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* These Wulfenbach soldiers, when it [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20070702 turns out] the locals fully support Agatha.
* Also the Wulfenbach soldiers in [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/ggmain/doublespreads/ggcoll06_122_123.html this strip].
* And Agatha's dingbots in [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20060609 this one].
* Amusingly invoked [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20100602 here]. Sometimes the Princess isn't the one in 'danger'.
* And [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20071107 here]:
{{quote|
'''Oggie''': Jenka, vy for is Füst runnik avay?
'''Jenka''': He ''vot?''
(a [[Spider Tank|"war stomper"]] crushes their tower.) }}
== ''[[Life of Maid]]'' ==
Some of these are [[Running Gag]]s as well:
* [https://safebooru.donmai.us/posts/429547?q=pool%3A678 Letting Meiling drive was a terrible idea.]
* [https://safebooru.donmai.us/posts/433609?q=pool%3A678 Flandre is definitely in big trouble] [[A-Cup Angst|for popping Sakuya's pad]].
* [https://safebooru.donmai.us/posts/520247?q=pool%3A678 Every time Keine uses her portable Moon] is one for every rowdy child in the vicinity.
* Yuyuko's [[Big Eater|ravenous appetite]] garnered a fearsome reputation, mostly among [https://safebooru.donmai.us/posts/799889?q=pool%3A678 eatery owners] and [https://safebooru.donmai.us/posts/3454408?q=pool%3ATouhou_-_Life_of_Maid_%28Colonel_Aki%29+ringo_%28touhou%29+ youkai animals]. [https://safebooru.donmai.us/posts/4010607?q=pool%3A678 Even her closest friends fear being next on her menu if she cannot find anything else to eat.]
* [https://safebooru.donmai.us/posts/816171?q=pool%3A678 Looks like Rinnosuke didn't think things through when he ditched the Santa outfit to escape Marisa.]
* [https://safebooru.donmai.us/posts/1012387?q=pool%3A678 Nitori's little scheme has failed and she's about to have a bad time.]
* [https://safebooru.donmai.us/posts/1148294?q=pool%3A678 Meiling and Flandre taking care of medical matters (and everything else in the Scarlet Devil Mansion) is definitely not good.] [[It Gets Worse]] from there.
* [https://safebooru.donmai.us/posts/1695837?q=pool%3A678 Meiling and Shou blew all their shopping money on arcade machines and their bosses are back to check on them.] [[This Is Gonna Suck|This won't end well]].
== ''[[The Order of the Stick]]'' ==
* [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0020.html Evan's Spiked Tentacles of Forced Intrusion!]
** Wait, what?
** [[That's Gotta Hurt|Ooh, that's gotta be]] uncomfortable...
* [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0105.html "That... is considerably more resistance than I was expecting." "Ayup."]
* When Roy and Xykon battle for the first time, Xykon gives Roy an Oh Crap [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0112.html moment] that triggers a brief [[Heroic BSOD]]. When the [[Heroic BSOD]] ends, it's [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0114.html Xykon's turn].
* For a '''heroes''' example, check this [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0267.html bottom-right panel].
* Roy has a literal one in [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0332.html strip #332], when he realizes that he screwed up his question to the Oracle.
* [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0357.html This kobold], facing the swarm of adventurers coming from the tavern.
* Another [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0408.html quite literal instance] from Belkar, as he stands defenseless before Miko.
* Even within the limits of being a skeleton drawn with stick-figure art, Xykon's [[Wide Eyes and Shrunken Irises|expression]] when he's confronted by {{spoiler|the ghost-martyrs of the Sapphire Guard, led by Lord Soon himself}} in [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0449.html this strip] conveys this reaction loud and clear. Later in the same battle, [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0462.html it happens again], after {{spoiler|Soon reveals that he knows exactly how to ''permanently'' kill a lich. And then ''Soon'' has one when he realizes Miko's about to destroy the crystal}}.
* [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0512.html "OK, so I've got bad news, and I've got bad news."]
* Belkar Bitterleaf, though a hero ([[Heroic Comedic Sociopath|arguably]]), suffers one in [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0568.html #568]. {{spoiler|After finally getting fed up with an annoying oracle, Belkar kills him. Unfortunately, he also has a Mark of Justice on his head, set to go off when he kills a person within the sphere of influence of a town. And guess what popped up around the oracle's home last week? The name of the town manages to make it even more hilarious}}.
