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* In Kuroshitsuji aka "[[Black Butler]]", {{spoiler|when Grell returns in the manga on the Campania, the ship voyage arc, Sebastian and Ciel are very surprised (oh crap) to see her return.}}

* ''[[Lone Wolf and Cub]]'' is practically constructed of these and [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|Crowning Moments of Awesome]] for the main character, Ogami Itto. Oh Crap faces generally come up more or less every time someone either recognizes Itto or he reveals himself, generally by pulling out his sword, running at somebody, and shouting "Assassin, Lone Wolf and Cub! I come for your life!"

** In the case of the latter, [[Oh Crap]] is an understatement.

** A more tragic example happens when Prof. Yumi and [[Mazinger Z/Characters|Prof. Gordon]] are talking about a Mechanical Beast is sinking ships... and Gordon realizes his wife and their daughter are traveling by sea.

* Used to great effect in episode 9 of ''[[Steins;Gate]]'' when Okabe {{spoiler|finds out just how much D-mail has changed the past.}}

* This happens repeatedly in ''[[Death Note]]'', usually when someone is [[Out-Gambitted]].

** Of particular mention is when {{spoiler|Light, after being revealed as Kira, pulls a piece of the Notebook from his watch. Near gets a look on his face that you can tell means he's realized Light will write down his name first. Matsuda fortunately shoots Light in the hand, saving his life.}}

** And then there's the moment when {{spoiler|Naomi Misora}}, having decided that Light ''isn't'' Kira, gives her real name in trusting confidence, and gets the full treatment when:

'''Light:''' Because... ''I'm Kira.'' }}

* Nanoha from ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]'' tends to draw this sort of reaction from her enemies.

** [[Smug Snake]] [[Four Is Death|Quattro]] had this reaction twice in a row. First when she learns that Nanoha has found her location, then again a few seconds later when she realizes Nanoha [[Dungeon Bypass|plans to take the shortest route there]]. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBArXz3cWos Video]. Three if you count her reaction after she sees the actual beam speeding toward her.

** Even before that, Vita had this reaction when Nanoha fires an attack that would make a [[Wave Motion Gun]] envious.

** And even before that, Fate shows this reaction when, after barely surviving the aforementioned attack, she discovers that Nanoha has [[Look What I Can Do Now!|another]] [[Wave Motion Gun]]. A ''[[More Dakka|bigger]]'' one.

** Nanoha and co are on the receiving end in ''A'''s when they realise [[Tome of Eldritch Lore|the Book of Darkness]], having absorbed Nanoha's magical abilities, is able to cast said bigger [[Wave Motion Gun]] at ''them''.

** [[Quirky Miniboss Squad|Numbers]] cut loose. Fate appears. Fate stops the pursuit. Numbers wonder what's going on. And then it cuts to Hayate in the sky, casting a very ugly spell that we had all but forgotten she still had: [[Sphere of Destruction|Diabolic Emission]]. Oops.

** A lighter version for Ginga in episode 15, when Nanoha suggests a sparring battle of the five forwards (the new kids) vs. [[Wave Motion Gun|herself]], [[Dark Magical Girl|Fate]], [[Lady of War|Signum]], and [[Cute Bruiser|Vita]]. She seems to be just surprised at first, then it slowly dawns on her...

** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HNTpPFGI8U This AMV] matches Nanoha's [[Oh Crap]] moments with Alucard's (mentioned below), to great effect.

* Nearly as epic as Quattro's expression is the [[Oh Crap]] we get from Palus Abel in ''[[GaoGaiGar]] FINAL'' just before the unveiling of the {{spoiler|[[Drop the Hammer|Goldion Crusher]]}}. In the last stages of the final battle, the heroes have been put completely on the ropes and are now outnumbered hundreds to one thanks to Pisa Sol's regeneration abilities. Abel is as smug as she's ever been in the series... until she has this exchange with Soldato-J and Renais:

'''Soldato-J:''' [[Dramatic Pause|.........]] [[Badass|You think so?]]<br />

'''Renais:''' I knew she wouldn't notice.<br />

* The ''[[Gunslinger Girl]]'' manga has a few of these, especially when {{spoiler|mafia guy Cristiano sees that Rico has taken out his getaway driver and smashed his face into the window of the car}}.

* In ''[[Zipang]]'', a World War II American submarine commander has one of these looks when a modern-day Japanese destroyer that got sucked through time into the Battle of Midway manages to start its engines and move out of the path of two torpedoes from a dead stop, something ships back then couldn't achieve. He gets another one when he discovers that a fired ASROC (anti-submarine rocket), a modern-day anti-submarine weapon, has the ability to '''[[Roboteching|home in]]''' on his submarine.

** The first season had Shion's realization that she forgot Satoshi's final request.

* [[Digimon Adventure|"Not her! No!"]] Myotismon's reaction to [[Sixth Ranger|Kari]] activating her crest, everyone. The original line was "Shimatta!" (Oh,no! /Damn!)

** In ''[[Digimon Tamers]]'' the crew had been fighting "Devas", demi-gods based on the [[Eastern Zodiac|Chinese Zodiac]]. They'd defeated most of them, leaving a few left. What was it again? Oh, look, Henry's sister is talking to a ''very large'' rabbit Digimon, too far away from them to reach her. Oh right, one of the last Devas is a rabbit... OH [[Curse Cut Short|SHI]]... {{spoiler|Fortunately, Henry's sister manages to get past Antylamon's religious programming through sheer concentrated [[Moe Moe]]}}.

** Ken does one of these in ''Adventure 02'' just before TK [[Unstoppable Rage|unleashes hell on him]].

* In ''[[Vision of Escaflowne]]'', Dilandau has a particularly memorable one of these after {{spoiler|Van goes berserk in the Escaflowne and destroys ''all'' of Dilandau's squad}}. It's easy to imagine that Dilandau may have wet himself during this, though we only see him from the shoulders up.

* In ''[[The Slayers|Slayers Try]]'', Xelloss actually utters this phrase when Amelia literally ''sings'' him into submission.

** In the fifth ''[[Slayers]]'' light novel, there's an excellent moment where Mazenda has Lina cornered outside of a burning inn. Mazenda is about to finish her off when Lina says that Xelloss [[Look Behind You!|is standing right behind]] Mazenda. Upon hearing Xelloss's cheerful "Behind you, Miss Mazenda!", she immediately ''flings herself into the burning building'' to get away. Lina narrates: "Now that, ladies and gentlemen, is '''fear'''".

** In the first slayers series (episode 14), Amelia is used as a hostage. She tells Lina to forget about her and just defeat the bad guys. Lina says "Sure, sounds fine to me!"...cue the [[Oh Crap]] look from Amelia.

** Of course, Lelouch being [[Magnificent Bastard|Lelouch]], the first five minutes of the next episode usually show him turning it back on his enemies. Only for something even worse to happen to him. Repeat cycle.

** Sorry, but I feel the intense need to mention Suzaku's assault on the Knights of Rounds. Two of this trope within seconds of each other... And, I'm assuming, a couple dozen more when he laser spams an entire fleet out of existence between the aformentioned.

* In ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'', [[Class Trip]] arc [[Big Bad]] Chigusa Amagasaki's expression as her [[The Dragon|unstoppable demon god]] is frozen and subsequently shattered by a [[Deus Ex Machina]] in the form of [[Badass]] [[Our Vampires Are Different|vampire]] sorceress Evangeline A.K. MacDowell. Also very common in main characters when [[Not What It Looks Like]] occurs.

** Perhaps the best one in a recent chapter, when Ala Rubra (four of them, anyway) decide to crash Arika's execution.

'''Rakan:''' Like I said. Are you seriously telling me... you think that's gonna be enough? }}

* Edward from ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]'' gets an expression like this when Scar blasts through the protective wall that Alphonse created.

** And Roy Mustang in the manga, upon discovering just how deep the infiltration in the military is.

** "Hit the deck! The Flame Alchemist is here!" "HEEEEEEEEEEEEEELP!"

** From the first anime:

'''Mugear:''' [[Evil Laugh|Ha ha ha ha ha]]! [[Incredibly Lame Pun|Didn't think I had the stones]]? ''(transmutes bigass gun)<br />

'''Ed:''' Aw, ''crap''! }}

[[Beat Panel|(beat)]]<br />

'''Lust''': ... Technical difficulties?<br />

'''Ed''': '''AAAAAAAAHHHH!'''<br />

'''Envy''': Lucky Me! (knocks Ed out with a knee to the gut.) }}

* ''[[Naruto]]'', being a [[Shonen]] series about ninja with magic powers, LOVES this trope.

** Deidara has a great one. After he thinks he finally managed to blow up Sasuke, the latter stands behind him in his Cursed form about to punch a Chidori through Deridaras chest. Deidara returns the favour though when Sasuke realizes just how big Deidara's final explosion is gonna be.

** Zabuza does this twice during Naruto's plan to free Kakashi from his water prison. Once when he realized Sasuke used the Shadow Shuriken Jutsu (though this was somewhat faked), and once more when the second shuriken transforms into Naruto and throws a kunai at him.

** [http://youtube.com/watch?v=76rOXy9w8Ik "Heh. There's no way taking off a little weight will let him keep up with Gaara's sand--" *KABOOM*] The beauty of this scene was how it had a time delay effect spread out among the whole team of bad guys. Gaara's teammates realized right away this was trouble, but it took Gaara several seconds ''after Lee [[Flash Step|started moving]]'' for him to register how badly his defenses were being outmaneuvered. That Kankuro had [[Tempting Fate|recently boasted about no one ever having been able to lay a scratch on Gaara]] was just icing on the cake.

