (NSFW) [[http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Qd-OMp4PSc/StjLNABjrSI/AAAAAAAAAHc/agDLctY7Qcc/s1600-h/sanjulian_jonah_hex.jpg cover]] of ComicBook/JonahHex. That girl is going to get ''so'' sunburned!

* ''Webcomic/DaughterOfTheLilies'': Parodied and gender-flipped on one [[ShowWithinAShow in-universe novel]] in the cliché-soaked [[http://www.daughterofthelilies.com/dotl/808 saga]] of {{Barbarian Hero}}ine T'Fa'Nii the Clanless, complete with ChainmailBikini

* [[http://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/14/145416/2907823-darkavengers010pg2425.jpg a recreation of the Enchantress]] in front of Molecule Man's throne in his recent appearance in ComicBook/DarkAvengers.

* The upcoming set for ''Franchise/MagicTheGathering'' called Magic Origins will have a {{Gender Flip}}ped example, it has an art of the necromancer Liliana Vess surrounded by her zombies in a pose like this.