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->'''T-Rex:''' Wow! The plants are nice and the birds are singing and the sun is almost down from the top of the sky. What a beautiful day!\\
'''Dromiceiomimus:''' But T-Rex, what if beauty is nothing but an illusion? What if we're all nothing but dreams within dreams that, for an instant, imagine themselves to be real?\\
'''All:''' OH SHIIIIIIII[[CurseCutShort -]]
-->-- ''Webcomic/DinosaurComics'', [[http://www.qwantz.com/index.php?comic=1457 "add a few Is every time you do it"]]

Sometimes serious, but often a comedy trope. When faced with something, most or all cast members in the scene ''[[OhCrap panic]]''. Related to CrowdPanic, except it's not about the LivingProp characters. Expect TheStoic or OnlySaneMan to get everyone to shut up for long enough to deal with the problem, if they don't and panic just like everyone else, [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness the scenario is definitely treated seriously.]]

[[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant This trope name doesn't mean an actual mass of fecal matter]], but it's not necessarily unrelated to BringMyBrownPants. Compare ReactiveContinuousScream.
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!!Example subpages:

[[index]]
* [[MassOhCrap/AnimeAndManga Anime & Manga]]
** ''MassOhCrap/OnePiece''
* MassOhCrap/FanWorks
* [[MassOhCrap/LiveActionFilms Films — Live-Action]]
[[/index]]

!!Other examples:

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[[folder:Comic Books]]
* ''ComicBook/{{Asterix}}'': Often in the series, the pirates are getting set to take a vessel--uh-oh, guess who are on board!
* ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'':
** In ''ComicBook/DeathOfTheFamily'', this reaction is shared by pretty much every one in Gotham when ''ComicBook/TheJoker'' comes back, including the villains: Penguin, Poison Ivy and even Harley aren't exactly overjoyed to see him back.
** In ''ComicBook/BatmanTomKing'', all of the ComicBook/{{Robin}}s provide a humorous example when Alfred announces that Bruce has proposed to Selina Kyle and she's accepted.
--->'''Damian:'''...What the '''HELL''' did you just say?!
* ''ComicBook/CerebusTheAardvark'': In ''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.
* ''ComicBook/{{Daredevil}}'': Early in Ed Brubaker's 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."]]
* ''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.
* ''ComicBook/TheDefenders'': In issue #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.
* ''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.
* ''ComicBook/JLAAvengers'': Both sides freeze in horror when [[GodOfEvil Darkseid]] reveals he's wearing [[RealityWarper the complete Infinity Gauntlet]].
* ''ComicBook/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic'': In issue 46, Zayne, Gryph, and Slyssk are all horrified to realize that "Rohlan Dyre", the person they've been traveling alongside for months and with whom they just left their friend Jarael, is really the infamous Mandalorian MadScientist Demagol, who has been impersonating Rohlan for all that time.
* ''ComicBook/TheLifeAndTimesOfScroogeMcDuck'': Soapy Slick and his goons give [[https://imgur.com/gallery/q2JNP a frightened reaction]] upon [[UnstoppableRage they've pushed Scrooge too far]].
-->'''Soapy:''' Oops!
* ''ComicBook/ScoobyDooTeamUp'': In "[[Recap/ScoobyDooTeamUpTruthJusticeAndScoobySnacks Truth, Justice, and Scooby Snacks]]", the the gang and the core ''Daily Planet'' staff all react with horror when they see Superman beginning to transform into a monster.
* ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics'': In issue #224, the last few panels are everyone in New Mobotropolis staring in fear up at [[spoiler: the rebuilt Death Egg]].
* ''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]].
* ''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/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.
* ''ComicBook/XMen'': In ''ComicBook/TheDarkPhoenixSaga'', the X-Men stare horrified when they notice that the Hellfire Club's manipulations have set ComicBook/JeanGrey's dark side free.
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[[folder:Films — Animation]]
* ''WesternAnimation/BlueMountainMystery'': The first time Thomas gets a good look at [[SentIntoHiding Luke]], the other narrow-gauge engines panic and try to clear the way, but end up surrounding Luke in the process. Rheneas even shouts that he's sorry.
* A fairly funny yet serious one from ''WesternAnimation/ABugsLife'' happens after Flik sees a feather on the ground. Flik stares for a second, has his personal OhCrap moment, and runs off screaming. The other bugs watch him go, and the bird lands right behind them, chirps, and the circus bugs all run after Flik, screaming as well.
* In the climax of ''WesternAnimation/CatsDontDance'', the whole audience is shocked when Darla accidentally reveals her true nature over the mic for everyone to hear.
* ''WesternAnimation/ChickenRun'':
** The other chickens have one when Ginger is taken to the pie machine.
--->'''Bunty:''' [[TemptingFate We mustn't panic. We mustn't panic!]]\\
''({{Beat}}, then the chickens scream their heads off)''
** The chickens have one earlier, when the attempt to escape using the Mrs. Tweedy dummy fails.
* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Hercules}}'': after cutting off several Hydra heads, Hercules faces a dozen Hydra heads.
* In ''WesternAnimation/IceAgeTheMeltdown'', the mini-sloths have one when their statue of Sid collapses onto them. "BAD JUJU!"
* A brief one in ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles1''. During the Parr family's dinner fight, they hear the doorbell ring and proceed to put themselves into order to make sure their super identity remains hidden. Thankfully for them, it just turns out to be Lucius Best, who is a super friend of the family's who is in on the secret.
* In ''WesternAnimation/Incredibles2'', while the Parrs praise each other in the Underminer's tank, the police arrive, shining lights down upon them as well as guns.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}}'': Played for drama when [[spoiler:the soldiers' happy-go-lucky song "A Girl Worth Fighting For" is [[MoodWhiplash brutally ended mid-verse by the sight of a destroyed village]]]]. Cue horrified reactions and non-comical {{Jaw Drop}}s from everyone present.
* In the climax of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsonsMovie'', [[spoiler:after Homer and Bart throw the nuke that was about to blow Springfield up out of the dome, the whole town cheers. Then the nuke falls back down and bounces around the hole, and everyone goes OhCrap. Then it lands safely on the side of the dome, and everyone sighs in relief]].
* ''WesternAnimation/OliverAndCompany'': Sykes kidnapping Jenny elicits this reaction from Fagin and his dogs.
* In ''WesternAnimation/SinbadLegendOfTheSevenSeas'', Eris makes a rather [[BigEntrance dramatic entrance]], which left nearly everyone (particularly the Council) freaking out, and stunned for several minutes after her departure.
* Near the end of ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGoVsTeenTitans'', both the 2003 and 2013 teams of Teen Titanses collectively reacts in shock at [[spoiler:2013!Trigon devouring his 2003 counterpart and turning into Hexagon]].
