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* Occasionally done in ''[[Naruto]]'' when Kishimoto briefly uses the "comedic" wacky art style instead of his more realistic one.
* Occasionally done in ''[[Naruto]]'' when Kishimoto briefly uses the "comedic" wacky art style instead of his more realistic one.
* Hideki of ''[[Chobits]]'' drops his jaw in four stages, each time making a sound like a squeaky hinge, when Chi points at a want ad for a dominatrix and asks whether it's a job she could do.
* Hideki of ''[[Chobits]]'' drops his jaw in four stages, each time making a sound like a squeaky hinge, when Chi points at a want ad for a dominatrix and asks whether it's a job she could do.

== Comic Strips ==
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* In response to the above quote, Jon did this in [https://web.archive.org/web/20111113134827/http://garfield.nfshost.com/1993/12/04/ this strip] of ''[[Garfield (Comic Strip)|Garfield]]''.
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* ''[[Candorville (Comic Strip)|Candorville]]'' has an unusual variant in which characters' jaws unroll like carpets, lying flat across surfaces. [http://candorville.com/2010/10/08/something-good-5/ This is a good example] of the phenomenon.



== Fan Works ==
== Fan Works ==
* Koizumi in the ''[[Haruhi Suzumiya]]'' fanfic ''[[Kyon: Big Damn Hero]]'' after Kyon commented he (that is, Kyon) was set in an [[Arranged Marriage]] with Tsuruya.
* Koizumi in the ''[[Haruhi Suzumiya]]'' fanfic ''[[Kyon: Big Damn Hero]]'' after Kyon commented he (that is, Kyon) was set in an [[Arranged Marriage]] with Tsuruya.
* Despite her usually refined composure, Lady Silvermane does this in the ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' fanfic [https://web.archive.org/web/20130813213433/http://www.fimfiction.net/story/16112/whispers Whispers] after learning of Princess Luna's betrayal. She even needs to close it with her ''hoof''.
* Despite her usually refined composure, Lady Silvermane does this in the ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' fanfic [https://web.archive.org/web/20130813213433/http://www.fimfiction.net/story/16112/whispers Whispers] after learning of Princess Luna's betrayal. She even needs to close it with her ''hoof''.



== Films -- Animation ==
== Films -- Animation ==
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* Both Kaneda and Colonel Shikishima get one while watching Tetsuo's transformation during the climax of ''[[Akira]]''. It's probably the most realistic and justified jaw drop in Anime history.
* Both Kaneda and Colonel Shikishima get one while watching Tetsuo's transformation during the climax of ''[[Akira]]''. It's probably the most realistic and justified jaw drop in Anime history.
* In ''[[The Lion King]]'', when Simba realizes the lioness he's fighting is childhood friend Nala, they stop fighting and start laughing, prompting a jaw drop from Timon.
* In ''[[The Lion King]]'', when Simba realizes the lioness he's fighting is childhood friend Nala, they stop fighting and start laughing, prompting a jaw drop from Timon.



== Films -- Live-Action ==
== Films -- Live-Action ==
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* Voldemort gets a minor one in ''[[Harry Potter (film)|Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2]]'' when he sees {{spoiler|Harry willingly surrendering himself to Voldemort.}}
* Voldemort gets a minor one in ''[[Harry Potter (film)|Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2]]'' when he sees {{spoiler|Harry willingly surrendering himself to Voldemort.}}
* Dr. Sattler does this in ''[[Jurassic Park]]'' when she sees the Brachiosaurus.
* Dr. Sattler does this in ''[[Jurassic Park]]'' when she sees the Brachiosaurus.



== Live-Action TV ==
== Live-Action TV ==
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* Early on in Mike's tenure as host of ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'', he decides to call down to Deep 13 on his own initiative to complain about the movie (''Beginning of the End''). When Mike and The Bots learn what the Mads get up to when they think no-one is looking, it is so horrifying that Crow's jaw drops and Mike has to close it up for him.
* Early on in Mike's tenure as host of ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'', he decides to call down to Deep 13 on his own initiative to complain about the movie (''Beginning of the End''). When Mike and The Bots learn what the Mads get up to when they think no-one is looking, it is so horrifying that Crow's jaw drops and Mike has to close it up for him.


== Newspaper Comics ==
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* In response to the above quote, Jon did this in [https://web.archive.org/web/20111113134827/http://garfield.nfshost.com/1993/12/04/ this strip] of ''[[Garfield (Comic Strip)|Garfield]]''.
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* ''[[Candorville]]'' has an unusual variant in which characters' jaws unroll like carpets, lying flat across surfaces. [http://candorville.com/2010/10/08/something-good-5/ This is a good example] of the phenomenon.

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== Puppet Shows ==
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* In ''[[Muppet Treasure Island]]'', this is Captain Smollet and Mr. Arrow's response to "Big Fat Ugly Bug Faced [[Eats Babies|Baby Eating]] O'Brien", a man so ugly he looks like an ''[[Dude Looks Like a Lady|attractive woman]]''.


== Video Games ==
== Video Games ==
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** One of the stills during the credits of the {{spoiler|Freedom True}} ending also shows Boss completely astonished (and with a proper Jaw Drop) at the fact that {{spoiler|Feather won her wrestling match}}.
** One of the stills during the credits of the {{spoiler|Freedom True}} ending also shows Boss completely astonished (and with a proper Jaw Drop) at the fact that {{spoiler|Feather won her wrestling match}}.
* Nihlus in ''[[Mass Effect]]'' gets a very bizarre equivalent when he first sees [[Eldritch Abomination|Sovereign]]. His side mouth mandibles twitch in an utterly alien gesture, which, however, leaves very little room to interpretation.
* Nihlus in ''[[Mass Effect]]'' gets a very bizarre equivalent when he first sees [[Eldritch Abomination|Sovereign]]. His side mouth mandibles twitch in an utterly alien gesture, which, however, leaves very little room to interpretation.


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== Puppet Shows ==
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* In ''[[Muppet Treasure Island]]'', this is Captain Smollet and Mr. Arrow's response to "Big Fat Ugly Bug Faced [[Eats Babies|Baby Eating]] O'Brien", a man so ugly he looks like an ''[[Dude Looks Like a Lady|attractive woman]]''.



== Web Comics ==
== Web Comics ==
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* When [[The Cinema Snob|Brad Jones]] reviewed ''[[Winnie the Pooh|Too Smart For Strangers]]'', his jaw dropped when Pooh started singing a song about kids getting molested. He was joined in by his wife, [[Animal Reaction Shot|his cat Lloyd]], and ROB the robot.
* When [[The Cinema Snob|Brad Jones]] reviewed ''[[Winnie the Pooh|Too Smart For Strangers]]'', his jaw dropped when Pooh started singing a song about kids getting molested. He was joined in by his wife, [[Animal Reaction Shot|his cat Lloyd]], and ROB the robot.
** In an interview, Brad said that this was his reaction in real life. He paused the DVD and called Jillian in to watch the rest of it.
** In an interview, Brad said that this was his reaction in real life. He paused the DVD and called Jillian in to watch the rest of it.



== Western Animation ==
== Western Animation ==
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