History Main / Kimodameshi

* Episode 7 of ''Anime/BinanKoukouChikyuuBoueibuLove''. Since there are no girls in the show, the HoYay is turned UpToEleven on this kimodaeshi.

* ''LightNovel/BludgeoningAngelDokuroChan'' spoofed this, with the main character commenting that he expects [[Anime/{{Doraemon}} cat robots from the future]], [[Anime/NurseWitchKomugi nurse-witches]], [[Manga/OnePiece reindeer who are doctors]], or [[Anime/HowlsMovingCastle moving castles]] to pop out...

* Class 3-A of ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima'' builds a haunted house (complete with an [[CuteGhostGirl actual ghost]]) for the gigantic, no-holds-barred {{festival|Episode}} that is Mahorafest. Given that most of the class adores [[AdorablyPrecociousChild Negi]], there's a lot of fighting over who gets to escort him through it.

* {{Invoked}} by name in the eighth ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'' game, ''Imperishable Night'': The [[BonusDungeon Extra Stage]] is set up as [[FinalBoss Kaguya]] inviting each of the playable teams to one of these.[[labelnote:note]]Kimodameshi literally translates to "test of the liver", which leads to various liver references in the dialogue; the fan-translation [[{{Woolseyism}} changes them]] to be about "guts" instead.[[/labelnote]]

* ''Anime/IsekaiQuartet'' has the characters doing one during a field trip. There's no one playing monsters to scare them, but between the ''LightNovel/{{Overlord}}'' characters and [[LightNovel/YoujoSenki Tanya]] exploding in wrath when she thinks [[LightNovel/KonoSuba Aqua]] is the Being X, there are plenty scary moments.

* ''Anime/DennouCoil'' also features a kimodameshi competition, made more interesting by the use of digital horrors. Among the usual monsters, the digital creatures also included TheGreys, {{Chupacabra}}s, TheFlatwoodsMonster, and the ability to ''shoot back''.

* ''Anime/DennouCoil'' also featured a kimodameshi competition, made more interesting by the use of digital horrors. It's nice to note that, among the usual monsters, the digital creatures also included TheGreys, Chupacabras, the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flatwoods_monster Flatwoods monster]], and the ability to ''shoot back''.

* ''Manga/KimiNiTodoke'' has one of these near the beginning.

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%%* ''Manga/HanaYoriDango''

* ''Anime/IsekaiQuartet'' has the characters doing one during a field trip. There's no one playing monsters to scare them, but between the ''Anime/{{Overlord}}'' characters and [[LightNovel/YoujoSenki Tanya]] exploding in wrath when she thinks [[Manga/KonoSuba Aqua]] is the Being X, there are plenty scary moments.

* Seen in a two-part story arc in ''Anime/KirbyOfTheStars'', complete with a haunted house sent by Nightmare.

* In ''VisualNovel/AmnesiaMemories'', Spade World has the group split into pairs and perform a dare to walk down a path in the very dark forest to leave flowers at a grave that has a ghost story surrounding it. Turns out to be a front, as the members of Ikki's fanclub manipulated the pairs and time to leave so that Ikki would not enter the forest at all, and the heroine would enter the forest late, get separated from her partner, and then left alone while actually surrounded by Ikki's fangirls and in potential danger -- one Bad Ending actually takes place in the forest, where the fangirls succeed in their plan and harm the heroine enough to render her blind, deaf, and comatose.

* Happens in episode 3.1 of ''Manga/ShinryakuIkaMusume'', mostly as an effort by Eiko to scare Ika-chan, who wasn't raised in human society and has no idea why the whole ordeal was supposed to be scary. After getting separated from the group, Squid Girl then accidentally freaks out the human characters when she activates her glow-in-the-dark mode and chases after them, wondering why they keep running from her. When actual ghosts appear around her and escort her back to safety, she never realizes what they are, instead musing that not all humans are bad.

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* ''Manga/CardcaptorSakura'' used this theme as a vehicle for one of the Cards in the first season.
** This also worked very well with Sakura's fear of ghosts in a few episodes.

* Spoofed in an episode of ''Anime/FullMetalPanicFumoffu''. Sousuke and Kaname visit an AbandonedHospital at night, and Kaname hopes it will scare TheStoic Sousuke. Given that he's been a mercenary since he was ''eight'', intangible things like ghosts and strange voices don't frighten him a bit, and Kaname divides her time between being afraid, and getting annoyed at Sousuke for ''not'' being afraid. [[spoiler:The only thing that scares him in that episode is Kaname's apparent death, and he admits as much as the two of them ride home together on his bike.]]
* ''Manga/GreatTeacherOnizuka'' did this during the Okinawa class trip (and had plenty of Japanese horror movie references sprinkled throughout).
** Not only, it also referenced ''Film/TheThing1982'', with a head-spider that had Onizuka's facial features!