* In ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'', Mei and her friends discover to their horror that Abby misread the schedule and 4*Town is actually going to be in ''Toledo'' the weekend before the red moon, and they will be in Toronto ''on the night of the red moon'' putting attending their concert in conflict with going through the red moon ritual Mei has committed to.
* In ''WesternAnimation/WereBackADinosaursStory'', the citizens at the parade have this trope when they realize that there are real dinosaurs.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Literature]]
* ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfNarnia'':
** ''Literature/PrinceCaspian'', Aslan's roar:
--->"Aslan, who seemed larger than before, lifted his head, shook his mane, and roared. The sound, deep and throbbing at first like an organ beginning on a low note, rose and became louder, and then far louder again, till the earth and air were shaking with it. It rose up from that hill and floated across all Narnia. Down in Miraz’s camp men woke, stared palely in one another’s faces, and grasped their weapons. Down below that in the Great River, now at its coldest hour, the heads and shoulders of the nymphs, and the great weedy-bearded head of the river-god, rose from the water. Beyond it, in every field and wood, the alert ears of rabbits rose from their holes, the sleepy heads of birds came out from under wings, owls hooted, vixens barked, hedgehogs grunted, the trees stirred. In towns and villages mothers pressed babies close to their breasts, staring with wild eyes, dogs whimpered, and men leaped up groping for lights. Far away on the northern frontier the mountain giants peered from the dark gateways of their castles."
** ''Literature/TheLastBattle'': It happens when every thinking being in the world sees Aslan standing in a doorway. Good goes past him through the door to Heaven, and evil does not go through the door. Most approaching the door are completely terrified of him.
** In ''Literature/TheVoyageOfTheDawnTreader'', the sailors react this way when they realize the implications of landing on the island where dreams come true. It sounds like an absolutely fantastic place...until you remember that [[RealDreamsAreWeirder nightmares are also dreams]].
--->There was about half a minute's silence and then, with a great clatter of armor, the whole crew were tumbling down the main hatch as quick as they could and flinging themselves on the oars to row as they had never rowed before...
* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'': In ''Literature/MakingMoney'', this is the reaction of the clerks at the Royal Bank of Ankh-Morpork on realizing that NeatFreak head clerk Mr. Bent [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness has just made a mistake]].
* The Dauntless army from ''Literature/{{Divergent}}'' when [[spoiler:Tobias breaks the brainwashing on them, stopping them in the middle of an Abnegation massacre]]. To say that they are angry, horrified, and traumatized is an understatement.
* ''Literature/LeftBehind'': In ''Glorious Appearing'', during the 'sheep and goats' judgement, this is the reactions of the unsaved and those who had taken the Mark of the Beast when Jesus condemns them to the Lake of Fire for never caring for poor, destitute and starving people.
-->'''Jesus Christ:''' ''"Depart from Me, you cursed, into the everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels. For I was hungry, and you gave Me no food; I was thirsty, and you gave Me no drink; I was a stranger, and you did not take Me in; naked, and you did not clothe Me; sick and in prison, and you did not visit Me. Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to Me. You will go away into everlasting punishment."''
* In the ''Literature/NewDealCoalitionRetained'' timeline, this is the reaction of pretty much everyone in the West following the [[TheCoup December Coup]], which sees [[spoiler: hardline Stalinists seizing control of the USSR and most of the Warsaw Pact back from the reformers who were in power]].
* In ''Literature/TheSpiritThief'', everyone present when [[spoiler:the Daughter of the Dead Mountain reemerges]] has some form of this reaction, ranging from horrified "oh no" to nervous breakdowns.
* ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'': In ''Literature/BlackLegion'' the usually stoic Chaos Astartes with SeenItAll mentality actually freak out when they realized that Fabius [[spoiler:succeeded in cloning Horus...and that the clone, adult and armed, is coming to get them.]]
* ''Literature/WhateleyUniverse'' story ''Ayla and the Great Shoulder Angel Conspiracy'', when Elite League finds out just how horrific their simulation battle is going to be, and just how badly boned they all are.
-->'''Gunnery Sergeant Bardue:''' Okay Elite League, welcome to a little simulation that I like to call DARK [[PersonOfMassDestruction TENNYO]]!\\
'''Entire team:''' Oh fuck.
* In ''Literature/TheWheelOfTime'', the tenth book, ''Crossroads of Twilight'' could be essentially summed up as 800+ pages of every channeler on the planet going through an ''epic freak out.'' Granted, it's because they're sensing enough of the One Power to "crack the world like an egg," and they don't know whether it's being used by the good guys or the bad guys. Though, eventually, several characters get tired of freaking out, and basically state that if the beacon of power was going to destroy the world, it would have done so already.
* In ''Literature/{{Worm}}'', this is the reaction to the realization that the Slaughterhouse Nine have arrived in the city by any teams that have found out before they announce their presence. Aftewards, it is the reaction of the rest of the city.
* ''Literature/TeenPowerInc'': In ''Danger in Rhyme'', the villain is a MadBomber who blows up places that rhyme with the lyrics in the song "This Old Man", and once it's time for the tenth bomb, everyone is afraid that the ''Raven Hill Pen'' (where the main cast and Mr. Zimmer are gathered) is next. Everyone is left petrified when their prime suspect (who Elmo has just suggested may be suicidal) comes right up to them while carrying a bag big enough to hold a bomb.
* ''Franchise/TolkiensLegendarium'':
** ''Literature/TheSilmarillion'': The collective reaction of Morgoth's army to seeing what they think is a Vala riding towards Angband. It's actually Fingolfin enraged and distraught by the devastation of the battle, including the deaths of his bannerman and nephews.
** ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'':
*** Everyone at the Battle of the Pelennor Fields gets two of these back-to-back. First when the Corsair ships show up in Osgiliath, since even their allies are scared of them with good reason. Then second when [[MauveShirt Halbarad]] unrolls the banner of Gondor, showing that Aragorn has defeated the Corsairs.
*** The Dunlendings at Helm's Deep, when Gandalf arrives with reinforcements ''behind'' their position. The only person who knew anything about this was Aragorn: and even he only knew Gandalf had some kind of plan, but not what it was.
*** The inhabitants of the Shire when they realize who "Sharkey" is. Luckily, [[TheStarscream Wormtongue]] chooses that moment to [[spoiler:literally stab him in the back]].
** In ''Literature/TheFallOfGondolin'', the people of the city are holding a night festival to celebrate the coming of the spring when they notice a faint red glow crowning the northern mountains. As the glow intensifies, the partygoers' amazement and marvel devolves into terror when they realize Morgoth has found their hidden city and has sent his army to kill all of them.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
* One episode of ''Series/{{Angel}}'' had the scene where Marcus Hamilton punches a hole through a guy's torso and Harmony, Lorne, and Eve all [[TheScream freak out Macaulay Culkin-style]].
* Boomer of ''Series/BattlestarGalactica2003'' in "Exodus, Part 2" is able to do this to a room full of Cylons on Colonial One with two simple words: "Adama's back."
