Auguste Rodin's famous sculpture "The Thinker" has been imitated countless times as a stock pose. Rodin actually took this pose from Classical Greece; sculptures and paintings of people positioned similarly are generally meant to convey introspection and melancholy. A common gag in comedy shows of less good taste is to have a character do this pose while seated on a toilet. A subtrope of Art Imitates Art. Examples of Thinker Pose include: