# First usage of "they're standing right behind me, aren't they?"

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TV Tropes’ [Right Behind Me](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RightBehindMe) page has examples going back to the Victorian novel **North and South** , but their earliest example of the line “he’s standing right behind me, isn’t he?” seems to be **City Slickers**.

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> Didn’t you guys see? The man was hanging the hired help! And, did you notice his eyes? He has crazy eyes. He’s a lunatic! We are going into the wilderness being led by a lunatic! He’s behind me, isn’t he?

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