* The whole Jeffersonian team on ''{{Series/Bones}}'' has one when the evidence seems to be pointing to disgraced former intern Zack being a serial killer. Zack knows it, too, and kidnaps Brennan to convince her he’s innocent.
* 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]].
* ''Series/DoctorWho'':
** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E12BadWolf "Bad Wolf"]]: The Doctor engenders this in the ''Daleks'' (see [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYoLG_iP9Ec here]]) when he refuses to surrender to the Daleks in spite of them holding Rose Tyler hostage, and makes a BadassBoast about how he's going to rescue her from the middle of the Dalek fleet, he's going to save the Earth, and just to finish off, he's going to wipe every last stinking Dalek out of the sky. When they point out that he has [[IndyPloy no weapons, no defences, and no plan]], his response is to say, "Yeah. And doesn't that scare you to death?"
** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E13LastOfTheTimeLords Last of the Time Lords]]": All six billion Toclafane panic when they realise the Paradox Machine that let them return to ravage the present day is in danger.
** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E2TheFiresOfPompeii "The Fires of Pompeii"]]: The natural reaction of Pompeii's residents when Vesuvius erupts.
** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E9ForestOfTheDead "Forest of the Dead"]]:
*** Everyone, when the Doctor corrects River that there are not five people in the room, but six, because the [[LivingShadow Vashta Nerada]]-possessed spacesuit of Proper Dave has caught up to them.
*** The Doctor, River and Lux when the Library's SelfDestructMechanism is activated, to detonate in 20 minutes.
** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E12TheStolenEarth "The Stolen Earth"]]: The entire world goes into a panic when [[spoiler:[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgZzCrpqT5E "EXTERMINATE"]]]] is broadcast over and over on the public airwaves.
** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E4TheTimeOfAngels "The Time of Angels"]]: When the Doctor and company realise [[spoiler:that every one of the statues in a 6-storey maze full of them is an Angel, and they're waking up.]]
** "[[Recap/DoctorWho50thASTheDayOfTheDoctor The Day of the Doctor]]": The War Doctor, Ten, and Eleven have this when Clara says Kate is in the "Black Archive". The Zygons have one when Kate Stewart tells them whose daughter she is. The General's assistant notes that the Daleks are increasing their firepower when [[spoiler:thirteen incarnations of the Doctor show up at the same time with the same goal]].
** '''[[Recap/DoctorWho2013CSTheTimeOfTheDoctor EMERGENCY EMERGENCY THE DOCTOR IS REGENERATING!]]'''
* ''Series/EerieIndiana:'' At the end of "Who's Who" the feckless father and brothers of the departing Sarah Bob meet the caretaker she has conjured up to replace her: a muscular apron-wearing man who loudly announces that "NOBODY EATS UNTIL THE PLACE IS SPOTLESS!" A very frantic cleaning session immediately ensues.
* In ''Series/{{Farscape}} The Peacekeeper Wars'', Crichton ''finally'' gives the warring Skarrans and Peacekeepers exactly what they'd wanted from him for years: a wormhole weapon. Then when they realize that what they got was a self-feeding black hole that was now rapidly closing on them and not about to stop until it ate the whole galaxy, the guns fall silent...because they couldn't help but stare at this huge and still growing nightmare and seem insignificant and mortal by comparison.
* ''Series/GameOfThrones'':
** In the first season episode "The Pointy End" when Barristan Selmy, known colloquially as "Ser Barristan the Bold" is forcibly retired from the Kingsguard by Cersei despite them holding their position for life, he strips off his armor and declares he will "die a knight" to which Littlefinger jokes, "A naked knight" eliciting a laugh from the assembled court. Barristan then draws his sword in anger and everyone stops laughing at once. More to the point, they stop laughing and all look positively terrified. It's only when Barristan throws his sword at Joffrey's feet and storms out that everyone finally starts breathing again.
** In the episode "Baelor", the majority of the nobles and counselors attending the [[spoiler:judgement of Ned Stark]] suffer one when [[spoiler:Joffrey decides to execute him, something that wasn't in the plan]]. Also, you can notice one person who isn't surprised, and who is actually ''smiling'': [[spoiler:Littlefinger]].
** Occurs again in the season 3 episode "Mhysa" in a more subdued way after [[PuppetKing King Joffrey]] mouths off to his grandfather [[EvilChancellor Tywin]] and tries to assert his authority. The entire Small Council, the Queen, and even Joffrey himself have a different variation of an "oh shit" expression. The only one who ''doesn't'' is Tywin himself, whose response is basically to tell Joffrey to go to bed.
** When Jon Snow tells the senior leadership of the Night's Watch that they will be facing giants and mammoths everyone goes very quiet and the older members turn visibly pale.
** The White Walker attack in the episode "Hardhome" is basically a chain of these for the human characters.
** In the Siege of Mereen, the Wise Masters and their slaves show one when Drogon appears over their heads and lands at Daenerys side. Followed with one by the Sons of the Harpy when they see a Dothraki's army charge against them. It ends with one by the slaves from the ships when Drogon, Rhaegal and Viserion fly over said ships and began to incinerate one of them.
** In the Battle of Blackwater Rush, Jaime, Bronn, Dickon and the entire Lannister-Tarly army get two massive ones in quick succession. The first is when they see [[TheHorde the thousands of Dothraki cavalry]] racing across the plains towards their line. After forming up to meet them, they immediately get a ''much bigger'' second one when they hear a MightyRoar, and for the first time in over 150 years, [[TheDragonsComeBack a dragon enters a battle in Westeros]].
* ''Series/HouseOfTheDragon'': The whole Green faction has one when the dragon Meleys bursts out of the ground with Rhaenys on her back at [[TheUsurper Aegon]]'s coronation in the dragonpit. Luckily for them, they only get a MightyRoar in their faces and Rhaenys flies off.
* ''Series/TheGreatBritishBakeOff'': The infamous 'Bingate' disaster. Due to Diana accidentally leaving Ian's ice cream out of the freezer, it melted dramatically with only fifteen minutes left. The other contestants watched with concern as Ian tried to figure out what to do...and eventually just tossed it into the garbage and stormed off. Everyone, contestants and crew, were wide-eyed and distressed. It's one of the most dramatic moments in the series.
* ''Series/InterviewWithTheVampire2022'': In the climax of [[Recap/InterviewWithTheVampire2022S1E7TheThingLayStill the Season 1 finale]], when Lestat de Lioncourt slaughters Tom Anderson to feed on his blood, the other human guests at the after-party all panic because they realize that they're going to become meals for the vampire family.
* ''Series/Kingdom2019'': A particularly good use of this trope comes at the end of Season 1, when they learn the hard way that the zombies are not affected by daylight, but heat. Right as a horde of them bears down upon Sangju.
