Holy Shit Quotient: Difference between revisions

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{{quote|'''Sam''': ''So that's it? That's your response?''<br />

'''Dean''': ''What are you looking for?''<br />

'''Sam''': ''I dunno, a little... panic, maybe?''<br />

'''Dean''': ''Well, I guess I'm a little numb to the earth-shattering revelations at this point.''|''[[Supernatural]]''}}

Divide the number of times you said {{smallcaps|"Holy Shit!"}} by the number of scenes. This is the Holy Shit Quotient (or HSQ) for a given episode. The term originated somewhere among the ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV)|Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' ([[Buffistas.org]], most likely) and [[Television Without Pity]] communities, where it is occasionally still possible to get a nice little flame war going over whether "HSQ" is pronounced "aitch-skew."

This is probably why there are such long pauses in the action of movies like ''[[Three Hundred|300]]'' or ''[[The Matrix]]'': it gives the audience time to go "Holy shit!"

High [['''Holy Shit Quotient]]''' is a typical feature of a [[Summer Blockbuster]], perhaps even an [[Epic Movie]].

[[Wham! Episode|Wham Episodes]]s tend to have a high HSQ, as do [[Professional Wrestling]] matches involving [[Spot Monkey|Spot Monkeys]]s, and videogame trailers. (<ref>This is in fact a common chant at pro wrestling events when something like that happens.)</ref> [[Heavyand Metalvideogame (Music)|trailers. [[Heavy Metal]] and [[Visual Kei]] bands try to have at least a moderate one of these per promotional video and/or concert, though it often ends up as [[What Do You Mean It'sMundane NotMade Awesome?]] or [[Narm]] if failed. Obviously, that's a matter of opinion.

When writers try to increase the HSQ of a scene that doesn't have punch by having the characters (or camera work) ''pretend'' it does, they often wind up saying [[Mundane Made Awesome|What Do You Mean, It's Not Awesome?]]

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