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A [[Camera Tricks|Camera Trick]] where the camera is placed directly over the actor, pointing down, while the actor looks up into the camera and screams. For extra [[Large Ham|hamtacularity]], the camera may even be [[Everything's Better with Spinning|spinning]].

 

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== Anime and Manga ==

* ''[[Code Geass]]:'' Happens a lot, [[Large Ham|usually with Lelouch]]. From Turn 17: {{spoiler|"YOU BETRAYED ME, SUZAKU...! YOU BETRAAAAYED MEE!!"}}

* ''[[Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex]]:'' {{spoiler|"MOTOKOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"}}

* In ''[[Bleach]]'', Komamura does this ("AIZEN!!") after {{spoiler|Tousen's death}}.

* Fakir in ''[[Princess Tutu]]'' "AHIRUUUUUU!!!!!!"

** Also cue [[Character Development]]. Like anything. It's also after this that he reverts to referring to Conrad by name, which he apparently hasn't done since he was a little kid and found out niisan was half human.

* "[[Neon Genesis Evangelion|I don't wanna die]]. [[Survival Mantra|I don't wanna die.]] [[Madness Mantra|I don't wanna die.]] ''[[Despair Event Horizon|I don't want to die.]]'' '''I DON'T WANNA DIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEE!!!!!'''"

* '''''[[Death Note|MATSUDA,]] [[Gambit Pileup|YOU]] [[What an Idiot!|IDIOOOOOOOOT!!!]]'''''

* Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch blows the pants off this trope in the last episodes of the first season. LUCHIAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

 

== Comic Books ==

* '''''[[Dr. Doom|RICHAAAAARDS!!!!!]]'''''

** And recently, [[The Hulk|BAAANNNNERR!]]

* Also in Cerebus.

** CLAREMONT!!!!!!!!!

 

 

== Film ==

* Performed by Cindy (Anna Faris' character) at the end of every one of the ''[[Scary Movie]]'' series, although usually punctuated by her [[Look Both Ways|being run over]].

* Bartleby does this near the end of ''[[The View Askewniverse|Dogma]]'' while laughing maniacally.

* "WILLIAAAAAMMM!" William Thatcher also does this, screaming his own name, at the end of ''A Knight's Tale''. Not quite skyward, though.

* Parodied in the movie ''[[Charlie's Angels]]'' with Matt Leblanc howling "DAMN YOU, SALAZAAAR!" at the soaring camera while his girlfriend lies dead in his arms. {{spoiler|And then we find out they're shooting [[Show Within a Show|a movie within the movie]].}}

** {{spoiler|Don't forget that the scene takes place at the end of a montage showing the romantic B-plots of the other two angels, furthering the assumption that the girlfriend is Lucy Liu.}}

* ''[[Ferris Bueller's Day Off|Ferris Buellers Day Off]]'' combines it with [[Distant Reaction Shot]].

* This was done ''three times'' in ''[[X Men Origins: Wolverine|X Men Origins Wolverine]]''.

** In addition to ''[[X-Men: The Last Stand|X Men the Last Stand]]'', where Wolverine does this {{spoiler|after reluctantly killing Jean Grey/Phoenix.}}

 

* ''[[Xena: Warrior Princess]]'' featured this once, with Xena, in the episode "The Ring".

* ''[[Seinfeld]]'' parodied this three times. The first time was George yelling "KHAAAAAAN!" after realizing his life must be dedicated to the Susan Ross foundation.<ref>This is just after Jerry told how he had inspired Susan's parents to start the foundation with a line from The Wrath of Khan.</ref> The second time was Elaine yelling "SUUUUUUUUUUZIE!" after realizing her life must be dedicated to the Susie foundation, a fake character she initially made up to avoid troubles and later "killed" her to avoid exposure. The third time was George screaming "TWIIIIIIIIIX!!" after people ate up his candy lineup, which he set up to catch his candy's thief in a car dealership.

* The Klingon death ritual first seen in ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' invokes this, roaring into the sky to warn the afterlife that a Klingon warrior is on their way.

* Jon Stewart does this a ''lot'' on ''[[The Daily Show]],'' and was especially gratified when the [http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=111992&title=the-wrath-of-khan scientist found to be supplying rogue regimes with nuclear technology was actually named A.Q. Khan]. They once even subverted/[http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=149372&title=9/11-earwig failed to do the shot].

** A great recent example was Stewart switching bodies with [[Justin Bieber]]. When they sweitched back, Bieber told Stewart, "Hope you don't mind the new tattoo."

* Duncan does this once in ''[[Highlander the Series]]'', when he screams {{spoiler|Darius's}} name after finding his dead body.

* Like Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert of ''[[The Colbert Report]]'' also has engaged in this trope occasionally. ("MANILOWWWWWW!!!")