* One of the late stories of ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'' sends the cast, paired off, into a "Cave of Lost Love" that really is haunted as part of a plot by [[UnluckyChildhoodFriend Ukyo Kuonji]] (plus [[ChineseGirl Shampoo]] in the OVA) to break up Ranma and Akane. The plan backfires quite spectacularly on Ukyo and Ryoga Hibiki, and may even have been intended as ShipSinking by the author: comparing Ukyo and Ryoga's selfish alliance of convenience (which has only just escaped breaking apart due to Ryoga's own difficulty with controlling his emotions) to Ranma and Akane's bickering and angry banter, the ghosts conclude that Ranma and Akane hate each other, while Ryoga and Ukyo are one of the happy couples they seek to break up. They promptly start ignoring Ranma and Akane to try and break up Ryoga and Ukyo, ignoring their protests that they '''aren't''' the couple here. The backstory to the Cave of Lost Love heavily implies that, after this experience, they will never be able to become a couple- this is all but made explicit in the manga version, which ends with a scene of Ryoga and Ukyo fighting bitterly over whose fault this was.

* In ''Manga/TouhouSangetsusei'', the residents of Gensokyo engage in a Kimodameshi. Youmu Konpaku, who's afraid of ghosts ([[{{Irony}} despite being a half-ghost herself]]) spends pretty much the whole time running in terror like a ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDoo'' character.

* In ''Roleplay/DeptHeavenApocrypha'', Meria asks Monica (actually looking for her PlotCoupon) if she's on a solo test of courage.

* One of the late stories of ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'' sends the cast, paired off, into a "Cave of Lost Love" that really is haunted as part of a plot by [[UnluckyChildhoodFriend Ukyo Kuonji]] (plus [[ChineseGirl Shampoo]] in the OVA) to break up Ranma and Akane. The plan backfires quite spectacularly on Ukyo and Ryoga Hibiki, and may even have been intended as ShipSinking by the author: comparing Ukyo and Ryoga's selfish alliance of convenience (which has only just escaped breaking apart due to Ryoga's own difficulty with controlling his emotions) to Ranma and Akane's bickering and angry banter, the ghosts conclude that Ranma and Akane hate each other, while Ryoga and Ukyo are one of the happy couples they seek to break up. They promptly start ignoring Ranma and Akane to try and break up Ryoga and Ukyo, ignoring their protests that they '''aren't''' the couple here. The backstory to the Cave of Lost Love heavily implies that, after this experience, they will never be able to become a couple- this is all but made explicit in the manga version, which ends with a scene of Ryoga and Ukyo fighting bitterly over whose fault this was.
** Possible related to this trope is the "zombie-demon show" that Mousse takes his date to at the end of one late manga story. Unfortunately for him, as his date is Shampoo, she does not find it romantic or frightening in the slightest and is instead angrily disgusted, beating Mousse up and leaving him there for his troubles.

%%* ''Manga/KashimashiGirlMeetsGirl''

%%* ''Manga/DamekkoDoubutsu'' also did this.
* ''Manga/CardcaptorSakura'' used this theme as a vehicle for one of the Cards in the first season.
** This also worked very well with Sakura's fear of ghosts in a few episodes.

