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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'': Angelica pulls a cruel one in the episode "Chuckie's Wonderful Life", claiming there was a dog fight outside. The babies didn't fall for it, but end up doing so when she invokes Spike. She uses the distraction to steal a CD the babies were playing with, kicking off the ItsAWonderfulPlot of the episode.

* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'': In "Catch and Release", [[spoiler: Peridot]] attempts to use this on the Crystal Gems. It doesn't work, partially because [[spoiler: they're already distracted that she escaped again in the first place]].

** Spoofed in the episode "Wasted Talent", where a very drunk Peter cornered by police gets the trope backwards. He tells ''Lois'' to look behind her and the ''cops'' to run away. And it works!

* ''[[WesternAnimation/GarfieldSpecials Garfield on the Town]]'': During the battle between Garfield's family and the Claws, Garfield's brother Raoul distracts the Claws' leader Ali Cat from his attacks by saying "Ain't that Haley's Comet?"

** When Bender and Amy get caught kissing in public in "Proposition Infinity", he turns the attention of the robosexuality-opposing mob by claiming to see a single mother.

** And when he tries to run from [[AcceptableEthnicTargets a guard in a turban]]...

* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'' has Batman trying to warn Shriek to look behind him because a building is about to fall on him. Being deaf, Shriek thinks Batman is begging for mercy and gets crushed.

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

* Parodied on ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'', when the trick is pulled at the Grand Canyon by a character who yells, "Hey, look! The Grand Canyon!"

* From ''WesternAnimation/{{Dilbert}}'', Dogbert is teaching a Girl Scout to cheat at blackjack at an illegal casino set up in the office by Wally.

* During the Nickelodeon run of ''WesternAnimation/{{Doug}}'', Doug's tormentor, Roger, is forced to escape the bully [[AlwaysABiggerFish Percy]] by pulling this on him, and Percy falls for it every time. At the end of the episode, when Doug has become Percy's new target, Doug claims to see Percy's uncle, the school's hardline vice-principal. Percy has finally caught on--but as it turns out, it wasn't a trick this last time. Making this a straight-straight-subversion.
* Used in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/DrawnTogether'', where Clara keeps distracting Foxxy by claiming that Denzel Washington is in the hallway. Foxxy falls for it time after time, but on the [[RuleOfThree third distraction]] it is subverted in that Denzel is actually there. Clara then distracts Foxxy again by claiming that further down the hall is a bi-phallic version of the same man, but alas, there is only a tri-phallic Wesley Snipes.
* The ''WesternAnimation/DrZitbagsTransylvaniaPetShop'' episode "Where Mouse" has Officer Deadbeat cut in line by asking the yeti in front of him if he's being waved at by the yeti woman over there. As soon as the yeti leaves, Officer Deadbeat gloats about how easy it was to dupe the yeti with the old "look behind you" trick, but he then gets a taste of his own medicine when Dr. Zitbag asks Deadbeat if his wife is behind him and Deadbeat turns around to see the yeti ready to beat him up for calling him an idiot.

* WesternAnimation/InvaderZim just points upward to distract the other aliens in "Abducted". It takes them [[DoubleTake more than a few takes]] to realize [[TooDumbToLive he's not standing there anymore]].

* As WesternAnimation/KimPossible and Dr. Drakken [[TraintopBattle fight on top of a train]], Kim suddenly gasps and hits the deck. Drakken turns to look, and [[LowClearance meets the roof of a tunnel]].

** A subversion pops up in "Bart's Comet": Bart accidentally discovers a never-before-seen comet, and the next morning at school, the nerds (including Lisa) try to get him join their science club. They ask Bart if he'd show them his comet, and he responds "There it is right there," pointing out a window. The head nerd imperiously retorts that "I make it a point to never turn around unless I expect to see something." Bart presses the issue and when they finally look, they do indeed see his comet - [[OhCrap and realize that it's close because]] [[ColonyDrop it's on a collision course with Springfield.]]
** Another subversion is in "Children Of A Lesser Clod" when Homer yells out, "Look, a bear!" seemingly in an effort to escape from the hospital without paying his bills. Unfortunately, since he was in for a broken leg, he doesn't get very far--and while we're busy laughing at that, pan right to reveal that there ''is'' a bear!