* ''Series/TheLordOfTheRingsTheRingsOfPower'': The entire raft group has one when they realize the ship-like silhouette approaching them is neither what was left of their ship, nor any corsairs, but the very wyrm that wrecked their ship.
* In the ''Series/PlanetAjay'' episode "Make Me Laugh", Ajay makes a bet that he can get Mr. Killjoy, his palace's fun-hating security guard, to laugh before his 30-minute visit on the planet is overwith, and that if he fails Killjoy gets to shut down the planet. Cue a quick succession of shots of the other characters gasping in shock at him saying this.
* ''Series/OddSquad'':
** At the end of "Life of O'Brian", Olive assures Olive and Otto that the laser chicken egg that she used to bribe O'Brian with isn't close to hatching. Not a second later and absolute fear settles on the faces of all three agents as the egg begins to hatch, and they immediately take off running just as the blasts from the baby chick start destroying the Tube Lobby.
** Oscar, Olive and Otto get another moment in "Invasion of the Body Switchers" when they realize that Oprah (in Oscar's body) also managed to hit Professor O and the Friggle Frog in addition to Oscar (in Oprah's body) with the Switch-inator gadget.
** The end of the Season 1 episode "Rise of the Hydraclops" has Olive, Otto, Oprah and Olaf getting this reaction to Oscar telling them that the Hydraclops will return in one hundred years with his siblings.
** "Training Day" has Oprah having an OhCrap moment upon finding out that Odd Todd is back, then Oscar gets one when he gets wind of the news, then the ''entire precinct'' has one that results in absolute mayhem, including a piano being dropped, ThatPoorCat, and a boat horn going off, among others.
** In "The O Games", Otto decides to make an AllOrNothing move in the "rings around a robot princess" competition and throws all ten of his rings behind him and over the wall. The reactions of some of the people in the crowd, as well as Dr. O and Oprah, are ones of horror...that is, until he manages to score ''all ten rings'' and move on to the next competition.
** The tube operators get many moments of these in "Trials and Tubulations", especially upon hearing that Olive and Otto are stranded in Sector 21, of all places.
* Happens in the ''Series/PowerRangersSamurai'' episode "The Master Returns". When Xandred actually gets pissed enough to leave the Netherworld to kick someone's ass, despite the fact that he'll die from dehydration within minutes in the human world, this is the reaction from everyone nearby, and oh boy, is it justified.
** ''Series/PowerRangersBeastMorphers'' has a huge reveal -- [[spoiler:the BigBad of the season, Evox, is actually the rebirth of ''[[Series/PowerRangersRPM Venjix]]''.]] When the Rangers learn this (and that, if unknowingly, it was a young Nate's fault), the fear is palpable.
* ''Series/RedDwarf'': In "[[Recap/RedDwarfThePromisedLand The Promised Land]]", the crew finds Holly's backup disk, allowing them to restore the computer to life.. leading to his reset personality dispassionately detailing the qualifications for anyone to be allowed to remain on board the vessel as crew. (Not to mention keeping the ship from being set to self-destruct.)
-->'''Lister, Rimmer, The Cat, Kryton:''' Oh, god..
* In ''Series/Runaways2017'' episode "Doomsday", [[spoiler: the teens are finally confronted by their parents about the latter's dealings in [[NebulousEvilOrganisation PRIDE]]. When the parents urge their children to come back with them, the teens refuse. Molly then exclaims that they'll fight them if they have to. Cue the parents slightly backing away as they witness Molly's glowing eyes. As a bonus, Karolina takes off her PowerNullifier bracelet and her entire body begins to glow. Dumbfounded by this sight, the Yorkeses sum it up pretty well.]]
-->[[spoiler:'''Stacey:''' Holy...]]\\
[[spoiler:'''Dale:''' [[FinishingEachOthersSentences ...shit!]]]]
* In the SeriesFinale of ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'' the private plane the MainCharacters are on looks like it's gonna crash and they're all freaking out... except [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Kramer]], who shouts, "''Oh, I'm ready! GLORY HALLELUJAH!!''"
* The main characters of ''Series/{{Sherlock}}'' do this at the end of "His Last Vow" from four simple words:
-->[[spoiler:'''Moriarty:''' [[BackFromTheDead Did you miss me?]] ]]
* In the first episode of ''Series/SquidGame'', after the first player in a DeadlyGame of Red Light, Green Light gets shot for not standing still on "Red Light", the guy behind him thinks he's just playing a joke. Then the first guy, lying on the ground, starts [[BloodFromTheMouth coughing up blood]], causing the second guy to panic and start running...and get shot as well, his blood splattering all over the woman behind him, who screams in terror. Cue over half the contestants freaking out and running for the doors of the arena, all of them getting shot as well. Out of 456 contestants, only 201 survived the first game.
* ''Franchise/StarTrek'':
** ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'':
*** In "The Die Is Cast", all inhabitants of the Warbird bridge (including Garak) get this when they realise that [[spoiler: they were set up - the Founders are no longer at their planet, but the Jem'Haddar are at full force.]]
-->[[spoiler:'''Garak:''' It's a trap. They were waiting for us all along...]]
*** In "Valiant", the Red Squad cadets are full of bravado and arrogance as they prepare to launch a solo attack on a Dominion warship...right up until their stupid plan completely and utterly fails, at which point all that confidence immediately disappears, leaving behind a ship full of scared, very much out of their depth children.
** ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'': In "Collective", Chakotay, Tom, Harry, and Neelix are playing poker during a ''Delta Flyer'' mission when they suddenly see a Borg cube approaching them.
** ''Series/StarTrekStrangeNewWorlds'':
*** The entire population of Kiley 279 when a large, mysterious vessel hovers over their capitol city in the episode "[[Recap/StarTrekStrangeNewWorldsS1E01StrangeNewWorlds Strange New Worlds]]."
* ''Series/TorchwoodChildrenOfEarth'': The politicians have a couple. Torchwood Three joins in with them when they see [[spoiler:the child from 1965]] hooked up to the 456 ambassador. Later, when the politicians realize that the 456 want the children and are hooking them up to their bodies because [[spoiler:the kids are an inter-galactic narcotic supply]].
* ''Series/TheUntamed'': When Wei Wuxian threatens to use Chenqing in one of the banquets hosted by the Jin Clan, all the cultivators present immediately stand up with half of them brandishing their swords.
* ''[[Series/{{V1983}} V: The Final Battle]]'': [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvwfdLdEdVA When Robin gives birth via cesarean section - a normal baby girl emerges...with a forked tongue. Then the twin comes out...]]
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[[folder:Pro Wrestling]]
* During the 2009 Royal Rumble, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AU7VDwTCS_w those in the ring]] had this reaction when they heard a [[Wrestling/TheUndertaker *Gong*]]. As the men inside of the ring lined up, Jerry Lawler knew [[ThisIsGonnaSuck what was bound to happen]].
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E82B_GQkxUU Kevin Nash]] also created this, both Sheamus and Kofi Kingston knew it wasn't going to end well.
