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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.
** 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.
* 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 ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'', {{spoiler|<s>Fire Lord</s> Phoenix King Ozai}} goes into [http://iroh.org/screencaps/ep61/ep61-257.png serious] Oh Crap mode when {{spoiler|Aang enters the Avatar State during the final showdown}}. [[Curb Stomp Battle|The asskicking that ensues is nothing less than epic,]] and starts with {{spoiler|grabbing him by the beard and blasting him into a stone pillar}}.
* During the finale of ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'', {{spoiler|<s>Fire Lord</s> Phoenix King Ozai}} goes into [http://iroh.org/screencaps/ep61/ep61-257.png serious]{{Dead link}} Oh Crap mode when {{spoiler|Aang enters the Avatar State during the final showdown}}. [[Curb Stomp Battle|The asskicking that ensues is nothing less than epic,]] and starts with {{spoiler|grabbing him by the beard and blasting him into a stone pillar}}.
** {{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.]]}}
** {{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}}.
** Jet gets a slow-motion zoom-in shot of this nature when {{spoiler|Long Feng kills him}}.
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*** Actually, Zuko gets a lot of these... practically once an episode during Book 1.
*** Actually, Zuko gets a lot of these... practically once an episode during Book 1.
**** One particularly epic one came in chapter 18 when Zhao {{spoiler|sees and recognizes the swords used by the Blue Spirit (Zuko) when he freed Aang from the Fire Nation fortress}}. Zuko instantly realizes that Zhao just put two and two together and the look on his face just ''screams'' this trope.
**** One particularly epic one came in chapter 18 when Zhao {{spoiler|sees and recognizes the swords used by the Blue Spirit (Zuko) when he freed Aang from the Fire Nation fortress}}. Zuko instantly realizes that Zhao just put two and two together and the look on his face just ''screams'' this trope.
** In the ''Day Of Black Sun'', we get a close-up of Aang's face panning [http://piandao.org/screencaps/ep51/ep51-540.png out] to reveal an equally shocked Sokka.
** In the ''Day Of Black Sun'', we get a close-up of Aang's face panning [http://piandao.org/screencaps/ep51/ep51-540.png out]{{Dead link}} to reveal an equally shocked Sokka.
*** The characters and viewers get one towards the end of that two-parter with the reveal not only that the Mechanist's air balloon had been mass-produced by the Fire Nation, but that they'd gone and invented ''airships''.
*** The characters and viewers get one towards the end of that two-parter with the reveal not only that the Mechanist's air balloon had been mass-produced by the Fire Nation, but that they'd gone and invented ''airships''.
** Zhao {{spoiler|when Tui grabs him.}} That is all.
** Zhao {{spoiler|when Tui grabs him.}} That is all.
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'''Drakken:''' The ''second'' one?... Uh-oh... }}
'''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.
** 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.
** When gloating about having defeated Kim, Drakken [http://caps.kpfanworld.com/view/std/Image2424.jpg looks up] from his knees to see... one very pissed off [http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/1091/copyofsupersuitpannobla.jpg Kim]. So scared is he that he only reacts after she punches him across the room.
** When gloating about having defeated Kim, Drakken [http://caps.kpfanworld.com/view/std/Image2424.jpg looks up]{{Dead link}} from his knees to see... one very pissed off [http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/1091/copyofsupersuitpannobla.jpg Kim]. So scared is he that he only reacts after she punches him across the room.
** And Kim's not invulnerable either. She has this reaction upon meeting Oliver, the 7 foot tall by 4 foot broad boyfriend of Vivian.
** And Kim's not invulnerable either. She has this reaction upon meeting Oliver, the 7 foot tall by 4 foot broad boyfriend of Vivian.
** "Oh snap."
** "Oh snap."