History Main / MassOhCrap

'''Little Cato''': ''HE KILLED BOLO!!!''\\
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** At the end of Part 1 of the Season 6 premiere, "The Crystalling", when[[spoiler: baby Flurry Heart unleashes a sonic cry that shatters the Crystal Heart]], the reaction from the Mane Six and the Royal Family is one of absolute horror and shock, especially the looks on Celestia and Luna's faces as they've all just been put in mortal danger.

** In fact, the situation is so bad that the Nuka-World Disc-Jockey ''on live radio'' [[spoiler: announces that he is ''[[ScrewThisImOuttaHere getting the hell out of the park]]'', and takes his radio show off the air permanently then-&-there]].

* In the ''VideoGame/Fallout4 Nuka-World'' DLC, there is the optional-quest "Open Season." In it, [[spoiler: The [[PlayerCharacter Sole Survivor]] decides to ''kill all the Raiders & their Bosses'' in Nuka-World and free all their captives]]. The moment that [[spoiler: the Survivor kills the first Raider Boss]], ''every single raider'' in the park, even those of the different raider-factions, realizes what is happening and [[spoiler: all start to panic. They all start desperately gunning for the Sole Survivor, but (since completing this quest requires taking them all down and surviving doing so) they know they are screwed]].

* In the ''VideoGame/Fallout4 Nuka-World'' DLC, there is the optional-quest "Open Season." In it, [[spoiler: The [[PlayerCharacter Sole Survivor]] decides to ''kill all the Raiders & their Bosses'' in Nuka-World and free all their captives]]. The moment that [[spoiler: the Survivor kills the first Raider Boss]], ''every single raider'' in the park, even those of the different raider-factions, realizes what is happening and [[spoiler: all start to panic, realizing [[ArmyOfOne they are now completely screwed]]]].

* In the ''VideoGame/Fallout4 Nuka-World'' DLC, there is the optional-quest "Open Season." In it, [[spoiler: The [[PlayerCharacter Sole Survivor]] decides to ''kill all the Raiders & their Bosses'' in Nuka-World and free all their captives]]. The moment that [[spoiler: the Survivor kills the first Raider Boss]], ''every-single raider'' in the park, even those of different factions, realizes what is happening and that [[spoiler: they are now completely screwed]].

