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Only a Dirty Coward would shoot someone in the back. Or knife them. Back-to-Back Badasses is to prevent this — provided the other character is trustworthy. On the other hand, if they can't let you escape, and you are the Dirty Coward fleeing a fight, it may happen anyway, particularly up against a Combat Pragmatist. It also doesn't apply to Tap on the Head, which is non-lethal and not seriously dangerous — fictionally. If the blow can seriously injure or kill, however, it is a different story. When The Dog Bites Back, this often comes into play. It does not necessarily apply to executions, or when the Big Bad decides to turn his back on The Hero in order to stab a hostage. If a Heroic Bystander shoots a villain in the back, it will most likely be considered, well, heroic, which may or may not be just justified by the villain threatening someone else's life. Sometimes employed as an unceremonious end to what is otherwise a badass famous character — a staple of westerns. May go hand-in-hand with I Surrender, Suckers. Compare Back Stab for a video game special move based on this trope. This trope is for narrative uses. If a gameplay mechanic is involved, please move to that trope. Can be used as Dynamic Entry, in which case a Surprisingly Sudden Death usually ensues. Beware Backstab Backfire. |
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The Elite Squad: How Baiano fatally wounds Neto. | |
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Revenge of the Virgins: Connor shoots Potter in the back and attempt to flee with all the gold. However, Potter is saved by the back of coins he had stashed in the back of his vest, and guns Connor down. | |
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In Shotgun (1955), Bounty Hunter Reb Carleton prefers not to give his targets an opportunity to shoot back. | |
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Romeo × Juliet: This is how Mercutio kills Laertes Montague. | |
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At the end of Conquests of Camelot, the thief that stole the grail tries to stab King Arthur in the back, which fails since he's wearing armor (He is not a moron). The guy is then promptly reduced to a skeleton by the grail's power for his bad manners. | |
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Cowboy Bebop (2021). A flashback episode to when he was a hitman for the Syndicate has Spike (who's supposed to be the hero of the series) exiting a Bad Guy Bar where he just killed everyone single-handed only to find a woman, an apparently Innocent Bystander, staring at him. She assures Spike that she didn't see anything and he tells her to flee, only to shoot her in the back as she's running away. That killing is shown to haunt him years later in the present day. | |
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In Malevil, Armand is stabbed in the back when attempting to rape a woman. The big thug is unaware that he was stabbed and walks around town with the knife sticking out. | |
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Support Your Local Sheriff: After Jake helps out the new Sheriff during a gunfight: And then its non-sequel follow-up Support Your Local Gunfighter: |
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Abraxas (Hrodvitnon): In Chapter 6, an unstable Alan Jonah shoots one of his own men dead from behind in an effort to stop him revealing the truth about what he did with the disposable vagrants, but it's too little too late. | |
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In William King's novel Space Wolf, a Chaos Space Marine tells Ragnar: | |
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ST☆R: Strike it Rich: To interrupt Hina's first fight with Nozomi, Ichika knocks Hina out by shooting her with a stun gun from behind. | |
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Wonder Woman (1942): Nikos Aegeus steps out from behind a pillar and stabs an unprepared and unaware Steve Trevor in the back when Steve turns back towards Diana as he is heading into work. | |
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Wonder Woman (1987): Ares kills Hades by pretending to ally with the elder generation of gods and then stabbing him in the back while he is distracted trying to kill Wonder Woman. | |
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In The Tomorrow Series, Corrie is shot in the back at the end of Tomorrow, When the War Began. Offscreen. | |
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In one issue of the Secret Six comics, Deadshot and Catman have an argument about this that ends with Catman insisting that Deadshot walk in front of him on all future missions. Given Deadshot's particular skillset, personal history, and belief that a surprise headshot is the kindest way to kill someone, it's not a terribly unreasonable demand. | |
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A knife stab to the back finishes off the Phantom om The Phantom of the Opera (1998). | |
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In Valentine, Campbell dies when the Cupid-faced killer puts an axe in his back while he fixes the water heater. | |
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Uncle Fester's signature line in The Addams Family: | |
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In the Nibelungenlied, Hagen spears Siegfried in the back while Siegfried is drinking water from a spring during a hunt. This also happens in most other versions of the Siegfried story. Of course, since Siegfried's one vulnerable spot happens to be on his back, it's not so much cowardly as it is reasonable. | |
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Juubei attempts to kill Kazuki this way in Get Backers, but Kazuki dodges very slightly at the last second. | |
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In Sluggy Freelance, Advisor Magon knives a guard who knows to much in the back within three panels of his introduction, just to make it clear that he's "morally challenged." And in case there's any lingering doubt, he does it four more times to the guy's corpse in the next strip. | |
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In I Shot Jesse James, Bob Ford shoots Jesse James this way. | |
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In The Barbarian and the Sorceress, Kira stabs Barnabus in the back with a sacrificial knife. It doesn't kill him. | |
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Rob Cantor's "Shia LaBeouf": After fleeing from the eponymous murderer, you stealthily enter his cottage while he's busy sharpening an axe, and you get the drop on him by sneaking up on him from behind. | |
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In Bleach, it's actually recommended procedure for Shinigami to attack Hollows from behind. This is a mixture of pragmatism and a desire to avoid feeling guilt upon seeing the Hollow's human face. When Squad 6 come to arrest Rukia in the Agent of the Shinigami arc, Ichigo tries to intervene and fights the Squad 6 lieutenant Renji Abarai. Just as Ichigo is winning, captain Kuchiki Byakuya Flash Steps in from behind and breaks Ichigo's sword. As Ichigo turns to face him, Byakuya Flash Steps again behind Ichigo, stabbing him in the back right through his heart, ending the fight and leaving Ichigo to die. In a show where most fights last several episodes, this one is over in seconds. In fact, it all happenes so fast that Ichigo is on the ground before he even knows that he's been attacked. (Renji reveals that this is Byakuya's favorite attack for minor opponents. In their Heroic Rematch it doesn't work so well.) A weird example happens with Starrk and Wonderweiss. Turning up behind the man, Wonderweiss puts his hand through Ukitake's chest, causing Kyoraku to go for him by flash-stepping behind the "kid". However, before Wonderweiss gets hit, Starrk takes advantage of the distraction to shoot Kyoraku in the back. Kyoraku, being a fine Combat Pragmatist himself, later returns the favour. Soifon, Shunsui Kyoraku, Toshiro Hitsugaya, and Shinji Hirako team up on Aizen, whom Hitsugaya successfully stabs in the back. Sadly, that wasn't really Aizen, but Hinamori, his best friend, placed under an illusion. Luckily, she lives long enough to receive medical treatment. After Ginjo reveals his true colors and steals his Fullbring, Ichigo is stabbed in the back, seemingly by Isshin and Urahara. It's actually Rukia who's stabbing him, in order to restore Ichigo's Shinigami powers. Askin is defeated by Grimmjow when the latter impales his chest from behind with his hand while in his Resurrección and tears out his heart. After Aizen uses himself as a decoy, Ichigo exploits the opening to attack Yhwach from behind. |
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Red very casually shoots the Sheriff of Edendale in the back in Dead in Tombstone. | |
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In A Certain Magical Index, one teleport esper, Kill-Point, can only teleport directly behind people, and only people in his line of sight. As such, this is his preferred attack style. Accelerator quickly figures him out and puts several bullets through his limbs. | |
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The Have Gun – Will Travel episode "The Colonel and the Lady": | |
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Future World (2018): Ash kills the Warlord this way, stabbing him repeatedly from behind. | |
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In Avengers: Age of Ultron, a brainwashed Hulk attacks Hulkbuster-Iron Man from behind. Tony calls him on it. | |
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CSI: NY: In "Officer Blue", a mounted policeman is shot this way by a sniper while astride his horse. In "Pay Up", where the bar the CSIs are sitting in is shot to bits. It's mainly a result of the villain shooting anywhere and everywhere with some kind of automatic weapon and Danny, who was sitting closest to the window anyway, having thrown himself over Lindsay to protect his wife, leaving his back exposed. |
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In the Decoy episode "An Eye for an Eye", a junkie Casey is trying to befriend is knifed in the back. | |
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In the Back / int_223898a5 | featureConfidence |
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Decoy | hasFeature |
In the Back / int_223898a5 | |
In the Back / int_223d85a9 | type |
In the Back | |
In the Back / int_223d85a9 | comment |
In Summer Knight, Harry slugs Aurora in the back with his staff, ungentlemanly though it is. On the other hand, she is trying to sacrifice a helpless prisoner. | |
In the Back / int_223d85a9 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
In the Back / int_223d85a9 | featureConfidence |
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Summer Knight | hasFeature |
In the Back / int_223d85a9 | |
In the Back / int_22745a6c | type |
In the Back | |
In the Back / int_22745a6c | comment |
In Demon Spawn, super-villain Nightflame attacks Supergirl from the back, striking the heroine's temple with the flat of her magical blade. | |
In the Back / int_22745a6c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
In the Back / int_22745a6c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Demon Spawn (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
In the Back / int_22745a6c | |
In the Back / int_22d74b2e | type |
In the Back | |
In the Back / int_22d74b2e | comment |
Happens in one of the Redwall books, because the shrew in question is a Jerkass and a coward that throws his rapier at Log-a-log, killing him. | |
In the Back / int_22d74b2e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
In the Back / int_22d74b2e | featureConfidence |
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Redwall | hasFeature |
In the Back / int_22d74b2e | |
In the Back / int_233dd948 | type |
In the Back | |
In the Back / int_233dd948 | comment |
In the "Recovery One" miniseries of Red vs. Blue, Agent South shoots Agent Washington in the back. He really likes to bitch about that. | |
In the Back / int_233dd948 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
In the Back / int_233dd948 | featureConfidence |
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Red vs. Blue: The Recollection (Web Animation) | hasFeature |
In the Back / int_233dd948 | |
In the Back / int_23b84765 | type |
In the Back | |
In the Back / int_23b84765 | comment |
How Saruman's death plays out in the extended cut of The Return of the King. Originally Wormtongue slashed his throat. | |
In the Back / int_23b84765 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
In the Back / int_23b84765 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | hasFeature |
In the Back / int_23b84765 | |
In the Back / int_24f1386a | type |
In the Back | |
In the Back / int_24f1386a | comment |
El Diablo: Naive cowpoke Billy Ray (Anthony Edwards) protests that the grizzled gunslinger Van Leek (Louis Gossett Jr.) shot a man in the back. Van Leek responds, "His back was to me." Later, it gets an Ironic Echo when Billy Ray does it to the eponymous Big Bad, as Van Leek gives the line, and Billy Ray shrugs and replies as Van Leek did earlier in the film. Van Leek chuckles. | |
In the Back / int_24f1386a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
In the Back / int_24f1386a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
El Diablo | hasFeature |
In the Back / int_24f1386a | |
In the Back / int_26541dd6 | type |
In the Back | |
In the Back / int_26541dd6 | comment |
Ex Machina: During the climax, as Nathan fights off Ava, Kyoko walks up behind him and stabs him in the back. He lives long enough to disable Kyoko before Ava finishes him off. | |
In the Back / int_26541dd6 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
In the Back / int_26541dd6 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Ex Machina | hasFeature |
In the Back / int_26541dd6 | |
In the Back / int_268f6fd1 | type |
In the Back | |
In the Back / int_268f6fd1 | comment |
Transformers: Dark of the Moon: How Ironhide is killed: shot in the back by Sentinel Prime. In an Ironic Echo, the perpetrator of the above example is himself shot in the back by Megatron. He doesn't die, but is crippled enough for Optimus to finish him off with a headshot right after decapitating Megatron in the space of 5 seconds... while missing an arm. |
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In the Back / int_268f6fd1 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
In the Back / int_268f6fd1 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Transformers: Dark of the Moon | hasFeature |
In the Back / int_268f6fd1 | |
In the Back / int_27286fb2 | type |
In the Back | |
In the Back / int_27286fb2 | comment |
In Spider-Man: No Way Home, the Green Goblin manages to stab his universe's Spider-Man when he's distracted. And this is after he just saved the Goblin from being killed by MCU Spidey, so this is purely a Kick the Dog moment. Fortunately, the act doesn't kill him. | |
In the Back / int_27286fb2 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
In the Back / int_27286fb2 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Spider-Man: No Way Home | hasFeature |
In the Back / int_27286fb2 | |
In the Back / int_285bfa3e | type |
In the Back | |
In the Back / int_285bfa3e | comment |
Philo Vance: The Casino Murder Case: The murderer is holding Philo Vance and district attorney John Markham at gunpoint. After shooting Vance, he tells Markham that since Markham is "only a cop at heart", he would shoot Markham in the back. Markham refuses to turn around. Vance was Playing Possum after switching the murderer's bullets for blanks, hoping The Cavalry, a.k.a. the NYPD, would kill the murderer and save everyone the hassle of a trial. It works. | |
In the Back / int_285bfa3e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
In the Back / int_285bfa3e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Philo Vance | hasFeature |
In the Back / int_285bfa3e | |
In the Back / int_2bbcacd9 | type |
In the Back | |
In the Back / int_2bbcacd9 | comment |
Looney Tunes: In The Unruly Hare, Elmer Fudd has Bugs Bunny at gunpoint. | |
In the Back / int_2bbcacd9 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
In the Back / int_2bbcacd9 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Looney Tunes | hasFeature |
In the Back / int_2bbcacd9 | |
In the Back / int_2c157834 | type |
In the Back | |
In the Back / int_2c157834 | comment |
Talon Falls: In the chase scene late in the movie, when the pig-masked employee has one of the girls in his grasp, the other saves her by stabbing the guy in the back with a machete. | |
In the Back / int_2c157834 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
In the Back / int_2c157834 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Talon Falls | hasFeature |
In the Back / int_2c157834 | |
In the Back / int_2c3cd68a | type |
In the Back | |
In the Back / int_2c3cd68a | comment |
X-Wing Rogue Squadron: A man is assassinated from behind, and Isard orders the assassin to make it look like suicide... somehow. | |
In the Back / int_2c3cd68a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
In the Back / int_2c3cd68a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
X-Wing Rogue Squadron (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
In the Back / int_2c3cd68a | |
In the Back / int_2d316bc0 | type |
In the Back | |
In the Back / int_2d316bc0 | comment |
In Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012), Shredder kills Splinter with a stab through the back in "Annihilation Earth!". | |
In the Back / int_2d316bc0 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
In the Back / int_2d316bc0 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012) | hasFeature |
In the Back / int_2d316bc0 | |
In the Back / int_2dcd38ce | type |
In the Back | |
In the Back / int_2dcd38ce | comment |
Billy Club (2013): Billy attacks a pizza delivery man (who was on his team back in 1981) by stabbing him through the stomach from behind with the retractable knife blade in the tip of his nailed baseball bat. It's seen sticking out of his belly, even though the blade doesn't look long enough to reach that far through him. | |
In the Back / int_2dcd38ce | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
In the Back / int_2dcd38ce | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Billy Club (2013) | hasFeature |
In the Back / int_2dcd38ce | |
In the Back / int_2dfd87a4 | type |
In the Back | |
In the Back / int_2dfd87a4 | comment |
The Rookie (2018): Jackson's shot dead this way in "Life and Death" by La Fiera's gunman. | |
In the Back / int_2dfd87a4 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
In the Back / int_2dfd87a4 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Rookie (2018) | hasFeature |
In the Back / int_2dfd87a4 | |
In the Back / int_2ebbb6fc | type |
In the Back | |
In the Back / int_2ebbb6fc | comment |
In G.I. Joe: Renegades, The Baroness isn't having much luck against Snake Eyes, so when he turns to face Storm Shadow, she takes the opportunity to get in a free hit (and earns a very threatening reproach from Storm Shadow). | |
In the Back / int_2ebbb6fc | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
In the Back / int_2ebbb6fc | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
G.I. Joe: Renegades | hasFeature |
In the Back / int_2ebbb6fc | |
In the Back / int_2ef7cb74 | type |
In the Back | |
In the Back / int_2ef7cb74 | comment |
Lyrical Nanoha: Used all the time by the Numbers Cyborg Deed in Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS. This leads to her downfall in the end, as Teana predicts her doing this and counters accordingly. Magical Record Lyrical Nanoha Force: Done by Deville of Huckebein as his Dynamic Entry against Isis and Nanoha. The first succeeds, the second would have if not for Fate. Later done by Curren of Huckebein to Hayate. |
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In the Back / int_2ef7cb74 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
In the Back / int_2ef7cb74 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Lyrical Nanoha (Franchise) | hasFeature |
In the Back / int_2ef7cb74 | |
In the Back / int_309df9ea | type |
In the Back | |
In the Back / int_309df9ea | comment |
At the end of an episode of Atop the Fourth Wall, a villain appears behind Linkara, shoots him in the back, and calmly removes the magic gun from Linkara's unconscious body and walks away. | |
In the Back / int_309df9ea | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
In the Back / int_309df9ea | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Atop the Fourth Wall (Web Video) | hasFeature |
In the Back / int_309df9ea | |
In the Back / int_30a5ebfd | type |
In the Back | |
In the Back / int_30a5ebfd | comment |
Naruto: In Chapter 483, Sasuke tries to kill Sakura this way. It doesn't work, thanks to Kakashi. In Chapter 678, Black Zetsu backstabs Madara right in the middle of his Evil Gloating. Zetsu then reveals that Madara was just one more cog in a machine run by Princess Kaguya. |
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In the Back / int_30a5ebfd | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
In the Back / int_30a5ebfd | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Naruto (Manga) | hasFeature |
In the Back / int_30a5ebfd | |
In the Back / int_30b255fb | type |
In the Back | |
In the Back / int_30b255fb | comment |
Supergirl: In Demon Spawn, super-villain Nightflame attacks Supergirl from the back, striking the heroine's temple with the flat of her magical blade. In The Supergirl from Krypton (2004), Big Barda stabs Stompa from behind with her halberd. In Bizarrogirl, Supergirl hits Bizarrogirl from behind when the latter is distracted. |
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In the Back / int_30b255fb | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
In the Back / int_30b255fb | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Supergirl (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
In the Back / int_30b255fb | |
In the Back / int_31313512 | type |
In the Back | |
In the Back / int_31313512 | comment |
ANNO: Mutationem: In the bad ending, after Amok has fully taken over Ann's body, she quickly dashes behind Dr. G before stabbing him in the back. | |
In the Back / int_31313512 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
In the Back / int_31313512 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
ANNO: Mutationem (Video Game) | hasFeature |
In the Back / int_31313512 | |
In the Back / int_32c541e6 | type |
In the Back | |
In the Back / int_32c541e6 | comment |
Fullmetal Alchemist: Lust stabs Havoc in the back after having pretended to be his sweet and loving girlfriend. He survives, but it leaves him paraplegic. Buccaneer does this to Fu in order to injure Bradley after Fu's suicide attack fails, ensuring that Fu's Heroic Sacrifice will not be in vain. |
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In the Back / int_32c541e6 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
In the Back / int_32c541e6 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Fullmetal Alchemist (Manga) | hasFeature |
In the Back / int_32c541e6 | |
In the Back / int_331e009 | type |
In the Back | |
In the Back / int_331e009 | comment |
In Borderlands 2, after the death of Angel, Handsome Jack unexpectedly shows up to shoot Roland from behind, killing him almost instantly. | |
In the Back / int_331e009 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
In the Back / int_331e009 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Borderlands 2 (Video Game) | hasFeature |
In the Back / int_331e009 | |
In the Back / int_334120fc | type |
In the Back | |
In the Back / int_334120fc | comment |
In 8-Bit Theater, this is how Black Mage hopped up on an impossible amount of evil gets around Fighter's ability to block literally anything. | |
In the Back / int_334120fc | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
In the Back / int_334120fc | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
8-Bit Theater (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
In the Back / int_334120fc | |
In the Back / int_340b31cd | type |
In the Back | |
In the Back / int_340b31cd | comment |
Very strangely applied in Dial M for Murder. Margot stops the hitman trying to strangle her by grabbing a pair of scissors and, instead of sticking them in one of the dozen or so really good places to stab somebody who's right in front of her, decides to laboriously reach all the way around and plunge them into his back instead. It's probably safe to blame this one on the Hays Code. | |
In the Back / int_340b31cd | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
In the Back / int_340b31cd | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Dial M for Murder | hasFeature |
In the Back / int_340b31cd | |
In the Back / int_370f6f37 | type |
In the Back | |
In the Back / int_370f6f37 | comment |
Zorro: In The Lone Ranger: The Death of Zorro #1, a sixty-something Diego is compelled to don the cape and mask one last time to help Indians brutalized by American soldiers. Only thing: "Tonight you forgot to watch your back, old bastard!", while fighting skillfully a sergeant. | |
In the Back / int_370f6f37 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
In the Back / int_370f6f37 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Zorro | hasFeature |
In the Back / int_370f6f37 | |
In the Back / int_388cf8f0 | type |
In the Back | |
In the Back / int_388cf8f0 | comment |
Batman: Black and White: In "Dead Boys Eyes", a criminal lures Batman into a trap and shoots him in the back. | |
In the Back / int_388cf8f0 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
In the Back / int_388cf8f0 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: Black and White (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
In the Back / int_388cf8f0 | |
In the Back / int_38974f2 | type |
In the Back | |
In the Back / int_38974f2 | comment |
The King of Fighters: At the end of 2001, K9999 attempted to murder his own teammate Foxy via stabbing her in the back. Needless to say, when the two meet again in one of XV's endings, Foxy is visibly not happy to see K9999 (or Krohnen, as he now goes by) and only Kula's intervention prevents a brawl breaking out. | |
In the Back / int_38974f2 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
In the Back / int_38974f2 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The King of Fighters (Franchise) | hasFeature |
In the Back / int_38974f2 | |
In the Back / int_38fa34eb | type |
In the Back | |
In the Back / int_38fa34eb | comment |
Wonder Woman: Wonder Woman (1942): Nikos Aegeus steps out from behind a pillar and stabs an unprepared and unaware Steve Trevor in the back when Steve turns back towards Diana as he is heading into work. Wonder Woman (1987): Ares kills Hades by pretending to ally with the elder generation of gods and then stabbing him in the back while he is distracted trying to kill Wonder Woman. |
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In the Back / int_38fa34eb | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
In the Back / int_38fa34eb | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Wonder Woman (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
In the Back / int_38fa34eb | |
In the Back / int_3953baf0 | type |
In the Back | |
In the Back / int_3953baf0 | comment |
In The Hunchback of Notre Dame, antagonist Judge Claude Frollo attempts to do the same to Quasimodo, who fights back. | |
In the Back / int_3953baf0 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
In the Back / int_3953baf0 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Disney) | hasFeature |
In the Back / int_3953baf0 | |
In the Back / int_3ac755dd | type |
In the Back | |
In the Back / int_3ac755dd | comment |
Near the end of Beauty and the Beast, the Beast lets Gaston live after he wins their fight. He goes over to Belle, who has just returned. At that point Gaston takes the sneaky road and climbs up to the Beast so he can stab him from behind. When the Beast lashes out after getting knifed, Gaston subsequently loses his footing and plummets to his death. | |
In the Back / int_3ac755dd | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
In the Back / int_3ac755dd | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Beauty and the Beast | hasFeature |
In the Back / int_3ac755dd | |
In the Back / int_3d675ac1 | type |
In the Back | |
In the Back / int_3d675ac1 | comment |
The Dark Lords of Nerima: In The Dark Lords Ascendant, Sailor Uranus does this to Ryouga when he turns his back on her after seeing her naked during her transformation. To her surprise, it only makes him mad. | |
In the Back / int_3d675ac1 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
In the Back / int_3d675ac1 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Dark Lords of Nerima (Fanfic) | hasFeature |
In the Back / int_3d675ac1 | |
In the Back / int_3e724d8f | type |
In the Back | |
In the Back / int_3e724d8f | comment |
Search: Lee Hyeok shoots Min-guk in the back. | |
In the Back / int_3e724d8f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
In the Back / int_3e724d8f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Search | hasFeature |
In the Back / int_3e724d8f | |
In the Back / int_3ef4a625 | type |
In the Back | |
In the Back / int_3ef4a625 | comment |
Mr. Miracle (Holyoke): Seemingly the only way Mr. Miracle can be hurt is by surprising him, as he is not invulnerable. | |
In the Back / int_3ef4a625 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
In the Back / int_3ef4a625 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Mr. Miracle (Holyoke) (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
In the Back / int_3ef4a625 | |
In the Back / int_3f4208eb | type |
In the Back | |
In the Back / int_3f4208eb | comment |
In Silver Lode, McCarty publicly accuses Ballard of shooting his brother in the back and stealing his money. Ballard points out in private that McCarty knows full well that Ballard won that money in a game of cards and that McCarty's brother drew first. | |
In the Back / int_3f4208eb | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
In the Back / int_3f4208eb | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Silver Lode | hasFeature |
In the Back / int_3f4208eb | |
In the Back / int_3ffc9575 | type |
In the Back | |
In the Back / int_3ffc9575 | comment |
Momose from Bloody Cross has been known to use her shadow manipulating abilities to sneak up behind opponents and stab them in the back. | |
In the Back / int_3ffc9575 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
In the Back / int_3ffc9575 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Bloody Cross (Manga) | hasFeature |
In the Back / int_3ffc9575 | |
In the Back / int_40c8681 | type |
In the Back | |
In the Back / int_40c8681 | comment |
Forest Kingdom: In book 2 (Blood and Honor), this is how Prince Viktor dies at the hands of Jordan himself, after Jordan realizes what a monster he is. | |
In the Back / int_40c8681 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
In the Back / int_40c8681 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Forest Kingdom | hasFeature |
In the Back / int_40c8681 | |
In the Back / int_432e5c6f | type |
In the Back | |
In the Back / int_432e5c6f | comment |
Stone Ocean: After Pucci fully evolves his Stand into Made In Heaven, the first of his victims is Narciso Anasui, who is slain from behind. | |
In the Back / int_432e5c6f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
In the Back / int_432e5c6f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean (Manga) | hasFeature |
In the Back / int_432e5c6f | |
In the Back / int_43576f5 | type |
In the Back | |
In the Back / int_43576f5 | comment |
Supernatural: Sam is killed the first time by a stab in the back. Subsequent deaths are much less dramatic, until three seasons later he jumps into Hell to save the world, and technically doesn't die. "The Man Who Knew Too Much": Sam attempts to kill Castiel, who has just declared himself God, with a stab to the back. It doesn't work. Castiel kills Balthazar with a back stab. Symbolic in that he's punishing him for what he saw as a betrayal. Lucifer killed his brother Gabriel this way. |
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In the Back / int_43576f5 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
In the Back / int_43576f5 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Supernatural | hasFeature |
In the Back / int_43576f5 | |
In the Back / int_443e6639 | type |
In the Back | |
In the Back / int_443e6639 | comment |
The Fox Sister: The Kumiho's fighting style of blindsiding an opponent and attacking from behind sure isn't pretty, but effective. | |
In the Back / int_443e6639 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
In the Back / int_443e6639 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Fox Sister (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
In the Back / int_443e6639 | |
In the Back / int_44460ba6 | type |
In the Back | |
In the Back / int_44460ba6 | comment |
Captain Gravity: In the Flashback scene of the rise of the Itza Maya people, after Hunac Ceel gains the power of Element 115 and slaughters the Ancient Astronauts, he's killed by a spear to the back. | |
In the Back / int_44460ba6 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
In the Back / int_44460ba6 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Captain Gravity (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
In the Back / int_44460ba6 | |
In the Back / int_44ad56d6 | type |
In the Back | |
In the Back / int_44ad56d6 | comment |
100 Cupboards has Uncle Frank end up in a magical battle between his brother Mordecai and Evil Wizard Darius. Frank notes that it's generally considered cowardly but he's going to take every advantage he can get, and lies down and pretends to be dead until Darius rides past, then blasts him in the back with a shotgun. It doesn't take. | |
In the Back / int_44ad56d6 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
In the Back / int_44ad56d6 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
100 Cupboards | hasFeature |
In the Back / int_44ad56d6 | |
In the Back / int_44fe781e | type |
In the Back | |
In the Back / int_44fe781e | comment |
The End of Evangelion: There's a scene where a JSSDF commando sneaks up on a NERV gate guard, grabs him by the face, and pushes a knife into his back. It's quite horrifying, as you see the guard arch his spine, groan, and then go limp. In another scene we see one gun down NERV staff whilst they're running away from the JSSDF with their backs turned. |
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In the Back / int_44fe781e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
In the Back / int_44fe781e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Neon Genesis Evangelion | hasFeature |
In the Back / int_44fe781e | |
In the Back / int_4584d69e | type |
In the Back | |
In the Back / int_4584d69e | comment |
