History Main / LookBehindYou

* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11525572/4/Matchmaker Matchmaker]]'':
-->'''Luna:''' Oooh, look Neville, a Blibbering Humdinger!

* Advertising/{{GEICO}} did this with their "Did You Know" series, which featured character A telling character B that GEICO saves you money on car insurance. Character B knows that already, so character A asks "Did you know that there ''is'' an [[TheOldestTricksInTheBook oldest trick in the book]]?" [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMx87mez14M The oldest trick is revealed to be this.]]

One of TheOldestTricksInTheBook; quite possibly ''the'' oldest, considering RealLife cases are recorded for monkeys. Telling the target his shoelace is untied or his fly is down are similar tricks, and are usually grouped with this one.

Related to WeNeedADistraction. Also in the process of becoming a DiscreditedTrope (if not an outright DeadHorseTrope). Note, however, that just the two last words ("Behind you") are pure ParanoiaFuel on their own. Compare SnapToTheSide. If the method involved deliberately having them look somewhere just in time to be killed/heavily injured by something, see DeathByLookingUp.

* ''FanFic/TheImmortalGame'': At one point, [[CrazyAwesome Sir Unimpressive]] pulls this off on some [[{{Mooks}} Puppets]]. Since the Puppets are mindless, it works.

* Played straight AND subverted AND discussed in the, uhm, let's call it a German {{Noir}} parody "Gestatten, mein Name ist Cox". Said private dick just got abducted, somewhat hastily whithout proper bounding-and-gagging, and waits for a convenient distraction to punch the big bad (who, alas, has a gun). So he points out that another car is following them since hours. The big bad laughs it off until panic and curiosity gets the better of him. Whack! "See, you finally did look behind you!" Of course (it's a parody) in the other car there ''is'' the cavalry. Cue further snarking about genre conventions.

* LookBehindYou/WebComics

One of TheOldestTricksInTheBook; quite possibly ''the'' oldest. Telling the target his shoelace is untied or his fly is down are similar tricks, and are usually grouped with this one.

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* In the ''ComicStrip/PoochCafe'' [[http://imgsrv.gocomics.com/dim/?fh=4844b91b2768d15a67258648d49232df comic for March 9, 2011]], Chazz uses "Look! Halley's Comet!"

* In ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' fanfic ''[[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/asoiaf-two-for-the-price-of-one-the-ultimate-eddard-stark-si.387373/ Two For The Price Of One]]'', SelfInsert Eddard Stark, during the Greyjoy's Rebellion, decides to {{Troll}} a Drowned Man by doing this. Much to his shame, ''[[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments it works]]''.

Not to be confused with ''Series/LookAroundYou'', RightBehindMe, or the {{Viewer Stock Phrase|s}} yelled at [[NoPeripheralVision blinkered horror movie victims]]. Compare and contrast with ScaredOfWhatsBehindYou.

* Wrestling/IvelisseVelez successfully stopped rival PowerStable {{V|illainTeamUp}}AL[=kyrie=] from kidnapping her injured teammate [[Wrestling/BlackRose La Rosa Negra]] at ''SHINE 33'', but had to abandon her healthy teammate Amanda Carolina Rodriguez for a minute to do so, resulting in Las Sicarias [[FriendOrIdolDecision failing to acquire]] the TagTeam Title belts. While [=VALkyrie=] were beating up [[Wrestling/PrincessKimberlee Kimber Lee]], half of the other Tag Title contenders, later in the night, Las Sicarias decided to rescue her and get revenge, [[WeNeedADistraction starting with]] Negra poking [=VALkyrie=] [[TheBrute muscle]] Andrea in the back before retreating as quickly as she could manage while Velez and ACR picked off more vulnerable members.

* Wrestling/IvelisseVelez successfully stopped rival PowerStable {{V|illainTeamUp}}AL[=kyrie=] from kidnapping her injured teammate [[Wrestling/BlackRose La Rosa Negra]] at ''SHINE 33'', but had to abandon her healthy teammate Amanda Carolina Rodriguez for a minute to do so, resulting in Las Sicarias [[FriendOrIdolDecision failing to acquire]] the TagTeam Title belts. While [=VALkyrie=] were beating up Kimber Lee, half of the other Tag Title contenders, later in the night, Las Sicarias decided to rescue her and get revenge, [[WeNeedADistraction starting with]] Negra poking [=VALkyrie=] [[TheBrute muscle]] Andrea in the back before retreating as quickly as she could manage while Velez and ACR picked off more vulnerable members.

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* The WebVideo/NostalgiaCritic pulled off the ultimate "Look, a distraction" on Tamara, Malcolm and Jim in his Country Bears review.
-->'''Critic''': (deadpan) Look, I'm getting away.
-->'''Tamara''': AFTER HIM!

* Played straight AND subverted AND discussed in the, uhm, German {{Noir}} parody "Mein Name ist Cox". Said private dick just got abducted, somewhat hastily whithout proper bounding-and-gagging, and waits for a convenient distraction to punch the big bad (who, alas, has a gun). So he points out that another car is following them since hours. The big bad laughs it off until panic and curiosity gets the better of him. Whack! "See, you finally did look behind you!" Of course (it's a parody) in the other car there ''is'' the cavalry. Cue further snarking about genre conventions.

* In ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' fanfic ''[[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/asoiaf-two-for-the-price-of-one-the-ultimate-eddard-stark-si.387373/ Two For The Price Of One]]'', SelfInsert Eddard Stark, during the Greyjoy's Rebellion, decides to {{Troll}} a Drowned Man by doing this. Much to his shame, ''[[CrowningMomentOfFunny it works]]''.

* Bojangles did this twice in one of their commercials where one guy tells the other Dale Earnhardt Jr. is behind the other one, but it turns out it's just a cardboard cutout. The second guy claims the same thing, to which the first sarcastically describes the racer ordering a specific meal order. Turns out he's the real [[IncrediblyLamePun Dale]] when he corrects the guy:

* Norm has employed this trope humorously in some of his other works. For example, in ''Violence Man'', 3 mob thugs attempt the think of a distraction for Violence Man so that they could escape him. Eventually one shouts "WE HAVE SCRABBLE IN THE CAR!" which surprisingly succeeds in distracting him for a few seconds.

* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10256543/5/Nymphadora-s-Beau Nymphadora's Beau]]'' Tonks uses this to spring Harry from Privet Drive.

* In ''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/10930959/chapters/24339012 Ninja Wizard Book 4]]'' Luna wins a duel with Suki by claiming to have seen a dragon.