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* ''[[Looney Tunes]]'' examples:
** This is [[
** Likewise, Daffy Duck has his "Oh, no, not again" moments, or alternatively:
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*** Most [[Warner Brothers]] characters say that or "... mother." See: Sylvester the Cat and even [[Bugs Bunny]].
** In a lot of cartoons with Yosemite Sam, he thinks he has gotten the better of Bugs, only to realize he's in trouble, and goes from an [[Evil Gloating]] to an [[Evil Laugh]] and then to an [[Oh, Crap!]] rather quickly. For example, in "Hare Lift" when he parachutes out of the plane with his stolen money:
{{quote|'''Sam:''' [[So Long, Suckers!| So long, sucker!]] [[Evil Laugh| Ah, ha, hah, hah, hah!]] Ah, hah, hah, hah, hah! Ah, hah... ''(Notices he's about to land right in the middle of some angry police officers.}'' Ah huh... Uh uh... ''(Lands)'' [[Oh Crap| Oooh]]!}}
** Even Bugs Bunny had a couple of moments like this; once in a [[Mad Scientist Laboratory]] when he sees the Hyde-like monster behind him, and again when he accidentally takes off in a rocket and looks down to see the Earth falling away below him...
*** [[Chuck Jones]] is clearly the undisputed master of the cartoon Oh Crap face.
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* Watch Shan Yu's face when he realises what [[Mulan]]'s seemingly mis-aimed firework has done. Then watch him [[Unstoppable Rage|scream in bloody fury]]
* The ''[[DCAU]]'' is fond of the "Oh, no" variant, and manages to keep it consistently funny, at that. The greatest example possibly comes in ''[[Justice League Unlimited]]'', when the time-traveling villain Chronos sends one of the Jokerz back to the time of the dinosaurs for betraying him:
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** Also, from "Hereafter":
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'''Batman:''' [[My Defense Need Not Protect Me Forever|I'm not trying]] to ''beat'' you. I'm trying to ''stall'' you.
'''Kalibak:''' Stall me? For what? ''(turns to see Superman behind him)'' Aw-- ''(punched in the face)'' }}
** At the very end of "Secret Society", we are treated to a gorilla's [[Oh Crap]] face after Grodd attempts to use his psychic attack on Superman, who manages to resist enough to [[Finger-Poke of Doom|flick Grodd in the nose, sending him flying]]. A little earlier, Shade had one on as Superman, in the blink of an eye, interposed between his fist and Batman.
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** Luthor tops himself in the episode "Alive!", part 1 of the series finale. His change of expression from exultant triumph to shock and horror when {{spoiler|he resurrects ''Darkseid'' instead of Brainiac}} is just epic.
** At the end of the episode "This Little Piggy", when [[Zatanna]] is magically tossing things at Circe:
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** A brief one from the first part of the above-mentioned Chronos episode: Green Lantern and Batman are sitting in the cafeteria discussing their respective love lives; Batman is explaining that Wonder Woman [[She Is Not My Girlfriend|is not his girlfriend]].
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''(Lantern gives him a look; Batman notices)''
'''Batman:''' ''(eyes slightly wide)'' ...she's standing [[Right Behind Me]], isn't she?
'''Wonder Woman:''' Oh, don't let ''that'' stop you; please, keep digging. }}
** From the JLU episode ''Grudge Match''. Hawkgirl, Vixen, Black Canary and Huntress, four of the toughest women in the League, have just shrugged off the mind control forcing them to fight each other. They stand ready to face the villain...who brings out a mind-controlled [[Wonder Woman]]. Four to one odds and they're still in big trouble.
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'''Hawkgirl:''' Yeah. [[Try Not to Die|Try to stay alive]].
'''Huntress:''' Anybody got a ''good'' plan? }}
** This one takes most of the episode "Far From Home" to set up. Supergirl, Green Arrow, and Green Lantern are abducted to the 31th Century by Brainiac 5, who is nearly clobbered by Supergirl before he can explain that he's a ''good'' guy, unlike that OTHER Brainiac. The two eventually hit it off.