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* ''Manga/The100GirlfriendsWhoReallyReallyReallyReallyReallyLoveYou'': In Chapter 145, [[spoiler:Karane provokes this reaction from all the other girls when she reveals that Rentarou proposed to her in the previous chapter.]]
* The entire Band of the Hawk from ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'' get this upon [[spoiler:realizing what Void and the Godhand mean by "Sacrifice" in regards to them all when the Eclipse goes down]], a moment that only gets worse when [[spoiler:everyone gets Branded for Sacrifice and the demons start closing in for the feast]]. Very much ''not'' played for laughs.
* In ''Anime/CodeGeass'', Lelouch gives an OhCrap moment to the whole world (that includes some 90% of the cast, too) when he [[spoiler:captures the Damocles and declares himself ruler of the world]].
** Of all people, ''Nina'' gives one to dozens of people when she shows up with the Ganymede, packing what is essentially a ''home-built nuke''. The nuke is not actually operational but no one knows that at the time, resulting in [[BunnyEarsLawyer Lloyd Asplund]]'s shrill "'''[[OhCrap IKENAI!!]]'''" when he sees the Ganymede and remembers just what Nina was working on. The second part of this particular Mass Oh Crap comes in the second season when a fully working version goes off...and [[SphereOfDestruction vaporizes a spherical chunk of real estate into thin air]]. Then to hammer it in even further, the next one has a blast radius ''measured in the tens of kilometers''. What allows Lelouch to pull his aforementioned global OhCrap moment is getting control over an entire arsenal of these things. So yes, when it comes to Mass Oh Craps, Code Geass '''delivers'''.
* In ''Literature/DateALive'', when [[spoiler:Tohka experiences a Sephiroth inversion at the thought that Shidou's going to die]], everyone on the Ratatoskr immediately shows this reaction, in a very serious way. When all the sensors go haywire and waves of utter darkness start emanating from the site of a rescue mission, not many can maintain composure.
* Certain ''Anime/{{Doraemon}}'' movies will have Doreamon and gang collectively panicking in dire situations.
** ''Anime/DoraemonNobitaAndTheKingdomOfClouds'': When Shizuka, Gian and Suneo finds out the Cloud People's final solution of handling earth's environmental crisis being Project Noah - restarting TheGreatFlood to wipe out all life on earth.
** ''Anime/DoraemonNobitasGreatAdventureIntoTheUnderworld'' have the gang's first, unsuccessful attempt to take down Demon Lord Demaon, where the powerful overlord easily NoSell all their attacks causing everyone to panic. Except their new friend, Miyoko, who's DefiantToTheEnd and draws her sword.
** ''Anime/DoraemonNobitaAndTheSteelTroops'': Doraemon and everyone else after realizing the hostile robot army had discovered they're invading a mirror world - and are now heading for the PortalPool in the hills, where the ''real'' world is located.
** ''Anime/DoraemonNobitasDriftsInTheUniverse'' has everybody, including their allies from the Space Knights, Lian and his crew, being shocked at finding out their friend Freya is TheMole.
** ''Anime/DoraemonNobitaAndTheTinLabyrinth'' have Shizuka first, and then ''everybody else'', when they realize their Guide-Mouse has been destroyed just as they're stuck in the heart of TheMaze.
** ''Anime/DoraemonNobitaAndTheWindmasters'' have the entire population of the Wind Village losing it when Nobita, returning to the village after an encounter with the Yaakju and being informed of Mafuga's prophesized awakening, tells them everything he knew.
** Near the climax of ''Anime/DoraemonNobitasTreasureIsland'', the citizens on said island (which is revealed to be an island-sized spaceship) all have worried looks when they thought they're hit by an eqrthquake. Turns out Captain Silver is about to activate his doomsday device to [[PlanetaryCoreManipulation penetrate into the earth's core]].
** ''Anime/DoraemonNobitasNewDinosaur'' has the entire gang's reaction when they saw the ''huge'' pterosaur descending upon them from the clouds.
* ''Manga/DragonBall'' does this a lot. When Goku or his opponent powers up, Krillin and anyone watching will get really scared. Just like with the BigEater thing, they never, ''ever'' get used to seeing this done, and stand gape-mouthed throughout the entire scene. Jeez, Krillin, at least make yourself useful and bring the guy some Gatorade!
* Dead serious one in ''[[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion End of Evangelion]]'' when [[spoiler: Instrumentality starts.]] Repeated in ''Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion'' under slightly different circumstances.
* ''Literature/SwordOratoria'': The elites of the Loki Familia knew they were in trouble when they came across a [[spoiler:Demi-Spirit]] on the 59th Floor. Their despair was heightened when it began to [[MagicalIncantation chant]], but their fears weren't fully realized until after it had nearly decimated them with its first usage of super long chant magic, only to immediately begin the incantation of a second spell.
* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' likes this trope:
** Aizen's reality-bending, Xanatos-piling shenanigans cause this several times. Chapter 364 and 376 are this trope for all the Shinigami. Then again in Chapter 392 where it turned out that the person Hitsugaya stabbed [[spoiler: was not Aizen, but [[TheWoobie Hinamori]].]]
** [[TheEmperor Yhwach's]] CombatPragmatist tactics in the Thousand Year Blood War Arc do this to Soul Society ''twice'' in quick succession. First, in Chapter 490, [[spoiler: Yhwach's herald announces the invasion of Soul Society in 5 days ...then Yhwach begins the attack a few hours later.]] Second, in Chapter 546, [[spoiler: Yhwach gets around his inability to leave his own realm for more than a short time ...by ''transporting Seireitei INTO his own realm''.]]
** In Chapter 577, nearly everyone in Soul Society, Shinigami and their enemies the Vandenreich alike, do this when [[spoiler:Gremmy Thoumeaux summons a giant meteor to crash down on them. Fortunately, Kenpachi [[AbsurdCuttingPower destroys it in time]].]]
* The grand finale of ''Manga/DeathNote'', where [[spoiler:team leader Light is outed as the mass murderer Kira that the team have been hunting.]] Their reaction is mostly this strong because [[spoiler:Light's reaction to Near's accusations is to take an EvilLaugh and make it quite thoroughly his own.]]
* A ''huge'' one in the ''Literature/FullMetalPanic: The Second Raid'' finale. As Sousuke unleashes the full power of the [[FullContactMagic Lambda Driver]] and blows away Gates, his teammates are like '''holy crap'''.
** A smaller one is also in the first season finale. After defeating Gauron one last time, TheStoic Sousuke uses the opportunity of parting words to pull off a PrecisionFStrike. Cue to everyone gasping loudly. Justified in that he never, ever swears -- not even by accident -- so him calling someone an S.O.B. is quite a shock for others.
* In ''Franchise/{{Digimon}},'' split screens of the whole cast staring in horror is pretty much standard procedure whenever last week's FinishingMove proves to be this week's [[TheWorfBarrage Worf Barrage]]. Typically, one character after another is added to the split screen with a rapidfire choom-choom-choom sound effect until all are shown.
* The manga ''Manga/LittleHouseWithAnOrangeRoof'' has one of these after Shoutaro and Natchi realize they both got conned into buying the same house.
* In ''Anime/YuGiOhGX'' when [[spoiler: Judai's eyes turn gold after Mad King Brron 'killed' his friends in front of him and he begins to be as brutal as you can be in a card game]], everyone watching the duel but Judai.
* ''Anime/YuGiOh5Ds'': Everyone in Neo Domino City when [[spoiler: [[PersonOfMassDestruction Aporia]] is formed, summons his Machine Emperor and starts pelting them with lightning]]. [[spoiler: Then when they think it's all over, [[FromBadToWorse the sky cracks]], and the [[OminousFloatingCastle Ark Cradle]] appears, [[ColonyDrop on a collision course with the city]].]]
* ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'' had a couple of these, but the most memorable would be when [[spoiler:the [[BadassArmy Briggs troops]] subdue and capture 90% of Central Headquarters,]] and everyone starts celebrating. All of a sudden:
--> [[spoiler: Bradley/Wrath:]] *over the broadcasting system* [[OhCrap Greetings.]] [[NotQuiteDead I'm back.]]
** A more humorous one in ''Anime/FullMetalAlchemist2003'' where Edward hides in a crowd while duking it out with Mustang, not that it stops Mustang from unleashing a huge fireball at Ed and everyone else in range.
* ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'':
** During "Attack of the Prehistoric Pokémon", Ash and Squirtle chase after a fuse, trying to douse it before it reaches a stack of explosives, while Team Rocket, the ones who set the explosives, is chasing ''them''. All except Pikachu get rolled into a pile several feet away from the dynamite stack, and Pikachu panics and electrocutes the charges, [[NiceJobBreakingItHero setting them off himself]] instead. Everyone present realizes then just how doomed they are.
** In "Facing Fear With Eyes Wide Open", Ash is trying to get his Oshawott to stop freaking out and closing his eyes whenever he goes underwater - the point of all this is that it will give Aqua Jet a non-zero accuracy rating. As a result of Scraggy [[IdiotBall agitating a bunch of Foongus]], Ash and Oshawott are forced to go underwater and grab some seaweed to cure the resulting poison; needless to say, the local Tympole and their Palpitoad boss aren't willing to share. Oshawott is getting bombarded by Bubble attacks from every direction and attacking aimlessly in the process...up until he finally decides to give opening his eyes a shot. Once he realizes that there's no problem with his vision underwater, Oshawott effortlessly thwarts the latest barrage with one swing of Razor Shell. While a Tympole's eyebrows never really move, their facial expressions and the sound of their voices at this development literally scream "'''''WE'RE FUCKED!!!'''''"
** Ash, Mallow, and Lana [[http://www.serebii.net/anime/pictures/sunmoon/959/DP37.jpg have one]] when DisasterDominoes result in Rowlet and Popplio getting swept away in a giant bubble.
* At the end of ''Anime/SmilePrecure'' Episode 28, the girls all have a massive freakout over the scariest thing of all: [[spoiler:the summer homework they've all neglected until it was too late]].
* ''Manga/{{Toriko}}'' tops them all with a ''global'' OhCrap [[PersonOfMassDestruction Zebra]] getting released from jail made...the entire human world crap itself. A fortune teller told his CrystalBall the word 'Zebra' and the ball wisely broke itself. The global economy nearly crashed. Predicted damages would be in the quadrillions of yen. A few small countries disappeared. '''This is just from the rumor that he would be released.''' To put it into perspective, Zebra was sent to jail for eating over two dozen ''species'' '''into extinction'''. An appetite like that would make any food-themed world panic.
** The news of the Four Beasts' awakening causes a panic that dwarfs the upheaval caused by Zebra's release. The entire population of the Human World retreats to the center of the Human World, leaving the borders completely deserted. Wholly justified, since the Four Beasts are horrifically powerful denizens of the [[DeathWorld Gourmet World]] that prey exclusively on humans.
* ''Manga/FairyTail'': PlayedForLaughs with Erza's first appearance.
** Then later, ''everyone'' after [[spoiler:[[DiabolusExMachina Acnologia's arrival]] on Tenrou Island]].
*** [[spoiler: And again when Tartaros and the Dragon Slayers hear him headed their way.]]
** And, once more, when Ezra steps forward in the Pandemonium game. [[spoiler: In a dungeon of 100 monsters, where each person is expected to challenge five or so, she challenges all 100, including an unbeatable monster. The reaction includes basically everyone introduced except the Big Bad.]]
*** Only Natsu and Grey are not doing this. They're LAUGHING!
** Oh Crap doesn't begin to describe the looks of shock on everyones' faces when the Eclipse Gate finally opens [[spoiler:and a dragon emerges. Followed by more dragons.]]
** Almost entire Fairy Tail members go OhCrap when [[Really700YearsOld Mavis]] starts crying.
* ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED'' is ''very'' fond of the spit-screen version of this trope. Especially noticeable when [[spoiler:ZAFT fires the GENESIS for the first time]]; pretty much the whole cast goes slack-jawed at the massacre.
