History Main / ComicalOverreacting

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* One of WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb's devices accidentally split Candace into two selves representing her two biggest obsessions: being in love with Jeremy, and needing to bust her brothers. Busting Candace was so shocked by the sight of Lovey-Dovey Candace leaving the mall with their mom Linda that she screamed and pointed in a ShoutOut to ''Film/InvasionOfTheBodySnatchers1978''.

* In ''VideoGame/StreetsOfRogue'', the first NPC you meet in the tutorial is so impressed by your ability to do things like open doors and use lockpicks on locked doors that he ''literally explodes.''

* Much of the cast of ''Series/WillAndGrace'' is prone to overreacting, but Jack is the most prone.

* One of the funniest moments of ''Series/{{Angel}}'' addresses the Buffy/Angel romance where Cordelia and Wesley use this and imitate the pair.
* In ''Series/TheEricAndreShow'', Eric at one point says that he’s excited for two more years of [[UsefulNotes/BarackObama Barack Obama’s]] presidency. Hannibal politely corrects him by pointing out that there’s four years left not two (Obama had only recently been reelected), at which point the audience ''immediately'' starts booing and haranguing Hannibal as if he just said the most offensive thing imaginable. “[[MemeticMutation Why’re you booing me?! I’m right!]]”

* WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd does this, but usually in the form of [[ClusterFBomb cuss-filled rants]] about how bad a game is. Also invoked, albeit positively, after discovering that ''Spider-Man and Venom in VideoGame/MaximumCarnage'', a game he enjoyed, was developed by [[spoiler:[[ArchEnemy LJN]]]].

* Part of Wrestling/OrangeCassidy's current gimmick in [[Wrestling/AllEliteWrestling AEW]] is this. Not from him, but rather ''the crowd''. He typically starts a match by putting his hands in his pockets, which the crowd invariably reacts like previous generations of fans reacted to Wrestling/HulkHogan pumping his "pythons" (biceps). One of his signature sequences is what fans call "Kicks of Doom"—a series of light taps to the opponent's shin. The crowd invariably reacts to this as if Wrestling/ShawnMichaels delivered Sweet Chin Music (a superkick). His opponents essentially never sell his "devastating offense", typically looking on in bewilderment or amusement.

* Beauty from ''Manga/BoboboboBobobo'' comes across as [[OnlySaneMan the sanest character]] in the story. Said story is a WidgetSeries full of non-stop comical madness. It's to the point that Beauty can't seem to have normal shocked expressions as she witnesses the absurdity. In turn, her quirk for overreactions [[NotSoAboveItAll make her just as goofy as the rest of the cast]].

** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS7E23MuchApuAboutNothing Much Apu About Nothing]], Ned Flanders sees a bear in the middle of the road while driving and reacts by shrieking in horror, crashing his car into a tree, running to his house in panic, pounding and scratching at the door while screaming at Maude to unlock the door and finally jumps through a window when she can't unlock the door. The camera then pans to the bear still sitting in the middle of the road, completely docile.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': In "The Boy Who Knew Too Much," the following exchange occurs ''in open court'':

* ''WebAnimation/LlamasWithHats'' is an inversion -- what makes it funny is not just the destruction Carl causes, but Paul's severe under-reaction. While Paul ''is'' shocked by the things Carl does, he reacts no worse to Carl sinking a cruise ship or stabbing a man 37 times than he does to Carl making muddy hoof-prints on the clean carpet.