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This is the anime representation of ''dogeza'', a posture of self-abasement used in formal apologies and to request great favors from persons of higher social status. If things are particularly bad, or the favor is particularly big, the supplicant will touch his forehead to the ground in a full kowtow. If played for laughs this is done in a [[Corner of Woe]], [[Color Failure]] optional.
 
If this is towards an antagonist who still won't grant the humble person a favor, it's a good sign they're a complete [[Jerkass]] and they will be [[Can't Get Away Withwith Nuthin'|backhanded by plot karma later]]. And if a ''Hero'' rejects helping the supplicant, expect him/her to be [[What the Hell, Hero?|HARSHLY chewed out]] by the rest of the cast. Compare [[Kneel Before Zod]], [[Ain't Too Proud to Beg]].
 
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* In the ''[[Gravitation]]'' manga, Shuichi spends several hours in this position outside Yuki's front door, only to discover Yuki isn't even home.
* Many, many Duelists adopt this pose after being defeated in a duel in ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]''.
* Common way for non-combatants to express their frustration at being unable to join the battle in ''[[DragonballDragon Ball]]''.
* "orz" in lowercase appears in the title of ''[[Mai-Otome]]'' episode 6, referring to the pose. It even made it to the English dub title ("Nina Entangled...orz").
* Excel takes this pose while being lectured by the Great Will of the Macrocosm in the first episode of ''[[Excel Saga (Animeanime)|Excel Saga]]''.
* Tamaki and Haruhi in ''[[Ouran High School Host Club]]'' do this often.
* In ''[[Ranma One Half]]'', Genma Saotome tries to pass this off as a ''martial arts technique'': "The Crouch of the Wild Tiger." It is surprisingly effective.
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** This may be a [[Shout-Out]] to a famous scene in ''[[Captain Tsubasa]]'', where the arrogant Hyuga goes into the pose of supplication in front of his ultra strict Toho coach, begging him to let him play in the finals. When the coach refuses, ''the whole team'' imitates Hyuga to support him. After a last test to see Hyuga's ability and how serious he is, the coach allows Hyuga to come back.
*** In the manga and old anime series, Hyuga's mentor and the person who unwittingly caused his fall of grace arrives from Okinawa right before the finals... and goes into the pose too in front of Hyuga's actual coach, after explaining his part in the whole mess and apologizing for the troubles Hyuga and the team when through. He refuses to get up until the other coach assures him Hyuga will play.
* In ''[[Get BackersGetBackers]]'', Shido does this to Ban, who has always been a bitter rival, to convince him to help save the kidnapped Madoka; Ban initially brusquely refuses, and other characters are astonished ("[[What the Hell, Hero?|Don't you know how hard that must have been for him?]]").
* In ''[[The Prince of Tennis]]'' anime, after having a nasty fight with Tezuka over his place in the Senbatsu that even included Tezuka losing his temper and ''[[Armor-Piercing Slap|slapping]]'' him in public, Ryoma has to go into the pose of supplication to apologize and beg Tezuka to let him get in the Senbatsu team.
* In ''[[Yu Yu Hakusho]]'', Yusuke does this after his fight with Toguro during the Dark Tournament arc when {{spoiler|he believes that his friend Kuwabara has been killed}}.
** Kido does this after the heroes clear all his and his friends' trials in the early Chapter Black arc, after revealing that {{spoiler|Genkai told them to do it}}.
* Used several times in ''[[Pani Poni Dash!]]''. Not just the pose, but it sometimes [http://img329.imageshack.us/img329/4420/pp5mc0.jpg actually has the letters orz or OTL or STO clearly visible].
* Yukari and Ryo spend nearly two hours straight in the [[Pose of Supplication]] in order to save both of their jobs in ''[[Penguin Revolution]]''.
* ''[[Kaiji]]'' features a rather cruel version of this when the [[Big Bad]] demands that his henchman shows just how sorry he is for failing him... {{spoiler|by bowing on a plate heated by burning coals.}}
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* Seen a few times in ''[[Keroro Gunsou]]''. In episode 26, Keroro imagines Natsumi doing this out of gratitude for helping so that her mom can come to the sports festival. In episode 27, Keroro himself does this when he begs Natsumi and Fuyuki to [[Maintain the Lie|pretend they've been captured so Keroro can impress his visiting father]].
* Gon does this in chapters 304 and 305 of ''[[Hunter X Hunter]]'' upon finding out that {{spoiler|Kaito is dead}}.
