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- Pooh never intended to move away, but plays along and returns back home after about two seconds.
Source: It's a Long Story -
The player uses the two joysticks to simultaneously move away from the enemies and dodge their shots with one, while firing back at them in the direction of the other.
Source: Video Game / Robotron 2084 -
Kick the Dog: When Raksha calls her pups to move away from Shere Khan, the tiger deliberately holds one of the pups back, just to prove he can.
Source: Film / The Jungle Book (2016)
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