Red Shirt Reporter: Difference between revisions

** Though later on subverted by the reporters covering the Cell Games, as they somehow manage to survive (And fully believe [[Fake Ultimate Hero|Mr. Satan]] saved them).

* A one-off reporter in ''[[Death Note]]'' - right after the Second Kira just killed a lot of reporters who disagreed with Kira - deliberately imperils his own life, John Hancock-style.

 

== Film ==

{{quote|'''Reporter:''' ''(some bullets shot near her)'' Oh, [[Precision F-Strike|fuck]] this, [[Screw This, I'm Outta Here|I'm outta here]]!}}

* In ''[[Three Kings]]'', some Iraqi soldiers forced a female journalist to leave, at gunpoint.

 

== Literature ==

* In ''[[The War of the Worlds (novel)|The War of the Worlds]]'', a journalist named Henderson appears early in the novel to [[Going for the Big Scoop|investigate the fallen Martian cylinder.]] He dies by [[Death Ray]] not too much later, making this trope [[Older Than Television]].

** Henderson, possibly the earliest example of this trope in fiction, is also the [[Trope Codifier]], so much so that his character was carried over in Orson Welles' radio show and the 1953 version, if not the 2005 version. The book also ''subverts'' the trope: the narrator himself is also a journalist, though he does come close to death on more than a few occasions.

 

== Live Action TV ==

* In ''[[The Goodies]]'' episode "[[Attack of the 50-Foot Whatever|Kitten Kong]]", it's played entirely for laughs. Watch it [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLDaI4yuKNU&NR=1 here, starting at 2:10]

* Parodied on ''[[The Daily Show]]''. In their January 2012 Indecision coverage there is a skit about the upcoming South Carolina primary including an anchor in a windstorm and a female anchor covered in blood screaming about the horrors of the campaign.

 

== Western Animation ==

'''Diane Simmons''': Thank you, Tricia. Stay tuned for further-- (''hit by a flying guy'') }}

* Lance Thunder of [[Danny Phantom]] always gets put on 'Ghost Watch'- e.g. filming in streets overwhelmed by ghosts, desperately screaming "I'm just a ''weatherman''!"

 

== Video Games ==

* In Final Fantasy 7 when the pilar collapses, a reporter can be seen reacting just before the screen goes to static.

* Leading up to the release of ''[[Mass Effect 3]]'', the game's in-character twitter feed featured a series of live-tweets from Emily Wong, who was effectively the reporter-on-the-scene for {{spoiler|The Reaper Invasion of Earth. Her last tweet indicated that she was mortally wounded and about to [[Taking You with Me|ram a Reaper with her skyvan.]]}}

 

== Real Life ==

* On MSNBC's coverage of Hurricane Ike, a reporter named Janet lampshaded this trope by declaring loudly that she was perfectly safe.

* There was an incident where Ed Hughes, the late anchor for Norfolk, VA CBS affiliate WTKR, was covering a hurricane at the Outer Banks of North Carolina.

* Memphis' Action Five News had a series during the 90s featuring a reporter demonstrating how to get out of a flooded car, a flaming building and many other dangerous situations.

 

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