History Main / OneTakeWonder

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* ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureGoldenWind'': In Giorno's NoHoldsBarredBeatdown towards Cioccolata, the former lets out his {{Kiai}} for 30 straight seconds. Cioccolata English dub VA, Bill Butts, revealed that Giorno's English dub VA (Creator/PhillipReich) performed that entire scene in one take.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ld0uIhst3TA The Joker's eulogy to Batman]] from "[[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesE51TheManWhoKilledBatman The Man Who Killed Batman]]". As Harley Quinn says, Mr. J. knows how to put TheFunInFuneral! In fact, Harley playing AmazingFreakingGrace ''on the kazoo'' had to be done in one take because everyone was laughing too hard afterwards to do it again -- you can ''hear'' Creator/ArleenSorkin about to fall apart laughing through the whole song. Bonus points for the ''Kick Me'' sign the Joker put in the casket along with the cape and cowl. And the perfect capper:
-->'''Joker:''' ...Well, that was fun! Who's up for Chinese?

* ''Series/BoyMeetsWorld'': The final scene of the series finale, set in Mr. Feeny's old classroom at John Adams High, was completed in the first take because the cast was far too distraught to try for another one. In the take they used, both Danielle Fishel and Rider Strong are in tears and choking up as they deliver their lines. Even Creator/WilliamDaniels, a consummate professional, seems to have difficulty with his (and the show's) final line.

* Music/TheBeatles' cover of "Twist and Shout". Music/JohnLennon had a cold during the recording session, but kept on playing regardless. Since they had little recording time left, the band recorded it on one take. They tried doing a second, but John had "nothing left" according to the band mates. John's raspy voice blended really smoothly with the song, and producer George Martin [[ThrowItIn threw it in]], and the rest is history.

* The Kingsmen's cover of "Louie Louie" was recorded in one take; they thought it was a warm-up and didn't realize the tape was rolling. This, along with the primitive conditions of the recording studio, led to the infamous slurred quality of the vocals and to [[ThrowItIn a couple of mistakes ending up on the finished recording]]: the drummer yelling an expletive after a fumble about a minute in, and the singer coming in too soon after the guitar solo and quickly stopping to let the band catch up.

** The ending to the "You Don't Love Me Anymore" music video where [[RockersSmashGuitars Al smashes an Ovation guitar]] was also done in one take. Al went on record saying the guitar cost $1,000 and it was the only guitar at that price that was going to be destroyed.

* In ''Film/HomeAlone'', Creator/DanielStern had a live tarantula put on his face for one take only because the prop one wasn't working.

-->'''Joker:'''...Well, that was fun! Who's up for Chinese?

* Creator/RobertMitchum's speech in the Lakota language in ''The Way West'' was shot right after his teacher read it to him just two times out loud! Mitchum only needed one take to do it flawlessly and his teacher said that it was the best Lakota accent he had ever heard.

* ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'': a Season 1 episode had a shot of a Warthog being blasted by a tank from the ground to the top of Red Base, landing perfectly upright. They thought this would be really tough to film, but to their astonishment it happened in one take. In the commentary, Burns muses that, in retrospect, they were for once doing something in the series that ''VideoGame/{{Halo}}'''s engine was actually ''meant'' to do.

* The Italian dub of ''Anime/DeathNote'' had Light's EvilLaugh from the last episode (widely regarded as one of the best versions!) done in one take by Flavio Aquilone.

* In Episode 7 of ''LightNovel/WhenSupernaturalBattlesBecameCommonplace'', not only was Hatoko's infamous speech done in one take, Hatoko's VA, Creator/SaoriHayami, pulled it off on the very first take too. Given the toll it took, she had to go home to rest her voice after that.

** The ending to the "You Don't Love Me Anymore" music video where Al smashes an Ovation guitar was also done in one take. Al went on record saying the guitar cost $1,000 and it was the only guitar at that price that was going to be destroyed.

* ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureGoldenWind'': In Giorno's NoHoldsBarredBeatdown towards Cioccolata, the former lets out his {{Kiai}} for 30 straight seconds. Cioccolata english dub VA, Bill Butts, revealed that Giorno's english dub VA (Creator/PhillipReich) performed that entire scene in one take.

* The Italian dub of ''Anime/DeathNote'' had Light's EvilLaugh from the last episode (widely regarded as one of the best versions!) done in one take by Flavio Aquilone.

* The scene in in ''Film/ExtremePrejudice'' where Creator/PowersBoothe picks up a scorpion then crushes it with his bare hand was done in one take.

* ''Series/SesameStreet'': After Mr. Hooper's actor died, [[TheCharacterDiedWithHim the character was killed off]], and an episode was produced explaining his death in-universe as well. The cast was so emotional, they were unable to do a second take without breaking down.

* ''Series/TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir'': The infamous ending to "[[Recap/TheFreshPrinceOfBelAirS4E24PapasGotABrandNewExcuse Papa's Got a Brand New Excuse]]" includes only the first take, despite the fact that Will's baseball cap fell off after Uncle Phil hugs him and Karyn Parsons (Hilary) could be heard crying backstage. Like with the above ''Sesame Street'' example, everyone was too emotional to do another take.
* ''Series/{{Hannibal}}'': At one point Hannibal Lecter is seen performing an elaborate cooking trick where he throws an egg in the air, cracks it over the narrow edge of a spatula as it falls and catches the yolk inside a small bowl. The crew were convinced the trick was too difficult and prepared several dozen eggs as well as three chefs to act as [[TalentDouble hand doubles]]. Creator/MadsMikkelsen performed the trick perfectly on the first take with no rehearsals. Turns out Mikkelsen was a juggler in his youth, which he credited for being able to pull off the trick.
* The "Chandelier Scene" from the ''Series/OnlyFoolsAndHorses'' episode "[[Recap/OnlyFoolsAndHorsesS2E07ATouchOfGlass A Touch of Glass]]", in which the Trotter brothers prepare to remove a priceless chandelier for cleaning only for their grandfather to unscrew the wrong one which crashes to the ground behind them, had to be done in a single take as they could only afford one chandelier for the gag. Creator/DavidJason and Creator/NicholasLyndhurst were under strict instructions to stand completely still and silent for 30 seconds after the chandelier dropped as the scene was originally supposed to be the final shot of the episode. Lyndhurst later claimed the director told him he would be fired if he made a mistake or [[{{Corpsing}} started laughing.]]

* ''Film/{{Birdman}}'', by nature as an entire film [[TheOner done in one take]], had to nail each sequence on the first try, or else set the production back significantly. Apparently, Creator/ZachGalifianakis was particularly talented at this--though he did mess up occasionally, he was able to save messed up takes through improvisation.

* As a filmmaker, Creator/ClintEastwood is known for working fast and for being one of the few to bring in his movies under budget and under schedule, rarely necessitating multiple takes.

* In ''Film/HomeAlone'', Daniel Stern had a live tarantula put on his face for one take only because the prop one wasn't working.

* ''Film/JurassicPark'': Creator/JeffGoldblum claimed that his reaction to seeing a Brachiosaurus for the first time was captured in one take ("you crazy son-of-a-bitch, you did it"), with Steven Spielberg dictating to him off-camera what expression he wanted.

* ''Series/DoctorWho'': The circus tent explosion in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS25E4TheGreatestShowInTheGalaxy The Greatest Show in the Galaxy]]" was supposed to be mostly special effects, but the crew brought the wrong equipment and had to do it with real pyrotechnics. The explosion ended up way bigger than it was supposed to be, but in a Real Life Moment of Awesome for Creator/SylvesterMcCoy, he maintained his UnflinchingWalk despite being a little bit on fire because he knew they weren't going to get another shot.

* ''Film/Titanic1997'': The scene where the Grand Staircase floods had to be shot in one take because the whole set would have been too damaged for a second. The water damaged the period-accurate materials to the point where wood blocks and even an actual part of the staircase became dislodged while filming.