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->'''Polonius:''' I hide behind curtains 'cause I have a fear of getting stabbed.
-->--''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' on ''{{Hamlet}}''

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->'''Polonius:''' I ->''"I hide behind curtains 'cause I have a fear of getting stabbed.
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-->-- '''Polonius''', ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''
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* ''PaniPoniDash'': One character freaks another out by showing [[EyesDoNotBelongThere she has an eye in it]], scaring her into hiding behind a curtain.

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* ''PaniPoniDash'': One character freaks another out by showing [[EyesDoNotBelongThere she has an eye in it]], her palm]], scaring her into hiding behind a curtain.

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* In ''MairelonTheMagician'', Kim hides behind a curtain when she wants to hide the fact she's been snooping around in the carriage.
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** In ''The Mazarin Stone'' Holmes hides behind one to spy on two men to learn where they hid the titular diamond. It works because they think the shape they see is actually a wax bust of Holmes that he made a point of showing them earlier that evening.

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** In ''The Mazarin Stone'' Holmes hides behind one to spy on two men to learn where they hid the titular eponymous diamond. It works because they think the shape they see is actually a wax bust of Holmes that he made a point of showing them earlier that evening.
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* The page image comes from the ''Superdictionary''-- appropriately, for the word "curtain."

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* The page image comes from the ''Superdictionary''-- appropriately, for the word "curtain."
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* In RobertEHoward's "The Shadow Kingdom", {{Kull}} does not notice the spy, but at the end of the first scene, a tapestry moves.

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* In RobertEHoward's Creator/RobertEHoward's "The Shadow Kingdom", {{Kull}} does not notice the spy, but at the end of the first scene, a tapestry moves.
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** In ''The Mazarin Stone'' Holmes hides behind one to spy on two men to learn where they hid the titular diamond. It works because they think the shape they see is actually a wax bust of Holmes that he made a point of showing them earlier that evening.
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* An episode of ''{{Charmed}}'' has the sisters being persued by various B horror movie villains due to a spell gone wrong. One of them, being chased by an axe murderer, no less, hides in the shower.

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* An episode of ''{{Charmed}}'' ''Series/{{Charmed}}'' has the sisters being persued by various B horror movie villains due to a spell gone wrong. One of them, being chased by an axe murderer, no less, hides in the shower.
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* ''UminekoNoNakuKoroNi'': Jessica in Banquet

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* ''UminekoNoNakuKoroNi'': ''VisualNovel/UminekoNoNakuKoroNi'': Jessica in Banquet
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-->--''TheSimpsons'' on ''{{Hamlet}}''

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-->--''TheSimpsons'' -->--''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' on ''{{Hamlet}}''
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** In ''The Valley of Fear'', the assassin hides behind the curtain to catch the victim off guard. [[spoiler: ProperlyParanoid victim spots the shoe behind the curtain and attacks the murderer, who ends up being accidentally and [[BoomHeadshot rather gruesomely]] killed in the ensuing GunStruggle.]]
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** Though Dougal ''still'' [[TheRalphWiggum can't find him]].

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** Though Dougal ''still'' [[TheRalphWiggum [[TheDitz can't find him]].
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* ''UminekoNoNakuKoroNi'': Jessica in Banquet
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* The animated series of PoliceAcademy had one episode where Capt. Harris and Lt. Proctor hid behind the curtains when a criminal showed up to rob the bank. They were just trying to prevent the criminal from seeing them but they accidentally fell on the criminal, capturing him by a stroke of luck. Harris quickly started hogging as much glory as he could.
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* During WW2 when Charles de Gaulle went to the White House to meet President Roosevelt, the Secret Service became convinced that he'd try to assassinate the President and hid behind the curtains of the Oval Office. The sight of their shoes poking out from under the curtain did not facilitate post-war US-French relations.

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removing sinkhole


* Happens in ''{{Chuck}}'', when they're spying on a spy in a bedroom who is [[IfYouKnowWhatIMean going undercover]].

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* Happens in ''{{Chuck}}'', when they're spying on a spy in a bedroom who is [[IfYouKnowWhatIMean going undercover]].undercover.
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* The Spielberg film ''* BatteriesNotIncluded'' [[EstablishingCharacterMoment introduces one of its characters this way]]-- the big, burly former boxer is hiding from thugs, who easily find him.

