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''Not to be confused with [[Don't Look Back (1967 film)|the documentary about Bob Dylan]] or [[Don't Look Back (2009 film)|the French thriller film]].''
To sometimes turn around and see what's behind us is one of the most natural instincts in the world. And it goes for what you literally have behind you as well as what you have behind you in a more metaphorical sense. But sometimes, you just mustn't.
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In drama, this is primarily a symbolic metaphor involving issues of trust and angst. However, it can also be a matter of [[You Do NOT Want to Know]].
To avoid the whole [[
A key part of the [[Orphean Rescue]]. Can lead to [[Curiosity Killed the Cast]]. Has nothing to do with [[Don't Look Down]]: "Back" is where you are coming from, not merely a direction opposite to where your head is facing. Also unrelated to [[Unflinching Walk]], where you Don't Look Back at the ''explosion'' happening behind you simply because [[Rule of Cool|it looks cooler]]. Contrast with [[Look Behind You!]].
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==▼
▲== [[Anime and Manga]] ==
* ''[[Bleach]]'' anime episode 168. While Division 3 is fleeing a Restrictive Current in the Precipice World, Lieutenant Izuru Kira tells his men "Don't look back". He doesn't want them to be distracted by the pursuing threat.
* At the end of ''[[Spirited Away]]'' by [[Hayao Miyazaki]], Chihiro is forbidden to look back as she is journeying out of the spirit world. She nearly does, but conquers that temptation.
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* The song at the end of ''[[Shadow the Hedgehog]]''.
* The song [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHF4d788YTs "Don't Look Back"] by the Savannah, Georgia sludge-metal band Kylesa.
* The [[wikipedia:Don't Look Back (Boston album)|song and album]] by Boston.
== [[Mythology]] ==
* The Izanagi and Izanami myth from Japanese lore. They created japan and lots of stuff happened, but then Izanami died, she went to [[Hell|Yomi-tsu Kuni]]. Izanagi decided to [[To Hell and Back|go there and bring his beloved back from the land of darkness and death.]] Izanami greeted Izanagi from the shadows as he approached the entrance to Yomi. She warned him not to look at her and said that she would try to arrange for her release from the gods of Yomi. [[Freud Was Right|Full of desire for his wife]], Izanagi lit a torch and looked into Yomi. Horrified to see that Izanami was a rotting corpse, Izanagi fled. Angry that Izanagi had not respected her wishes, Izanami sent [[There Is No Kill Like Overkill|hideous female spirits, eight thunder gods, and an army of fierce warriors]] to chase him. Izanagi managed to escape and blocked the pass between Yomi and the land of the living with a huge boulder. Izanami met him there, and they broke off their marriage.
* Orpheus of [[Greek Mythology]] wanted his dead wife back, so he visited Hades (after moving Charon and making Cerberus fall asleep with his incredible music playing). Hades agreed on the condition that Orpheus does not look back until the couple are back in the living world. Sadly, Orpheus turned to look
** Worse than that, some versions say he looked back
== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
* Invoked (as the main back-cover slogan) in White Wolf's ''[[Orpheus]]''.
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