* Minori of ''[[Toradora (Light Novel)|Toradora!]]'' does this around the beginning of the story, in a [[Shout-Out]] way to the aforemented ''[[Captain Tsubasa]]'' scene (she even uses the same pre-scene [[Badass]] pose of sternly crossing her arms, with her jacket put on her back like a cape dramatically floating in the wind!), when she, in a misunderstanding, believed Taiga and Ryuuji were an item, and begged the latter to take good care of the former.
* In ''[[Moyashimon]]'', after Professor Itsuki samples Misato and Kawahama's home-made ''kuchikame'' sake, he's so impressed by their inquisitive spirit that he does this as he asks them to join his lab team as research assistants.
* In the [[Sailor Moon]] R movie, the four Inner Seishi go into the pose to {{spoiler|beg Fiore to spare the life of Moon, whom he intends to torture to death.}}
* ''[[Fairy Tail]]'' has Natsu and Happy get into a dogeza position for Lucy as a sign of appreciation after the latter treats them to a meal. Lucy is utterly embarrassed by the gesture.
* In the first episode of [[Ichiban Ushiro no DaimaouDai Maou]], Junko prostrates herself before Akuto (in combination with a [[Panty Shot|convenient camera angle]]) after mistaking him for a thief and kicking his face in.
* In ''[[Naruto]]'', Hiashi ends his telling Neji the truth about his father's death by entering a [[Pose of Supplication]] and asking for his forgiveness. This is especially significant because Hiashi is head of the clan and Neji is a branch house member forced to serve him, and Neji, overwhelmed, accepts his apology and tells him to raise his head. Later on, Naruto approaches the Raikage and enters this pose to beg him to spare Sasuke, but the Raikage is unimpressed, and tells him that the strong rule the ninja world and that begging for one's comrades is not friendship. Naruto then realizes that he must ultimately deal with Sasuke himself.
* Early on in the Drum Island arc of [[One Piece]], Vivi assumes this pose after accidentally getting shot while trying to gain entry to Drum Island for Nami's medical treatment, and [[What the Hell, Hero?|chastizes Luffy for losing control]]. Luffy apologizes and follows suit. Zoro {{spoiler|enters this pose shortly before the timeskip, when begging Mihawk to train him}}.
* When [[Nichijou|Yuuko]] mistakenly buys ''yakisaba'' instead of ''yakisoba'' and nothing to go with it for Mio one lunch period, the latter starts a very heated [["The Reason You Suck" Speech]] and goads "stupid" Yuuko to "bow deeply." By the time Yuuko has gotten really angry, she mock bows, then proceeds to formally genuflect but continues to get chewed out and it's obvious both times she's not apologetic.
* Aouta of ''[[Slam Dunk]]'' does this pose when begging his teachers to re-take an exam.
* ''[[Aquarion Evol (Anime)|Aquarion Evol]]'' takes this to the extreme by having the [[Humongous Mecha]] Aquaria use it as a FINISHING BLOW. [[Logic Bomb|This causes the simulation to crash.]]
* Minoru in ''[[AKBAKB49: 49 RenaiRen'ai Kinshi Jourei (Manga)|AKB 49 Renai Kinshi Jourei]]'' did this pose on stage before the audience on one occasion to demonstrate his sincerity in apologising for his lateness for a performance.
* In ''[[Future GPX Cyber Formula (Anime)|Future GPX Cyber Formula]]'', Miki and then Ryohei does this in episode 14 when they apologized to Hayato for not checking close enough to find the cause of Asurada's understeer (it was caused by a dust on the lens).
** In episode 35, Hayato himself does this in front of Asuka and the rest of the team when he realized that it wasn't Asurada's fault for causing Ohtomo's crash.
 
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== [[Film]] ==
* John Preston in ''[[Equilibrium]]'', after {{spoiler|Mary O'Brien is executed}}.
* Pose taken by Leonidas in ''[[Three Hundred|300]]'', gathering his strength before the final battle (and simultaneously duping King Xerxes into thinking that he was surrendering). Spoiler for a 2500 year old battle -- {{spoiler|he dies, as does everyone else of the Spartans}}.
* A repeated scene in ''[[WaynesWayne's World]]'' and its sequel has Wayne and Garth kowtowing as they chant, "We're not worthy! We're not worthy! We're scum!" before one of their Heavy-Metal gods; Alice Cooper in the first, Aerosmith in the second.
