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[[File:scream.jpg|frame|'''[[Emoticon|:O]]''']]
A character finds something out, sees something frightening or has something utterly horrible happen to them, and as a result, they scream. 😱 Cut to a shot of the surrounding area with the audio of the scream still going, then to the countryside (where it might disturb livestock or a farmer or must cause birds to burst from the brush in a panic), and possibly further back to a shot of Earth from space all the while with the scream still looped in the background (it has been applied to the [[Big No]] as well).▼
▲A character finds something out, sees something frightening or has something utterly horrible happen to them, and as a result, they scream. Cut to a shot of the surrounding area with the audio of the scream still going, then to the countryside (where it might disturb livestock or a farmer or must cause birds to burst from the brush in a panic), and possibly further back to a shot of Earth from space all the while with the scream still looped in the background (it has been applied to the [[Big No]] as well).
Sometimes this is abbreviated by showing the character as they see something frightening or as they inhale, and then [[Distant Reaction Shot|cutting away to a distant location]] while a muted scream plays in the background.
As an alternative, this can be done as an explicit parody of Edvard Munch's painting
Almost universally a comedic trope. If it's not, expect a
For a superpowered version see [[Make Me Wanna Shout]].
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{{examples}}
== Advertising ==
* Used for parody effect in a late 2004 commercial for the "Geek Squad" computer tech support service.
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* Used in an episode of ''[[D.Gray-man|D Gray Man]]'' when {{spoiler|Road stabs Allen in the eye with a pointed candle}} and also beforehand, {{spoiler|when he rips his once-stuck arm from the wall.}} [[Fridge Horror]] kicks in when you realize he can't see Akuma without his formerly good eye. The scene cuts all around the room until he pulls the candle out, not allowing you to look at it.
* Used repeatedly in ''[[El-Hazard: The Magnificent World|El Hazard the Magnificent World]]'' as a [[Running Gag]].
* ''[[Excel Saga (anime)|Excel Saga]]'', ''[[Azumanga Daioh]]'', ''[[Naruto]]'', ''[[Great Teacher Onizuka]]'', ''[[Oruchuban Ebichu]]'', and ''[[Ranma ½
* In the twelfth episode of the TV series of ''[[Ah! My Goddess]]'', Sayoko gives
* Taken to an extreme in ''[[Pani Poni Dash!|Pani Poni Dash]]'', where Becky Miyamoto screams so loudly that the onomatopoeia splits the ceiling and calls down a [[Pillar of Light]]. Meanwhile, a crowd in Cairo is shown to be alarmed.
* Another example of being caused by anguish, in ''[[Tenchi Muyo!|Tenchi Muyo]]'''s second OVA, the android Zero, having taken Ryoko's form and memories, is ordered to kill Tenchi due to how her emotional reactions (inherited from what she copied of Ryoko) are interfering with her mission of capturing Washu. Reflecting on the order, she makes to stab Tenchi with a dagger, and the image cuts away to her agonized scream as we pull out from the room to the house, to the exterior galaxy...all the way out to Dr. Clay's ship hovering (potentially outside of conventional reality itself). However, the next episode makes it clear this is an exaggeration, as not only does this not wake up the entire house, but Tenchi sleeps right through it AND Zero plunging the energy dagger into his pillow inches from his head.
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** Soifon does this as she's being hit with Barragan's "Respira" attack which has ''the power to age flesh and bone into nothingness''.
* Don Para becomes so afraid that he [[Crowning Moment of Funny|literally transforms into the painting for a few second]] in ''[[Dragon Ball|Dragon Ball GT]]''.
* In the climax of the third ''[[
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SBWXnQHRl0 The piano scene] from episode 3 of [[Kaiba]] uses a skyward anguished sob that's powerful enough to be a scream. That single scene, plus the buildup over the first episode...Did you know crying can sometimes be [[Tear Jerker|like]] [[Sand in My Eyes|yawning]]?
* Shusei does this in episode 10 of ''[[Uragiri wa Boku no Namae wo Shitteiru]]'' as Ashley tortures him via a voodoo doll.
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* In ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh (anime)|Yu-Gi-Oh]]'', the pharaoh realizes that Bakura's voice was somehow still resonating even when he was supposedly gone in the past. This is impossible, unless, he realizes: "Unless... this is all just a game?" The word 'game' echoes as the scene pans and expands, until it reveals that indeed, the entire world is a game board.
* An ''epic'' one happens in ''[[Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt|Panty and Stocking With Garterbelt]]'' when Stocking goes on an extreme diet to the point of starvation, only to find herself gaining weight regardless. Cue Stocking gorging out on Swiss rolls, fueled by [[Unstoppable Rage]].
