Victory Pose On Person

Bob defeats John in a fight. To bask in his victory, as well as to rub it in, he puts one of his feet on John's chest and assumes a Victory Pose.

This trope applies whenever one character has defeated another and proceeds to place their foot on a part of their body as part of their Victory Pose. Other parts of the Victory Pose can include raising their fists into the sky, lean on the leg they're using to pose on the defeated or simply looking down at them with a pleased expression on their face.

Note that this is usually not done to cause the defeated physical harm but rather to show dominance and humiliate them further. It is also not uncommon that the defeated is already unconscious or close to unconsciousness when this is done. It also doesn't have to be malicious in nature and can be done after a round of friendly sparring to tease the opponent a bit. Still, it can be seen as a form of Unsportsmanlike Gloating.

It is most commonly found in Superhero-media, where both heroes and villains engage in it, but can also occur in other forms of media, as well.

It might be preceded by a Finishing Stomp.

Sub-Trope of Victory Pose. Compare Cruelty by Feet when a character stomps on another with the intention of causing harm or death, Captain Morgan Pose, which can look similar but is only done on objects, Pinned to the Ground, which can look similar if the one pinning down the other character uses on of their feet, as well as Atop a Mountain of Corpses, where the character stands or sits on multiple enemies who may or may not be dead. Contrast Hoist Hero over Head where someone, usually a hero, is lifted into the air after being defeated to show the strength of the winner, usually a villain.

Please note that this trope does not include a hunter posing on a killed animal. Rather, it is solely about a person posing on a defeated person.

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Examples:

Advertising

• An advert for jeans showed a woman's denim-covered leg and stiletto-heeled boot on a man's naked backside, which caused controversy in the UK, with accusations of Double Standard: Abuse, Female on Male.

Anime & Manga

• Boku no Hero Academia: After defeating Endeavor and Ryukyu in a fight, Shigaraki poses on Endeavor's lower body mockingly imitating Endeavor's previous Victory Pose following Endeavor's defeat of a High-End Nomu.
• In episode 1011 of One Piece, Sanji has been successfully captured and tied up by Black Maria's subordinates with Sanji lying on his side. One of Black Maria's subordinates is seen posing on him with her foot on his upper body.

Audio Play

• Jan Tenner: A TV-advertisement for the episode "Das Dunkle Imperium" (engl. "The Dark Empire") shows the titular hero Jan defeat a barbarian and put his foot on his chest to assert his dominance.

Comic Books

• The Avengers: The cover of The Avengers (Lee & Kirby) #83 shows Valkyrie triumphantly posing on Goliath's head after she, Medusa and Black Widow defeated the male members of the Avengers.
• Dark Crisis:
  • At the end of issue 1 of Dark Crisis: Young Justice, Cassie Sandsmark wearing her original outfit is seen performing a victory pose with one foot on the head of the defeated supervillainess "The Mighty Endowed".
  • During Dark Crisis: War Zone #1, Red Canary defeats Copperhead and is seen posing on her with one foot.  
• Deathstroke: In Deathstroke (Rebirth) #4, Rose beats Nightwing in a training exercise and subsequently poses on his upper body.
• Disney Ducks Comic Universe: In the Danish Donald Duck comic The Saga Of Donald Ironbeak, the titular hero, a Viking version of Donald, is challenged to a battle during a thunderstorm by the chief of the Patonkas, a fictional Native American tribe, after Donald refused to marry his daughter. Donald tricks the chief into taking his metal armor. When the chief raises his tomahawk, he gets struck by lightning as a result, giving Donald the win. Donald then assumes a victory pose with one foot on the stomach of the chief, claiming the lightning was part of a secret weapon he has.  
• Femforce: In the special Rayda The Cyberian Connection #3, the villain Lady Luger knocks out Rayda and proceeds to pose on her with one foot on the side of her head.
• Green Lantern: In the cover to issue #18 (Vol. 4), Carol Ferris, as Star Sapphire, steps on Green Lantern (Hal Jordan)'s neck.
• Grimm Fairy Tales: In a dream in Vol. 1 #102, Sela's daughter Skye and her friends defeat the Realm Knights. Skye then proceeds to pose on Sela with the ball of her foot on her cheek.
• Hell To Pay: In issue #1, Maia Stone knocks out the young billionaire Ian Macready using sleep powder and proceeds to perform a victory pose with one foot on his upper chest.
• Lady Hel: In issue #4, Lady Demon seemingly defeats Lady Hel after an eon long one-sided rivalry. As Lady Hel lies on the ground sideways, Lady Demon poses on the side of Lady Hel's chest basking in her victory.
• Red Sonja: In the first issue of the spin-off Samurai Sonja, the titular heroine is seen having defeated another woman performing a victory pose with one foot on her lower stomach.
• Sacred Six: As seen on the page image, on the cover of Sacred Six #6, Lilith is depicted having defeated Nyx, Chastity and Draculina posing with one foot on Draculina's stomach.
• She-Hulk: In The Sensational She-Hulk #49, Titania seemingly manages to defeat She-Hulk gleefully posing on the side of her head.
• Spider-Man:
  • The cover to Peter Parker: Spider-Man (1999) #31 shows recently introduced villain Fusion stepping on a defeated Spidey's neck, a blazing fire raging on in the background.
  • The cover◊ of The Amazing Spider-Man (1999) #677 shows Spider-Man and Daredevil defeated by Black Cat who poses on the side of Spider-Man's upper body.
• Teen Titans:
  • In the third annual of New Teen Titans, the villain Godiva forces an agent named John Chase to fight his wife to the point of exhaustion. As John Chase lies on the ground exhausted, she puts one foot on his back performing a victory pose.
  • In New Teen Titans #98, Beast Boy gets knocked out by someone who looks like Rita Farr. The fake Rita then proceeds to pose on his chest.
• Peter Cannon, Thunderbolt: On the cover◊ of DC's Peter Cannon: Thunderbolt #4, the villainess Evila poses on the chest of the defeated hero Thunderbolt.
• Wonder Woman: In the Wonder Woman 75th Anniversary Special, Wonder Woman ties up the Human Tank and subsequently poses on him with her foot on his lower chest leaning on it, a pleased smile on her face.
• X-23:
  • A flashback in X-23: Deadly Regenesis #2 shows Kimura defeating and subsequently posing on Laura with one foot on her back.
  • On the cover of X-23 (2010) #6, Miss Sinister is posing on an unconscious Laura lying on an also unconscious Gambit.