* Happens in ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'', when [[spoiler:the real Uchiha Madara shows up and starts [[ColonyDrop dropping asteroids on people]].]]
** Happens again later, when he frees himself from the Edo Tensei contract thus making himself, for all practical purposes, immortal and invincible, and shattering the last hope they had of getting rid of him.
* In the ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'' movie, the characters do this when they find out that England had put [[LethalChef his home-made scones]] into the gift bags they gave the invading aliens.
* ''Anime/{{Hellsing}}'' gives this treatment to various characters but the most telling instances are when Waffen SS vampires tremble in fear of [[spoiler: Seras]] and when two entire ''armies'' attack Alucard "lest something dreadful happen."
** To clarify on the two armies: [[spoiler: One of them is a series of Catholic KnightTemplar crusaders who will kill anyone who has the slightest bit of impurity (this includes the [[SarcasmMode dreadful crime of being a Protestant]]). The other is an army of satanic, vampire Nazis who will kill anyone who isn't a Nazi. They both agree that Alucard, who is about to unleash his full power as a vampire with his final PowerLimiter release state, is first priority.]]
* ''Anime/SpaceBattleshipYamato'': Dressler causes this three times, starting with the second season: the first time he merely needs to reveal he's still alive to cause the bridge crew of the ''Yamato'' to go from cheerfulness at their latest victory over the White Comet Empire to terrified horror; the second time the ''Yamato'' is about to start the final battle against the White Comet when Dessler shows up and starts teleporting starfighters before the ship, with the crew remembering with horror about the last time this happened; in the third season, by which time he had decided to ally with Earth, Dessler is informed that the warship causing trouble to some of his newest subordinates is the ''Yamato'', and his barely restrained rage at discovering how they had attacked a ship they had been specifically ordered to ''not'' attack causes this.
* In ''Literature/{{Baccano}} 1935-B - Dr. Feelgreed'', the Daily Days collectively loses its shit upon the discovery that [[spoiler:[[TheDreaded Claire]] [[PsychoForHire Stanfield]] has started working for [[MadScientist Huey]] [[ManipulativeBastard Laforet]]]].
* ''Manga/HajimeNoIppo'': Date starts talking behind Takamura's back, while Sendo, Mashiba and his sister, Okita and Saeki agree. [[spoiler: Only to find out that Takamura was in the same bar the whole time.]] [[Funny/HajimeNoIppo It goes as well as you'd expect.]]
* ''Manga/RosarioPlusVampire [=Capu2=]'': In Episode 8, this is Kurumu, Mizore, and Yukari's understandable reaction when Tsukune unleashes Inner Moka to put a stop to their fight; Inner Moka proceeds to T.K.O. all three of them with a single kick.
* In ''Anime/GirlsUndPanzer'', this is the reaction achieved (both by the characters '''and the audience''') when [[spoiler: the Maus]] makes its appearance.
* A serious example in the ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'' anime when the Colossal Titan appears the second time.
** [[spoiler: The '''''entire world as a whole''''' has this reaction when [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt the Rumbling]] begins in earnest.]]
* Near the end of ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaAs'', The Book of Darkness starts charging up an attack, which the heroes recognize as being Nanoha's [[WaveMotionGun Starlight Breaker]]. They fly away as fast as possible.
* ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'' does not play this for laughs when [[spoiler:All For One shows up during the raid on the League of Villains]]. Midoriya and his friends are so terrified and filled with dread that they can't even move.
** [[spoiler: Then, later on? Shigaraki wakes up with All for One and all the quirks it was carrying ...and still has his Decay quirk ''...and it's now ranged.'' He's also really, really angry. Every single professional hero fighting ...panics.]]
* Played for Laughs in ''Anime/UmaMusume''. All of Team Spica have this reaction when they come across a pronounced curve during their training race, and they realize they're running too fast to stop. They keep running until they land on the ocean.
* ''Anime/WildKnightsGulkeeva'': Everyone reacts this way when Dancer activates the Devil's Core, a weapon capable of annihilating Earth. Even the Darknoids are freaking out.
* ''Manga/{{Kingdom}}'': Qin's entire royal court freak out when they learn that all other six states are invading them. Even Ryofui loses his cool.
* ''Manga/MusukoGaKawaikuteShikataganaiMazokuNoHahaoya'': When the protagonists' trip into the Self-Administrated Zone turns into a fight, everyone but Merii freaks out when [[spoiler:Lorem demonifies]]. For some, like Valentine and Isabella, it's because they didn't realize [[spoiler:just how strong Lorem was]], while others, like Garon and Isabella's father Ramon, know ''exactly'' [[spoiler:how strong Lorem is]].
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* ''Fanfic/AbraxasHrodvitnon'': In this ''Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019'' fanfiction, the G-Team react this way when they become aware of San's decapitated head and thus that not every piece of Ghidorah was destroyed in Boston after all.
* ''Fanfic/WeaverNine'': The Society tries using replicas of the ''[[TheDreaded Simurgh]]'' to psyche out Leviathan, as well as gauge his reactions and senses. While the success of that experiment is debatable, it caused a panicked retreat among the Protectorate force.
* ''Fanfic/DungeonKeeperAmi'': The general reaction of the forces of good to Ami's victory over the avatar. Later, their reaction to her consuming a Lesser Aspect of Crowned Death.
* In ''Fanfic/AnEntryWithABang!'', the marauding pirates get this reaction when they find out that Earth has nukes and isn't afraid of using them.
* The ''Fanfic/PonyPOVSeries'':
** A very good one happens in the [[BadFuture Dark World]] arc, when [[spoiler: [[SixthRangerTraitor Rancor]] literally stabs Discord InTheBack]]. The action grinds to a stop as every character freezes in shock at the unexpected twist, and everyone realizes that this changes ''everything'' -- even [[TheVoice the Nameless Passenger]] realizes that its well-scripted plans have been [[SpannerInTheWorks ruined]] now.
** Later in the same arc, there's another when [[spoiler: everyone discovers that Pinkie's been SecretlyDying since her Element of Rage was shattered. Even [[OneWingedAngel Odyne!]][[FinalBoss Cruelty]] freezes up in shock.]]
** In the Rumors Arc [[spoiler:the defeated Nyarlathotrot and his family that helped him]] have a big one when [[spoiler:their [[TopGod Elder]] Azerhorse ''speaks''. Given Azerhorse intentionally doing ''anything'' is nearly unheard of, they more or less instantly know their parent is royally clopped off at the lot of them.]]
* ''Fanfic/TheGreatAlicornHunt'': The Mane Six have all ascended into Alicorns, and two Galas (one for the adults of the upper crust, one for their kids) are being held after their official coronation. During the Junior Gala, the four members of the CMC (and their newest friend, Fluttershy's little brother Breezy Shy) inform a group of colts and fillies from Manehatten, who are also attending and have a history with Babs Seed, that they're kin to the new princesses. Pennyworth and his goons don't believe them, leading to a [[CurbStompBattle big fight]] with the CMC and Breezy. Later, as the bullies are in the infirmary, they're plotting their revenge...and have this reaction when they realize the CMC were telling the truth, [[spoiler: courtesy of an angry Princess Applejack showing up, having overheard everything they'd been saying.]]
** Later on, the original three [=CMCs=] all end up ascending into Alicorns as well. Cue the entire population of Ponyville having this reaction when the news breaks on all three of them in the same issue of the morning paper.
* ''Fanfic/SonicXDarkChaos'': Everyone - including [[{{Satan}} Maledict]] himself - has one of these in Episode 75 when [[spoiler: Dark Tails steals the Chaos Emeralds and becomes a god]].
* ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/50766844 Spiked Drink]]'' from ''Franchise/MyHeroAcademia'' has pro hero Shouto get his drink spiked by would be kidnappers. He moves toward the bathroom and into their trap but then Deku shows up. Cue the mass “oh crap” as the villains argue about how they can’t fight the number one hero. They try a ScrewThisImOuttaHere but Deku wraps them in Blackwhip while telling Bakugo to call the police.
* ''Escape From The Hokage's Hat:'' A large squad of over 50 Iwa ninja bump into Tsunade's group (Tsunade, Naruto, Hinata, Shizune and Hana) and engage them in a fight (read: surprise attack). While frustrated at how the group is somewhat surviving the attack, many find themselves constantly switching from sheer abject rage to deep terror when they start noticing that there is a blonde 13 year old boy in the group. Who is skilled at Taijutsu, moves incredibly quickly, and knows how to use the Rasengan. Just like Konoha's Yellow Flash.
* ''Fanfic/WhatAboutWitchQueen'': everyone on Royal Council of Arendelle freezes in shock (no pun intended) when they realize the whole extent of Drachner's plans and that he might end up [[spoiler: AwakeningTheSleepingGiant, effectively getting Arendelle conquered by Tampere.]]
* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9271192/1/Transcendent-Humanity Transcendent Humanity]]'': When a [[Franchise/MassEffect Turian]] fleet sends a suppression fleet to Sol, they expect to find a young race that's only just entered space. Instead they find a fleet numbering in the ''tens of thousands'' waiting for them.
* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8933408/14/Wizard-Runemaster Wizard Runemaster]]'', the [[KnightTemplar Scarlet Crusaders]] panic after Harry gets around their temporary invincibility using the [[NoSavingThrow Killing Curse]] on them.
* During a forced DungeonCrawl in ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10623866/1/Sekirei-Is-that-some-new-species-of-little-sister Sekirei? Is that some new species of little sister]]'', everyone panics when Minaka rolls a Die of Power and gets a 1. The lower a roll below ten the worse the effect is (An 8 spawned an Ogre and a 4 had spawned a Xenomorph).
** This occurs again when the group shoots the resulting boss with plasma rifles (which they got from rolling a Die of Power and getting a 16) and it [[NoSell no sells]] the blasts.
* ''Fanfic/{{A New World|IcedFairy}}'':
-->[[spoiler:[[BackFromTheDead Yukari Yakumo]]]]: "[[VideoGame/{{Portal2}} It's been a long time. How have you been? I've been really busy being dead...after you murdered me.]]"
* ''Fanfic/AdviceAndTrust'': When they watch [[spoiler:[[EldritchAbomination Zeruel]] defeating Rei and crushing the two drone-controlled Evas single-handedly and easily]], everyone shows this reaction.
* Except for Minaka (who's crazy), everyone working at MBI has this reaction in ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11701126/1/Anything-Goes-Game-Changer Anything Goes Game Changer]]'' when it's revealed that Ranma Saotome isn't an unknown Sekirei, but a human martial artist, meaning there's likely ''more'' people out there who can effortless curbstomp the average Sekirei.
* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11718714/1/Serious-Saitama Serious Saitama]]'' the various S-Rank heroes are all shocked/terrified that the Subterraneans they were struggling against were only a ''tenth'' of their forces, even more so that the remaining ninety percent are all being defeated by a single man.
* ''Fanfic/ExtraLife'' has one in Chapter 24 where, [[spoiler:during the rescue op, Chiaki reassures the others that the cyber department members are [[ExplainExplainOhCrap safe from the brainwashed soldiers]]...except]]:
-->[[spoiler:''We told them to barricade themselves in.''\\
''There's a brainwashing video being broadcast.''\\
''The room they're in is full of monitors.''\\
It sank in for everyone at the exact same time. "''Shit!''"]]
* A couple of serious examples in ''Fanfic/PokemonResetBloodlines'', both of them involving [[TheDreaded Gyarados]]:
