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It is human nature to celebrate when a victory is achieved. And so it is with video game characters.

At the end of a battle, the victorious character or characters will almost always perform an action to celebrate their success. It may be small (Ryu in ''[[Street Fighter]]'' thrusting an arm up) or elaborate (Chun Li in the same game jumping for joy and shouting "YATTA!") depending on the character or the circumstance. [[Stab the Sky]] is often a [[Bicep-Polishing Gesture|victory pose.]]

 

 

 

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** ''[[Final Fantasy II]]'' has a variation: The characters dance twice, then walk off the screen.

** ''[[Final Fantasy IV]]'' is the first game in the series to give some characters different pose animations (most noticeable with Cid.)

** Interestingly, in ''[[Final Fantasy IX]]'' certain characters will stop doing their victory pose between certain plot points, usually when something is upsetting them.

** ''[[Final Fantasy X]]'': when Lulu finishes off the last enemy, the camera may focus on her, and unlike Tifa, [[Jiggle Physics|physics]] really come into play with her. The pose itself? ''She leans forward''. Needless to say, her outfit is low-cut enough that plenty becomes readily visible. Finish any battle with the party on Haste in ''[[Final Fantasy X]]'' and you get to see their poses done in hyper speed. Just look at Wakka's...Ahh, yes. Wakka's air humping.

** ''[[Tales of Hearts]]'' adds new layers to the context-sensitive [[Victory Quote]]. Examples: If [[Ridiculously Human Robot|Kunzite]] is ever poisoned or cursed, [[The Lancer|Hisui]] will ask him exactly how that happens to a Mechanoid. With a certain party in the icy north, Shing gets cold, and his love interest Kohak offers to hold his hands to keep him warm - flustering Shing and angering her brother Hisui. Specifically, the game has ''seventy-four'' different victory skits for different parties, places, situations, enemy types and bosses, and your combat efficiency, ''not'' including the normal individual "we won!" lines.

** [[Tales of Vesperia]] has this as well.

'''[[Teen Genius|Rita]]''': Oh ''hell'' no! }}

*** [[Running Gag|"The sign of victory!"]]

** It's taken another step forward in ''[[Tales of Graces]]''. In that game, solo victory quotes are said with all the fighting party members out. However, all of the group victory quotes have different characters, different poses (and moving around as if it was a cutscene), and many have different camera angles (which can change depending on what happens). An example:

'''[[The Hero|Asbel]]''': ''*camera shows him behind the girls, sitting rejected*'' Cry even if left alone... }}

** ''[[Star Ocean]]'', the [[Tales (series)]]' bastard brother, also features various victory quotes as well as victory poses.

* ''[[Fire Emblem Tellius|Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn]]'' is the only ''[[Fire Emblem]]'' title to have victory poses. When an allied unit kills their target in a round of combat, they do a brief tauntlike triumphant flourish, either with their weapon or with their arms depending on their [[Character Class System|class]], in the background as their EXP increases and they gain a level.

* Whenever [[Kirby]] completes a stage, he does a rather extravagant victory dance which ends with him splitting into at least three Kirbies.

* Diddy Kong from [[Donkey Kong Country]] 2 breaks out into a sick freestyle when he completes a level...

** And Dixie goes APEsh... well, let's just say she gives a mean guitar solo when it's her that completes the level.

** All 5 playable kongs also have a shorter animation in [[Donkey Kong 64]] after getting a banana.

** Soul Calibur IV introduces the Critical Finish, an ability that scores a one-hit KO if used. Winning the match by using one will prompt a unique victory pose.

* ''[[Lost Odyssey]]'' ends each successful battle with a pan over the party members, ending on the one who dealt the final blow, as they perform their various Victory Poses. The poses are mostly fairly standard, but Tolten's "victory pose" is an emphatic relieved sigh.

* ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog]] [[Sonic 3 and Knuckles|3]]'' and ''[[Sonic 3 and Knuckles|Sonic and Knuckles]]'' have your chosen character (or characters, if you play as Sonic and Tails together) adopt a victory pose once [[Big Bad|Dr. Robotnik/Eggman (or the Robo-Robotnik/Eggrobo, for Knuckles)]] is defeated and the animal pod is opened - or, with Act 1 bosses, just after they're defeated. This is probably a result of these games having areas more 'linked' than in previous installments - Act 2 follows straight after Act 1 (as opposed to have the screen 'black out' between Acts) and there's usually a cut-scene to show the character moving from Zone to Zone, which probably requires that the character is in a certain spot to trigger it.

** In ''[[Sonic Unleashed]]'', depending on [[Rank Inflation|what rank]] you receive at the end of the act, Sonic (whether as Hedgehog or [[Our Werebeasts Are Different|Werehog]]) will use a different pose to celebrate his victory. This is also done in ''[[Sonic Generations|Generations]]'', and again, both Sonics have multiple victory poses depending on your rank.

* [[Heroes of Might and Magic]] also has victory poses, the most recent iteration also has one for the units. They are played everytime an enemy stack is defeated.

* While playing a MMORPG in the ''[[Lucky Star]]'' [[OAV]], Konata suggested to the rest of her party members that they should create a Victory Pose for themselves. Naturally, Konata [[Shout-Out|chose to recreate the finishing pose of]] ''[[Suzumiya Haruhi]]'''s [[Ending Theme|Hare Hare Yukai]].

* In ''[[Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg]]'', upon receiving an emblem, Billy will spin around on one foot, before holding out a thumbs-up and yelling "Good Morning!".

* ''[[Tomica Hero Rescue Force]]'' has Kyosuke and Hikaru deciding that they need a new victory pose because their new [[Combining Mecha]] is just that awesome.

** There's even an episode where they spend their free-time trying to synchronize their Victory Pose's

* In ''[[Metal Gear Solid]]'', Snake will punch the air upon completing a VR mission. After completing the final mission in a bracket, he'll jump up and punch the air enthusiastically, yelling "''yeah!''" He does the same pose in all the later games (with minor variations, like putting his other hand on his hip in ''[[Metal Gear Solid]] 2''), and his father does the same in ''[[Metal Gear Solid]] 3'' after completing a Duel. In ''Brawl'', he sneaks it in after scoring a successful hit with the NIKITA.

* In ''[[Total War|Rome: Total War]]'', your units will have a brief celebration if they manage to completely annihilate an enemy unit. Note that the game is wise enough to ensure that they don't do this if there are other enemy units close enough to pose a serious threat.

* Every character does this when he/she makes a touchdown in ''[[Backyard Sports|Backyard Football]]''.

* Every character in ''[[Chrono Trigger]]'' has their own Victory Pose: Frog [[Bicep-Polishing Gesture|polishes his biceps]], Marle leaps in the air, etc.

 

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* ''Some [[Power Rangers]]'' and ''[[Super Sentai]]'' series get a synchronized post-finishing procedure (to go with the morph pose and the roll call pose), though it's far from all. However, turning around and looking cool as the [[Monster of the Week]] goes boom in the background is a time-honored tradition. (Like all of 'em, it's subject to [[Lampshade Hanging]]. Once in ''[[Power Rangers Dino Thunder]],'' the team does this... but the monster survives and blasts the Rangers from behind. In ''[[Power Rangers Samurai]],'' a monster-hosted [[Clip Show]] had more than one bad guy complain about the Rangers adding insult to injury with the turn-and-pose.)