In Rambo IV, Major Tint's only contribution to the Final Battle is to shoot an unarmed, fleeing missionary in the back. He spends the rest of the battle in hiding, not even commanding his men at all. | |
In the Back / int_4584d69e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
In the Back / int_4584d69e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Rambo IV | hasFeature |
In the Back / int_4584d69e | |
In the Back / int_47817241 | type |
In the Back | |
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This happens regularly in Knights of the Old Republic Cinematic Universe: In Hunger for the Force, Visas Marr kills Darth Secuulus by impaling him from behind. In Knights and the Darkness Pt. I, Hanharr kills Saquesh by stabbing the unsuspecting Quarren in the back. In Knights and the Darkness Pt. II, Scourge kills Meetra Surik by stabbing her from behind, and then he injures Vitiate by striking the Sith Emperor in the back, and following a monologue, kills him by stabbing him from the front. And then he finishes off Revan as well by cutting him down from behind. All of this turns out to be just a vision of Meetra who proceeds to impale Scourge from behind for real to foil his backstabbing plans. In the premiere of Shadow of the Sith, Emperor Vitiate is assassinated in this fashion by Bao-Dur of all people. |
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World of Warcraft: The Back Story of Alexandros Mograine features this. His son Renault was persuaded to lead him into a trap — a hopeless fight against wave upon wave of undead. Because he was such a badass, he killed them all — but when he took a breather afterward, and let go of his sword, Renault came out of hiding and stabbed him with it. Orgrim Doomhammer died when he was stabbed in the back with a polearm. Those who look up to him consider this a cowardly act. One quest in the Twilight Highlands involves fighting some enemies long enough for your ally to sneak up on them and finish them off. |
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Reaper's Gale has two examples: Sirryn Kanar, a minor character, kills Trull Sengar by stabbing him in the back with a knife while he is momentarily distracted, courtesy of the God of Fate being unable to keep himself from meddling. Sirryn thinks it's a "The Dog Bites Back"-moment against Trull Sengar's whole people, who conquered his country, except the latter is the only one not involved with the whole mess. Towards the end of the book, there's a Continuity Nod to Scabandari backstabbing Silchas Ruin in Midnight Tides. Fear Sengar tries to stab Silchas Ruin in the back, and Fear is a descendant of one of Scabandari's followers. He is then however in turn killed from behind with a garotte by Clip, who is a descendant of one of Silchas Ruin's followers from the time the first backstabbing happened. |
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In The Man from Colorado, Owen shoots Del in the back when he, Caroline, and Doc attempt to flee to Denver to tell the governor about Owen's insanity. Because he uses a holdout pistol, Del survives, but his wound does hinder him during the final confrontation. | |
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In The Keys Stand Alone: The Soft World, Lee Ayson shoots Paul in the back with his rifle. Given that Paul is Nigh-Invulnerable, the attack has no effect except to irk Paul. Since he and George are in a rush at the moment, his only response is to call out the bad behavior of the supposedly good Lee. | |
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In Eternals, as Sersi makes her way to the volcano where Tiamut will rise, Sprite creates an illusory Ajak to distract her. Sersi believes that Sprite is disguised as Ajak, but she's actually behind Sersi and stabs her through her stomach. | |
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In The Cowboys, Bruce Dern's character shoots John Wayne in the back, and Dern was typecast for life as a villain. In Real Life, poor Dern received death threats from fans upset that Wayne's character was killed like that. | |
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The Plague of the Antibiotic Man: Amalak has just blinded Supergirl, but he does not want to run useless risks, so he shoots a stunning ray at her head from behind. | |
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In Homestuck, it's something of a recurring theme. Vriska, John, Bro, Dave, and possibly others are all killed by being either stabbed or shot in the back. Some of them get better. | |
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High Plains Drifter: A man walks up behind Clint Eastwood's character and starts to slip a knife out of its sheath. Without turning round, Clint informs him that he'd look pretty stupid with that knife shoved up his ass. The man wisely backs off. | |
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The original Strider for arcades has an interesting version for a platform game: Soldiers at the beginning of the game have a chance of falling back in fear when Hiryu looks at them. If Hiryu/the player walks toward them they will start crawling back, but if the player turns Hiryu's back to them they will suddenly stand up and rush at him with their weapons held high over their heads, trying to hit him. If one is quick enough to face them again before they hit, they will go back to being scared. | |
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The Twilight Zone (1959): In "Mr. Garrity and the Graves", Sheriff Gilchrist shot the notorious outlaw "Lightning" Peterson in the back in the presence of six deputies. As such, he does not want him to come back from the dead and pays Jed Garrity $1,200 to prevent this from happening. It turns out that Garrity's ceremony was successful in resurrecting Peterson and the other 127 people buried in Boot Hill Cemetery, and Peterson plans to have his revenge on Gilchrist. | |
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Star Wars: The Clone Wars: "Cloak of Darkness": Ventress ignites one of her lightsabers through Argyus's back and out of his chest when he makes the mistake of disparaging her skills. She then casually shoves his corpse to the floor to take his seat. "Voyage of Temptation": Anakin kills the treacherous Tal Merrik this way. |
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Out of sheer spite, Mei Ling shoots Gus in the back as he is walking towards his girlfriend in Chai Lai Angels: Dangerous Flowers. | |
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In Flashpoint, Batman does this to Eobard Thawne. | |
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Mazinger Z: In the Gosaku Ota manga continuity, Dragon with an Agenda Archduke Gorgon murders Big Bad Dr. Hell by stabbing him from behind with one sword when he's distracted. Afterwards he pulls his sword from the body, says, "So long, old madman" and leaves him lying — and bleeding — on the ground, laughing all the way as he leaves the place. | |
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In The Order of the Stick, Elan gets stabbed in the back by his Evil Twin brother Nale, serving as Nale's reveal to the rest of the characters as... well, evil. | |
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Star Wars: The Old Republic: Revan has three main characters: Revan (redeemed from the Dark Side), Meetra Surik (the Player Character from KotOR II), and Darth Scourge (who realizes that The Emperor is planning to start a war the Sith Empire can't win and wants to stop him). At the end of the novel, the three characters have joined forces and are facing down the Emperor. Scourge has a Force Vision that shows him a different Jedi killing the Emperor. Realizing that they can't win, he stabs Meetra in the back, killing her instantly, while the Emperor disables Revan. | |
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The Magnificent Seven pilot: | |
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The Ballad of Buster Scruggs: In "All Gold Canyon", the prospector finally discovers the vein of gold he's been searching for, only to be suddenly shot in the back by a claim jumper. He's able to turn the tables by Playing Possum, and is outraged not only that the claim jumper would let him do all the work and then try to steal his claim, but that he would backshoot him in doing so, ranting about the latter in particular as he treats his injury. | |
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From the Red Dwarf episode "Justice": | |
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Spider-Man: In the climax, the Green Goblin attempts to kill Spider-Man this way via the extendable blades on the front of the former's glider; however, the Goblin didn't know about Peter's spider-sense, which alerts him to the glider rocketing his way in time to dodge the attack, resulting in the Goblin getting run through instead. | |
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My Name Is Nobody: Nobody realises ahead of time that someone intends to shoot him in the back and sets up a humiliation for them when they try. | |
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In episode nine of There Will Be Brawl, Zelda stabs Link in the back with his own sword. | |
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Kid Colt (2009): At the very start of the series, Colt's having breakfast in a saloon when three gunmen burst in and try to kill him. The fourth comes in more quietly, hoping to shoot him in the back. He gets the drop on Colt and is just about to fire - having stopped to gloat - when another diner, Colt's soon-to-be sidekick Hawk, shoots him first. | |
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In Perfection Is Overrated, during the side chapter, "A Common Enemy Without A Common Cause", Meiko is killed by being stabbed in the back (figuratively and literally) by Sekai. | |
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Always Visible: In Galbraith's nightmare, doctor Baselard appears behind his interlocutor, mister chief inspector Schaeymoure, and it is eventually revealed that it was in fact a performance with a wooden mannequin. | |
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GTO: The Early Years: Fumiya stabs Kamata in the back, showing how dangerous and willing to kill he is. | |
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In The Terror of Tiny Town, Bat Haines shoots Tex Preston in the back, and then frames Buck for the crime. | |
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Peter Pan: Hook is sneaking up on Peter with sword drawn, when Smee sees him and calls out, "Capt'n!", Peter then turns around and asks, "In the back, Captain?" In the climax, after Peter spares Hook's life in return for the latter vowing to leave and never return, Hook tries to do this to Peter as soon as he turn his back to crow in victory, using his hook since Peter threw away his sword. Wendy calls out to Peter to look out, and Peter manages to sidestep the attack just in time, leaving Hook to lose his footing on the topsail and fall into the waiting jaws of the crocodile in the water below. |
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Shadows over Meridian: During the Shadowkhan's attack in Elyon's castle, Aldarn saves Drake from a Bat Khan by stabbing its back. During the Battle of Cavigor, a Razor Khan uses its clawed hands to impale the Warden of Cavigor from behind when the latter is busy arguing with Vathek about executing the prisoners so that they can't be freed by the attackers. |
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In 7 Men from Now, Payte Bodeen forces John Greer to step round him if wants to get to the sheriff's office. Greer does and Bodeen shoots him the back. | |
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Forward The Mage: Artist and swordsman Benvenuti Sfondrati-Piccolomini is rigorously trained by his uncles to be a cold-blooded Combat Pragmatist, and so when he comes to the aid of his future lover Gwendolyn Grayboar against a swarm of attackers, he backstabs three of them at once with the spike-equipped legs of his easel. And when the enraged survivors face him, he switches straight to the low blow. | |
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The Owl House: In the Grand Finale, when The Collector attempts to utilize the lessons on redemption and friendship that Luz, Eda, and King taught them on Belos, Luz immediately throws herself in front of them to save them from being blasted by Belos' flame-breath from behind, leading to her Disney Death. | |
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In Black Patch, Holman shoots the escaping Danner twice in the back as part of the plan to frame Marshal Clay Morgan for murder. | |
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Corelle Whistler shoots someone in the back in A Brother's Price. Aware of this trope and unwilling to look like a traitor or a coward, she justifies it, noting that the woman she shot was trying to kill Eldest. | |
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Marvel Cinematic Universe: How Loki kills Coulson during The Avengers and wounds Kurse in Thor: The Dark World. In Avengers: Age of Ultron, a brainwashed Hulk attacks Hulkbuster-Iron Man from behind. Tony calls him on it. Tony himself blasts Bucky in the back during the climax of Captain America: Civil War. Corvus Glaive makes his entrance by impaling the Vision from behind in Avengers: Infinity War. Vision returns the favor later on. In Eternals, as Sersi makes her way to the volcano where Tiamut will rise, Sprite creates an illusory Ajak to distract her. Sersi believes that Sprite is disguised as Ajak, but she's actually behind Sersi and stabs her through her stomach. In Spider-Man: No Way Home, the Green Goblin manages to stab his universe's Spider-Man when he's distracted. And this is after he just saved the Goblin from being killed by MCU Spidey, so this is purely a Kick the Dog moment. Fortunately, the act doesn't kill him. |
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Pacific Rim: This is how the kaiju Leatherback destroys Cherno Alpha; by leaping onto Cherno's back, dragging it underwater, and smashing it to pieces. | |
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In Fallout 3, one of the first quests is to decide if you want to set off or defuse an atomic bomb in the middle of a town. If you tell the town's sheriff about the individual who offers to pay you to set it off, he will go to confront him and be shot in the back for his trouble (unless you save him, but this doesn't affect the game much). | |
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In Gangs of New York, Bill the Butcher throws a meat cleaver into Monk's back after he is elected sheriff, before beating Monk to death with his own shillelagh. | |
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Yakuza 0: After Kiryu's third fight with Kuze, the former does a Punch Catch against the latter, but before he can capitalise on this, Yoneda runs up with a bat and hits him on the back of the head, knocking him down. It would have ended in Kiryu's subsequent death were it not for The Cavalry. One of the signs that Kiryu Took a Level in Badass in Yakuza 2 is that another enemy also hits him on the back of the head, this time with a bottle, and all that results is Kiryu giving an annoyed Death Glare. | |
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In The Iron Teeth web serial, the goblin protagonist loves loves stabbing people in the back, probably because he's fast, sneaky, and almost completely without morals. | |
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In Mortal Kombat 9, Shao Kahn breaks Kung Lao's neck from behind him after Kung Lao defeats Kintaro. This upsets Liu Kang and the two fight. | |
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Atomic Blonde. Percival gets a knife stuck in his back during his fight with Delphine. After several seconds spent trying (unsuccessfully) to get it out, he relaxes against a wall... only to groan in pain as he accidentally pushes the knife deeper. | |
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The Persuaders!: | |
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In Revolver (1973), Vito eventually kills Milo Ruiz by shooting him in the back, although Milo Ruiz lives long enough to turn around and take a second shot in the chest, so he dies facing Vito. | |
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Battle Tendency: Kars quickly proves what a dishonorable cheat he is when he distracts Lisa-Lisa with a body double and stabs her in the back after he had just agreed to a fair duel with her for the Red Stone of Aja. | |
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Altered Carbon The warden reads in Kovacs's file that he shot his own partner in the back of the neck (destroying her stack and so killing her for real), and tries to goad Kovacs by saying this makes him a coward. Kovacs, however, knows that she was shot while unconscious by one of the soldiers who captured him as an act of spite. In Season 2, Kovacs isn't interested in Bounty Hunter Tepp's offer to work for her boss. She responds by shooting him in the back, cutting out his stack and needlecasting him to a virtual reality meeting room where her boss is waiting. Tepp doesn't see what the fuss is about. "Organic damage isn't personal; it's business." |
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Sarine in Errant Story has the dubious honour of being the first to backstab someone from the front with a sword. | |
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In Stargate SG-1, Teal'c's android copy shoots Cronus in the back with a staff weapon in revenge for killing Teal'c's father. | |