** In Twenty Gyarados Bill Gaiden, a large crowd in the Cianwood City harbor is horrified when Bill's first Gyarados rises out of the water, because they realize what happened to Bill's crewmates (he had killed them not long ago), and that they're next. Then another Gyarados rises out of the water and kills twenty-four humans with one bite, terrifying the unfortunate townspeople even more. As more and more Gyarados, all of them obviously belonging to Bill, reveal themselves to the increasingly scared populace while Bill continues to rant, many of them [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere start running in panic...]] not that it does them much good, since the entire harbor is quickly destroyed by a barrage of Hyper Beam attacks.
** In the Laramie Gaiden, both the Ranger and Trainer battleships realize their battle injured a school of Gyarados, who are ''not'' happy about this, so they quickly set aside their differences to get the hell out of there. Like in the above example, it barely does them any good, especially when one of them [[WeatherOfWar summons a rainstorm]], and [[GiantWallOfWateryDoom a large wave ends up swallowing the lifeboats]].
* After being put through a TraumaCongaLine in ''[[Fanfic/ChildOfTheStorm Ghosts of the Past]],'' Harry [[spoiler: snaps and becomes the Dark Phoenix]]. The Avengers and their allies are horrified, and as the LemonyNarrator puts it,
-->"To put it in the simplest terms possible, the Gods and Goddesses (and Devils, Demons and other assorted entities of that ilk) of Earth completely and utterly lost their shit."
* A multiway OhCrap ensues due to a GambitPileup early in ''Fanfic/DontSayGoodbyeFarewell''. Janice Qua and her crew have an OhCrap when what she thought was a freighter about to be attacked by Orions suddenly broadcasts the IFF of USS ''George Hammond'' and opens fire on said Orions. Further {{Oh Crap}}s ensue when the second Federation starship Eleya had with her appears, and then when Eleya, who is experienced at fighting Klingons, is able to track Qua's fleeing birds-of-prey through their cloak for a few minutes. Eleya, conversely, has an OhCrap when Qua's bird-of-prey wolfpack decloaks and attacks the Orion ship she was luring in. For their part, the Orions just plain panic and open fire on ''everybody''.
* ''Fanfic/ChangeUp'': Every character has one of these when they realize that the final phase of UA's entrance exam features robots that [[spoiler: can use quirks.]]
* In Chapter 55, ''[[https://my.w.tt/65LeZe02rT In the Dark]]'', Melanie is put under hypnotism, she reveals what she went though, almost being a victim of a HumanSacrifice. After this, the rest of the Music/SpiceGirls left in tears while the Music/BackstreetBoys were just stunned, along with the court officials.
** Earlier on, the bus accident also prompted this, same with Melanie thanks to the trauma.
* In ''Roleplay/{{Communication}}'', EVERYONE is scrambling like headless chickens when it is informed that [[spoiler:'''[[EldritchAbomination Orion]]''']] is coming to Earth for [[TheProtagonist Taylor]]. Best summed up by our heroine herself:
-->B-but five and a half hours!? And he’s after ME!? Shit! Shit Shit Shit!
* In ''[[http://fav.me/dd7ow55 Case of the Technology]]'', pretty much after finding out [[spoiler:Music/MelanieC]] had been [[AnArmandaLeg dismembered]] with her [[BrainInAJar head placed in a device]] to keep her ALIVE, before being placed inside of an [[BodyInABreadbox a chest freezer]]. With no other choice, the recovery crew had to finished up what was started. The narrator especially has this when [[spoiler:MelanieC]] woke up to see what was done to her, ala ''Film/MarsAttacks''. Bad timing to be playing "[[Music/{{Rammstein}} Mein Teil]]" indeed.
* ''Fanfic/WhiteSheepRWBY'': The entire Kingdom of Vale (and presumably the rest of the world, though we don't see their reactions) freaks out when they realize that the "mindless" Grimm are being controlled by an intelligent being who is actively holding them back from wiping out humanity...and the Kingdom of Atlas just pissed him off.
-->If every Grimm in Vale came, the city would fall. If every Grimm in the ''world'' came, the world would fall.
* ''Fanfic/{{Nutricula}}'': During the League of Villain's assault on the USJ, all of Class 1-A have this reaction when Kurogiri grabs one of their classmates and surrounds them with his portals, causing their limbs to stick out in places scattered all around the compound. Mainly because it dawns upon them that he's setting up a PortalCut, and is about to execute [[spoiler:Izuku]] in front of everyone.
* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12978919/27/One-Punch-Man-Hero-s-Harem One Punch Man: Hero's Harem]]'', everyone aware of Saitama's power panics when [[CannibalismSuperpower Vacuuma]] eats him, fearing the monster will become truly unstoppable. Luckily, Saitama simply punches his way out without being absorbed.
* In chapter 7 of ''Batman'' story ''Fanfic/DanceWithTheDemons'', ComicBook/TheCreeper bumps into three crooks breaking into an ATM. Believing him to be ComicBook/TheJoker (after all, Creeper ''is'' a green-haired laughing madman), they "managed to get out a string of frightened obscenities" before running away.
* ''Fanfic/TheBoltChronicles'': In "The Cakes," the three [[CoveredInGunge gunge-encrusted]] pets freeze with panic after Penny's angry mother discovers they have ruined her bake-sale pastries. They quickly make a beeline for the doggy door to try and escape.
* In ''Fanfic/HereThereBeMonsters'', the whole Monster Society of Evil freak out when ComicBook/{{Shazam}} manages to break free from his restrains.
-->"Oh, dear," said the Weeper, pulling out his handkerchief and wringing it. "Oh, my."\\
"Oh, hell," offered the Rat.
* Suffice to say, given [[VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc what they're watching]], Class 78 has a lot of these moments in ''Fanfic/Class78thWatchesTheFuture'', but none of them are PlayedForLaughs. Some of the bigger moments include:
** [[spoiler: Watching Jin Kirigiri getting executed]]
** [[spoiler: Meeting Monokuma and seeing the [[DeadlyGame situation]] they're in]]
** [[spoiler: Really, all the times Monokuma reveals a motive]]
** [[spoiler: The successive deaths of Sayaka and Mukuro disguised as Junko]]
** [[spoiler: Makoto being accused of Sayaka's murder because of his bathroom being the scene of the crime]]
** [[spoiler: Sakura being revealed as TheMole]]
* Everyone in Izuku's testing site panics in chapter 9 of ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13639506/9/Quantity-of-Quirks Quantity of Quirks]]'' when it turns out Izuku (plus Kirishima, Ochako, and Kyoka) was right about the test having already started. None of them realize it until ''fifteen minutes'' into an hour long exam when Midnight announces over the PA system that they must be awfully confident to give their competition such a massive headstart.
* ''Fanfic/TheOddsWereNeverInMyFavour:'' 2/3rds of the Gryffindors taking the magical tournament preliminaries develop expressions of horror upon being told that the 3rd preliminary will test their abilities in potion-making (a class which not a single Gryffindor is good at since [[spoiler:Hermione transferred to Ravenclaw]]).
* The ''Fanfic/JWITCHSeries'': All the heroes (and some of the villains, for that matter) react this way at the climax of "Twilight of Darkness", when [[spoiler: [[TheStarscream Wong]] successfully resurrects [[HijackedByGanon Shendu]]]].
* ''Fanfic/HeroesInForgoneDreams'': The Star Allies' reaction when [[spoiler:Soul Fecto]] manages to take down [[spoiler:Dyna Blade]], which gives [[spoiler:Fecto]] the chance to [[TheAssimilator assimilate them all]].
* ''Fanfic/{{Statistic}}'' features Toshinori going undercover as a Quirkless teacher at [[SuckySchool Aldera Middle School]]. After enduring constant abuse and mockery from the rest of his coworkers, he finally induces one of these by transforming into All Might in front of them all.
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[[folder:Films — Live-Action]]
* Straddling with RealLife, the reactions of the majority of witnesses and the people involved in the September 11 terrorism - whether its ''Film/UnitedNinetyThree'' or ''Film/NineEleven''.
* In ''Film/{{Airplane}}'', this happens because the stewardess is asking if anyone knows how to fly a plane. In the sequel, it's because [[MustHaveCaffeine they're out of coffee]].
* ''Film/{{Apollo 13}}'': "Houston, we are venting something out into space." All the frantic discussions in the spacecraft and Mission Control stop dead upon hearing Jim Lovell make that announcement.
* A very somber and iconic example occurs at the climax of ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar''. [[spoiler:When it seems like Thor has Thanos at his mercy and the day will be saved once again, Thanos manages to pull a BadassFingersnap to end them all, complete with Thor's BigNo, before escaping with some minor injuries.]] While nothing seems to have changed ''at first,'' [[spoiler:Bucky collapses and crumbles to dust in front of Cap's eyes. Only then does the full weight of what's just happened sink in and those who weren't "chosen" to die in the snap can only watch in abject horror and shock as countless people, some of our heroes included, turn to dust in front of their eyes, powerless to stop it.]] Exaggerated as [[spoiler:it's on a ''universal scale'' and Nick Fury uses his last moments before being dusted to call Captain Marvel for help.]]
* ''Franchise/BackToTheFuture'':
** This happened with Biff and his thugs in ''Film/BackToTheFuture1'', when they were about to run into a [[RoadApples manure truck]] after Marty evades them.
--->'''Biff, 3D, Match and Skinhead:''' '''[[VisualPun SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIT!!!]]'''
** In ''Film/BackToTheFuturePartIII'', Marty meets Biff's great-grandfather Buford Tannen, but Marty was unaware that [[BerserkButton Buford hates his nickname "Mad Dog"]], so when Marty calls him "Mad Dog", everybody in proximity either flees or makes themselves scarce.
* ''Film/TheBankJob'': Once the bank is robbed, quite a few people with valuables or compromising material in the vault are shown panicking.
* ''Film/BlackMask'': This is the police's reaction to Jimmy's hospital rampage. They may be wearing balaclavas, but their fear can be seen in their eyes...
* In the 2010 ''Film/{{Clash of the Titans|2010}}'', when Hades makes his appearance in the throne room scene, you can tell every person in the room just thought "OhCrap", or some variant of it, most especially the queen who had just finished saying [[AGodAmI that they were the new gods.]]
* ''Film/TheDarkKnight'': Every mobster in the room loses their shit when the Joker reveals that he's wearing a [[SuicideAttack suicide vest]] underneath his coat.
* ''Film/TheDayBritainStopped'', a BBC 2003 {{Mockumentary}} about the over-burdened transport systems, many eyewitnesses have this response when [[spoiler: two airplanes collide in mid-air over a residential area.]]
* ''Film/DeepRising'': In the kitchen scene every character in the room has an unspoken "holy fuck!" etched across their face when they see one of the monsters [[EnemyRisingBehind rise up behind an oblivious Mulligan]].
* Every ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'' movie is usually required to have this. Besides the [=MonsterVerse=] example listed below, ''Film/ShinGodzilla'' sees the people working on a plan to stop Godzilla react this way to learning that the U.S. government has their own plan--which involves dropping a nuke onto Tokyo.
* In ''Film/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy2005'', after the [[ObstructiveBureaucrat Vogons]] announce to the entire Earth that it is to be [[EarthShatteringKaboom demolished to make way for a hyperspace bypass]], we get shots of various locations indicating that ''every single person on earth is '''screaming in terror''''', from places like New York and Rio De Janiero, then a flock of sheep merely bleating in their pasture as Vogon construction ships come into the atmosphere. This lies somewhere between hilarious and utterly terrifying.
** What makes it funny is the one [[StiffUpperLip serene-looking old lady]][[note]]played by [[GeniusBonus Douglas Adams' mother]][[/note]], [[BritsLoveTea sipping her tea]]. She was not told what the scene would be, so she's hardly reacting to the screaming chaos around her. They decided to ThrowItIn.
* ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade'' plays this for laughs when Indy and his father Henry are on an airship trying to sneak out of Nazi Germany. They don't have tickets, though, and a Nazi officer is on board trying to find them. He finds Henry at a table near an open window and revels just a bit too long in satisfaction at getting him when Indy returns dressed as an attendant and punches him out before tossing him through the window -- in front of all of the stunned passengers. [[RefugeInAudacity Indy explains it with a simple "No ticket"]] -- cue ''all the passengers in the gondola'' frantically pulling out their tickets to show to him at once.
