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Examples of LookBehindYou in video games.
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* In ''[[VideoGame/ChzoMythos 7 Days a Skeptic]]'', after Angela locks John in the brig and holds him at gunpoint, he warns her that captain Chahal is sneaking up on her from behind. Since the captain is supposed to be dead, she mocks him for such a pathetic ruse and refuses to turn around. This ends badly for her, because John wasn't lying. (Made even more JustForFun/{{egregious}} since John was locked up and of no threat to her, so she had no real reason to not take her eyes off him.)
* The "Your shoe's untied" ploy seems to be an endemic weakness of Paladins in the ''VideoGame/AdventureQuestWorlds'' universe, given how many of them were defeated by opponents who told them just this.
* The first episode of Telltale's ''VideoGame/BackToTheFutureTheGame'' has Marty doing this to Kid Tannen so he can steal his hat. It gets quite a bit of use in later episodes, too, with various victims but Marty always the perpetrator. [[spoiler: With the exception of Episode 5, where Edna uses this to distract Officer Parker and flee when she's exposed as the speakeasy arsonist.]]
* ''VideoGame/BanjoTooie'' has Kazooie doing this in the intro while Banjo and friends are playing Poker. During the game of Poker, when Banjo says that Kazooie is not getting her birdseed money, she replies, "Don't be so sure, Banjo..." Then, Kazooie points and says, "Hey! Look outside, everyone! Grunty the witch is coming!" Then, dramatic music plays as everyone else looks. Kazooie then makes her move and takes Bottles' gold and snickers. Bottles then says, "W-Where, Kazooie? I can't see her!" Kazooie then says, "Oh... Er, false alarm, Bottles. Must've been some shadows."
* In ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamAsylum'', two hostages who are held at gunpoint by a {{Mook}} say this to said mook, who only scoffs and says that he won't fall for this. Unfortunately for the mook, there ''is'' something behind him - namely, [[PlayerCharacter Batman himself]].
* In ''VideoGame/BlazBlueContinuumShift'', during Taokaka's story, when Ragna tries to exit the house, Taokaka stops Ragna and challenges him to a fight and upon winning, Taokaka tells Ragna that "now you have to stay here until you're all better." However, Ragna tries a second attempt to exit the house by saying, "Wait a second Taokaka! What's that?! There's a steak flying through the air!" Taokaka falls for it, and Ragna bolts out of the house.
** In the ''Extend'' version of the same game, during Valkenhayn's Joke Ending, Taokaka herself does this when Ragna denies having something in his pocket, which is done by Taokaka meowing in alarm and saying, “Behind you, good guy! Some creeper’s reaching for your meat-buns!” Ragna turns around, (in the process, it is implied that Jin pinched Ragna’s rear end various times) allowing Taokaka to take his smartphone he had in his pocket.
* ''VideoGame/CavemanUghlympics'' uses this as a battle tactic for the Clubbing event. If a meteor is passing by, the player's caveman will scream at his (or her) opponent, driving them back considerably and possibly to a ring out.
* At one point in ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'', the party encounters Queen Zeal's underling Dalton. He tricks the party into turning around. Then he shoots you in the back and you start a PrisonEpisode.
* The Colonel pulls this on Conker in ''VideoGame/ConkersBadFurDay'' after clearing away a crashed plane blocking a transport vessel, and it is implied that he did so in order to have Conker unwittingly participate in the war.
* In the second chapter of ''VideoGame/{{Deltarune}}'', after calculating the odds of trying to fight against a party of four and concludes that her ass will get kicked, Queen uses this trick and bolts using [[SillyWalk a ridiculous running animation]].
* In ''VideoGame/DinkSmallwood'' mod ''Crowns of Stone'' Martridge uses this to get out of fixing a literal BrokenBridge.
-->'''Martridge:''' OH MY GOSH! WHAT IS THAT BEHIND YOU?
* Various "distract" abilities for several classes in ''VideoGame/DragonFable'' are carried out by the player's character shouting something at random at their opponent to distract them, most often some variation of this trope. Occasionally lampshaded with "Look! It's the oldest trick in the book!"
* In ''VideoGame/{{Eversion}}'', one of "level start" messages on deeper everson layers says "[[spoiler:[[ParanoiaFuel BEHIND YOU]]]]".
* In ''VideoGame/FableIII'', the player character occasionally does this as a finishing move against Hobbes. It is always effective. All the funnier because it's slowed down slightly.
* ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'':
** In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX'', one of Zidane's thief skills is actually called "What's That!?", and makes enemies turn around temporarily to allow for a back attack. Also, during an early battle in the game, some of the characters tell Steiner that there is a massive Bomb behind him. He refuses to believe them, and, in accordance with this trope, the bomb is actually there, and explodes in a spectacular fashion.
** Subverted in ''[[VideoGame/DissidiaFinalFantasy Dissidia 012]]''. After Bartz fights Gilgamesh in battle, Bartz says "Hey, look at your body!" Gilgamesh believes that Bartz is attempting to trick him into letting his guard down. [[spoiler:Turns out, Bartz was actually being quite serious when telling him to look at his body, as he was growing transparent just before being sucked into the Void.]]
** DoubleSubversion, in the same game, when Kefka lures Lightning's allies away when telling them that there are still more manikins out there behind them (which there actually are).
-->'''Kefka Palazzo:''' Really? Could it be you're...out of steam? Oh, you poor dears, I mean turn around! You've still have more manikins waiting for a chance to play!
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIIRemake'':
*** When the heroes confront Don Corneo in the sewers, he suddenly tells them to look behind them. Barret says he's not going to fool them, but he's telling the truth, as they get attacked by the monster Abzu.
--->'''Don Corneo:''' Look! Over there, over there, look!\\
'''Barret Wallace:''' Don't try to bullshit us.\\
'''Don Corneo:''' But that's the thing. It's not technically bullshit when it's true.
*** Cloud tries to confront Sephiroth in the Shinra building, but Sephiroth smirks and looks to the side. Confused, Cloud turns, sees nothing, then turns back and finds Sephiroth gone.
* During the fight with Ben-K's robot form in ''VideoGame/GitarooMan'', U-1 distracts Ben by pointing and saying "Look over there!" at the start of each Charge sequence.
* ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoSanAndreas'': Tennpenny has CJ at gunpoint. CJ looks over Tennpenny's shoulder and shouts his brother's name, getting Tennpenny to look away and giving CJ a chance to escape.
* Dizzy's Dust animation in the ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'' series has her black wing Necro tap her on the shoulder to get her to look away while he knocks the opponent skyward, with Dizzy only noticing just when it's too late. The same thing happens when Necro attempts Dizzy's Instant Kill in ''Xrd -Revelator-'', this time by firing a Gamma Ray while Dizzy looks away. This time Dizzy notices just as he's about to fire and tackles him to alter the trajectory and cause it to barely miss the opponent, though the ensuing mushroom explosion that happens in the background is enough to make the opponent '''SURRENDER'''.
* ''VideoGame/InazumaEleven'': ''Galaxy'' introduces the hissatsu technique "Look! An UFO" which is used to distract the opponent with this statement.
* The introduction to ''Interstate '82'' has Groove Champion escape from being held at gunpoint with this. His captors want to know who he's told some secret. He tells them that the only person he's told is "Dan", pointing behind them. They turn around and see a bottle of whiskey branded as "Dan Jackal's", at which point he knocks over the table with his ashtray on it to create a smoke cloud and escape.
* The homeless man in ''VideoGame/{{Jazzpunk}}'', who shows up on two separate occasions, will say "You gotta look behind you" when he's run out his list of lines. Doing so -- and indeed turning away from him at all at this point, which you will inevitably do if you want to continue the game -- will cause him to disappear with a cartoony running-away sound effect and dust cloud.
* PlayedForLaughs in ''VideoGame/KidDracula'' for the Famicom as an ending stinger.
* In ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep'', a weakened [[spoiler:Master Xehanort]] resorts to this when Terra is about to finish him off. Terra, refusing to become a sucker ''or'' tempt fate, is very, very cautious as he checks to see what's behind him... only to wind up throwing that caution to the wind because of ''what'' he saw. It actually ''was'' intended to be a distraction, and he turns around to find [[spoiler:Xehanort stabbing ''himself'' in the chest with a Keyblade, which shocks him so badly that he's able to do nothing to defend himself against Xehanort's freed heart until it's too late.]] [[PlayedForDrama It's probably one of the least amusing uses of this trope ever.]]
* ''VideoGame/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaAsPortable: The Gears of Destiny'' has Vivio using this to get away from Yuuno after she realizes that [[TimeTravel she's been sent back to the past]] and should get away before she reveals too much about the future. Though she probably should have used a less incriminating distraction...
--> '''Vivio''': Ah! [[KidFromTheFuture Nanoha-mama and Fate-mama]] are coming here!
* In a cutscene in ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiSuperstarSaga'', [[spoiler: Bowletta tricks Luigi, disguised as Peach, into revealing his identity by saying "AACK! BEHIND YOU! A HUMONGOUS COCKROACH!!!"]]
* In ''VideoGame/MarvelPuzzleQuest'', one of the 4-star variant of Star Lord's abilities is this. The animation played when activating the ability is even Star Lord pointing past his opponent, then sucker-punching them. The ability is even called "Oldest Trick in the Book."
* This exchange in ''VideoGame/MarvelUltimateAlliance 2'':
--> '''Shocker''': How much more do you think you can take, hero? Now don't keep telling you came in here alone. Where are the others? Huh?\\
'''Comicbook/MsMarvel''': Right behind you.\\
'''Shocker''': ''(scoffs)'' C'mon! You really think... ''(turns around and sees the team)'' ...{{Oh|Crap}}.
* ''VideoGame/MegaManBattleNetwork 3'': Played straight a few times; seems to work every time. Later aliased as "[[PersonAsVerb pulling a Bubbleman]]", after the first character to use it.
* ''VideoGame/MegaManBattleNetwork 6'' had Mick and Lan pulling this off on Plata the Penguin by making it seem as though Blackbeard either escaping arrest or was already paroled in order to get away from Plata (there was no other way to leave her back at the aquarium, as Plata had hopelessly bonded with Mick).
* The ''VideoGame/MonkeyIsland'' series has a RunningGag involving the phrase, "Look behind you! A three-headed monkey!" Part of the gag is that every time the distraction ''doesn't'' work, there actually is a three-headed monkey.
** Subverted in the first game, where Guybrush tries this ploy to get away from some cannibals who have him cornered. They ''do'' look behind themselves...but only for a split second, not enough time for Guybrush to get away.
** ''VideoGame/EscapeFromMonkeyIsland'' requires you use this to distract a pair of chess players so they make bad moves, thus getting them too busy arguing with each other to notice Guybrush has stolen their chess clock. One of the players is easy to distract, but the other is only distracted by the prospect of seeing Brittany, the BrainlessBeauty bank teller he has a crush on.
** ''VideoGame/TalesOfMonkeyIsland'' lets you keep trying to distract a couple of pirates as much as you want, but eventually Guybrush runs out of ideas.
--->'''Guybrush''': Look! A distraction!\\
'''Pirate''': Oooh! ''(turns to look)'' What's it distracting?
** And later on you meet a master thief who will indulge any attempt at this, no matter how insubstantial, just so he can reciprocate any theft you perform on him.
* ''VideoGame/{{Mother 3}}'' has an item called the "Made-Ya-Look." It causes the enemy to turn around, exposing their back to reduce their defence and making them waste a turn to face you again [[spoiler:(except for Mecha-turtles)]]. It also allows you to see their back sprite, which is essential for someone that wants to complete the Battle Record.
* Used in ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}'' where Yosuke distracts Rise's stalker, who threatened to throw himself in front of any car if threatened further, for 'interrogation'.
--> '''Yosuke''': ''"Look, a Martian!"''
* In ''VideoGame/Persona5'', Haru distracts the Phantom Thieves with one of these in order to get away from them. It works, and Yusuke in particular complains about how they fell for one of TheOldestTricksInTheBook.
* ''VideoGame/PokemonRanger'': Guardian Signs does this; after beating the second boss, one of the Pokemon Pinchers say, "Hey, look! A flying pizza!" Then, the Pokemon Pinchers make a run for it while the guy that has electricity looks.
** Also happens in the past story, in which after you clear ''all'' of the levels in the Ice Temple before the final level of the Ice Temple, after the cutscene of the level, Ravio wants to get into the door, but Kira says that Ravio is too young. Then Ravio says that he will have Celebi on Ravio's side, but Kira refuses to let Ravio enter the door. Ravio then says to Kira, "Hey, look! A flying pie!" Kira falls for it, and Ravio and Celebi manage to get to the door, much to Kira's surprise when she realizes that Ravio and Celebi are entering the door.
* In ''VideoGame/PokemonSuperMysteryDungeon'', when you decide to enter the mine to bring some red stones, your partner does this to the three Drilbur guarding the entrance to the mine by saying, "Hey, all you Drilbur! Look at that! A delicious-looking Apple tree just sprouted up over there!" Surprisingly, despite the three Drilbur suspecting that trick, the three Drilbur just decide to check anyway. As a result, it works, and you and your partner go into the mine.
