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A [[Stock Phrase]] where a character (often the [[Comic Relief]]) alerts the other character(s) of an "incoming" danger, often a large, falling object of some kind.

* ''Next''

{{quote| '''Cris Johnson:''' [knows he's about to be punched by Liz's stalker] Incoming. [gets punched in the face]}}

{{quote| '''Toby:''' [cough] Incoming.<br />

'''Viola:''' Check out the booty on that blondie. }}

* ''[[The Santa Clause]]''

{{quote| '''Scott Calvin:''' Santa rolling down the block in a PANZER! Well, kids, I... I certainly hope you have been good this year, because it looks like Santa just took out the Pearson home. Incoming!}}

{{quote| '''Ironhide:''' INCOMING!}}

{{quote| '''Jetfire:''' INCOMING!}}

{{quote| '''Junior Asparagus:''' Incoming! Boysenberry at 3 o'clock!}}

* ''[[The Matrix]] Reloaded''. When a Squiddy throws a bomb at Soren's ship, a crewman yells "Incoming!". It doesn't help.

* ''C: The Contra Adventure''. Sometimes when you make Ray launch a bomb in the third-person view mission:

{{quote| '''Ray:''' Incoming!}}

* A [[Space Marine]] shouts this in the opening video of the original ''[[Dawn of War]]'', just as a horde of Orks hits their position. As you may expect, it is as epic as it gets.

* Ubiquitous in ''[[Call of Duty]]: Modern Warfare'' series, usually whenever an RPG is fired or a grenade, thrown.

* Will occasionally be spoken by infantry who have been targeted by an impending artillery barrage in ''[[Company of Heroes]]'', even before the player can see the shells. [[Oh Crap|Usually followed by a frantic series of click-move-retreat commands]].

 

== [[Western Animation]] ==