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Beyond Belief: Fact or FictionBeyond Belief: Fact or Fiction is an american television show from 1997 to 2002. The whole purpose behind this show was to take legends or myths and prove them to be either "fact or fiction". This particular segment called "Bright Lights" shows how, according to legend, there is a woman being followed by a strange man or car who is flashing their lights at them. The woman is trying to get away but eventually the man catches up and stops her and the woman is scared for her life. It turns out that the man was following her to help her because there was a man, generally a murderer, rapist, or mental patient, in her backseat.
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The Simpsons"The Simpsons: The Otto Show (#3.22)" (1992)[Otto needs to retake his driving test]
Bart: I know you can do it, Otto. You're the coolest adult I know. Otto: Wow. I've never been referred to as an adult before. I've been tried as one. Patty: [Otto walks into the DMV and meets Patty, who holds a green pen in her right hand, and a red pen in the left] Hello, my name's Patty. I'll be testing you. When you do well, I use the green pen. When you do bad, I use the red pen. Any questions? Otto: Yeah, one: Have you always been a chick? I mean, I don't want to offend you, but, you were born a man, weren't you? You can tell me, I'm open minded. Patty: [Drops green pen] I won't be needing this! Patty: Well, if it isn't Wee Willie Wash-out. Otto: I want to take the test again. Patty: Why? Otto: So I can staple my license to Homer Simpson's big, bald head! Patty: [interested] Really? Homer: That guy has gotta go! Marge: Hmm, I know how you feel. But he is good with the kids. [pan upward to Lisa's room, where Otto is telling her a bedtime story by candlelight] Otto: So the lady drove faster, but the strange car kept banging into her from behind... [Lisa gasps] Otto: So she swerved off the road into the woods, and lost the other car. And then, she realized that the man in the other car wasn't trying to hurt her. No, he was trying to warn her... about the ax-wielding maniac hiding in her back seat! Lisa Simpson: Did the maniac kill her? Otto: Natch! And you know how I know? Lisa Simpson: How? Otto: Because... *I* was that maniac. [Lisa's scream shakes the whole house] Otto: [hastily] I was just kidding! Otto: [preparing for his driving test] Alcohol increases your capability to drive... Otto: [checks the answer] False? Oh, man! |
Millennium: The Pest HouseStart: 25:38 End: 28:35
Millennium Summary: "A former FBI profiler moves his family from Washington DC to Seattle, where he joins the Millenium Group, a mysterious organization of former law enforcement officers, committed to battling a crime wave which grows as the turn of the millenium approaches." |
As you can see there are many examples of the killer in the backseat in all different genres of television. For example, The Simpsons is a comedy and has the killer in the backseat as a part of one of their episodes as well as more serious thriller shows like Millennium. All of these examples have the same type of story where someone is driving a car and is being followed but not for the reason they think. The person thinks they are being followed because they are about to get murdered by them when really the person following is trying to save them from the killer in the backseat.
For more examples, try the following:
- An episode of the detective series Jonathan Creek, "The Coonskin Cap"
- Supernatural
- Twilight Zone