History Main / KneeFoldFallOfDefeat

Compare PoseOfSupplication, TwistedKneeCollapse.

* ''Film/BlackPanther'': When Killmonger [[spoiler: stabs Zuri out of revenge]], he lands on his knees, then falls to the floor.

* Played for laughs in ''Film/{{Clue}}'': Wadsworth the butler starts shouting at the guests after Mr. Boddy is found dead (again). Unfortunately, he doesn't notice the Candlestick balanced on the doorframe above his head until it falls and knocks him out mid-sentence. He crumples to his knees before landing on his face.

* ''Film/ThePhantomMenace'': Qui Gon Jinn falls to his knees after [[spoiler: he is impaled by Darth Maul]].
* ''Film/{{Transformers}}'': Megatron falls to the ground like this after he is defeated. However, he lands on his back.

* In ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriors'' 3 and 5, when an enemy officer is defeated and the plot dictates their death (usually the final time they appear in the chosen player character's story), there is a brief cutscene of them falling to their knees while letting out some last words.

A simple yet effective visual. When a character is defeated in battle, they will remain standing for a moment before falling to their knees, then landing face first on the ground. This is done to make a characters defeat appear to be much larger and more impressive than it might have been otherwise. It may be shot at a [[HitlerCam worm's eye view]] to better express that a mighty foe has been bested. The character could either be dead, or just knocked out. There's also a chance that the character catches their fall and stands on all fours with their head facing the ground.

* Played for laughs in ''Film/{{Clue}}'': Wadsworth the butler starts shouting at the guests after Mr Boddy is found dead (again). Unfortunately he doesn't notice the Candlestick balanced on the doorframe above his head until it falls and knocks him out mid-sentence. He crumples to his knees before landing on his face.

* ''VideoGame/BioShockInfinite''. When a Handyman or a Motorized Patriot is killed, it falls to its knees and then face down on the ground.
* The dying animation for most entities in ''VideoGame/CityOfHeroes'', though it's rarely seen as [=NPCs=] tend to ragdoll when defeated, meaning it's usually only seen for the player.
* If the player is defeated in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'', they'll fall to their knees and then fall backwards onto their backs. Human enemies also use the same animation when they're slain and it's also used on characters that die in a cutscene.

* In the final battle between Obi Wan and Darth Maul in ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels'', [[spoiler: Maul, after being cut down by Obi Wan, falls on one knee. He would have landed on the ground [[SympathyForTheDevil had Obi Wan not caught him.]]]]
* ''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime'': Dreadwing falls to his knees after [[spoiler: Megatron shoots him in the back for defying his orders.]]
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* In the penultimate level of ''VideoGame/{{Journey}}'', after struggling through the bitter cold and violent blizzard of the Mountain, the Travelers finally collapse in exhaustion, falling first to their knees, then face-planting into the snow, as the screen goes white. [[spoiler:They are then, however, resurrected by the Ancients' spirits and who grant them the power to escape the blizzard and to reach the Summit.]]

Compare, PoseOfSupplication, TwistedKneeCollapse.

* [[WesternAnimation/{{Dofus}} Dofus Book 1: Julith]]: Bakara catches her fall from her knees after being released from Julith's grip by Kerubim.

* Doomguy dies after falling to the ground from his knees in the original VideoGame/{{Doom}} games unless he's [[LudicrousGibs gibbed]].

* VideoGame/Left4Dead: the Tank dies dramatically this way once killed.

* In ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriors'' 3 and 5, when an enemy officer is defeated and the plot dictates their death (usually the final time they appear in the chosen player character's story), there is a brief cutscene of them falling to their knees while letting out some FamousLastWords.

* The dying animation for most entities in ''VideoGame/CityOfHeroes'', though it's rarely seen as NPCs tend to ragdoll when defeated, meaning it's usually only seen for the player.

* ''VideoGame/BioShockInfinite''. When one of the Motorized Patriots is killed, it falls to its knees and then face down on the ground.