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{{quote|''Hold it there! [[Genre Savvy|You're doing the old "Frozen Take" bit]], which means Doug the Dog... *WHACK*... ''was'' [[Right Behind Me]]. Heh-heh-heh!'' |'''Slappy Squirrel''', ''[[Animaniacs]]''}}
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* [[Rurouni Kenshin|Kenshin]] pulls this off against a mook during one of the Kyoto arc episodes with his sheath.
* In the ''[[Persona 3]]'' manga, Akihiko does this to Junpei when he sneaks up on him while they're lost in Tartarus. [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/persona_3/v03/c010/30.html The look on his face is pretty amusing].
* In ''[[Dragonball Z]]'', when Frieza fights with Nail, he [[Flash Step
** It's unknown if Vegeta was intending to do this trope by turning his back on Semi-Perfect Cell when dominating him, but given his taunting him, it's likely that's exactly what what he planned to do, although Cell seemed to wise up and just deal with Ki attacks.
** In Buu's Reincarnation, Vegeta does this to his would-be opponent when the latter foolishly attempts to taunt him, knocking him far enough back to hit a billboard, severely injuring him and [[Moment Of Awesome/Dragon Ball|has the other opponents inform the referees that his opponent has decided to forefeit the match without turning around even]] ''[[Moment Of Awesome/Dragon Ball|once]]''.
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* Doctor Octopus takes it to another level in ''[[Spider-Man (film)|Spider-Man]] 2''. When Mary Jane grabs a 2x4 and starts advancing on him, he uses two of his mechanical arms to snatch it out of her hands and knock her to the floor, all without taking his eyes off Peter. Of course, it's possible the independently intelligent tentacles did it all on their own.
** Well, the film seems to imply that since the tentacles are basically connected to his mind; they can feed him information about his surroundings from their own built-in sensors (and if you watch closely, one of the tentacles was indeed "looking" at MJ before she struck). A similar thing happens during his first battle with Spider-Man. His back is turned completely to the direction Spidey is coming from, yet one of his tentacles seems to spot him coming. Ock then turns around throwing bags of money at Spidey as an attack.
* [[Lord of the Rings|Legolas]] does this [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tlkrR_hasU#t=2m13s during the hand-to-hand fight in Edoras.] Finishes off one, another's approaching from behind... '''bam'''
** Aragorn also stabs people without looking at them, the idea being that he's been trained in the elvish martial arts.
*** It also helps that he's been fighting for longer than any of the mooks have been alive.
* ''[[Hudson Hawk]]'' does this to Kit-Kat when the latter is inexplicably dressed like him, standing behind him, and mimicking his every move.
* Doesn't Bruce Lee also this in ''The Big Boss''? (Unrelated to the ''[[Metal Gear]]'' character.) He does it in one of his movies,
** He does it multiple times, with nunchaku and a short staff, in his big [[Multi Mook Melee]] fight scene in ''[[Return of the Dragon]]''.
* [[James Bond (film)|James Bond]] pulls this off in ''[[Licence to Kill]]'', starting a very messy bar brawl.
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** Ruxala from [[The Hunter|Vespiary Squad]] delivers offhand [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20120611 headshot] to a Hive Warrior while "[[Berserker Tears|distraught]]". And later another, while injured and feverish from poison.
* A [[Elite Mook|MANTIS agent]] pulls this on Crossroad in [http://www.antiheroforhire.com/d/20080425.html this] ''[[Antihero for Hire]]''.
* Subverted in a somewhat early storyline in ''[http://www.faans.com Fans!]'': Shanna Cochran is the Mundane being slowly drawn into a world where truly strange things happen and she is less prepared than her somewhat [[Genre Savvy]] friends, so at one point when she is about to be attacked by government agents, she attempts an
* In ''[[Order of the Stick]]'', Xykon is fond of offhandedly blasting enemy [[Red Shirt
** And then there's [[Heroic Comedic Sociopath|Belkar]]'s [[He's Back]] moment...
* ''[[Dominic Deegan]]'' does it [http://www.dominic-deegan.com/view.php?date=2004-01-24 with plants.]
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* ''[[The Adventures of Dr. McNinja]]'' [http://drmcninja.com/page.php?pageNum=24&issue=14 Against a Pterosaur.]
** He also does the gun version. With a ''[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/8p26 shotgun.]''
* In ''[[Digger]]'', the first clue that the protagonist is [[Cute Bruiser|not to be trifled with]] is that she pulls off an
* Svafa, a minor character in ''[[The Adventures of Wiglaf and Mordred]]'', does it in [http://liliy.net/wam/2008/09/19/thats-like-a-lot-of-blood/ this] strip
* ''[[Looking for Group]]'' in [http://www.lfgcomic.com/page/302 this] strip has Richard do this. Interestingly, it's a literal offhand backhand at the same time as an offhanded cast, since he seems to have lit his hand on fire.
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'''Terry''': You don't make it sound too inviting. }}
** In ''Return of the Joker'', [[The Movie]] for [[Batman Beyond]], Terry manages to pull this off himself, which is part of his claiming/growing into the role.
* In ''[[Batman: The Brave And The Bold|Batman the Brave And The Bold]]'', Gentleman Ghost grabs and throws Deadman in this manner. In an earlier episode, Batman does an
** In "[[Musical Episode|Mayhem of the Music Meister]]", this is done by Black Canary to [[Mooks]] while singing about [[Batman]].
** In "A Bat Divided", Batman not only does the offhand backhand but while the victim is standing stunned he grabs him by the head and throws him forward over his shoulder.
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'''*BOOM*''' }}
* Slappy Squirrel in ''[[Animaniacs]]'', as quoted above, pulling a huge club out of her purse and....
* In ''[[Hey Arnold!]]'', [[Tsundere]] Helga likes to monologue about her unrequited love for Arnold when she thinks nobody can hear. However, background character Brainy is always hovering over her shoulder, breathing heavily... and is
* ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'': {{spoiler|Aang does this with the [[Big Bad]] in the finale using the skills he learned from Toph.}}
** Aang also does this to a ''boulder'' when he was {{spoiler|storming the Earth King's palace.}}
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** During the last of ''The Twelve Tasks of Asterix'', Obelix and Unhygienix start beating dozens of Romans this way, totally unaware of their presence, and while arguing about who should get the fun on this last task.
** During ''Asterix Versus Caesar'', Obelix asks if he can be nice to the other gladiators, while taking them out with offhanded attacks.
* In [[The Movie]] of ''[[Kim Possible]]'' [[Non-Action Guy|Ron Stoppable]] accidentally defeated the [[Highly-Visible Ninja|Sumo Ninja]] by a weak
** Shego also does it to her temporarily-evil brother. "He always does that move. It never works."
* [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2003|When the Shredder and the Foot Ninja attack April's antique shop]], [[Old Master|Master Splinter]] smacked a Foot Soldier with his stick without even turning back. He does this again to another Foot ninja when Karai invades the Lair and maybe once more at one point inbetween.
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