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'''Green Lantern and Green Arrow''': ([[Crowning Moment of Funny|Priceless facial expression, then fade to black]].) }}
* And one from ''[[Batman:
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** Another one in the episode "Almost Got 'im". Several villains have been sitting around playing poker and sharing stories about how they almost killed Batman, but failed. The Joker's story ends with him successfully capturing Catwoman and he reveals her location, and that he's about to head off and finish her. Then Killer Croc says "I don't think so" in Batman's voice, and the Joker's expression in the split second before he's thrown across the room is priceless.
*** Harley Quinn gets one in the same episode; guarding the [[Death Trap]] that Catwoman has been placed into when Batman comes calling, when Batman captures her Harley smugly gloats that he can either beat her up or save Catwoman, and [[Sadistic Choice|can't do both]]. Unfortunately for her, she's neglected to consider the large circuit breaker the two are standing beside, and when he [[Take a Third Option|just shuts the power off]] her expression and reaction is even ''more'' priceless:
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** And in "Joker's Favor," regular Gothamite [[Butt Monkey|Charlie Collins]] is driving home after a miserable day at work when some jerk cuts him off on the freeway. Charlie pulls alongside the other driver, rolls down his window, and proceeds to [[Gosh Dang It to Heck|cuss and threaten the other driver]]... until said driver turns and gives him a [[The Joker|BIGGGG smile]]. Charlie's face is pretty much distilled [[Oh Crap]] at that point.
*** Charlie returns the favor by trapping the Joker in an alley with a bomb. Joker is absolutely terrified, thinking he's actually going to die, and cries out for Batman to save him. {{spoiler|The bomb was a dud.}}
** Don't forget "Fear of Victory," when a [[Faceless Goons|bookie's henchman]] is sent to find out why "Mr. Lucky" never loses, no matter how many bets he places. The henchman follows Lucky to an abandoned horse stall, threatens him, and goes to pull him out of the shadows... only to find out he has just collared [[Mad Doctor|the Scarecrow]]. [[It Got Worse|Things go downhill from there]].
** And of course there's also "Two-Face, Part 1," when [[Split Personality|Big Bad Harv]] takes control over Harvey Dent:
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'''Rupert Thorne''': What?
'''Harvey''': You're talking to the wrong Harvey. }}
* The scene from the episode of ''[[Static Shock]]'' where the Joker shows up to cause trouble in Static's neck of the woods. At the end he's been defeated and tries his famous joybuzzer trick on Batman, but Static grabs his hand instead. I love the Oh Crap look he gets when not only was his joybuzzer ineffective, but Static decides to return the favor in [[Shock and Awe|his own way]]. The Joker was [[Incredibly Lame Pun|very shocked]] by that turn of events.
* In ''[[Legion of Super
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** That Dark Circle guy's face when he {{spoiler|pushes the trigger for a bomb supposed to blow up a satellite but it fails to go off}} is classic.
* Both main characters of ''[[Invader Zim]]'' have been on the receiving end on this trope on several occasions, the most obvious example being when Dib sees the massive water balloon about to crush the city (and him) in "The Wettening". Even secondary characters aren't immune, with the Tallests (along with their entire crew) displaying classic Oh Crap expressions as their ship, being controlled by Zim, is about to crash into a sun.
* During the finale of ''[[
** {{spoiler|Ozai}} gets a somewhat more subdued Oh Crap expression earlier in the same fight, when {{spoiler|Aang catches his massive Comet-enhanced lightning attack and looks like he's going to redirect it right at Ozai, who unlike Aang had no way to defend against lightning. But since Aang [[Thou Shalt Not Kill|refused to kill, he redirected the lightning into the sky instead.]]}}
** Jet gets a slow-motion zoom-in shot of this nature when {{spoiler|Long Feng kills him}}.
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** Crowning one goes to the opening of season 2, where Azula and her elite guard almost tricked Zuko and Iroh onto the Fire Nation boat. When the captain uttered "we're taking the prisoners home", not only does he get an Oh Crap face, but so does Azula, Iroh and Zuko. 4 for the price of 1!