* At the end of ''Film/Jaws3D'', when everyone sees the shark heading their way.
* ''Franchise/JurassicPark'':
** In ''Film/JurassicPark'' when the T-Rex comes through the fence. Everybody present panics.
** In ''Film/JurassicWorld'':
*** The entire ACU (Asset Containment Unit) freaks out when they see that ''[[BigBad Indominus rex]]'' can camouflage herself.
*** An entire herd of ''Ankylosaurus'' stare in silent horror when the ''Indominus rex'' makes her presence known. They then fly into a panic when she starts attacking.
*** A flock of highly territorial ''[[GiantFlyer Pteranodons]]'' and ''[[KillerRabbit Dimorphodons]]'' flee from the Aviary in panic when the ''I. rex'' crashes into it (you may be noticing a pattern here). Later, a bunch of tourists respond with one of these of their own when the [[DeathFromAbove rogue pterosaurs]] fly into Jurassic World's Main Street.
*** The raptors turning to the humans, with Indominus rex holding a SlasherSmile behind them. [[FridgeHorror one can only imagine what would the raptors do to Owen, the man who raised them from birth, if only Blue wasn't holding her siblings back...]]
* In ''Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheFellowshipOfTheRing'', while in Moria, the Fellowship all become very unnerved as the Goblins surrounding them flee in fear and the sounds of the Balrog grow louder. The look of terror on Gandalf and Legolas's faces show they both know full well what is coming and it is an enemy beyond any of them.
* ''Film/TheMcKenzieBreak'': During a violent riot, the prisoners all become quite rattled when Connor has several firetrucks brought in to use the hoses against them.
* ''Franchise/MonsterVerse'':
** ''Film/KongSkullIsland'': The reactions of the team when they see a hundred foot tall gorilla ready to attack them.
** ''Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019'': The entire [[Characters/MonsterVerseMonarch Monarch crew]] on the ''Argo'' has this reaction when they realize that [[BigBadWannabe Alan Jonah]] and the ORCA are in Antarctica, and thus with [[Characters/MonsterVerseKingGhidorah the only other Titan on Earth who's in Godzilla's weight class]]. Later, the Monarch brass, their G-Team and even one of the human bad guys have this reaction when Ghidorah awakens.
** ''Film/GodzillaVsKong'': Team Godzilla have a pretty good one when the three of them discover [[spoiler:the skull of Ghidorah's decapitated left head in Apex's headquarters, wired up and being used as the hub of Mechagodzilla's neural pathways]]. Everyone has one in quick succession when [[spoiler:Ghidorah possesses Mechagodzilla and it goes on the rampage]].
* ''[[Film/TheNakedGun The Naked Gun: 33 1/3]]'': From the same creators as ''Airplane'' above, this film showcased this during a confrontation on-stage at the Oscars between Drebin and Rosco. Rosco's got a gun, Drebin has the bomb Rosco wants to trigger. Drebin's solution? Trade the gun for the bomb. Cue {{FacePalm}}s from ''everyone'' with their hands free.
* A mass chorus of "Oh, shit!" in ''National Lampoon's Class Reunion'' immediately follows the shrink's revelation that, yes, the class prank pulled on Walter really ''had'' been nasty enough to turn him into a vengeful serial killer.
* In ''Film/NoKidding'', Tandy warns the Robinsons that the children have dug a tunnel under the lake, and the three adults rush outside to stop them from hurting themselves. When the tunnel collapses and Angus is believed to be inside, they panic and jump into the lake to try and save him.
* ''Film/OilyManiac'' has this as the reaction of a group of mobsters when they're stalked by the titular monster. One of them managed to [[OffWithHisHead hack off the monster's head]]...only for it to regrow a new one in ''seconds''. Cue collective panicking.
* In ''Film/OnceUponAWarrior'', this is how the ''entire'' village responds to the news of Sorceress Irendri's awakening.
* ''Film/PacificRim'': When Mako activates Gipsy Danger's plasma caster inside the hangar.
** Also, when Mutavore breaches the anti-kaiju wall without any sort of problem at all, pretty much everyone had this sorta reaction.
** Slattern's appearance.
--->"It's a Category 5...the first of its kind."
* ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanAtWorldsEnd''. At first when the pirates saw the first ship of the company they started cheering to attack, but they soon stop when the fog reveals the rest of the armada.
* During the Roundhouse sequence in ''Film/PokemonDetectivePikachu'', Pikachu kicks a Magikarp while trying to get it to hold off the Charizard that's threatening them... triggering its evolution into Gyarados[[note]]A gigantic, perpetually-enraged sea serpent[[/note]]. ''Everyone in the building'' panics and bolts for the door; Tim and Pikachu only don't because the Gyarados is ''between'' them and the door.
* In ''Film/{{Repossessed}}'', the voice of the exorcised Satan bellows "I'll be back!", to which everyone proclaims "Oooh, shit!"
* ''Film/RevengeOfTheNerds'' has one where the Alpha Betas' Partygoers realize a fire-breathing reveler has just set their dorm on fire
-->'''Everyone:''' Oooooh, ''shit!''
* ''Film/RiseOfThePlanetOfTheApes'': [[spoiler:Caesar speaks.]] The camera jumps around the room, showing that ''everyone'' -- even the ''apes'' -- can't believe it. If you saw it in theatres, ''the audience'' probably had the exact same reaction. What makes it so effective is that the audience is still laughing at the "[[MythologyGag get your stinking hands off me you damn dirty ape]]!" line that they are caught completely off-guard by the [[spoiler:WhamLine]].
* Happens in ''Film/SinginInTheRain''; everyone's excited at the prospect of turning Don and Lina's next film into a "talkie"...until [[VocalDissonance Lina]] opens her mouth, and they all remember that she has a voice that could peel paint, leading to this trope.
* In the movie ''Film/Speed2CruiseControl'', there's several different shots of people looking out and saying "Oh, shit!", because they realize the ship is going to crash into a port.
* ''Franchise/StarWars'':
** ''Film/ANewHope'':
*** A planetwide version happens offscreen, but sensed by Obi Wan Kenobi:
---->"I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror [[EarthShatteringKaboom and were suddenly silenced]]. I fear something terrible has happened."
*** The movie's manga adaptation makes a point of portraying that one exact Mass "Oh, Crap!"
** ''Film/TheForceAwakens'' provokes this reaction across the galaxy when Starkiller Base fires its weapon for the first time. [[spoiler:Not only do we see the Mass "Oh, Crap!" from the people in the Hosnian system, but because it's a hyper light speed weapon, the blast is visible from outside the system. The people on Takodana aren't fully aware of what's just happened, but they can tell it's ''bad''. Only Finn, Han, Chewbacca and Maz have any idea what that light in the sky was, and they are horrified.]]
** ''Film/RogueOne'': The rebels have successfully gained the Death Star plans and ready to leave Scarif orbi- [[spoiler: Wait, who turned out the li- [[VaderBreath OH SHIT]].]]
* ''Film/ScaryMovie3'': After emerging victorious from a rap battle, George bows before the cheering crowd and pulls the cap of his hoodie up...which ends up making him look like a Klan member. The whole crowd goes quiet and you can even hear people uttering "Oh...oh shit...".
* ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'':
** ''Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1990'':
*** The three robbers get one shortly before the Turtles rescue April at the start of the film.
*** All of the Turtles, especially Raphael, get one upon realizing the Foot has ransacked their sewer den and kidnapped Splinter for good measure.
*** April, Leo, Mikey and Donnie get one when they realize the Foot has just invaded her apartment and attacked Raph.
*** Mikey, Donnie and the Foot mooks when they realize the floorboard in April's apartment is about to give way.
*** The Foot teens are shocked upon learning from Casey and Splinter what the Shredder's personality really is.
*** Mike, Donnie and Raph in the final battle when they throw away their weapons, only for the Shredder to taunt them and deliver the CoupDeGrace on [[spoiler:Leo]].
** ''Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesIITheSecretOfTheOoze'':
*** The robbers at the start of the film when the Turtles rescue Keno and help even things out.
*** Tatsu and the Foot refugees in the junkyard get one upon realizing the Shredder has survived.
*** Donatello, Michelangelo and Leonardo when they fall victim to the Foot's trap in the junkyard. And that the Shredder's alive.
*** The Turtles when the Shredder summons Tokka and Rahzar to fight them.
*** The Turtles again when they encounter the Foot again and later when they realize their donut plan didn't work.
*** The Turtles once again when they encounter Super Shredder at the docks.
* ''Franchise/UltraSeries'':
** ''Film/UltramanCosmos2TheBluePlanet'': This is the reaction of the Earth Defense Force, the United Nations, military, civilians, the Alien Gyashis, basically EVERYONE, [[spoiler: when the Scorpis army breaks through the planetary shield and starts making their way into the city]].
** ''Film/UltramanMebiusAndTheUltraBrothers'' have Ultraman Mebius and the four Ultra Brothers (sans Zoffy and Ultraman Taro) reacting in shock at [[spoiler:the revival of Yapool]].
** ''Film/UltramanTaigaTheMovieNewGenerationClimax'': You know the movie's at it's DarkestHour when the "Oh Crap!" comes from the New Generation Heroes - ''twelve'' Ultramen, reacting in panic at the Malicious Demonic Monster Grimdo's awakening.
* ''Film/{{Unforgiven}}'': The climax features a flawless but understated one when the Little Bill is addressing the posse he's gathered together to hunt down the remaining pair of outlaw assassins- then [[TheDreaded William Munny]] stalks up to the saloon door, past [[BerserkButton the corpse of his best friend]] who Little Bill had beaten to death and [[DeadGuyOnDisplay put on display as a warning]]. At first only a few people see him, but Little Bill himself notices when [[ClickHello Munny cocks the double-barelled shotgun he's carrying]] and the whole room follows his gaze and stares at him in shock. After that, barely a man dares move a muscle or breath a word until [[BlastOut the fireworks start]].
-->'''Little Bill:''' We're gonna divide up into four parties, and we'll get all the farms and the trails and make a big circle, and we're bound to come across some[[ClickHello *CLICK*]]body that's seen these...[[OhCrap skunks...]]
* ''Film/WarGames'': David hacks into WOPR, the NORAD MasterComputer, believing he's gotten into the computer system of a video game company, and starts its "Global Thermonuclear War" tactical simulation, thinking it's one of their games, and panic ensues among every single officer at NORAD who thought that the missiles that David "launched" (he was "playing" as the Soviet Union) were ''real missiles'' coming from a Soviet first strike.
* ''Film/XMenFilmSeries'':
** ''Film/TheWolverine'': Three days after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, two B-29's fly over Nagasaki. Everyone knows what's coming.
** ''Film/XMenApocalypse'':
*** Erik's coworkers are visibly distressed at the sight of Apocalypse.
*** Numerous citizens who are in the vicinity of [[spoiler:nuclear launch sites are ''freaked out'' when ''all'' the missiles shoot upwards]].
*** Something goes ''terribly'' wrong while Xavier is linked to Cerebro because he is screaming in agony and cannot sever the connection. Raven, Hank and Moira are unable to help him, so in desperation, Alex is forced to use his power to disable the supercomputer.
*** They are later shocked when Magneto snatches the unconscious Charles, wheelchair and all, flanked by Apocalypse and the other Horsemen.
*** A ''worldwide'' oh crap once Apocalypse relays a message of destruction to the entire world [[spoiler:through Charles]].
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* ''ComicBook/StarWarsWarOfTheBountyHunters'': Vader's arrival at the [[spoiler: Crimson Dawn]] [[AuctionOfEvil auction]] is seen from multiple angles in ''War of the Bounty Hunters'' #2, ''Doctor Aphra'' #12 and ''Darth Vader'' #14, showing virtually [[TheDreaded every protagonist in each series freaking out on realizing he's there]]; Lando's reduced to a RapidFireNo as he and the other Rebel heroes watch in horror, Aphra has a [[HeroicBSOD full-on panic attack]], and Sly Moore realizes precisely how hard Vader has set her up to fail. The only one not rattled by him seems to be [[spoiler: Qi'ra]].

