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A variation of [[Oh Crap]] and [[Casual Danger Dialog]]. Sometimes leads into a [[Bolivian Army Ending]]. The [[Deadpan Snarker]]'s equivalent of the [[Obi-Wan Moment]]. This trope refers to situations when the character realizes he's screwed, but groans instead of gasping. Inevitably followed with the lucky character just lowering their head and bulling through the punishment (or bending over and taking it, if they're really screwed). If they come out on top, the result is nearly always a [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]], but this trope specifically refers to the "Oh, great" reaction before the pain begins. Operates on the same principle as [[Understatement]]. Bystanders [[That's Gotta Hurt|may offer commentary]]. If they make it through, they may shout "[[I'm Okay]]!" at the end, even if they're obviously not.

 

Not to be confused with [[Accentuate the Negative|one's opinion on a movie]]. [[Rule 34|And not that, either]].

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* An M&M commercial had Red demonstrating a new variety or feature by putting his partner Yellow [[Amusing Injuries|inside a blender]]. Right before he switches the blender on, Yellow mutters in a low, resigned voice, "This is gonna hurt, isn't it, Red?"

** One for pretzel M&Ms has Orange complaining about having a large pretzel put inside him. Cue said pretzel appearing on screen saying, "I'm not too thrilled about this, either." The commercial ends with the pretzel cracking his knuckles and saying, "All right, let's get this over with."

 

* Sidoh the Shinigami in ''[[Death Note]]''. Poor guy lost his [[Artifact of Doom|notebook]], and to retrieve it...

{{quote|'''Sidoh:''' So I guess I have to go to... the human world.

* Often done briefly in ''[[Clannad (visual novel)|Clannad]]'', where Tomoya and Sunohara will get a second to realize their imminent demise after provoking Kyou in some fashion. See the fake-love-letter prank from After Story episode 23, the reaction to Kyou as a magical girl in the clubroom, and brief facial expressions shown when they realize she's coming at them with a flying kick or throwing a dictionary at them.

 

* Anytime a [[The Big Guy|brawler]] says something involving learning more about how to fight.

{{quote|'''[[Incredible Hulk]]''': "Hulk [[I Know Karate|know Kung Fu]]." }}

* ''[[Nodwick]]''. His job description is basically 'professional [[Chew Toy]]', and he tends to react to incoming and unavoidable pain like this. Especially of note is the time he ended up plunging out of a gradual [[Anti-Magic]] field, while wearing a collection of magical artifacts who were only being kept stable by said [[Anti-Magic]] field. His only thoughts prior to being utterly atomized was "this might sting a little..."

* [[It Got Worse]] so frequently in ''[[Cross Gen|Negation]]'' that "BOHICA" (Bend Over, Here It Comes Again) used in this sense became Obregon Kaine's [[Catch Phrase]].

 

 

* The live action movie remake of ''[[George of the Jungle (film)|George of the Jungle]]'' features George—who incidentally thinks that hitting the tree at the end of the swing is ''[[Too Dumb to Live|proper vine-swinging technique]]''—attempting to psych himself up for the epic distance he has to travel at the film's climax. "This biggest swing in jungle history. Will hurt very much... But George have to do it." The swing is so long that he builds up enough velocity to actually knock [[Efficient Displacement|a George-shaped section of bark]] off the ''other side of the tree''. Ow.

{{quote|'''George''': ...George don't feel so good.}}

* In ''[[Toy Story (franchise)|Toy Story]] 3'', when Andy's toys are first sent to the daycare, they get in place on the floor for the toddlers to find them. Buzz notices, with a sense of trepidation, that the more veteran toys are scurrying to find a hiding place. The door bursts open, and Rex is thrown to the side. Cue Buzz quickly flipping his helmet up just before a kid snatches him up.

* In ''[[Iron Man (film)|Iron Man 2]]'', when Tony and Rhodey/War Machine are enjoying their victory over the Hammer drones, Ivan Vanko arrives wearing his ''own'' suit of armor. Rhodey's response? "Oh, this ain't gonna be good..."

* In ''[[We Were Soldiers]]'', [[Old Soldier|Sergeant Major]] [[Badass Grandpa|Plumley]] lays it out for the surrounding younger (and many wounded) troops as their HQ is about to be overrun by the [[Zerg Rush|NVA]]:

{{quote|'''''GENTLEMEN! [[Dare to Be Badass|PREPARE TO DEFEND YOURSELVES!]]'''''}}

* Averted in '[[The Perfect Storm]]', {{spoiler|When the boat is sinking, and the water is rising where the crew members are trapped, the one fisherman's last words are "This is going to be really hard on my kids."}}

* In ''[[Cloverfield]]'', Hud muses aloud that they could enter Beth's tilted and half-collapsed apartment building through the adjacent building it's leaning on, only to start babbling that it's a ''very bad idea'' when Rob opts to do just that.

