# Movie scenes where the bad guys turn and run (open spoilers inevitable) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 19, 2008, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-where-the-bad-guys-turn-and-run-open-spoilers-inevitable/449826 "2008-05-19T09:39:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2008, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-where-the-bad-guys-turn-and-run-open-spoilers-inevitable/449826/21 "2008-05-23T17:16:02Z")
[QUOTE=Bi-Polar Guy] EJsGirl: Might you be thinking of _Street Fighter_, with Jean-Claude Van Damme? He’s just finished beating up some bad guys, turns around, and sees a truckload more bad guys after him. All he has left is a small Gerber combat knife (3 1/2 to 4 inches long) He pulls the knife, and all the bad guys start backing away from him in preperation to run. He gets this huge smirk on his face, and you just know he is thinking that he is so tough that they are afraid to face him, even when all he has is a knife. Then he turns around and sees the calvary is standing right behind him with enough weapons to take out about half the planet. A silly, but amusing scene. [/QUOTE] Oh hell no. No J-CVD in this house. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2008, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-where-the-bad-guys-turn-and-run-open-spoilers-inevitable/449826/22 "2008-05-23T17:25:53Z")
[QUOTE=EJsGirl] Dammit, I am trying to think of what movie it is, where the bad guys turn and run away, not because the hero is so tough or frightening, but because of what is coming up _behind_ the hero! It’s probably been used a bunch of times, but I can’t come up with one yet… [/QUOTE] The U.N. doesn’t look too kindly on…MONSTERS! [/simpsons] ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2008, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-where-the-bad-guys-turn-and-run-open-spoilers-inevitable/449826/23 "2008-05-23T19:47:11Z")
[QUOTE=EJsGirl] Dammit, I am trying to think of what movie it is, where the bad guys turn and run away, not because the hero is so tough or frightening, but because of what is coming up _behind_ the hero! It’s probably been used a bunch of times, but I can’t come up with one yet… [/QUOTE] **Jumping Jack Flash** , where Whoopi is caught between a street gang and a bunch of Russian spies ---
**Author:** ![ExTank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@ExTank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExTank)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2008, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-where-the-bad-guys-turn-and-run-open-spoilers-inevitable/449826/24 "2008-05-24T02:57:34Z")
The Bear; the cub is being tracked by a mountain lion, and when the helpless cub is finally cornered, he stops whimpering and begins growling/screaming. The mountain lion, heretofore unimpressed with the cub’s squalling, turns and flees. Camera slowly pulls back and pans to reveal the _freaking huge Grizzly!_ ™ about 20 feet behind the cub, in full-out “I-Outweigh-You-5-to-1-And-Can-Break-You-Like-A-Twig-Little-Kitty-Cat!” battle roar mode. ---
**Author:** ![Rucksinator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/898d66/32.png) [@Rucksinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rucksinator)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2008, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-where-the-bad-guys-turn-and-run-open-spoilers-inevitable/449826/25 "2008-05-24T18:23:12Z")
[QUOTE=EJsGirl] Dammit, I am trying to think of what movie it is, where the bad guys turn and run away, not because the hero is so tough or frightening, but because of what is coming up _behind_ the hero! It’s probably been used a bunch of times, but I can’t come up with one yet… [/QUOTE] Did this happen in one (or more) of the Indiana Jones movies? ---
**Author:** ![Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2008, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-where-the-bad-guys-turn-and-run-open-spoilers-inevitable/449826/26 "2008-05-25T02:11:39Z")
Madmartigan. The only good thing about that movie. If only Val Kilmer weren’t such a bastard to work with, the world would have better movies… ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2008, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-where-the-bad-guys-turn-and-run-open-spoilers-inevitable/449826/27 "2008-05-25T04:54:15Z")
An [example](http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0064.html) from _The Order of the Stick_. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-where-the-bad-guys-turn-and-run-open-spoilers-inevitable/449826.md?page=1)