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* Played with in the ''Series/PowerRangersSPD'' episode "Reflection". While hunting for the escaped criminal, Mirloc, Bridge and Z spot him in the rear view mirror of their jeep and turn around to face him in the back seat, except he's not there. Mirloc reminds them that his the power is to travel through reflective surfaces so he's only appearing to them through the mirror.
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* ''Franchise/PowerRangers'':
** A mostly comical example happens in a ''Series/PowerRangersTurbo'' episode, where a pair of teens get into an argument and decide to settle it by drag racing GameOfChicken style on a cliff, unaware that the chimpanzees Bulk and Skull had gotten into their cars' backseats and decided to distract them at the worst possible moment, causing them to drive off the cliff. Thankfully, the Turbo Megazord caught them before they plummeted to their deaths.
** Played with in the ''Series/PowerRangersSPD'' episode "Reflection". While hunting for the escaped criminal, Mirloc, Bridge and Z spot him in the rear view mirror of their jeep and turn around to face him in the back seat, except he's not there. Mirloc reminds them that his the power is to travel through reflective surfaces so he's only appearing to them through the mirror.
** A mostly comical example happens in a ''Series/PowerRangersTurbo'' episode, where a pair of teens get into an argument and decide to settle it by drag racing GameOfChicken style on a cliff, unaware that the chimpanzees Bulk and Skull had gotten into their cars' backseats and decided to distract them at the worst possible moment, causing them to drive off the cliff. Thankfully, the Turbo Megazord caught them before they plummeted to their deaths.
** Played with in the ''Series/PowerRangersSPD'' episode "Reflection". While hunting for the escaped criminal, Mirloc, Bridge and Z spot him in the rear view mirror of their jeep and turn around to face him in the back seat, except he's not there. Mirloc reminds them that his the power is to travel through reflective surfaces so he's only appearing to them through the mirror.
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* ''Series/SyndromeE''. Henebelle's mother gets into her car at night only to find TheDragon sitting in the back seat. Although he has killed several people by this stage, he only threatens her not to reveal what she knows to her daughter.
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* In ''Film/AFewGoodMen'', Lt. Kaffee is on the receiving end when Lt. Col. Markinson is waiting in his car. Markinson [[LampshadeHanging points out]] that he left the back door unlocked. Possibly a subverted trope (on account of the fact that there was actually no danger)?
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* In ''Film/AFewGoodMen'', Lt. Kaffee is on the receiving end when Lt. Col. Markinson is waiting in his car. Markinson [[LampshadeHanging points out]] that he left the back door unlocked. Possibly a subverted trope (on account of the fact that there was actually no danger)?
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*''Anime/VoltesV'': [[spoiler: In episode 31, Oka is oblivious to a mind-controlled Megumi in the back of his vehicle. However, when he does notice her, he realizes that she's being controlled by the ring and shoots it with his gun, destroying it. Unfortunately, the ring transforms into Beast Fighter Daiand. Knowing that Voltes V can't form without Megumi, Oka hands her the only jetpack in the aircraft and tells her to escape, while he lures Daiand away. Daiand eventually shoots enough projectiles at his helicopter to make it explode, and Oka tearfully manages to say "Megumi! My daughter! Be strong! Get back to the base!" before the explosion claims him. Megumi, who is watching ths unfold, breaks into tears, and when she reunites with her teammates, they subject Daiand to a heavy whooping.]]
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* MyFavoriteBrunette: As Ronnie parks outside the police station, Kismet, who's hiding in the back seat with Ronnie's gun, shoots Collins and steals the map from his pocket. Ronnie and the dead Collins are spotted by the police, and Ronnie flees the scene, now wanted for Collins' murder.
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* MyFavoriteBrunette: ''Film/MyFavoriteBrunette'': As Ronnie parks outside the police station, Kismet, who's hiding in the back seat with Ronnie's gun, shoots Collins and steals the map from his pocket. Ronnie and the dead Collins are spotted by the police, and Ronnie flees the scene, now wanted for Collins' murder.
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* MyFavoriteBrunette: As Ronnie parks outside the police station, Kismet, who's hiding in the back seat with Ronnie's gun, shoots Collins and steals the map from his pocket. Ronnie and the dead Collins are spotted by the police, and Ronnie flees the scene, now wanted for Collins' murder.
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* Eric Draven does this to T-Bird, one of the five targets of his RoaringRampageOfRevenge, in ''Film/TheCrow''.
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* Eric Draven does this to T-Bird, one of the five targets of his RoaringRampageOfRevenge, in ''Film/TheCrow''.''Film/TheCrow1994''.
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* Technically, Franchise/IndianaJones finding a snake in the compartment of his friend's plane in ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk'' is a variant of this, albeit subverted as the snake is harmless. [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes Not that he cares.]]
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* Technically, Franchise/IndianaJones finding a snake in the compartment of his friend's plane in ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk'' is a variant of this, albeit subverted subversion, as the snake is harmless. [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes Not that he cares.]]
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* ''Series/MidsomerMurders'': The first two victims in "The House in the Woods" are garrotted by a killer hiding in the backseat of their car.
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* ''Series/MidsomerMurders'': The first two victims in "The "[[Recap/MidsomerMurdersS9E1 The House in the Woods" Woods]]" are garrotted by a killer hiding in the backseat of their car.
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* Strangely averted in ''Film/IndependenceDay''. Will Smith drives across the desert with an unconscious alien in the back of his truck. He brings it to the secret lab without incident. Very unexpected.
