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* WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck does this in one of his wartime cartoons, hiding from Sergeant WesternAnimation/{{Pete}}.

* In the WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck short "The Autograph Hound" our favorite duck hides himself in a serving tray cover this way but soon reveals himself.
* At some point in the ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' short "Rabbit Stew and Rabbits Too!", the rabbit is caught in a BoxAndStickTrap, but clings to the box when the fox lifts it.

* ''Manga/TheLegendOfZeldaAkiraHimekawa'': In the ''Wind Waker'' manga story ''Monsters Are Not Good With Tricks'', Link sneaks up behind a Moblin in a barrel only for the Moblin to suddenly turn around and snatch up the barrel. Link manages to hold on inside in the barrel and the Moblin wanders off confused.

* ''Manga/TheLegendOfZelda'': In the ''Wind Waker'' manga story ''Monsters Are Not Good With Tricks'', Link sneaks up behind a Moblin in a barrel only for the Moblin to suddenly turn around and snatch up the barrel. Link manages to hold on inside in the barrel and the Moblin wanders off confused.

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* In the film version of ''Film/{{Matilda}}'', Matilda is hiding under a table from the wicked Principal Trunchbull. When the Trunchbull gets near the table, she lifts up the tablecloth, but doesn't see Matilda. It turns out Matilda was clinging to the underside of the table.
* In ''Film/{{Hanna}}'', assassins are looking for the titular character. one checks under the bed and finds nothing, only for us to see that she is clinging to the underside of the frame.
* In ''Film/VanHelsing'', Mr. Hyde traps Van Helsing under a church bell, then hears the sound of his buzzsaw weapons and lifts the bell to find a round hole in the floor. It turns out Van Helsing was actually still hiding in the bell, and slices off one of Hyde's arms.
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* ''WesternAnimation/MrBogus'' does this in the first act of the episode "[[Recap/MrBogusS2E6TotallyBogusVideo Totally Bogus Video]]" under [[UpToEleven all three garbage can lids]] that he was hiding under when confronted by Ratty and his [[AngryGuardDog rottweiler accomplice]] during a sequence that parodies ''Film/TheTerminator''.

* Woody does this in ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory1'' to avoid being tied to a rocket by Sid.

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* Woody does this in ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'' to avoid being tied to a rocket by Sid.

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* Woody does this in ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'' to avoid being tied to a rocket by Sid.
* In ''WesternAnimation/AnAmericanTail'', Fievel escapes the Cossack cats by clinging to the lid of a teapot. He narrowly avoids detection when a cat looks under the lid, but he moves to the other side just in time.
* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Megamind}}'', the titular character clings to the door that Titan ripped off while searching for him.

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* ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'': In the Conviction Arc, Guts reaches Bishop Mozgus' torture chamber only to find that everyone who remained inside was reduced to skeletons by the gelatinous monsters that came out of the Iron Maiden. He notices one of the torturers' empty helmets scooting along the floor all by itself, and when he picks it up he finds Puck the elf clinging to the inside.

Compare: ShellGame, GoneBehindTheBend, BehindAStick, CeilingCling, and UndersideRide

* In the DonaldDuck short "The Autograph Hound" our favorite duck hides himself in a serving tray cover this way but soon reveals himself.

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* In ''Film/{{Hanna}}'', assassins are looking for the titular character. one checks under the bed and finds nothing, only for us to see that she it clinging to the underside of the frame.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'': Korra has been kidnapped and is trapped in a metal box. Amon appears with a group of Equalists and asks them to zap the box with their electric gloves and electrocute Korra in case she would use her bending to trounce them all and escape. Korra manages to avoid electrocution by using one of her arm bands to hang from a bar on the top of the box and keep her from touching the sides.

* Woody does this in ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'' (pictured above) to avoid being tied to a rocket by Sid.

TheHero is hiding under a box. The villain is coming closer and closer. He's going to get caught. The villain lifts up the box and... huh? Where'd he go?

Then the camera shifts. The hero is actually wedging himself inside the box to avoid detection. Usually an AnimatedTrope. Of course, there's FridgeLogic involved. The character lifting the box should notice that it is a whole person heavier than it was, but doesn't. BehindTheBlack is in there somewhere too.

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* In the DonaldDuck short "The Autograph Hound" our favorite duck hides himself in a serving tray cover this way, but soon reveals himself.

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* ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'': Korra has been kidnapped and is trapped in a metal box. Amon appears with a group of Equalists and [[DangerouslyGenreSavvy asks them to zap the box with their electric gloves and electrocute Korra in case she would use her bending to trounce them all and escape]]. Korra manages to avoid electrocution by using one of her arm bands to hang from a bar on the top of the box and keep her from touching the sides.

* In the film version of ''Film/{{Matilda}}'', Matilda is hiding under a table from the wicked Principal Trunchbull. When the Trunchbull gets near the table, she lifts up the tablecloth, but doesnn't see Matilda. It turns out Matilda was clinging to the underside of the table.
* In ''Film/{{Hanna}}'', assasins are looking for the titular character. one checks under the bed and finds nothing, only for us to see that she it clinging to the underside of the frame.

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[[caption-width-right:288:Stealthy like a cowboy.]]

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[[caption-width-right:288:Stealthy like a cowboy]]

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Megamind}}'', the titular character clings to the door that Titan ripped off while searching for him.

* ''[[WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra Korra]]'' has been kidnapped and is trapped in a metal box. Amon appears with a group of Equalists and [[DangerouslyGenreSavvy asks them to zap the box with their electric gloves and electrocute Korra in case she would use her bending to trounce them all and escape]]. Korra manages to avoid electrocution by using one of her arm bands to hang from a bar on the top of the box and keep her from touching the sides.