* Elan, Therkla, and Qarr share one in the second-to-last panel of [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0583.html this strip].
{{quote|'''Therkla:''' Did that tree...
'''Qarr:''' ... just say "Oww"? }}
* Vaarsuvius is [[Drool Hello|like this]] [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0626.html here], which begins a series of escalating Oh Crap moments on [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0627.html the] [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0628.html following] [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0629.html pages], until...
** ... three words: [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0636.html "Disjunction. Quickened Disintegrate."]
* [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0652.html Maximised Energy Drain]. That is all.
* Redcloak [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0655.html facing the wrath] of a true [[The Determinator|Determinator.]]
* Xykon again when {{spoiler|his phylactery is about to fall into the Snarl's prison.}} He has a brief moment of relief when it doesn't, only to get the look ''again'' when {{spoiler|it instead falls into a sewer with pipes leading to a sewage plant, a labyrinth, and the ocean}}.
* Admit it. You were thinking it about halfway through [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0694.html this page.]
* [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0759.html Elan finally realizes his Dad is evil.]
* [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0819.html It seems Nale's in a bit of a pickle.]
* V's expression in the penultimate panel of [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0842.html this comic] speaks volumes.
== ''[[Schlock Mercenary]]'' ==
You could make a drinking game for all these moments in ''[[Schlock Mercenary]]''.
* Ably demonstrated in the fourth panel of [http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2002-01-11 this] strip.
* Not even being [http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2002-05-14 harm incarnate] is defense against [http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2002-07-28 an Oh Crap moment].
* "[http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2002-09-06 Heh. It looks like all you did was take a hullcutter to the barrels.]" (The barrels being in large part, the heavily computerized weapon's circuitboard.)
* And used with the appropriate sentence [http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2003-05-04 here].
* [http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2003-11-13 One from Tagon].
* Although the tension is deflated a moment later, Kevyn suffers this in Book 6, Part IV, after [http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2005-03-25 Ennesby gives a damage report.]
{{quote|'''Ennesby''': Low-yield kinetic strike to the fore dorsal turret ... Hull-breach above the wardroom!
'''Kevyn''': Wait, dorsal turret access is right up ''there.'' We're ''in'' the wardroom. }}
* One from "[http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2006-05-02 San Asimov's Finest]"
* And in [http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2007-08-18 this one.] <ref>For those unfamiliar with the comic, Schlock there is talking to some rogue nanites that have infiltrated his eyes and hijacked them in order to create a simulated space to speak with him. Combat between members of his species half consists of using their extremely potent and adaptable immune systems to counteract the various chemical cocktails their opponents synthesize in an attempt to melt and absorb them. He literally [[Extreme Omnivore|can digest almost anything that won't eat him first]]. And he's just revealed that the plasma cannon he's been "impotently" waving at the nanites was actually just a familiar visual metaphor for his immune system. They have ''very'' good reason to look so worried in that third panel.</ref>
* A twofer in the last row of [http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2011-10-16 this] comic. Even if it's just a still picture, the target's last view of an oncoming missile is never happy.
* Malott [http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2012-06-03 here].
* After Schlock delivered a message to Breya, she [[Beat Panel|thinks]] about what this may mean... and then [http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2014-08-07 makes a face]. Which she didn't after finding out that an explosion reduced a police officer to spray paint and scattered Schlock's pieces around, though repeated upon being informed that {{spoiler|she was among the intended targets}}.
{{quote|'''Schlock''': (worrying) I remember that face. That's your "minimum safe distance" face. }}
* Sorlie [http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2015-02-05 here], courtesy of a more experienced field commander. Of course, when they find the answer they get more opportunities to make faces.
* Invoked [http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2016-10-14 by Petey] at a [[Rhetorical Question Blunder|request]] of Admiral Devereaux.
* Petey brings Admiral Devereaux [http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2019-05-11 ''really bad'' news].
== ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'' ==
* The [[Anthropomorphic Personification]] of the year 2003, when facing [[Killer Rabbit|Bun-bun]] [[Badass Abnormal|with]] the combined powers of the embodiments of nearly all holidays.
