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== Anime ==
* In the very first episode of the animated adaption of ''[[Fate
== Films ==
* Grendel's mother in the 2007 movie of ''[[Beowulf (
* In ''[[Star Wars]]: Revenge of the Sith'' there's an example of a heroic, well, ''[[Anti-Hero|Anti]]''-heroic circle. Anakin rounds Palpatine as the latter calmly and matter-of-factly lays out his motivations and plans, doing his best to convince Anakin that [[Love Makes You Evil|it's best for Padme.]]
** The same happens between Anakin and Obi-Wan before their fight on Mustafar. And, in ''Attack of the Clones'', Count Dooku was circling and tempting a captive Obi-Wan. The [[Star Wars]] prequels love this.
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** Also done in ''[[The Lion King]] II'', in an odd example, Zira is ''talking'' to Simba, but ''[[Mama Bear|cir]][[God Save Us From the Queen|cling]]'' Kovu.
* Adria when talking to Vala in ''[[The Ark of Truth]]''.
* Wormtongue does this to Eowyn in ''[[The Lord of the Rings (
* When the titular ''[[
* In ''[[The Princess and
* ''[[The Prince of Egypt]]'' has this where Rameses' two priests circle Moses during their [[Villain Song]]
* In the climax of ''[[
* Jim does the heroic version in ''[[Treasure Planet]],'' but it's mainly to tell Silver that he won't be fooled a second time, [["The Reason You Suck" Speech|condemning him]] for what Jim thought was a [[Bastardly Speech
* Frollo in the Disney version of ''[[The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Disney film)|The Hunchback of Notre Dame]]'' offers {{spoiler|Esmeralda a way out when she's about to be burned at the stake. He tells her, 'I can save you from the flames of this world and the next. Choose me, or the fire,' and Esmeralda promtly [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|spits at his face]] before giving him an epic [[Kubrick Stare]].}}
* This is Mother Gothel's favorite choreography in ''[[
* ''[[Rock
* The Singing Cat Gang actually do this to [[
* Parodied in ''[[Cloudy
* Syndrome starts this when confronting [[The Incredibles|Mr. Incredible]] after the [[Time Skip]], but is interrupted by a thrown tree trunk to the face.
{{quote| '''Syndrome''': You sly dog, [[Lampshade Hanging|you had me monologuing]]!}}
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== Literature ==
* Harry and Voldemort's final battle in ''[[Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows]]'' starts with them circling each other, debating who will triumph. Harry is level-headed, assured that he has the upper hand, while Voldemort is arrogant and dismissive, refusing to believe he can be beaten.
* In ''[[
* This happens at least twice in [[Madeleine L
* A hero-to-villain example occurs in ''[[Vorkosigan Saga|The Vor Game]]''. [[Magnificent Bitch]] Cavilo is in a suit of [[Power Armor]] that has been depowered and acts as a [[Tailor-Made Prison]], leaving only her head able to move. As Miles and Gregor pressure her for information, Miles repeatedly paces behind her because he can see it makes her nervous.
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== Live Action TV ==
* In ''[[Dallas]]'', episode "The Family Ewing" (first of the "[[All Just a Dream|Dream]] [[Discontinuity|Season]]"), Sue Ellen comes home the night Bobby Ewing, having been out all day with Dusty Farlow. Her chipper attitude was all J.R., who was openly ([[Men Don't Cry|as much as a proud Texan man could]]) mourning the death of Bobby, could take. He circles her, berating her for not (never) being there, before driving her off.
* ''[[
** The new series ''Doctor Who'' episode "Dalek" had something like this, but with the Doctor (good guy) circling the titular Dalek instead of the other way around.
*** A strange case as {{spoiler|the doctor could arguably be the villain in that episode}}
* ''[[
* A different use of circling than usual, but Dr Cox from ''[[
* In [[Babylon 5]], in the climatic three-way showdown between [[Scary Dogmatic Aliens|Vorlons, Shadows]] and the Army of Light each one of the former two pick a general of the Army and try to reason him/her into following them. Shadows do this with Delenn by having impersonations of her friends and even of herself circle around her while setting forth the Shadows' doctrines. Meanwhile, the Vorlon representative manifests as a woman frozen inside a block of ice, and Sheridan circles ''her'' while she argues the Vorlon point of view.
* In a Season Three episode of ''[[Alias (TV series)|Alias]]'', [[Mc Kenas]] Cole pulls this on Sark. However, Sark makes it a point to keep shifting so Cole is never given the opportunity to stab him in the back.
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* The main character can try to convince the villain to abandon his plan in ''[[Arcanum]]''. At the same time, the villain will be trying to convince the main character of joining him to destroy the world.
* The ''[[Fallout]]'' games love this trope, allowing the protagonist to use this on several enemies and even sometimes on the [[Big Bad]]. And at times ''succeed''.
* Ditto in ''[[Planescape: Torment]]''.
* Done in ''[[Neverwinter Nights 2]]'' both with [[The Dragon]] and the [[Big Bad]]. The verbal duel with the Dragon is important both for plot and gameplay reasons. (Basically it's a CMOA of the developers.)
* Used by a race of [[Scary Dogmatic Aliens]] in [[
* Used in [[Batman: Arkham City]] during the battle with {{spoiler|Ra's al-Ghul. As Batman holds a sword to Ra's' throat, Talia circles around them both, urging him to kill Ra's and take his place as leader of the League Of Assassins.}}
== Western Animation ==
* The ''[[Teen Titans (
* Played with in ''[[
== Web Comics ==
* [http://www.sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=2385 This] ''[[Sinfest]]'' comic.
* And [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0633.html this] ''[[The Order of the Stick
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