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{{trope}}
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'''Stan''': Yes, you'd ''better'' gasp collectively!
▲{{quote|'''Everyone''': GASP!<br />
Nothing says "Drama!" like gasping it, often preceded by a nicely dramatic [[Double Take|double-take]]. Originally came from [[Theater]], since people far away had to see how terrified the actors were. Then used in silent films for similar reasons. There was an interview once with an old actress, who says that they gave her lessons on how to scream, and that they were taught to deliberately over-act, and always raise their hands up in half made fists to cover their mouth.
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Now a [[Dead Horse Trope]] in live action, save for comedy, where it's often exaggerated for maximum comic effect. But in [[Animated Shows]], it's often played perfectly straight. But that doesn't make it any less out of place when it's used in animation that tends to be otherwise more subtle than typical [[Melodrama]].
[[Unsound Effect|Bonus points if they]] [[Saying Sound Effects Out Loud|actually shout "'''GASP'''!"]].
A [[Sub-Trope]] of [[Melodrama]].
Compare [[Milking the Giant Cow]], [[Large Ham]], [[Chewing the Scenery]], [[Rule of Drama]], [[Big "What?"]], [[Big Word Shout]], [[Big No]].
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{{examples}}
* ''Jack in the Box''.{{context}}▼
* ''Wienerschnitzel''.{{context}}▼
* ''McDonald's''.{{context}}▼
* ''Burger King''.{{context}}▼
* ''GEICO''.{{context}}▼
* ''Chick-fil-A''.{{context}}▼
=== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ===
* ''[[Dragonball Z]]'' would use this tons of times, with gasps that lasted the greater part of a full minute.
** And they always make weird sounds and faces while doing it, to the point where it becomes a [[Big Ham]] instead of a significant effect.
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* ''[[Hellsing]]'': Rip van Winkle does this in the 4th OVA when Alucard suddenly smashes her alarm clock, alerting her of his presence. She does it again when he catches the bullet she was firing at him in his mouth.
* Occurs often in ''[[Gankutsuou]]''.
* [[Sailor Moon]]'s gasp in the
* ''[[Akagi]]''. Have a [https://web.archive.org/web/20140405003429/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2WhXu1qr10 compilation.]
* The ''[[Pokémon (anime)|Pokémon]]'' anime.{{context}}
* The ''Digimon'' series.{{context}}
* ''[[Kirby:
* Happens a lot in [[Studio Ghibli]] productions, where the trope is typically used to convey surprise:
** ''[[Kiki's Delivery Service]]'', where Kiki does this after she realises she is going to be late for Tombo's party.
** ''[[The Borrower Arrietty]]'', where Arrietty realises that she is being watched by the boy. When Borrowers such as Arrietty are spotted by humans, they have to move away to a new home, creating additional drama.
=== [[
▲* ''Jack in the Box''.
▲* ''Wienerschnitzel''.
▲* ''McDonald's''.
▲* ''Burger King''.
▲* ''GEICO''.
▲* ''Chick-fil-A''.
▲== [[Fanfic]] ==
* This happens ridiculously often in ''[[My Immortal]]''.
* Also overused in ''[[
=== [[Film]] - Animation ===
* ''[[Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Disney film)|Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs]]''.
* ''[[Bolt]]''
* ''[[The Emperor's New Groove|The Emperors New Groove]]'' franchise.
* The ''[[Cars]]'' franchise.
* ''[[Hoodwinked]]''.
* All of the ''[[Toy Story (franchise)|Toy Story]]'' films.
* ''Jonah: A [[Veggie Tales]] Movie''. Jonah, Khalil, and the Pirates all take turns at dramatic gasping when they see just what "The Slap of No Return" is, before all doing a simultaneous gasp.
* In one scene of ''[[Open Season 2]]'', a slightly aged Elliot does a long gasp after a slightly older Boog says to a slightly older Giselle, "We're partners, right?".
* In one scene of ''[[Open Season 3]]'', Giselle, Gisela, and Giselita all gasp after Doug (who is disguised as Boog) yells at them to go get him more berries and to massage his paws.
* In ''[[Shrek]] 2'', the three girls who discover the newly human Shrek dramatically gasp (and smile) when Donkey says "First we need to get you out of those clothes."
* There is a scene in ''[[Alvin and the
* Several women in the crowd during the climax of ''[[Mulan]]'' do this when the Huns show up, complete with shaking their heads 'no'.
* Everyone (and we do mean ''[[Overly Long Gag|everyone]]'') in the town of Swallow Falls does this in ''[[Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs]]'' after Flint's food machine produces a rain of cheeseburgers. Flint's gasp is especially and hilariously protracted.
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* In ''[[Beauty and the Beast]]'', Belle does a quick gasp and turns away in horror when she first sees Beast.
