Stock Poses is a meta-trope of memorable individual poses for humans, animals, or a human-animal combinations like a rider on a rearing horse. These poses may have a notably recent origin, like Charlie's Angels for the Angels Pose, or they may be iconic poses from famous works of art like Pietà Plagiarism.
See Modeling Poses for poses used in photography.
Indexed list of tropes
For technical reasons, this list is needed so that the tropes are indexed properly. Scroll on by to get to the version with pretty pictures, which has exactly the same list.
- Abbey Road Crossing
- Air Guitar
- Air Quotes
- Alas, Poor Yorick
- American Gothic Couple
- Angels Pose
- Angry Collar Grab
- Angry Fist-Shake
- Ass-Kicking Pose
- Atlas Pose
- Atop a Mountain of Corpses
- Back-to-Back Badasses
- Back-to-Back Poster
- "Back to Camera" Pose
- Badass Arm-Fold
- "Basic Instinct" Legs-Crossing Parody
- Between My Legs
- Bicep-Polishing Gesture
- Blasting Time
- Boobs-and-Butt Pose
- "The Breakfast Club" Poster Homage
- Bridal Carry
- Bring It
- The Burlesque of Venus
- Captain Morgan Pose
- Coat Over the Shoulder
- Contemplative Boss
- Contrapposto Pose
- Cower Power
- Coy, Girlish Flirt Pose
- Cradle of Loneliness
- Cradling Your Kill
- Crucified Hero Shot
- Cry into Chest
- Cute Indignant Girl Stance
- Dangled by a Giant
- Death Glare
- Disapproving Look
- Dope Slap
- Dynamic Akimbo
- Edgy Backwards Chair-Sitting
- Every Proper Lady Should Curtsy
- Facepalm
- Fanning the Knives
- Fetal Position Rebirth
- Finger Framing
- Finger-Tenting
- Finger Wag
- Fist of Rage
- Fist Pump
- Flipping the Bird
- Foot Popping
- Freudian Couch
- Gloved Fist of Doom
- Gotta Get Your Head Together
- Hand-or-Object Underwear
- Hand Seals
- Head-and-Hip Pose
- Head Desk
- Hoist Hero over Head
- Horseback Heroism
- Huddle Power
- Impending Clash Shot
- Iwo Jima Pose
- Juxtaposed Halves Shot
- Knockback Slide
- Kubrick Stare
- "Last Supper" Steal
- Leaning on the Furniture
- Leg Cling
- Levitating Lotus Position
- "Lion King" Lift
- Lotus Position
- Marilyn Maneuver
- Mermaid Arc Emergence
- Milking the Giant Cow
- Mirrored Confrontation Shot
- Modeling Poses
- Mona Lisa Smile: Stock Reference of Leonardo da Vinci's The Mona Lisa's iconic smile.
- Monkey Morality Pose
- Moonwalk Dance
- Off Like a Shot
- Over-the-Shoulder Carry
- Palm on Cheek Pose
- Pec Flex
- Pelvic Thrust
- Pietà Plagiarism
- Pose of Silence
- Pose of Supplication
- Potty Dance
- Prayer Pose
- Pstandard Psychic Pstance
- Quizzical Tilt
- Reaching Towards the Audience
- Rearing Horse
- Rebel Relaxation
- Recitation Handclasp
- Reclining Reigner
- Reclining Venus
- Reverse Arm-Fold
- Scooby Stack
- "The Scream" Parody
- Sean Connery Is About to Shoot You
- Sexy Figure Gesture
- Sgt. Pepper's Shout-Out
- Shy Finger-Twiddling
- Sistine Steal
- Sitting Sexy on a Piano
- Slouch of Villainy
- Stab the Sky
- Standard Power-Up Pose
- Staredown Faceoff
- "Staying Alive" Dance Pose
- Stock Clock Hand Hang
- "Super Sentai" Stance
- Sword Plant
- Sword Pointing
- Team Power Walk
- Team Shot
- The Teapot Pose
- Thinker Pose
- Three-Point Landing
- Throat-Slitting Gesture
- Tribal Carry
- Troubled Fetal Position
- Twisted-Knee Collapse
- Umbrella of Togetherness
- Up, Up and Away!
- Versus Character Splash
- V-Formation Team Shot
- Victory Pose
- Victory Pose On Person
- Villainous Face Hold
- The Vitruvian Pose
- V-Sign
- Wall Slump
- Weapon Across the Shoulder
- Wild Take
- "YEAH!" Shot