* Ground Zero: In Your House… when the match between Wrestling/ShawnMichaels and Wrestling/TheUndertaker got out of hand, the entire locker room ran to stop the fight...this was the reaction to everyone who saw it, especially when Taker jumped into the crowd.
* After being slammed [[BreakTheCutie emotionally by Daniel Bryan]], Wrestling/AJLee vented out her rage on the next [[Wrestling/NatalyaNeidhart unfortunate available person]], which generated this.
* At the Wrestling/{{CHIKARA}} 2010 SeasonFinale ''Reality Is Relative'' on December 12,, Wrestling/SinnBodhi [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGrlCbbgZOg&t=2s revealed himself]] as the leader behind Obariyon, Kodama and the masked man who would come to be known as Kobald[[note]]Their trio would be named Wrestling/TheBatiri[[/note]], and that he had asked Wrestling/{{UltraMantis Black}} to train them to be his Dark Army. In exchange, Sinn said that he wanted [[ArtifactOfDoom the Eye of Tyr]] as payment.[[note]]Back in 2007, CHIKARA Commissioner Creator/BobSaget (yes, Bob Saget) and [=UltraMantis=] Black had made a deal to send Wrestling/ChrisHero to wrestle for Dr. Cube, the BigBad of Wrestling/KaijuBigBattel, in exchange for Cube giving Mantis the Eye of Tyr, a Myth/{{Norse Mytholog|y}}ical artifact that can be used to control minds. At ''The Bobliographon'' on April 26, 2009, Mantis used the Eye to force [[Wrestling/HunterJohnston Delirious]] into The Order of the Neo-Solar Temple, as retaliation against Delirious' Incoherence teammate Wrestling/{{Hallowicked}} leaving The Dark Breed and turning ''[[{{Face}} tecnico]]'' at the start of 2006. At the 2009 SeasonFinale ''Three-Fisted Tales'' on November 22, Mantis gave Vökoder the Eye of Tyr as he, Vökoder and Delirious walked to the ring to confront the two masked "BDK" members who had been threatening Mantis for the previous few months. Vökoder turned on Mantis as part of the riot that marked the formation of Wrestling/DieBruderschaftDesKreuzes, and unmasked as Tim Donst, who had appeared earlier in the event as himself. He gave Ares the Eye of Tyr.[[/note]]This prompted a big "Ooooh" reaction from the crowd.
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[[folder: Music Videos]]
* Music/{{Miserable}}: This happens near the end of the video. After the giant woman [[spoiler: eats bassist Kevin Baldes alive]] the surviving members of the band do this shortly before running for their lives. Jeremy even appears to be mouthing the F-word when it happens.
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[[folder:Religion]]
* ''Literature/TheBible'': [[Literature/BookOfRevelation Revelation 1:7 says this]] regarding Jesus' SecondComing:
-->''Look! He is coming with clouds,''
-->''and every eye will see Him,''
-->''even those who pierced Him.''
-->''And all the tribes of the earth will mourn because of Him.''
-->''Even so, Amen.''
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[[folder:Theatre]]
* The famous "silent scene" at the end of ''Theatre/TheInspectorGeneral'' by Creator/NikolaiGogol is an ''epic'', several minute long Mass "Oh, Crap!" moment, described in great detail, when the officials learn the guy they were buttering up [[MistakenForSpecialGuest was a phony]], and the ''real'' Inspector General wants to have a talk with the Mayor.
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[[folder:Video Games]]
* This trope was the result of the original LeeroyJenkins' charge into the Upper Blackrock Spire Rookery in ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft''. It's also the reaction of the entire raid when a main tank dies unexpectedly or the boss hits his enrage timer. A smaller version happens during dungeon groups composed mostly of DPS (e.g. three rogues and a priest or shaman) with no main tank when the healer/heal tank dies.
* ''VideoGame/WildArms1'' had the Quarter Knights pull this off when [[OmnicidalManiac Mother]] tells them about her true objectives. It was even worse in the remake.
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'' has this when a message is brought to the Elder of Narshe about [[spoiler:the Empire attack]]. Everyone present (the Elder, his men and all the player characters so far) take on their shocked face.
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII'' has an excellent instance of this, with looks of abject horror from the entire party when [[spoiler:[[PresidentEvil Primarch Galenth Dysley]] reveals his true form as the [[PhysicalGod fal'Cie]] [[BigBad Barthandelus]]]].
* From ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'''s ''Arrival'' [[DownloadableContent DLC]], the entire team at Project Arrival begins to panic when Shepard breaks through the sedatives and wakes up, and s/he is PISSED! Cue CurbStompBattle.
** In the final mission of ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'', [[spoiler:Hammer Task Force is preparing to storm the Conduit, when [[BigBad Harbinger]] lands on the far side.]] The entire force panics, and makes a desperate charge. [[spoiler:It almost works.]]
** Earlier on Mars, all of the Cerberus troops had this reaction upon realising ''who'' the Alliance had sent.
--> '''Cerberus Trooper:''' Holy shit! It's ''[[TheDreaded SHEPARD!]]''
** The Reapers actually appear to do a double-take upon noticing the utterly ''enormous'' fleet pouring through the Mass Relay, hellbent on retaking Earth and [[spoiler:the Citadel]] from their control. How big is the fleet? Potentially, it's all of them. All the turians, all the krogans, all the quarians, all the geth, etc.
** From the tie-in Twitter feeds, the Reapers are implied to be having a collective Mass "Oh, Crap!" upon realising that none of their forces during the invasion of Earth have managed to confirm the whereabouts of "[[TheDreaded Hostile Target Shepard]]". Because that means Shepard is ''still out 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: desperately try to kill the Sole Survivor, but since they know s/he is hunting them all down they all realize they are now completely screwed]].
** [[SugarWiki/{{FunnyMoments}} In fact]], the situation is so bad that the Nuka-World Disc-Jockey announces while on the air that he is ''[[ScrewThisImOuttaHere getting the hell out of the park]]'', and takes his radio show off the air permanently then-&-there.
* In ''VideoGame/IMissTheSunrise'', this is the crew's reaction to encountering a jamming pulse for the first time. Justified, considering that it disables the safeguards that make NonlethalWarfare nonlethal.
* ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate'': The reveal trailer for [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Sephiroth]] shows him illiciting shocked gasps and looks of utter horror from the playable cast (''especially'' Cloud) after [[TheWorfEffect Worfing]] Galeem.
* Anytime WorldsStrongestMan Lu Bu appears in the ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriors'' games, expect every {{Mook}} and even some generals to react this way.
* In ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOriginsAwakening'', you can induce this in a bunch of kidnappers if you imported a character from the original game by pointing out that you are the Hero of Ferelden. Some of them apparently [[BetterToDieThanBeKilled jump off a cliff rather than face you]].
