History Main / Gasp

* ''Series/{{Frasier}}''. Frasier does this when enraptured with something, a ''lot''.

%% * ''Series/FamilyMatters''.
%% * ''Series/AllInTheFamily''.
%% * ''Series/GoodTimes''.
* ''Series/{{Community}}'': "[It's] the noise people make when they're offended in all the movies that [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAOoD4755pI Annie]] rents."
* ''Series/BoyMeetsWorld''. A RunningJoke was Shawn and Cory doing exaggerated gasps, followed by "TO-PAN-GA!"
* ''Series/{{Angel}}''. Cordelia does this during her spoofing of the RomanticHyperbole of Buffy/Angel.
-->'''Cordelia:''' And just because [[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS2E22BecomingPart2 I sent you to hell that one time]] doesn't mean we [[BetterAsFriends can't just... be friends]]!\\
'''Wesley:''' Or [[RelationshipUpgrade possibly more?]]\\
'''Cordelia:''' {{Gasp}}! No! [[CantHaveSexEver We mustn't!]]

->'''Everyone''': GASP!\\
'''Stan''': Yes, you'd ''better'' gasp collectively!

-->'''Vegan Police''': On April 4th at 7:30 pm, you partook of a plate of ''chicken parmesan.''\\

%% * ''WesternAnimation/MrMeaty''.

%% * ''Disney/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs''.
%% * ''Disney/{{Bolt}}''

* Several women in the crowd during the climax of ''Disney/{{Mulan}}'' do this when the Huns show up, complete with shaking their heads 'no'.

* In ''Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast'', Belle does a quick gasp and turns away in horror when she first sees Beast.
* ''Disney/TheEmperorsNewGroove'': Kronk, his shoulder angel, and even his ''devil'' gasp in shock when Yzma claims that [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking she never liked his spinach puffs]].
* ''Disney/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'': Esmeralda gasps in horror when she realizes Quasi's face is NotAMask.

%% * ''Anime/KirbyOfTheStars''.

Compare MilkingTheGiantCow, LargeHam, ChewingTheScenery, RuleOfDrama, BigWhat, BigWordShout, BigNo, ComicalOverreacting.

%% * The ''SonicTheHedgehog'' shows.

* In episode 3 of ''WebAnimation/RoseOfVersaillesAbridged'', Maria Theresa ended her lesson on "Amp up the drama" with a shot of Oscar gasping.

* Floop gasps and twitches when Minion turns on him in the first ''Film/SpyKids'' movie.

%% * ''Disney/TheEmperorsNewGroove''

* Gasps are used extremely extensively in manga (as SFX text) and in anime. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZT604JWkxA Some intrigued folks have made compilations of gasps from different anime]]. Along with awkward moans made when eating (which are used to half-heartedly cover the fact that the voice actors weren't actually eating anything) or any types of moans used to make characters appear more dynamic for that matter, and fake animal sounds (usually meows and woofs), gasps are one of the most overused sounds in anime.

* Gasps are used extremely extensively in manga (as SFX text) and in anime. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZT604JWkxA Some intrigued folks have made compilations of gasps from different anime]]. Along with awkward moans made when eating (which are used to half-heartedly cover the fact that the voice actors weren't actually eating anything) or any types of moans used to make characters appear more dynamic, and fake animal sounds (usually meows and woofs), gasps are one of the most overused sounds in anime.

* Gasps are used extremely extensively in manga (as SFX text) and in anime. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZT604JWkxA Some intrigued folks have made compilations of gasps from different anime]]. Along with awkward moans made when eating (which are used to half-heartedly cover the fact that the voice actors weren't actually eating anything) or any types of moans used to break long silences, and fake animal sounds (usually meows and woofs), gasps are one of the most overused sounds in anime.

* Gasps are used extremely extensively in manga (as SFX text) and in anime. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZT604JWkxA Some intrigued folks have made compilations of gasps from different anime]]. Along with awkward moans made when eating (which are used to half-heartedly cover the fact that the voice actors weren't actually eating anything) and fake animal sounds (usually meows and woofs), gasps are one of the most overused sounds in anime.

* Gasps is used extremely extensively in manga (as sfx text) and in anime. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZT604JWkxA Some intrigued folks have made compilations of gasps from different anime]]. Along with awkward moans made when eating (which are used to half-heartedly cover the fact that the voice actors weren't actually eating anything) and fake animal sounds (usually meows and woofs), gasps are one of the most overused sounds in anime.

* Seen in [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0356.html this episode]] of ''Webcomic/DarthsAndDroids'', then doubled for good measure [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0357.html an episode later]].

* Captain Kirk does this in ''Webcomic/PlanetOfHats'' when damning video evidence is shown to him during his [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/planetofhats/episodes/0020.html court martial]].

* ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' would use this tons of times, with gasps that lasted the greater part of a full minute. And they always make weird sounds and faces while doing it, to the point where it becomes a BigHam instead of a significant effect.

* Used ''quite'' a bit in ''Webcomic/AxisPowersHetalia'' fanfic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11886910/1/Gankona-Unnachgiebig-Unità Gankona, Unnachgiebig, Unità]]''.

[[UnsoundEffect Bonus points if they]] [[SayingSoundEffectsOutLoud actually shout "GASP!"]].

* ''WesternAnimation/TotalDramaIsland'' is rather fond of these, either individually or in groups. It's particularly common when contestants are surprised at an elimination.

* ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' would use this tons of times, with gasps that lasted the greater part of a full minute.
** And they always make weird sounds and faces while doing it, to the point where it becomes a BigHam instead of a significant effect.

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* Done {{Narm}}ingly in ''Literature/{{Discworld}} Noir''. The film noir-ish protagonist Lewton is usually pretty hard-boiled and cool, but when he meets Death in person, he gives an enormous gasp, with the overacted line, "You're DEATH!" What's even funnier is that the character onscreen isn't animated any differently than usual, so it's all in the voice acting. Unfortunately, unlike most things Discworld, this is likely ''not'' meant as parody and is just a case of bad acting.
* Lance does this painfully and in fright in ''VideoGame/BrainDead13'' when he sees that one of the giant worms in the SpookySilentLibrary has burrowed its way through his chest in one death scene.
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* ''WesternAnimation/Recess'' is ''very'' fond of this, with usually all the students doing this at least once per episode.