=== [[Film]] - Live Action ===
* ''[[Max Keeble's Big Move]]''.
* Done for comedy in ''[[Spaceballs]]''. When Dark Helmet orders Colonel Sandurz to go to "Ludicrous Speed!" everybody on the bridge gasps.
* And in a non-animated example, Floop gasps and twitches when Minion turns on him in the first ''[[Spy Kids]]'' movie.
* In ''[[Scott Pilgrim]]'', Envy does this one as part of her natural [[Chewing the Scenery|scenery chewing.]]
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'''Envy:''' GASP!
'''Todd:''' [Nervously] Chicken isn't vegan? }}
* ''[[Norbit]]''.{{context}}
* ''[[It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie]]''.{{context}}
* ''[[Are We There Yet?]]''{{context}}
** ''[[Are We Done Yet]]''{{context}}
* [[Christopher Lloyd]] is ''really'' good at these; a perfect example comes in the first ''[[Back to the Future (film)|Back to The Future]]'', where Doc Brown gets a classic reaction face when a burning wind-up car drives into a pile of oily rags.
=== [[Live
* ''[[Frasier]]''. Frasier does this when enraptured with something, a ''lot''.
* ''[[Sonny With a Chance]]'' does this all the time, but usually they're parodying their fictional TV show "MacKenzie Falls".
* ''[[Family Matters]]''.{{context}}
* ''[[All in The Family]]''.{{context}}
* ''[[Good Times]]''.{{context}}
* ''[[Boy Meets World]]''. A [[Running Joke]] was Shawn and Cory doing exaggerated gasps, followed by "TO-PAN-GA!"
* ''[[Angel]]''. Cordelia does this when spoofing the Buffy/Angel romance in "Fredless".
=== [[
* Done [[Narm|Narmingly]] in ''[[Discworld]] Noir''. The film noir-ish protagonist Lewton is usually pretty hard-boiled and cool, but when he meets Death in person, he gives an enormous gasp, with the overacted line, "You're DEATH!" What's even funnier is that the character onscreen isn't animated any differently than usual, so it's all in the voice acting. Unfortunately, unlike most things Discworld, this is likely ''not'' meant as parody and is just a case of bad acting.▼
== [[Puppet Shows]] ==▼
* In "The Boy Who Cried Wolf" puppet skit, the boy gasps when he sees the wolf approaching him before the wolf reveals to the boy that he isn't really evil.
* In the "Gunni Wolf" puppet
* ''[[The Muppet Show]]''.{{context}}
* ''[[Mr. Meaty]]''.{{context}}
* ''[[Wayside]]''.{{context}}
* ''[[Sesame Street]]''.{{context}}
▲* Done [[Narm
=== [[Web Comics]] ===
* Seen in [http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0356.html this episode] of ''[[Darths and Droids]]'', then doubled for good measure [http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0357.html an episode later].
* [http://xkcd.com/742/ This] ''[[
=== [[Western Animation]] ===
* Used in the ''[[Yogi Bear]]'' franchise.{{context}}
* The ''Flintstones'' franchise.{{context}}
* Used in ''[[Batman: The Animated Series]]'' and ''[[Gargoyles]]'', which stick out like sore thumbs, compared to the rest of those series.
* Pic comes from ''[[Care Bears]] in Wonderland''.
* In the DVD commentaries, the creators joke that ''[[Futurama]]'' has more gasps per episode than any other show ever.
** Lampshaded in one episode when after repeated shocking statements, one man faints. A doctor rushes to his side and announces "This man has over-gasped!"
* ''[[Arthur (animation)|Arthur]]''{{context}}
* The eponymous [[Disney Fairies|Tinkerbell]] causes an entire group of fairies to gasp and recoil, hands rising to their faces in horror at Tink causing a stampede.
* ''[[Total Drama Island]]'' is rather fond of these, either individually or in groups. It's particularly common when contestants are surprised at an elimination.
** The TDA episode ''Oceans Eight Or Nine'' parodies this by showing overdramatic GASP shots of Beth, Lindsay, Justin and then Lindsay ''again'', followed by a [[Shrug Take]] from Duncan.
*** The TDWT finale uses exactly the same format (list of
* ''[[Winnie the Pooh]]'': Tigger does this a lot, literally saying it. Only it comes out "[[Verbal Tic|GATHP!]]"
* Rob Paulsen deserves a trophy for this trope, whether playing Pinky, Yakko, or nearly anyone else.
* Definitely used many times on ''[[The Simpsons]]'' from various characters.