* In ''VideoGame/FantasyLife'', everyone in the royal court of Castele reacts this way to [[spoiler:Yuelia showing off her human form in public for the first time]]. They do it again immediately afterward, but with {{Confused Question Mark}}s appearing over their heads instead of exclamation marks when [[spoiler:she tells them she's an angel, and one of the daughters of God]].
* In ''VideoGame/BoxxyQuestTheGatheringStorm'', this tends to be the party’s reaction whenever [[MechanicalAbomination STORM]] shows up, and for very good reason.
* The ''VideoGame/TrialsOfMana'' remake has all of the characters in your group give this expression when they witness the power of [[{{Superboss}} the Black Rabite]].
* ''VideoGame/Doom2016'': In the backstory, Samuel Hayden and the expedition exploring Hell first became interested in the temple holding the Doom Slayer's Sarcophagus because the demons started ''panicking'' when they approached the place. They figured if something was in there that could scare the LegionsOfHell half to death, they wanted it.
* When [[EldritchAbomination Giratina]] comes out of the Distortion World because of Cyrus' actions at Spear Pillar in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl Pokemon Platinum]]'', not only do Dialga and Palkia (Giratina's ''siblings'') each take a step back, but the Lake Trio (Legendaries in their own right) visibly panic.
* ''VideoGame/AngryBirds2'': The pigs collectively give a faint "Uh-oh!" when you use the Golden Duck and Mighty Eagle spells.
* In ''VideoGame/MarioPlusRabbidsSparksOfHope'', everyone in the party (including Bowser and ''[[NotSoStoic Edge]]'' and excluding Rabbid Rosalina) freaks out upon seeing a giant Wriggler chasing them.
* In ''VideoGame/Warhammer40000RogueTrader'', the party's encounter with a [[spoiler:Word Bearer Chaos Space Marine]] inspires a range of reactions ranging from ItHasBeenAnHonor to outright ''horror'' at the thing's gruesome psionic presence. [[WakeUpCallBoss The subsequent battle justifies it.]]
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[[folder:Web Animation]]
* ''WebAnimation/FinalFantasyVIIMachinabridged'':
** A (semi-) serious example in Episode 25, when a brainwashed Cloud prepares to bring his Buster Sword down upon Aerith. The rest of his friends are understandably horrified.
** Happens again in the FinaleMovie when Sephiroth goes OneWingedAngel, although strictly speaking, that instance is more of a Mass "ThisIsGonnaSuck".
* ''WebAnimation/SuperMarioBrosZ'': Episode 6, when [[HeroKiller Mecha Sonic]] shows up, and again, when he does [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNPAQ3H1szY this]]. Luigi's OhCrap expression is particularly epic.
* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'':
** In Volume 2's "No Brakes", the Vale populace is bewildered when the White Fang's train bursts from the underground, with Team RWBY still dazzled from the impact. [[spoiler:Then the Grimm emerge from the breach, causing a mass panic.]]
** Volume 3's "[=PvP=]" outdoes the previous entry by having ''two'' such instances, and on an even larger scale. First, [[spoiler: the world witnesses Pyrrha's accidental ''murder'' of her opponent, Penny]], with nobody able to control the broadcast. Second, [[spoiler:the Grimm invade the kingdom of Vale ''en masse'', with one giant Nevermore making its way to the stadium and the White Fang carrying more on board of their ships]].
* ''WebAnimation/SuperHeroBowl'' had this in the third installment, ''Super Showdown Bowl!'' when every single character, may it be heroes or villains, realize that Oscar the BigBad had access to ''all'' their powers.
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[[folder:Webcomics]]
* In ''Webcomic/EightBitTheater'', the ''entire universe'' goes OhCrap when [[spoiler:Black Mage becomes the ruler of Hell.]]
%%* A ''musical'' version of this can be seen in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YUAnhM4TY4 this]] ''Webcomic/CyanideAndHappiness'' short.
* ''Webcomic/DarthsAndDroids'' generally follows most of [[TheLoonie Jim's]] more unhinged plans with pictures of the other characters looking worried, concerned or pensive.
-->'''Jim:''' (as Han) I'm out of my usual good ideas. I gotta try something crazy.\\
'''Ben:''' (as Chewie) :|\\
'''Annie:''' (as Leia) :|\\
'''Sally:''' (as C-3PO): [[WesternAnimation/InvaderZim I'm gonna sing the Doom Song now!]]
* ''Webcomic/{{Aecast}}'': Itzel, Aytan, and Hannah's faces when [[spoiler: Valens is ambushed and killed in Chapter 2]].
* Inverted in ''Webcomic/DMOfTheRings''. When a massive troll attacks the group, they gleefully rush to finally kill something besides orcs.
* ''Webcomic/DragonBallMultiverse'': Pretty much everyone except Broly and Vegetto during their fight is freaking the ''fuck'' out.
** Averted with Zen Buu, though. While he freely admits that the fight was impressive, he doesn't appear shocked, or even worried. That's ''after'' he saw Vegetto go Super Saiyan 3.
* This was the general reaction to Gilgamesh Wulfenbach of ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'' [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20071128 incinerates a colossal war machine by calling lightning down from the sky.]] It wasn't a harbinger of doom for most of the characters who had their reactions depicted, but it certainly caused a city-wide double take and hanging jaw.
* ''Webcomic/GuildedAge'': After [[http://guildedage.net/comic/chapter-1-page-4/ a highly explosive item ends up in an active volcano by accident]], four of the five heroes present display some rather impressive OhCrap expressions. The fifth, [[TheStoic Gravedust]], sticks with one that seems to say YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe...
* ''WebComic/MyImpossibleSoulmate'': A group of thieves robbing Golem Hall, [[https://mis.thecomicseries.com/comics/137 already on edge from hearing somebody coughing]], panic and hide upon realising somebody's about to enter:
-->'''Rhys:''' ''Shit!'' Everyone, hide!
* ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'': In one of the [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0825.html strips]] (warning: spoilers!) we have the resistance scouting party's reaction when they return to base and find [[spoiler: that not only have the villains overrun it, but ''[[TheDragon Redcloak]] himself'' is there.]]
** Another example: The [[spoiler:remaining members of the Order, having just [[WhamEpisode been through a lot]] are at a door a the end of a hallway when ''[[BigBad Xykon]]'' opens it from the other side.]]
* ''Webcomic/ScandinaviaAndTheWorld'': [[http://satwcomic.com/world-in-trouble World War 3, here I come!]]
* ''Webcomic/{{Erfworld}}'': At one point, a war council shares a satisfied chuckle when their prediction - that an ally will soon betray them - is magically confirmed to be very likely. Then the implications set in.