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Avatar: The Last Airbender: Commander Zhao attempts to hit Zuko in the back when they fight a duel early in Season 1 (Zuko having just won). Unfortunately for Zhao, Iroh is right there and knocks him on his back, berating Zhao for his lack of honor. In "The Crossroads of Destiny", Aang's attempt to enter the Avatar State is promptly shut down by Azula putting a lightning bolt into his back. |
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Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Spirit of Justice: Inga Karkhuul Khura'in, the Dirty Coward who killed the Defiant Dragons' leader Dhurke Sahdmadhi, ends up getting knifed in the back by his traitorous wife Ga'ran doing a Dead Person Impersonation. | |
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Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Garak has no qualms about this. Being pragmatic is the Cardassian way, especially if you've received Training from Hell meant to prepare you for the life of an operative. In "Call to Arms", he notes to Odo that when he and Gul Dukat were fighting to keep the Klingons away from the Detapa Council in "The Way of the Warrior", he had an opportunity to shoot Dukat in the back for just a moment. In "The Changing Face of Evil", Gul Dukat disguised as a Bajoran convinces Kai Winn to align towards the Pah-Wraiths. Winn's assistant finds this out and a conflicted Winn stabs the assistant in the back. |
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Archer: At the end of "Diversity Hire", Conway Stern stabs Archer in the back immediately after saving him from two Cuban hit squads. | |
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In the X-Wing Series novel Solo Command, one of Wedge's pilots is brainwashed to assassinate him, and attempts to shoot him from behind. When the squad tries to talk him down before he tries again, appeals to his friendship fail to make a dent in his implanted compulsion, but what does get through is one of his friends pointing out that he's usually far too honorable to shoot someone in the back. | |
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The A-Team, "Curtain Call": In the opening, the team turns around and begins to walk away from the villain. Unfortunately, the villain takes the opportunity as a last chance to kill Hannibal and attempts to shoot him, kicking off the rest of the episode when Murdock takes the bullet instead. | |
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In the Back / int_76686539 | type |
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The first mission in Mass Effect starts with Nihlus, a turian Spectre, getting shot in the back by his old colleague Saren. | |
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Mass Effect 2: Grunt feels the need to let you know that he won't stab you in the back. A Renegade interrupt prompt lets Shepard stab a mercenary in the back with a welding tool, preventing him from finishing his repairs on a gunship and giving Shepard an advantage against it later. |
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Mass Effect 3: Shepard can do this, but the event is widely considered a Moral Event Horizon by players. If choosing to sabotage the Genophage Cure while Wrex and/or Eve are still alive, the player shoots Mordin in the back to try and stop him from curing the krogan. You're then forced to watch Mordin struggle on and almost make it to the cure console in a scene custom-made to make you feel like a monster for doing it. If Wrex is alive when you choose this option, you're going to have a much more face-to-face confrontation later. After being soundly beaten by Shepard, Kai Leng limps up to them as they're perusing through the Illusive Man's files and attempts to stab them in the back. It doesn't work. |
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Beastars: At the climax of the Meteor Festival Arc, the boss of the Shishigumi is defeated by Legoshi, who chooses to spare his life. The boss then "repays" him by pulling out a gun and trying to shoot Legoshi as he walks away. Thankfully, he is stopped by Louis, who kills him before he gets the chance to actually pull the trigger. | |
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Used all the time by the Numbers Cyborg Deed in Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS. This leads to her downfall in the end, as Teana predicts her doing this and counters accordingly. | |
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In The Moon's Flash Princess, Kirito, being a Combat Pragmatist, kills Kunzite by running him through while he's fighting someone else, and later does the same to Jadeite. Differently from most uses he's praised for this, as he makes the fight (and the victory) that much quicker (plus, nobody doubts his bravery). | |
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Steven Universe: In "Same Old World", it's revealed that the poofing that began Lapis Lazuli's Trauma Conga Line came via her getting punched in the back. This is a key factor in why she and the attacker responsible, Bismuth, don't recognize each other when they meet each other properly later. | |
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Mass Effect: The first mission in Mass Effect starts with Nihlus, a turian Spectre, getting shot in the back by his old colleague Saren. Mass Effect 2: Grunt feels the need to let you know that he won't stab you in the back. A Renegade interrupt prompt lets Shepard stab a mercenary in the back with a welding tool, preventing him from finishing his repairs on a gunship and giving Shepard an advantage against it later. Mass Effect 3: Shepard can do this, but the event is widely considered a Moral Event Horizon by players. If choosing to sabotage the Genophage Cure while Wrex and/or Eve are still alive, the player shoots Mordin in the back to try and stop him from curing the krogan. You're then forced to watch Mordin struggle on and almost make it to the cure console in a scene custom-made to make you feel like a monster for doing it. If Wrex is alive when you choose this option, you're going to have a much more face-to-face confrontation later. After being soundly beaten by Shepard, Kai Leng limps up to them as they're perusing through the Illusive Man's files and attempts to stab them in the back. It doesn't work. |
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Degrassi: This is where Jimmy is shot, causing him to be paralyzed from the waist down for the remainder of his time on the program. This is also where JT is fatally stabbed. |
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In None Shall Escape, Wilhelm shoots his nephew Willie in the back after the latter denounces Nazism. | |
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The Legend of Vox Machina: Krieg kills Gregory Fince by stabbing him in the back with his sword. | |
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In Whispering Smith, Smith's Evil Former Friend Murray Sinclair attempts to put a Last Breath Bullet into Smith's back but expires before he can do so. | |
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Mobile Suit Gundam SEED: Nice Guy Nicol Amalfi dies while trying to stab Kira Yamato in the back; Kira turns around and proceeds to cut Nicol (not his Blitz Gundam but Nicol himself) nearly in half. Nicol's action is never portrayed as anything other than sympathetic, given that a) It's a war, b) The Blitz is too damaged to confront Kira and The Strike head on, and c) He's trying to save his best friend, Athrun, from Kira. Later, in response to being shot by Patrick Zala for trying to question orders, Ray Yuki pays him back in kind and shoots Patrick from behind multiple times before he dies. |
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In Earth 2, Steppenwolf stabs Wonder Woman in the back with his sword. | |
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Many fights in Christian Humber Reloaded involve one protagonist trying to get behind the other. In Vash's first fight with his corrupted self, he manages to get behind his corrupted self, only for his corrupted self to then get behind him. | |
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In a famous scene in The French Connection, Popeye Doyle shoots a man in the back. The real Popeye objected to this portrayal at first but eventually learned to accept it under the Rule of Cool. | |
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In Dead Beat, he shoots Captain Luccio in the back of the head. In his defense, her body was possessed by a psychotically evil Omnicidal Maniac necromancer who would have just possessed him if it had realized he'd figured it out, and Luccio herself had been Body Swapped into the necromancer's previous victim. | |
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There Is No Epic Loot Here, Only Puns: In the chapter "Delta", when talking about betrayal and weaponry leading to people doing this, a Literal Metaphor is mentioned: | |
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Rancho Notorious: Kinch murders his partner Whitey by shooting him in the back during a No Honor Among Thieves betrayal. | |
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You can do this in Bushido Blade to get an almost certain One-Hit Kill, but remember that it is considered dishonorable in Story mode, and will lead to a Non-Standard Game Over. | |
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One quest in RuneScape has you distracting members of Humans Against Monsters so that your cave goblin ally Zanik can shoot them in the back with her bow. In the middle of all this, you can try to pull a What the Hell, Hero? on her by asking if shooting them in the back is too mean; she responds that it's no more so than shooting them in the front. | |
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Phantom Blood: Dio Brando stabs Jonathan's father George in the back, though it was actually Jonathan himself Dio was aiming for. | |
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Titans (2018). When Heroic Wannabe Tim Drake is shot in the back by Scarecrow, it gives him an incentive to return from the Afterlife as he's ashamed of getting killed while running away. | |
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Grand Admiral Thrawn is killed this way in The Thrawn Trilogy, sitting in his own command chair on the bridge of the Chimaera when he's stabbed through the back by his own Noghri bodyguard Rukh, who had learned of Thrawn's treachery against his people. | |
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She: While Billali is struggling with Leo over who gets immortality, Ayesha stabs Billali in the back. | |
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She (1965) | hasFeature |
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Wild Horse Phantom: Daggett shoots Tom in the back when he decides to abandon the escape attempt and return to prison to serve out his sentence. | |
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Final Fantasy X-2: In an optional sidequest, you can view a sphere that shows Nooj shooting Gippal and Baralai in the back before turning his gun on Paine, who was recording. It all makes sense later, though. | |
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Claw (2021): The scientist who created the raptor shoots Julia with his tranquilizer gun after doing the same to said raptor. When she tries to run, he gives her another shot in the back. That second one is what brings her down. | |
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Claw (2021) | hasFeature |
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The Field Guide to Evil: At the end of "A Nocturnal Breath", Xaver sucks the drude out of Anni before it can go out on its nightly rampage, trapping it in his own body. As he leaves, Anni shoots him in the back, killing him and destroying the drude. | |
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Blindspotting: The White police officer in the beginning shoots a Black man fatally who was running unarmed this way, making it blatant Police Brutality (though the film implies that he still won't get punished, or at most quite lightly). | |
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Blindspotting | hasFeature |
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In the Back / int_8a4877a2 | type |
In the Back | |
In the Back / int_8a4877a2 | comment |
In Tower of London (1962), Richard stabs his brother George, Duke of Clarence in the back when he goes to hug him. | |
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Tower of London (1962) | hasFeature |
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In the Back / int_8bf663d5 | type |
In the Back | |
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It's a Wonderful Knife (2023): The Angel Killer frequently stabs people to death this way. | |
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It's a Wonderful Knife (2023) | hasFeature |
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In the Back / int_8c264362 | type |
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Skyfall: James Bond throws a knife into the back of the cyber-terrorist Big Bad as he's about to kill M. This has Rule of Symbolism given the film's theme of whether Cloak and Dagger assassins like Bond are obsolete in the modern era, not to mention the general theme of betrayal. | |
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Skyfall | hasFeature |
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In the Back / int_8cfd566f | type |
In the Back | |
In the Back / int_8cfd566f | comment |
Class of '07: Zoe gets stabbed by Sandy this way, with the knife kept lodged in her back for some time since she can't get it at first and no one will help because they're all mad at her. | |
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Class Of 07 | hasFeature |
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In the Back / int_8d817ccb | type |
In the Back | |
In the Back / int_8d817ccb | comment |
Lost: In "There's No Place Like Home, Part 2", Keamy criticizes Richard for shooting him in the back (which also wasn't effective because Keamy was heavily armored). Richard didn't have a choice, though, as Keamy was grappling with Sayid at the time. In "The Variable", Eloise shoots Daniel, her own son, in the back. |
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Lost | hasFeature |
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In the Back / int_8d840259 | type |
In the Back | |
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SCTV: An ad for the TV Western "Yellowbelly" shows just what a yellowbelly the title character (John Candy) is, as he shoots a child in the back, and then does the same to the child's mother. | |
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SCTV | hasFeature |
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In the Back / int_8df5521b | type |
In the Back | |
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Superman: In The Phantom Zone, Kru-El catches Supergirl off guard by lunging at her from behind. The Plague of the Antibiotic Man: Amalak has just blinded Supergirl, but he does not want to run useless risks, so he shoots a stunning ray at her head from behind. |
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Superman (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
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In the Back | |
In the Back / int_8e2aba6a | comment |
This is how Brainiac 5 kills Imperiex in Legion of Super Heroes (2006). | |
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Legion of Super Heroes (2006) | hasFeature |
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In the Back / int_8e2b9d52 | type |
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In the Back / int_8e2b9d52 | comment |
A rare good guy version occurs in Quest for Glory III; when the five heroes enter the Demon Wizard's inner sanctum, they're confronted by super-strong, demonic versions of themselves created via magic mirror. The player's fight seems unwinnable until the thief from the bazaar appears and backstabs the evil version, telling the hero to go on and face the wizard while he holds off the copy. | |
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Quest for Glory III (Video Game) | hasFeature |
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In the Back / int_8f1e0629 | type |
In the Back | |
In the Back / int_8f1e0629 | comment |
In Mohawk, Sociopathic Soldier Colonel Holt stabs Joshua, who is his prisoner and restrained, in the back with his sabre. | |
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Mohawk | hasFeature |
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In the Back / int_90e2f673 | type |
In the Back | |
In the Back / int_90e2f673 | comment |
The BattleTech CCG has the card "Fortunes of War", which has the flavor text, "Whoever said 'never shoot a man in the back' never saw the front of a Hunchback."note The Hunchback is a mech characterized for mounting an AC/20 as a Shoulder Cannon, so it's naturally a heck of a lot safer to avoid getting in front of one. | |
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BattleTech (Tabletop Game) | hasFeature |
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In the Back | |
In the Back / int_935a39be | comment |
In Super Smash Bros. Brawl: The Subspace Emissary, Ganondorf shoots Bowser with the Dark Cannon from behind. | |
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Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Video Game) | hasFeature |