* In ''ComicBook/{{Cerebus}}: Church & State,'' Cerebus has become (a very cranky) pope. His every word is therefore divinely true. At one point, a bunch of his followers are cheering him as he walks into his HQ. Cerebus interrupts them with, "ANYONE WHO ''MOVES'' BEFORE MOST HOLY COMES BACK OUT WILL SPEND ''ETERNITY'' SIPPING LAVA THROUGH AN IRON STRAW!" The next panel is a hundred frozen followers, and a hundred separate "Oh crap" thought bubbles.
* Issue 224 of ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics'': the last few panels are everyone in New Mobotropolis staring in fear up at [[spoiler: the rebuilt Death Egg]].
* ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'':
** In ''ComicBook/RedDaughterOfKrypton'', when ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'' gets a Red Lantern Ring and becomes a dangerous, then-mindless ''Kryptonian berserker armed with the most powerful weapon in the universe'', everyone stares at her with "Oh, GOD, She's going to kill us all NOW!" horrified expressions.
** In ''ComicBook/DemonSpawn'' a group of random bystanders has this reaction after seeing villain Nightflame blowing a street up and striding towards them.
** In ''ComicBook/Supergirl1982'', two crooks assault a lonely woman at night before noticing two things: she wears a Supergirl costume; and she seems pissed off. They shriek.
** In ''ComicBook/Supergirl2005'' issue #20, Supergirl a bunch of bystanders have this reaction when they see a giant, rampaging Cyclops. Then a bunch of preschool children and her caretaker do this when the Cyclops is moving on them.
** In ''ComicBook/PowerGirl2009'' issue #11, all of Satanna's minions stare terrified when ComicBook/PowerGirl blasts Satanna's arm off, realizing that Miss Kryptonian Powerhouse is ''pissed''.
** In ''ComicBook/SupermanBrainiac'', everyone on Metropolis stare up in fright when ComicBook/{{Brainiac}}'s Skullship appears floating above the city.
** In ''ComicBook/WhoTookTheSuperOutOfSuperman'', an alien group carry out a decades-long, behind-of-the-scenes gambit to turn Superman into a ticking bomb which destroys Earth via a SuperPowerMeltdown. When their scheme fails and their agent is exposed they collectively freak out, realizing that Superman will learn about their existence, and he'll eventually track them down.
** In ''ComicBook/ReignOfDoomsday'', all members of the Superman Family -including Superman- become wide-eyed and scared when they see an army of Doomsdays rushing towards them.
** In ''ComicBook/TheHuntForReactron'', Supergirl, Flamebird and Nightwing get horrified stares when they realize that they have been framed by murder and acts of terrorism.
** In "ComicBook/SupergirlsGreatestChallenge", the Chameleon Men's become horrified when ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} is pulled out of the Phantom Zone where they had previously thrown her into.
* ''ComicBook/GreenLantern'':
** In ''ComicBook/SinestroCorpsWar'', Sinestro Corpsmen react in fright realizing that the Greens are now allowed to use lethal force against them.
** In ''ComicBook/LightsOut'', the whole Green Lantern Corps' reaction when Relic destroys the central green power battery. Salaak is shocked in particular because he knows that the central battery was linked to the caverns beneath the surface of Oa and without it, the planet will crumble.
* In ''ComicBook/DCTheNewFrontier'', Superman rallies and unites the heroes, gives a Rousing Speech, and then charges [[EldritchAbomination the Center]]...only to be instantly and casually knocked aside. The horrified, shocked expressions from everyone else is almost comical.