** In Naruto's fight against Kiba, Naruto managed to get this reaction out of Kiba and several others after tricking him into knocking out Akamaru.

** {{spoiler|And much later on, this was likely the thought on every reader's mind on the first shot of Naruto in 8-tailed form (Yamato has this when the info's relayed to him), and he was about to release the Kyuubi's seal ''during'' that! Thank god for the Fourth Hokage, because even ''[[A God Am I|Pain]]'', who's been unfazed by everything else thrown at him, seems to be a bit worried, though his facial expression doesn't make it too clear.}}

{{spoiler|'''Pain:''' }} ... I can't believe it. }}

*** The anime delivers the {{spoiler|Yamato}} part even better - his expression when {{spoiler|his hand}} shows {{spoiler|first the '6' sign, then the '8' sign, and then the '9' sign}} is priceless - made even better by the apocalyptic background music playing.

{{spoiler|'''Yamato:''' Dammit...it's too late. How could this happen?}} }}

** Back to the original series, a Naruto fake goes to discredit him and make him broke and is doing a good...Wait. [[Berserk Button|Did that explosion come from the Nindo ramen stockpile?]] OMFG IT'S RAINING NARUTOS! Oh he tries to escape but, once the clones realize that the fake doesn't have the box...

** An "Oh Crap" moment amplified by [[HSQ]] on the reader's side -- [[The Social Darwinist|Shishio]] takes everything that Kenshin, Aoshi, Sano, ''and'' Saitou can throw at him but ''[[Determinator|refuses to go down]]''.

** Possibly the greatest example was when Shishio tauntingly points out that he thinks like Kenshin and was aware he was using himself as a distraction so "the insect" could assault the ship. Then he orders his men to open fire with a gatling gun on Sanosuke, who has nowhere to maneuver (for reference, it's been shown previously that a gatling gun works about as well on people in the anime as it does in real life). The look on Shishio's face when Sanosuke ''punches the water hard enough to create a burst that stops bullets?'' '''Priceless.'''

* Nagi, at the very end of ''[[Mai-Otome]]'', when everything finally comes crashing down on him and the Otomes come to capture him (even saying "Oh, crap!").

** Though somewhat subverted in that he goes back to his passive "oh well" attitude anyway.

** Which for all its beauty does not begin to compare to the manga scene in Part 2 where Joseph, taking part in a chariot death race against Wham, having all but miraculously beaten Wham to the epic warhammer waiting for them both on the stone pillar, cheerfully swings it round only to discover {{spoiler|that Wham ''has upended the pillar off the ground and is swinging it at him''.}}

** In part 5, Diavolo gets this one in spades when he figures out {{spoiler|he is useless in the face of Giorno's new stand, Gold Experience Requiem.}}

** Played with when Nami tries to activate Tornado Tempo: a backfire and a played straight.

** The [http://www.mangareader.net/103-2339-3/one-piece/chapter-232.html reaction] of Mock Town's local drunkard on seeing [[Bullying a Dragon|Luffy and Zoro's]] then-new bounties of (respectively) 100 million and 60 million Berries. Note: the guy was piss-stone-drunk at the time, but seeing those high numbers ''snapped him back sober instantly''.

** When Ichigo attacks [[Big Bad]] {{spoiler|Aizen Sosuke}} at the end of the Soul Society rescue arc. The [[Big Bad]] [[Barehanded Blade Block|blocks Ichigo's Bankai]] with just his ''finger'', also [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReZgq4uBkJ4 cutting short] his [[Theme Music Power-Up]] in the process. The look on Ichigo's face is priceless.

** And when the situation was reversed in their last fight, at the end of the Fake Karakura Town arc. Right down to Ichigo cutting off {{spoiler|Aizen}}'s theme music. And {{spoiler|Aizen realizing that he can't sense Ichigo's reiatsu because it's so absurdly powerful. Waaaay the hell more powerful than his. Or possibly even all of Soul Society put together.}}

** Aizen in 417, most of all {{spoiler|as he's telling Ichigo how there's no point in moving, and Ichigo is inferior. Aizen is interrupted mid-sentence and launched out of the city.}} His eyes say it all, and it gets even better in the next chapter when {{spoiler|Ichigo [[Ironic Echo|blocks his attack one-handed without any effort at all]], then breaks out of a fully-chanted level 90 kidou spell with even less difficulty. Aizen's expression before Ichi walks over and bitch-slaps him is... [http://www.mangareader.net/94-57111-17/bleach/chapter-418.html special]. Aizen another one a few pages later when he realizes that he's not the one who's destroying the landscape with his own power leakage...Ichigo is. Before long, this degenerates into a full-on [[Villainous Breakdown]].}}

