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Not to be confused with [[Nothing Exciting Ever Happens Here]], [[Empty Room Psych]], or [[It's Quiet... Too Quiet]]. ''Definitely'' not to be confused with the scariest thing possible.
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== Classic Examples ==
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{{quote|'''Michael:''' The same things that scare people as kids scare them as adults: fear of the dark [lights go out around the [[Jerkass|bastich]]], fear of being alone [car won't start and cell phone is jammed], and fear of the unknown, [the gang peels rubber towards Mook, spitting bullets]. Granted, the last bit proves there's ''something'' after him, but it's not the something he thinks it is, so it still fits.}}
* In the second season of ''[[Slings and Arrows]]'', the portrayal of Banquo's ghost [[Nighmare Retardant|suffers]] [[Narm|greatly]] from [[Special Effect Failure]] up until someone points out that the director arguing with an empty chair is the scariest thing happening in the theater.
* Done for comedy in an episode of ''[[
* The ''[[Max Headroom]]'' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cycVTXtm0U0 incident] is a bit creepy at first, but the juvenile humor of the the man in the mask, combined with his distorted voice, quickly sends it into [[Narm]]-territory. Not the case of [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sM7Q1WiepoQ its predecessor]: the voice is replaced by a screeching static sound, and nothing actually happens in the video; no [[Take That]]s at politicians or corporations, no spanking, just a man in a [[Uncanny Valley|creepy mask]] bopping his head around. In addition, the delay between the interruption of the news show and the actual video makes it all the more shocking. Needless to say, it comes as surprisingly as a [[Screamer Prank|screamer]].
* Lampshaded in ''[[The Flash (TV 2014)|The Flash]]'''s penultimate episode of season 3. Hearing King Shark (a giant monster done with expensive CGI) moving around a mist filled room but unable to see him Captain Cold notes "Reminds me of Jaws. They didn't show the shark because they couldn't afford to make it look good".
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* ''[[Jurassic Park]]'' for the SNES. Not the whole game by any means, as most of it just involves walking around in a top-down view and blasting any dinosaur that gets in the way, but the indoor segments were a different story. Especially if you walked into one of those [[Darkness Equals Death|dark rooms without night vision equipped...]]
** Even further, there's a glitch in a specific room in one indoor area that allows you to walk through a wall and into a room where there is absolutely nothing to be seen. The walls, even the ones you should be able to see from that position, appear completely absent. There's only the floor and ceiling gradient on the screen beyond your goggles and weapon, and it's impossible to tell if you're coming or going, or if you're even moving at all. If you don't turn back immediately after entry, you could get lost forever... and you can still hear the dinosaurs...
*** If you think that's bad, try noclipping outside a level in ''[[Doom]]''. The game doesn't even draw floors or ceilings where you can't see any, nor even
* The whole ''[[Silent Hill]]'' series use this. All the time. Never before has radio static made your heart leap out of your mouth and go running for cover.
** Even better is the fact that the monsters are attracted to light and sound, so you can either check out what's going on and at least have an advance warning, or avoid bringing attention to yourself as much as possible and risk an ambush. The ''[[Doom]]'' games invoke a similar compromise.
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