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It's only natural to cower in the face of danger.note This is actually a survival mechanism, which works for small animals because many of the larger animals that eat them can see motion really well, but have trouble spotting stationary things. Some animals, like humans and eagles, have good enough eyesight that they may be able to spot the "frozen" animal anyway, though it's still easier to spot something that's moving. Others don't even rely on eyesight, utilizing other senses such as smell or heat-sensing instead. Still, you'd be surprised how well this trick can work... for smaller animals, anyways. For larger creatures like humans, it's mostly an evolutionary holdover, though it might still work on occasion. As such, many a classic Damsel in Distress and fearful child will cower behind the nearest Love Interest, parent, or Big Damn Heroes when presented with peril. Of course, most conscientious heroes and even Innocent Bystanders will naturally interpose themselves anyway to protect other innocents (and perhaps pointlessly, but they do get props for chivalry). This kind of cowering stems from the classic pose of hero and heroine facing a monster on Film Posters for Touch of the Monster: the hero has a gun in one hand pointed at the beast, his other hand holding the Love Interest back, while she clutches his shoulder with one hand and covers her mouth from shock with the other. There's another kind of character who cowers this way too, the Dirty Coward. He'll grab a nearby Innocent Bystander and use him as a Human Shield, hide behind the Littlest Cancer Patient when the Serial Killer with a soft spot for kids shows up, and might even shove his Love Interest towards the Martian Woman Stealer. Villains also tend to do this when faced with an implacable hero, inverting the cower by using the Love Interest to hide from him! Sometimes this is used for comedic effect, with a hero who is Afraid of Needles reacting with complete terror to mundane things, sometimes even jumping into his Sidekick's arms or ducking behind his Love Interest like a Damsel in Distress. The Fish out of Water might hide from otherwise harmless things too (and notice who/what they're hiding behind looks far more threatening). See also Pose of Supplication. Bonus coward points if the character also Screams Like a Little Girl. Compare Eek, a Mouse!!. Contrast Go Through Me. Not to be confused with the former Head Coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers. |
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In the second book of the Gone series, Hunter cowers behind Astrid, who is protecting him from Zil's lynch mob. | |
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Abraxas (Hrodvitnon): In this Godzilla MonsterVerse fanfiction, the infant Manda a couple times retreats against the bodies of adult Titans whom he trusts when sensing serious danger. | |
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In The Place Inside the Storm, a little girl starts to pet Xel the robotic cat, but when he tries to talk to her, she hides behind her mother's skirts. | |
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Crane does this in Sleepy Hollow when he approaches a particularly creepy hovel, using Young Masbeth as a shield and aiming his pistol over the boy's shoulder. | |
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In an episode of Castle, there is a scene when the resident badass Beckett hides behind a local sheriff, while Castle hides behind her. Both decisions actually make sense in context: Castle is a Non-Action Guy who is used to stepping back and let Beckett handle a criminal; Beckett is a highly trained police officer, but she is unarmed, while the sheriff at least has a gun (which he is very uncomfortable with). | |
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In Death Note: The Abridged Series (kpts4tv), Near after Mello kills most of his agents: | |
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The title character in Dave the Barbarian hides behind a tiny puppy to escape the Dark Lord Chuckles' rampage in "The Red Sweater of Courage". The other characters (including Chuckles) point out that this was a new low, even for Dave. | |
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Played with in volume 3 of Scott Pilgrim. When Ramona is fighting against Envy Adams, she's only able to get a hit in when Envy is distracted by Wallace's taunts. Envy accuses Ramona of hiding behind Wallace, which she denies while suddenly standing behind Wallace (who then runs off to the restroom while Ramona protests that she enjoys his company). | |
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Allysin Kay and Taylor Made reacted this way in NWA FUW after Jazz brought back Amazing Kong. "Made In Sin" became much bolder after the formation of Valkyrie in SHINE. | |
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Captain Planet and the Planeteers: In "Trouble on the Half Shell", when the rats mutate and grow huge thanks to toxic waste exposure, Greedly hides behind Skumm and tells him that he should deal with them; they're his relatives. | |
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Supernatural: In the episode "All Hell Breaks Loose, Part One", when they find Lily's body, Ava covers mouth as if she is going to be sick, and Andy hugs his arms around himself. They both have trouble looking at the body. While Jake and Sam are unflinching and seem to stand taller. However in "The End", Dean hides behind Chuck when an Action Girl he's been cheating on goes to thump him. |
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In World of Warcraft, during the Spirit Kings encounter, Meng the Demented, during his Cowardice phase, runs away from players while reflecting damage onto them. He still periodically uses his Maddening Shout ability, though. Lei Shi, a water spirit corrupted by the Sha of Fear, will hide at certain points, and must be forced out into the open through area of effect damage. | |