** Nnoitra managed to get one of these from ''Kenpachi'' of all people when {{spoiler|Kenpachi seemingly impales him through the eye and out the back of his head...only for Nnoitra to continue talking, slide along the sword, and stab Kenpachi with his hand. Nnoitra then explains that Kenpachi never really stabbed him, his Hollow Hole is where his eye is supposed to be.}}

** {{spoiler|Chapter 480 was an Oh Crap moment for all of us when we saw Shino about to be devoured by several '''gigantic''' and '''grotesque-looking''' Hollows. Poor Ryūnosuke...}}

** Despite being a skeleton in his released form, Espada No. 2 Barragan Luisenbarn still gets this expression when he realizes that {{spoiler|Soifon is about to fire her bankai, (Which, by the way, is a nuke-firing bazooka), into his face at point blank range, and he can't do anything to avoid it. He gets another one minutes later when his own aging power is uncontrollably turned against him}}

** It also happened to [[Big Bad|Cell]] when [[Awesome By Analysis|Tien]] pulls a [[You Shall Not Pass]] on him and stops him with his [[Dangerous Forbidden Technique|Kikoho]].

** While he gets in his share of these situations himself (see above), Cell also ''loves'' to inspire Oh Crap reactions in others. For example, after he explains his plans for the "Cell Game" to Trunks:

'''Trunks:''' ''([[Oh Crap|reacts in shock]])''<br />

'''Cell:''' That's it! That's the look! }}

** There are a number of these during the final Freeza fight on Planet Namek. Freeza trying to stop the spirit bomb that eventually blows him up (but fails to kill him), Vegeta suddenly realising how screwed they are moments before Freeza kills him in a suitably over-the-top fashion, Goku's reaction when realizing, after Frieza cut a huge fissure on the planet that Goku barely avoided, that Frieza's 50% of his power overpowering Goku was no bluff, and last but not least, Freeza's reaction to Goku going [[Super Mode|Super Saiyan]] for the first time.

*** Don't forget that time when Freeza just realized Goku had a reason for holding his arms in the air for so long while taking a beating...

** [[Memetic Mutation|What,]] [[Power Levels|9000?!?]] [[Memetic Mutation|There's no way that can be right! Can it?!?]]

** During the Buu Saga, Gohan and Goten are training, with Goten throwing rocks at Gohan. Gohan barely dodges one and has Oh Crap face #1. After a while, Goten asks if he could change into a Super Sayian like Gohan. Gohan brags about all the work it took for him and Goku to become a Super Sayian, only to have Goten go Super Saiyan like he was turning on a light. Cue Oh Crap face #2

** Team Fourstar's ''[[Dragon Ball Abridged]]'' has gone for this a couple times already, despite being only nine episodes in as of this writing.

'''Goku:''' Is that what you're going to yell out when you '''OH GOD!!!''' }}

** Vegeta actually gets ''three'' in episode 10, one in each part. First when evenly matched in a [[Beam-O-War]] with Goku only for him to pull a Kaio-ken times four, then when the [[Combined Energy Attack|Spirit Bomb]] misses but is deflected back towards him by Gohan, and finally when he cuts off Oozaru Gohan's tail only to realize he just knocked a giant monkey out of the air when it was right above him and he was too tired to get away.

'''Vegeta''': I thought so. ''[blasts Goku]'' }}

* In ''[[Hellsing]]'' you could pretty much put everyone who fights Alucard, due to his fondness of letting his enemies blow him to bits and reforming. A particularly notable case would be Luke's, who spends the entire time between Alucard releasing his actual powers and being eaten wearing such an expression and sobbing in terror.

** A slightly less horrific yet so very hilarious example comes from the 2nd OVA. Jan Valentine has butchered the entirety of the Hellsing organization, made it past Seras and Walter, and breaks into the conference room... only to find ''every member of the conference pointing a gun at him:''

'''Jan:''' [[This Is Gonna Suck|... Oh, fuck me.]]<br />

''(Jan is blown to shreds in a hail of '''[[Depleted Phlebotinum Shells|anti-vampire]]''' gunfire)'' }}

** ''[[Hellsing]]'' book 7 has Seras Victoria going into [[Unstoppable Rage]], and upon seeing that nothing can stop her now, vilainess Zorin Blitz has a big [[Oh Crap]] moment, just before suffering one of the most horrifying deaths ever seen.

** Alucard himself gets one when, during his first fight against [[Church Militant|Father Anderson]], he seemingly blasts him into submission then turns to check on Seras, only for Anderson to [[Healing Factor|get right back up]] behind him, before running Alucard through with a blessed bayonet.

** Completely averted by the Major (being the only one with this distinction in ''[[Hellsing]]''); no matter what befalls him or his forces, he always maintains his composure and has a smile on his face. [[Xanatos Gambit|All because everything that happens is in accordance with his plan]] (plus, it's kind of hard to get this reaction from someone [[Death Seeker|who is hoping you'll kill them]]).