{{quote|'''Father Time:''' {{smallcaps|[[Evil Overlord|Overlord]] Bun-bun has arrived on the wings of the Groundhog's Shadow, and now faces the one who stole the Deus Egg. The Year ''2003'' himself!}}
'''2003:''' "I have done everything I can to thwart you peacefully, Bun-bun, but I've trained half my life for this fight. You came for the egg, I'll leave with your head!"
'''Bun-bun's multi-part switchblade scythe [[Doomy Dooms of Doom|of doom]]:''' ''KA-CLIKITY CLICK KLAK''
'''Father Time:''' {{smallcaps|2003 is even now soiling himself...}}
'''2003:''' ''"Would you quit narrating this?"'' }}
* Earlier in the same story we have a scene where [[It Makes Sense in Context|a Thanksgiving turkey medic finds out that what appeared to be another turkey is in fact a monster that steals other people's face and hands (in this case wings), being ridden by Bun-bun.]] She's so shocked she lays an egg while still staring at them.
* Isp and Osp, when they think the third party of the composite entity they belong to has killed their [[Demon Lords and Archdevils|Demon Lord]] - and even more so when they find out she failed. "Holy demon-crap!"
* Jane, an intelligent zombie who's giving Gwynn a [["The Reason You Suck" Speech]] while preparing to eat her brain and mocking her claims of a [[Tome of Eldritch Lore]] that gives her magical powers - when she pushes her [[Berserk Button]] and finds out that that's what activates said powers, and they're way out of her league. Her face is not shown at the Oh Crap moment; it's instead indicated effectively by her surgical saw winding down.
* On one occasion, an ordinary, non-[[Talking Animal|talking]] frog (usual line: "'''CROAK.'''") is caught in a building after a somewhat literal-minded [[One-Man Army]] has been ordered to kill everyone in it.
{{quote|"'''CRapK.'''"}}
* [http://www.sluggy.com/comics/archives/daily/040823 oooo-This is gonna hurt].
== Other works ==
* [[MAG-ISA]] -- The demon gets an [http://mag-isa.thecomicseries.com/comics/pl/119601 OH CRAP moment] after realizing that he'll soon get his ass kicked after being driven out from the boy.
* In ''[[Gone With the Blastwave]]'', the [[Straight Man|Sniper Guy]] and the [[Bunny Ears Lawyer|Flamethrower Guy]] have finally made it back to a camp of the [[Color-Coded for Your Convenience|Red Army]] and are taken to the commander for debriefing, together with the squad that found them.
{{quote|'''Sniper:''' ''So why didn't you become a group leader?''
'''West:''' ''Don't know. They basically just asked my kill count.''
'''Sniper:''' ''Your kill count?'' *[[Beat]]* ''[http://www.blastwave-comic.com/index.php?p{{=}}comic&nro{{=}}33 Oh. My. God!]'' }}
* In ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20110826121139/http://www.planet-bob.org/heritage/?strip_id=0 Heritage]'', the mysterious [[Arrogant Kung Fu Guy|Jack]] is understandably surprised when the otherwise ordinary hero Frate suddenly gains super angel powers in the middle of a fight.
{{quote|'''Jack:''' I was going to report back if you turned out to be more than meets the eye, but n-- '''UURGH! HOLY S#* @, YOU GOT FAST ALL OF A SUDDEN!'''}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110831190621/http://www.drowtales.com/longestwait.php?order=date&id=18 Diva'ratrika's face] in the last panel of this strip of ''[[Drowtales]]''. And then [https://web.archive.org/web/20110831024700/http://www.drowtales.com/longestwait.php?order=date&id=22 a couple pages later] when she realizes just how deep the treachery extends into her own family.
** Rikashar also has a [[Freak-Out]] after {{spoiler|Ariel beats the crap out of him}} when he tries to abduct her and make her his wife]] with his reaction following [https://web.archive.org/web/20110826170443/http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=1115&overview=1&chibi=1&cover=1&extra=1=1&check=1 here], and the last panel of the same page is more of an "Aw, shit" after he sees who's caught up with him.
*** Yet another from the same comic happens in the seventh panel of [https://web.archive.org/web/20110831190628/http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?check=1&order=chapters&overview=1&chibi=1&cover=1&page=1&extra=1&id=1140 this] chibi-page, which parodies events from that same chapter.
* ''[[Last Res0rt]]'''s Slick invokes it upon finding out that apparently his team is so far behind the others, Cypress has [[Tonight Someone Dies|already written them off]].