* In the ''WesternAnimation/StarVsTheForcesOfEvil'' episode "Matchmaker", Ludo believes that Star being distracted by trying to help Ms. Skullnick will make it easy to steal her wand. When Star refutes this, Ludo tries to distract her by asking "What's that over there?"

* The ''WesternAnimation/TalesFromTheGooseLady'' short "A Fisherman, A Fisherman's Wife and a Fish" has Dot and Randy get in trouble when the Goose Lady scribbles on the museum's paintings and once again gets away before the two can show that she is to blame. Fortunately for Dot and Randy, they manage to get away by distracting the security guard, which they do by claiming to see Creator/EdAsner behind him.
* From the ''WesternAnimation/ThunderCats1985'' episode "The Demolisher":

* From ''WesternAnimation/BigGuyAndRustyTheBoyRobot'', the episode "Hard drive" has a subversion. When Big Guy starts getting the upper hand in their fight, Hard Drive [[spoiler:which is really a PoweredArmor piloted by Dwayne Hunter's (Big Guy's pilot) friend]] backs away and threatens to set off a bomb in Rusty's new rocket. Big Guy then shouts out "Behind you!" Hard Drive mocks Big Guy's attempt to distract him with the oldest trick in the book, claiming that "only a robot would fall for that". [[spoiler:His motivation is to prove that humans could never be replaced by robots.]] Only it's not a trick. The other threat of the episode, a gigantic insect HiveQueen monster, really is right behind Hard Drive and promptly crushes him in her jaws.

* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy''

* From ''WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain'':
--> '''Pinky:''' Look, [[WeNeedADistraction a diversion]]!
** In another episode, he says "Look! A decoy!"

* In the ''WesternAnimation/BeastWars'' episode "Bad Spark", Silverbolt and Blackarachnia are stuck traveling together to escape an energon storm (and Silverbolt pledges to protect her from Tarantulas). When they find out Tarantulas is indisposed, Blackarachnia predictably tries to destroy Silverbolt. He sees something, yells "Behind you!", and Blackarachnia laughs and answers "Don't be pathetic". The next instant she's jumped by a Smilodon.
* ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures'' has an episode where Jackie, a jetpack-flying Jade and a levitating Finn are fighting on top of a truck. Jackie sees a tunnel and shouts a warning; Jade flies out of reach but Finn says, "Yeah, like I'm gonna fall for--" and smacks right into a concrete tunnel overhang. Lucky he also had the immortality talisman, [[CouldHaveBeenMessy or...]]
** Another episode had Jade doing this to several mooks while in Scotland by saying the Loch Ness Monster was behind them, sure enough they look. This was subverted in a dream sequence in the same episode where she also does this, but this time the Loch Ness Monster ''is'' behind them, since it was a dream. Before the end of the episode, they end up falling for it [[RuleOfThree for a third time]], this time by Jackie.
** When they first faced the Monkey King, Jade did this to them, and it worked! When he realized what had happened, he lampshaded it, saying he couldn't believe that worked on him.

* Hilariously, Dale manages to pull this on an angry Hank in one episode of ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'' just by yelling, "Hey, look, propane!"


* As WesternAnimation/KimPossible and Dr. Drakken [[TraintopBattle fight on top of a train]], Kim suddenly gasps and hits the deck. Drakken turns to look, and [[LowClearance meets the roof of a tunnel]].

* Played straight in ''WesternAnimation/ReBoot'' where Mouse distracts two agents with the "open-mouthed stare" variant, then takes that split second to cut their guns in half with her [[KatanasAreJustBetter trusty katana]]. Considering that there was ''something'' running around preying on unsuspecting victims, they can probably be excused.
* ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague''
** Franchise/GreenLantern yells "{{Duck}}" while fighting Star Sapphire. She refuses, and gets hit by a [[VisualPun statue of a cartoon duck]]. He quips, "I tried to warn her."
** Also, in "Tabula Rasa, Pt. II"
-->'''Flash:''' You're too fast for me... But not for him.
-->'''AMAZO:''' That's the oldest trick-- ''[gets blasted from behind by Green Lantern]''
* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels''. Sabine blasts a couple of stormtroopers, then tells two more to look behind them. They say they're not going to fall for that one right before Zed [[PutTheirHeadsTogether bangs their bucketheads together]].
* WesternAnimation/InvaderZim just points upward to distract the other aliens in "Abducted". It takes them [[DoubleTake more than a few takes]] to realize [[TooDumbToLive he's not standing there anymore]].
** In "Gaz, Taster of Pork", Dib tells a pair of pig monster guards "Hey, look! There's something a pig thing would like!" It works, but the guards catch him soon after he gets past them.