*** Iroh doesn't really give an [[Oh Crap]] face as he suspected this kind of treachery. His face was more of a "Time to kick ass" face.
*** And Azula's wasn't really an [[Oh Crap]] face either. It was more of a "[[You Have Failed Me...|you idiot!]]" face, as she was looking directly at the captain.
** The Earthbender general in "The Avatar State" gets one when he realizes that Aang in the Avatar State is not too happy with him.
** One more for Azula (as the show's resident [[Magnificent Bastard]], she doesn't get too many herself), during the season two finale when Aang collapses the rock formation she's clinging to. Particularly notable as the only time we ever hear her ''gasp in fear''.
** {{spoiler|Hama}} gets two moments in The Puppetmaster; once when Katara breaks free from her control, and again just before Katara floors her with a powerful waterbending attack.
** From the first season, the episode that introduces Hei Bai has two, both involving Roku's dragon. The first, of course, is when Aang sees the dragon heading towards him, and realizes that he ''can't bend in the Spirit World,'' and the second is when the dragon ''banks up and flies towards the ceiling'' in Roku's temple. Seeing that the dragon never did intend to hurt him, though, each of these instances would probably count more as a [[Subverted Trope|subversion.]]
** Oh man, when [[Sealed Good in
* ''[[
** In the second episode, Korra participates in a pro-bending tournament. Tenzin hears about this, and comes to retrieve her. Korra gets knocked off the platform during the tournament, and as she swims to the edge, Tenzin is standing not five feet from where she pulls herself up. She tries brushing it off casually, with only slight amounts of success.
** In "When Extremes Meet", this is Korra's ''priceless'' reaction to Ikki revealing to Asami, Mako's girlfriend, that Korra [[Love Dodecahedron|loves Mako]]
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** The Decepticons get their own when the Autobot ship transforms {{spoiler|into a revived Omega Supreme}}.
*** And again in {{spoiler|"Transwarped" (the season 3 premiere):}}
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** Also from the 80s movie. Galvatron's expression when Unicron begins to transform is about the purest expression of this trope as I've ever seen.
* Happened to Butt-head in ''[[Beavis and Butthead]]'''s Butt-O-Ween special. But, being Butt-head, his facial expression remains static, and his reaction amounts to "Uhh, uh-oh."
* Done often in ''[[
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''(the bear puts Owen's head in its mouth, still sleeping)''
'''Owen:''' ''(whispering)'' Oh crap... ''(the bear wakes up)'' Crap infinity... }}
** Also done whenever the season's [[Magnificent Bastard]] thinks that he/she is about to be voted off.
* In the end of ''[[Kim Possible]] -- [[The Movie|Sitch In Time]]'' we don't see [[The Dragon|Shego's]] face while she is witnessing [[You Suck|Ron's]] sudden [[Kim Possible
** Drakken also has an "Oh, crap!" moment when he realizes Shego must also be wearing a Moodulator like Kim, which he just locked into "an irreversible frenzy of rage":
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'''Drakken:''' The ''second'' one?... Uh-oh... }}
** And Ron had one shortly before, after the inventor informed him that Kim was now locked in an "irreversible frenzy of rage...so I hope she's not mad at anyone." Ron had just given her the [[Let's Just Be Friends|'let's just be friends']] talk.
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** "Oh snap."
* Buck Strickland's immediate reaction in ''[[King of the Hill]]'' to Peggy bursting into the bar he's holed up in after driving Hank to embarrass himself out of a job.
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* Towards the end of [[The Movie]] of ''[[Codename: Kids Next Door]]'', the [[Big Bad]] is bragging about how nothing can stop him.
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** Of course, it turns out he was right but it still counts.
* ''[[Darkwing Duck]]'': This reaction usually followed the mighty midnight mallard's confident heroic banter right before he got pummeled. It never lasts long; in mere seconds, he's back to scheming and scrambling for the means to thwart evil.
