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'''1.''' When a character says or does something and the camera cuts away to another character to show them react in some way. Used in every sort of show around. In interviews, the reaction shot will simply show the interviewer nodding wisely (so that the audio could be edited - [[Screenwipe|Charlie Brooker did a take on this]]). In a [[Sit Com]], the other character is often doing an [[Eye Take]].
See also: [[Double Take]], [[Eye Take]], [[Loud Gulp]], [[Shrug Take]], [[Spit Take]], [[Split
'''2.''' When a character (or characters) are shown reacting to something 'off camera.' Either precedes or precludes a [[Reveal Shot]]. In the latter case it becomes a [[Take Our Word for It]]. Can be used for laughs as the characters describe what they're seeing. One of the more clever forms of censorship (if you can't show something unspeakable, show people reacting to it and let the audience picture it for themselves!) [[Head-Tiltingly Kinky]] is an example. The effect can give the offscreen event [[Nothing Is Scarier|more impact than a direct depiction]].
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== Live Action TV ==
* The last shot of ''[[Dallas]]'' (as a regular series) with Patrick Duffy saying "Oh my god".
* In an episode of ''[[Are You Being Served? (TV)|Are You Being Served]]'', the employees pass around a box containing a birthday present, each in turn reacting and saying what a wonderful gift it is. Mr. Humphreys finally steps through the [[No Fourth Wall|fourth wall]] and admits, "We're not going to show you what it is."
* ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' based a well-known sketch around this, as Steve Martin led a group of yokels staring in befuddled awe at an unseen ''something''. Each in turn tries to guess at what it is, eventually falling back to "What the heck ''is'' that?"
* In the fourth season finale of ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'', Xander's dream sequence involves heavily tarted-up versions of Willow and Tara kissing... but because girl-on-girl kissing couldn't be shown, we only see Xander's expression, as he's unsure of whether he's more disgusted with himself for looking or turned on by the show, in a very, very long reaction shot with smoochy noises playing on the soundtrack.
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* Occurs occasionally on ''[[Jeopardy (TV)|Jeopardy]]'', most notably on the episode where Nancy Zerg {{spoiler|defeated Ken Jennings, who at that point had won an unprecedented 74 games in a row}} and the camera cut instantly to her surprised reaction. This reaction shot is dubbed the "Zerg Cam" both by fans and by the show itself.
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* [[Martin Freeman]]'s [[Sherlock|John Watson]] is the ''king'' of these.
** That's because he's the king of them [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tr0vARFXzlg in real life] as well.
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