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* A vengeful doll spirit [[Showing Off the New Body]] in ''[[Ranma ½]]'' picks up a stick to bash Ranma with. He grabs the stick, but not because he's on to her intentions: he thinks she's giving him a stick to hit his dad who's hiding in the bushes watching.
* In ''[[Higurashi no Naku Koro ni]]'', the first warning that you're about to fall victim to the Curse of Oyashiro-sama is the sensation of being watched.
{{quote| '''Rena:''' Someone is quietly spying on you from afar. Someone is constantly shadowing you. Someone is always right behind you, looking at you. Eventually the footsteps will be a little offbeat from yours, and you'll hear one extra. And then, when you turn off the light and climb into your futon, it will stare down at you from the base of your pillow. Silently, patiently, waiting until you've accepted your sins.}}
* In the OVA of ''[[To Aru Kagaku no Railgun]]'', Misaka experiences the phenomenon known as "Someone's watching." At random points throughout the episode she get's the feeling that someone is indeed watching her and this understandably leads to [[Paranoia Fuel|paranoia]].
* Pretty much the main plot point of ''[[Chaos;Head]]''. Almost every time something weird happens, someone or something will say or read "Sono me dare no me?", which roughly translates to "Whose eyes are those eyes?"
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== Films -- Live Action ==
* ''[[Star Wars]] V: [[The Empire Strikes Back]]''
{{quote| '''Luke:''' I feel like... I don't know...<br />
'''Yoda:''' Feel like what?<br />
'''Luke:''' ''(whirls around and whips out his blaster)'' Like we're being watched! }}
** Somewhat justified in that the Force does grant a bit of extra awareness.
* ''Blue Collar Comedy Tour: The Movie''
{{quote| '''Bill:''' You ever get that feeling when you know you're being watched?}}
* ''[[Jurassic Park]]''
{{quote| '''Ellie:''' There's the shed. We can make it if we run.<br />
'''Muldoon:''' Well, we can't.<br />
'''Ellie:''' Why not?<br />
'''Muldoon:''' We're being hunted. A velociraptor, in the bushes straight ahead. }}
** {{spoiler|Unfortunately for Muldoon, he [[Failed a Spot Check|fails to spot]] the ''other'' velciraptor (until it's too late).}}
{{quote| {{spoiler|'''Muldoon:''' Clever girl....}}}}
* ''[[The Bourne Series|The Bourne Ultimatum]]'': Impressive for making an entire sequence based around this, with Jason Bourne able to see the line of sight for at least a dozen cameras and avoid them all himself while instructing a journalist on how to avoid them.
* An inversion of sorts takes place in ''[[The Warriors (film)|The Warriors]]'' when Mercy tells the gang that she's noticed being watched. She's then informed that the gang knew all along and thanks to her, their enemies now know they've been spotted.
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== Films -- Animated ==
* ''[[Horton Hears a Who]]''
{{quote| '''Mayor of Who-Ville:''' Hey, hon, did you ever get the feeling that you were being watched, and that maybe that thing watching you is... ehhh, a giant elephant?}}
 
 
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== Live Action TV ==
* ''[[The Rockford Files]]''
{{quote| '''Karen Hall:''' That's why I had that horrible feeling I was being watched.}}
* ''[[Xena: Warrior Princess]]'': Xena always knows when a god is watching her. Usually Ares.
* In the ''[[Highlander (TV series)|Highlander]]'' series, Immortals always know when another Immortal is nearby. They can sense each other's Quickening.
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* [[First Encounter Assault Recon|Alma]] is fucking '''made''' of this trope.
* When you read people's minds in ''[[The World Ends With You]]'', you might come across that one person who thinks,
{{quote| "Hey! You there! Peeping at my thoughts, huh? I know you are! Well, if you think you can mind-control me or something, you're sorely mistaken!"}}
* Since you're being [[Stern Chase|chased by ninja]], everybody in ''[[Yo-Jin-Bo]]'' gets this feeling all the time. And if you [[Outdoor Bath Peeping|spy on Muneshige and Mon-Mon in the hot spring]], they'll say this about you.
* GLaDOS's cameras are everywhere in ''[[Portal (series)|Portal]]'', and the walls in the some of the [[Room Full of Crazy|hidden rooms]] have crude drawings of said cameras with "SHE'S WATCHING YOU" scribbled on the wall.
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== Western Animation ==
* ''[[Looney Tunes|Hair-Raising Hare]]''
{{quote| '''Bugs Bunny:''' Listen, Dracula... Have you ever had the feeling you were being watched? Like the eyes of strange things are upon you? Look, [[Born in the Theatre|out there in the audience]]...}}
* ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]'': Patchy the pirate and Polly the parrot are arguing about SpongeBob. Cut to SpongeBob in the Krusty Krab, saying, "I just have this strange feeling that a pirate and a parrot are arguing about me... ''and the parrot is winning''!"
** Also parodied and subverted with:
{{quote| '''SpongeBob:''' ''(while being followed)'' It feels like... someone... ''wants to sell me something!''}}
*** {{spoiler|He's right.}}
* In ''[[The Penguins of Madagascar]]'' the entire episode "Tangled in the Web" is a "being watched" moment. (There are webcams everywhere.)
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* ''[[Jonny Quest]]'' TOS episode "The Fraudulent Volcano". While taking Jonny and Hadji to rescue Dr. Quest and Race Bannon, the sergeant says that he has a feeling they're being watched.
* ''[[Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy]]'', episode "Fa, La, La, La, Ed":
{{quote| '''Edd''': Ed, please! [[Breaking the Fourth Wall|Someone may be watching...]]}}
* ''[[The Venture Brothers]]'' pilot in the image above, played for laughs of course.
 
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