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* [[JojosBizarreAdventure Dio Brando]] is very, very fond of this, and his ability to use it was the first major clue as to the nature of his [[TimeStandsStill Stand ability]].

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** Even better is when they use it at exactly the same time; because of lag, both rogues will appear behind where the opponent used to be, so they are still apart from eachother.

[[quoteright:350:[[DeathNote http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Death_Note_In_A_Nutshell350px.jpg]]]]

* There's [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Death_Note_In_A_Nutshell.jpg this famous parody]] of ''DeathNote''.

** Also played straight in one mission, where the BigBad Akula has singled out your wingman Guts for death. In order to get him to stop attacking Guts, you have to get behind him and activate dogfight mode (much harder than it sounds). ''As soon as you do so'', he immediately pops his air-brakes and loops behind you, [[XanatosGambit as this was what he was waiting for all along]]. [[HopelessBossFight He then proceeds to rip your plane apart.]]

* ''DragonballZ'' did this all the time. Character A would attempt to punch Character B, only to have Character B vanish and reappear behind Character A aiming a punch at ''him''. Depending on how evenly matched the fight was, characters might dodge each others' attacks like this multiple times in a row. Possibly the TropeMaker.

*** It perhaps must be mentioned, [[RuleOfCool due to the nature of this trope]], that [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/buso_renkin/c029/10.html this example is not serious at all and absolutely hilarious]].

** Also played straight in one mission, where the BigBad Aquila has singled out your wingman Guts for death. In order to get him to stop attacking Guts, you have to get behind him and activate dogfight mode (much harder than it sounds). ''As soon as you do so'', he immediately pops his air-brakes and loops behind you, [[XanatosGambit as this was what he was waiting for all along]]. [[HopelessBossFight He then proceeds to rip your plane apart.]]

* In ''GodHand'', some mooks may attempt to grab Gene, upon which you see them appear behind him and get ready to suplex him. If you hit the ActionCommands in time, Gene will somehow get free and appear behind them to use his own suplex.

* One part of a trailer for ''AceCombat: Assault Horizon'' shows an enemy fighter on the player's six, but the player is able to do a somersault and get behind the bandit through {{Action Command|s}}. Confirmed to be in by the demo.

Alice suddenly appears facing Bob, and is ready to attack him. When he notices, she says [="=]I am behind you![="=] Bob performs a FlashStep, reversing their relative positions.
[="=]NoIAmBehindYou[="=].

** Some ''Naruto'' video games permit you to do this with the push of a button, usually the same one as block. With careful timing, a fight can turn into an endless reptition of Smoke, Log, Punch!.

* Can happen in WorldOfWarcraft when two rogues duel - near simultanous shadowstep use can make for a very dramatic, if confusing, malee.

* {{Futurama}} subverts the trope:
--> Bender: Ohh... she behind me?
--> Morgan: No, I'm in front of you.

* One part of a trailer for ''AceCombat: Assault Horizon'' shows an enemy fighter on the player's six, but the player is able to do a somersault and get behind the bandit through {{Action Command|s}}.

* One part of a trailer for ''AceCombat: Assault Horizon'' shows an enemy fighter on the player's six, but the player is able to do a somersault and get behind the bandit through {{Action Command|s}}. Then again, NeverTrustATrailer?

* --> [[{{Futurama}} Bender:]] Ohh... she behind me?
--> Morgan: [[SubvertedTrope No, I'm in front of you.]]

[[caption-width-right:350:[[MagnificentBastard Light]] shows us how it's done.]]

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* ''{{Bleach}}'' [[SarcasmMode never]] [[http://www.onemanga.com/Bleach/118/14/ does this]]. [[SarcasmMode Especially not]] [[http://www.onemanga.com/Bleach/299/09/ repeatedly]].

** [[http://www.onemanga.com/Mahou_Sensei_Negima!/157/01/ Negi vs Chao]].

** The same author subverts this again in the manga version of ''BusouRenkin'', where Kazuki and his opponent chain a long string of flashes behind each other's backs... to the point where they've wound up somewhere else entirely when they stop.