** Don't forget Rip van Winkle when she senses the presence of Alucard heading for the ship.

** Unrelated example from the same series, as well as an inversion of a more common incident: Ranma jumps out of a third floor window, and finds out to his horror that there is a pool underneath.

* Pretty much everyone who isn't one of the three ''[[Noir (anime)|Noir]]'' maidens (or Altena) dies with an Oh Crap look on his/her face. {{spoiler|So does Chloe, when she unleashes her inner [[Psycho Lesbian]] on Mireille and gets Kirika's dessert fork through the chest for her trouble.}}

* [[Smug Snake]] [[Big Bad]] Paptimus Scirocco from ''[[Zeta Gundam]]'' has this look on his face when he is about to be impaled by the Zeta Gundam.

*** [[Tempting Fate|"See for yourself how powerless you are!"]] {{spoiler|Um, Marie-chan? This is Wing Zero with [[BFG|Buster]] [[Wave Motion Gun|Rifle]] we're talking about.}}

** {{spoiler|[[Gundam Seed Destiny|Lord]] [[Stupid Evil|Djibril]]}} when he spotted {{spoiler|Legend Gundam before his demise.}}

** Wang Liu Mei from ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam 00]]'' had one, when {{spoiler|Nena reveals that she had her and Hong Long trapped in her ship, and moves in for the kill.}}

** The villains' collective faces when [[Lightning Bruiser|Nadleeh]], the [[Super Mode|Trans-Am]], [[Super Prototype|00 Gundam]], [[Mecha Expansion Pack|0 Raiser]] and the [[Limit Break|Trans-Am BURST]] are first revealed are priceless.

** If you ever hear Hallelujah Haptism [[Evil Laugh|laughing hysterically]] or telling you [[Reason You Suck Speech|why you suck]] get your Oh Crap face ready. You're doubly screwed if he starts doing both at the same time, {{spoiler|Unless you are Ribbons Almark or Soma/Marie Pieres/Parfacy.}}

** The infamous cry above? {{spoiler|''Setsuna'' does it in the finale when Ribbons reveals the Reborns Cannon is actually a '''''[[Transforming Mecha|transforming]] Gundam'''''}}.

* The UN army in the first scene of ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'': "EVERY SINGLE MISSILE HIT THE TARGET!"

** Gendo gets a rare one in ''End of Evangelion'' when {{spoiler|Rei betrays him.}}

** Don't forget about this one from episode 19:

'''Gendo:''' '''REI!!!''' }}

** Also in ''End'', Asuka's expression becomes pure [[Oh Crap]] right before {{spoiler|a (fake?) Lance of Longinus breaks through her Eva's AT Field to stab it (and her) in the [[Eye Scream|eye]]}}.

** ''Rebuild 2.0'': Zeruel vs NERV, round 1.

** In the manga, the JSSDF soldiers get a nasty surprise when they arrive to find {{spoiler|Misato, slumped, fatally-wounded...and}} with a grenade pin hanging out of the corner of {{spoiler|her}} mouth.

** There's at least one in every episode of Evangelion, really. One of the rare funny ones is in the manga, when {{spoiler|Shinji finds out that the girl who caused chaos at the arcade is his new coworker.}}

* Although these reactions are prominent in ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's]]'', notable ones occur when a Dark Signer brings out their [[Eldritch Abomination|Earthbound God]], for two main reasons:

2) They are ''huge'', and hence their attacks are fatal if they connect.<br />

'''Jack Atlus:''' (about to lose from direct attack by Imposter Jack Atlus) "Impossible!!!"<br />

** Kaiba has a funny Oh Crap moment when he nearly gets his head taken off by a possessed duel monster.

** Evil Marik, when Jounouchi is STILL STANDING after taking Ra's attack head on. Kaiba too has one, but it's more of a "Holy Crap" than an "Oh Crap".

** Haga during the Doma arc during the train top battle with Yami. After he reveals his cruel ruse concerning the shredding of a card supposedly containing Yugi's soul, Yami tells him to "wash his neck and wait". This is what they told prisoners who were about to be executed in Feudal Japan, so it's far beyond the "I'm going to kick your ass" point. Naturally after such a threat, Haga makes a face that pretty much says, "Crap, I'm totally fucked!"

*** No, the ''real'' [[Oh Crap]] moment for Haga came when Yami activates the "Berserker Soul" spell, which allows his monster to keep attacking for each Monster Card he draws at that point. He only needed to draw 2 monsters to win... [[There Is No Kill Like Overkill|He pulls]] '''[[There Is No Kill Like Overkill|seven]]''' [[There Is No Kill Like Overkill|monster cards in a row in the English dub,]] ''[[There Is No Kill Like Overkill|and even more]]'' [[There Is No Kill Like Overkill|in the Japanese version.]]

* Saiou's face in ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX]]'' right before being attacked directly by Glow Neos qualifies as this.