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In the Back / int_935bb754 | type |
In the Back | |
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Mortuary (1983): Christie kills Paul by chopping him in the back with an axe, thus saving Greg's life. | |
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Mortuary (1983) | hasFeature |
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In the Back / int_951ec6ca | type |
In the Back | |
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Pokemon: Adventures in the Millennium: In episode 56, Belle gets stabbed in the back by Starr when the former tries to stop the latter's attack on Eterna. | |
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Pokemon: Adventures in the Millennium (Podcast) | hasFeature |
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In the Back / int_9577f977 | type |
In the Back | |
In the Back / int_9577f977 | comment |
Some Semblance of Meaning: When Obsidian is leaving the pack, he ends up stabbing Ford, the guy from District Four, in the back. This comes back to haunt him, and later on, in his fight with Achilles, the latter mocks him for being a backstabber. Then, when Obsidian has him prostrate on the ground and is preparing to kill him, Achilles asks him to just let him turn over first, so he won't stab him in the back, and lets him stab him in the chest instead. | |
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Some Semblance of Meaning (Fanfic) | hasFeature |
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In the Back / int_961b37e0 | type |
In the Back | |
In the Back / int_961b37e0 | comment |
DC Extended Universe: Man of Steel: Superman and Zod and his crew regularly attack each other in the back when the other's guard is down, usually by rushing into each other at high speed. In Zack Snyder's Justice League, Aquaman impales Steppenwolf on his trident before Wonder Woman beheads the New God after he gets Punched Across the Room by Superman. |
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DC Extended Universe (Franchise) | hasFeature |
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In the Back / int_967347ea | type |
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The Revolutionary Girl Utena episode "The End of the World" contains an extremely painful and jarring scene where Anthy stabs Utena with her own sword — the same one that Utena wielded throughout the series. And it's made even more tortuous for the audience by Utena's drawn-out struggle to remain on her feet and save Anthy despite her betrayal. | |
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Revolutionary Girl Utena | hasFeature |
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In the Back / int_9799ebfe | type |
In the Back | |
In the Back / int_9799ebfe | comment |
Back to the Future Part III: While searching for the Delorean in 1955, Marty discovers Doc Brown (who's in 1855) was shot in the back by Buford Tannen over a matter of eighty dollars. | |
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Back to the Future Part III | hasFeature |
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In the Back / int_97a70962 | type |
In the Back | |
In the Back / int_97a70962 | comment |
The Professionals: Subverted when Doyle is shot in his home by an assassin, and the use of this trope shows a lack of ruthlessness. The assassin should have fired a Coup de Grâce into Doyle's head, but is unable to look him in the eye and so shoots Doyle in the back instead. Played straight when George Cowley shoots a fleeing traitor in the back as he's running away. He could have send Bodie and Doyle to recapture him, but decides on a "shot while trying to escape" instead. |
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The Professionals | hasFeature |
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In the Back | |
In the Back / int_97fb8896 | comment |
Hickey uses this in Last Man Standing, putting his tommy gun down and turning his back to his victim preparatory to drawing a pistol and blowing them away. And then in the final showdown: | |
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Last Man Standing | hasFeature |
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In the Back / int_980c3316 | type |
In the Back | |
In the Back / int_980c3316 | comment |
Captain Marvel machine-guns a couple of fleeing, unarmed bandits in the 1941 Film Serial The Adventures of Captain Marvel. It was the first superhero film so the 'rules' hadn't been established, with the character borrowing freely from the pulp adventure genre and therefore not afraid to kill his opponents. The Gag Dub J-Men Forever parodied this by turning "The Caped Madman" into a Heroic Comedic Sociopath. | |
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Shazam! (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
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In the Back / int_98b697e9 | type |
In the Back | |
In the Back / int_98b697e9 | comment |
Scream: Given the films' subject matter, and Ghostface's uncanny ability to pop in and out, this happens a lot. How fatal this proves to the character on the receiving end depends on if they've already been injured in some other way, if they're an important character, or if their name happens to be Dewey. Jarring when you consider the cases of Dewey and Kate Roberts; they both get very similar injuries (albeit in different films) in the same place, yet Dewey survives hours without medical attention, and Kate dies mere seconds after the stabbing occurs. | |
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Scream | hasFeature |
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In the Back / int_98bab0e5 | type |
In the Back | |
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One ending route of Aviary Attorney has a random commoner shot in the back in order to destroy the peaceful aspects of the revolution. | |
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Aviary Attorney (Video Game) | hasFeature |
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In the Back / int_9a8607cc | type |
In the Back | |
In the Back / int_9a8607cc | comment |
In Star Wars: Kenobi, a customer of the local general store/restaurant appears in the doorway when everyone else is gathered outside, and something seems off — then he falls forward with a knife in his back, revealing a Tusken Raider in the store behind him. Fortunately, he survives. | |
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Star Wars: Kenobi | hasFeature |
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In the Back / int_9c556c08 | type |
In the Back | |
In the Back / int_9c556c08 | comment |
SSSS.GRIDMAN: In the last episode, Anti is impaled by Alexis Kerib from behind in an attempt to dispose of him. He survived long enough to join the team for the final battle. | |
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SSSS.GRIDMAN | hasFeature |
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In the Back / int_9ccdef3b | type |
In the Back | |
In the Back / int_9ccdef3b | comment |
In The Noordegraaf Files, Violet does this to Kat in their sparring match. Or at least tries. | |
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The Noordegraaf Files (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
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In the Back / int_9e03ce2e | type |
In the Back | |
In the Back / int_9e03ce2e | comment |
McBride in The Guard actually chooses to be shot in the back rather face the gangsters threatening him, to "show you up for the cowards you are". | |
In the Back / int_9e03ce2e | featureApplicability |
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The Guard | hasFeature |
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In the Back / int_9e2f90f4 | type |
In the Back | |
In the Back / int_9e2f90f4 | comment |
One Piece: It's noted when Whitebeard dies that he doesn't have any wounds or scars on his back, suggesting that he never ran from a fight.note Well, he does have one wound on his back, but that was from a sword coming out from the front. When Roronoa Zoro loses his duel with Dracule Mihawk, he makes a point of turning to face Mihawk for the final blow. |
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One Piece (Manga) | hasFeature |
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In the Back | |
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Paranormal Asylum: Mary-in-Michelle's-body stabs Andy in the back with a knife while he's arguing with Mark. | |
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Paranormal Asylum | hasFeature |
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Bad Apples: Samuel is stabbed in the back with a little sickle by one of the girls while he's distracted with the other one. Ella gets stabbed in the back by one of the girls when they invade her home. She manages to get away, and doesn't notice the knife until she leans back against a wall, pressing against it. After that, she pulls it out. |
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Bad Apples | hasFeature |
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In the Back | |
In the Back / int_a0860d9 | comment |
Blood Pi: Amber stabs a few people in the back, like the cheerleader whose face she cut off. | |
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Blood Pi | hasFeature |
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In the Back / int_a3748187 | type |
In the Back | |
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Golden Wind: Bucciaratti and Abbacchio are brutally impaled from behind by King Crimson's fist. It's fatal in both cases, but thanks to Giorno, Bucciaratti is at least able to make it to Rome before he expires for good. | |
In the Back / int_a3748187 | featureApplicability |
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JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind (Manga) | hasFeature |
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In the Back / int_a375e3e2 | type |
In the Back | |
In the Back / int_a375e3e2 | comment |
An interesting inversion happened in John Wayne's final film, The Shootist. In the original script, Wayne's character was to shoot someone in the back during the final gunfight, but Wayne refused to do so, saying, "...I've made over 250 pictures and have never shot a guy in the back. Change it."note Which isn't actually true, as seen in the McQ example above. Perhaps he was only referring to the Westerns. Despite protests from Don Siegel, who insisted that good friend Clint Eastwood would've shot a guy in the back, the script was changed, and the final shootout played to Wayne's satisfaction. | |
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The Shootist | hasFeature |
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In the Back / int_a4274674 | type |
In the Back | |
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Man of Steel: Superman and Zod and his crew regularly attack each other in the back when the other's guard is down, usually by rushing into each other at high speed. | |
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Man of Steel | hasFeature |
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In the Back / int_a4a6b86a | type |
In the Back | |
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Code Geass: Gino Weinberg, the Knight of Three, certainly isn't above this. This is how he kills Ryoga Senba of the Four Holy Swords, and how he destroys the otherwise highly guarded Shinkiro much later. When Cornelia turns on Schneizel out of disgust for his plan to enact a rule of fear, Schneizel remotely activates a turret behind her as she tries to cut him down, and it puts a bunch of holes in her. She somehow managed to survive that. |
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Code Geass | hasFeature |
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In Hetalia: Axis Powers, Japan does this to his adoptive older brother China. We don't see it because of a Gory Discretion Shot, but we can assume that poor China tried to run away when he saw Japan pointing the sword at him. Later on we can see the scar. | |
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Hetalia: Axis Powers (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
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In the Back / int_a5852f44 | type |
In the Back | |
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In Small Favor, Harry threatens a thug with this if he tries to run, pointing out that it could mean his spine got hurt. | |
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Small Favor | hasFeature |
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In the Back / int_a5fe3567 | type |
In the Back | |
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Jonah Hex: Supporting character J.D Hart is shot in the back when he turns away, refusing to draw on a woman he has no quarrel with. | |
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Jonah Hex (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
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While creating the Alara shard of Bant in Magic: The Gathering, a world where the orderly, honorable and noble white mana ruled without any influence of the selfish corruption of black or chaotic brutality of red, one member of the team simply thought of the idea "They don't wear armour on their backs". Yes, in this world, the thought of someone being such a dirty coward that they would attack an enemy from behind is so alien to them that they don't even consider it. | |
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Magic: The Gathering (Tabletop Game) | hasFeature |
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Katie, one of the cult members, stabs a homeowner this way after he catches her compatriots in the act of burglarizing his house in Martha Marcy May Marlene. | |
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Martha Marcy May Marlene | hasFeature |
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In the Back / int_a94e53d5 | type |
In the Back | |
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In The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, this is how Jesse meets his end. The treacherous and cowardly nature of the killing helps sway public opinion to sympathize with Jesse over Bob. | |
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The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford | hasFeature |
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In the Back | |
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Blood Bags: The killer kills Petra by stabbing her multiple times in the back. | |
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Blood Bags | hasFeature |
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In the Back | |
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Barbarella: Our introduction to the villainous Black Queen has her stabbing two men in the back simultaneously, as they leer at our hapless heroine with sinister intent. | |
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Barbarella | hasFeature |
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In the Back / int_aba7ffb9 | type |
In the Back | |
In the Back / int_aba7ffb9 | comment |
The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel IV has Rufus Albarea stabbing Arianrhod in the back, thereby "officially winning" the third "Rivalry of the Seven". | |
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The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel (Video Game) | hasFeature |
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In the Back / int_abfcff6a | type |
In the Back | |
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Played with in Rocky and Bullwinkle, during "The Last Angry Moose", when Boris Badenov impersonates a Hollywood agent to bilk Bullwinkle out of his money: | |
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In the British news magazine Private Eye, the section where all the really scandalous stories about incompetence and/or malfeasance in public office can be found, is located, and appropriately titled, In The Back. | |
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Malazan Book of the Fallen: In Midnight Tides, Scabandari Bloodeye stabs his closest ally and friend Silchas Ruin in the back. Since Silchas is too powerful to kill, the dagger has to be magically imbued in order to incapacitate him enough that Scabandari can bury him alive in a magical prison. Reaper's Gale has two examples: Sirryn Kanar, a minor character, kills Trull Sengar by stabbing him in the back with a knife while he is momentarily distracted, courtesy of the God of Fate being unable to keep himself from meddling. Sirryn thinks it's a "The Dog Bites Back"-moment against Trull Sengar's whole people, who conquered his country, except the latter is the only one not involved with the whole mess. Towards the end of the book, there's a Continuity Nod to Scabandari backstabbing Silchas Ruin in Midnight Tides. Fear Sengar tries to stab Silchas Ruin in the back, and Fear is a descendant of one of Scabandari's followers. He is then however in turn killed from behind with a garotte by Clip, who is a descendant of one of Silchas Ruin's followers from the time the first backstabbing happened. |
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In Starkweather, Charlie prefers to shoot his victims in the back. | |
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Retired Witches Mysteries: In book 3, Makaleigh Veazy, a member of the Council, is stabbed in the back with a poisoned knife, but manages to hang on long enough to say a few final words to the group. | |