* ''[[Veggie Tales]]''.{{context}}
* ''[[The Powerpuff Girls]]''.{{context}}
* The ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' shows.{{context}}
* The ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' shows.{{context}}
* ''[[American Dragon: Jake Long]]''.{{context}}
* ''[[Caillou]]''.{{context}}
* ''[[Hey Arnold!]]''{{context}}
* The ''[[Veggie Tales]]'' franchise{{context}}
* The ''[[Inspector Gadget]]'' franchise{{context}}
== [[Comic Books]] ==▼
== Parodic, Spoof and Similar Examples ==
▲=== [[Comic Books]] ===
* One issue of ''[[Groo the Wanderer]]'' has a large crowd perform a ''COLLECTIVE GASP!''
=== [[Live
* Spoofed on ''[[Will and Grace]]'', when Grace snooped in Leo's bag and found a romantic letter from another woman, but wants to pretend to be shocked when he finds it:
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'''Will:''' ''([[Beat]])'' Grace, do you work? Or do you just spend the day practising your reactions? ''(Grace gives him an offended, open-mouthed look)'' Thought so. }}
* Frank does this repeatedly in an episode of ''[[The Adventures of Lano and Woodley]]''. After the third or fourth, Col tells him to stop it because there's a risk of him fainting. Frank gasps and faints. Then when he comes around, he asks what happened. Col tells him that he fainted. Guess what happens.
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* In the ''[[Shane Dawson]]'' franchise.
* During an [[All That]] sketch where a member of the "Cheese Police" visits the school, he finds [[G-Rated Drug|cheese]] in Ms. Fingerly's purse.
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=== [[Newspaper Comics]] ===
* ''[[Calvin and Hobbes]]'' parodied this, during a series of strips where Calvin floats away with his helium balloon, it pops and he figures it must be a dream. To try and wake up, he looks down toward the ground and "GASP!"s repeatedly. It doesn't work.
=== [[Radio]] ===
* ''[[I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again]]'' had characters saying 'gasp' pretty often. The most notable example is probably when the entire cast, upon being told that their in-universe radio station is being closed down, react with "''SHOCKED GASP!''"
=== [[Theater]] ===
* Parodied in ''[[Urinetown]]'', when Pennywise reveals that {{spoiler|Hope is her daughter}}, the poor react with a "Gasp." When she follows it up with the fact that {{spoiler|[[Department of Redundancy Department|she is Hope's mother]]}}, the poor give a much more dramatic, "''GASP!''"
=== [[Web Animation]] ===
* See ''[[The Demented Cartoon Movie]]'' for this taken to its logical extreme.
* Spelled out in ''[[Bonus Stage (web animation)|Bonus Stage]]'' episode Evil's New Groove.
* ''[[Homestar Runner]]'' uses a "GASP!" stock effect whenever a character declares they're going to do something daring (or [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?|what they think is daring]].) A good example is [https://web.archive.org/web/20131104121214/http://www.homestarrunner.com/xmas08.html Decemberween].
=== [[Western Animation]] ===
* Parodied in ''[[Fairly Oddparents]]'' a couple of times, at one point which Timmy's dad yells, "'''GIGA.GASP!!!'''"
* Parodied in an episode of ''[[The Oblongs]]'' where a crowd of people continually gasp until it's revealed it was just Mikey's (the ass kid) asthma.
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* [[Bugs Bunny/Characters|Bugs Bunny]] actually says "Gasp!" in the short ''Falling Hare'', after turning around to accost the gremlin who almost tricked him into setting off a bomb with a hammer, and finding that the gremlin has vanished.
* Spoofed and given bonus points (obviously) in the ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]'' episode "Imitation Krabs."
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'''[[SpongeBob]]''': *gasp*
'''Penny''': *gasp*
'''Plankton''': [[Saying Sound Effects Out Loud|Gasp!]] }}
* In ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'', this is Twlight Sparkle's (and the audience's) first impression of [[Cloudcuckoolander|Pinkie
=== Web Original ===
* In episode 3 of ''[[Rose of Versailles Abridged]]'', Maria Theresa ended her lesson on "Amp up the drama" with a shot of Oscar gasping.
* ''[[Avatar: The Abridged Series]]'': "Le Gasp! I must flee, sexily."
* In the ''[[Cracked.com]]'' webseries ''[[Agents
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* ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series|Yu-Gi-Oh the Abridged Series]]'':
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'''Téa:''' Gasp!
'''Tristan:''' Hey, no fair! You can't punch me while I'm off-screen! }}
* ''[[Code
* ''[[Potter Puppet Pals]]''.
* This is also used in the ''[[Annoying Orange]]'' franchise.
{{reflist}}
[[Category:Character Reaction Index]]
[[Category:Drama Tropes]]
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[[Category:Chewing the Scenery]]
[[Category:The Take]]
▲[[Category:GASP]]
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