* In ''ComicBook/TheDarkPhoenixSaga'', the Franchise/XMen stare horrified when they notice that the Hellfire Club's manipulations have set ComicBook/JeanGrey's dark side free.
* In ''ComicBook/TheLifeAndTimesOfScroogeMcDuck'', Soapy Slick and his goons give [[https://imgur.com/gallery/q2JNP a frightened reaction]] upon [[UnstoppableRage they've pushed Scrooge too far]].

* Early in Ed Brubaker's ''ComicBook/{{Daredevil}}'' run, everyone in Ryker's, even a guard and an inmate having a savage brawl, dropped what they were doing when they heard the news: [[WhamLine "Bullseye has come to Ryker's."]]
* Often in ''ComicBook/{{Asterix}}'', the pirates are getting set to take a vessel--uh-oh, guess who are on board!
* ''ComicBook/UltimateVision'':
** A group of scientists saw the gah lak tus aliens outside the window.
** Vision and Sam see a growing forcefield coming from the Gah Lak Tus module. They escape from there.

* In ''ComicBook/JLAAvengers'', both sides freeze in horror when [[GodOfEvil Darkseid]] reveals he's wearing [[RealityWarper the complete Infinity Gauntlet]].
* In ''ComicBook/TheDefenders'' #19, the Defenders and the Wrecking Crew collectively look horrified when Thunderball reveals that [[FantasticNuke the gamma bomb]] the two teams were fighting over isn't in its protective casing, meaning it could be anywhere and could go off at any moment.