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* The Spielberg film ''* BatteriesNotIncluded'' ''Film/BatteriesNotIncluded'' [[EstablishingCharacterMoment introduces one of its characters this way]]-- the big, burly former boxer is hiding from thugs, who easily find him.
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* ''[=~The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother~=]''. Sigerson and Sergeant Sacker hide behind curtains after breaking into Gambetti's home. Since Gambetti is a blackmailer, this is probably a ShoutOut to the "The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton" SherlockHolmes story under [[AC:{{Literature}}]].

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* ''[=~The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother~=]''.''Film/TheAdventureOfSherlockHolmesSmarterBrother''. Sigerson and Sergeant Sacker hide behind curtains after breaking into Gambetti's home. Since Gambetti is a blackmailer, this is probably a ShoutOut to the SherlockHolmes story "The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton" SherlockHolmes story under [[AC:{{Literature}}]].Milverton".
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* The Spielberg film ''* Batteries Not Included'' [[EstablishingCharacterMoment introduces one of its characters this way]]-- the big, burly former boxer is hiding from thugs, who easily find him.

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* The Spielberg film ''* Batteries Not Included'' BatteriesNotIncluded'' [[EstablishingCharacterMoment introduces one of its characters this way]]-- the big, burly former boxer is hiding from thugs, who easily find him.
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* [[AC:"Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain!"]] The movie version of ''TheWizardOfOz'', an example so famous [[TheManBehindTheCurtain it named a trope]].

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* [[AC:"Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain!"]] The movie version of ''TheWizardOfOz'', ''Film/TheWizardOfOz'', an example so famous [[TheManBehindTheCurtain it named a trope]].
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* A minigame in ''SuperMarioRPG'' has Mario hiding behind a curtain while Booster's Snifits try to find him.

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* A minigame in ''SuperMarioRPG'' ''VideoGame/SuperMarioRPG'' has Mario hiding behind a curtain while Booster's Snifits try to find him.
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* In a vehicular variant, Klinger on ''M*A*S*H'' once hid a tank by draping an army tent over it, effectively surrounding it with curtains on all sides.
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* How many of us tried this out in games of "Hide and Go Seek," only to find the results ''disastrous''? turns out curtains generally don't hide the bulky shape of a human as well as the movies would have us believe... and of course, feet really ''do'' poke out the bottom.

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* How many of us tried this out in games of "Hide and Go Seek," only to find the results ''disastrous''? It turns out curtains generally don't hide the bulky shape of a human as well as the movies would have us believe... and of course, feet really ''do'' poke out the bottom.
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** Subverted at another point when Ms Scarlett approaches a twitching curtain, [[NothingIsScarier only to find that it's because of a broken pane of glass behind it letting the wind blow it.]]
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* The Spielberg film ''* Batteries Not Included'' [[EstablishingCharacterMoment introduces one of its characters this way]]-- the big, burly former boxer is hiding from thugs, who easily find him.
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* ''IClaudius'': After Caligua's assassination, {{Pretorian Guard}}s find Claudius hiding behind a curtain and declare him Emperor. This apparently also happened in RealLife.

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* ''IClaudius'': After Caligua's assassination, {{Pretorian Guard}}s pretorian guards find Claudius hiding behind a curtain and declare him Emperor. This apparently also happened in RealLife.
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* Happens in ''{{Chuck}}'', when they're spying on a spy in a bedroom who is [[IfYouKnowWhatIMean going undercover]].
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** Though Dougal ''still'' [[TheRalphWiggum can't find him]].
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-->'''Polonius:''' I hide behind curtains 'cause I have a fear of getting stabbed.

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-->'''Polonius:''' ->'''Polonius:''' I hide behind curtains 'cause I have a fear of getting stabbed.



-->"That's what tapestries are ''for''."

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* In RobertEHoward's "The Shadow Kingdom", {{Kull}} does not notice the spy, but at the end of the first scene, a tapestry moves.
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* The killer ''Film/{{Pieces}}'' hides behind the curtain when the cops arrive at his place.

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* The killer in ''Film/{{Pieces}}'' hides behind the curtain when the cops arrive at his place.
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* At some point in the beginning of the first ''ScaryMovie'', the killer hides behind a curtain. Or he would, if not for his HookHand poking out.

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* At some point in the beginning of the first ''ScaryMovie'', the killer hides behind a curtain. Or he would, if not for his HookHand [[HooksAndCrooks hook]] poking out.
* The killer ''Film/{{Pieces}}'' hides behind the curtain when the cops arrive at his place.

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