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* In the 1993 movie ''Naked'', Johnny takes a step back in such a way that a gold-colored clock frames his head.
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* Used in the 3rd sequel of {{Starship Troopers}} Marauder, where the devoutly religious assistant of now traitor Omar Anoke Holly begs Johnny Rico's no-nonsense atheist {{ Action Girlfriend}} Lola Beck to pray in their hopeless situation. As Behemecoatl, a planet-sized "God of bugs", prepares to devour them and assimilate their knowledge Lola sees seven lights of light appears in the night sky as a halo around Holly's head, which are in fact a unit of advanced robot Marauder mechs who bomb the God Bug and hundreds of Warrior Bugs. This convinces Lola to convert to Christianity, which the Federation then use to better control the masses.
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* At least once in ''{{Metropolis}}'', Frieder gets a HolyBacklight Halo (the light shining/diffused through his hair).
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* The establishing shot of the "You win, or you die" scene in GameOfThrones shows Cersei in a DutchAngle with her head obscuring the sun, which appears to be a deliberate invocation of this trope. Of course, Cersei is anything but a saintly person.
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* [[http://www.zianet.com/jsager/Ra1.jpg Ra's outfit]] in ''{{Stargate}}'' invokes a halo behind him.
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** That's a Sun Disk, and it's probable that at least some Pharaohs actually wore them. It's also a candidate for the origin of the halo in the first place.
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* Shows up in the ''MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' episode "The Ticket Master". When a rainstorm pours heavily on everyone but Twilight Sparkle thanks to Rainbow Dash screwing with the weather, Twilight accuses Dash of trying to butter her up for her extra ticket to the Grand Galloping Gala. As Dash plays innocent, the sun behind her head gives her the appearance of a halo.
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* Shows up in the ''MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' episode "The Ticket Master". When a rainstorm pours heavily on everyone but Twilight Sparkle thanks to Rainbow Dash screwing with the weather, Twilight accuses Dash of trying to butter her up for her extra ticket to the Grand Galloping Gala. As Dash plays innocent, the sun behind her head gives her the appearance of a halo.
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* A promotional photograph for ''{{Supernatural}}'' depicts Dean with a full moon shining right behind his head, creating a halo-like effect. Interestingly, in that same photograph, Sam is shown as having a snake, well... [[IncrediblyLamePun Snaking]] up his arm.
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* Many of the backgrounds in ''TheSecretOfKells'', especially the drawings and diagrams on the walls of Abbot Cellach's study, form these for several different characters throughout the movie.
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* In ''MissCongeniality'', Cathy Morningside gets a Background Crown.
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* Glenn Close's Iris character pulls this off with the sun shining through her hat in ''TheNatural.''
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* An unusual variant occurs in an episode of ''{{Spaced}}'', where Daisy momentarily feels guilty for lying to their landlady, and the camera frames her head in front of a fruit bowl with two bananas poking out, giving her devil-like horns.
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* BackAlleyDoctor Nick Riviera gets a ceiling light halo after he successfully completes Homer's bypass operation in ''TheSimpsons'' episode "Homer's Triple Bypass".
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* In ''HistoryOfTheWorldPartI'' when Jesus has The Last Supper (with MelBrooks as a waiter), LeonardoDaVinci comes in to paint a commemorative portrait - Brooks [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VA1sx-vyWVk#t=1m47s holds his silver platter up behind Jesus to look like a halo.]]
* In ''HistoryOfTheWorldPartI'' when Jesus has The Last Supper (with MelBrooks as a waiter), LeonardoDaVinci comes in to paint a commemorative portrait - Brooks [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VA1sx-vyWVk#t=1m47s holds his silver platter up behind Jesus to look like a halo.]]
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* In ''TheColbertReport,'' when the camera is facing Colbert and his desk straight-on, there's a circle of stars around Colbert's head, definitely making a halo. Kind of.
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* {{Barbie}}'s [[WinterRoyalLady "Goddess of the Arctic"]] doll has a [[PrettyInMink fur-trimmed cape]] with a [[http://freephotooftheday.clientk.com/wp02/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/fantasy-goddess-of-the-arctic-barbie-bob-macki.jpg huge collar]] shaped like this.
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Of course, that this can be done with clever object placement and positioning or elaborate costuming means that a character may [[InvokedTrope invoke this trope]] to give themselves an imposing and [[TheMessiah messianic aura]].
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A HolyHalo has a lot of symbolic value attached to it, chief among them being saintliness, purity, and status as TheChosenOne. Sometimes however, it just isn't appropriate to the {{genre}} for a character to sport an ''actual'' HolyHalo, even if it's very appropriate for them as a character at a given moment in a story. What's more, it's also very obvious, which is not always a good thing.
What artists and storytellers often resort to is using a [[TitleDrop Background Halo]], a stylistic visual technique where a character's head will be put in front of something shiny or below a circle or oval. It benefits from being fairly subliminal and subtle. Well, provided directors don't turn on the HolyBacklight UpToEleven. Then it's just silly, and [[LensFlare possibly blinding.]]
Related to CrucifiedHeroShot and PietaPlagiarism.
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* In ''HistoryOfTheWorldPartI'' when Jesus has The Last Supper (with MelBrooks as a waiter), LeonardoDaVinci comes in to paint a commemorative portrait - Brooks [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VA1sx-vyWVk#t=1m47s holds his silver platter up behind Jesus to look like a halo.]]
* This technique was inverted in ''TheShining'', with Jack shown with a black chandelier over his head, an "anti Halo", after he went crazy.
* [[http://www.zianet.com/jsager/Ra1.jpg Ra's outfit]] in ''{{Stargate}}'' invokes a halo behind him.
* Deliberate style choice in ''StarWars: ThePhantomMenace.'' Most of Queen Amidala's costumes and background settings create a circular halo around her head.
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* There is a literary political satire in which a US politician with an approval rating lower than Hitler attempts to improve his image by getting visual FX artists to add subliminal haloes to his TV appearances. It backfires when one of the haloes slips and looks like a noose round his neck.
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* Occurs in ''{{Dilbert}}'' episode "The Shroud of Wally" with a disc in a Last Supper parody.
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