* In ''[[The Simpsons (
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** In a "Treehouse of Horror" spoof of the Omega Man, Comic Book Guy does this as a nuclear missile hits him dead on in the face.
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** Pretty much every time Homer says "[[Catch Phrase|D'oh!]]", it could be translated as "[[Oh Crap]]".
*** Most of the time, it's just a stand in for damn it.
** Troy McClure gets a literal "Oh Crap" moment when, during an infomercial for Dr. Nick's Juice Loosener, he tries on Dr Nick's Tanning Cream/Laxative.
** Bart Simpson has one of these moments after he burns his name into forty-foot long letters on Springfield Elementary School's athletic field with grass killer. An enraged Principal Skinner roars Bart's name after seeing it, and Bart gulps both audibly and nervously. He then has another moment when Skinner is yelling at him in his office:
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Bart: Maybe it was one of the other Barts, sir.
Skinner: THERE ARE NO OTHER BARTS!!!
Bart: Uh oh. }}
** Near the end of "Marge vs. The Monorail", [[Smug Snake]] Lyle Lanly loses his smug expression and freaks out when he realizes that his plane to Tahiti is making a stop at North Haverbrook, the last town he ruined with his monorail scam. His panic is justified -- moments after the plane lands, an angry mob of North Haberbrook's remaining inhabitants attacks it.
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** "And now a word from our new sponsor...'''PERCODAN?!?''' AW CRAP!"
* All Good Guys present in Realix (and quite some fans too) had this reaction when [[Winx Club|Bloom]] ignored Sky and continued to give [[Big Bad|Darkar]] the Ultimate Power.
* Megabyte from ''[[
** Later that same episode, {{spoiler|after Matrix defeats him, and [[Cruel Mercy|refuses to kill him]], Megabyte prepares to escape Mainframe ''anyway'' by using a portal to the Supercomputer. Then Mouse hacks the portal to send him to the Web, instead.}} His reaction when his last gambit fails says it all.
* Played for ''raucous'' laughs in an episode of ''[[Rocko's Modern Life]]''. One of his new jobs in a long string of job hunting results is him working at what is for all intents and purposes a ''phone sex'' setup (this series got ''[[Getting Crap Past the Radar|a lot]]'' under the radar). Of course, when he and the person on the other line recognize one another's voices...
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'''Mrs. Bighead:''' ... Rocko?
'''Rocko:''' ... ''Mrs. Bighead''?!
''(both slam the receivers down on their respective phones)'' }}
* The ''[[Earthworm Jim (
* Used by heroes and villains alike at various points in ''[[Barbie and
* It's a blink-and-you'll-miss-it, but Slade of ''[[Teen Titans (
** Of course, Slade himself tends to generate these moments too, especially during Season 4 {{spoiler|when he comes back from the dead as [[The Dragon]] of [[Big Bad|Trigon]].}} The Titans got a ''collective'' [[Oh Crap]] look when they first saw him.
** Slade also gets a very quick one in "Betrayal" after he shoots Beast Boy. When he looks up after briefly taunting Terra, he briefly goes (one-) wide-eyed to find himself facing one very ticked off [[Everything's Worse
** Doctor Light gets a classic one. After gloating and preparing to make his getaway, Raven shows up behind him, in full scare the crap out of you mode, with that immortal line "Remember me?" Light's face goes white, and he calmly asks to go to jail.
* Several times during the 2003 ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2003
** One of the biggest ones is when Leonardo is sent crashing through the window of April's apartment, nearly dead. In rage, Raphael is about to leave to find out who was responsible and make them pay, when Leonardo struggles to talk and stops him from leaving. His last words before losing consciousness??
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*** The look of fear and shock on everyone's faces afterwards is amazingly effective.
* ''[[
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'''Megatron:''' Well, well, look... who's... back!
'''Terrorsaur:''' ''(tiny voice)'' Help! }}
* ''[[Metalocalypse]]'', "DethHealth": Nathan Explosion gets one of these in this episode. The usual mayhem goes down at a Dethklok show, with much of the debris nearly missing crushing the band:
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** The guys' reactions when Offdensen angrily confronts them about booking a gig in Syria definitely qualifies. Considering that it's the closest Offdensen has ever gotten to completely losing his composure, even some of the '''''fans''''' had Oh Crap reactions to it.