* In ''Mr. Roberts'', the ship's crew, upon noticing that someone has uprooted their tyrannical captain's prized palm tree and thrown it overboard, do this in front of the now-empty planter.
* After marrying into the family, Songlian of [[Raise the Red Lantern]] is instructed to kowtow to the shine of the Chen ancestors; it's implied that she does not. Those important family customs she disregards will [[Nightmare Fuel|come back to haunt her]] [[Downer Ending|later]].
* In the film adaptation of Watchmen, Nite Owl adopts this pose when {{spoiler|Rorschach is [[Nightmare Fuel|burst into flesh and blood]] by Dr. Manhattan [[Downer Ending|near the end]]}}.
* In [[Rise of the Planet of Thethe Apes]], Caesar adopts this pose before his human father. An Alpha Ape later adopts it before Caesar, who happens to be using [[Gunboat Diplomacy]] at the time.
* Pumbaa does a quaduaped version of this in ''[[The Lion King]]'', bending his front legs and bowing his head, after the revelation that Simba's the king. And then he screws up trying to say 'grovel' at your feet' and says 'gravel' instead.
** A lot of the animals do this in the beginning of the film, at Simba's presentation.
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== [[Literature]] ==
* [[Older Than Feudalism]]: In [[Greek Mythology|Greek epics]] such as ''[[The Iliad (Literature)|The Iliad]]'' and ''[[The Odyssey (Literature)|The Odyssey]]'', the ''gods themselves'' will occasionally fall to their knees before [[The Patriarch|Zeus]] and clasp his legs to beg mercy or favors.
* On the subject of Greeks, [[Xenophon (Creator)|Xenophon]]'s ''[[Anabasis (Literature)|Anabasis]]'' records that, during the debate of the Ten Thousand (the Greek mercenaries, one of whom was Xenophon himself) after trying to overthrow the Shah in favor of his younger brother (only to have said younger brother killed in the battle, resulting in the [[Nasty Party|murder of their leaders at a Persian banquet]]), consensus was that the Ten Thousand were screwed. A single mercenary [[Sneeze of Doom|sneezed]]. All of the others immediately prostrated themselves--the Greeks considered a sneeze a sign from the gods--and decided right then and there to elect new officers and fight their way, if need be, all the way back to Greece.
* In [[The Thrawn Trilogy]], some of the Noghri do this to the daughter of their savior; one genuflects when he realizes who she is, others do so [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|at the end]] of ''Dark Force Rising'' after she's proved to them that their debt has been more than paid. Afterwards they tend to limit themselves to bowing and sometimes kneeling.
* Parodied in the ''[[Discworld]]'' novel ''[[Discworld (Literature)/Interesting Times|Interesting Times]]'' where incompetent, cowardly, wizard Rincewind muses that not only does it symbolise submission, but also provides quite a good launching pose to break into a sprint from if the person you are doing it for doesn't accept your submission.
* In the sequels to ''[[Ender's Game]]'', the nobles of Chinese-esque planet Path are taught so strictly to honor their elders that the sight of her father touching his forehead to the ground for her horrifies Qing-jao.
* Subverted in ''[[Animorphs (Literature)|Animorphs]]'', where Marco and Cassie are captured by the Helmacrons, who order then to grovel before them. Being general morons, however, they fall for it when Marco says that Earthlings grovel differently than other races, and proceeds to lounge on the ground while pretending to beg for his life.
* Parodied in ''[[Elenium|The Tamuli]]'', by David Eddings: this is the traditional way to greet the Tamul emperor, but only because one of his less-than-bright ancestors mistook an inebriated minister's drunken bumbling for a show of respect.
* In the short story [http://theopinionguy.com/OG25.pdf "Assumption" (scroll down)] by Desmond Warzel, the primitive people of an unexplored world--a literal [[Cargo Cult]]--make this gesture before the object of their worship. The narrator is incredulous, and makes an explicit comparison to jungle tribes in old movies.
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* In ''[[Lexx]]'', officers deliver reports to His Divine Shadow from this position.
* [[Star Trek|Captain Kirk]] [[Large Ham|does this a lot]].
* One of Quark's employees in ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'' does this in front of Liquidator Brunt when he realizes they've been caught forming a union/worker's guild.
* On ''[[The Office]]'', Dwight surreptitiously tries to unseat Michael and take his place - when Michael angrily tells Dwight he's on to him, Dwight goes into a terrified fit of dog-like submission and drops to the floor as if waiting to be beheaded.