* ''[[Goblins]]'': CLOSE THE WEST GATE!
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*** In the same fight, {{spoiler|Goblinslayer}} also gets this, when {{spoiler|Thaco remembers he is a Monk and can snatch arrows, making Goblinslayer's ranged attacks useless.}}
** Saves a Fox's entire self-image was that people [[Screw Destiny|are not bound by their destiny]]. When the fated day came when a fox got stuck in her home village's food supply, she snapped its neck in order to spite her fate, and saved the tail as a memento. That's not the [[Prophecy Twist]] resulting in her [[Oh Crap]] moment... {{spoiler|Dies Horribly informs her that the symptoms she described the fox having was that of Sunset fever, something that causes animals to become delirious before dying a horrible, painful, and silent death. Saves A Fox gave it a [[Mercy Kill]] before it could suffer the worst effects of it. The look on her face that not only is her entire self-image a lie, but her friend whose name reflecting his destiny is "Dies Horribly" is not able to escape his fate either tells us she's heading right into [[Heroic BSOD]] territory.}}
* In
* ''[[Dan and Mab's Furry Adventures]]'' has its share of Oh Crap moments, particularly in the latest arc. One of the better ones has to be Regina's, starting on page [http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_973.php 973]. Of course, this being DMFA, it's the page's ''punchline''.
{{quote|'''Regina:''' ''(thinking)'' Should be easy. I nearly pulped him last time we fought. I mean, it's been what, six years? What could he have learned in that time?
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** And like many such moments, it doubles as a [[Crowning Moment of Funny]]
* ''[[The Adventures of Dr. McNinja]]'':
** [https://web.archive.org/web/20090903033608/http://drmcninja.com/page.php?pageNum=38&issue=15 King Radical], when he hears about Dr. McNinja's new motorcycle.
** It's ''very'' subtle, but the last panel of [https://web.archive.org/web/20090831063310/http://drmcninja.com/page.php?pageNum=33&issue=15 this page] is an excellent example.
** [http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/23p09/ Gordito] gets a big one in the second-to-last panel when he realizes his [[Badass Mustache]] is useless against the principal... and he's going to have to shave it.
* In ''[[Earthsong]]'', Willow has one when she's walking through the woods at night ... something tugs on her cloak ... and she looks up, right into the teeth of a hungry vampire.
* ''[[Hanna Is Not a Boy's Name]]'' has its share of these moments, as Conrad [http://hanna.aftertorque.com/?p=194 demonstrates].
* In ''[[Starslip]]'', Vanderbeam, understandably, has this on his face for four panels in a row after the Anthelerix {{spoiler|relocate ''every known celestial body and planet'' to another part of the Milky Way.}}
* ''[[Dominic Deegan
** Also, Dominic himself, when [https://web.archive.org/web/20121023154206/http://www.dominic-deegan.com/view.php?date=2011-02-11 facing down the Beast.]
* ''[[Captain SNES]]'' has a nice one from [[Lufia|Gades]] when the protagonist, Alex, launches his side of a very, very short [[Beam-O-War]] match, which didn't last very long (and neither did Gades). [[Does This Remind You of Anything?|Alex's beam was much bigger]].
* If Ed had had a face in [http://megatokyo.com/strip/378 this strip] of ''[[Megatokyo]]'', it would have had this expression.
* ''[[Erfworld
{{quote|'''Charlie:''' That was clever though, right?
'''Parson:''' Sure. Determining the decision not to spend all the calculations. Cost: one calculation.
'''Charlie:''' [[Smug Snake|:)]]
'''Parson:''' Teaching me that my bracer can make sophisticated predictions about the future? Priceless.
'''Charlie:''' [[Visible Silence|...]] [[Oh Crap|:(]] }}
** Later on, pretty much all of Gobwin Knob (especially Stanley and Wanda, [[The Stoic|who had been unshakable beforehand]]) get this when {{spoiler|Faq's Turnamancer linked with Charlie manage to force them to end their turn}}.
* In ''[[
** This classic, when Black Mage sees Muffin:
{{quote|'''Black Mage:''' Teeth... like daggers... eyes... also like daggers...
'''Fighter:''' How does that work?
'''Thief:''' [[Incredibly Lame Pun|Piercing gaze?]]
'''Fighter:''' You're on fire today!
