Angelina Jolie Right Leg At 2012 Oscars Takes Over The Internet (PHOTOS)

It was the pose seen 'round the world: Angelina Jolie stepped onto the Oscars red carpet, planting her hands on her hips and forcefully jutted her right leg out in front of her, like she was George Washington crossing the Delaware River.

For a woman who typically eschews red carpets altogether and likes to keep a low-profile, Angie's bold right leg took plenty of people by surprise. Poking out from a heavy, dark Versace dress, the slender right leg seemed to have a life of its own.

Soon enough, it did. By the time Angie took hundreds of red carpet shots with her leg permanently extended and then presented an award in the same exposed position, the limb had its own Twitter account, @AngiesRightLeg, with thousands of followers.

Buzzfeed had a photo album of Angelina's right leg, dubbing it "the breakout star of this year's Academy Awards."

When "The Descendants" screenwriters Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon and Jim Rash accepted their award for Best Adapted Screenplay, they struck the "hip out, leg extended" -- heretofore known as "The Angelina" -- pose.

When the "Today" show recounted the Oscars on Monday morning, Ann Curry and Al Roker did their best "Angelina."

We even got to Angelegging (it's a word, y'all) in the HuffPost newsroom.

In short, the 2012 Oscars was Angelina Jolie's right leg's coming out party. The leg had been creeping farther and farther out for several years, as you can see in the photos below... but Angie must have decided that 2012 was the year she'd truly put her best foot forward (yeah, we said it).

Check out Angie's right leg last night and her long history of leg-jutting (both the right and the left) over the past decade.

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Comments

[eljeran]

11:52 PM on 02/05/2013

since when does AJ eshew red carpet events and keep a low profile? That is a crock of shiz. They go to every single event there is and stand about like Hollywood royal family with looks on their faces like they are just so bored of it all. But they are always there, attention starved.

[Matthew Vella]

10:01 AM on 05/18/2012

She looks so beautiful in that mint coloured dress

[greencloud56]

04:20 AM on 03/09/2012

I like Angies legs in her Tomb Raider Days

[dre31]

12:25 PM on 03/01/2012

Alright Angelina, give that leg. She looks so good.

[justforyou]

11:12 PM on 02/29/2012

Brad was up for an Oscar, not something that happens every year, and instead of supporting him she had to make sure she got all the attention. Way to go Angelina! Stay classy...

[hellotiki]

06:18 PM on 02/29/2012

KFC legs look yummier than Angelina's leg. She's nothing but bones.

[janedoe31]

08:13 PM on 03/01/2012

k, that's funny

[ColoradoCool]

06:17 PM on 02/29/2012

The funny thing is that her legs aren't that good anyway. Knobby knees and shapeless calves. She's too skinny to have really good legs.

[Carol Kasun Dixson]

04:59 PM on 02/29/2012

Oh, how funny! I always wondered what the purpose of a slit skirt was, now I know! All these years women have been failing to take full advantage of the slit skirt! What about her left leg? Does it ever get any air time?

[lipapel]

12:06 PM on 02/29/2012

Angelina is too thin. I noticed that your head is too big for his skeletal body. And it is with the aged face. It appears that well over 38 years it has. This exhibitionism Oscar reminds me of something: the crisis of 40 years. Regrettable.

Sorry for my English. I know it's bad.

[John Hazelton Smith]

06:06 AM on 02/29/2012

My girl. That pose says: I make 20 million dollars a movie, I have six kids and still look this good and I live with Brad Pitt. suck it, b***hes!!!! lol.

[iconico62]

05:26 AM on 02/29/2012

Good for her. And me and all hot blooded males. Nothing more boring than the disgusting uniform crossing the legs as though the left should have been positioned right and vice versa. She knew what she wanted and got it: universal attention. How's that for savy and moxie?

[klin]

02:19 AM on 02/29/2012

If I had a leg like hers I'll stick it out too. The woman just looks amazing.

[Samara Rivieras Vivalari]

01:48 AM on 02/29/2012

woo hoo yes i luv it now im upset i missed that damn show it would have been worth it just to have seen that moment live on tv... i wouldve been like wtf was that angie? lol

[Laura Gares]

12:32 PM on 03/01/2012

The funniest part of all was the guys who won the first award she was presenting. It was for one of those group awards...can't even remember which one, and there were three guys getting Oscars. While the middle guy was thanking everybody, the guys on either side "Angelegged". Then to make it even funnier, she shot them a look that would have frozen molten lava!

I laughed so hard, I snorted....

[ladybug81798]

12:15 AM on 02/29/2012

It kind of looked like her leg wasn't attached to her hip, like the photo shop mess ups. I know the stars from long ago used to stand with their leg out, but not that far to the side. strange

[MNJim]

11:25 PM on 02/28/2012

I loved the guy who came up after her and was posing in his tux with his leg extended.....LOL. A few hours later on DListed there a photoshopped pic of her and Brad and she had both legs extended....it was hilarious.