* In the first level of ''VideoGame/{{Psychonauts}}'', "Basic Braining", Bobby does this to Raz in a cutscene as part of a prank:
-->'''Bobby:''' I'm not stupid, ''you're'' stupid. The coach is stupid. The whole camp is stupid! ''(points)'' That thing flying at you is stupid!\\
'''Raz:''' What's flying at me? ''(Bobby kicks him off a ledge)'' Woah!\\
'''Bobby:''' A-ha-ha-ha-ha! Bobby Zilch's foot, that's what!
* In ''[[VideoGame/SilentHills P.T.]]'', [[HauntedTechnology the voice on the radio]] tells you to do this at one point. [[spoiler:If you do so, you get a JumpScare and die.]]
* In ''VideoGame/SamAndMaxFreelancePolice: They Stole Max's Brain!'', Sam distracts Sal by pointing and saying "Look at what those three monkeys are doing to that head!", a slight spin on a ShoutOut to ''Monkey Island''. Appropriately, after Sal turns back around, he points out that all of the monkeys have been locked downstairs with the fine leather jackets.
* In ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara'', [[DastardlyWhiplash Mogami]] [[CombatPragmatist Yoshiaki]] has this as one of his moves. It only works on Mooks though.
* In ''VideoGame/TheSimsMedieval'' the Spy tells people to look behind them as a distraction before pickpocketing them.
* ''VideoGame/SonicRushAdventure'' uses this before the final boss, in which Tails tricks Captain Whisker by saying, "Aha, look! There's the Jeweled Scepter!" Captain Whisker falls for it, allowing Sonic, Blaze and Tails to go save Marine.
* ''VideoGame/SonicTheFighters'': One of Amy's special attacks is named "Look Over There!" or "Hey! What Is That?" [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Three guesses as to what the opponent does.]]
* In an omake for ''VideoGame/SonicUnleashed'', Sonic and Chip are fighting over a meat bun, and Chip tries to have Sonic look the other way so he can jack it. This is subverted in that Chip is much smaller than Sonic and doesn't have the strength to wrest it away from him, alone with Sonic just acting distracted when he turned around.
* ''VideoGame/StrongBadsCoolGameForAttractivePeople'':
** In "Homestar Ruiner", if you click on The Cheat in the basement of Strong Bad's house, Strong Bad does this to The Cheat so that Strong Bad can kick The Cheat into the dryer. It works even if Strong Bad tells The Cheat to "turn around."
** After winning the trophy and using it on Homestar Runner, Strong Bad also does this to Homestar by saying, "Look at that... thing over there." Homestar falls for it, saying, "A thing? Where?" and Strong Bad hits Homestar on the head with the trophy. When Homestar regains consciousness, Strong Bad convinces Homestar that he won the Race to the End of the Race himself.
* ''VideoGame/SuperMonkeyBall 2'': The I'm-not-falling-for-that-one variation is used. Aiai and friends have Dr. Bad-boon cornered in the middle of the ocean. The latter spots a giant whale approaching, and you can guess the rest.
* Played straight in ''VideoGame/TombRaiderChronicles''. Larson doesn't look, and gets killed (though [[BackFromTheDead that's not the end of him.]])
* Shows up quite a bit in the ''VideoGame/TrailsSeries''
** In a ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsFromZeroAndTrailsToAzure Trails to Azure]]'' subquest, The SSS is tasked with finding Olivier Lenhiem. When they encounter him in the Downtown District, he distracts them by telling that the famed Julia Swhartz is behind them, allowing him to make a run for it.
** In Chapter 3 of ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsOfColdSteel The Legend of Heroes Trails of Cold Steel III]]'', an informant pulls this by telling the team a "super-hot naked babe" is behind them. Rean briefly glances for a second, while Sara states she won't fall for it til [[CutenessOverload Angelica]] diverted their attention when she frantically looks around.
-->'''Angelica:''' I still don't see a naked girl anywhere.\\
'''Sara:''' You two! Don't fall for the oldest trick in the book!\\
'''Rean:''' Sorry! (He got me for a split second.)
* ''VideoGame/TheWitcher3'':
** Subverted when Geralt acquires the attention of a small attachment of guards at a rock quarry that warn him to leave immediately or face hostilities. While attempting to reason with the guards, Geralt notices several monsters appear from a nearby mining tunnel and promptly warns the guard. Expressing disbelief but ultimately taking stock of his surroundings, the main guard is surprised to find that there is indeed something behind him, for which Geralt quickly dispatches.
** This is attempted on Geralt himself. Without breaking eye contact with the person trying it, he calmly informs them that he is a Witcher, and that if there was anything behind him worth turning around for, Geralt's [[SuperSenses Witcher senses]] would have detected it.
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