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{{trope}}
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A character is in grave peril, perhaps running away from the [[Monster of the Week]], or just happening to be in the wrong place at the wrong time when [[Phlebotinum Breakdown]] occurred.
▲A character is in grave peril, perhaps running away from the [[Monster of the Week]], or just happening to be in the wrong place at the wrong time when [[Phlebotinum Breakdown]] occurred.
▲He or she takes refuge in a vehicle or closed room of some sort and breathes a sigh of relief.
And that's when the [[Ominous Crack]] occurs. This indicates that the windshield or wall is about to give, cruelly destroying the character's false sense of security.
Cue suspense-filled sequence as the cracks slowly spread through the glass and/or [[Oh Crap|oh-crap-I'm-screwed]] line.
Not to be confused with that thing you see when Joe the local plumber bends over to fix your sink.
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* A villain in ''[[Rune Soldier Louie]]'' got to experience this when Louie and company punch away at a magic force field. The villain mocks them for trying to break his impenetrable field with such direct methods... then the first crack forms...
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* In ''[[I Am Legend]]'', Dr. Neville and his two companions are trapped in his glass-encased lab in his basement while a horde of ghouls are attacking. The lead ghoul keeps pounding away at the glass (with his face) to get to him.
* Subverted in the ''[[Doom]]'' movie. Goat, the team religious fanatic, tries to bash through the glass to get to the survivors. Not only does the glass hold, but the characters later realize that he wasn't trying to break through. He was trying to kill himself.
* The movie ''[[Jumanji]]'' had the heroes take refuge from a mosquito (it had a four inch long needle, was the size of a pigeon, and was carrying a deadly and unknown disease) in a car. It starts tapping on the windshield with no effect prompting one of the protagonist to say, "[[Tempting Fate|See he can't break through the glass]]." This is followed by a large crack as the mosquito tries again.
* The opening title sequence of ''[[Alien|Alien 3]]'' shows Ripley and the other survivors of the second film safely in their enclosed glass hypersleep capsules. Followed by a shot of empty alien eggs. Followed by an
* ''[[Deep Blue Sea]]'': Shortly after the extraction of brain tissue from one of the genetically engineered mako sharks, Dr. Whitlock is attacked by the supposedly sedated animal and has to be rushed to the surface. {{spoiler|During the chaos that ensues, Whitlock's stretcher is dropped into the water by the crashing rescue helicopter and one of the sharks throws it against the laboratory's observation window, resulting in an
== [[Live-Action TV]] ==
* ''[[Stargate Atlantis]]'' has done this twice to the same character, probably because his [[Oh Crap]] expression is so funny.
** In "Grace Under Pressure", Rodney and Lieutenant [[Red Shirt]] crash a puddle-jumper into the ocean on a test flight. They look out at the water in wonder and then - surprise! -
** In "The Ark", Rodney is stuck somewhere in the space station looking out at space. He starts panicking when he spots a piece of equipment hurtling toward the glass from outside. It hits... and nothing happens. Rodney's relief quickly turns into terror as the glass starts to crack. He only just gets into his space suit in time.
* The submarine scene in ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'' episode "Watergate". The glass did break, but the cabin didn't flood.
* A couple of villains in an episode of ''[[Firefly]]'' get to experience this when Jayne puts a couple of high-caliber rounds into their window. The window between them and hard vacuum, that is.
* In the two part episode of ''[[CSI]]'' "Grave Danger" Nick Stokes is buried in a glass coffin. He is forced to shoot out a light in there (as the villain wired it to a light controlled by the rest of the team via a webcam, and when its on it disables the air pump). {{spoiler|This causes cracks to develop and fire ants to come crawling in}}.
** Subverted in that, although the
* Different sort of crack, but the 'cracks in time' from ''[[Doctor Who]]'' are definitely a bad sign when they start turning up. {{spoiler|They can consume people and things, and when they do, they cease to have ''ever'' existed.}}
** In [[Doctor Who/Recap/S32
== [[Video Games]] ==
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== [[Western Animation]] ==
* Lampshaded on ''[[Futurama]]'': in the episode ''The Deep South'' as the Planet Express Ship ship sunks to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, an
* Occurs in ''[[Titan A.E.]]'' after Cale and Korso narrowly escape the Drej on a space station ''by ramming their ship through the dock wall into space''.
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'''Cale:''' (pointing to
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