** As does Mask of Laughter's during his duel with O'Brien. He makes a mental boast about how he's going to win even with only 1000 Life Points left, draws for his turn...and sees O'Brien walking away with an activated trap, which he is forced to read to himself, leading right into a [[Crowning Moment of Funny]].

* After the Major killed an entire squad of an elite police assault team within seconds and not only survived but eventually won a fight against a walking tank in ''[[Ghost in the Shell]]:[[Stand Alone Complex]]'', the conspirators decide to have her permanently removed in the next episode. Not willing to lose more men in a futile attack against her, they send a single woman to kill her while her brain is transfered into a new cybernetic body. But instead of killing her immediately, she [[Just Between You and Me|has to tell the Major what she's doing]] once the connections to her body control have been cut. {{spoiler|But then someone reconnects the controls causing one of the two inactive bodies to rise. [[Oh Crap|And she knows she doesn't stand even the slightest chance]]}}.

** The big [[Wham! Episode]] when the terrorists stage their final action on the roof of a TV station skyscraper, with a news chopper circling them:

* [[Smug Snake]] Isshiki gets one in ''[[RahXephon]]'' after he brings down the Tokyo Jupiter barrier... only to find millions of the Mu's super weapons and giant floating cities suddenly appearing world-wide. This leads almost directly to his [[Villainous Breakdown]].

** Kuki gets another one when Kunugi is about to trigger the second Tokyo Jupiter.

* The look on [[Detective Conan|Conan's]] face when he realizes that the murderer he was confronting alone in the forest at night brought '''fifty''' armed men along with him to help dispose of the evidence. {{spoiler|Cue [[Big Damn Heroes]] moment when [[Action Girl|Ran]] and then [[Arrogant Kung Fu Guy|Makoto]] shows up and beats the crap out of all of them.}}

** Hell, [[Detective Conan]] basically has the [[Oh Crap]] face as ''one of the show's stock facial expressions.'' To elaborate... someone having a scared facial expression without any reflection in their eyes? It happens [[Once an Episode]].

** Virtually every conversation Czeslaw has with Vino. :(

* Pretty much everyone who confronts Kenshiro in ''[[Fist of the North Star]]'' will die with this expression on their faces, as Kenshiro explains to them how [[You Are Already Dead]]. Perhaps the most entertaining, however, was a [[Mook]] who decided he could use Hokuto Shinken. He didn't realize, however, that Kenshiro had already hit one of his pressure points. So he counts down...

** It looked to me more like an incredible backfire, because it was the Mook's own attack and countdown. Basically, the guy who taught him was doing it wrong.

** One of my favorites was when Toki paralyzed Kenshiro with his Hokuto Shinken and was giving his [["The Reason You Suck" Speech]]. Then after {{spoiler|Rei reveals he isn't the real Toki at all,}} and then,...

Toki: Wh-What... (Kenshiro begins to stand up again) Uukk...... }}

* Pulled more than a few times in ''[[Zatch Bell]]'', but done best in Tio's battle against the extremely perverted Momon, who spends the ENTIRE battle pulling stunts like flipping up her skirt and stealing her panties from Megumi's bag. Then Tio learns a new spell that's fueled by [[Unstoppable Rage]].

* ''[[Berserk]]'' is chock full this trope, but the best is when protagonist Guts, [[Game-Breaking Injury|all but spent after his battle with Rosine]], {{spoiler|is cornered by the Holy Iron Chain Knights, and manages one last swing of his [[BFS]]}}. Cue the [[Oh Crap]] expressions on the faces of everyone present, including the handful that were sailing through the air, sans legs.

** Then there's Guts' first encounter with Nosferatu Zodd. The expression he has on his face when Zodd transforms is one of ''pure, gut-wrenching terror''.

** And then there's the Eclipse, which is utterly chock full of this, one tragic expression after another.

* [[Idiot Hero|Yukimura]] in episode 7 of ''[[Sengoku Basara]]'', when he realizes that he has to explain to his bloody furious master (a man who ''really'' [[Megaton Punch|likes]] [[Dope Slap|abusing]] [[Punched Across the Room|his]] [[Bright Slap]] [[A Twinkle in the Sky|privileges]] even on good days) just [[What Were You Thinking?|what the hell he was thinking]] when he allowed their honored guest to run off to his death without help. The resulting sucker-punch this time was strong enough to create a small ''sonic boom'' before contact.

