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== Anime and Manga ==
* In the very first episode of the animated adaption of ''[[Fate/Zero]]'', both Tohsaka Tokiomi and Kotomine Risei circle Kirei while they explain their [[Xanatos Gambit]] to him in an effort to convince him to join them. See [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7rZDAojXNY here] for an example.
== Films ==
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* In ''[[The Dark Knight Saga]]'' at a party scene [[The Joker]] circles around Rachel and appears to [[Perverted Sniffing|sniff her]] while calling her "beautiful."
* In ''[[The Matrix Reloaded]]'', this trope is subverted, Agent Smith clones surround Neo and each one of them speaks part of the monologue while the camera pans around giving the impression he's circling Neo, when in fact the clones are mostly just standing still or walking towards Neo.
* Teatime does this to Susan in the movie version of ''[[Hogfather]]''.▼
▲* Teatime does this to Susan in the movie version of Hogfather.
== Literature ==
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* 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.
* In ''[[Dallas]]'', episode "The Family Ewing" (first of the "[[All Just a Dream|Dream]] [[Canon 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.▼
▲== Live Action TV ==
* ''[[Doctor Who]]'' has had this,
▲* 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.
▲* ''[[Doctor Who]]'' has had this, particularily with the Doctor and [[The Master (trope)|The Master]]. In ''Survival'', the [[Foe Yay|part-cheetah Master stalks around the Doctor]]. The scene at the beginning of part two of ''The End of Time'' has even more stalking, but it's the Doctor doing the pleading.
** 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}}
* ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' has an excellent example in the first episode of the seventh season when the [[Big Bad]] delivers a [[Hannibal Lecture]] to Spike while circling him... and while shifting forms between the [[Big Bad]] of each earlier season and, at the end, Buffy herself.
* A different use of circling than usual, but Dr Cox from ''[[Scrubs]]'' has a tendency to circle people during his rants. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bB1F86_U96M In one memorable scene] he and J.D. actually take turns on who is playing what role.
* 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]]'',
== Video Games ==
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* 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.}}
== Web Comics ==▼
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140209192702/http://sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=2385 This] ''[[Sinfest]]'' comic.{{context}}▼
* And [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0633.html this] ''[[The
== Western Animation ==
* The ''[[Teen Titans (animation)|Teen Titans]]'' do this to Terra after she betrays them for the last time. Not to give her another chance, but to clarify that they will not be giving her any more chances.
* Played with in ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'', as Ozai circles Zuko while extolling his accomplishments in Ba Sing Se. Zuko still seems very nervous to be there, especially when he finds out that
▲== Web Comics ==
▲* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140209192702/http://sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=2385 This] ''[[Sinfest]]'' comic.
▲* And [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0633.html this] ''[[The Order of the Stick|Order of the Stick]]'' comic.
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