"T-Pose" comes from that being the default pose for digital models of characters. Sometimes videogames would glitch and show up like that. People would then make memes of characters using pictures of those glitches. One of the memes became that phrase you're asking about. Answer from enderverse87 on reddit.com
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Urban Dictionary
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Urban Dictionary: T-pose
February 28, 2018 - Assertion of dominant sexual energy, power and/or flexing Initially invented by the Romans as a form of punishment, the pose eventually gained prominence as a symbol to denote ones power by Jesus Christ when he flexed on the Roman empire by ...
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Dictionary.com
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T-pose Meaning & Origin | Slang by Dictionary.com
January 31, 2020 - One of the most pervasive and popular meme images, though, was called T-Pose to Assert Dominance, a fake WikiHow image that originated on Instagram and spread on Reddit as a how-to on winning friends and girls.
"T-Pose" comes from that being the default pose for digital models of characters. Sometimes videogames would glitch and show up like that. People would then make memes of characters using pictures of those glitches. One of the memes became that phrase you're asking about. Answer from enderverse87 on reddit.com
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Daily Dot
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How the T-Pose Went From Video Games to Memes
March 31, 2021 - The most pervasive joke is "T-pose to assert dominance," which comes from a photoshopped edit of a WikiHow article called "How to Increase Your Social Standing at School," which, as far as we can tell, doesn't actually exist.
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Wikipedia
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T-pose - Wikipedia
3 days ago - In computer animation, a T-pose is a default posing for a humanoid 3D model's skeleton before it is animated. It is called so because of its shape: the straight legs and arms of a humanoid model combine to form a capital letter T. When the arms ...
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Know Your Meme
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T-Pose | Know Your Meme
October 30, 2025 - One of the earliest known examples of the T-pose being used with an animated character was with the character Hugh Neutron in a Wuss Poppin' Jimbo meme posted November 16th, 2016 (shown below).
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Reddit
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r/TPoseMemes on Reddit: T-POSE TO ASSERT DOMINANCE
December 29, 2017 - 48K subscribers in the TPoseMemes community. Memes in which the main purpose is to convey a t-pose character.
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Intelligencer
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Why The Best Meme of the Year Is T-Posing
December 20, 2018 - Visually, the T-pose is when someone stands straight up, legs together, arms fully extended like Christ on the cross, or a rock star basking in adulation. In 3-D animation, this the default posture for character models when no positioning or ...
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YouTube
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T-Pose to Assert Dominance - YouTube
I've seen a lot of jokes and memes about WD and WP t-posing, so here's my contribution to the madness.
Published   July 28, 2018
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Wikihow
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T Pose: Its Significance in Animation & Meme Culture
November 20, 2025 - Either way, we’re here to explain what it’s all about (and how it’s related). The T-pose originated as a neutral pose used by animators and modelers in computer animation, but around 2016 and 2017, it exploded into meme culture as well.
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DigitalCultures
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T-Pose – Meaning, Origin, Usage
June 26, 2023 - But it wasn’t until a decade ... an animated character donning a “T-Pose” was with Hugh Neutron from the We All Make Mistakes in the Heat of Passion, Jimbo meme which made the rounds online on November 16th, 2016....
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Know Your Meme
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Assert Your Dominance | T-Pose | Know Your Meme
September 9, 2019 - Meme Of The Year Is Here! It's Time To Cast Your Vote For 'The Meme Of 2025' +13 · Created by Schmetterlingsquatch May 11, 2018 at 05:29PM EDT · Share Pin Download More · t-pose pokemon incineroar · Origin Entry: T-Pose · File type: png · Resolution: (626px x 764px) File size: 307 KB ·
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Blogger
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T Pose To Assert Dominance Origin | Team Maxima
Press the and keys to navigate ... about WD and WP t-posing so heres my contribution to the madness. This originally came from video game original character files where they would be doing a T-Pose....
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Know Your Meme
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T-Pose to Assert Dominance | T-Pose | Know Your Meme
March 23, 2023 - Origin Entry: T-Pose · Description · I've seen a lot of jokes and memes about WD and WP t-posing, so here's my contribution to the madness. Show comments · Meme Encyclopedia · Confirmed · Submissions · Cultures · Events · People · Sites · Subcultures ·
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TikTok
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The Science Behind T-Posing for Dominance | MatPat Explains
13.5K Likes, 234 Comments. TikTok video from GameTheory (@gametheoristofficial): “Are you feeling DOMINATED🤔? #matpat #gametheory #tpose”. original sound - GameTheory.
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Reddit
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r/copypasta on Reddit: The Racist Origin of the “T” Pose & Why It Needs to be Stopped.
May 11, 2018 -

The “T” pose is a trending new bodily gesture that has become wildly popular among Americas generation Z. The pose is performed by standing upright and extending ones arms directly outward in opposite directions forming a T. This “T” pose (the new sieg heil of white America) has sprung out of nowhere and taken the country by storm, but where did it come from?

