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A victory pose is a
pose assumed by a person to celebrate
victory
The term victory (from Latin ''victoria'') originally applied to warfare, and denotes success achieved in personal combat, after military operations in general or, by extension, in any competition. Success in a military campaign constitutes ...
, particularly by athletes and other sportspeople. Victory poses often involve raising the arms in the air.
Video games
Pre-programmed victory poses by fictional characters in
video game
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s have been the subject of controversy, particularly where the victory pose has been regarded as overly
sexualized
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.
Strategy first-person shooter
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''
Overwatch (video game)'' in particular was criticized by press for its overly sexualized victory poses,
leading to certain animations being removed from the game by developers
Blizzard
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.
Role-playing games such as ''
Final Fantasy
is a Japanese video game, Japanese science fantasy anthology media franchise created by Hironobu Sakaguchi and developed and owned by Square Enix (formerly Square (video game company), Square). The franchise centers on a series of fantasy and ...
'' often have accompanying victory poses after encounters. These snippets of animation are usually played alongside a short music clip (known as
fanfare), with characters celebrating their win.
References
See also
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Victory dance (sports) A victory jig or victory dance is a celebration of a victory or success with a dance, shuffle or body movement. It is most commonly used in sports. The term can be used approvingly or abusively. A victory jig can be engaged in as a genuine celebrat ...
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Sentai
In Japanese, is a military unit and may be literally translated as " squadron", " task force", " division (of ships)", "group" or "wing". The terms "regiment" and "flotilla", while sometimes used as translations of ''sentai'', are also used t ...
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Dab
Human positions
Sports culture
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