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In A Boy Made of Blocks, Sam is shy around his aunt Emma and hides behind Jody's legs. He warms to her after she gives him a bag of toy airplanes. | |
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In one episode of The Suite Life of Zack & Cody where the main characters believe a certain room of the hotel to be haunted, most of the characters end up screaming, jumping into each other's arms, running from the room, and using this trope at some point. At one point in particular, Cody and London try to cower behind each other, and end up screaming and chasing each other in a circle. | |
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In EarthBound (1994), Porky Minch does this as one of the many useless actions he's capable of performing in battle while accompanying Ness at the start of the game. | |
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In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Peach's special move in which she uses Toad as a shield has been altered so that rather than holding him in front of her, she cowers behind him while he stands defiantly against the enemy. | |
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Stevie Richards clinging to Victoria/Tara's leg to protect him from Carlito in Tommy Dreamer's House of Hardcore. | |
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Spies Like Us. Colonel Rhumbus shows Fitz-Hume and Millbarge the 'standard assault course' they'll be undertaking for Spy School, then adds it's been enhanced with 'scorched earth'. Cue Stuff Blowing Up and our heroes jumping behind the colonel for cover. | |
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In Turning Red, a few classmates of Mei hide behind each other after she attacks Tyler. | |
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In The Boy from Aleppo Who Painted the War, Adam hides from some soldiers behind Yasmine. | |
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On Everybody Loves Raymond, whenever the main character's wife is in conflict with another person, she will usually bully her husband into confronting the other person for her, almost always growling "You need to back me up on this!", to the point where that line is almost her catch phrase (and even if the other person has a perfectly valid point, they will still be treated as being horrible simply for opposing Debra). Then when Ray inevitably caves in to her demands and starts doing the verbal battling on her behalf, Debra always finds a way to sneak into the back and hide behind Ray while he takes all the heat from the other person. Then when he gives her a chance to speak her mind and join in, Debra always says something like "hey, it wasn't me, this was your idea," and goes back to cowering behind Ray's back and letting him be the target of the other person's anger. What's really infuriating about this pattern of behavior is the fact that Ray himself is usually in favor of making peace with the other person and wants everyone to get along, but he gets dragged into the argument anyway because his wife wanted him to, and yet she herself is totally unwilling to actually take responsibility for it, even when the whole conflict is entirely her idea. And yet she still treats him as if he's an unworthy husband, even though he always ends up doing her dirty work for her. | |
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A calling card of The Midnight Express and Jim Cornette. It's one of the leading reasons why fans thought the latter was gay. | |
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Dungeons & Dragons: In 5th Edition, Kobold PCs get a racial special ability called Grovel, Cower, and Beg. Once per fight, they can cower and grovel, distracting nearby enemies so that the Kobold's allies gain Advantage on any attacks made against them for a round. | |
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Galaxy of Fear: Army of Terror. Faced without warning with a being that psychically forces people into very convincing illusions of their worst fears, the Rebels are utterly unprepared and do anything from dropping their weapons to falling to their knees to assuming the Pose of Supplication. | |
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In Bob and George, Mega Man threatens Bob, then hides behind George, saying he'll carry out the threat. | |
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In the Xandri Corelel novel Tone of Voice, Xandri's parrot Marbles greets Diver by vomiting on his shirt, then tries to hide behind Xandri's other parrot Cake. It doesn't work, since Marbles is almost twice Cake's size. | |
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An early Star Trek: Deep Space Nine novel portrayed this as being the hat of Ferengi, despite it having been well-established by that point in the franchise that Ferengi were quite willing to fight. | |
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Gaea from Noob is both a Dirty Coward and a Squishy Wizard, which has caused her to do this several times over the course of the story. | |
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Kaeloo: In any instance when the characters are in danger, like being attacked by zombies or Exploring the Evil Lair, Kaeloo winds up hiding behind Mr. Cat. | |
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Final Fantasy IV has Edward who has an ability that lets him do this. He also does it when he's low on Hit Points. | |
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Parodied in the Kim Possible episode "Overdue", in which Ron has a tendency to hide behind Wade's robot while invading Dr. Drakken's lair. Problem is that the robot turns invisible if Dr. Drakken or Shego see it, causing Ron to get spotted immediately. To them, it looks like Ron is just shivering in a corner in fear. | |
