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* ''VideoGame/Waxworks1992'': if you turn your back on Jack the Ripper during your boss fight with him, he will [[NonStandardGameOver instantly slash your throat]].

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* ''VideoGame/Waxworks1992'': if If you turn your back on Jack the Ripper during your boss fight with him, he will [[NonStandardGameOver instantly slash your throat]].
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* In ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable'', Rohan and Koichi discover an alleyway in Morioh that's connected to the Afterlife and seems to be the result of Morioh's resident SerialKiller. His first victim, Reimi Sugimoto, is stuck in the alley until her murder is avenged, and acts as a sort of guide to those who wander in. She shows the pair the way out, warning them that they absolutely '''cannot''' look back or they'll be DraggedOffToHell, and that the spirits will try to trick them; they manage to trick Koichi into turning around, but Rohan uses his Stand, Heaven's Door, to save him. [[spoiler:Later on Rohan exploits the alleyway in order to get rid of an enemy Stand that's clinging to his back and can't be removed without killing him or foisting it off on another person.]] And at the very end of the series, [[spoiler:the serial killer Yoshikage Kira ends up in the alley after he's killed and subsequently gets torn to pieces by the spirit hands.]] The location is iconic enough that ''VideoGame/JoJosBizarreAdventureAllStarBattle'' uses it as the special finish animation for the Morioh map.

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* In ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable'', Rohan and Koichi discover an alleyway in Morioh that's connected to the Afterlife and seems to be the result of Morioh's resident SerialKiller. His first victim, Reimi Sugimoto, is stuck in the alley until her murder is avenged, and acts as a sort of guide to those who wander in. She shows the pair the way out, warning them that they absolutely '''cannot''' look back or they'll be DraggedOffToHell, and that the spirits will try to trick them; they manage to trick Koichi into turning around, but Rohan uses his Stand, Heaven's Door, to save him. [[spoiler:Later on Rohan exploits the alleyway in order to get rid of an enemy Stand that's clinging to his back and can't be removed without killing him or foisting it off on another person.]] And at At the very end of the series, [[spoiler:the [[spoiler:said serial killer Yoshikage Kira ends up in the alley after he's killed and subsequently gets torn to pieces by the spirit hands.hands when he's forced to look back by Reimi and her dog.]] The location is iconic enough that ''VideoGame/JoJosBizarreAdventureAllStarBattle'' uses it as the special finish animation for the Morioh map.
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* ''Film/{{Shok}}'': One of the Serb soldiers expelling Oki, Petrit, and Petrit's family from the town says that they must go now, and they can't look back, and anyone who does look back will get shot. As the refugees are leaving, Oki sees a Serb boy riding the bike that was stolen from Oki. He turns around and looks, and is shot and killed. The next shot shows Petrit, looking straight ahead as he walks out of town, with Oki's blood spattered on his cheek.

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-->-- [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satchel_Paige Leroy "Satchel" Paige]]


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* One of the endings of the ''Literature/ChooseYourOwnAdventure'' book ''The Mystery of Chimney Rock'' has you leaving the haunted house after being told by a ghostly creature never to look back at the house. Of course, if you don't like that ending, you can choose to look back one last time anyway, the resulting page of which simply has a bloodcurdling scream down the page followed by a THUNK.



-->''"[I]f I’d turned toward it, how could my fault have found a fit excuse?"''

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* One of the endings of the Literature/ChooseYourOwnAdventure book ''The Mystery of Chimney Rock'' has you leaving the haunted house after being told by a ghostly creature never to look back at the house. Of course if you don't like that ending, you can choose to look back one last time anyway, the resulting page of which simply has a bloodcurdling scream down the page followed by a THUNK.
* In the ''Literature/WarriorCats'' books, a group called The Sisters makes their young males leave at the age of six moons. They hold a ceremony, and after that the young tom is ordered to walk through the night without looking back or stopping. It's part of them leaving their kithood behind and becoming an adult by their standards.



--> People aren't supposed to look back. I'm certainly not going to do it anymore.
--> I've finished my war book now. The next one I write is going to be fun.
--> This one is a failure, and had to be, because it was written by a pillar of salt.

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I've finished my war book now. The next one I write is going to be fun.
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This one is a failure, and had to be, because it was written by a pillar of salt.salt.
* In the ''Literature/WarriorCats'' books, a group called The Sisters makes their young males leave at the age of six moons. They hold a ceremony, and after that the young tom is ordered to walk through the night without looking back or stopping. It's part of them leaving their kithood behind and becoming an adult by their standards.



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* The game ''VideoGame/DontLookBack'' (Let's Played by Deceased Crab [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOxzZ8Iln8s here]]) is a retelling of the Orpheus myth and, in the return trip, has that as a gameplay mechanic: facing the wrong way will cause Eurydice to dissolve and necessitate the player to replay that screen from the beginning.

