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Tenchi: Hey, what's that outside the window?! (I just used the oldest trick in the book.)
Ryoko: What is it? I wanna see! Hm? Hey, I don't want to miss anything!
Tenchi: I can't believe she fell for it! I'm outta here!
Ryoko: What is it? I wanna see! Hm? Hey, I don't want to miss anything!
Tenchi: I can't believe she fell for it! I'm outta here!
Cui: Uhhhhhhhh… look! Look behind you! [Vegeta looks behind him, and Cui launches a sneak attack.]
Cui: [Laughing] He's even dumber than he looks! I can't believe he fell for the old "look out behind you" trick!
Cui: [Laughing] He's even dumber than he looks! I can't believe he fell for the old "look out behind you" trick!
Film
Biff Tannen: Alright, punk. Now—
Marty McFly: [points behind Biff] Woah, woah, Biff, what's that?
[Biff turns around before facing Marty again, only for Marty to punch him in the face]
Marty McFly: [points behind Biff] Woah, woah, Biff, what's that?
[Biff turns around before facing Marty again, only for Marty to punch him in the face]
Vizzini: IT HAS WORKED! You've given everything away! I KNOW WHERE THE POISON IS!
Dread Pirate Roberts: Then make your choice.
Vizzini: I will, and I choose... What in the world can that be?
[Vizzini gestures up and away from the table. Roberts turns to look, and Vizzini switches the position of the goblets]
Dread Pirate Roberts: What? Where? I don't see anything.
Vizzini: Well, I, I could have sworn I saw something. No matter.
[Vizzini smirks]
Dread Pirate Roberts: Then make your choice.
Vizzini: I will, and I choose... What in the world can that be?
[Vizzini gestures up and away from the table. Roberts turns to look, and Vizzini switches the position of the goblets]
Dread Pirate Roberts: What? Where? I don't see anything.
Vizzini: Well, I, I could have sworn I saw something. No matter.
[Vizzini smirks]
Valentine: Look, an idiot!
Gryphon: Where?
Gryphon: Where?
Literature
"Look out!" I yelled at the clerk. "That Lava lamp is about to fall on your head and knock you out!"
"Huh?" He looked up and Marco totally missed his cue.
"I said, it's about to knock you out!" I repeated, glaring pointedly at Marco.
<Oh. Sorry,> Marco said in thought-speak. He reached out one canned-ham fist and gently tapped the clerk on the head. The clerk went down like a sack of wet cement.
"Huh?" He looked up and Marco totally missed his cue.
"I said, it's about to knock you out!" I repeated, glaring pointedly at Marco.
<Oh. Sorry,> Marco said in thought-speak. He reached out one canned-ham fist and gently tapped the clerk on the head. The clerk went down like a sack of wet cement.
— Animorphs #27: The Exposed
Angelica: Spare me the histrionics, Jim. I wouldn't expect that kind of juvenile trick from you, staring over my shoulder and widening your eyes as if there were someone behind me. I'm not going to turn and look. You're not getting out of this one alive.
Slippery Jim: Famous last words.
Slippery Jim: Famous last words.
"You must forgive me. I know that this method of distraction is the oldest trick in the book. In fact, it is a trick so old that it predates papyrus scrolls and was first recorded on clay tablets in Mesopotamia."
—Apollo's narration on this trick after using it against a Blemmyae, The Trials of Apollo, "The Dark Prophecy"
Live-Action TV
"LOOK AT ME, I'M A TARGET!!"
— The Eleventh Doctor, Doctor Who, "The Pandorica Opens"
Brian: Look, a pterodactyl!
[George turns; Brian runs away]
George: [voiceover] I can't believe I fell for that.
[George turns; Brian runs away]
George: [voiceover] I can't believe I fell for that.
Video Games
Guybrush: Look! A distraction!
Pirate: Oooh! [turns to look] What's it distracting?
Pirate: Oooh! [turns to look] What's it distracting?
"LOOK BEHIND YOU! A HUMONGOUS COCKROACH!"
— Bowletta, Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga
Berdly: Queen...! You may have mastered the number three...But can you stand up to FOUR of us?!
Queen: Running Simulation For: The Number Four
Queen: Hmm
Queen: You Are Definitely Going To Kick: My Ass
Queen: Unless
Queen: Oh No What That [flees while the Delta Warriors and Berdly are distracted]
Queen: Running Simulation For: The Number Four
Queen: Hmm
Queen: You Are Definitely Going To Kick: My Ass
Queen: Unless
Queen: Oh No What That [flees while the Delta Warriors and Berdly are distracted]
— Deltarune Chapter 2
Joker: Look! Sinestro's behind you!