* In the cartoon version of ''VideoGame/SpaceAce'', episode "Wanted Dexter", during the scene where Dexter falls into the water, after turning into Ace, Ace says to the sheriff, "[[EvilTwin Baby Face Nerks]] went ''that'' way." The sheriff falls for it, and Ace tries to escape, only to get caught between the hands of the two servants of the sheriff.
* From the ''WesternAnimation/ThunderCats1985'' episode "The Demolisher":
-->'''Demolisher:''' ''[throws grenades, Lion-O braces himself, but they release smoke]'' A harmless toy for a harmless boy. Unlike the one behind you! ''[Lion-O turns around, and Demolisher blasts him]'' Ha ha ha! You disappoint me, boy. That was the oldest trick in the book!
-->'''Lion-O:''' Not quite the ''oldest'', Demolisher! ''[[[AHandfulForAnEye throws dirt in Demolisher's eyes]]]''

* Mercilessly parodied in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/ElTigre'':
-->'''Dr. Chipotle, Jr.:''' Look, a thing!
-->'''Frida:''' Where? ''[Turns around, then realizes Chipotle ran away]'' Aw, man!
** Also in "The Return of Plata Peligrosa".
-->'''Rodolfo:''' Look, a danger!
-->'''Maria:''' Where?
* ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'':
** In ''WesternAnimation/TheTransformers'' episode "Money Is Everything", the Technobots angrily prepare to beat up Dirk Manus for leading them into a trap. Manus nervously backs away and suddenly tells them to look out. They angrily say that they're not falling for his lies... then one gets shot in the back by the Sharkticons.
** In "Changing Gears," Gears has had his personality altered by a missing component, making him compulsively nice. When Starscream is about to shoot him point blank, Gears warns him he should look behind him. Starscream snarks that he would never fall for such a stupid trick... right before he's attacked from behind.
** In the ''WesternAnimation/TransformersRescueBots'' episode "All Spark Day", Dr. Greene distracts his toddler daughter [=CeCe=], who has grown gigantic after being zapped by the Minimizer set to reverse, by saying "Look, Isaac Newton!" Not only does it succeed in getting [=CeCe=]'s attention, but Dr. Green claims that it works every time.
** In the two-part ''WesternAnimation/TransformersRobotsInDisguise2015'' episode "King of the Hill", Slipstream attempts to distract Russel while he's practicing football kicks by claiming to see [[ExpospeakGag Megatronus forcibly removing sugared treats from the grasp of a human infant]].
* In the ''WesternAnimation/HouseOfMouse'' episode "The Stolen Cartoons", when it's discovered that Pete stole the cartoons, he distracts Mickey by shouting, "Hey look, [[Series/TheMickeyMouseClub Annette Funicello!]]"
* Occurs in ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutronBoyGenius'' where, after Jimmy questions the commander of BTSO whether it is legal to implant a tracking chip in a villainess' brain, the commander gets out of answering when he points out, "Oh, look! A spy satellite!" and Jimmy, of all people, falls for it before he is sucked out of the room through a tube.
** Jimmy has fallen for it before in the past with one instance during a race against Cindy, he wears super fast speed shoes to give him an advantage, he stops at the finish line momentarily to taunt Cindy, only for her to suddenly try this.
--> '''Cindy:''' ''[points up]'' Oh, look. A 1950s electrostatic generator.
--> '''Jimmy:''' ''[turns around and looks up]'' Huh? Where?
--> '''Cindy:''' ''[crosses the finish line]'' I win!
* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'':
** In "Sweet and Elite", Rarity distracts the high-society ponies at a garden party so she can [[TwoTimerDate go back to Twilight Sparkle's birthday party]] by pointing and saying "Is that Princess Celestia?"
** In "Too Many Pinkie Pies", Rainbow Dash manages to get the last of the Pinkie clones to fail the "watching-paint-dry test" by saying "Somepony's making balloon animals!"
* Angelica pulls a cruel one in the ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'' episode "Chuckie's Wonderful Life", claiming there was a dog fight outside. The babies didn't fall for it, but end up doing so when she invokes Spike. She uses the distraction to steal a CD the babies were playing with, kicking off the ItsAWonderfulPlot of the episode.
* The beginning of the ''WesternAnimation/StreetFighter'' episode "Chunnel Vision" had this trope. Just as Bison is about to use his Psycho Power, one of the members of the [=MI5=] says, "Bison, behind you!" Bison only replies, "Oh please, that is the oldest--" before stopping to check what is behind him and finds '''a flipping train coming toward Bison.'''

* ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'':
** In "Double Dipper", one of the Dipper clones distracts Soos with a laser pointer.
-->'''Dipper #10:''' Hey, Soos! Look, a glowing dot!
-->'''Soos:''' Oh man, I'm so glad I turned my head. That dot does not disappoint!
** In "The Deep End", Dipper catches Mabel breaking into the pool at night, and she's trying to keep the fact she's trying to liberate a trapped mer-man a secret:
---> '''Mabel:''' Hey look, Wendy in a bikini!
---> '''Dipper:''' ''(whirls around)'' Really? [[LampshadeHanging At night?]]
* Parodied in ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyTest''. "Look! Something in the air to distract you dorks!" It works.
* In "Victor the Villain" on ''WesternAnimation/WallyKazam'', Victor twice tricks Wally and Norville with this, but is later HoistByHisOwnPetard.
* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'': In "Catch and Release", [[spoiler: Peridot]] attempts to use this on the Crystal Gems. It doesn't work, partially because [[spoiler: they're already distracted that she escaped again in the first place]].
** Later, in "Message Received", Steven takes a [[spoiler: communicator that Peridot stole to contact her leader with by claiming said leader is right behind her and snatching it from her hands while she's distracted]].
* In the ''WesternAnimation/StarVsTheForcesOfEvil'' episode "Matchmaker", Ludo believes that Star being distracted by trying to help Ms. Skullnick will make it easy to steal her wand. When Star refutes this, Ludo tries to distract her by asking "What's that over there?"
* ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'': In "White Hare", Lincoln distracts his sisters by yelling "Look, free pizza!" Later, during his dream, Warren distracts one of his sisters by telling her "Look, shiny object!"












* The ''WesternAnimation/QuackPack'' episode "Heavy Dental" has Huey at one point succeed in escaping the robotic Agent X by claiming that there's a mug of motor oil nearby. After Huey gets away, Agent X complains that it's the third time this week that she fell for this kind of trick.











* ''WesternAnimation/ReadyJetGo'': In "Sean's Neptune Tune", Sean distracts Jet and Sydney by saying "Wow! Look, a rare moment when you can see the sun and the moon in the sky at the same time!" so he can run away from them.
* ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'': Rick manages to outsmart a fourth-dimension Time Police officer with this and some faulty logic:
--> '''Langolier parody''': You really think I'm that stupid?
--> '''Rick''': Alright, hear me out on this. You're immortal, right, which means your life is infinite, okay, well and that means there's a 100% chance that you will eventually do everything, ''including'' turning around and looking behind you.
--> '''Langolier parody''': ...I cannot argue that.
--> (WrenchWhack)

* Various characters in ''WesternAnimation/SecretSquirrel'', good and bad guys alike, had a thing for using Fred Flintstone to fulfill this trope.

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Catscratch}}'', Mr. Blik pulls this to get away from an angry alley cat. It works, but the cat catches him eventually anyway.
--> '''Blik:''' Look! A flying saucer is giving away free gold!

* ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddparents'':
** Timmy bulls this ploy when Francis the Bully tries to beat him up in "Timvisible".
-->'''Timmy:''' Look! A Rottweiler!
-->'''Francis:''' I'm not falling for that one.
-->'''Timmy:''' You're right, it's just a brick wall.
-->'''Francis''': ''(looking)'' A brick wall?! Where?!
** There was also "Look! A hot shower!" in the episode "Baby Face", to which Francis responded with terror.
** Timmy does this trick on Crocker in the first installment of ''WesternAnimation/TheJimmyTimmyPowerHour'', a trilogy of specials crossing over with ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutronBoyGenius''.
-->'''Timmy:''' Look, a child in pain!
-->'''Crocker:''' Where?! (Turns in the direction Timmy pointed and [[PassThePopcorn gets popcorn]].) Hey! There's no child in pain! ''BUT THERE'S GONNA BE!''
** In "Mighty Mom and Dyno Dad", Timmy's parents do this to distract their son and prevent him seeing them use their powers, unaware that they have super powers in the first place because he wished for them to have them. Timmy's Mom tells her son "Look, a monkey" to prevent him from seeing her use meat vision to create breakfast, then says "Look over there" so that Timmy and his babysitter Vicky don't see them flying away crashing through the house.
** In "Dust Busters", Jorgen distracts Timmy's parents so he can bludgeon them and carry them to Fairy World to decontaminate them of fairy dust by shouting "Look, a famous celebrity doing something noteworthy and amusing!" Later, he does the same with Crocker by telling him there's a celebrity doing something scandalous.
* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'' has Batman trying to warn Shriek to look behind him because a building is about to fall on him. Being deaf, Shriek thinks Batman is begging for mercy and gets crushed.
* The Joker gets ''Batman'', of all people, with this during their {{flashback}} fight in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyondReturnOfTheJoker''. Batman has him by the neck and threatens to kill him, which Joker doubts and says "I on the other hand..." as he holds out an empty hand. Batman stares right at it as Joker pulls out a knife ''with his other hand'' and lands a couple of nasty slashes.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/WordGirl'' episode "A Simple Plan", Dr. Two-Brains (who is consciously making his plots much less complex) escapes by using this phrase and running away while her back is turned. As Word Girl readily admits to a nearby grocer, "That... was embarrassing."
** Discussed in "Kid Math" to show the titular character's inexperience as a superhero.
-->'''Dr. Two-Brains:''' This 'math whiz' fell for the oldest trick in the book: the ol' "Hey, what's that?" Can you believe it? I didn't even have to sell it; just go "Hey, what's that?" and he was like "WHERE??"

* In a ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory'' short, Dee Dee keeps CryingWolf, taunting Dexter with, "Dexter, what's that?" Then she says, "Dexter, what's that?" one last time, and Dexter replies, "I'm not falling for that again"--when there's a giant bug sitting on his head, big enough that it's even obscuring his vision.
** In an episode where Dexter was cornered by some of his obsolete robots wanting to punish him for throwing them out, he distracts them with "Look! It's [[Franchise/StarWars R2-D2]]!" The robots fall for it.
* Sonic in ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog'' manages this by just pointing and casually stating, "''I'M'' over ''there''." The {{mooks}} in this show were [[SurroundedByIdiots pretty damn stupid]].

* From [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender The Ember Island Players]]:
-->'''Actress Azula:''' You caught me. Wait, what's that? [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments I think it's your honor!]]
-->'''Actor Zuko:''' Where?!
* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'': In the episode "It's a Jersey Thing", Kyle pulls one on Cartman, but only because there ''is'' something behind him.
-->'''Kyle:''' Dude, Cartman, what is that behind you?\\
'''Cartman:''' Kyle, do we really have to resort to that?\\
'''Kyle:''' No, I'm serious. What is that behind you?\\
'''Cartman:''' You Ginger Jersey Jew. Your tactics don't work on me.\\
'''Snooki:''' (appears behind Cartman) Snooki want smush-smush!\\
'''Cartman:''' Dude, what the ''fuck'' is that thing behind me?
** The episode "Osama Bin Laden Has Farty Pants" has an even funnier one. Cartman is cornered by UsefulNotes/OsamaBinLaden in Afghanistan and distracts him by shouting: "Look, an infidel!" Once Osama's head is turned, Cartman pulls down his pants. Osama isn't wearing underwear, and it's revealed that he has a freakishly small penis. Cartman concludes that it's no wonder Osama is so mad at the world.

