History Main / StabTheSky

* The poster for [[SeaLab2021 Tinfins]] is a direct parody of the ''Film/ANewHope'' poster with Captain Murphy holding a [[http://cdn.buzznet.com/assets/users16/liat/default/tin-fins--large-msg-119291295056.jpg pipe wrench above his head]].

* ''VideoGame/MegaMan10'''s retro-style "box art" has Mega Man pointing his Mega Buster at the sky and shooting a beam, looking similar to the poster for ''ANewHope''. There are also floating images of the main characters and space-ships battling in the sky, also in a similar fashion to the ''ANewHope'' poster.

* The poster for [[SeaLab2021 Tinfins]] is a direct parody of the ANewHope poster with Captain Murphy holding a [[http://cdn.buzznet.com/assets/users16/liat/default/tin-fins--large-msg-119291295056.jpg pipe wrench above his head]].

** The animation for, of all things, "Deflect Oil" for the Swordsmaster in WarhammerOnline: Age of Reckoning, is this pose. There's also an emote for it.

* Many TabletopGames figurines, including one used in ''IrregularWebcomic''. The reason for this, aside from the RuleOfCool justification used everywhere else, is because many of these figurines are cast from metal or resin as a single piece, and it means a certain "narrowness" is needed to get the material to flow evenly through the cast. Hence, weapons like swords tend to either be held straight up, or are lowered down and flush with the body.

* The current art of the ''MagicTheGathering'' card [[http://magiccards.info/autocard.php?card=holy%20Strength Holy Strength]] takes this pose (though the arms aren't overhead. The card's direct opposite, [[http://magiccards.info/autocard.php?card=unholy%20Strength Unholy Strength]], inverts this trope.

* Anime/{{Golion}}, aka the Lion Force {{Voltron}} does this ''every time'' he/it summons the Blazing Sword. He also has the odd moment where he will pose with the weapon while engulfed in lightning before delivering the final blow to an adversary.

* Whenever a warrior wins a battle with their sword on ''DeadliestWarrior'', chances are high that they'll perform this move.

* 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 usually involves some fire and explosions. Just see ''Literature/TheChildrenOfHurin'', below.

* Túrin, in Creator/JRRTolkien's ''Literature/TheChildrenOfHurin'', gives a RousingSpeech, does this, and then has a magic fire ignite behind him. Which does heavily resemble [[TengenToppaGurrenLagann that same thing that this trope isn't to be confused with]].

** In TheSilmarillion, Feanor and his sons raise their swords, which gain a bloody sheen from nearby torches, as they swear an oath that will royally screw up Middle-Earth for many, many years to come.

* {{Zorro}} combines this with RearingHorse for extra awesome.

* ''RevolutionaryGirlUtena:'' Combines this with ByThePowerOfGrayskull.

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* The eponymous duck does it in Chapter 5 of ''{{The Life And Times of Scrooge McDuck}}''
* Nightcrawler does it on the [[http://www.comicsblend.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Excalibur-6.jpg cover]] of ''Comicbook/{{Excalibur}}'' #16 as a parody of the ''Literature/JohnCarterOfMars'' books.

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* In ''RaidouKuzunohaVsTheSoullessArmy'', you can make Raidou do this - just call your demon to you while standing still. Raidou will raise his sword above his head. He does nothing out of the ordinary while running, though, so it seems he just has a taste for being flashy.

* [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] in ''[[FancyPantsAdventures Fancy Pants Adventure 2]]'' when Fancy Pants does this with an ice cream cone after winning it, and the nearby mayor thinks, ''"Why do they always do that?"''

* The box art of the HD UpdatedRerelease of ''SeriousSam'' has Sam doing this with [[GatlingGood his trademark minigun]] AtopAMountainOfCorpses.

* Nightcrawler does it on the [[http://www.comicsblend.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Excalibur-6.jpg cover]] of ''Comicbook/{{Excalibur}}'' #16 as a parody of the ''JohnCarterOfMars'' books.

* {{Golion}}, aka the Lion Force {{Voltron}} does this ''every time'' he/it summons the Blazing Sword. He also has the odd moment where he will pose with the weapon while engulfed in lightning before delivering the final blow to an adversary.

* ''FamilyGuy'' has this in a parody of the ''StarWars'' scene in the above image in the box art of one of the films parodying it.

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* Erza Scarlet does one of these after [[spoiler: defeating 100 monsters alone]] during the Grand Magic Games, clothing tattered and covered in blood.

* This is spoofed by the ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' episode "Make Love, Not WarCraft". Randy gets a flash drive containing a patch for a manna-draining Runeblade for the MMO ''WorldOfWarCraft''. When he's given it, and just before inserting the flash drive into a USB port, he stabs the sky with it.

* Humorously, the titular heroine in ''VideoGame/ChildOfLight'' does this for her after-battle win animation. Well, she ''tries to'', but being a little girl with a {{BFS}}, she struggles to keep it up in the air with one hand, so the sword comes down to the ground with a heavy clunk and she barely keeps her balance.

* One of the books in ''TheBelgariad'' by David Eddings has the main character do this on accident. He was trying to attach the Orb of Aldur to the {{BFS}} on the wall, only for said sword to fall off into his hands. Expecting it to be incredibly heavy, he overcompensates when lifting the surprisingly weightless sword so it points skyward. Everyone is suitably impressed nonetheless, though the fact that he didn't die when the sword caught fire probably helped.

* [[Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar Raoh's]] [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome life was one lived without a single regret!!]]
* Franchise/SailorMoon holds her scepter up in a few pictures.

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* Serves a purpose in the ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' novel ''Discworld/{{Pyramids}}'', where Teppic stands on a pyramid and stabs the sky with his knife to provide a conduction point for the time flaring out of it.

* Manga/SailorMoon holds her scepter up in a few pictures.

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