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Often a source of [[Foe Yay]].
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== Anime ==
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* Grendel's mother in the 2007 movie of ''[[Beowulf (Film)|Beowulf]]'' does this to the eponymous hero. She promises the trifecta of Sex, Money, and Power, strumming every chord of this flawed hero's heart and pride as she circled him. Too bad the original version is a much more straightforward, violent, bloody and gory physical battle. ([[They Changed It, Now It Sucks]], say some.)
* In ''[[Star Wars]]: Revenge of the Sith'' there's an example of a heroic, well, ''[[Anti
** The same happens between Anakin and Obi-Wan before their fight on Mustafar. And, in ''Attack of the Clones'', Count Dooku was circling and tempting a captive Obi-Wan. The [[Star Wars]] prequels love this.
* Done in the ''[[Dungeons and Dragons|Dungeons & Dragons]]'' movie.
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* ''[[The Prince of Egypt]]'' has this where Rameses' two priests circle Moses during their [[Villain Song]]
* In the climax of ''[[Labyrinth (Film)|Labyrinth]]'', Jareth circles Sarah in this manner as he explains how, while he is capable of cruelty, he has been "generous" to her all along. Her response is the heroine's speech from the play that inspired her adventure in the first place, and a battle of wills ensues.
* Jim does the heroic version in ''[[Treasure Planet]],'' but it's mainly to tell Silver that he won't be fooled a second time, [["The Reason You Suck" Speech|condemning him]] for what Jim thought was a [[Bastardly Speech|bastardly speech]], and letting him know that he won't let Silver ever get ahold of the treasure which serves as both characters' motivation.
* Frollo in the Disney version of ''[[The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Disney)|The Hunchback of Notre Dame]]'' offers {{spoiler|Esmeralda a way out when she's about to be burned at the stake. He tells her, 'I can save you from the flames of this world and the next. Choose me, or the fire,' and Esmeralda promtly [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|spits at his face]] before giving him an epic [[Kubrick Stare]].}}
* This is Mother Gothel's favorite choreography in ''[[Tangled (Disney)|Tangled]]''. She circles Rapunzel semi-affectionately at the start of her [[Villain Song]], "Mother Knows Best." However, in the ''reprise'' of this song, she takes it [[Up to Eleven]], not only circling Rapunzel affectionately, but with mockery, derision, and she even does a semi-circle that has a ''seductive'' twist. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1a9yJMItIJ8 Just watch for yourself.]
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* In ''[[Whos Afraid of Beowulf|Who's Afraid of Beowulf?]]'' by [[Tom Holt]], the last viking king, Hrolf Earthstar circles the evil Sorcerer King before battle, determined to break his attempt to rule the world. Unusually, the mighty but doomed villain ''accepts'' the [[Last Second Chance]] given by the hero. After all, someone could have got ''killed''.
* This happens at least twice in [[Madeleine L Engle]]'s books -- ''[[A Wind in The Door]]'' and ''[[Many Waters]]'', to be precise (although this is more of forcible-possession than monologuing, in both cases). In the latter, it's called the [[Circle of Extinction]], giving this trope its [[Renamed Tropes|former name]].
* A hero-to-villain example occurs in ''[[Vorkosigan Saga|The Vor Game]]''. [[Magnificent Bitch]] Cavilo is in a suit of [[Power Armor]] that has been depowered and acts as a [[Tailor
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