* During episode 15 of ''[[Baccano!]]'', we are greeted to a flashback of a younger Nice Holystone experimenting with explosive chemicals. The mixture explodes in her face, [[Scars Are Forever|scarring her,]] [[Eye Scream|destroying her eye,]] and making her deliver an ear drum rattling scream, that lasts until the flashback ends.
* In ''[[Tenchi Muyo!|Tenchi Muyo]]'', Z's [[Dissonant Laughter|laughter at his newfound power and victory]] is quickly replaced by one of these when he sees [[Eldritch Abomination|Tok]][[Physical God|im]][[Powers That Be|i]] behind him.
* One of the ''[[Naruto]]'' OVAs has Naruto invoking this trope, complete with [[Art Shift]] into the Edvard Munch painting.
* Otani of ''[[Lovely Complex]]'' does [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7DoEVyvWgs this] after Maity blows in his ear to wake him up during class.
* [[Crowning Moment of Funny|Comedic example]] in ''[[Fruits Basket]]'' when Kyo wakes up and sees that Ayame, who Yuki has kicked out, has snuck into bed with him. Cue
* ''[[Black Butler|Black Butler II]]'' episode 10. It begins with Hannah talking to Ciel and saying that she has something to show him. Then her mouth opens unnaturally wide to reveal [[Body Horror|this black abyss where the inside of a human mouth would be]]. The eye she stole from Alois Trancy is rooted in the back of her throat, and since Ciel's soul has been partially fused with Alois's at this point, he's basically staring at himself from inside her. Hannah watches calmly while Ciel suffers a [[Freak-Out|severe nervous breakdown]] and screams before falling unconscious.
* In ''[[Deadman Wonderland]]'' Ganta does this understandably as he's being forced to watch the Carnival of Corpses.
* In ''[[Elfen Lied]]'' Kouta does this after he sees his sister get killed in front of him by Lucy.
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* Used to unique effect with the [[Marvel Universe]] character [[The Inhumans|Black Bolt]], whose voice was a sonic weapon; early in his run, his scream could destroy cities. [[Power Creep, Power Seep|As time went on]], it became his ''whisper'' that could destroy cities. The possibility of him screaming made ''gods'' stand at attention!
** [[Deadpool]] played with this in the game ''[[Marvel Ultimate Alliance]]'', by trying to get Black Bolt to say the word spatula, just to see how much destruction it would cause.
** Used in the ''[[World War Hulk]]'' story to show how tough Hulk was. He didn't come to hear Black Bolt whisper. He came to hear him scream.
** In [[Earth X]], he screams his loudest scream yet, but does not use it for purposes of destruction...
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* Mild example: A couple of times when the father in ''[[Curtis]]'' hurt his back, his scream accompanied a diagonal view of the outside of the apartment building.▼
* In one ''[[Calvin and Hobbes]]'' strip, Calvin, upon learning that Rosalyn is coming to babysit again, lets out a large "AAAAAAUUUUUUGGGGGGHHHHHH!" that takes up the top half-inch of the entire strip, and continues throughout the next strip, prompting his mother to say "For heaven's sake, Calvin, take a breath before you pass out on the floor!"▼
* Happens twice in ''[[Kyon: Big Damn Hero]]'', both times when girls are seeing evidence of a voyeuristic illegal photography ring in their school.
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* ''[[Ferris Bueller's Day Off|Ferris Buellers Day Off]]'': "Here's where Cameron goes berserk."
* In ''[[The Princess Bride (film)|The Princess Bride]]'', Westley is being tortured by Count Rugen. When the evil Prince Humperdinck pushes Rugen's device to its maximum power, and Westley starts screaming, the camera cuts to the countryside, again to the castle, and again to the village beyond, where the townsfolk look about, wondering where the scream is originating from. It's a plot point, in that Inigo and Fezzik start looking for Westley because of the scream.
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* Done extremely well in ''[[Signs]]''.
* In ''[[Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan|Star Trek II the Wrath of Khan]],'' Khan traps Kirk et al on the Regulus planetoid, then refuses to rise to Kirk's baiting. Kirk screams [[The Khan|"Khaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan!"]] which somehow can be heard ''outside'' the planetoid, echoing through the vastness of space.
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*** Made all the more impressive in that Aragorn's actor, Viggo Mortensen, broke his foot kicking the helmet. That scream is genuine.
** In the Extended Edition, Eomer gets a pretty impressive one when he finds {{spoiler|Eowen near death and Theoden dead.}}
* Done often in the ''[[Scream (film)|Scream]]'' movies usually when someone is being chased by the killer. The opening scene of the first movie ends with one where Casey's mother finds her mutilated body hanging from a noose on a tree.
