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Line 3: {{quote\|''Oh, here they come, riders of the sun'' ''And they will fight ... Back To Back!''~~\|'''Pretty Maids'''}}~~ \|'''Pretty Maids'''}} When two people are completely surrounded, outnumbered and outgunned, by simply coming together and having their backs against each other, they are suddenly much more capable. [[Everything's Better with Spinning\|Usually involves a lot of spinning]] and may lead to [[Radial Ass-Kicking]]. The fully realized fight scene of this image is the [[Bash Brothers]]. A warrior's most vulnerable area is his back, and by putting their backs together, two warriors can eliminate this disadvantage and turn it into an advantage. Line 14 ⟶ 15: {{examples}} == Advertising == * In a commercial for ''[[Dungeon Siege]] 3'', two ordinary guys pull swords out of nowhere and start fighting ugly humanoids. They briefly fight back to back [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wjK_WAPiFw#t=0m55s here]. == Anime &and Manga == * ''[[Appleseed]]\|Appleseed: Ex Machina]]'' has one of this right at the beginning {{spoiler\|with Deunan being surrounded by a bunch of cyborgs as [[The Cavalry\|Briareios]] comes to the rescue, does a fairly [[Unorthodox Reload]] ejecting magazines out of his arms, then the two of them proceed to shoot up the cyborgs, "to ask them", with Deunan showcasing her incredible mobility}} * This occurs in ''[[Inuyasha]] the Movie 3: Swords of an Honorable Ruler''. The titular Inuyasha and his brother Sesshoumaru dramatically face off against an overwhelming enemy back to back. {{spoiler\|for about 3 seconds and a half, then Sesshomaru just plays it dirty and use the path [[Inuyasha]] just opened to leave him surrounded.}} * In the two-part ''[[Samurai Champloo]]'' episode, "Elegy of Entrapment (Verse 1 and 2)", both Jin and Mugen fight a blind jumonji-yari expert with their backs against each other at one point. However, she holds back and lets Mugen kill her, since she lost her reason for living. Line 44: ** They're not rivals, but Kenzan and O'Brien do stand back to back against a horde of oncoming duel zombies. * A flashback in ''[[Cowboy Bebop]]'' shows Spike Spiegel and his arch-nemesis Vicious performing this trick in the past when they were hitmen partners working for the Syndicate. * Animerica sure ''loves'' using this [[Trope]], by pairing up Kiyo and Kasuse, Kasuse and Makoto, Takuya and Makoto, {{spoiler\|[[Heel Face Turn\|HeelFaceTurn-ed]] Kiyone and Ron, but the one of the most notable (and most [[Crowning Moment of Awesome\|awesome]]) was the scene in which Josh and Leon fight against Amshel's Army of Darkness (no, not [[Evil Dead\|THAT]] [[I Thought It Meant\|one.]])}} * ''[[Noir (anime)\|Noir]]'' Near the end, {{spoiler\|[[The Gunslinger\|Kirika]] and [[Knife Nut\|Chloe]] use their signature weapons to take on a score of fighters thus in a jaw-dropping display of [[Badass]]}}. Line 70 ⟶ 69: {{quote\|'''Zoro:''' Hey, cook. We'll work together for 10 seconds. '''Sanji:''' I can deal with that much. }} In a cover page, we have Whitebeard and Roger standing back to back. {{spoiler\|What makes it ~~particulary~~particularly sad is that both of them are dead.}} * In ''[[Gintama]]'', <s> Zura</s> Katsura and Gintoki are shown doing this in what appears to be a [[Last Stand]] against the Amanto aliens in a flashback. They do it again in the Benizakura Arc, when they are fighting against {{spoiler\|space pirates hired by Takasugi}}. * In the final episode of ''[[ToA ~~Aru~~Certain ~~Kagaku no~~Scientific Railgun]]'', Kuroko and Kougou fought MAR back to back. * Lina and Gourry of ''[[Slayers]]'' do this fairly frequently. * Kenshiro and Rei do this in ''[[Fist of the North Star]]'' when they fight the Fang Clan and later during the Cassandra arc. Also Bat and Ein during the Tentei arc, and Ken and Shachi during the Shura arc. Line 86 ⟶ 85: [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/katekyo_hitman_reborn/v32/c365/19.html Tsuna and Byakuran] in The Curse of the Rainbow arc Being [[Badass]] magical girls who can kick ass while wearing the frilliest of skirts, just about anyone from the ''[[Pretty Cure]]'' franchise is shown to pull off moments like this, no matter how many is on each team! == Comic Books == Line 104 ⟶ 102: == ~~Fanfic~~Fan Works == * ''[[Shinji and Warhammer40K~~\|Shinji and Warhammer 40 K~~]]'' gives one of these scenes to Shinji's Space Marine and Chaos Space Marine companions, which is absolutely hilarious considering [[Arch Enemy\|their relationship with each other]]. * In the ''[[Firefly]]'' fic ''[[Forward]]'', River and Jayne go back-to-back to fight off a squad of mercenaries trying to board a train car. * The ''[[Haruhi Suzumiya]]'' fic ''[[Kyon: Big Damn Hero]]'' features [[Badass Abnormal\|Kyon]] and [[Sufficiently Advanced Alien\|Yuki]] using this to dismantle a horde of [[Yakuza]] after being temporarily [[Brought Down to Normal]]. Line 126 ⟶ 124: * Invoked by the brothers Howlett in ''[[X Men Origins: Wolverine\|X Men Origins Wolverine]]'', even giving them both the same line. * Utilised by Mace Windu and Obi-Wan Kenobi in ''[[Star Wars]] Episode II.'' * ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'': Gimli and Aragorn at the gate into Helm's Deep. For several minutes at least they hold off '''the entire orc army.''' Actually, they were Uruk-Hai... so its even more badass. Also done by the party in Moria, when they were surrounded by hordes of orc/goblin things ... until {{spoiler\|the Balrog showed up and scared them off.}} Line 276 ⟶ 274: == Webcomics == * ''[[Ronin Galaxy]]'': [https://web.archive.org/web/20120715004837/http://www.roningalaxy.com/comics/chapter-1/page-19/ Page 19,] when they come to Taylor's rescue. Despite the fact that she {{spoiler\|almost killed them on accident.}} * In ''[[The Order of the Stick\|Order of the Stick]]'', during a fight with Sea-Trolls, Elan and Hinjo stand like this.[https://web.archive.org/web/20180128212721/http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0506.html] ** And V and Durkon do it in the very next strip. Line 343 ⟶ 341: [[Category:Duo Tropes]] [[Category:Badass]] ~~[[Category:Back To Back Badasses]]~~ [[Category:Alliterative Trope Titles]] [[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]]