** And again, when he realizes he [[Unrequited Love|cannot have]] Rebecca Romijn-Stamos. ''"STAAAAUGH-MOS!"''

* Wade in the first season finale of ''[[Sliders]]'': NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

* In the TV movie finale of [[Prison Break]], T-Bag does this. "SCOOFIEEELD! SCOOOOOOOOOFIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELD!"

* [[Riget|Danish... Scum... DANISH SCUM!]]

* Used in an episode of ''[[The Big Bang Theory]]''. After realizing that [[Wil Wheaton]] tricked him into losing a card game, Sheldon screams "WHEATON!" as the camera zooms out. A somewhat odd example, in that the moment [[Shown Their Work|resembles the actual scene from The Wrath of Khan instead of the Beam Me Up Scotty version.]]

* [[X Files|"This is not happening!"]] [[Big No|"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"]]

* [[Doctor Who|"GERONIMOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"]]

** [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|I AM TALKING!]]

** "WHOOO.... AM.... IIIIIIIIIII?!?!"

* Done twice on ''[[Dexter]]'', both involving the {{spoiler|serial-killers-o'-the-season}}: in season three there's a "MIGUEEEEEELL!", complete with [[Berserk Button|room-smashing]] {{spoiler|although it was revealed he was just imagining how he'd like to react}}, and in season four, after {{spoiler|the Trinity Killer evades his clutches once again}}, "ARRTHURRRR!"

* Used in ''I Shouldn't Be Alive'', to emphasize a stranded survivor's isolation as they yell for help and the camera zooms out to show they're alone in the midst of hostile terrain.

 

== Video Games ==

* The first major turning point in ''[[Star Ocean 3]]'' ends with Fayt screaming "WHAT THE HELL AM I!?!?!"

* ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'''s {{spoiler|WELCOME! WELCOME NEEW GAAAAAALLAAAAAAXXXYYYYYY!!!}}

** [[World of Warcraft|"AAARTHAAAS!!!"]]

** Oh yeah? How about a nice serving of [[Elite Beat Agents|HEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALP!]]

* When {{spoiler|von Karma}} sees that his goose is cooked in the first ''[[Ace Attorney]]'' game, he can't help but cry "EEEEEEEDDDDDGGGGEWOOOOOOOOOORRRRRTTTTHHHHH!"

** In Case 4 of Apollo Justice, when {{spoiler|Kristoph Gavin}} realizes that he's been ultimately outdone, he screams: ** "WWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWRRRRRRRRRRRRRRIIIIIIIIIIGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT"

** {{spoiler|Quercus Alba}} takes this [[Up to Eleven]] when he starts screaming Edgeworth's name so forcefully, he can't even finish the name before continuing into high pitched shrieking.

* [[Ryu ga Gotoku|Yakuza 3]]: {{spoiler|"RIKIYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!"}}

* Haseo from the .Hack//G.U games whenever he unleashes his hidden powers.

** "Come on... come on... I'm right here... '''''SKEEEEIIIIIIIIIIIIITTTTTTTTHHHHHH!!!!'''''

* In ''[[Final Fantasy IV]] DS'', during the disaster at Mist, Cecil does a textbook one.

'''Cecil:''' "But why? '''''WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY?!?!'''''" }}

** At the end of [[Final Fantasy]]:[[Crisis Core]], {{spoiler|Cloud, at Zacks death.}}

* The Tales of RPG characters are known to do this when performing their signature [[Limit Break]] attacks.

* In ''[[Time Splitters|Timesplitters: Future Perfect]]'', Sergeant Cortez lets out a furious 'Urgh... Gawd-DAAAAAAAMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIT!' after unwittingly giving the Big Bad the details of his plot. This takes place in the middle of the 21st century, but the skyward scream is so intense, it echoes through time, being heard by ally Harry Tipper in 1970, and a man implied to be Tipper's elderly son. Bonus points for the implication that Tipper is at the point of conceiving said son.

* Miguel in ''[[Tekken]] 6'', on his [[Dead Little Sister]].

* In ''[[Tales of Innocence]]'', when Luca finds out who caused the Fall of Devaloka, he summons this trope - camerawork and everything - to curse him for all the suffering it has caused.

* [[Xenoblade Chronicles]]. "FIOOOORAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"

* [[Final Fantasy XIII-2]] {{spoiler|SEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!}}

 

== Web Comics ==

* A running gag in ''[[PvP]]''.

* From ''[[Penny and Aggie]]'', when the normally unflappable Katy-Ann discovers Jack's beer stash after he's promised to stay sober: "HE ''HAS'' '''''ME!'''''"

* ''[[Powerpuff Girls Doujinshi]]'' gives us one combined with a [[Big No]], from Professor Utonium, in response to the dreaded news of {{spoiler|having to attend a Parent-Teacher Conference, for Buttercup.}}

* ''[[El Goonish Shive]]'' gives us [http://egscomics.com/egsnp/?date=2009-11-12 SKIRRRRT!]