When asking around for comment from school class rooms to young internet chat blogs it is hard to find a consensus. Where did the “T” pose originate? Many students claim it comes from video game characters who often times have abnormal features that can seem humorous with their lack of realistic mobility. Many of these characters in their limited movement often times are restricted to robot like stances and so it would seem the “T” pose was born from many of these seemingly non related video game characters who often times are seen making the ambiguous pose. At least this was the excuse i was given by many of the young men and women willing to speak.

Upon further investigation and through various anonymous avenues i found an individual whom i will not name out of request of anonymity who assured me of the pose’s secretive dark origins and its creators subversive plan of infiltrating the youths minds in aims at converting them into what many would call “nazis”. When asking the young man where this new trend came from he led me to a few nefarious websites on the Dark Web frequented by white nationalists. Upon entering these rooms it became apparently clear to me that these were not your average 4chan “nazis” but sophisticated, well read / funded groups of White Nationalists from all different parts of the globe. After embedding myself within these groups for some time i was able to grasp their goals as a group and the origin of the popular new pose that of which up until very recently seemed like a harmless and fun gesture. I was led through various vetting processes when i eventually landed on what looked to be the last place on earth i expected to land, the international KKK headquarters backup Dark Web site who’s banner photograph brandished many white men in white robes and white hoods in front of a burning cross undeniably performing the “T” pose.

In today's age, the internet seems to be a harmless, fun place where kids go to chat and hang around with their friends sharing pictures and playing video games but what parents need to understand is that when your children use the internet untended they can often times become the prey of much larger, darker collectives who’s aims are to convert your young children into blood thirsty Nazis who will grow up to be hateful, sickening individuals destined for nothing more than a life of crime and despair. Whatever it is you do, do NOT allow your children to perform the “T” pose or it might mean their life is now out of your hands and in the hands of a much larger, scarier world of hate.

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The “T” pose is a trending new bodily gesture that has become wildly popular among Americas generation Z. The pose is performed by standing upright and extending ones arms directly outward in opposite directions forming a T. This “T” pose (the new sieg heil of white America) has sprung out of nowhere and taken the country by storm, but where did it come from? When asking around for comment from school class rooms to young internet chat blogs it is hard to find a consensus. Where did the “T” pose originate? Many students claim it comes from video game characters who often times have abnormal features that can seem humorous with their lack of realistic mobility. Many of these characters in their limited movement often times are restricted to robot like stances and so it would seem the “T” pose was born from many of these seemingly non related video game characters who often times are seen making the ambiguous pose. At least this was the excuse i was given by many of the young men and women willing to speak. Upon further investigation and through various anonymous avenues i found an individual whom i will not name out of request of anonymity who assured me of the pose’s secretive dark origins and its creators subversive plan of infiltrating the youths minds in aims at converting them into what many would call “nazis”. When asking the young man where this new trend came from he led me to a few nefarious websites on the Dark Web frequented by white nationalists. Upon entering these rooms it became apparently clear to me that these were not your average 4chan “nazis” but sophisticated, well read / funded groups of White Nationalists from all different parts of the globe. After embedding myself within these groups for some time i was able to grasp their goals as a group and the origin of the popular new pose that of which up until very recently seemed like a harmless and fun gesture. I was led through various vetting processes when i eventually landed on what looked to be the last place on earth i expected to land, the international KKK headquarters backup Dark Web site who’s banner photograph brandished many white men in white robes and white hoods in front of a burning cross undeniably performing the “T” pose. In today's age, the internet seems to be a harmless, fun place where kids go to chat and hang around with their friends sharing pictures and playing video games but what parents need to understand is that when your children use the internet untended they can often times become the prey of much larger, darker collectives who’s aims are to convert your young children into blood thirsty Nazis who will grow up to be hateful, sickening individuals destined for nothing more than a life of crime and despair. Whatever it is you do, do NOT allow your children to perform the “T” pose or it might mean their life is now out of your hands and in the hands of a much larger, scarier world of hate.
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DeviantArt
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T-Pose to Assert Dominance by PsychoSinked on DeviantArt
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Fandom
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T-pose | Memepedia Wiki | Fandom
The T-pose, otherwise known as a Reference Pose, is a default unanimated state of some models in 3D graphics. It became popularly used with 3D-animated characters in deep fried and shitpost memes in the late 2010s.
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DeviantArt
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T-POSE TO ASSERT DOMINANCE by Bigstinkynerd on DeviantArt
SO YOU KNOW THAT ONE MEME WHERE ITS LIKE '1. ASSERT YOUR DOMINANCE, T-posing will let other students know you are superior' ?? Well I drew Shiro, Matt, and Keith back in the garrison... only that meme. A friend of mine joked about how this is them so I drew it in paint. drawing in paint is hard also I. totally forgot about how age works.