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== [[Fan Fiction]] ==
* ''[[Kyon:
== [[Film]] ==
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== [[Literature]] ==
* The book and movie of ''[[The Dead Zone]]'' use this to let the world know its villain is a bad man. Or at least this is what ruins him. [[Rule of Perception|We, the readers/audience]], know from early on that the bad guy is really bad. But this is what {{spoiler|destroys his image to the [in-story] public. I mean, '''NO ONE''' would vote for someone for president of the USA who used ''[[Eats Babies|a baby]]'' to shield himself from an assassin}}.
* In [[Robert E. Howard]]'s ''[[Conan the Barbarian]]'' story "[[
* In the second book of the ''[[Gone]]'' series, Hunter cowers behind Astrid, who is protecting him from Zil's lynch mob.
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* ''[[Stargate Atlantis]]'' has a hilarious moment in the fourth season where Sheppard and McKay are rewarded with a portrait that features them and a young princess who they'd just saved from the Genii and her treacherous older sister. Sheppard, who the princess grew to dislike, is depicted cowering fearfully behind the little girl, while Rodney stands out front firing his gun and (presumably) letting out a war cry. [[Crowning Moment of Funny|Very amusing]].
* ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'', of course, has a gender inversion from the movie poster description above.
{{quote| '''Xander''': Where'd you get that accent, ''[[
'''Buffy''': Xander, I'm pretty sure that's [[Dracula]]. <br />
'''Xander''' (jumping behind Buffy): Hey, sorry, man. }}
* ''[[
== [[Professional Wrestling]] ==
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== [[Video Games]] ==
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* ''[[Amnesia:
* From one standpoint, '''any''' Stealth-based game or game with a [[Stealth Based Mission]] could be seen as utilizing this. You need to hide from enemies, often by crouching in dark corners, because you can't take them on. Certain Horror-genre games will have the character give indications that they're afraid, like Amnesia listed above, or ''[[Call Of Cthulu Dark Corners Of The Earth]]''.
== [[Web Comics]] ==
* In ''[[
* In ''[[Mortifer]]'', Valentine comments on Cole's "Impressive Hiding".
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* [[Played for Laughs]] ''and'' played straight in ''[[Teen Titans (
== [[Stand Up Comedy]] ==
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