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9 | [[quoteright:350:[[Manga/VoicesInTheDark https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/binzo.png]]]] |
10 | [[caption-width-right:350:"Oh my gawd! [[TheyKilledKennyAgain He ate Kenny!]]"]] |
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13 | The heroes are looking for something suspicious. Possibly a murderer. |
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15 | They find him busy at work on his grisly deed, but he perks up and notices our heroes. |
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17 | Bonus points if the murderer is [[ImAHumanitarian having lunch]] in the process. |
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19 | This is pretty much always shot from behind the murderer for dramatic reasons--it partially obscures the victim, lending ambiguity and tension to the scene and [[NothingIsScarier helping the audience's imagination to fill in the grisly details]]. As a result, it's a SubTrope of OverTheShoulder. |
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21 | May involve a FaceRevealingTurn. |
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23 | !!Examples: |
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27 | %%[[folder:Anime & Manga]] |
28 | %%* In ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'', Eva 01 does this to an Angel in an incredibly disturbing scene. |
29 | %%* ''Anime/GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplex'': [[spoiler:This occurs in an episode where Batou recognizes the tactics of a serial killer from a CIA black op during a war. During the flashback, they come upon a whole village brutally flayed alive and left to die. The killer in the flashback demonstrates this trope as Batou reaches out to touch him.]] |
30 | %%* ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'' has a similar one, except it's a family of three devouring their newborn. Alive. |
31 | %%* Creator/JunjiIto [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Binjo_Tsuji_4918.jpg shows us how it's done.]] |
32 | %%* In the manga version of ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry'''s Tsumihoroboshi arc, this is how Keiichi stumbles upon Rena chopping up the corpses of Teppei Hojo and Rina Mamiya. |
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35 | %%[[folder:Comic Books]] |
36 | %%* Possibly happened in ''ComicBook/JohnnyTheHomicidalManiac'' more than once. |
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39 | [[folder:Films -- Live-Action]] |
40 | * Commonplace in ZombieApocalypse films. The heroes see somebody crouched over a body, then the zombie looks up and it's obvious they are eating from the body. |
41 | * Partial example in ''Film/HarryPotterAndThePhilosophersStone'' when Harry, Draco and Fang accidentally interrupt Voldemort's unicorn meal in the Forbidden Forest. He doesn't turn around, but he does look up, and there is blood on his lips. |
42 | [[/folder]] |
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44 | [[folder:Tabletop Games]] |
45 | * ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'' has the [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=157419 Desecrator Hag]] of [[CrapsackWorld Shadowmoor]]. The illustration shows it crouching over a skeleton, holding the skeleton's necklace, and looking up at the viewer. |
46 | [[/folder]] |
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48 | [[folder:Webcomics]] |
49 | * ''Webcomic/{{Appetite}}'': Dohoon learns of Aji's inhuman nature when he finds her chowing down on a man's head. She turns and glances at him, mouth bloodied. |
50 | [[/folder]] |
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52 | [[folder:Video Games]] |
53 | * In ''VideoGame/{{Bloodborne}}'', Father Gascoigne is introduced hacking a beast to death with his Hunter's Axe. |
54 | * One of the most iconic moments in the ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'' franchise. In the [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil1 first game]], a zombie (the first one you ever encounter in the game) does this as he's eating Kenneth. This example gets bonus points since you can later [[spoiler: find and watch a video of it from Kenneth's perspective filmed on his camera]]. |
55 | * In ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters'', [[SuperpoweredEvilSide 'Riot of the Blood' Iori]] does this in one of his desperation moves: tackling his enemy to the ground, clawing at them, then momentarily looking back towards the camera before slamming his fists into them. |
56 | * Early in ''VideoGame/{{FEAR}}'', Paxton Fettel is occupied over a labcoat's body. He looks back at the camera to reveal the blood smeared around his mouth. |
57 | * ''VisualNovel/SayaNoUta'' has Saya doing this. Fuminori doesn't catch it because of his warped vision. |
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60 | [[folder:Western Animation]] |
61 | * ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'': Parodied in the episode "[[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS4E14BummerVacationWigstruck Bummer Vacation]]", in which [=SpongeBob=] goes crazy after being forced to [[{{Workaholic}} take a vacation]], with Patrick taking his place at the Krusty Krab. Near the end of the episode Patrick finds [=SpongeBob=] maniacally mumbling to himself, when Patrick calls for him, [=SpongeBob=] faces him and screams "I've been waiting for you, Patrick!". |
62 | [[/folder]] |
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