* From ''WesternAnimation/BigGuyAndRustyTheBoyRobot'', the episode "Hard drive" has a subversion. When Big Guy starts getting the upper hand in their fight, Hard Drive [[spoiler:which is really a PoweredArmor piloted by Dwayne Hunter's (Big Guy's pilot) friend]] backs away and threatens to set off a bomb in Rusty's new rocket. Big Guy then shouts out "Behind you!" Hard Drive mocks Big Guy's attempt to distract him with the oldest trick in the book, claiming that "only a robot would fall for that". [[spoiler:His motivation is to prove that humans could never be replaced by robots.]] Only it's not a trick. The other threat of the episode, a gigantic insect HiveQueen monster, really is right behind Hard Drive and promptly crushes him in her jaws.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' episode "Hitman", Ice King tries several to distract [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Scorcher]].
-->'''Ice King:''' Look! A supermodel!...Look! A hoverboard!...Look! The apocalypse! ...Somebody got hit in the boingloings...[[GroinAttack Hit in the boingloings]]. [[UnusualEuphemism Boingloings]]. [[OverlyLongGag Boingloings]]. Somebody got hit in them. ''(Scorcher looks)'' [[PreAsskickingOneLiner PEACE OUT]]! ''(Freezes him)''

* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/StaticShock'', Virgil escapes an angry street gang by yelling, "Look over there! It's [[Music/JenniferLopez J-Lo]]!" then running away when they turn around.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheAngryBeavers'', Dagget distracts a group of angry bears by pointing behind them and yelling, "Look! Balloons!"
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Duckman}}'':
** In "Forbidden Fruit", King Chicken escapes by distracting everyone with a shout of "Look, it's Clarence Thomas!"
** The title character prefers being straightforward in "Ebony Baby".
-->'''Duckman:''' I'M A DIVERSION! I'M A DIVERSION!
* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/SonicTheHedgehogSatAM'', Sonic yells, "Look behind you!" at a robot, who falls for it. But instead of doing anything, Sonic just stays in his spot and says [[{{Troll}} he was just kidding.]]

* The ''WesternAnimation/DrZitbagsTransylvaniaPetShop'' episode "Where Mouse" has Officer Deadbeat cut in line by asking the yeti in front of him if he's being waved at by the yeti woman over there. As soon as the yeti leaves, Officer Deadbeat gloats about how easy it was to dupe the yeti with the old "look behind you" trick, but he then gets a taste of his own medicine when Dr. Zitbag asks Deadbeat if his wife is behind him and Deadbeat turns around to see the yeti ready to beat him up for calling him an idiot.

* During the battle between Garfield's family and the Claws in ''[[WesternAnimation/GarfieldSpecials Garfield on the Town]]'', Garfield's brother Raoul distracts the Claws' leader Ali Cat from his attacks by saying "Ain't that Haley's Comet?"

* In "Slime, Crime, A Hard Time" from ''WesternAnimation/{{Shelldon}}'', the jewel thief Spiky Riptide uses it to get away. It works, but he gets caught again.

%%* ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'' revelled in this trope.
%%-->'''Yakko:''' Look, it's Creator/MervGriffin.
%%-->'''Death:''' Where?
%%-->'''Yakko:''' Oh, my mistake, it was just a big cloud.

** Later, in "Message Received", Steven takes a [[spoiler: communicator that peridot stole to contact her leader by claiming said leader is right behind her and snatching it from her hands while she's distracted]].

** Later, in "Message Received", Steven takes a [[spoiler: communication that peridot stole to contact her leader by claiming said leader is right behind her and snatching it from her hands while she's distracted]].

** In "Robin Hare", Bugs thwarts the Sheriff of Nottingham ''twice'' with, "Lo! The King approacheth!" To the Sheriff's credit, the second time he does refuse to look behind, until Bugs' [[ThePowerOfActing acting]] finally gets to him. [[RascallyRabbit Cue Bugs Bunny disguised as the King.]]