** Lance, being similarly empowered, doesn't need to show this. Sird, however, had no idea what she was getting into when [[Friend to All Living Things|Yellow]] [[Unstoppable Rage|flipped her shit]], and after the realization set in, she grabbed Orm and ran the fuck away. {{spoiler|She later took the opportunity to [[Taken for Granite|petrify Silver and the Kanto Dex Holders]] while Yellow was asleep [[Dangerously Genre Savvy|to avoid a repeat of that encounter]].}}

** At least she was smarter than Aqua [[Elite Mook|Admin]] Ark, as he gloriously demonstrated in Round 212. It was smart of him to use Flannery as bait to lure Sapphire into an airtight cable car and lock the door behind her. It was also smart of him to flood the cable car with Azumarill and provide himself a way to breathe. And calling out Sharpedo to bite them to death seemed like a good idea at the time...{{spoiler|'''NOT'''! Sapphire called out Rono (a Lairon at the time, which resists Bite) to break off its teeth, and he gloated at their inability to breathe throughout the whole ordeal - time better spent watching Sapphire as she used those teeth to cut a hole in the glass!}} It's a shame, as he could have won if he didn't try to rush Sapphire's demise, which wound up being his own downfall instead - in this case, Rono makes it literal, as he went flying to the next cable car down.

** Also, Ruby's face when he realises that Sapphire {{spoiler|is the girl he saved from a Salamence (who he was also in love with) years before, and that the boy who she used to love was him.}} He manages to cover it up pretty well so no one notices. Sapphire does it as well later that chapter when {{spoiler|he locks her in an aircar and she realises the same thing he did as he shows her the scar he has from the Salamence attack.}}

* Chiyo from ''[[Azumanga Daioh]]'' has a pretty epic one when she realized that Maaya the Iriomote Cat can eat animals as large as her dog, Tadakichi-san.

** Chiyo has heaps.

* The first time the Daedalus Maneuver was used on ''[[Macross]]/[[Robotech]],'' it went right into the bridge of the Zentraedi ship. The look on the captain's face is pricelss.

** Another example from ''The Second Raid'' was the first episode where a tank commander ''really'' didn't expect the Arbalest to have a Lambda Driver.

** And on a ''much'' larger scale for Sōsuke, he has this reaction whenever [[Tsundere|Kaname]] [[Punched Across the Room|is angry]].

** Don't forget [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIAVYyNAXfU Gates].

'''Gates''': ''(the 9.8-ton Arbalest jumps off from a billboard without scratching it, then the 10.8-ton Codarl chasing it lands on the same board which [[Goomba Stomp|instantly flattens]])'' No way, that's impossible!! }}

* This occurs in the final confrontation between Jubei and Gemma in ''[[Ninja Scroll]]''. Jubei's taken a pounding, had his arm broken (and probably a few ribs), and is lying on the ground, immobile, as Gemma stands over him, boasting his immortality. Jubei then proceeds to ''[[When All You Have Is a Hammer|headbutt him.]]'' [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|TO DEATH.]] The look on Gemma's face as Jubei smashes it into a bloody pulp is pure [[Oh Crap]]: you get the impression it's astonishment as much as pain that prevents him from fighting back. {{spoiler|He got better}}.

* Quite a few of Akagi's oppenents in ''[[Akagi]]'' have this on right after they play into his hands and lose.

* In ''[[Yu Yu Hakusho]]'' it is pretty much guranteed that when [[Beware the Nice Ones|Kurama gets pissed]], somebody is going to have this expression on their face.

** Also happened to two of Hiei's foes in the Dark Tournament. In their round of the opening match, Zeru was sure he had incinerated Hiei. Then he got a wonderful [[Oh Crap]] face when Hiei revealed to have survived, and another immediately after when Hiei announced he was about to use the Ensatsu Kokuryuha (Zeru was disintegrated). Also in the second round of the final match, Bui had redirected Hiei's Kokuryuha against him, apparently disintegrating him, only for Hiei revealing himself not only unscathed but having just got a [[Mid-Season Upgrade]] exactly because he was hit by the Kokuryuha. [[Curb Stomp Battle]] ensued.

* ''[[Eyeshield 21]]'', during the match against Seibu. {{spoiler|After an onside kick with just a minute left on the clock, Monta and Tetsuma are in a catching battle. Because Monta has his hands on the grip of the ball, he overcomes Tetsuma. He starts running for a touchdown, but notices that the other team isn't doing anything. Tetsuma had landed with the ball before Monta could grab it away.}}

* In ''[[Mirai Nikki]]'', the look on the Seventh's face when [http://www.1000manga.com/Mirai_Nikki/29/12/ they run out of knives.]

* The ''[[Excel Saga (manga)|Excel Saga]]'' manga has Mince, who's been free of Excel [[Eat the Dog|trying to eat her]] for a pretty good period of time, encounter an amnesiac Excel. Mince's reaction covers a two-page spread.

* ''[[Sailor Moon]]'' has a few examples, but none of them tops the look on the last DD Girl's face before Sailor Mars [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|fries her with the last bit of her power]].

* In the finale of [[School Days]] [[Jerkass|Makoto]] gets a text message on his cell phone that just says "sorry", followed by lots of empty lines. He scrolls down to the end of the message where he finds just the word "{{spoiler|''[[Wham! Line|sayounara]]''}}." The [[Moment of Silence|background sounds stop]], the picture jumps to a close up of the single word. [[Oh Crap]].

