Look Behind You!: Difference between revisions

** And he ''immediately'' [[Ho Yay|whirls around to look.]]

* Played with in an episode of ''[[Kodomo no Omocha]]'': Sana, trying to distract a child, [[Medium Awareness|points at the "camera" and says "Look! Some people watching TV!"]]

* In the ''[[GetBackers]]'' manga, Emishi is hiding in a maneki neko figure. He gives a fake meow, which of course doesn't faze [[Speaks Fluent Animal|Shido]], who actually asks if Emishi ''really'' expected that to work. So Emishi points behind him and yells, "Look! It's [[Love Interest|Madoka!]]" Shido spins around, yelling "Where?! ♥"

* Appears in ''[[Yu Yu Hakusho Abridged]].'' Subverted, as Yusuke forgot to run while his opponent was distracted.

* Igor and Brain look, see nothing there, and look back at Scamper*

'''Scamper''': It was just a suggestion. }}

{{quote|'''Buzz:''' You're mocking me, aren't you?

'''Woody:''' Oh, no, no, no no... ''* points* '' Buzz look, an alien!

* ''[[Myth Adventures|M.Y.T.H. Inc in Action]]''—double subversion and then unusual subversion [[Zig-Zagging Trope|again]].

* The usual subversion in ''The Silver Pigs'' by Lindsey Davies—notable for the villain mocking Falco for using "that old trick" ''in [[Ancient Rome]]''.

* In the ''Time Warp Trio'' book ''Your Mother Was A Neanderthal'', the eponymous group pulls this on a group of cavewomen using the phrase "Woolly mammoth!" The boys are aware that the targets don't understand English, leaving the strength of the ploy in the body language and emotional acting.

* ''[[Fablehaven]]'' has a bizarre version of the not looking version. While Kendra is trapped in a cave by the human form of Navarog [[The Dragon|both the literal and figurative dragon for the]] [[Big Bad]] and {{spoiler|Raxtus appears behind Navarog }}, Kendra makes an expression of genuine surprise and Navarog comments that she's over acting and lectures her on the lack of ingenuity and says she needs to try harder on this trope to fool him even saying "If something tried to creep up on me, I would know". {{spoiler|This comes back to bite him, literally as Raxtus eats him}}.

* ''[[Space Cases]]'', when Thelma is cornered by the cast of [[Evil Twin]]s:

{{quote|'''Thelma''': Look over there.

''(everyone looks, and Thelma bolts)'' }}

* One sketch in the improv-comedy show ''[[Whose Line Is It Anyway?]]'' has Ryan Stiles playing a ruthless "killer" taking out the other cast-members. When he finally corners lone "survivor" Colin Mochrie, Colin pulls this trick. Ryan dopily turns and stares, and Colin, showing impressive speed, sprints off the stage to safety.

 

== [[Tabletop Games]] ==

{{quote|"Look! An [[Hybrid Monster|owlbear]]!"}}

 

{{quote|'''Kefka Palazzo:''' Really? Could it be you're...out of steam? Oh, you poor dears, I mean turn around! You've still have more manikins waiting for a chance to play!}}

* During the fight with Ben-K's robot form in ''[[Gitaroo Man]]'', U-1 distracts Ben by pointing and saying "Look over there!" at the start of each Charge sequence.

* In the first level of ''[[Psychonauts]]'', "Basic Braining", Bobby does this to Raz in a cutscene as part of a prank:

{{quote|'''Bobby:''' I'm not stupid, ''you're'' stupid. The coach is stupid. The whole camp is stupid! ''(points)'' That thing flying at you is stupid!

* In ''[[Eversion]]'', one of "level start" messages on deeper everson layers says "{{spoiler|[[Paranoia Fuel|BEHIND YOU]]}}".

* In ''[[Sengoku Basara]]'', [[Dastardly Whiplash|Mogami]] [[Combat Pragmatist|Yoshiaki]] has this as one of his moves. It only works on Mooks though.

{{quote|'''Vivio''': Ah! [[Kid From the Future|Nanoha-mama]] [[Has Two Mommies|and Fate-mama]] are coming here!}}

* In ''Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People Episode 1: Homestar Ruiner,'' if you click on The Cheat, Strong Bad does this to The Cheat so that Strong Bad can kick The Cheat into the dryer. Strong Bad even tells The Cheat to "turn around." This only happens in the basement, because The Cheat is also in the Photo Booth building.

{{quote|'''Tex:''' Look, Tucker! Hot chicks!

'''Tucker:''' You don't really expect me to fall for that, do you?

'''Tucker:''' Okay, now [[Too Dumb to Live|that's worth the risk.]] *turns around* [[Oh Crap|Aw, crap...]] *expected backstabbing ensues* }}

* In ''The Defenestrator'', one of the fan applications to [[Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog|the Evil League of Evil]]:

* In ''[[Catscratch]]'', Mr. Blik pulls this to get away from an angry alley cat. It works, but the cat catches him eventually anyway.

{{quote|'''Blik:''' Look! A flying saucer is giving away free gold!}}

{{quote|'''Timmy:''' Look! A Rottweiler!

'''Francis:''' I'm not falling for that one.

'''AMAZO''': That's the oldest trick-- ''(gets blasted from behind by Green Lantern)'' }}

* From [[Avatar: The Last Airbender|The Ember Island Players]]:

'''Actor Zuko''': Where?! }}

* ''[[South Park]]'': In the "It's a Jersey Thing" episode, Kyle pulls one on Cartman.

* From the ''[[Thundercats]]'' episode "The Demolisher":

{{quote|'''Demolisher''': (''throws a grenade, Lion-O braces himself, but it releases smoke'') A harmless toy for a harmless boy. Unlike the one behind you! (''Lion-O turns around, Demolisher hits him'') Ha ha ha! You fell for the oldest trick in the book!

* In an episode of ''[[Static Shock]]'', Virgil escapes an angry street gang by yelling, "Look over there! It's [[Jennifer Lopez|J-Lo]]!" then running away when they turn around.

* Mercilessly parodied in an episode of '''[[El Tigre]]''':