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From You Know That Thing Where:
Ununnilium: Character A is talking to Characters B and C about Character D; usually, insulting D in some way. We see a shot from A's point of view of B and C either looking like deer in the headlights or trying to shush A. A turns around, and D is there, angry.
This seems to be sliding toward Discredited Trope status; the subversion, with A asking "...they're behind me, aren't they?" is becoming so common that it's started to be subverted itself, as in Futurama: "She's behind me, isn't she?" "No, I'm in front of you."
Harpie Siren: I think Theyre Behind Me Arent They works as a name.
Janitor: It would kind of nifty if we could steer away from using titles with contractions in them, since the apostrophes can not appear in the wiki word.
Ununnilium: I agree. Plus it's a bit long. Maybe Angry Eavesdropping?
Thomas The Rhymer: Angry Eavesdropping doesn't do it for me. Look Behind You, perhaps.
Ununnilium: Look Behind You is workable.
Man Called True: I typed it up, but Look Behind You doesn't convey what the trope means, so I went with Right Behind Me. After all, the key words are "They're standing right behind me, aren't they?"
BT The P: Is there a page for the moster equivalent to this? F'rinstance, a face to face chat, character A is oblivious, character B is quaking in fear, due to monster C directly behind A. A wonders why the hell B is so nervous, or assigns alternate causes to his shock, before either turning around or feeling hot breath on his neck. Popular in any comedy horror setting, especially Scooby Doo.
Looney Toons: I don't think we have a page for that, and we should. We could lift a line from a similar moment in a Bugs Bunny cartoon and maybe call it Stop Steaming Up My Tail...
Cassius335: Or Right Behind You
Scrounge: Moved the Beast Wars example to Last-Second Word Swap
I'd add this
, except it doesn't quite fit; it sounds like he was just walking by and arrived to late to know they were actually talking about him. —Document N