** Also, the Ghostface mask looks similar to the aforementioned painting, which may be where the film got its name.
* ''[[Raiders of the Lost Ark]]'' - after Indy stoically endures getting dragged behind a truck, shot in the shoulder, and generally beaten while retrieving the Ark, he and Marion are ensconced in the captain's quarters of a freight ship. As he achingly examines himself in a floor mirror, she pivots it from the other side, smacking him on the chin. Cut to long shot of ship and pained yell.
* ''[[Looney Tunes: Back in Action]]'' does this when Bugs, Daffy, and Elmer Fudd chase each other in the Louvre's paintings. Inside Munch's masterpiece, Bugs steps on Elmer's toe, causing him to briefly morph into the "Screamer."
* In ''[[The Dark Knight Saga]]'' this is Falcone's response when Crane sprays the fear toxin in his face. And it's unending too implying that he descended into insanity out of fear.
== Literature ==
* Rincewind does the Munsch pose on the paperback cover of ''[[
== Live-Action TV ==
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** Also in season two, a mother's screams at seeing her dead son are heard from the now empty street outside after a gunfight has been broken up by the police.
* ''[[Top Gear]]'' once did this with a [[Cool Car|Mecedes 600 Grosser]]'s horn.
* Reese on ''[[Malcolm in the Middle]]'', when he learns that the girl he was crushing on after reading her diary was [[Squick|actually his mom]].
* Frequently happens in ''[[Sister, Sister]]'' when either Ray or Tia discovers Tamera did something stupid that they are angered at (it's not really a scream as much as them screaming Tamera's name, as it pans out, sometimes even starts in before panning out).
== Newspaper Comics ==
▲* Mild example: A couple of times when the father in ''[[Curtis]]'' hurt his back, his scream accompanied a diagonal view of the outside of the apartment building.
▲* In one ''[[Calvin and Hobbes]]'' strip, Calvin, upon learning that Rosalyn is coming to babysit again, lets out a large "AAAAAAUUUUUUGGGGGGHHHHHH!" that takes up the top half-inch of the entire strip, and continues throughout the next strip, prompting his mother to say "For heaven's sake, Calvin, take a breath before you pass out on the floor!"
== Sculpture ==
* The Edvard Munch painting is reproduced as a relief sculpture on one of the exterior walls of [http://www.groundsforsculpture.org/Artwork/The-Chamber-of-Internal-Dialogue "The Chamber of Internal Dialogue"'] at Grounds for Sculpture in Hamilton, NJ.
== Tabletop Games ==
* This was used in ''[[Legend of the Five Rings]]'' RPG. A group of clan champions had gathered at the castle of the Crab clan, which essentially borders that universe's hell (called the Shadowlands). While there, the three visiting champions saw a single Crab soldier standing at the wall, looking out. They ordered their yojimbo to stay outside their quarters for the night, along with the Crab champion, that their soldiers would not fail in their duty. In the middle of the night, there was a piercing scream that woke up the three champions, and moments later, a demon burst through their room. Almost overwhelmed, their host managed to kill the beast. Shocked, they left the room to find their soldiers dead, frozen in terror, or torn limb from limb. When they exited the building, they saw the lone Crab soldier, still standing, head slumped forward. One of the champions murmured that it seemed like none of them won the bet. The Crab champion snorted, "His job was to scream."
* ''[[Warhammer
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* ''[[Time Splitters]] Future Perfect'' has a version where Sgt. Cortez shouts "Goddamnit" so loud, it can be heard approximately 100 years
* ''[[Yume Nikki]]'': {{spoiler|aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA}}
* Very much a non-comedic example
* In ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Majora's
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== Webcomics ==
* In ''[[Two Lumps]]'' "The Scream" has been [http://twolumps.net/d/20050801.html spoofed] at least [http://twolumps.net/d/20060703.html twice] so far
* Black Mage from ''[[8-Bit Theater
* In ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'', when Bun-bun finds out his collection of ''[[Baywatch]]'' tapes has been magnetically erased. What's really hilarious/terrifying about this is the implication of what he's going to do to the other main characters once he catches them.
** Later, a hapless fan [http://www.sluggy.com/comics/archives/daily/050602 here].
* In ''[[Dubious Company]]'', Walter needs to upgrade his ship with a homing device in order to find Tiren. [[Leeroy Jenkins]] thinks this is taking too long and decides to help while Walter is sleeping. Walter wakes up to find his [[Cool Ship]] in ruins. Cut to Tiren asking [[The Dragon|Izor]] if he heard that scream.
