History Main / SistineSteal

In the Art/SistineChapel in Rome, Creator/MichelangeloBuonarroti painted a number of frescos upon its ceiling. One of those frescos was ''Creation of Adam''. With his right hand outstretched, God floats above Adam to touch the man's fingertip. This famous and iconic image is known not only to art lovers but also to the [[LowestCommonDenominator average television viewer]]. This makes it fair game for allusions, parody, and all sorts of tropey tomfoolery.

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* ''[[http://paulhanley.deviantart.com/art/Genesis-of-the-Daleks-265393389 Genesis of the Daleks]]'' by [[http://paulhanley.deviantart.com/art/Genesis-of-the-Daleks-265393389 Paul Hanley]] is a ''Series/DoctorWho'' fan-art featuring Davros as God and a Dalek as Adam. Now used as page illustration for MonsterProgenitor.

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* Used [[FauxSymbolism for no good reason]] in the first episode of ''Series/{{Cleopatra 2525}}''.
* In ''Series/DoctorWho'', [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E2TheFiresOfPompeii "The Fires of Pompeii"]], the Doctor steps out of his TARDIS [[spoiler:to save a doomed family from the title eruption.]] The TARDIS is unaccountably shining behind him, and then there's a shot of his hand, reaching out for [[spoiler:the father's]] as if he's God and the human is Adam in the painting.

* In an episode of ''Series/MythBusters'', while testing an "cosmic energy absorber"; there's a short spoof of the painting with Adam (Savage) and Jamie's faces replacing Adam and God's.

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* [[http://i1.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/869/684/16e.jpg The creation of drunk Adam]]

* There's an edited image where the Big Bang extends from God's finger. Another one shows a DNA helix doing the same.
* An article on [[http://www.graspingforthewind.com/2011/08/21/science-fiction-and-religion-a-marriage-not-made-in-heaven-nor-even-the-laboratory/ Science Fiction and Religion]] on the Website "Grasping for the Wind" uses another Sistine Steal as illustration.
* Michaelangelo himself is depicted striking the pose in a rap battle between the TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles and their Renaissance namesakes in ''WebVideo/EpicRapBattlesOfHistory'''s third season finale. "I'm a rap God, and you can't quite touch me!"

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* The UrExample is the Art/SistineChapel's ''The Creation of Adam'', which provided a famous template for artists to parody for centuries to come, even if the original is anything but a parody.
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* Parodied in the ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' illustrated novel ''Discworld/TheLastHero'', in which [[http://files.myopera.com/Quinnuendo/blog/HPIM3268.JPG Cohen the Barbarian gives the middle finger to God]] (or rather Blind Io, the Disc's Zeus figure) and to ''the entire pantheon of major gods''.

* In ''Disney/{{Moana}}'', there is [[http://puui.qpic.cn/qqvideo_ori/0/p0381ai1xhe_496_280/0 this]] symbolic finger-touching between little Moana and the personified ocean in an early scene.

* Used [[FauxSymbolism for no good reason]] in the first episode of ''{{Cleopatra 2525}}''.

* Michaelangelo himself is depicted striking the pose in a rap battle between the TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles and their Renaissance namesakes in ''WebVideo/EpicRapBattlesOfHistory'''s second season finale. "I'm a rap God, and you can't quite touch me!"

* ''Film/{{Lucy}}:'' After protagonist Lucy becomes strongly {{Transhuman}}, [[spoiler: she goes back in time and touches fingertips with the pre-human known as Lucy.]] Earlier in the film we get a brief look at the original painting, to make sure that no one misses the reference.

* ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment'' has a couple of characters take part in a ''tableau vivant'' of the painting in one episode. There are two problems with the recreation: 1) George Michael, playing Adam, appears wearing cutoff jean shorts instead of being completely naked, and 2) George Sr, playing God, [[spoiler: makes a run for it.]]

* In ''Disney/{{Moana}}'', there is [[http://puui.qpic.cn/qqvideo_ori/0/p0381ai1xhe_496_280/0 this]] symbolic finger-touching between little Moana and the perconified ocean in an early scene.

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* The UrExample is the Art/TheSistineChapel's ''The Creation of Adam'', which provided a famous template for artists to parody for centuries to come, even if the original is anything but a parody.

In the Sistine Chapel in Rome, Creator/MichelangeloBuonarroti painted a number of frescos upon its ceiling. One of those frescos was ''Creation of Adam''. With his right hand outstretched, God floats above Adam to touch the man's fingertip. This famous and iconic image is known not only to art lovers but also to the [[LowestCommonDenominator average television viewer]]. This makes it fair game for allusions, parody, and all sorts of tropey tomfoolery.

* The UsefulNotes/FlyingSpaghettiMonster! [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Touched_by_His_Noodly_Appendage.jpg Touched by his noodly appendage.]]

* Seen in the Pleasantly Understated Credit Sequence of the LucasArts game ''[[VideoGame/SamAndMaxFreelancePolice Sam and Max Hit the Road]]''.

* [[http://i.imgur.com/ynPoUQB.jpg The creation of drunk Adam]]

* In ''Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow'', Frank-n-furter's pool has the portrait done as a mosaic.

* The ''Creation of Adam'' appears in the opening credits of ''Film/BenHur''. The film popularized the use of the painting.

* We get this in ''Webcomic/KevinAndKell'' when George and [[spoiler:the second]] Danielle [[http://kevinandkell.com/2003/kk1026.html re-discover]] [[ItMakesSenseInContext their electric connection]].