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The Operative pulls this on Mal in Serenity when the latter is trying to get to Mr. Universe's backup broadcast equipment, causing Mal to ask if he's made him angry (referring to their conversation in the Companion training house). Luckily for Mal it appears to have been a stun gun. | |
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Tidelands (Netflix): Corey is murdered by Leandra stabbing him in the heart this way. Adrielle later also gets stabbed in the back by Gilles, but Dylan heals her. |
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JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Phantom Blood: Dio Brando stabs Jonathan's father George in the back, though it was actually Jonathan himself Dio was aiming for. Battle Tendency: Kars quickly proves what a dishonorable cheat he is when he distracts Lisa-Lisa with a body double and stabs her in the back after he had just agreed to a fair duel with her for the Red Stone of Aja. Stardust Crusaders: J. Geil's Stand, Hanged Man, stabs Avdol in the back, with the coup-de-grace being a bullet in the head, courtesy of Hol Horse. It's revealed that Avdol survived the headshot by dodging in a way that the bullet only grazed him, but how he survived the stabbing is left unclear. Diamond is Unbreakable: In the spin-off; Crazy Diamond's Demonic Heartbreak, Karaiya tried to attack Josuke from behind after he managed to break out of Pet Sounds's illusion. It doesn't work and Karaiya gets clocked in the face by Crazy Diamond. Golden Wind: Bucciaratti and Abbacchio are brutally impaled from behind by King Crimson's fist. It's fatal in both cases, but thanks to Giorno, Bucciaratti is at least able to make it to Rome before he expires for good. Stone Ocean: After Pucci fully evolves his Stand into Made In Heaven, the first of his victims is Narciso Anasui, who is slain from behind. |
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In Super Robot Wars Z3: Jigoku-Hen, when Char finally decides to go to the frontlines, he confronts Amuro face-to-face. But Full Frontal is such a jerk that while Char and Amuro are talking, he attacks Amuro from behind which makes Char pretty angry. | |
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Freshy Kanal: Thanks to the Epic Rap Battles of History-style allowing multiple Olafs in the same shot, there's a scene in "Loki vs. Count Olaf" where Olaf stabs himself in the back with a knife, specifically the Olaf who is disguised as Loki, likely a reference to the backstabbing nature of both characters. | |
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In Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep, on Terra's route, after the boss fight with Master Eraqus, both have a My God, What Have I Done? moment, until Master Xenanort stabs Eraqus in the back (while Terra watches), killing him (although in Blank Points, it's shown that Eraqus's heart went into Terra's). | |
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In L.A. Confidential Captain Dudley Smith tells Ed Exley that he's not ready for detective work because he's not willing to shoot a suspect in the back. By the end of the movie, Exley has done just that... to Smith. | |
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Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger: Damaras forces Basco into an alliance against the heroes to avenge Warz. Basco betrays Damaras the very next episode, and appears out of nowhere to literally backstab him the second he realizes. | |
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In The Faerie Queene, Satyrane throws a javelin at Triamond while his attention is elsewhere. This cowardly move cripples Triamond and forces him to sit out most of the second day of The Tourney. | |
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Angel warriors in Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth try this quite often (different indeed...). If only they'd stop shouting as they did so. | |
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Game of Thrones: Jaime Lannister offed The Mad King in this fashion, seventeen years before the beginning of the show. And There Was Much Rejoicing. Though even though the Mad King was obviously completely unfit to rule and a danger to the entire kingdom, Jaime was called "Kingslayer" from then on and is met with disdain from Lawful Good (or Lawful Stupid, if you prefer) characters like Ned Stark, who believe that what he did was dishonorable. This despite the fact that he did it to prevent the Mad King burning down and killing everyone in King's Landing. Lampshaded in the TV series. "Tell me; if I'd stabbed the Mad King in the belly instead of the back, would you admire me more?" Inverted when Fiery Redhead Ygritte puts three arrows into Jon Snow (two in the back and one in the thigh) as he rides off to warn the Night's Watch of the impending wildling attack. It's actually Jon who betrayed her, but he thinks she won't shoot because they love each other. As Ygritte is fond of pointing out, he knows nothing. To the shock of Bran Stark, who's been raised on the heroic legend of his father killing Master Swordsman Ser Arthur Dayne in single combat, the Three-Eyed Raven shows him what really happened. Ser Dayne had defeated all of his opponents and was about to kill Ned Stark, when Howland Reed (who'd been Playing Possum after getting stabbed earlier) saves young Ned by stabbing Ser Dayne through the back of his throat. Lord Commander Mormont is mortally wounded this way by one of his own disgruntled men. Ralf Kenning gets an axe to the head for refusing to surrender. Rickon Stark dies after getting an arrow in the back, courtesy of Ramsay. How Ser Stafford Lannister was killed. Rickard Karstark was the one who ended Stafford's life when he personally drove a spear through him. In "The Bells", a vengeful Grey Worm kills several Lannister soldiers by spearing them from behind, even if they're running or have already thrown down their arms. |
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How the cook met her end in Clue, as shown by the knife still in her back when she falls out of the kitchen freezer and into Mr. Green's arms. | |
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In Push, when Kira pushes Agent Mack to think that his partner Agent Holden killed his brother (Mack doesn't have a brother), Mack walks out of the bathroom and shoots Holden in the back before realizing what he's done. | |
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Dyztopia: Post-Human RPG: In Aquarius Temple, if Edgar survived Chapter 2, he'll stab Clyde in the back in order to avenge Rosie. If the player is in the Evil Runi route, Gemini/Runi forms an ESP Blade to stab Clyde instead. If neither condition is fulfilled, Robun simply slashes Clyde from the front. | |
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GI Joe provides the page image, wherein the original Cobra Commander after having a crisis of conscience is shot in the back by Fred-7, a Crimson Guardsman who then briefly takes over the role unbeknownst to the rest of Cobra wearing the Commander's new armor. | |
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In Bizarrogirl, Supergirl hits Bizarrogirl from behind when the latter is distracted. | |
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In Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers: Shattered Grid, Lord Drakkon ambushes and runs Tommy through with Saba. | |
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The Battle of Algiers: When Ali-La-Pointe first joins the Algerian resistance, he's ordered to sneak up behind a policeman and shoot him in the back. Instead, he angrily confronts the policeman and pulls the trigger of an empty gun. Turns out the gun wasn't loaded because they were testing Ali-La-Pointe to see if he was a spy; fortunately he's able to escape. | |
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In Götterdämmerung, Hagen stabs Siegfried in the back in a more elaborate version of the scene from the Nibelungenlied. In the opera, Brünhild had cast a spell that made Siegfried invulnerable from the front because she said she knew that he would never turn his back on an enemy. | |
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In The Supergirl from Krypton (2004), Big Barda stabs Stompa from behind with her halberd. | |
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The Lost in Space episode "Invaders from the Fifth Dimension": | |
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Rokudo Mukuro from Reborn! (2004), after pretending to have resigned his fight with Tsuna and given up, attacks Tsuna while his back is turned. | |
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Bugg's mission in Kindergarten requires the player to kill Ms. Applegate by getting her to turn her back before stabbing her with a knife. However, the game's "Groundhog Day" Loop mechanic means that it doesn't stick. You repeat the deed in the Omega Ending of Kindergarten 2 to save Buggs from being strangled by her. | |
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One Night in October: Michelle stabs Jason in the back with a knife in her garage. | |
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In the Blaze of Glory miniseries, Kid Colt dies from being shot in the back by the Bounty Hunter Gunhawk, who was looking to claim the price on Colt's head. | |
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The Sword of Saint Ferdinand: Pero Miguel is shot from behind by crossbowman Fortún Paja, who is not feeling guilty about putting one bolt through the neck of the man who almost speared his friend GarcÃa Vargas to death. | |
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Subverted in Ip Man, where Zealot Lin tries a sneak attack on General Miura after the latter had accepted the Chinese pugilists' loss and gets a fatal beating for his troubles. | |
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Warhammer 40,000: In William King's novel Space Wolf, a Chaos Space Marine tells Ragnar: In Graham McNeill's Ultramarines novel Dead Sky Black Sun, during the final attack on the Chaos stronghold, Leonid sees a foe sneaking up behind the Lord of the Unfleshed and takes him out. The Lord hails him, "Now you Tribe!" Ciaphas Cain: In The Traitor's Hand, Cain's final Kill Me Now, or Forever Stay Your Hand is to tell Beije and the soldiers with him: The primary point of any of Cain's altruistic acts, heroics, etc. are to stop Guard units he is leading from shooting him in the back (as happens to other Commissars). Or so he insists, anyway. Even Sandy Mitchell himself isn't sure if Cain just doesn't give himself enough credit. Eisenhorn: Inquisitor Eisenhorn has the courtesy to wait until the enemy is facing him. Though he still shoves his pistol in Eyeclone's mouth and fires while the renegade isn't expecting to spot him. During our introduction to Bequin, she saves Eisenhorn by stabbing a thug through the back of the neck. In Nick Kyme's novel Salamander, the Salamander captain is shot in the back. At the climax, Dak'ir accuses the killer of having no honor because of it, and a renegade Space Marine such as he defends himself; he had to obey orders. Dawn of War: In C. S. Goto's Dawn of War: Ascension, at the Blood Rites, aspirants are stabbed this way, by others whom they had trusted to guard their backs. |
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Pumpkins: One of the two heads of the wilderness survival excursion, Lance, gets stabbed through the neck from behind by The Pumpkin Man. | |
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Unsounded: Dhampir kills Danila by stabbing him in the back while Danila and Lemuel are hunting a boar, unaware any enemies lurk in the smoke. | |
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House of the Dragon: During The Tourney, Criston Cole hits Daemon Targaryen in the back while he's too busy dinking the crowd's cheering. Not that Daemon is that fair of a contestant as his earlier dirty move to hit a knight's horse's legs during a joust can attest. | |
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Brad from Dans Une Galaxie Près De Chez Vous prides himself on how good he is at shooting someone in the back. The Captain however stops him before he makes good on his word. | |
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Blade Runner: Deckard shoots an unarmed female replicant in the back, repeatedly, as she's fleeing. Even for a setting drawn from Film Noir that's pretty dark, and it's played for What Measure Is a Non-Human? that the "hero" would do that and no-one question it. | |
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Escape at Dannemora: Sweat is shot twice in the back by a police officer at long range while he is fleeing and unarmed. This is Truth in Television. The incident was apparently justified because Sweat was an escaped murderer. | |
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Rocky Mountain: After taking an arrow in the back from the Shoshone chief Man Dog, Captain Barstow manages to draw his revolver and shoot Man Dog down with a Last Breath Bullet, before a second arrow in the back finishes him off. | |
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Judge Dredd has the death of the original Judge Giant. Attempting to arrest an agent of East Meg One, he is distracted by said agent's Robot Buddy. The agent rather calmly shoots Giant in the back. | |
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In the Back / int_c2917895 | comment |
The Old Guard: Anya only discovers that Booker has betrayed them when he shoots her in the back. In fairness, Booker only intended to temporarily put her down so she could be captured; he is horrified to find that Anya's Healing Factor no longer works and so being shot puts her in serious danger. | |
In the Back / int_c2917895 | featureApplicability |
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In the Back / int_c2917895 | featureConfidence |
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The Old Guard | hasFeature |
In the Back / int_c2917895 | |
In the Back / int_c2bc2994 | type |
In the Back | |
In the Back / int_c2bc2994 | comment |
In The Road Not Taken, an Alternate Timeline version of Eleya threatens to do this to a Klingon causing a scene on the Promenade at Deep Space 9, walking up behind him and sticking the barrel of her phaser in the back of his neck, then threatening him with a dishonorable death that would land him in Gre'thor. | |
In the Back / int_c2bc2994 | featureApplicability |
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In the Back / int_c2bc2994 | featureConfidence |
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The Road Not Taken (Fanfic) | hasFeature |
In the Back / int_c2bc2994 | |
In the Back / int_c3c3dfc | type |
In the Back | |
In the Back / int_c3c3dfc | comment |
Stardust Crusaders: J. Geil's Stand, Hanged Man, stabs Avdol in the back, with the coup-de-grace being a bullet in the head, courtesy of Hol Horse. It's revealed that Avdol survived the headshot by dodging in a way that the bullet only grazed him, but how he survived the stabbing is left unclear. | |
In the Back / int_c3c3dfc | featureApplicability |
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In the Back / int_c3c3dfc | featureConfidence |
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JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders (Manga) | hasFeature |
In the Back / int_c3c3dfc | |
In the Back / int_c43df4d8 | type |
In the Back | |
In the Back / int_c43df4d8 | comment |
Doctor Who: Defied, albeit narrowly, in "The Poison Sky". During UNIT's assault on the Sontaran facility, Colonel Mace comes up behind Commander Skorr and bellows, "You will face me, sir!", then puts three in his chest the second he turns around. "The Return of Doctor Mysterio": When being held at gunpoint by Dr. Sim, the Doctor challenges Sim to shoot him, Nardole, and Lucy Fletcher in the back so he won't be able to claim self-defence. They then get rescued by the Ghost. "The Doctor Falls": John Simm's Master, having been stabbed by his own future self Missy, retaliates by shooting her in the back as she walks away. He notes how deeply appropriate an end this is for them, given the Master's Chronic Backstabbing Disorder. |
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In the Back / int_c43df4d8 | featureApplicability |
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In the Back / int_c43df4d8 | featureConfidence |
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Doctor Who | hasFeature |
In the Back / int_c43df4d8 | |
In the Back / int_c6f7e804 | type |
In the Back | |
In the Back / int_c6f7e804 | comment |
Blake's 7: In "Rumours of Death", Sula shoots her own husband (a high-ranking Federation politician) in the back after revealing that she's actually a rebel. Later she does the same to a Federation guard. This foreshadows The Reveal that she's an agent of the Secret Police. In "Death Watch", during a Combat by Champion, Tarrant refuses to shoot his duel opponent in the back (despite his being an android), prompting cries of "Kill Him Already!". Instead Tarrant calls out his opponent's name, then shoots him when he turns to fire. He is smart enough to be lying down though, so any return shots would miss. This contradicts "Powerplay", where Tarrant stabs several of his own men (he's disguised as a Federation captain) in the back. This is Early-Installment Weirdness because Tarrant was originally intended to be a more treacherous character, a Fake Defector who joined the crew because he was planning to seize the Liberator. Anti-Hero Avon of course has no such scruples. In "The Keeper", he's using the Liberator to sneak up on a Federation pursuit ship. In the notorious Bolivian Army Ending of "Blake", half the cast get shot In the Back as they reap the consequences of mistrust and betrayal. Mind you the rest get shot in the front, and don't fare any better. |