 

* In the novel ''[[The Acts of Caine|Blade of Tyshalle]]'', by Matthew Woodring Stover. The main character, Hari, is a paraplegic - and at the moment, he is trapped in a burning building thanks to an assassination attempt. His 200-lb. companion has been knocked unconscious and must be dragged along, the air is full of dust and smoke ([[Captain Obvious|making it hard to breathe]]), his wheelchair is unavailable, and he has to bypass several stories of staircase anyways before he can find an exit. "''This'', thought Hari, ''is gonna suck''." {{spoiler|Don't worry, [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|he gets them both out alive]].}}

* Standard reaction for the characters of the ''[[Warhammer 40,000]]: [[Gaunt's Ghosts]]'' books whenever a Chaos superheavy tank, daemon, or similar threat shows up.

* In Chris Wraight's ''Battle of the Fang'', the Space Wolf called Blackwing ejects from his heavily damaged scout ship seconds before it blows up. Drifting away from the blast, he soon finds himself in the path of one particularly large piece of fast-flying debris. He has just enough time for three thoughts, the last of which is basically "This is really going to hurt.". Cue plasma drive shaft smashing into armored Space Marine at a couple hundred mph.

* This is [[Deadpan Snarker|Marco's]] modus operandi in several volumes of ''[[Animorphs]]''.

** Someone typically says something along these lines in most of the battles.

* ''[[The Dresden Files]]'': If Harry Dresden can see his beatdown coming, he'll usually say something like this.

 

{{quote|'''The Doctor:''' [Adjusts bow tie] Right then! This isn't going to be big on dignity.}}

** What really sells the moment is that while Amy looks appropriately horrified, he has a couldn't-be-happier grin going on.

* Darien Fawkes on ''[[The Invisible Man (TV series)|The Invisible Man]]'' lets out an "Ah, crap" in a deadpan tone with such [[Once an Episode|frequency]] it's one of his [[Catch Phrase|catch phrases]].

* ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]''

** Crow T. Robot says this phrase during the opening credits for the movie ''[[Monster a Go-Go!]]'' after trying (and failing) to maintain a positive attitude.

{{quote|'''Tom:''' If the first ten minutes are any indication this movie's gonna blow!}}

** Considering the movies they have to watch, it's a wonder this trope isn't used more.

{{quote|'''Georgia:''' Aw, ''shi''- [BOOM] }}

* ''[[Seinfeld]]'': Kramer testing out his new "bladder" experiment for oil tankers (essentially, large rubber containers to store oil in to prevent oil spills) by pushing a duffel bag-sized bladder out of his apartment window. George and Jerry, watching from their own window, tried and failed to get a bystander, Jerry's girlfriend, on the street below to move out of the way. Jerry states, "This is gonna be a shame," right before the bladder lands on the woman and ''breaks'', ruining Kramer's prototype and covering the woman in ''crude oil''.

* ''[[Stargate Atlantis]]'' ("No Man's Land"):

{{quote|'''Lt. Col. John Sheppard:''' "[[Operation Blank|Operation]] This-Will-Likely-End-Badly is go."}}

** Scorpius, while facing down a heavily-armed bounty hunter and realizing that the rifle Crichton gave him is empty, gives an irritated mutter of "Thank you, John."

** Considering that the entire crew of Moya pretty much ''survives'' on [[Xanatos Speed Chess]] or just plain luck, this tends to be the reaction of any sane person in any situation they come across (so you can count out Stark... and John on a bad day...). Just pick a season finale. Any finale.

* In the ''[[Red Dwarf]]'' episode "Parallel Universe", when Holly screws up the countdown, Rimmer says, bemusedly, "We're going to die..."

** In the later episode Pete, Part Two, faced with a T-Rex, Cat, with a voice that suggests [[Bring My Brown Pants|he's soiling himself]], says, "We are all... going to die!"

** Vampire Willow's last words, as she reappears into the Wishverse only to be pushed onto a broken plank: "[[Precision F-Strike|Oh fu-]]."

** Angelus and Drusilia have this look when facing down Buffy armed with a rocket launcher. They unfreeze from their terror just in time to dive out of the way.

* Frequently invoked on ''[[MythBusters]]'', verbatim in one case when Tory figures he has been [[Got Volunteered|"volunteered"]] by Grant and Kari to be the experimental guinea pig.