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In Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury, Suletta's first instinct in any kind of confrontation while outside the Aerial is to dodge behind whoever or whatever is closest and cower there until the conversation is done, no matter how ineffective a protection this is. Notably, she has a tendency to do this with Miorine, who she normally towers over. | |
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In the Odd Squad episode "Agent Obfusco", Olive and Otto both briefly cower behind Oprah when the eponymous agent suddenly appears behind them without any warning. In the case of Otto, it's rather amusing seeing as how he's taller than Oprah and the girl merely goes up to his shoulders, requiring him to crouch down in order to properly cower behind her. | |
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Case Closed's Ai Haibara fulfills the Damsel in Distress version of this trope. She can often sense the presence of a member of the Organization close by. When she gets this feeling she will frequently cling to and hide behind the closest person available. This is most often Conan and Professor Agasa, but have on occasion also been Ran or Mitsuhiko. | |
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Used in a bizarre way in One Piece: Bobby Funk is scared of battle, so when he enters a fight, he immediately turns around and crouches in fear, though he doesn't hide behind anyone. However, Bobby has Super-Toughness, the skin of his back being strong enough to break bladed weapons swung at him, so this proves to be a pretty good way to defend himself. | |
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Mother 3: When traveling with Salsa, Fassad will occasionally do this in battle, despite the fact that (as an NPC) monsters don't target him anyway, and he's easily several times stronger than Salsa. | |
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Hetalia: Axis Powers: Poland does this after trying to tell off Sweden. | |
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Each protagonist in Fears to Fathom has to hide for a time before escaping danger to conclude the story. What makes it challenging is that they mustn't make noise to attract attention to their whereabouts; the game can also pick up noise coming from the player's microphone while hiding. Miles in Home Alone has to hide in his room from an intruder until the police arrive on the scene. Holly in Norwood Hitchhike hides in the motel closet while the intruder looks for her before the owner intervenes. Noah in Carson House hides in the laundry room until Cara has moved elsewhere, giving him a chance to escape and call for help. Jack in Ironbark Lookout hides under his bed then in the outhouse from the cultists before running for the park entrance. |
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Questionable Content has Sam hiding behind Faye when Veronica comes back with her father. | |
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In The Dead Zone, Greg Stillson spends most of the story as Villain with Good Publicity. However, when the protagonist tries to shoot him at a campaign stop, his response is to hide behind a young boy. The incident is enough to make his career go down in flames, as nobody is willing to elect someone who endangers a child to protect themselves as President of the United States. | |
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In Star Ocean: Till the End of Time, the Nobleman, a completely harmless starter opponent, has the ability "Spare Me" that he uses at low HP. When he performs it, he falls to the ground and begs you not to kill him. If he's allowed to complete it, the fight automatically ends (so you don't get any XP because you didn't kill him) and you're given a large amount of money. | |
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BioShock 2 features Stanley Poole, who spends most of his only level hiding in a booth while forcing Delta to clear up his dirty business. And once Delta finally has access to that booth, learning all that Poole had done (killed most people in that area in a flood, plus selling both Delta and his "daughter" Eleanor to the mad scientists who made them inhuman) he can do nothing but cower, with the player needing to choose whether he deserves to live. | |
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Doctor Smith from Lost in Space cowers behind Will Robinson at least Once an Episode. Sometimes the Robot, for variety. | |
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Super Sentai, Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger: When the crew is confronted by a monster, Doc will almost always hide behind Luka, who will in turn elbow him in the gut for his cowardice. | |
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In El Goonish Shive it seems like people tend to hide behind Elliot. | |
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Warhammer: When they at all have a choice in the matter, the Gnoblars' preferred method of fighting is to cower behind an Ogre while making aggressive noises at the enemy. | |
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Doctor Who. In "The Haunting of Villa Diodati", Lord Byron cowers behind his mistress Claire Clairmont when faced with something spooky. At the end of the episode she informs Byron that using her as a human shield has ended whatever infatuation she had for him. | |