** In the English version of the manga, "Kimodameshi" was translated to "Playing Chicken."
* ''Manga/LoveHina'' sends its chaotic cast through a "haunted house" as part of its FestivalEpisode, with semipredictable results.
* ''Manga/GreatTeacherOnizuka'' did this during the Okinawa class trip (and had plenty of Japanese horror movie references sprinkled throughout).
** Not only, it also referenced ''Film/TheThing1982'', with a head-spider that had Onizuka's facial features!
* ''Manga/OuranHighSchoolHostClub'' held a kimodameshi ''tournament'' for Halloween, the prize going to the builders of the scariest haunted house.
* Class 3-A of ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima'' builds a haunted house (complete with an [[CuteGhostGirl actual ghost]]) for the gigantic, no-holds-barred {{festival|Episode}} that is Mahorafest. Given that most of the class adores [[AdorablyPrecociousChild Negi]], there's a lot of fighting over who gets to escort him through it.
* ''Anime/DennouCoil'' also featured a kimodameshi competition, made more interesting by the use of digital horrors. It's nice to note that, among the usual monsters, the digital creatures also included TheGreys, Chupacabras, the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flatwoods_monster Flatwoods monster]], and the ability to ''shoot back''.
* ''LightNovel/BludgeoningAngelDokuroChan'' spoofed this, with the main character commenting that he expects [[Anime/{{Doraemon}} cat robots from the future]], [[Anime/NurseWitchKomugi nurse-witches]], [[Manga/OnePiece reindeer who are doctors]], or [[Anime/HowlsMovingCastle moving castles]] to pop out...
* ''Anime/CodeGeass'' has this in the school festival episode of Season 1; Kallen plays a tombstone/Nurikabe hybrid, and ends up scaring Ougi and Viletta who pass by on a date.
* ''Manga/NatsumesBookOfFriends'' featured one of these, complete with creepy house with a haunted reputation... it soon starts going downhill...
* Kakeru in ''Manga/PsychoBusters'' encounters one of these who manage to come across his psychic friends and mistake them for ghostly activity: HitodamaLight created by [[PlayingWithFire Kaito]], Ayano's astral form, and Xiao Long who closely resembles a [[{{Youkai}} Zashiki-warashi]].

* ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'' features one in ''Endless Eight''.
* Spoofed in an episode of ''Anime/FullMetalPanicFumoffu''. Sousuke and Kaname visit an AbandonedHospital at night, and Kaname hopes it will scare TheStoic Sousuke. Given that he's been a mercenary since he was ''eight'', intangible things like ghosts and strange voices don't frighten him a bit, and Kaname divides her time between being afraid, and getting annoyed at Sousuke for ''not'' being afraid. [[spoiler:The only thing that scares him in that episode is Kaname's apparent death, and he admits as much as the two of them ride home together on his bike.]]
* A ''Manga/FruitsBasket'' example: Despite being terrified of haunted houses, Tohru agrees to accompany Momiji, Kyo, Yuki, and Hatsuharu through one at the beginning of summer break. She becomes so frightened she starts to cry, at which point both Kyo and Yuki offer to lead her through. Embarrassed, they begin to fight, only for Momiji to take Tohru's hand and scold them for letting their rivalry come between helping a girl in need.

* In ''DeptHeavenApocrypha'', Meria asks Monica (actually looking for her PlotCoupon) if she's on a solo test of courage.
* ''Manga/KimiNiTodoke'' has one of these near the beginning.
* Manga/{{Karin}}'s class creates one for the FestivalEpisode, with Usui's creepy eye providing scares. That works a little ''too'' well; several crying kids have to be escorted out.
* ''Manga/AiKora'' has a chapter where our perverted hero sets up his classroom's haunted house at the school festival so as to be able to sneak around and take pictures of girls with his "beloved parts" in Rambo-inspired gear. When he sees two other guys trying to hit on the girls, he terrifies them into oblivion by striking from the shadows.
* Happens in episode 3.1 of ''Manga/ShinryakuIkaMusume'', mostly as an effort by Eiko to scare Ika-chan, who wasn't raised in human society and has no idea why the whole ordeal was supposed to be scary. After getting separated from the group, Squid Girl then accidentally freaks out the human characters when she activates her glow-in-the-dark mode and chases after them, wondering why they keep running from her. When actual ghosts appear around her and escort her back to safety, she never realizes what they are, instead musing that not all humans are bad.
* ''Manga/KOn'': [[spoiler:Sawako-chan]] makes an appearance as the final scare, [[spoiler:much to Ritsu's disgust when no one makes it to her trap. To elaborate, no one even knew the teacher was there, and she'd gotten lost trying to follow her students. She ended up giving Mio a scare so hard, she was reduced to a foaming mess.]]
* Seen in a two-part story arc in ''Anime/KirbyOfTheStars'', complete with a haunted house sent by Nightmare.
* ''LightNovel/BakaAndTestSummonTheBeasts'' uses this as a competition between the 2nd year students and 3rd year students. This takes place in a [[Film/TheMatrix Matrix-like]] environment with the summoned creatures all re-themed as Japanese horror monsters. Whoever screams, loses.

