Cower Power: Difference between revisions

* Played with in volume 3 of ''[[Scott Pilgrim]]''. When [[Action Girl|Ramona]] is fighting against [[The Vamp|Envy Adams]], she's only able to get a hit in when Envy is distracted by Wallace's [[I Shall Taunt You|taunts]]. Envy accuses Ramona of hiding behind Wallace, which she denies [[Hypocritical Humor|while suddenly standing behind Wallace]] (who then runs off to the restroom while Ramona protests that she enjoys his company).

 

* ''[[Kyon: Big Damn Hero]]'': After Haruhi's reaction to Tsuruya's report on what she and Kyon did to disband a illegal photographic ring (which included sleeping with him and bathing together -- [[It Makes Sense in Context]]), Mikuru automatically hides behind Tsuruya. [[OC Stand-In|Kanae]], noting that hiding behind Tsuruya isn't the best idea in this circumstances, decided not to follow this trope and only hide behind the table.

* At one point in ''[[I Am What I Am (fanfic)|I Am What I Am]]'', well before she [[Take a Level In Badass|takes her level in badass]], Cordelia hides behind Jonathon when the Scoobies are faced with an enemy.

* In the second book of the ''[[Gone (novel)]]'' series, Hunter cowers behind Astrid, who is protecting him from Zil's lynch mob.

 

* As seen above, Doctor Smith from ''[[Lost in Space]]'' would cower behind Will Robinson ''at least'' once an episode. Sometimes the Robot, for variety.

** Which makes him look more creepy than cowardly. Who looked at it and did not think "child molester", honestly?

* ''[[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.

'''Buffy''': Xander, I'm pretty sure that's [[Dracula]].

'''Xander''' (jumping behind Buffy): Hey, sorry, man. }}

== [[Professional Wrestling]] ==

* A favorite tactic of the heels, who are not above grabbing a female at ringside (either the face's girlfriend or their own) to stop from getting attacked, and then shoving said female into the opponent! [[Edge]] used to do this all the time. [[Eddie Guerrero]] made it particularly reprehensible when he grabbed Rey Mysterio's young son Dominick; [[Papa Wolf|this made Mysterio]] [[This Is Unforgivable!|very angry]].

 

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== [[Western Animation]] ==

* [[Played for Laughs]] ''and'' played straight in ''[[Teen Titans (animation)|Teen Titans]]''; both examples feature teams of males hiding behind their female leader. In the humorous version, The Titans East hides behind Bumblebee when Control Freak drops in unexpectedly; the serious one features the H.I.V.E. five hiding behind Jinx in nervous anticipation for Madam Rouge's verbal abuse.

 

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