History Main / PietaPlagiarism

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* Happens twice in the fourth case of ''VisualNovel/TheGreatAceAttorney: Adventures''. The first time, John Garrideb dramatically falls over, as his wife Joan catches him in this pose. [[spoiler:After it's revealed that Joan was the one who (accidentally) assaulted Viridian Green, she's the one to fall with John catching him; however, Joan is a lot heavier than John, and he collapses after holding the pose for a few seconds.]]

* In the last chapter of season one, Bloom from ''WesternAnination/WinxClub'' carries a defeated and passed-out Icy after a rather intense battle between the two of them.
** This is matched by the CrucifiedHeroShot Bloom got earlier in the season, when Icy and her sisters stole the [[''WhiteMagic'' Dragon's Flame]] from her. It's matched even further by the fact that said battle happened immediately after Bloom recovered her stolen magic.

* Anakin Skywalker and his dead mother Shmi appear in this pose in a ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends'' trading card, with her as a Force Ghost holding his charred, dying body after his defeat at Obi-Wan's hands on Mustafar.

* ''WesternAnimation/BojackHorseman'' [[spoiler: In Season 4 ,Episode 6, "Stupid Piece of Shit," we see Bojack holding Sarah Lynn in this pose during his "Stupid Piece of Shit" flashback.]]

May be mixed with TouchOfTheMonster. SisterTrope to CradlingYourKill, CradleOfLoneliness, and DiedInYourArmsTonight. See also BackgroundHalo and SistineSteal for related subliminal symbolism. Compare MessianicArchetype, MadonnaArchetype, LastSupperSteal and CrucifiedHeroShot for other examples of frequently homaged Christ-iconography. See also CrisisCatchAndCarry.

Owes its existence to PopCulturalOsmosis.

* Happens twice in the fourth case of ''VisualNovel/DaiGyakutenSaiban''. The first time, John Garrideb dramatically falls over, as his wife Joan catches him in this pose. [[spoiler:After it's revealed that Joan was the one who (accidentally) assaulted Viridian Green, she's the one to fall with John catching him; however, Joan is a lot heavier than John, and he collapses after holding the pose for a few seconds.]]

* Happens twice in the third case of ''VisualNovel/DaiGyakutenSaiban''. The first time, John Garrideb dramatically falls over, as his wife Joan catches him in this pose. [[spoiler:After it's revealed that Joan was the one who (accidentally) committed the assault, she's the one to fall with John catching him; however, Joan is a lot heavier than John, and he collapses after holding the pose for a few seconds.]]

Creator/MichelangeloBuonarroti's sculpture depicting Mary holding the body of the crucified Christ is the best-known example of one of the [[StockPoses most popular poses in art]]. There is a whole class of artwork, referred to as "pietàs", that depict Mary (usually seated) holding the dead Jesus, going back to at least the early 14th century. It includes two other pieces by Michelangelo himself--one in the Cathedral Museum in UsefulNotes/{{Florence}} and known as the Deposition or Florentine Pietà, the other one in the Castello Sforzesco in Milan and known as the Rondanini Pieta, as well as a third work in the Academia in Florence not generally attributed to Michelangelo today.

* In ''FanFic/WhenTheMoonFellInLoveWithTheSun'', Peeta holds Larkspur's body in his arms while she's dying.

* In ''Webcomic/BlueYonder'', [[http://www.blueyondercomic.net/comics/1086929/blue-yonder-prologue-page-15-finale/ Jared is carried in like that after the injuries he suffered]].

* ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive''. Grace is shown doing it in [[http://egscomics.com/?date=2011-05-19 this comic]], right after knocking the guy out with a sleeper hold.

** It manages to pull it off both seriously and mockingly ''[[CrossesTheLineTwice at the same time]]'' thanks to Sburb's [[http://mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=005284 kiss-revival system]].

* Webcomic/KarateBears need [[http://www.karatebears.com/2012/01/pita.html a mop]].

* ''Webcomic/KevinAndKell'', normally a very gag-based comic, had one [[http://www.kevinandkell.com/2003/kk0922.html here]], following the death of [[spoiler:Danielle]].

* An even closer version is [[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:G._W._Fasel_-_Charles_G._Crehen_-_Nagel_%26_Weingaertner_-_Martyrdom_of_Joseph_and_Hiram_Smith_in_Carthage_jail,_June_27th,_1844.jpg this image of the death of Joseph Smith]], founder of [[UsefulNotes/{{Mormonism}} the Mormon Church]], from 1851.

* Kookai used it ([[http://www.advertnews.com/pix/kookai_ad_1.jpg here]] and [[http://www.advertnews.com/pix/kookai_ad_3.jpg here]]) ,to express a "love at first sight post catatonia".