* Done not once, not twice, but ''[[Overly Long Gag|three times]]'' in [http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=296 this] ''[[VG Cats]]'' strip.

* ''[[Bobwhite]]''. [http://www.bobwhitecomics.com/?webcomic_post=20100114 The Bobwhite girls beat their male doppelgangers in a snowball fight.] ''"Damn you, Bobwhite! Damn youuuu!"''

* Often heard from [[MS Paint Adventures]] readers when [[Andrew Hussie]] brilliantly connects his confusing stories.

 

== Web Original ==

* Wouldn't you know, in another TGWTG example, [[Atop the Fourth Wall|Linkara]] does it in the "previously on..." segment at the start of Uncanny X-Men 424, "IIIIINSAAAAAAANOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!"

* [[The Spoony Experiment|PUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUMPKINHEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAD!]]

* [[Dragon Ball Abridged|MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON!!!!]]

* [[Homestar Runner|Strong Bad]]'s [[Bad Bad Acting|poorly-done]] home movie series ''Dangeresque'' features the title character and his partner yelling the villain Perducci's name like this. In ''[[Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People|Strong Bads Cool Game for Attractive People]]: Dangeresque 3'' it becomes a running gag, with Dangeresque almost unable to say Perducci's name without screaming it.

** In ''Homestar Ruiner'', Strong Bad's response to finding Homestar is hiding at his house because of all the damage Strong Bad did to Homestar's reputation is to direct one of these at '''[[Irony|IIIIIIIRRRROOOOOONYYYYYYY]]!'''

* [[Weebl and Bob|DAMN YOU, SWEDEEEEN!!]]

* [[The Dreamland Chronicles]]: '''[http://www.thedreamlandchronicles.com/ ALEXANDER!!!!!]''' The author [[The Rant|specifically says]] he was going for a KHAN! vibe and proceeds to link to a youtube video of the event.

* Phase in "Ayla and the Breakfast Brawl": "Why do I get all the crazy firebitches!?!" The crazy firebitch doesn't take this well at all.

* Oh ''[[Phelous]]'' loves these.

 

== Western Animation ==

 

* ''[[The Critic]]''.

* In the season 3 finale of ''[[Jackie Chan Adventures]]'', the last scene shows the demon Shendu, [[Sealed Evil in a Can|petrified]] again, yelling "CHAAAAAAAANNNN!!!!!" as the "camera" pans out.

* Leela does one of these in the ''[[Futurama]]'' episode "Love's Labors Lost in Space" after waking up from a night of pity sex with [[Fake Ultimate Hero]] Zapp Brannigan, who is himself a parody of [[William Shatner]].

** And from the [[The Simpsons Movie|Movie]] we have "DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMEE!"

** And from season 5's "Bart Gets an Elephant", whereupon Homer mistakenly believes Blackheart, the ivory dealer, took Bart along with Stampy:

* "[[Stroker and Hoop]]" parodied this with the character Stroker screaming "KHAAAAAN-ja" after being swindled and taken to a mental asylum by a woman, pretending to be an alien, {{spoiler|(though later revealed to be a real alien)}} named Khan'Ja.

* Demona from ''[[Gargoyles]]'' mixes this with a [[Big No]] when she discovers her planning got her own clan brutally killed, complete with her falling to her knees and raising her hands to the sky.

* [[The Backyardigans|KUH-LOOOOOOOOOWNS!!!!]] (''Clowns, clowns, clowns...'')

* [[Super Mario Bros Super Show|Super Mario World]]:

* Dan does this [[Once an Episode]] in ''[[Dan Vs.]]'', when declaring his desire for revenge on the episode's subject. He even manages this while [[Sticky Situation|stuck to the ground in a pool of maple syrup]].

** Elise does this in a flashback in "Dan Vs. New Mexico" that shows why she hates New Mexico too.

* Coop from [[Megas XLR]] gives one of these (Retracting his robot car's convertible hood to do so) when he realized his battles with the alien robot of the week have destroyed the last Mega Slush machine in the greater Jersey area.

* A parody of the [[A Streetcar Named Desire]] example above occurs in [[Over the Hedge (animation)|Over the Hedge]].

* In ''[[Transformers Prime]]'', Starscream curses [[Say My Name|Megatron's name]] in an episode.

** Arcee provides an [[Angrish|incoherent one]] after {{spoiler|Soundwave teleports her to the Arctic before she could reach an amnesic Optimus on the Decepticon ship.}}

* As stated in ''[[Powerpuff Girls Doujinshi]]'', [[Powerpuff Girls|Prof. Utonium]] is not a fan of parent teacher conferences.

 

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