History Main / StabTheSky

* In the ''{{Farscape}}'' episode "Crackers Don't Matter" John Crichton -- having been dressed up for his fight with T'raltixx in a cape (solar-reflecting flare wrap), shield (an armored section of Aeryn's Prowler), and D'Argo's Qualta blade -- strikes this pose while humming ''RideOfTheValkyries''. Upon seeing this Aeryn says simply: "We are going to die."

* Thunder! Thunder! THUNDER! {{Thundercats}}! HOOOOOO!!!

* This is spoofed by the SouthPark episode Make Love, Not WarCraft. Randy gets a flash drive containing a patch for a manna-draining Runeblade for the MMO WorldOfWarCraft. Just before inserting the flash drive into a USB port, he stabs the sky with it.

*** I'm sorry but, '''SKYWARD SWORD'''. Does anything more need to be said?

** The imitation covers for the ''[[FamilyGuy Blue Harvest]]'' DVD and ''[[LegoCrossoverGame Lego Star Wars II]]''.
** Parodied in the National Lampoon's ''Vacation'' posters.

Not to be confused with [[TengenToppaGurrenLagann "The Drill that shall Pierce the Heavens!"]]

** His ([[EnemyWithout former]]) host, [[SoulSeries Siegfried]], also had this as a victory pose. He stopped doing this in ''Soulcalibur IV'', instead choosing to bring the sword out of the sky and hold it in front of his face.

* Turin, in JRRTolkien's TheChildrenOfHurin, gives a RousingSpeech, does this, and then has a magic fire ignite behind him.

* HeMan and SheRa do this to active their {{Transformation Sequence}}s.

* As implied in the main article, several characters and HumongousMecha in ''TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' do this pose. Simon and Kamina] have theirs, and even the Gurren pulls one: they stab the sky with their finger while giving a RousingSpeech about piercing the heavens. That's not to mention every time a mech pulls a Giga Drill Breaker...

* William Wallace does this in ''{{Braveheart}}'' after the battle of Sterling.

* Final Fantasy XII has Lord (Prince) Rasler do this in the opening cutscene for dramatic effect, to rouse his army's spirits for the upcoming battles.

* ''MobileSuitGundam'': The titular mecha makes a version of this pose at the climax of Amuro's final battle with Char in this series (while headless and badly damaged). The moment is so iconic that it has its own FanNickname: "[[GratuitousEnglish Last Shooting]]".
** Justified in that Char's mecha's head (ItMakesSenseInContext) really was flying above him, so this is one of those cases where *not* shooting the sky would be a bad idea.

** Justified in that Char's mecha really was flying above him, so this is one of those cases where *not* shooting the sky would be a bad idea.

* One of the books in ''TheBelgariad'' by David Eddings has the main character do this on accident. He was told to lift a very heavy {{BFS}} off the wall, and thus, was straining his muscles to take the weight. When it turns out that the sword weighs practically nothing, it shoots up on its own accord. Everyone is suitably impressed nonetheless.

*** '''SKYWARD SWORD'''. Does anything more need to be said?

* Literally subverted yet spiritually played straight on the original {{Tron}} poster.

* Done by Gadwin of {{Grandia}} when he performs his legendary Dragon Cut attack. [[TheHero Justin]] does it as well when he uses the move himself, as well as with his ultimate move, Heaven and Earth Cut (which is basically an evolved version of Dragon Cut anyway. SoYeah.)

* Prince Cornelius in ''Odin Sphere'' uses this pose when using psypher skills or absorbing phozons into his sword.

* [[FinalFantasyVIII Squall Leonhart]] does this as part of his Blasting Zone LimitBreak.