* Said word-for-word by Audrey Parker and Nathan Wuornos in ''[[Haven]]'' when a swarm of [[Reality Warper]] butterflies enter their truck.

* A few contestants on ''[[Wipeout 2008]]'' have said this verbatim before attempting an obsticle.

 

* This sums up Dr. Light's feelings in the first half of the song "Here Comes The Arm" from [[The Protomen]]'s ''The Father of Death.''

* The [[Sarah McLachlan]] song "Hold On" has a line "Hold on, hold on to yourself, this is gonna hurt like hell". It's referring to emotional pain rather than physical, but the message is the same.

 

 

* Part of an old routine by Canadian comedian Mike MacDonald. He thinks that death during skydiving due to parachute failure would ''suck'', because after a couple of minutes you'd get tired of screaming. Then what? "Oh, ''God'', this is gonna hurt...how did I let those jerks talk me into this?!" [''shakes fist at the sky'']

{{quote|"This is gonna hurt tomorrow, huh?"}}

* And of course the [[Denis Leary]] quote above.

 

* A standard reaction to a certain group of circumstances in ''[[Warhammer 40,000]]''. A partial list is as follows:

** Something really, really big comes on from reserves/teleports in.

** An Ork mob charges.

*** Alternatively, said mob falls short of the target, and is now [[Bullet Hell|sitting in the middle of a neat killbox.]]

** Anytime the Barbarian starts to rage. Doubly so if he's a Frenzied Berserker.

** A monster casually walks up to you. Assume the worst.

** You feel an unholy chill fall over the room.

* All tabletop horror games can and will mess with your characters in the worst way. Embracing the horrors just makes it suck less...temporarily.

 

* In ''[[Bionicle]]'', [[Plucky Comic Relief|Lewa]] finds himself surrounded and held at spearpoint by a group of angry Agori:

{{quote|'''Lewa''': Oh. It's going to be ''this'' kind of day. }}

 

* Kazooie from ''[[Banjo-Kazooie|Banjo-Tooie]]'' [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshades]] this:

{{quote|(Walking into a cave and the music changes)

* When you mouse over the difficulty levels in ''[[Civilization]] IV'', you will usually see a short description of exactly [[The Computer Is a Cheating Bastard|how many bonuses the computer gets]]... but not on Deity, the hardest level. That simply reads "Mwuhahaha! Good luck, sucker!"

* ''[[Left 4 Dead]]:''

** Basically the music when a Tank pops up. The term "oh shit" tends to be endlessly repeated in between reloads.

** Bill has this reaction in ''Left 4 Dead's'' intro after a car alarm goes off.

* In ''[[God Hand]]'', if you pick [[Hard Mode]] when starting a new file, Gene quips "Wow, you've got quite a pair to [[Nintendo Hard|pick that.]]"

* In ''[[Dark Forces Saga|Jedi Knight]]'', there's a bit where you need to go across an extremely wide and deep chasm. The only way to do it is to ride a periodic air current that has been annoying you for the last ten minutes of the level. Cue a "you've ''got'' to be kidding me" reaction from Kyle.

* Anyone who looks at the Japanese Box art of the game ''[[Demon's Souls]]'' will know exactly what to expect from the game, as it shows a player character after having been killed. [[Nintendo Hard|There are only two states for a player in this game: dead and one second away from something killing you]]. Direct quote from a preview presented by Atlus: [[Oh Crap|"We get off on your tears."]]

** Players are able to leave messages to other players in this game so that they will not be taken completely by surprise by whatever it is that will kill them in the next thirty seconds. Whenever you see a message that says "Beware the Strong Demon ahead", you know that the next few minutes are really gonna suck.

* ''[[Kingdom of Loathing]]'':

{{quote|Rather unexpectedly, dark stormclouds roll in from the north, blotting out the sun. There is a sudden crash of [[Dramatic Thunder|thunder]], and you hear, somewhere close by, a bestial howling that sends shivers down your spine. Adrenaline pumping, you try to pinpoint the source of the noise. You hear it again, closer this time, and this time... in stereo? Your stomach turns to ice -- could it be...?

Lightning strikes, momentarily blinding you, and then... there he is, towering over you, the ravenous, [[Multiple Head Case|two-headed]] monstrosity [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast|Argarggagarg, the Dire Hellseal!]] If murderous beasts like Gorgolok can be said to have lieutenants, then [[The Dragon|Argarggagarg]] is it; they say he was the only seal ever to challenge Gorgolok's authority as alpha male and survive the ensuing battle.