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An episode of Mythbusters that involved testing the myth as to whether a large container of non-dairy creamer could serve as an effective explosive resulted in a fireball so large that a startled Kari Byron reflexively pulled Grant Imahara in front of her before running up the hill behind her. "Today I learned that in a crisis situation, I will hide behind a coworker. Sorry, Grant." - Kari Byron | |
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Bulma in Dragon Ball often hides behind Goku whenever someone or something dangerous happens when she is a teenager. She looks especially funny since she's so much taller than Goku, who is barely three feet tall. She also hides behind Yamcha, which terrifies him at first because of his fear of women. | |
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Pokémon Sun and Moon has Wimpod, a wimpy little isopod and its special ability "Wimp Out" where "The Pokémon cowardly switches out when its HP becomes half or less" and lets one of its stronger teammates take the heat for it. Wimpods's evolution, Golisopod, a massive samurai isopod, does not "Wimp Out". Rather it makes an "Emergency Exit" when its HP becomes half or less. | |
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In Pokémon the Series: XY, Serena's Eevee starts out very timid and comfortable only around Serena herself or Clemont's Bunnelby. When frightened, she will run and hide behind whichever of those two is available. | |
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Pokémon: The Series: Team Rocket frequently do this behind Wobbuffet, since his Counter and Mirror Coat can repel attacks coming their way. In Pokémon the Series: XY, Serena's Eevee starts out very timid and comfortable only around Serena herself or Clemont's Bunnelby. When frightened, she will run and hide behind whichever of those two is available. |
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Mother: In EarthBound (1994), Porky Minch does this as one of the many useless actions he's capable of performing in battle while accompanying Ness at the start of the game. Mother 3: When traveling with Salsa, Fassad will occasionally do this in battle, despite the fact that (as an NPC) monsters don't target him anyway, and he's easily several times stronger than Salsa. |
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In the second arc of Gantz, Kurono is treated like a Dirty Coward for momentarily hiding behind Kishimoto when they first encounter a hostile alien. He objects that it is justified because she is wearing a super-suit that provides some protection from injury, while he is in street clothes and thus defenseless. | |
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A favorite tactic of the heels, who are not above grabbing a female at ringside (either the face's girlfriend or their own) to stop from getting attacked, and then shoving said female into the opponent! Edge used to do this all the time. Eddie Guerrero made it particularly reprehensible when he grabbed Rey Mysterio Jr.'s young son Dominick; this made Mysterio very angry. | |
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Amnesia: The Dark Descent has this trope as the player's only means of defense. You are given no weapons of any kind and any time you're attacked, the only thing you can do is run and hide in the dark, usually behind crates, until the monster gets bored and leaves. | |
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Of course, it has a gender inversion from the movie poster description above. Lampshaded in the Musical Episode. |
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Stargate Atlantis has a hilarious moment in the fourth season where Sheppard and McKay are rewarded with a portrait that features them and a young princess who they'd just saved from the Genii and her treacherous older sister. Sheppard, who the princess grew to dislike, is depicted cowering fearfully behind the little girl, while Rodney stands out front firing his gun and (presumably) letting out a war cry. | |
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Firefly's River Tam does this occasionally, because the mental trauma she suffered, her uncontrolled Psychic Powers, and her inability to control her own emotions render her unable to handle the terror she feels when threatened. | |
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Dawn of a New Age: Oldport Blues: When approaching a warehouse containing a giant bug monster, Barbra cowers behind Jacob, saying outright that she plans to use him as a human shield if things go wrong. When the same bug monster throws up liquid for fellow bug person Jenna to eat, Luna is disgusted and hides behind Rose, who then hides behind Sebastian. Made comedic by the cowering girls being significantly taller than Seb. |
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Lone Wolf: In The Cauldron of Fear, when confronted by guards, the first reflex of Sogh (the thief helping Lone Wolf escape the jail) is to cower behind the hero and use him as shield. | |
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Kyon: Big Damn Hero: After Haruhi's reaction to Tsuruya's report on what she and Kyon did to disband a illegal photographic ring (which included sleeping with him and bathing together — It Makes Sense in Context), Mikuru automatically hides behind Tsuruya. Kanae, noting that hiding behind Tsuruya isn't the best idea in this circumstances, decided not to follow this trope and only hide behind the table. | |
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Wolfenstein: Subverted in Return to Castle Wolfenstein. | |
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Fozzie Bear does this at various times in The Muppets franchise, such as in The Muppet Movie where they first meet Animal. As soon as he gets scared, Fozzie's first impulse is to put Kermit between himself and the threat with due speed. Despite the fact that, being a bear, Fozzie is about four times the size of Kermit. | |
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