'''Black Mage:''' Scales noticeably dagger-like... }}
** Each character gets at least one, but Black Mage, as the resident [[Chew Toy]] gets the most of them. It doesn't help him that his face is EASILY the best suited for these expressions.
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{{quote|'''Faye:''' All right! We're well and truly fucked.
'''Martin:''' And not the fun, slightly sticky kind of fucked!
'''Faye:''' [[Incredibly Lame Pun|That was TERRIBLE.]]
'''Martin:''' YOU try being funny when your life is flashing before your eyes! }}
** More recently, in strip [http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1689 1689], Faye's expression in the last panel. {{spoiler|She realized that Marigold knew about her and Angus being interested in each other.}}
** Mieville the cat's [http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1585 reaction] to Hannalore's [[Technically a Smile|attempt at a smile]]. Odds are that most people would react the same way the cat did.
* In ''[[Fake News Rumble]]'', Jon gets one in his fight with {{spoiler|a
* From ''[[Casey and Andy]]'': [
* Returns various times in ''[[Ménage à 3]]'':
** [http://www.menagea3.net/d/20080823.html Gary realizes] how Matt and Dillon have tested his new drawing table's strength.
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[beat]
'''Skitter:''' I'ma skip a step and launch my escape pod now }}
* [[Hiimdaisy|Let's Destroy]] [[Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater|The Shagohod!]]
{{quote|'''Big Boss:''' OK, whatever! Time for...
'''Volgin:''' VOLGIN TIME!
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* Sees a unique use in [http://www.smbc-comics.com/?db=comics&id=906#comic this] ''[[Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal]]''. (Check the red button; this wouldn't quite count without it.)
* ''[[Housepets]]'': Although somewhat more subtle than many [[Oh Crap]] faces, Sgt Ralph and Kevin [http://www.housepetscomic.com/2011/06/29/the-bigger-one/ get them when they see a stupendously large water balloon falling towards them] in a water balloon war with the neighborhood cats.
* In ''[[Quentyn Quinn, Space Ranger]]'', the Rangers are [https://web.archive.org/web/20120619085854/http://www.rhjunior.com/QQSR/00047.html Oops Boys] -- because that's the final words on many a black box.
* In [[Dubious Company]], Sakura gets a nice one when she realizes she's in a Type 3 [[Triang Relations|love triangle]] and interrupted [[Lightning Bruiser|Tiren]]'s [[Anguished Declaration of Love]] by giving Walter Valentine's Day chocolate.
* ''[[Freefall]]'': "[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1800/fc01780.htm I hate you, Sam. I hate you more than any woman's ever hated a cephalopod.]"
** [http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff300/fv00235.htm The cooks] from Golden Trough.
** [http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1400/fc01313.htm unlike "Eureka!", an "Oh poop!" flash of insight doesn't sound good for the home team.]
* In ''[[Romantically Apocalyptic]]'', even an alien-controlled skeleton [https://web.archive.org/web/20130617151119/http://romanticallyapocalyptic.com/45 manages a decent "oh crap" face] when he realizes that Mr. Snippy {{spoiler|[[Exactly What I Aimed At|wasn't aiming for him]]}}. Then, [https://web.archive.org/web/20130617185431/http://romanticallyapocalyptic.com/46 in the very next strip], Mr. Snippy [[Expressive Mask|gets one of his own]] when, minutes later, {{spoiler|the [[Eldritch Abomination|alien]] [[Not Quite Dead|bursts out of the building]]}}.
* Andy from ''So...You're a Cartoonist?'' has one [http://syacartoonist.com/portfolio-day-04-hu5a1210 here] when he realizes Curmudgeonly Carl will be reviewing his portfolio.
* Brooke "Aphrodite" Lennox in ''[[Rival Angels]]'' decides that it would be a good idea to [https://web.archive.org/web/20120501111758/http://www.rivalangels.com/2009/06/26/rival-angels-page-234-open-challenge/ issue an open challenge to anybody brave enough to take her on]. As you can see, she ''so'' wishes she could take it back a few panels later.
* In ''[[Survivor Fan Characters]]'' {{spoiler|Prescilla}}'s [https://web.archive.org/web/20120601043657/http://sfc.smackjeeves.com/comics/1453996/sfc9-day-39-ftc-openings/ face] (last panel - spoilers ahoy!) when she realizes that [[Open Mouth, Insert Foot|she should have kept her big fat mouth shut]] on Season 9
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