His black hide is scarred from the dozens -- hundreds! -- of attempts made to destroy him by your northern kinsmen, none of whom came back alive. Here and there an ancient broken spear juts out of Argargaggarg's hide as testament to his indomitability. Two pairs of [[Glowing Eyes of Doom|hellishly glowing]] [[Red Eyes, Take Warning|red eyes]] glare at you; two horribly-fanged maws drool.

This is probably gonna suck bigtime. }}

* In the City Elf origin in ''[[Dragon Age]]'', two guards think that "Hey, she's got no weapon, and he's just a pansy elf.", then said pansy elf tosses you a sword. The guards go [[Oh Crap]], because you're about to kick their asses.

* In the ''[[Team Fortress 2]]'' short "Meet the Sandvich", the Soldier's reaction to The Heavy getting the sandvich.

{{quote|"Ohhh ''hell''".}}

{{quote|'''Raynor''': Air units nothing - those're transports! Quick, get the laser drill to knock them out of the sky!}}

* Gus the Gremlin from ''[[Epic Mickey]]'', when {{spoiler|He, Mickey, and Oswald take the Moonliner to attack the Shadow Blot.}}

"Class 12 Psionic Life-form detected. The Queen of Blades has returned" }}

* ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam]]: [[Gundam vs. Series|Federation vs. Zeon]]'''s Campaign mode. When the mission parameters include the phrase "re-launch in standby MS", you ''know'' that even under the best circumstances the suit you start off in is going to be destroyed. Missions labeled "Very Hard" garner a similar reaction, as that difficulty level is usually reserved for meeting up with named characters from the anime, who [[Hopeless Boss Fight|you simply cannot defeat unless the plot calls for it]].

* ''[[Final Fantasy XIII-2]]'': During the introductory, Lightning manages to stop {{spoiler|[[Big Bad|Caius]]}} from summoning the [[Names to Run Away From Very Fast|"husk of the wondering comet"]] once. Then, after two battles, he does it again (albeit successfully because Lightning was busy talking to Noel). Her facial expression when she summons Odin to stop {{spoiler|Caius}} ''once again'' basically ''is'' this trope;

{{quote|'''Lightning:''' Not this again...}}

 

* You know this is going through Higgs' mind in the last panel of [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20100215 this] ''[[Girl Genius]]'' strip.

** [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20100217 Not really.] He's not called ''The Unstoppable Higgs'' for nothing.

** And then we get two characters doing it ''again'' [http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/14p61 a few pages later.] [[Alt Text|All three are correct.]]

* Gregory, of ''[[Dominic Deegan]]'' fame, has a moment, just after {{spoiler|he has his powers forcibly removed by a demon}} and he's about to get blasted. {{spoiler|But remember: never take your eyes off the interceptor.}}

* Not said, but you just know that [[8-Bit Theater|Red Mage]] is thinking this in the last two panels of [http://www.nuklearpower.com/2009/08/13/episode-1162-semantics/ this comic].

* ''[[Last Res0rt]]'' has a [http://www.lastres0rt.com/2009/10/that-might-help/ particularly memorable full-page reaction from Jigsaw] when Veled's teleported right behind her, waiting for Jigsaw to make the first (and presumably her only) move.

* ''[[Earthsong]]'': In order for Tristram to get Willow out safely, he has made a plan that involves him fighting the first hero who comes out, or misleading the first villain who does. [http://www.earthsongsaga.com/vol3/81.html Then comes] [[Eyes of Gold|Na]][[The Hero|na]][[All Your Powers Combined|shi]]. This is inches away from an [[Oh Crap]], but Tristram is actually ''more'' [[Determinator|confident]] than he's been in a while.

{{quote|'''Tristram:''' <small>''Anyone'' but ''her''.</small>}}

* ''[[The Inexplicable Adventures of Bob]]''—When Bob and Jerry notice that the world-destroying bomb they've been fighting over has just started ''ticking:''

{{quote|'''Bob:''' (in tiny little letters) Oh gosh... That's not good...

* When ''[[Ansem Retort]]'' finds itself suddenly {{spoiler|competing with another, more viewer-friendly reality show}}, Zexion delivers the line that just about sums it up:

{{quote|'''Zexion:''' What is so important that-oh. Oh. Fuck.}}

** Then after his miraculous survival, [http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/061002 was cornered by Dr. Wily] and mentions how if he "still had a lower body I'd be pissing himself about now."