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* The game ''VideoGame/DontLookBack'' (Let's Played ([[LetsPlay Let's Played]] by Deceased Crab [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOxzZ8Iln8s here]]) is a retelling of the Orpheus myth and, in the return trip, has that as a gameplay mechanic: facing the wrong way will cause Eurydice to dissolve and necessitate the player to replay that screen from the beginning.



* In Season Two of ''Videogame/TheWalkingDead'', [[spoiler:in the ending where Clementine ends up staying in Wellington at Kenny's request]], the two share a tearful goodbye as the latter tells her that once he leaves, he's not looking back but not because he wants to. He pauses momentarily while walking away, but resists the urge.

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* In Season Two of ''Videogame/TheWalkingDead'', ''VideoGame/TheWalkingDeadSeasonTwo'', [[spoiler:in the ending where Clementine ends up staying in Wellington at Kenny's request]], the two share a tearful goodbye as the latter tells her that once he leaves, he's not looking back but not because he wants to. He pauses momentarily while walking away, but resists the urge.



* ''VideoGame/{{Waxworks}}'': if you turn your back on Jack the Ripper during your boss fight with him, he will [[NonstandardGameOver instantly slash your throat]].

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* ''VideoGame/{{Waxworks}}'': ''VideoGame/Waxworks1992'': if you turn your back on Jack the Ripper during your boss fight with him, he will [[NonstandardGameOver [[NonStandardGameOver instantly slash your throat]].



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* In ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'' Gwynn spent a long time possessed by the demon K'z'k. There would be occasional scenes during this period set in Gwynn's "inner universe" where she could be seen trudging determinedly along a road with K'z'k's avatar badgering and cajoling and trying to trick her into looking at what was following her. Gwynn steadfastly refused until K'z'k started using her body to kill her friends, showing her the events as they were unfolding and taunting her with her powerlessness to stop them. Finally, in desperation and with no other ideas, [[http://www.sluggy.com/comics/archives/daily/010314 Gwynn turned around.]]

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* In ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'' ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'', Gwynn spent a long time possessed by the demon K'z'k. There would be occasional scenes during this period set in Gwynn's "inner universe" where she could be seen trudging determinedly along a road with K'z'k's avatar badgering and cajoling and trying to trick her into looking at what was following her. Gwynn steadfastly refused until K'z'k started using her body to kill her friends, showing her the events as they were unfolding and taunting her with her powerlessness to stop them. Finally, in desperation and with no other ideas, [[http://www.sluggy.com/comics/archives/daily/010314 Gwynn turned around.]]



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* In ''Literature/TheDivineComedy'', an angel warns Dante that anyone who looks backwards towards the entrance to Purgatory will be banished from from the mountain. In a subversion of the usual structure of this trope, Dante finds he has no interest in going back to the world of sin and death and begins his climb to [[{{Heaven}} Paradise]].

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* In ''Literature/TheDivineComedy'', an angel warns Dante that anyone who looks backwards towards the entrance to Purgatory will be banished from from the mountain. In a subversion of the usual structure of this trope, Dante finds he has no interest in going back to the world of sin and death and begins his climb to [[{{Heaven}} Paradise]].
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* In ''Advertising/TheMythOfOrpheusAndEurydice'', like the myth it's based on, Hades tells Orpheus he can't look back at Eurydice during his escape. [[spoiler:It turns out he can't look back at her ''at all'', and doing so after they've escaped sends Eurydice back to Hades.]]
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* ''Film/HoneyBaby'' has this as part of a dream sequence where Tom is implicitly told he can't look back for Natascha, but turns when he sees Karl's reflection in the mirror. Karl then shoots Natascha as punishment

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* ''Film/HoneyBaby'' has this as part of a dream sequence where Tom is implicitly told he can't look back for Natascha, but turns when he sees Karl's reflection in the mirror. Karl then shoots Natascha as punishmentpunishment.
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* ''Film/HighwayToHell'' has Satan pull a Hades and tell Charlie that he and Rachel can leave as long as he doesn't look back at her. When Charlie does, hundreds of demons swarm them.
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* ''Film/HoneyBaby'' has this as part of a dream sequence where Tom is implicitly told he can't look back for Natascha, but turns when he sees Karl's reflection in the mirror. Karl then shoots Natascha as punishment
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* In ''Theatre/{{Eurydice}}'' has a twist where Eurydice is unsure about leaving when Orpheus comes to rescue her and is told he can't turn. She ultimately calls to him to make him turn around, choosing to stay in the Underworld with her father.

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* In ''Theatre/{{Eurydice}}'' has a twist where Eurydice is unsure about leaving when Orpheus comes to rescue her and is told he can't turn. She ultimately calls to him to make him turn around, choosing to stay in the Underworld with her father.

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* In ''Theatre/{{Eurydice}}'' has a twist where Eurydice is unsure about leaving when Orpheus comes to rescue her and is told he can't turn. She ultimately calls to him to make him turn around, choosing to stay in the Underworld with her father.