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* Strangely averted in ''Film/IndependenceDay''. Will Smith Steven drives across the desert with an unconscious alien in the back of his truck. He brings it to the secret lab without incident. Very unexpected.
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* ''Film/TheHitList'': After Gates is murdered, Allan tries to phone Brian Feltzer, the next name on the list, to warn him. Unable to reach him, Allan jumps in his car, intending to drive to where Brian-is to warn him in person. However, Jonas is waiting in the back seat of Allan's car and claps a gun to Allan's head before explaining that now he has started killing, the only way for Allan to stop him murdering all five people on the list will be for Allan to kill him.
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* ''Series/{{Castle}}'': In "Significant Others", the VictimOfTheWeek is stabbed to death with an icepick by a killer hiding in the back of her car.
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* ''Series/{{Castle}}'': ''Series/{{Castle|2009}}'': In "Significant Others", the VictimOfTheWeek is stabbed to death with an icepick by a killer hiding in the back of her car.
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* In ''Film/TheHowling'', [[spoiler:just as Karen and Chris are driving away from The Colony, Werewolf!Bill pops up from the backseat and attacks.]]
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* ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'': Referenced in the episode "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS1E9PerchanceToDream Perchance to Dream]]". Edward Hall tells the psychiatrist Dr. Rathmann that he once nearly got into a car accident because his overactive imagination led him to believe that he was living out one of these stories in real life. As he looked into his rearview mirror, he thought he saw a pair of strange catlike eyes, something that distracted him enough to nearly hit another car.
%%** The classic episode "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS1E16TheHitchHiker The Hitchhiker]]".
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* ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'': Referenced in the episode "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS1E9PerchanceToDream "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1959S1E9PerchanceToDream Perchance to Dream]]". Edward Hall tells the psychiatrist Dr. Rathmann that he once nearly got into a car accident because his overactive imagination led him to believe that he was living out one of these stories in real life. As he looked into his rearview mirror, he thought he saw a pair of strange catlike eyes, something that distracted him enough to nearly hit another car.
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* On ''Series/WalkerTexasRanger'', Alex (of course) is kidnapped by one of the Villain of Week's henchmen, who has been lurking in the backseat of her SUV. One would think that as an ADA, the girlfriend of a cop, and someone who's been kidnapped or assaulted numerous times, she'd be more vigilant about her personal safety.
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* On In ''Series/WalkerTexasRanger'', Alex (of course) is kidnapped by one of the Villain of Week's henchmen, who has been lurking in the backseat of her SUV. One would think that as an ADA, the girlfriend of a cop, and someone who's been kidnapped or assaulted numerous times, she'd be more vigilant about her personal safety.
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* Also a precaution included in every female defense guide ever. If you're walking to your car and it's dark, ''check the damn back seat first.''
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* Also a precaution included in every female defense guide ever. If you're walking to your car and it's dark, ''check the damn back seat first.'''' Men should do this as well as women, for obvious reasons.
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** In [[Film/AssaultOnPrecinct131976 the 1976 original]], one character manages to leave the precinct through a sewer pipe, hotwires a car, and speeds off to call for help... only to be killed by a gangbanger hiding in the back seat.
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** In [[Film/AssaultOnPrecinct131976 the 1976 original]], one character manages to leave the precinct through a sewer pipe, hotwires a car, and [[HopeSpot speeds off to call for help...help]]... only to be killed by a gangbanger hiding in the back seat.
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* PlayedForLaughs in [[Creator/JackieChan Jackie Chan]]'s ''Kung Fu Yoga''. The main hero steals a car to chase a man who steals [[MineralMacGuffin a diamond]], then he finds out that there’s a lion in the backseat. HilarityEnsues.
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* PlayedForLaughs in [[Creator/JackieChan Jackie Chan]]'s ''Kung Fu Yoga''. The main hero [[HeroStoleMyBike steals a car to chase a man who steals [[MineralMacGuffin a diamond]], then he finds out that man]], only to find there’s a lion in the backseat. HilarityEnsues.
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* In the Spanish thriller ''La sombra de la ley'' (aka ''Gun City''), TheDragon of a local crime boss tries to garotte the protagonist from the backseat as he's driving down a country lane. The car stalls and the camera circles it repeatedly as the two men engage in a desperate GunStruggle until one of them gets shot.
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* ''Series/{{FBI}}'': In "[[Recap/FBIS05E10 Second Life]]", VictimOfTheWeek Chloe Rogers is abducted by someone hiding in the back seat of her pizza delivery car.
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* ''Literature/TheCountOf9'': Donald the private detective drives away from Mortimer Jasper's house, only to be surprised by two thugs who were hiding in the back seat of his car. They beat the hell out of him and steal the jade idol that Donald just received from Mortimer Jasper. (The idol was stolen, and Donald eventually figures out that Jasper sent the goons to retrieve the idol that he'd just handed back to Donald.)
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* Justified in ''Literature/TheGodfather'' when Peter Clemenza arranges for Paul Gatto to be whacked, because he goes to a lot of trouble to set things up. He arranges for Gatto to be his driver for the day, with Rocco Lampone sitting behind him, but when a nervous Gatto asks Rocco to move across to the other side of the seat he does so without argument. They then drive around for several hours to lull Gatto's suspicions, until Clemenza tells Gatto to pull over so he can take a leak. When he's finished doing so, and has checked to see there are no potential witnesses, he quietly tells Rocco to pull the trigger.
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* In ''Series/TheStand'' miniseries, Campion sees (or believes he sees) Randall Flagg traveling with him and his family from Project Blue to Arnette in the backseat:
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