* Taxi Vancouver had David Billings build a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYqD4NcuCy0 sand Pietà]], depicting a mother grieving her dead daughter, to raise awareness of drowning and drowning prevention.

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* The 2005 Bruce Willis film ''Film/{{Hostage}}'' (based on the novel by Robert Crais) has a scene where [[spoiler:Dennis holds the body of his brother Kevin before he is also killed]]. Other religious imagery appears in the film, with the character of Jennifer made to look like the Madonna more than once.
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* ''Webcomic/KevinAndKell'', normally a very gag-based comic, had one [[http://www.kevinandkell.com/2003/kk0922.html here]], following the death of [[spoiler:Danielle]].
* Parson pulls one of these in ''Webcomic/{{Erfworld}}''.
* In ''Webcomic/{{Shortpacked}}'', it's used for unconscious character''s'', considering how [[DeathIsCheap Death wasn't so cheap]] there.
* Occurs [[http://www.garanos.com/pages/page-165 near the end of the first volume]] of fantasy comic ''Webcomic/{{Garanos}}''.

* Rumble Bee of ''Super Stupor'' strikes this pose with her mentor when he ceases to exist during the Cataclysm in [[http://www.superstupor.com/sust12242007.shtml this]] strip.

* ''Webcomic/DominicDeegan'' shows this trope during a flashback to [[spoiler:the slaughter of a group of students by a sadistic Infernomancer]].
* ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive''. Grace is shown doing it in [[http://egscomics.com/?date=2011-05-19 this comic]], right after knocking the guy out with a sleeper hold.
* ''Webcomic/WeaponBrown'': [[spoiler:[[http://www.whatisdeepfried.com/2011/07/25/weapon-brown-245/ ME GOYLE!!]]]]
* In ''Webcomic/BlueYonder'', [[http://www.blueyondercomic.net/comics/1086929/blue-yonder-prologue-page-15-finale/ Jared is carried in like that after the injuries he suffered]].

* ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' manages to pull it off both seriously and mockingly ''[[CrossesTheLineTwice at the same time]]'' thanks to Sburb's [[http://mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=005284 kiss-revival system]].
** Played straight in [[spoiler:[S] Cascade with PM and WV]]
* Jethro, "the retarded kid" from ''You Damn Kid!'' [[http://youdamnkid.keenspot.com/d/20020226.html built one out of snow]]... [[CrossesTheLineTwice before promptly clotheslining it]].

* In the foreground of [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-Kings-War-75-452199663 this]] ''{{Webcomic/Roommates}}'' page the Goblin Regent is holding the fallen (Death is already there for him) kid hero like this. Also his face and the thing in the background clearly shows that the guy reached the GodzillaThreshold.

* ''Webcomic/DaughterOfTheLilies'': Used in the [[http://www.daughterofthelilies.com/dotl/609 confrontation]] between Prof. Fike and Master Wu, as Fike clutches an illusion of his late son in the depths of the Drath hell.

* In ''VisualNovel/UminekoWhenTheyCry'''s [=PS3=] remake, Battler is holding Beatrice like this on the cover.\

* In ''VisualNovel/UminekoWhenTheyCry'''s [=PS3=] remake, Battler is holding Beatrice like this on the cover.

* Done by a boy dressed as a young ballerina (Cure Maso) with a Bifauxnen (Sera) after the latter gets blown up towards the end of the first episode of ''FanFic/PrettyCureStrangeHappenings''.

* Meg's death in ''Disney/{{Hercules}}''. And it's not just Hercules cradling her in his arms as a powered mortal, but he also holds her spirit once he is restored to godhood as well.
* In ''Disney/{{Tangled}}'', [[spoiler:Rapunzel is holding Eugene/Flynn]] after the latter's HeroicSacrifice.
* At the very beginning of ''Disney/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'', the Archdeacon does this to Quasimodo's mother after she has been trampled to death by Frollo for being a gypsy and after the Archdeacon stops Frollo from drowning baby Quasimodo by dropping him into a well because of his hideous appearance.

* In ''Disney/LiloAndStitch2StitchHasAGlitch'', where [[spoiler:Stitch has died, Lilo]] holds him in this fashion. It's okay though, he gets better.

May be mixed with TouchOfTheMonster. SisterTrope to CradlingYourKill, CradleOfLoneliness, and DiedInYourArmsTonight. See also BackgroundHalo and SistineSteal for related subliminal symbolism. Compare LastSupperSteal and CrucifiedHeroShot for other examples of frequently homaged Christ-iconography. See also CrisisCatchAndCarry.

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