* ''Theatre/OrpheusAPoeticDrama'' has Hades give the usual conditions after Persephone pleads for leniency, but he sends a spy to ensure Orpheus fails and turns around.

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* ''Theatre/OrpheusAPoeticDrama'' has Hades give the usual conditions for Orpheus to not look back after Persephone pleads for leniency, but he sends a spy to ensure Orpheus fails and turns around.around.
* ''Theatre/OrpheusInTheUnderworld'' plays with the trope in that while Orpheus doesn't really ''want'' to rescue his wife, he obeys instructions to the point where Zeus has to scare him into looking back with a lightning bolt.

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* Movies dramatizing the Orpheus myth, of course.
** ''Film/BlackOrpheus'': The voice of Eurydice tells Orfeo not to look back. He does anyway, and Eurydice's voice, coming from the mouth of an old woman, tells him she must now go away forever.
** ''Film/{{Orpheus}}'': An even more extreme version when Orpheus is told that he can't ''ever'' look at Eurydice, even after they've both returned to the living world. Sure enough, he eventually catches a glance of her in a car mirror, and she disappears forever.

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''Film/BlackOrpheus'': The voice of Eurydice tells Orfeo not to look back. He does anyway, and Eurydice's voice, coming from the mouth of an old woman, tells him she must now go away forever.
** * ''Film/{{Orpheus}}'': An even more extreme version than the norm when Orpheus is told that he can't ''ever'' look at Eurydice, even after they've both returned to the living world. Sure enough, he eventually catches a glance of her in a car mirror, and she disappears forever.



* Orpheus of Myth/GreekMythology wanted his dead wife back, so he visited Hades (after moving Charon and making Cerberus fall asleep with his incredible music playing). Hades agreed on the condition that Orpheus not look back until the couple were back in the living world. Sadly, Orpheus turned to look JUST as they were almost out of the Underworld, because he wanted to be sure that his wife was really behind him. Worse than that, some versions say he looked back AFTER he was out of Hades, but before she was, as she was behind him after all.

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* Orpheus of Myth/GreekMythology wanted his dead wife back, so he visited Hades (after moving Charon and making Cerberus fall asleep with his incredible music playing). Hades agreed on the condition that Orpheus not look back until the couple were back in the living world. Sadly, Orpheus turned to look JUST just as they were almost out of the Underworld, because he wanted to be sure that his wife was really behind him. Worse than that, some versions say he looked back AFTER after he was out of Hades, but before she was, as she was behind him after all.



* In ''Theatre/{{Hadestown}}'', Hades' test to Orpheus is to see if he can walk out of the Underworld without looking behind him to see if Eurydice is following; since Hades himself doubted Persephone's love, he's seeing just how far the similarities run. [[spoiler:As in the myth, Orpheus looks back]].

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* In ''Theatre/{{Hadestown}}'', Hades' test to Orpheus is to see if he can walk out of the Underworld without looking behind him to see if Eurydice is following; since Hades himself doubted Persephone's love, he's seeing just how far the similarities run. [[spoiler:As in the myth, Orpheus looks back]].back out of doubt]].
* ''Theatre/OrpheusAPoeticDrama'' has Hades give the usual conditions after Persephone pleads for leniency, but he sends a spy to ensure Orpheus fails and turns around.
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* In ''Film/Parking1985'', Hades allows Orpheus to retrieve Eurydice so long as he doesn't look at her until they've both reached the living world; Orpheus temporarily solves the problem by using his headband as a blindfold. He takes it off to avoid falling, then turns too early to save Eurydice from a speeding car.

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* In ''Film/Parking1985'', Hades allows Orpheus to retrieve Eurydice so long as he doesn't look at her until they've both reached the living world; Orpheus temporarily solves the problem by using his headband Eurydice's tourniquet as a blindfold. He takes it off to avoid falling, then turns too early to save Eurydice from a speeding car.
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** "Walk & Don't Look Back" by Music/TheRollingStones and Music/PeterTosh from Tosh's album "Bush Doctor" (1978).

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** "Walk & Don't Look Back" by Music/TheRollingStones Music/{{The Rolling Stones|Band}} and Music/PeterTosh from Tosh's album "Bush Doctor" (1978).
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* In ''Film/Parking1985'', Hades allows Orpheus to retrieve Eurydice so long as he doesn't look back at her. He turns too early to save her from a speeding car.

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* In ''Series/HotelDelLuna'', Chan-sung unknowingly enters a guest room of a ghost who despises humans and would drive them mad if they look at her. Man-wol manages to get Chan-sung's attention before the ghost could fully exit the closet, telling him to not look behind. Chan-sung is still compelled by the ghost to look at her, so Man-wol has to resort to [[KissOfDistraction kissing him]] in order to snap him out of it and to stop him from turning around.
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* ''VideoGame/{{Waxworks}}'': if you turn your back on Jack the Ripper during your boss fight with him, he will [[NonstandardGameOver instantly slash your throat]].

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