** {{spoiler|He then is jumped by Sekai, one of his two [[Yandere]] girlfriends, with a knife and struggles to escape as he is stabbed to death.}}

* From ''[[Macross]]: Do You Remember Love?'' '''OH PROTOCULTURE!!!'''

* In ''[[Macross Frontier]]'': {{spoiler|Grace O'Conner's}} face goes from Oh Crap to Oh Fuck right before {{spoiler|she}} is shot dead by Alto.

* ''[[Super Robot Wars Original Generation|Super Robot Wars OG: The Inspector]]''. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OcwkRpuHuA THIS.] That is all.

* [[Pokémon: Zoroark: Master of Illusions|Goon]], [[Big Bad|Kodai's]] [[The Dragon|Dragon]] gets an absolutely wonderful [[Oh Crap]] look when he sees an '''''extremely''''' ticked off Zoroark is charging right at him. You can't get much more screwed than facing an extremely powerful [[Action Mom]] on a [[Mama Bear]] [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]] who you helped make mad.

* In ''[[Highschool of the Dead]]'', ''anyone'' who is caught defenseless by "[[Not Using the Z Word|them]]" is bound to make this face.

* In [[Soul Eater]], Mosquito gets one when he realises Arachnophobia has been deceived by Medusa, and that the real Brew is held by Death the Kid. Naturally, his beating the boy into a bloody mess has caused Brew to trigger a Defence Mechanism Superpower in Kid. That is, to start channelling his [[Physical God|dad's power]]. And this after he'd [[Tempting Fate|taunted Kid]] for being a child death god.

** Also, in Episode 9, Eggman's robot Serpenter destroys Amy's lucky bracelet that she had made for Sonic from the seashells she collected at the beach that she, Tails, and Cream were having fun at in the process of the Quizon coming together to form it. And Amy reacts to the destruction of her bracelet with a "[[This Cannot Be!]]" line. Not only does Amy cry over said destruction of her bracelet, she doesn't take that too well and has her [[Berserk Button]] pressed, hitting Eggman with a [[This Is Unforgivable!]] and afterwards proceeding to kick both his and Serpenter's asses, and that's where Eggman gets an [[Oh Crap]] moment where he realizes that he shouldn't have made Amy this pissed off at him and that now that he has done so without knowing it anyway, he's completely and totally screwed.

* [[Cowboy Bebop]], Ballad of Fallen Angels. This exchange happens when Faye's captured at an opera, which cues an utterly terrified [[Oh Crap]] face from her:

'''Man:''' [[Big Bad|Vicious.]] }}

** This also gets turned around on Vicious later in the episode. He throws Spike out of a window; Spike throws a grenade back into the building as he falls.

** Early on, both Hattoris get this at once. Akira Hattori has this when the main characters show him drafts for a battle series, as he believes that they can eventually make a cult hit and that mainstream manga is a bad decision. Yujiro Hattori has one when he finds out that Eiji Nizuma has produced a chapter of Crow instead of for Yellow Hit, the series he had gotten serialized, and Yujiro worries that he's going to lose his job. In both cases, their worst fears are not realized; Mashiro and Takagi give up on battle manga, and the editor in chief approves Crow, which eventually becomes the top manga in Jump.

* [[Hot as Hell|Hild]] of ''[[Ah! My Goddess]]'' fame seemed to have suffered a severe case of [[Badass Decay]] ever since her henchwoman Hagall overthrew her as ruler of Hell. Only a tiny fraction of her remained on Earth and she had to split off an even smaller piece to sneak back into Hell undetected...inside Keiichi's head. Now at this time she looked like a pint sized chibi girl, and seemed harmless. That is: Untill Keiichi implanted this fraction into Hagall (by blowing into her ear!) and it promptly took full posession of her with impunity, forcing Hagall to release Hild's true form from imprisonment...said true form is a billion times more powerfull, the owner of a lengendary [[Death Glare]] and doesn't like rogue minions very much. Cue this trope being played for all it's worth and a nice [[Big No]] to boot.

* In "[[Beyblade]] G-Revolution" Brooklyn gets his; when Kai unleashes his ultimate final attack and Brooklyn realizes, for the first time in his Beyblading career, he's going to loose.

* The Bentenmaru's bridge crew have several of these during Episode 15 of [[Mouretsu Pirates]]. Due to events in the previous episode, they are stuck in quarantine and Marika has had to bring in the Hakuoh Academy Yacht Club to help her fly the ship in order to fulfill the conditions of her Letter of Marque. The crew are understandably worried about leaving the Bentenmaru in the yacht club's hands (especially after Luka, the psychic, suggests it might break down when they turn on the power), so they frantically try to write an instruction manual before the yacht club can cause any major damage, freaking out several times along the way.

** After the manual is finished and the ship is underway, the crew breath a sigh of relief. Then Marika decides to do a practice FTL jump - something which they ''didn't'' put in the manual...