History Main / VictoryPose

->"For real, though, we need to talk victory poses. Something coordinated for the live, on-camera finish! Could blow up big—start a new trend!"

** Starting with [[VideoGame/StreetFighterIV the fourth game]] screens just showing the winner through official artwork were replaced with the winner doing some actions before [[https://i.imgur.com/4P3DuyC.jpg freezing in a victory pose]].

* The ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'': in versus, the victor will be shown doing a victory pose (sometimes awesome, sometimes humorous) while the losers (with some exceptions) clap politely.

* Every playable pilot in ''VideoGame/FrontMission 3'' has a unique pose when he/she destroys an enemy unit. Doubly awesome because it's ''the mecha'' they are piloting does the pose. [[FairCop Miho]] salutes, [[TheLancer Ryogo]] gives a thumbs-down, [[TheHero Kazuki]] points skyward, [[CoolShades Liu]] [[BadassArmFold crosses his arms]], and so on.

* ''[[Franchise/ShinMegamiTenseiPersona Persona]]'':

At the end of a battle, the victorious character or characters will almost always perform an action to celebrate their success. It may be small (thrusting one arm up) or elaborate (jumping for joy and shouting) depending on the character or the circumstance. You may even see a full-on HappyDance. StabTheSky, VSign, and BicepPolishingGesture is often a victory pose. For more savage characters the pose can include a PrimalChestPound.

* Creator/{{Koei}}'s main ''Warriors'' series (namely, ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriors'' and ''VideoGame/SamuraiWarriors'') had their characters doing these at the end of a successful battle up until about 2005. The Dynasty Warriors poses were more dynamic, while the Samurai Warriors poses were voice-acted. It was dropped when there ended up being ''too'' many characters in their respective games to keep it feasible. There's also a generic StabTheSky-style pose used by everyone (rank-and-file soldiers included) when their unit is rallying (which typically only happens when all the important enemy units in their immediate vicinity are defeated.)

At the end of a battle, the victorious character or characters will almost always perform an action to celebrate their success. It may be small (thrusting one arm up) or elaborate (jumping for joy and shouting) depending on the character or the circumstance. You may even see a full-on HappyDance. StabTheSky and BicepPolishingGesture is often a victory pose. For more savage characters the pose can include a PrimalChestPound.

At the end of a battle, the victorious character or characters will almost always perform an action to celebrate their success. It may be small (thrusting one arm up) or elaborate (jumping for joy and shouting) depending on the character or the circumstance. You may even see a full-on HappyDance. StabTheSky and BicepPolishingGesture is often a victory pose.

-->'''[[HelloNurse Judith]]''': Victory pose!

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* ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemTellius Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn]]'' was the first ''Franchise/FireEmblem'' title to have victory poses. When an allied unit kills their target in a round of combat, they do a brief tauntlike triumphant flourish, either with their weapon or with their arms depending on their [[CharacterClassSystem class]], in the background as their EXP increases and they gain a level. It makes a return in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'', this time accompanied by a short voice clip, each character having about four or five to choose from.

** In ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts'', each victory at the Colosseum is celebrated with a shot of one of the characters doing one of three victory poses. Sora's victory poses echo those of [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Cloud]], [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII Squall]], and [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX Zidane]].

* ''WesternAnimation/AtomicPuppet'' makes it into a RunningGag and a {{Catchphrase}} out of it as their OncePerEpisode gimmick. After defeating their enemies or saving the day, Joey and AP will usually shout "VictoryPose!" and strike one.

* Whenever VideoGame/{{Kirby}} completes a stage, he does a rather extravagant victory dance which ends with him splitting into at least three Kirbies. This is referenced in [[Anime/KirbyOfTheStars the anime]], when a group of Waddle Dees do the shortened dance to thank Kirby at the end of one episode, music and all.

** Most of the characters' poses were retained for ''VideoGame/DissidiaFinalFantasy'' and its sequel, with only [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Cloud's]] (the fist-pump is gone and he does a single sword-spin rather than the multiple spins from the original game), [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX Zidane's]] (Adds another rotation to his backflip) and [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyX Tidus']] (A mix of his above water and under water poses) being changed. ''Dissidia'' even added poses to those who didn't have them before, namely the characters from the sprite-based games.
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'' has victory poses for parties that completed a dungeon or raid. Each race has their own unique pose. It gets more awesome when you clear the Crystal Tower and get to see a full alliance of 24 people all do a victory pose. Occasionally subverted like in other games in the series, but only the first time said dungeon is complete.

* ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'':

* Some ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' and ''SuperSentai'' series get a synchronized post-finishing procedure (to go with the morph pose and the roll call pose), though it's far from all. However, [[BadassBack turning around and looking cool]] as the MonsterOfTheWeek [[UnflinchingWalk goes boom in the background]] is a time-honored tradition. (Like all of 'em, it's subject to LampshadeHanging. Once in ''Series/PowerRangersDinoThunder,'' the team does this... but the monster survives and blasts the Rangers from behind. In ''Series/PowerRangersSamurai,'' a monster-hosted ClipShow had more than one bad guy complain about the Rangers adding insult to injury with the turn-and-pose.)

** Luigi's poses -- even more than Mario's -- are hammy, especially when Luigi does a HappyDance. In ''[[VideoGame/LuigisMansionDarkMoon Luigi's Mansion 2]]'' he'll start off with a happy leap into the air (complete with streamers). Then once the Results screen tallies his earnings and stats, he'll shrug or dance depending on the rank.