* ''[[El Goonish Shive]]''
** And two [[Squee]]s, by [https://www.egscomics.com/index.php?id=1632 Elijah] and then [https://www.egscomics.com/index.php?id=1712 Elijah and Grace together].
* ''[[Brawl in the Family]]'' had Mario [http://brawlinthefamily.keenspot.com/comic/75-paintings/ explore it]. This was a bad choice.
== Web Originals ==
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* ''[[Dragon Ball Abridged]]''
** Krillin when he sees Vegeta's spaceship landing on Namek. It lasts quite some time and can be heard miles away.
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** Vegeta takes this [[Serial Escalation]] when he realises Gohan stole one of his Dragon Balls. It can be heard across Namek, by Goku in space, by King Yemma in the afterlife, and {{spoiler|by ''Trunks'' on Earth 20 years in the future}}.
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*** The fact that makes this extremely funny is that Trunks' future timeline is canonically established as one of three distinct timelines created by his time traveling into the past. So Vegeta's scream wasn't heard in the future. It was heard in an ''alternate'' future!
*** However since the timeline hasn't diverged by this point, it makes sense that it would be heard in all possible timelines.
* Taking some notes from Who Shot Mr. Burns Part 1, [[
* Noah Antwiler ([[The Spoony Experiment|The Spoony One]]) commits a Scream after being utterly broken by one of the worst PC games of all time, Bloodwings: Pumpkinhead's Revenge. In a parody of/tribute to [[The Princess Bride]], Benzaie hears it and remarks that it is the sound of the Ultimate Suffering.
* ''[[Cracked.com]]'''s Photoplasty [http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_581_17-famous-images-as-seen-from-different-angle/?view=article Famous Images, As Seen From a Different Angle] shows what the figure in Edvard Munch's painting was screaming at: [[Superman]].
== Western Animation ==
* One episode of ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]'' does this with Squidward during the episode "Clams", when Spongebob catches his nose, after getting his book, chair, and shirt.
* From ''[[Adventure Time]]'':
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'''Lemongrab:''' ''(from far away)'' WHAT?!
'''Princess Bubblegum:''' Hey--you're fired! Ya BUTT!
'''Lemongrab:''' ''(from far away)'' HHHHRRRRRUUURUUUUGGGGHH!!!!!! }}
** There's really no need to add the quote. Lemongrab embodies this trope, all the time.
* In an episode of ''[[Invader Zim]]'', a little girl's scream is heard by The Tallest, who are on a spaceship on the other end of the galaxy.
** You're not mentioning the crowner? In Battle of the Planets, {{spoiler|Zim uses Mars as a giant steamroller to flatten Earth. The planet comes down gently and crushes a man's soda can.}} The man's screams go on for about a minute onscreen without end.
* A variation appears on the first half of the "Who Shot Mr. Burns" episode of ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]''; on realizing that Mr. Burns has forgotten his name yet again despite all his efforts, Homer takes a deep breath and yells a profanity (starts with an "F", the rest is covered by the sound of an organ playing). It's given exactly the same treatment as
** "Dear lord, that's the loudest profanity I've ever heard!"
** Subverted in "Mona Leaves-a". Homer arrives in the living room to apologize to his mother for his jerkish behavior to her lately, but then asks her name when she doesn't respond (as she had died). It cuts to the outside of the house, yet Homer says "...Mother?" in the exact same tone and volume as he did before the cutaway point.
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* In one episode of ''[[Total Drama Island]]'' Heather screams after {{spoiler|her hair gets shaved off and Chris tells her she has to leave the island}} the scene then cuts to the eliminated campers {{spoiler|at the Playa Des Losers Resort}} all looking up in surprise.
* Used in ''[[Lilo and Stitch (Disney film)|Liloand Stitch]]'' when Pleakley and Jumba spend their first night on Earth, and Pleakley discovers a very ''painful'' truth about one of the so-called wildlife preserve's inhabitants:
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(Cut to a distant shot of their campsite near the house as Pleakley screams in pain) }}
* Done hilariously in an episode of ''[[The Replacements]]'' when all the characters suddenly went into "The Scream" style during a [[GASP]] moment.
* Stewie does this in ''[[Family Guy]]'' when he walks in on Lois and Peter having sex.
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'''[[Adam Westing|Mayor Adam West]]''': So, it's a shouting match you want, eh, Quahog? Well ''game on''! Aaah aaah aaah aaah aar - I'm beating you! }}
* Goliath in ''[[Gargoyles]]'' does this several times.
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