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In the Back / int_c6f7e804 | featureApplicability |
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In the Back / int_c6f7e804 | featureConfidence |
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Blake's 7 | hasFeature |
In the Back / int_c6f7e804 | |
In the Back / int_c72c2d06 | type |
In the Back | |
In the Back / int_c72c2d06 | comment |
Star Wars Rebels: In "Legacy of Mandalore", Gar Saxon attempts this twice. First, he tries to sneak up on Ursa Wren with the Darksaber, but Sabine and Ezra see him, and Ezra loans Sabine his lightsaber so she can stop him. Second, after Sabine defeats him, he tries to shoot her in the back while she's walking away, but Ursa sees him drawing his blaster and shoots him first. | |
In the Back / int_c72c2d06 | featureApplicability |
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In the Back / int_c72c2d06 | featureConfidence |
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Star Wars Rebels | hasFeature |
In the Back / int_c72c2d06 | |
In the Back / int_c75d67d | type |
In the Back | |
In the Back / int_c75d67d | comment |
Person of Interest: Done as a Running Gag in "Matsya Nyaya" due to that episode's theme of betrayal. In "RAM", the Establishing Character Moment of Mr. Dillinger is him shooting a criminal in the back — the man was about to murder a Damsel in Distress, but it foreshadows that Dillinger is a more treacherous and amoral character than John Reese (who prefers Knee-capping in line with Team Machine's Thou Shalt Not Kill policy). |
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In the Back / int_c75d67d | featureApplicability |
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In the Back / int_c75d67d | featureConfidence |
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Person of Interest | hasFeature |
In the Back / int_c75d67d | |
In the Back / int_c7fbcf5f | type |
In the Back | |
In the Back / int_c7fbcf5f | comment |
Horatio Hornblower is nearly stabbed in the back in the mini-series, by a furious and humiliated Simpson, but is saved by a truly excellent shot by Captain Pellew. | |
In the Back / int_c7fbcf5f | featureApplicability |
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In the Back / int_c7fbcf5f | featureConfidence |
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Horatio Hornblower | hasFeature |
In the Back / int_c7fbcf5f | |
In the Back / int_c822f1f3 | type |
In the Back | |
In the Back / int_c822f1f3 | comment |
Jake and the Fatman: In "Out of Nowhere", Jake's New Old Flame falls into Jake's arms and dies after being shot in the back by the Perp of the Week. | |
In the Back / int_c822f1f3 | featureApplicability |
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In the Back / int_c822f1f3 | featureConfidence |
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Jake and the Fatman | hasFeature |
In the Back / int_c822f1f3 | |
In the Back / int_cbdbf3a0 | type |
In the Back | |
In the Back / int_cbdbf3a0 | comment |
In Midnight Tides, Scabandari Bloodeye stabs his closest ally and friend Silchas Ruin in the back. Since Silchas is too powerful to kill, the dagger has to be magically imbued in order to incapacitate him enough that Scabandari can bury him alive in a magical prison. | |
In the Back / int_cbdbf3a0 | featureApplicability |
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In the Back / int_cbdbf3a0 | featureConfidence |
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Midnight Tides | hasFeature |
In the Back / int_cbdbf3a0 | |
In the Back / int_cc49cf71 | type |
In the Back | |
In the Back / int_cc49cf71 | comment |
Il Était Une Fois...: Two of Le Teigneux's characters do this to their respective enemies, but never get away with it: In "The Age of Vikings", Viking Teigneux, a chief-turned-outlaw, stabs Viking Pierre in the back with his sword, only to get killed by Viking Pierrot. In "The Quattrocento", Renaissance!Teigneux, caught up in a vendetta with Renaissance!Nabot, uses a stiletto to kill Nabot in similar fashion. He dies because Nabot has poisoned his wine. |
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In the Back / int_cc49cf71 | featureApplicability |
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In the Back / int_cc49cf71 | featureConfidence |
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Il était une fois... | hasFeature |
In the Back / int_cc49cf71 | |
In the Back / int_ccf875f7 | type |
In the Back | |
In the Back / int_ccf875f7 | comment |
In the Criminal Minds episode "Masterpiece", Rossi stays pretty composed while the unsub of the week tries and fails to kill his team and destroy him in various other ways. He loses it, however, when that same unsub attacks him from behind. | |
In the Back / int_ccf875f7 | featureApplicability |
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In the Back / int_ccf875f7 | featureConfidence |
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Criminal Minds | hasFeature |
In the Back / int_ccf875f7 | |
In the Back / int_cdae0b41 | type |
In the Back | |
In the Back / int_cdae0b41 | comment |
Forever: In the pilot, the killer shoots Jo in the back, possibly having watched and waited for her to turn. In "The Frustrating Thing About Psychopaths" Henry is stabbed from behind with a knife long enough for the tip to emerge from the other side. The killer says it went through his lung and vena cava. In "Skinny Dipper" Adam stabs cabbie Raj Patel in the back, through the seat between them. |
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In the Back / int_cdae0b41 | featureApplicability |
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In the Back / int_cdae0b41 | featureConfidence |
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Forever (2014) | hasFeature |
In the Back / int_cdae0b41 | |
In the Back / int_cebbba4f | type |
In the Back | |
In the Back / int_cebbba4f | comment |
The Dark Tower: Rigorously and brutally trained in his profession, Roland the Gunslinger will backshoot people without hesitation if it gains him a tactical advantage. | |
In the Back / int_cebbba4f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
In the Back / int_cebbba4f | featureConfidence |
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The Dark Tower | hasFeature |
In the Back / int_cebbba4f | |
In the Back / int_cec99ed9 | type |
In the Back | |
In the Back / int_cec99ed9 | comment |
Safehold: At the climax of book 9, At the Sign of Triumph, when Grand Inquisitor Zhaspahr Clyntahn and his second-in-command Archbishop Wyllym Rayno emerge from an escape tunnel out of the Temple to be confronted by seijins Merlin and Nimue, there to arrest them for the numerous atrocities they've been responsible for, Clyntahn backstabs Rayno when the latter tries to surrender. | |
In the Back / int_cec99ed9 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
In the Back / int_cec99ed9 | featureConfidence |
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Safehold | hasFeature |
In the Back / int_cec99ed9 | |
In the Back / int_cf26fff | type |
In the Back | |
In the Back / int_cf26fff | comment |
In one of the installments in the Black Crayons series, A Child's Innocence (which is a rewrite of Transformers: Dark of the Moon), Sentinel Prime attempts to do this Ironhide like he did in the movie. Unlike in Dark of the Moon, however, Ironhide manages to react in time and faces Sentinel head-on instead. | |
In the Back / int_cf26fff | featureApplicability |
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In the Back / int_cf26fff | featureConfidence |
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Black Crayons (Fanfic) | hasFeature |
In the Back / int_cf26fff | |
In the Back / int_cfd1e6d | type |
In the Back | |
In the Back / int_cfd1e6d | comment |
Strider: The MegaCorp secretary Yuri sells out his boss to Hiryu, and as soon as Hiryu turns his back on Yuri to go after the man, he pulls up a gun ready to shoot him from behind. Noticing this, Hiryu simply swings his Cypher while not turning around, slicing the cowardly man across the face. | |
In the Back / int_cfd1e6d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
In the Back / int_cfd1e6d | featureConfidence |
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Strider (Manga) | hasFeature |
In the Back / int_cfd1e6d | |
In the Back / int_d0744832 | type |
In the Back | |
In the Back / int_d0744832 | comment |
In The Avengers storyline The Trial of Yellowjacket, Egghead is aiming a gun at Hank Pym following his victory over the Masters of Evil to do just this. It’s averted as Hawkeye fires an arrow down the barrel just as Egghead fires, killing the mad scientist, much to Hawkeye’s horror. | |
In the Back / int_d0744832 | featureApplicability |
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In the Back / int_d0744832 | featureConfidence |
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The Avengers (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
In the Back / int_d0744832 | |
In the Back / int_d1a47400 | type |
In the Back | |
In the Back / int_d1a47400 | comment |
The Outside Circle: While in Edmonton Maximum Security Prison, Pete is tasked with dealing with a guy who attacked someone in his group. He does so by shivving him in the kidney from behind when they pass in the hallway. | |
In the Back / int_d1a47400 | featureApplicability |
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In the Back / int_d1a47400 | featureConfidence |
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The Outside Circle (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
In the Back / int_d1a47400 | |
In the Back / int_d27c007d | type |
In the Back | |
In the Back / int_d27c007d | comment |
A rare hero-on-villain example occurs in Kill la Kill when Satsuki unexpectedly runs her sword through the back of her mother Ragyo. Even more unusually, the latter survives it with the utmost ease and proceeds to soundly trash Satsuki. | |
In the Back / int_d27c007d | featureApplicability |
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In the Back / int_d27c007d | featureConfidence |
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Kill la Kill | hasFeature |
In the Back / int_d27c007d | |
In the Back / int_d47088b2 | type |
In the Back | |
In the Back / int_d47088b2 | comment |
In White Sun of the Desert, Said reveals that Off Stage Villain Djavded killed his father from behind. Said's current apparel has several bullet holes in the back—but whether he inherited it from his father or liberated it from someone else is unknown. | |
In the Back / int_d47088b2 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
In the Back / int_d47088b2 | featureConfidence |
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White Sun of the Desert | hasFeature |
In the Back / int_d47088b2 | |
In the Back / int_d600752e | type |
In the Back | |
In the Back / int_d600752e | comment |
Ripper Street: In "A Man of My Company", a villainous Pinkerton attacks the Sacrificial Lion Constable Hobbs, severs his spinal cord with a knife, and drops him in a creek to drown. Not only is it a cruel and slipshod way to Make It Look Like an Accident, police recognize another one of his victims by his penchant for going for the spine. | |
In the Back / int_d600752e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
In the Back / int_d600752e | featureConfidence |
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Ripper Street | hasFeature |
In the Back / int_d600752e | |
In the Back / int_d736423c | type |
In the Back | |
In the Back / int_d736423c | comment |
The Rigel Black Chronicles: Played straight when Lee Jordan hexes Harry in the back while she's on a flight of stairs, causing her to fall and break her wrist. Downplayed when Leo wins a challenge match for his crown by throwing his knife and then wordlessly summoning it back toward himself, sticking it in his opponent's back. Since they were free-duelling, it was an entirely legitimate tactic (and it wasn't fatal, merely teaching a painful lesson). |
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In the Back / int_d736423c | featureApplicability |
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In the Back / int_d736423c | featureConfidence |
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The Rigel Black Chronicles (Fanfic) | hasFeature |
In the Back / int_d736423c | |
In the Back / int_d89f5444 | type |
In the Back | |
In the Back / int_d89f5444 | comment |
In The Phantom Zone, Kru-El catches Supergirl off guard by lunging at her from behind. | |
In the Back / int_d89f5444 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
In the Back / int_d89f5444 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Phantom Zone (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
In the Back / int_d89f5444 | |
In the Back / int_d8d79afa | type |
In the Back | |
In the Back / int_d8d79afa | comment |
Subverted in Escape from L.A.. A Neo-Nazi skinhead attempts to throw a knife into Snake's back as he's walking away. Snake turns around and riddles him with bullets from his BFG before continuing on his path. | |
In the Back / int_d8d79afa | featureApplicability |
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In the Back / int_d8d79afa | featureConfidence |
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Escape from L.A. | hasFeature |
In the Back / int_d8d79afa | |
In the Back / int_d900c728 | type |
In the Back | |
In the Back / int_d900c728 | comment |
The Legend of Frenchie King: Big Bad Dr. Miller shoots the chemist who tells him about the oil while his back is turned, because up to that point he's pretending that they're partners and that he'll share the fortune with him. | |
In the Back / int_d900c728 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
In the Back / int_d900c728 | featureConfidence |
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The Legend of Frenchie King | hasFeature |
In the Back / int_d900c728 | |
In the Back / int_da89c5dd | type |
In the Back | |
In the Back / int_da89c5dd | comment |
Mahabharata: During the final duel between Karna and Arjuna, Karna's chariot got stuck in the mud. Despite calling for a break while he tried to get it unstuck, Arjuna shot him in the back of the head with an arrow. | |
In the Back / int_da89c5dd | featureApplicability |
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In the Back / int_da89c5dd | featureConfidence |
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Mahabharata | hasFeature |
In the Back / int_da89c5dd | |
In the Back / int_db49df80 | type |
In the Back | |
In the Back / int_db49df80 | comment |
Oldboy (2003) has an instance during the Hallway Fight, where Oh Dae-Su gets stabbed in the back by a goon and seems to be dead. He gets his Heroic Second Wind moments later. | |
In the Back / int_db49df80 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
In the Back / int_db49df80 | featureConfidence |
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Oldboy (2003) | hasFeature |
In the Back / int_db49df80 | |
In the Back / int_db7f909b | type |
In the Back | |
In the Back / int_db7f909b | comment |
Kit's father in The Phantom was killed by being stabbed in the back by Quill. | |
In the Back / int_db7f909b | featureApplicability |
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In the Back / int_db7f909b | featureConfidence |
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The Phantom (1996) | hasFeature |
In the Back / int_db7f909b | |
In the Back / int_dbb68ab6 | type |
In the Back | |
In the Back / int_dbb68ab6 | comment |
The Chronicles of Narnia: In Prince Caspian, the usurper King Miraz, who's tripped and fallen (leading to the Telmarines charging in to attack the Narnians), is still laying on the ground when his own follower Glozelle, passing by as part of the charge, takes the time to stab him in the back in revenge for Miraz calling him a coward earlier. (The Disney film adaptation has Sopespian do it instead, but using one of Susan's fallen arrows to make it look like she shot him.) | |
In the Back / int_dbb68ab6 | featureApplicability |
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In the Back / int_dbb68ab6 | featureConfidence |
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The Chronicles of Narnia | hasFeature |
In the Back / int_dbb68ab6 | |
In the Back / int_dcdb5ca9 | type |
In the Back | |
In the Back / int_dcdb5ca9 | comment |
This is how the Nanaya clan in Tsukihime operates. As they're almost entirely normal humans going up against demons and vampires, the only way to win is to get close to them before they notice you and cut them to bits. Kiri, Shiki's father, actually used a mace to crush skulls, throats and internal organs. Shiki can mostly avoid this one because his eyes cheat, though he does take out at least one DAA like this in supplementary material. | |
In the Back / int_dcdb5ca9 | featureApplicability |
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In the Back / int_dcdb5ca9 | featureConfidence |
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Tsukihime (Visual Novel) | hasFeature |
In the Back / int_dcdb5ca9 | |
In the Back / int_ddad77ae | type |
In the Back | |
In the Back / int_ddad77ae | comment |