--> '''Little Cato''': HE KILLED BOLO!!!\\
--> '''Avocato''': This... this can't be happening\\
--> '''Bizkit''': Believe it. It's happening\\
--> '''Gary''': We need to go GO GO GO!!!\\
--> '''Little Cato''': ''HE KILLED BOLO!!!''\\

* After all the characters of''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' suffer magic-induced memory loss, they collectively freak out (all in the same shot at once) at seeing two lowly vampires at the door, because they have forgotten they're superheroes, providing us with this [[http://www.jetwolf.com/hof/hitlist/buffy/005.jpg hilarious image]].

Not an actual mass of fecal matter. If that's what [[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant you thought it was]], you're looking at the wrong wiki.

* ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6BxSbx1Fm0 The Day Britain Stopped]]'', a BBC 2003 {{Mockumentary}} about the over-burdened transport systems, many eyewitnesses have this response when [[spoiler: two airplanes collide in mid-air over a residential area.]]

** ''Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesIII'':
*** April has one shortly before the scepter sends her back in time.
*** Kenshin gasps in shock upon meeting Splinter and the Turtles for the first time.
*** Norinaga, just before a bell falls on top of him in the final battle.
*** [[spoiler:Walker]] gets one shortly before he plunges to his watery death.

** Tatsu and the Foot refugees in the junkyard get one upon realizing the Shredder has survived.