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So you're sitting in a movie theater, [[Innocent Bystander|minding your own business,]] when all of a sudden a trailer for a scary movie comes on! It looks cool and the plot is abo-- {{spoiler|[[The Scream|blooD hatE deatH!]]}}
Wow! That hidden frame/half a second flash cut with the scream sure was scary, more so than a [[Cat Scare]], and [[Stringy-Haired Ghost Girl|the pale stringy haired girl]] was frea-- {{spoiler|[[Scare Chord|PAIN EVIL KUMQUAT]]}} gyah! Okay, a little less scary, but still surprising.
So anyway. Trailers, films, and [[Video Games]] that [[Nothing Is Scarier|can't rely on time to build suspense]] will use the
In fact, this technique is quickly moving towards becoming a [[Discredited Trope]] from overuse. This still shows up played straight in several Internet videos premised precisely on this kind of scare. Some moviegoers have even become desensitized to the strobe light scare, and come to expect the last half second of every such movie trailer to contain one fina-- {{spoiler|Boo!}}
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Contrast [[Subliminal Advertising]].
'''''Troper General's Warning:'' Strobe light effects can be hazardous to the health of small children, epileptics, or the overly cute. We recommend using [[Rickroll
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