* In ''[[Futurama]]'', one of Bender's more [[Catch Phrase|common expressions]] is "I'm/We're boned!", for more or less these kinds of situations. He gets himself into trouble a ''lot''. Another [[Catch Phrase]] of his is "Cheese it!", also for these kinds of situations.
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* Lucius on ''[[Jimmy Two-Shoes]]'' gets a particularly good one when he sees an [[Embarrassing Old Photo|embarrassing old home movie]] playing for all of Miseryville to see.
** He gets a great blink-and-you'll-miss-it [[Oh Crap]] face in "There Will Be Snow" when Sammy flattens him while wearing a [[Humongous Mecha|giant mechanical suit.]]
* The characters of ''[[Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy]]'' got three in quick succession in the last ten minutes of the [[Grand Finale]] [[The Movie|Movie]]: {{spoiler|Eddy, when his brother demanded that he "play Uncle", Double D when Eddy's brother starts beating the shit out of Eddy, and everyone else when Eddy's brother starts to beat up ''Double D'' using Eddy as a club.}}
* Dr. Venture of ''[[The Venture Brothers]]'' pretty much whenever he screws up or pisses someone off.
* ''[[
** Another good one was in "Aces and Apes." The Rangers are chasing Lazarus Slade, who is a marginally competent member of their [[Rogues Gallery]]...but then they see that Slade [[It Got Worse|has a partner]]. Said partner is The Scarecrow, arguably their ''nastiest'' opponent.
* On ''[[Drawn Together]]'', Xainder has these a lot, more often than not due to Captain Hero.
* D-list bad guy the Mandrill gets a great example of this during the beginning of episode 3 of ''[[The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes
** Another great example comes when the Avengers must stop Kang from taking over New York. When Hawkeye and Hulk encounter some of Kang's robots on a bridge, Hawkeye tells the Hulk to go rest while he fights them solo. The robots then {{spoiler|combine into one [[Giant Mecha]]}}, leaving Hawkeye shocked.
** Five Avengers react like this after Ultron's beam apparently causes {{spoiler|Thor to vanish}}.
* [[
* In ''[[G.I. Joe: Renegades]]'' James McCullen, [[Mugging the Monster|after trying to play hardball with Cobra Industries]], gets an ''epic'' one after Adam DeCobrey reveals his true identity as Cobra Commander.
** And in an earlier one, Scrap-Iron gets an awesome one in slow-motion when a mech-suit equipped, [[Unstoppable Rage]]-fueled {{spoiler|Roadblock}} sends a missile he fired [[Catch and Return|right back at him]].
* ''[[Thomas the Tank Engine]]'' uses this a lot. Each engine model has a scared face that's absolutely perfect for this. Commonly seen when an engine's train becomes a [[Runaway Train|runaway]]. A good one would be in "Old Iron". James is cruising along light engine (due to some naughty boys climbing into his cab and playing with his controls), enjoying himself. Then he notices he's going faster and faster, and realizes his cab is empty. "What shall I do? I can't stop! '''HELP! HELP!'''"
** Diesel 10's arrival and some of his actions in [[The Movie]] produce this reaction as well as [[This Is Gonna Suck]].
* [[Fan Nickname|Dan Phantom]] gets one in the ''[[Danny Phantom]]'' episode "The Ultimate Enemy", when he's sent flying into a petrol tanker {{spoiler|and quickly learns one of the drawbacks of having [[Flaming Hair]], as the vehicle explodes}}.
* In the [[
* In the ''[[Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers (
* ''[[
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'''Brian''': Oh...
'''Stewie''': Crap. }}
** Also uttered by Peter when realizing that he is to fight Ernie the Giant Chicken for the third time.
** Brian and Stewie when they find out the present Jesus gave Peter was {{spoiler|[[Ear Worm|a Surfin' Bird record]]}}.
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'''Peter:''' Oh you haven't heard?