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[[folder:Web Videos]]
* In Creator/AchievementHunter's "LetsPlay VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}" episode one, we get this. Gavin, who had been playing the PC version of Minecraft before they went to the 360 version, disappeared to make a bucket and get some lava. He returns to find the house the others built...[[{{Troll}} and dumps the lava on top of it.]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrLgREKD4kk&feature=youtu.be&t=19m55s At that point,]] we have this reaction:
-->'''Ray:''' Hey, guys? [[DullSurprise There may, or may not, be lava engulfing the house right now]].\\
'''Others:''' ''[FREAK OUT]''.
* In ''WebVideo/CounterMonkey'' Spoony describes this reaction from the party when they realize that the person they just threw a bottle of acid into the face of is not, as they thought, an evil cultist, but their current employer: Tempus Thales, the brutal, unkillable avatar of a war god. At their next session they're feeling optimistic that he'll get over it if they just stay out of his way, only to encounter this again when he reveals his hideously burned face to the city and declares a ten thousand gold bounty on the party member who threw the acid.
* Almost everybody gets this reaction at the end of the ''WebVideo/SuperMarioLogan'' episode "The Golden Egg!" after [[spoiler:Jeffy wishes for the titular golden egg, which rendered it useless since he already had it at the time]].
* ''WebVideo/ScottTheWoz'' has a subdued instance of this trope in "Borderline Forever". After Team F*cked's efforts to convince people the blue border is real fail, Jeb points out the error in judgement they just made:
-->'''Jeb:''' I mean, we only started seeing the blue border after you (Scott) brought it up to us.\\
'''Team F*cked:''' ...Huh.\\
''[[NiceJobBreakingItHero (cue an emergency news bulletin informing everyone that people all across the state of Ohio are seeing a blue border surrounding their vision)]]''
* During the ''[[WebVideo/CriticalRole Mighty Nein]]'' campaign, the team encounter an old crone who cursed one of the Nein into a goblin form, and requests an 'exchange' of misery from one team member to another. Jester, the cheeriest of all the players has a rather ''unusual'' play...
--> "Jester": ''That cupcake was sprinkled with the Dust of Deliciousness, which makes any food taste far better... and also gives you disadvantage on Wisdom and Wisdom saving rolls. I then cast... '''''Modify Memory'''''...
--> (the entire table): (silently losing their collective shit)
** The cherry on top is that the crone is a trickster who delights in others misery, while Jester is a Trickster Cleric who wields a ''lollipop warhammer''. And she got the better of the old crone, with an enchanted cake. No wonder the table had this reaction.
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[[folder:Western Animation]]
* ''WesternAnimation/BackToTheFuture'': In "[[Recap/BackToTheFutureTheAnimatedSeriesS1E11GoneFishin Gone Fishin']]", Jules, Verne, and Marty all become [[JawDrop jaw-droppingly]] horrified when they overhear the currently four-year-old Doc Brown's Uncle Oliver planning one final stunt for his nephew before "Daredevil Brown" retires from the business: going over a waterfall in a barrel.
* ''WesternAnimation/BigCityGreens'':
** In "Hiya Henry", the whole audience at the Big Coffee open mic has this reaction when they see Cricket destroy [[DemonicDummy Henry]] onstage, in the middle of Tilly's act.
** Season 2's "Chipocalypse Now" has several instances:
*** One by Cricket and his family when they see Chip demolish Big Coffee and the apartment complex to make room for the Wholesome Foods Mega-Store.
*** The Greens get another at the end of the HostileShowTakeover when they see the Mega-Store built around their house.
*** The biggest Mass Oh Crap of all occurs in the climax, from Cricket, the Greens ([[PapaWolf Bill especially]]), and everyone who stuck up for them, when he sees Chip about to kill him with his helicopter. After he safely escapes, the whole team of heroes gets an even huger one when Chip is about to kill all of them at once, just before Cricket sees a FatalFlaw in Chip's execution and leads to a PreAssKickingOneLiner.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheBoondocks'' episode "Stinkmeaner 3: The Hateocracy", Huey, Riley, and Robert react with a simultaneous "OH SHIT!" upon seeing [[spoiler:Bushido Brown's death while he was fighting the Hateocracy]].
* ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'':
** In "Operation: P.A.R.T.Y.", the Teenz throw a WildTeenParty at the Delightful Children's mansion while [[TheDreaded Father]] is away. When someone spots Father's car coming down the street, the Teenz panic and flee the mansion.
** Happens twice in "Operation: I.T.". First when Numbuh 362 initiates the eponymous game to decide the new Soopreme Leader of the KND, the entire stadium of operatives instantly empties itself and get as far away from the It as possible. Later, when [[TheMillstone Numbuh 13]] gets tagged, everyone immediately dogpiles him because they don't want ''[[TheJinx him]]'' to be Soopreme Leader.
** ''WesternAnimation/OperationZero'': After Grandfather announces his plans to turn [[ExactWords "anyone who has ever been a kid"]] into Senior Citizombies, the villains in attendance at first cheer. It's not until Knightbrace and Mr. Boss [[ExplainExplainOhCrap realize that]] this includes ''them'' that everyone stops cheering and starts panicking. Cue Grandfather starting the ZombieApocalypse.
* The Team Squad has this reaction to Lord Commander turning into a Titan and ''immediately'' killing Bolo by stabbing him and ripping his head off. When Gary and Quinn - who are in the loading bay - get back to the others, they are all looking shocked at Bolo's head floats by.
--> '''Sheryl''': Bolo...\\
'''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!!!''
* The final episode of ''WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends'', "Goodbye to Bloo", ends with Mac stating that while he was going to move, he's only moving next door (rather than to another city, like the others first assumed), taking his former neighbor Louise's old apartment. Unfortunately, the new place where Louise herself is moving to doesn't allow imaginary friends, so she has to leave her friend, the much-maligned Cheese, at Foster's.
-->'''Everybody:''' [[BigNo NOOOOOOOOOO!]]\\
'''Wilt:''' [[SubvertedCatchphrase I'm sorry, but that's not okay!]]
* In the ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' episode "[[Recap/GravityFallsS2E11NotWhatHeSeems Not What He Seems]]", Dipper, Mabel and Soos get this reaction after Dipper reads aloud The Author's notes about a mysterious machine that was referred to earlier as "doomsday device" by TheMenInBlack. The notes conclude with "If the clock ever reaches zero, our universe is doomed!" The clock in question is ''only a minute and a half from zero.''
-->'''Soos:''' ''[panicked]'' It's the final countdown! [[Music/{{Europe}} Just like they always sung about!]]
* ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague''
** A smaller one in "Flashpoint" when [[spoiler:SelfDemonstating/LexLuthor hijacks the League's space cannon]], courtesy of Franchise/{{Superman}}, ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}, ComicBook/GreenArrow, ComicBook/TheFlash and even the ComicBook/MartianManhunter, plus a bunch of RedShirts.
** Another one in "Grudge Match" shows Black Canary, Vixen, Hawkgirl, and Huntress in a cage match to the death...against Wonder Woman. They are all, rather appropriately, pants-wettingly terrified.