 
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== [[Video Games]] ==
* In ''[[Osu Tatakae Ouendan|Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan]]'' and ''[[Elite Beat Agents]]'', if you fail a stage, you often see the person you were trying to help do the [[Pose of Supplication]] on the "game over" screen.
* In ''[[Kingdom Hearts II (Video Game)|Kingdom Hearts II]]'', Sora takes this pose before Saix when begging him to bring him to Kairi. Saix refuses contemptuously, and pays for it later -- with his life.
** In [[Kingdom Hearts (Videovideo Gamegame)|the first game]], Sora takes the pose in Hollow Bastion when Riku {{spoiler|possessed by Ansem (or should we say, Xehanort's Heartless)}} reveals to him that {{spoiler|[[It Was Withwith You All Along|Kairi's heart had been inside of him the entire time]]. He's briefly incapacitated by the revelation, as well as Kairi's heart resonating within him, prompting Rikunort to attempt a deathblow (so that he can release Kairi's heart and complete the Final Keyhole), but Kairi's voice rouses Sora to action, giving him the strength to fight back. Cue boss battle.}}
* In ''[[Mega Man (Videovideo Gamegame)|Mega Man]]'', Dr. Wily does this every time his [[Final Battle|most powerful war machine]] is destroyed. In the first game he seems sincere about it, but after that he usually does it to distract Mega Man so he can make his escape.
* Whoever loses the match in ''[[Street Fighter III (Video Game)|Street Fighter III]]'' strikes this pose in the post-match win quote screen.
* ''[[God Hand]]'' features a free move available from the start of the game called '''Grovel''', which resets the game's [[Dynamic Difficulty]] meter back to Level 1. The animation, of course, sees the main character begging on his knees and his forehead to the ground. ''Onegaishimasu!''
* The ''Silver Surfer'' NES game features the pose on its [[Game Over]] screen. This was commented on in [http://www.gametrailers.com/player/20300.html its review] by [[The Angry Video Game Nerd (Web Video)|The Angry Video Game Nerd]], culminating in AVGN assuming the pose himself.
* James Sunderland from ''[[Silent Hill 2]]'' does this when he finds out/remembers why Pyramid Head is after him. Also counts as a [[Moment of Awesome (Sugar Wiki)|Crowning Moment of Awesome]].
* In the older ''[[The King of Fighters (Video Game)|The King of Fighters]]'' games, your defeated characters would be shown in the background as you play with the others, sitting or kneeling around sadly after their losses. Their poses were different per character, but several of these were very similar to the traditional [[Pose of Supplication]].
* The temple-guardian [[Mooks]] in ''[[Prince of Persia]] 2'' all give up fighting and assume the [[Pose of Supplication]] after you get the Flame. Hilariously, if they're at the edge of a platform, they'll fall right into a [[Bottomless Pit]].
* Shu, who is being targeted for recruitment as [[The Strategist]] by the [[Hello, Insert Name Here|player character's]] army in ''[[Suikoden II]]'', asks [[Quickly-Demoted Woman|Apple]] to assume the [[Pose of Supplication]] before he'll consider [[Joined Your Party|joining up]]. One sign he's at least a minor [[Jerkass]] is that he admonishes her for throwing away her pride so quickly, then leaves the room.
* Yangus does this when begging his old friend Red to return the horse and cart she stole from them in ''[[Dragon Quest VIII (Video Game)|Dragon Quest VIII]]''.
* The image potholed in the description comes from the ''doujin soft'' visual novel, [http://www.insani.org/omgwtfotl.html ''OMGWTFOTL'']. The option to genuflect pops up almost entirely throughout the game. {{spoiler|Every instance leads you to the same bad end.}}
* Daisy does this in ''[[Mario Tennis (Video Game)|Mario Tennis]]'' when her opponent(s) score a point.
* Envy Adams from ''Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game'' does this after you beat her and Lynette on level 3 (Leo's Place).
* After every boss in ''[[Wario Ware (Video Game)|Wario Ware]]: Smooth Moves,'' there's a relaxed "Let's Pose!" scene, where the music fades to some birds chirping, and you're given a silhouette to pose in, if you want. This position is one of them.
 
 
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* The "Prince Ali" song in ''[[Aladdin (Disney film)|Disney's Aladdin]]'' directly refers to this: "Genuflect/Show some respect/Down on one knee". And when Jafar becomes ''Sorcerer'' Jafar, one of the first things he does is magically make the Sultan and Princess Jasmine genuflect.
 
 
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