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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* In the opening of ''[[Princess Mononoke]]'', Yakul does this as the demon that curses Ashitaka rushes at him. Despite Ashitake shouting at him to run, he just stands there, staring and trembling
* Happens in ''[[Puella Magi Madoka Magica]]'' when {{spoiler|Mami thinks she's gotten Charlotte (who takes the form of a tiny plushie) beat, when suddenly Charlotte pukes out a giant carnivorous worm towards Mami. Mami freezes, and promptly gets eaten alive.}}
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* In ''[[Watership Down]]'', the rabbits have a term in their [[Fictionary]] for this: ''tharn''.
** And in ''[[The Stand]]'' by [[Stephen King]], a character was in a quarantine with one particular guard who, he somehow sensed, would be the one to kill him if things went bad. The character had read ''Watership Down'' and was so scared of this guard he compared it to the "tharn" concept.
* Naturally played with in [[Terry Pratchett]]'s ''[[
* The [[Animorphs]] can only stare in horror when [[Arch Enemy|Visser Three]] devours [[Pursued Protagonist|Elfangor]] alive in the first book.
* In [[Mercedes Lackey]]'s ''[[Heralds of Valdemar|Brightly Burning]]'', Lavan Firestorm's mentor has to be physically dragged away when Lavan gives full rein to his powers ([[Taking You with Me|killing himself and an entire army in the process]]) after his Companion dies.
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