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{{quote|''And you stare at me in your Jesus Christ pose
''Arms held out like you've been carrying a load''
|'''[[Soundgarden]]''', "Jesus Christ Pose"}}
It's very common for a character who just performed a [[Heroic Sacrifice]] to be lying with their arms outstretched like the crucified [[Jesus]]. The "person with outstretched arms symbolically representing Christ" pose is so deeply ingrained into modern culture that anytime we see a character in that pose, [[Everyone Is Jesus in Purgatory|we tend to assume the director was going for this trope]], even when it's obvious from the context of the scene that he or she ''wasn't.''
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** And in the pilot episode, when he's Kryptonited and strung up as the "scarecrow".
** And then again in the episode 'Salvation' after being stabbed by Blue Kryptonite whilst falling from a great height.
* This is subverted in ''[[Battlestar Galactica
** And in the very next season, his side is pierced by a <s> lance</s> piece of shrapnel.
* Captain Jack from ''[[Doctor Who]]'' strikes a Jesus Christ Pose when it's time for him to die. Later, after being resurrected, he gets shot again (he's ''[[Immune to Bullets]]'', so he survives) and strikes another Jesus Christ Pose. He has no real need to the second time, perhaps he just enjoys it.
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* In ''[[South Park]]'', one of the children, Eric Cartman is crucified in the episode "Spontaneous Combustion".
* In ''[[Thundercats 2011]]'' one of the [[Church Militant]] Clerics is chained to a pillar this way, with a stripe on the pillar extending from the feet, in case the viewer missed the symbolism.
* Near the end of the ''[[Smiling Friends]]'' pilot, Alan is subjected to this when the Bliblies nail him to a cross and [[Genius Bonus|not only throw a sponge at him, but also jab him in the side with a spear]].
** {{quote|'''Alan''': [[Memetic Mutation|I JUST WANTED MY CHEEEEEEEESE!]]}}
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