* One takes place in ''LightNovel/MyTeenRomanticComedySNAFU'' in episode 8.
* Shows up in ''Manga/SakuraTrick''. [[spoiler:Though the person setting it up ultimately didn't do anything, and it only gets scary because [[StudentCouncilPresident Mitsuki]] is terrible at spying on her sister.]]
* Episode 7 of ''Anime/BinanKoukouChikyuuBoueibuLove''. Since there are no girls in the show, the HoYay is turned UpToEleven on this kimodaeshi.
* In chapter 3 of ''Manga/SchoolLive'' Kurumi, Yuki, and Yuuri do a Test Of Courage at their school. They live at school but they stay in their classroom at night. For Kurumi and Yuuri the trip serves as a way to restock on supplies however Yuki is oblivious to the zombies and just thinks they're having fun.

* Kakeru in ''Manga/PsychoBusters'' encounters one of these who manage to come across his psychic friends and mistake them for ghostly activity: {{hitodama}} created by [[PlayingWithFire Kaito]], Ayano's astral form, and Xiao Long who closely resembles a [[{{Youkai}} Zashiki-warashi]].

* One episode of ''Manga/SgtFrog'' had Momoka suggest the group do this, as part of her latest scheme to get closer to Fuyuki.

* Class 3-A of ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima'' builds a haunted house (complete with an [[CuteGhostGirl actual ghost]]) for the gigantic, no-holds-barred [[FestivalEpisode festival]] that is Mahorafest. Given that most of the class adores [[AdorablyPrecociousChild Negi]], there's a lot of fighting over who gets to escort him through it.
* ''Anime/DennouCoil'' also featured a kimodameshi competition, made more interesting by the use of digital horrors. It's nice to note that, among the usual monsters, the digital creatures also included TheGreys, Chupacabras and the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flatwoods_monster Flatwoods monster]].
** Also, the ability to ''shoot back''.

* ''Manga/DamekkoDoubutsu'' also did this.

* Variety shows on Japanese TV have gotten a ''lot'' of mileage out of sending their hosts or other well-known talents through supposedly haunted buildings.

* ''VideoGame/MegaManBattleNetwork 4'' has a VideoGame/{{Boktai}}-based one in the amusement park.

* ''Series/KamenRiderDenO'' includes one that's laughably un-scary to any rational viewer and most of the characters, but frightens Deneb so badly that it causes Yuuto to waste one of his two remaining single-use {{transformation trinket}}s.
** Also had a little chihuahua statue that scared the hell out of Momotaros for some reason.

* In ''VisualNovel/SchoolDays'', the cultural festival haunted house was basically a front for a private room where couples could have sex. Unknown to most of the student body, the activities there were videotaped for the later entertainment of the senior class.

* ''Damekko Doubutsu'' also did this.

* If it had not been for one of these, the plot of ''Literature/PsychicDetectiveYakumo'' would probably not have either Haruka or Yakumo in it.

* ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'' features one in ''Endless Eight''.
* {{Invoked}} by name in the eighth ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'' game, ''Imperishable Night'': The [[BonusDungeon Extra Stage]] is set up as [[FinalBoss Kaguya]] inviting each of the playable teams to one of these.[[labelnote:note]]Kimodameshi literally translates to "test of the liver", which leads to various liver references in the dialogue; the fan-translation [[{{Woolseyism}} changes them]] to be about "guts" instead.[[/labelnote]]

* ''VisualNovel/DaCapoII'' features an event based on TheSevenMysteries of the school.

* Happens in several routes of ''VisualNovel/AoiShiro''. Yasumi and Nami's routes have them accompany the protagonist (and would be love-interest) Syouko. It also occurs in Kohaku's route but this time Syouko is accompanied by Ayashiro who is just a friend (much to the disappointment of Yasumi and Nami both).
* In ''VisualNovel/LittleBusters'', one of the later common route events involves Kyousuke setting up a kimodameshi for the others. The player can choose two of the girls to go with (plus an easter egg option where he goes with Kengo and Masato if you choose to hesitate for long enough), with different dialogue depending on the combination. Either way, the girls will be scared and Riki will be wary but ultimately figure out the tricks - unless you go with [[CoolBigSis Kurugaya]], who will instantly figure out what the 'spooky' things are and end up leading both the girl and Riki by hand.

* In Taketo's route of ''VisualNovel/ClassTripCrush'', the cast participates in a "guts test" staged by their teachers. The protagonist is paired up with Homare, who spends the entire time explaining his observations on the SiblingTriangle going on between the protagonist, Taketo, and Yasuto, to the point that she doesn't have a chance to be scared at all.