** In the episode "Alive!", the look of triumph on Luthor's face becomes one of sheer horror shared by the rest of the Legion of Doom when they realize that they have inadvertently resurrected [[spoiler:''{{ComicBook/Darkseid}}''.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Kaeloo}}'': The main four do this at the end of Episode 76 when they find out that [[spoiler: their interference with the past has somehow [[AlternateHistoryDinosaurSurvival prevented the extinction of the dinosaurs]]]].
* The entirety of the Red Lotus gets one in ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'' when they realize that even if you tie her up before ''and'' poison her, trying to fight Avatar Korra is a bad, ''bad'' idea. Only Zaheer manages to remain calm.
* ''WesternAnimation/LegendsOfChima'': the tribes' response to finding that Mt. Cavora has suddenly stopped flowing after they push back the Bat tribe swarm that was circling around it.
* ''WesternAnimation/MetalocalypseTheDoomstarRequiem'' has one in song:
-->'''Pickles:''' Oh my god! Our old manager!\\
'''Skwisgaar:''' Oh my gods! My old guitar teacher!\\
'''Nathan:''' Oh my god! Our old groupies!\\
'''Murderface:''' Oh my god! A douchebag nightmare!
* On ''WesternAnimation/MoralOrel'' the main RunningGag is that some adult in Moralton will give Orel a piece of advice which he'll misinterpret, leading to him doing extremely bad things while trying to do good. When Reverend Putty finally realizes this root cause of so much havoc, he addresses the whole town, telling them, "The next person that inadvertently sends Orel Puppington down the wrong path could be responsible for damning all our souls". Everyone in town gulps simultaneously.
* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'':
** In part 1 of the series premiere "Friendship is Magic", everypony in the town hall gets one when Rarity reveals Princess Celestia is missing. And they have an even bigger one when Nightmare Moon reveals herself and announces her [[TheNightThatNeverEnds endless night]].
** Part 2 of "A Canterlot Wedding" has the Mane Six having a big one when they see a huge amount of changelings swarming the chamber where the Elements of Harmony are kept, followed by even more closing in on them and having no choice but to surrender.
** In "Just for Sidekicks", Spike, the Cutie Mark Crusaders and the pets of the Mane Six embark on a train bound for Ponyville. They all get one when the Mane Six step inside the same car and duck underneath some seats to avoid getting caught.
** "Games Ponies Play":
*** The entire Mane Six have one when they realize they only have fifteen minutes until the inspector's train pulls in.
*** They all get another when they realize they've been tending to a common tourist than the actual inspector.
*** The very last scene has Spike, the Crusaders and the pets of the Mane Six getting one when Spike's GrowlingGut threatens to expose them to the Mane Six.
** The ending to "Princess Spike" has Twilight, Cadance, Fancy Pants, and all the summit delegates recoiling upon seeing Spike gearing up to sneeze after his Dragon Sneeze allergies are triggered again by unintentional accident.
** 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.
** Part 1 of the final season opener, "The Beginning of the End", ends with [[spoiler:King Sombra, who was [[NotQuiteDead thought to be defeated]], destroying the Tree of Harmony with his crystals, and the Elements fall and break on the ground]], leaving the Mane Six in complete horror.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/PacMan'' animated cartoon, the Ghost Monsters did this OncePerEpisode, whenever Pac-Man and/or another of the good guys obtained Power Pellets; they all screamed '''P-P-P-P-PAC-POWER!!!''' and then made a run for it. (But rarely ever got far.)
* ''WesternAnimation/ReadyJetGo'': Near the end of "What Goes Up...", Jet and the gang flip out when Mindy reveals to them that Mitchell is spying on them.
* In the Season 2 finale of ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'', the entire wedding congregation gets this reaction [[spoiler: when the bride, [[TheMole Tammy]], reveals that she's a DeepCoverAgent for the Galactic Federation, is aware that (almost) everyone in that room is a wanted criminal, and that the entire building is surrounded by Federation forces waiting to kill or capture them.]] The reaction is {{lampshade|Hanging}}d by a series of rapid-fire responses to this news.
-->'''Alien Guest:''' [[DullSurprise Hm?]]\\
'''Another Alien Guest:''' Huh?\\
'''Morty:''' [[OhCrap Huh?]]\\
'''Summer:''' [[FlatWhat Wha-?]]\\
'''Rick:''' [[PrecisionFStrike Oh shit.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/ShadowRaiders'': The Alliance leaders experience this at the end of ''Ragnarok (Part 1)'' as they watch the dead planet Remora jettison its crust in an apocalyptic fireball, [[ThatsNoMoon revealing a planet-sized battle station that the Beast Generals built within Remora’s husk]].
** Then after they end that threat with liberal use of the Battle Moons [[WaveMotionGun main cannons]], the heroes get a second one when the [[PlanetEater Beast Planet]] itself comes ''out of the sun'' and fires a single shot that obliterates a Battle Moon. ''From halfway across the system!''
* Parodied in ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' with Troy [=McClure=]'s DNA video:
-->'''Troy:''' Hi, I'm Troy [=McClure=]!\\
''[alarm proceeds to go off as every single worker in the room retreats into a sealed room]''
* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsResistance'': In [[Recap/StarWarsResistanceS1E20NoEscapePartII "No Escape, Part II"]], this is the reaction of the Colossus' defenders when [[spoiler:they realize that a Star Destroyer has arrived, and the Colossus isn't yet high enough up to escape into hyperspace.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'': The Crystal Gems have this reaction when they realize that [[spoiler: the Homeworld Gems are now aware of their surviving presence on Earth]].
-->'''Pearl:''' [[spoiler: They're coming back!]] I can't do this! ''Not again!'' \\
'''Amethyst:''' We're dead! We are so dead!
* Hip, Hop and King Koopa have one in ''WesternAnimation/SuperMarioWorld1991'' just before a giant Piranha Plant [[SwallowedWhole swallows them whole]].
* During the ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'' "Celebrity Manhunt" special, Courtney loses control of DJ's bus which is headed towards a cliff. The camera then cuts to everyone in the bus either making OhCrap faces or screaming in terror. Except [[DissonantSerenity Izzy]] and [[TheStoic DJ's mama]] that is.
* ''WesternAnimation/WhatIf2021'': PlayedForLaughs in episode 7 [[spoiler:when Thor announces to all the party-goers that his mother is coming down, they all have this reaction. Doubly funny when said party-goers include [[TheDreaded the grandmaster and]] ''[[TheDreaded Surtur]]'']].
* ''WesternAnimation/WinxClub'':
** The Winx and Taboc have a huge collective one in Episode 13 of Season 3 when Tecna gets sucked down the Omega Portal.
** In the 17th episode of Season 4, the Winx and Roxy have an epic one when they realize Morgana, Nebula, and the Earth Fairies are not the nice creatures they thought of and declare war on all of Earth for being sealed up and forgotten by them.
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