In Astro City story "Pastoral", after the villains menace the carnival to get Roustabout to appear, the first one to attack him does it from behind; he's caught off-guard and overwhelmed until the Heroic Bystanders step in to let him regroup. | |
In the Back / int_ddad77ae | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
In the Back / int_ddad77ae | featureConfidence |
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Astro City (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
In the Back / int_ddad77ae | |
In the Back / int_ddb7ff4e | type |
In the Back | |
In the Back / int_ddb7ff4e | comment |
Eisenhorn: Inquisitor Eisenhorn has the courtesy to wait until the enemy is facing him. Though he still shoves his pistol in Eyeclone's mouth and fires while the renegade isn't expecting to spot him. During our introduction to Bequin, she saves Eisenhorn by stabbing a thug through the back of the neck. |
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In the Back / int_ddb7ff4e | featureApplicability |
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In the Back / int_ddb7ff4e | featureConfidence |
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Eisenhorn | hasFeature |
In the Back / int_ddb7ff4e | |
In the Back / int_de8a1bc1 | type |
In the Back | |
In the Back / int_de8a1bc1 | comment |
The Funhouse Massacre: Rocco The Clown is stabbed in the back with a knife, and it does absolutely nothing. | |
In the Back / int_de8a1bc1 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
In the Back / int_de8a1bc1 | featureConfidence |
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The Funhouse Massacre | hasFeature |
In the Back / int_de8a1bc1 | |
In the Back / int_e184d216 | type |
In the Back | |
In the Back / int_e184d216 | comment |
Rogues of Sherwood Forest: King John summons four of the barons to his castle where he has his archers shoot them in the back. | |
In the Back / int_e184d216 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
In the Back / int_e184d216 | featureConfidence |
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Rogues of Sherwood Forest | hasFeature |
In the Back / int_e184d216 | |
In the Back / int_e260beed | type |
In the Back | |
In the Back / int_e260beed | comment |
Robin Hood: The Rebellion: In a Kick the Dog moment, the Sheriff shoots the serving girl who is helping Robin in the back. She topples forward and dies in Robin's arms. Later, he comes up behind Much and stabs him in the back in front of Marian. | |
In the Back / int_e260beed | featureApplicability |
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In the Back / int_e260beed | featureConfidence |
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Robin Hood: The Rebellion | hasFeature |
In the Back / int_e260beed | |
In the Back / int_e293455a | type |
In the Back | |
In the Back / int_e293455a | comment |
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: In "Into the Woods", Buffy finds herself facing the vampire prostitute she earlier caught feeding on her Love Interest Riley Finn. Initially Buffy lets her go, but her darker side takes over and she hurls a wooden spear into the vampire's back as she's running away. | |
In the Back / int_e293455a | featureApplicability |
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In the Back / int_e293455a | featureConfidence |
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer | hasFeature |
In the Back / int_e293455a | |
In the Back / int_e39b350c | type |
In the Back | |
In the Back / int_e39b350c | comment |
In Nick Kyme's novel Salamander, the Salamander captain is shot in the back. At the climax, Dak'ir accuses the killer of having no honor because of it, and a renegade Space Marine such as he defends himself; he had to obey orders. | |
In the Back / int_e39b350c | featureApplicability |
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Salamanders | hasFeature |
In the Back / int_e39b350c | |
In the Back / int_e40d0ab2 | type |
In the Back | |
In the Back / int_e40d0ab2 | comment |
Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go!: In "I, Chiro", Mandarin doesn't just stab Antauri in the back, he does so in the back of his skull for added effectiveness. | |
In the Back / int_e40d0ab2 | featureApplicability |
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In the Back / int_e40d0ab2 | featureConfidence |
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Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go! | hasFeature |
In the Back / int_e40d0ab2 | |
In the Back / int_e4a1416 | type |
In the Back | |
In the Back / int_e4a1416 | comment |
At the end of Changes, Harry himself is shot in the back by a sniper and dies. Which turns out in The Reveal of Ghost Story to be a Thanatos Gambit arranged by Harry himself to avoid giving himself over to Queen Mab as the Winter Knight. | |
In the Back / int_e4a1416 | featureApplicability |
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In the Back / int_e4a1416 | featureConfidence |
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Changes | hasFeature |
In the Back / int_e4a1416 | |
In the Back / int_e59216c7 | type |
In the Back | |
In the Back / int_e59216c7 | comment |
In The Gamer's Alliance, many villains and antiheroes keep stabbing their targets in the back. This is particularly common among the various thieves guilds. | |
In the Back / int_e59216c7 | featureApplicability |
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In the Back / int_e59216c7 | featureConfidence |
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The Gamer's Alliance (Roleplay) | hasFeature |
In the Back / int_e59216c7 | |
In the Back / int_e5fd2cef | type |
In the Back | |
In the Back / int_e5fd2cef | comment |
Lensman: First Lensman opens with the visitor to a lab sneaking up on a scientist with a handgun and shooting him in the back seven times, including twice in the head—only for every bullet to pass through him harmlessly. Coupled with the scientist's blasé reaction and addressing the shooter as "Gharlane of Eddore", this is how we find out that the shooter and the scientist are an Eddorian and an Arisian (respectively) in disguise. (No one notices any of this thanks to their zones of compulsion.) | |
In the Back / int_e5fd2cef | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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Star Wars Legends: Star Wars: The Old Republic: Revan has three main characters: Revan (redeemed from the Dark Side), Meetra Surik (the Player Character from KotOR II), and Darth Scourge (who realizes that The Emperor is planning to start a war the Sith Empire can't win and wants to stop him). At the end of the novel, the three characters have joined forces and are facing down the Emperor. Scourge has a Force Vision that shows him a different Jedi killing the Emperor. Realizing that they can't win, he stabs Meetra in the back, killing her instantly, while the Emperor disables Revan. Grand Admiral Thrawn is killed this way in The Thrawn Trilogy, sitting in his own command chair on the bridge of the Chimaera when he's stabbed through the back by his own Noghri bodyguard Rukh, who had learned of Thrawn's treachery against his people. In Star Wars: Kenobi, a customer of the local general store/restaurant appears in the doorway when everyone else is gathered outside, and something seems off — then he falls forward with a knife in his back, revealing a Tusken Raider in the store behind him. Fortunately, he survives. In the X-Wing Series novel Solo Command, one of Wedge's pilots is brainwashed to assassinate him, and attempts to shoot him from behind. When the squad tries to talk him down before he tries again, appeals to his friendship fail to make a dent in his implanted compulsion, but what does get through is one of his friends pointing out that he's usually far too honorable to shoot someone in the back. |
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In The Gunfight at Dodge City, Bat's brother Ed is shot in the back by Dave Rudabaugh. | |
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The Darkness: | |
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Ciaphas Cain: In The Traitor's Hand, Cain's final Kill Me Now, or Forever Stay Your Hand is to tell Beije and the soldiers with him: The primary point of any of Cain's altruistic acts, heroics, etc. are to stop Guard units he is leading from shooting him in the back (as happens to other Commissars). Or so he insists, anyway. Even Sandy Mitchell himself isn't sure if Cain just doesn't give himself enough credit. |
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Firefly: When Mal confronts Simon in "Serenity", he tells him: "You don't know me, son, so let me put this to you plainly. If I ever kill you, you will be awake, you will be facing me, and you will be armed." Given Mal's later nature as a Combat Pragmatist, this seems more an acceptance of Simon and his sister into Mal's True Companions than anything else. Joss Whedon suggests sardonically that Mal just has a very particular code of honor that will let him shoot an unarmed, surrendering enemy... but only in the front. In "The Train Job", Mal distracts a guy during his annual Unification Day bar fight so Zoe can hit him from behind. |
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In Disney's Tangled, Mother Gothel does this to Flynn/Eugene when she fatally stabs him in the back with her dagger, unseen, while he's trying to save Rapunzel. | |
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In The Professional, Stansfield appears from behind to kill Leon when he reaches the entrance of the apartment complex. | |
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In Cold Mountain, a minor character is terrified of being shot in the back, which would prove that he was fleeing the battle. He is eventually shot in the chest, whilst running backwards. | |
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Diamond is Unbreakable: In the spin-off; Crazy Diamond's Demonic Heartbreak, Karaiya tried to attack Josuke from behind after he managed to break out of Pet Sounds's illusion. It doesn't work and Karaiya gets clocked in the face by Crazy Diamond. | |
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Amphibia: In "True Colors", Marcy takes the Calamity Box, gets Anne and the Plantars through the portal to Earth, and tries to figure out a way to get Sasha through as well — only to be suddenly stabbed in the back by King Andrias, to the point where the tip of his sword comes out of her chest. She survives, but barely. | |
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Dawn of War: In C. S. Goto's Dawn of War: Ascension, at the Blood Rites, aspirants are stabbed this way, by others whom they had trusted to guard their backs. | |
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Watchmen (2019): Laurie shoots The Revenger this way as he's trying to escape. He survives thanks to his body armor, and a younger FBI agent asks how she knew it would save him. It's made clear from her attitude however that she simply didn't care, and this was just a happy accident. | |
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In the original manga, this comprises a lot of Lupin III's early kills, reflecting how he's initially something of a Villain Protagonist. In fact, a giant knife handle sticking out of someone's back is almost as much Manga!Lupin's trademark as the iconic Walther P38. | |
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In Hangmen Also Die!, Schirmer releases Czaka after having him arrested for the murders of Reinhard Heydrich and Inspector Gruber and tells him to run, only to shoot him in the back. | |
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At the climax of The Secret of NIMH, Sullivan pays Jenner back for stabbing him by throwing a knife into his back, killing him. | |
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Call of Duty: World at War: | |
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Thistil Mistil Kistil: Loki throws a sword into Coal's back. Good thing that the latter is already dead and more annoyed by the fact that he can't get it back out. | |
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In the Dragons in Our Midst Sequel Series Oracles of Fire, Billy is forced to Deconstruct the morality of this trope after he kills Palin from behind and finds himself unable to access Excalibur's powers afterwards. | |
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The Lord of the Rings: How Saruman's death plays out in the extended cut of The Return of the King. Originally Wormtongue slashed his throat. Samwise Gamgee does this to an orc while getting Frodo out of Cirith Ungol. |
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Charmed (1998): During the third season finale, "All Hell Breaks Loose", magic is exposed, and a madwoman bursts into the house before being (rightly) ejected by Prue. The same woman returns with a rifle and shoots Piper in the back when she and Prue are talking in the living room. And Leo is in the Underworld, where he can't hear them. | |
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In Zack Snyder's Justice League, Aquaman impales Steppenwolf on his trident before Wonder Woman beheads the New God after he gets Punched Across the Room by Superman. | |
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Merlin: In "Arthur's Bane Part II", Mordred stabs Morgana in the back to prevent her from killing Arthur. | |
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Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors has examples in the "Submarine", "Knife", and "Safe" endings: In the "Submarine" ending, after discovering that everyone around you is dead, you leave them all behind and try to escape in the yellow sub... and just as you're reaching the hatch, you get stabbed by an unrevealed person. It's heavily implied that the one who killed them all is Ace. In the "Knife" ending, you go down to E Deck and discover that Lotus is dead. Stabbed. Thanks to your great intelligence, you get knifed as well while examining her body. Again, it's widely accepted that the one who killed both of you is Ace. In the "Safe" ending, Clover is stabbed by Ace because she knows about Musashidou and the fact that he's got the 9th Man's bracelet. |
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The Quick and the Dead Having given Ratsy a Mercy Lead of twenty seconds to get out of town, Herod takes a rifle from one of his bodyguards and calmly shoots Ratsy in the back as he is still running. The Establishing Character Moment of Scar has the ex-convict throwing a man out of a saloon, who flees on his horse only to be killed by a long-range pistol shot from Scar. |
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Sunshine: Corazon is stabbed in the back with a power scalpel, and there's a horrifying scene of the scalpel vibrating away in her back as she makes a futile attempt to reach behind her and pull it out. | |
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The final fate of the Head Alien in the main continuity of It's Walky!, courtesy of Sal. | |
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Wanted: Dead or Alive: In "The Martin Poster", Andy Martin shoots the doctor who has just saved his brother's life in the back as he walks away, so as to leave no witnesses. | |
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Magical Record Lyrical Nanoha Force: Done by Deville of Huckebein as his Dynamic Entry against Isis and Nanoha. The first succeeds, the second would have if not for Fate. |
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In High Noon, Amy shoots Pierce, one of Miller's men, in the back through a window while he's trying to reload. | |
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Christmas Blood: The Santa killer attacks Ritika by throwing his axe so it strikes her in the back. | |
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In issue #11 of Mega Man (Archie Comics), Flash Man is killed in the back by Quick Man when he is distracted by Mega Man's hair. After the Robot Masters are revived by Ra Moon in issue #14, Flash Man stays sore at Quick Man for a while. | |
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In Frozen II, King Runeard kills the Northuldra king from behind, when he had no reason to have his guard up. | |
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The Galaxy Railways: Manabu's brother dies when a space pirate shoots him in the back. Bruce is killed when a thug he pissed off earler in the episode shoots him in the back while he's buying a drink from a soda machine. |
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The Chronicles of Dorsa: General Remington is killed through a stab in the back, with Tasia mentally lamenting that an old veteran like him died in such an ignominious manner. | |
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The Greyhawk novel White Plume Mountain has this as one of The Justicar's main points: | |
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In White Heat, when Arthur Cody Jarret learns that his mother was dispatched through being shot in the back, it's strongly implied that his plans for vengeance against the backshooter in question became all the more imminent and brutal. | |
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In The Bold Caballero, the Commandante murders the Governor by throwing a knife into his back. | |
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The Wheel of Time (2021): Egwene stabs Valda in the back with a knife during her escape after she frees herself from her bonds by channeling and he's distracted seeing Perrin's transformation. | |
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