Green Lantern: Not falling for that one.
Green Lantern: Not falling for that one.
Spyro: Hunter's disappeared again.
Agent 9: Did you say... Hunter? Well, hey, I can help! I just saw him sneak off with—
Professor: Ahem! Agent 9, isn't that a Rhynoc over in those bushes?
Agent 9: A RHYNOC?! Ooh, lemme at 'em! You want a piece of me, Rhynoc boy?! Eat laser, punk! C'mon, now! No fair hiding!
Agent 9: Did you say... Hunter? Well, hey, I can help! I just saw him sneak off with—
Professor: Ahem! Agent 9, isn't that a Rhynoc over in those bushes?
Agent 9: A RHYNOC?! Ooh, lemme at 'em! You want a piece of me, Rhynoc boy?! Eat laser, punk! C'mon, now! No fair hiding!
Web Animation
Beebz: Look! It's the Ghost Egg!
Scratch and Ricket: Ghost Egg?!
Tyneen: Ghost what? [Shrike slips out of her grasp; he grabs Nobert and runs for it] …Can't believe we fell for that. After 'em, ladies!
Scratch and Ricket: Ghost Egg?!
Tyneen: Ghost what? [Shrike slips out of her grasp; he grabs Nobert and runs for it] …Can't believe we fell for that. After 'em, ladies!
—Monkey Wrench, "Ghost Egg"
Sarge: Caboose! You hear something behind you!
Caboose: I do? I wonder what's causing it!
Caboose: I do? I wonder what's causing it!
Tex: Oh my God, Tucker, look! Hot chicks.
Tucker: Nice try, you just want me to turn around so you can knock me out and take the sword.
Tex: Now the hot girls are makin' out.
Tucker: Okay, that's worth the risk. [turns around] Ahh, crap. [gets knocked out]
Tucker: Nice try, you just want me to turn around so you can knock me out and take the sword.
Tex: Now the hot girls are makin' out.
Tucker: Okay, that's worth the risk. [turns around] Ahh, crap. [gets knocked out]
Webcomics
"LOOK! BAOZI FAIRY!" [runs off]
Sarda: [turning away] I'm going to turn around and, oh look, there's nothing there. What a "surprise" that is, gosh.
Sarda: [turning back] And then...
Sarda: I knew that would happen, but I'm mad about it anyway.
Sarda: [turning back] And then...
Sarda: I knew that would happen, but I'm mad about it anyway.
Western Animation
"Look, a supermodel! Look, a hoverboard! Look, the apocalypse! Somebody got hit in the boingloings! Hit in the boingloings. Boingloings. Boingloings. Somebody got hit in them. (Scorcher finally looks, Ice King freezes him) Peace out!"
— Ice King, Adventure Time, "Hitman"
Retaliator: WHERE IS THE TOKUSTAR!?!
Four Arms: He's... right behind you!
[Retaliator turns around, and fires at... absolutely nothing. Four Arms then uppercuts him from behind.]
Four Arms: He's... right behind you!
[Retaliator turns around, and fires at... absolutely nothing. Four Arms then uppercuts him from behind.]
Hugh Neutron: That's just terrible, how could ya... Hey look, a famous movie star!
Carl: Where?!
[everyone tiptoes into the restaurant]
Carl: Where?!
[everyone tiptoes into the restaurant]
Peter: Oh boy... Uh... Hey look, there's Bigfoot!
Bigfoot: Whoa, whoa, whoa. This isn't about me, this is about you.
Peter: Oh well, at least that bought us some time...
Bigfoot: Whoa, whoa, whoa. This isn't about me, this is about you.
Peter: Oh well, at least that bought us some time...
Damon: Oh my, is that Donald Trump?
Burdine: Where?!
[Damon tries to spike her drink]
Burdine: Where?!
[Damon tries to spike her drink]
— Bratz, "To Catch a Thief"
"Look! It's a big, fat fanny!"
— Wakko Warner, Animaniacs
Starscream: I should have destroyed you when I had the chance, but Megatron can't save you now!
Gears: (chuckles) I really hate to disappoint you, Starscream, but you better look behind you.
Starscream: Do you seriously expect me to fall for such a stupid trick?
[Bumblebee rams into Starscream from behind.]
Gears: (chuckles) I really hate to disappoint you, Starscream, but you better look behind you.
Starscream: Do you seriously expect me to fall for such a stupid trick?
[Bumblebee rams into Starscream from behind.]
— The Transformers, "Changing Gears"