Film — Animation

• Despicable Me 2: Played for Laughs. At the end, Doctor Nefario takes down the Big Bad with the fart gun from the previous movie, causing him to pass out from the stench. The minions celebrate by shooting jelly into the air, and one minion does this pose while standing on the villain's chest with a gun and a safari hat while another minion takes a picture of it.

Film — Live-Action

• In Conan the Destroyer, the titular hero kills the god Dagoth after a long fight. Sidekick Malak then gives Dagoth's corpse a meaningless stab and poses with one foot on it, pretending that he gave the killing blow.
• The Incredible Hulk (2008): After a long fight, the Hulk defeats the Abomination and stomps his foot on his defeated enemy's chest letting out a Victorious Roar as he does so.
• King Kong (2005): Just after killing the last V. rex, King Kong places his foot on the corpse and does a Primal Chest-Pound.
• In Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990), Raphael did this to Casey Jones after beating him.
  Raphael: "Home Run! Raphael wins, one — nothing!"

Literature

• Big Nate: This occurs in the second book, Big Nate Strikes Again. In a picture that he drew, Teddy is shown posing with a football in his hand with his foot on Nate Wright's head.
• How the Greater-Scope Villain of Knights of the Borrowed Dark is revealed when Denizen discovers the defeated Endless King.
  The Opening Boy had its foot on the King's neck.

Professional Wrestling

• Stepping on an opponent to pin them is usually used by a Wrestling Monster to show just how defeated their opponent is. The loser is so badly beaten, that the monster doesn't need to make any effort to keep them down for the 3 count.

Video Game

• Blazblue Centralfiction: One of Nine the Phantom's Victory Poses sees her stomping on her opponent as they lie on the ground, then putting her foot onto their back and crossing her arms.
• Tekken 7: Geese Howard's victory pose has him place his foot on his defeated opponent's back with a Badass Armfold.
  Geese: Stay down, maggot.
• In WWE Immortals, Trish Stratus rounds off her finishing move by stomping with her high-heeled foot on the spinning opponent's head. She then rests her foot on it as part of her Victory Pose.

Web Original

• The Garfield fanart, "The Forgiveness of Jon", depicts Jon Arbuckle as an angel with his foot on the demonic Eldritch Abomination Garfield's back, forgiving Garfield for his evil even as he finally kills him and sends him to Hell. Super Eyepatch Wolf noted that despite the work's parodic nature, he actually got emotional looking at it.

Western Animation

• In Avengers Assemble season 4 episode 4, Zarda delivers a one-sided beat down to Captain Marvel. Afterwards, she poses on her with her foot against Carol's stomach, disappointed that Carol didn't live up to her expectations.
• Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous: In the penultimate episode of Season 5, the Spinosaurus defeats the T. rex Big Eatie and puts its foot on its unconscious body before letting out a Victorious Roar.
• The King Kong Show: During the pilot episode, King Kong defeats a T. rex to save Bobby, and then does a Primal Chest-Pound while having his foot placed on the body.
• Rahan:
  • In episode 6, Ursus defeats a demon and proudly poses on him with one foot on his back.
  • In episode 9, Rahan is jumped by the Tribe of the Cave-Dwellers. While he puts up a valiant fight, he is eventually knocked out. The Cave-Dweller who knocked him out then triumphantly puts his foot on the back of Rahan's head.
• In the Rugrats (1991) episode “The Mysterious Mr. Friend”, when the babies are assaulted by a small army of the titular toys, Chuckie swings at one of them ineffectually, unwittingly knocking it over and breaking it. When he realizes what he did, he stands on it and throws his arms in the air in victory.
• The season 4 episode "Zenith and Abyss" of Young Justice (2010) provides two examples: The first example comes after Nightwing, Artemis, Zatanna, Rocket and Aqualad fought and were subsequently defeated by Zod's forces. In the aftermath, an unnamed Kryptonian poses on the chest of the unconscious Nightwing. The second example comes at the end of the episode when Zod's future son Lor introduces himself to his parents after freeing them from the Phantom Zone posing on the chest of the defeated Kid Flash while doing so.

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