History Main / SlowClap

* In ''Film/{{Matilda}}'', Trunchball punishes a boy for stealing her cake by making him eat a much larger cake in front of the whole school. The crowd cheers him on to encourage him. In the movie (not the book) this is started by Matilda.

* The classic '80s film ''Film/{{Lucas}}'' plays it completely straight at the end.

* ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foul_Play Foul Play]]'': Everyone else in the theater starts to clap when the Pope claps.

* A variation of the slow clap is used in the movie ''Iron Will'' at the race's conclusion. Instead of clapping, the audience whistles Will's father's tune to encourage him to the finish. The whistle is initiated by Will's friend Ned Dodd.

* There's a beer commercial where a rock-climber, horrified that his buddy's gear draws attention to said buddy's nethers, politely makes up something about "Ocular Trauma" to get out of going with him. The old dudes watching the exchange break into a Slow Clap. %% Wiser brand? I couldn't find any videos, but it game up with a few Google hits when combined with "Ocular Trauma" Possibly aired during the 2010 Grey Cup. http://www.vancouversun.com/story_print.html?id=3896849

* There's a beer commercial where a rock-climber, horrified that his buddy's gear draws attention to said buddy's nethers, politely makes up something about "Ocular Trauma" to get out of going with him. The old dudes watching the exchange break into a SlowClap. %% Wiser brand? I couldn't find any videos, but it game up with a few Google hits when combined with "Ocular Trauma" Possibly aired during the 2010 Grey Cup. http://www.vancouversun.com/story_print.html?id=3896849

* In ''LightNovel/ToraDora'', Ryuuji starts applauding for Taiga in this fashion during the SchoolFestival's beauty contest.

* Some songs naturally encourage the Slow Clap, especially in church. The spiritual "Soon and Very Soon" is one such song, perhaps because of its evenly paced rhythm or its buildup in emotional intensity throughout every verse, or perhaps just because it originated in black churches (but now is fairly common throughout all branches of Christianity). It seems that whenever "Soon and Very Soon" is played at the end of a church service, at least some people in the congregation will begin clapping rhythmically; among more conservative (that is, "conservative" in the sense of how the parishioners behave, not their political preference) denominations such as Roman Catholics and Anglicans, the clapping may be quite scattered and very slow indeed.
* Not common in Britain, as slow clapping in that country is always SarcasticClapping.

* The BigBad of ''Bunny Kill 4'' does this when Snowball kills his GiantMook.

* The classic 80's film ''Film/{{Lucas}}'' plays it completely straight at the end.

* Happens at the end of the ''WesternAnimation/{{Bluey}}'' episode, "The Quiet Game". Following Alfie's successful attempt in deciphering Bluey and Bingo's charades, the result is Bluey and Bingo cheering and chanting "Alfie!", finally breaking their silence, then Bandit joins in the sisters' cheering, and soon the entire store was roaring, with the final person to join was Alfie's new boss. Alfie must have gotten [[TearsOfJoy teary-eyed]].

Also known as a "Golf Clap". Not to be confused with SarcasticClapping, which is also slow, but different. It also ''does not'' mean [[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant a not very fast infection of gonorrhea]]. Contrasts with StandUpInSupport, where everyone stands up to support someone.

Also known as a "Golf Clap". Not to be confused with SarcasticClapping, which is also slow, but different. It also ''does not'' mean [[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant a not very fast infection of gonorrhea]].

-->-- '''Ookla the Mok''', "Hollywood's Ending"

* Ookla the Mok's "Hollywood's Ending" describes a theatre full of people reacting this way to the equally [[RidingIntoTheSunset cliched]] ending of a cowboy movie. The narrator notes that everybody wants to be in their own movie.

* Considered the first modern use of this trope, played straight in the final moments of the 1980 film ''Brubaker''. Fired from his job as a reform warden trying to clean up a corrupt prison farm, the titular Brubaker (Robert Redford) is on his way out while the new warden outlines a return to the old ways, when one prisoner starts a slow clap. Soon almost the entire prisoner population is applauding his efforts.

* Played straight to great dramatic effect in the climax of the movie ''Film/StrictlyBallroom'', where the music stops, and the protagonist's father starts a slow clap as a beat for his son to dance to. The entire audience gradually join in. Watch it [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stiRRL9ZcMw Here]]

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