'''Stewie:''' '''''CRAAAAAAAAAAP!!!''''' }}
* Invoked numerous times on ''[[Sealab 2021]]'', but especially notable during Quinn's [[Mushroom Samba]] episode with the seal,Stinky Pete, being chased by a shark.
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* Used repeatedly by the Urpneys (especially Frizz) in ''[[The Dreamstone]]'', usually when a plan goes horribly wrong or [[Bad Boss|Zordrak]] goes into one of his [[Unstoppable Rage|epic tantrums]] [[You Have Failed Me...|as a result]].
** Played with in the episode "Electric Eggs", after the Urpneys bump into Rufus and Amberley, expecting the worst, only for the latter to perform this trope as well and run for it.
* Flint has this look in the ''[[G.I. Joe]]'' episode "The Gamesmaster" when the Gamesmaster stands up from his chair and is revealed to be over ten feet tall.
* In the [[Mickey Mouse]] short ''[[Classic Disney Shorts|The Pointer]]'', when Mickey turns around and realizes that whom he thought was Pluto is actually [[Everything's Worse
* In ''[[Jumanji]] the Animated Series'' Ibsen has quite a few of these, his response is often a small, weak "Oh dear" or some variation.
* In ''[[
* In [[South Park]] episode 6x11, the owner of the city wok does this absolutely according to the book: He gives a big speech, realises something's wrong, sees the fuse, follows it with his eyes, says "Oh Crap" and gets blown away, together with part of his wall.
* In [[South Park]] episode 6x11, the owner of the city wok does this absolutely according to the book: He gives a big speech, realises something's wrong, sees the fuse, follows it with his eyes, says "Oh Crap" and gets blown away, together with part of his wall.
* In episode 22 of ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
** In part 2 of "The Return of Harmony", {{spoiler|Discord}} barely has time to let out a [[Big No]] as {{spoiler|he realizes he was ''dead wrong'' and the heroines have not only rekindled their friendship, but because of that he's about to get blasted head-on with the Elements Of Harmony -- the ''one'' thing that can defeat him -- and theres ''nothing'' he can do about it. Considering all the horrible things he'd put them and Equestria through the past two episodes, this is ''very'' satisfying.}}
** At the end of the second [[Season Finale]], {{spoiler|[[Big Bad|Queen Chrysalis]] gets a perfect one when she looks behind her and sees a [[Heart Beat-Down]] heading her way.}}
* In the pilot episode of ''Star Wars:Rebels'', ISB Agent Kallus has the titular small rag-tag band of Rebels pinned down by his detachment of stormtroopers as they're trying to rescue some Wookie slaves. Their escape ship is being driven off by TIE fighters, they're surrounded and pinned down, and they've got nowhere to go. Kallus starts smiling as Kanan deliberately leaves cover to walk straight into the fire of a dozen blasters, apparently trying to commit suicide by stormtrooper... and stops smiling as he realizes that somehow, Kanan is dodging every blaster bolt that comes at him. [[The Reveal|And then Kanan ignites his lightsaber.]] The heretofore absolutely unflappable Kallus immediate ''takes a step back in fear and stutters'', and his expression is ''priceless''.
{{quote|'''Agent Kallus:''' All troopers! Focus your fire on... (gulps) ... on the ''Jedi''.}}
** And given a wonderful call back in the season 2 opener, when the entire Rebel team finds out who the latest Imperial operative sent out to capture them is. Specifically, that it's '''Darth Vader'''. But the real Oh Crap moment doesn't come until after they've already had the tar beaten out of them in a very short and one-sided fight, that is interrupted when Sabine uses a demolition charge to drop an entire AT-ST walker on top of Vader. Just as they're sighing in relief... the flaming wreckage of the scout walker suddenly lurches upward, to reveal that Vader has been levitating the entire mass using the Force, that it never even touched him, and that now he's ''pissed''. As the red lightsaber re-ignites our heroes immediately turn and flee in abject terror, and who can blame them?
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