Gross Up Close-Up: Difference between revisions

Essentially the opposite of a [[Discretion Shot]]. Compare [[Nightmare Face]], a trope that gets a lot of these kind of close-ups. Frequently recurring in many [[Gross-Out Show]]s. Also a staple of [[Eye Rape]].

 

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== Advertising ==

* An early example of one of there can be found in the famous [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MaCXVSwec4 "Yuck Mouth" PSA], in which Yuck Mouth discovers a new cavity in his mouth and the camera zooms in on the rotting, holey tooth.

 

== Anime and Manga ==

* Junji Ito ''loves'' these. There are many reasons ''[[Uzumaki]]'', ''[[The Enigma of Amigara Fault]]'', and ''[[Gyo]]'' are infamous for nightmarish images, and [[Nausea Fuel|this is one of them]].

* In the ''[[Suzumiya Haruhi]]'' anime, there was a brief scene after the [[Locked Room Mystery]] with Koizumi observing a disgusting mole on Kyon's head, while Kyon was talking.. ''The mole had hairs''.

 

== Film ==

* The [[Mouth of Sauron]] in ''[[The Lord of the Rings (film)|The Lord of the Rings]]''.

* In ''[[Female Trouble]]'' by [[John Waters]], we get a whole screen full of the diseased-looking penis of the man who is raping [[Divine]]'s character.

 

== Literature ==

 

* Graphic closeups of dead body parts are common on ''[[CSI]]''. [[Television Without Pity]] calls it "[[Too Much Information|TMI]] Cam."

** ''[[Bones]]'' also seems to like "TMI Cam".

* The contents of pretty much any gross stunt on ''[[Fear Factor]]'' will get zoomed in on.

* ''[[Young Blades]]'': Oliver Cromwell's fabled mole in "The Exile" has close-ups complete with dramatic music and gives King Louis some surreal nightmares.

 

== Music Videos ==

* While not exactly disgusting, several of the closeups in [[Nine Inch Nails]]' video for [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqgggIMK7Ic "Into The Void"] are pretty... disturbing, to say the least...

* [[Aphex Twin]]'s "Rubber Johnny" does this.

 

== [[Video Games]] ==

* The cutscenes from [[The Legend of Zelda CDI Games|''The Legend of Zelda'' CDi games.]]

 

* Know what ''[[Cyanide & Happiness]]'' needs? [http://www.explosm.net/comics/746/ Extreme closeups]!

** Know what else? [http://www.explosm.net/comics/1956/ Moar extreme closeups!]

** See also: [http://penny-arcade.com/comic/2012/04/02 "Perhaps Too Real."]

* Sawyer the Pidgeotto is (mildly) shown in this light in [https://web.archive.org/web/20140223192828/http://www.nuzlocke.com/pokemonhardmode.php?p=28 this] strip of the original ''[[Nuzlocke Comics]]'', as Ruby fails to impress the female trainers in the Celedon Gym with him.

 

== Web Original ==

* This is a staple of [[Image Macro]]s, especially of the Rage Comic variety. Several of the more artistically complex ones can get [[Nausea Fuel|truly disgusting]] in this regard.

 

== Western Animation ==

* Extremely frequent in ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]''. "The Nasty Patty", anyone?

** "Is this how you get your sick kicks?!" "What, it's just an ordinary Krabby- OH MY GOODNESS! ''SQUIDWARD!!!''

** [http://i50.tinypic.com/kcnn1c.jpg Click here,] [[Nightmare Fuel|if you dare]].

** There's also the episode where "Wormy" turns into a butterfly, and upon seeing the closeup, Patrick and Spongebob are so terrified they think it's a monster.

* A lot of ''[[Rugrats]]'' episodes start with a weird closeup of something in this manner.

* ''[[Yin Yang Yo!|Yin Yang Yo]]'' had one when Carl turned the twins ugly with a spell.

* ''[[The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack]]'' uses this trope frequently. Often accompanied by [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=daOzSGWIWRA "AGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGH."]

** So does ''[[Chowder]]''.

* In ''[[Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy]]'', Edd is looking at Ed's face through a microscope for clues and is rather disturbed by his uncleanliness.

{{quote|'''Edd:''' Oh, my... Ed, there's this new invention called ''soap''; have you heard of it?!}}

{{quote|'''Dr. Ivo Robotnik:''' Snivley, what color is my heart?...}}

* ''[[The Emperor's New Groove|The Emperors New Groove]]'' has a close-up of Yzma's wrinkly face as she is talking to Kuzco, eventually focusing on a piece of spinach in her teeth. Not particularly gross (this is Disney, after all) but notable in that, unlike most animation examples, it's presented in ''full motion'', rather than as a still image.

 

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