* In ''[[The Adventures of Shan Shan]]'', when learning Shan Shan is being recruited to help save the universal balance, Backpack's reaction is "[https://web.archive.org/web/20130703080739/http://shanshan.upperrealms.com/view.php?pageid=038&chapterid=1 We're all gonna die!]"

* ''[[Looking for Group]]'' has some. Such as those soldiers on the other end of "[https://web.archive.org/web/20171013101423/http://www.lfg.co/page/219/ Operation Whack-a-Gnome]".

 

* This is a common reaction from [[Protectors of the Plot Continuum|PPC agents]], whether on getting a particularly tough/irritating mission, witnessing Really Bad Stuff happening, or watching events in the fics they tackle.

* In ''[[Tasakeru]] Book II'', Faun is trapped in a high tower with a ''very'' angry would-be suitor whom she has just rejected. The suitor states his intent to have her be his mate anyway. So Faun digs into her "boom belt" and tosses a couple grenades at him... When the smoke clears from the explosion, not only is he not hurt, but his clothing isn't even singed. It's likely the trope name went through Faun's mind shortly afterward.

** After he announces his 2011 January "celebration" as "sequel month", his face slowly melts into an expression of horror.

* [[The Nostalgia Chick]] also says this when she's made to do ''[[Bratz]]'': "This is going to hurt me a lot more than it hurts you."

* In ''[[Suburban Knights]]'', Phelous says this as a reaction to the {{spoiler|final battle with Malachite.}}

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100914203710/http://punditkitchen.com/2009/10/07/political-pictures-tornado-gonna-suck/ This image] (of a tornado). Yes, it is.

{{quote|'''Doctor Horrible:''' "That's not a good sound..."}}

* In the ''[[Two Best Friends Play]]'' ''[[Portal 2]]'' video:

'''Matt:''' This is gonna be fun, right?

'''Pat:''' Okay, yeah yeah, the game is awesome. But you're...an idiot. }}

* ''[[Leeroy Jenkins Video]]'': "Oh my god, he just ran in."

 

* ''[[The Amazing World of Gumball]]'' does this in 'The Dress' when Anais hears Gumball's idiotic plan and remarks; "This plan wreaks of failure."

* Used various times in ''[[Pinky and The Brain]]'', usually by Brain, since Pinky is [[Cloudcuckoolander|too oblivious]] to note the impending suck.

* [http://www.southparkstudios.com/clips/166704/ Said verbatim] in the "Super Fun Time" episode of ''[[South Park]]''. Of course, this was in response to what was actually looking to be a boring and stupid field trip.

** In "Butt Out", which mocks Anti-Smoking groups. During the Butt-Out assembly, Kyle eventually turns to Stan and says exactly what the tropes says.

* In [https://web.archive.org/web/20090201145509/http://current.com/items/76366122/iraq_speech_outtakes.htm this] ''[[Supernews]]'' clip, President George W. Bush has to announce the latest plan for the Iraq War after a succession of failed plans... and he whines during the practice run about just how much This Is Gonna Suck.

* In ''[[Jackie Chan Adventures]]'', Jackie basically has this as a [[Catch Phrase]].

{{quote|'''Jackie:''' Bad day bad day BAD DAY.}}

{{quote|'''Professor Farnsworth:''' Anyhoo, your net-suits will allow you to experience Fry's worm infested bowels as if you were actually wriggling through them.

'''Dr. Zoidberg (cheerfully):''' There's no part of that sentence I didn't like! }}

* [[Looney Tunes]] characters display this trope right before being pummeled. Wile E. Coyote, being mute, often holds up a [[Talking with Signs|sign]] saying "YIPE!" or something similar (like writing his will during a long drop) just as he's about to get hammered or take one of his very long falls. [[Daffy Duck]] usually lets out a feeble cry of "[[I Want My Mommy|Mother]]".

* In the ''[[Justice League]]'' episode "Hereafter", Batman is standing toe-to-toe with Kalibak, who taunts Batman by saying there's no way Batman can beat him. Bats simply replies "I'm not trying to beat you. I'm trying to stall you." When Kalibak asks what for, that's when Superman hovers in down behind him. Kalibak manages to say "[[Curse Cut Short|Aww-]]" before getting smashed halfway down a city block and into a building.

** A similar thing happens when Gorilla Grodd realises his mental attacks have little to no effect on Superman... right before Supes flicks him into the air.

* In ''[[Beast Wars]]'', one of Rattrap's catchphrases is a resigned "We're all gonna die."

* In ''[[Ugly Americans]]'', Randal says this in a drawn-out way when his father finds out [[It Makes Sense in Context|he's been lying about being a zombie]].

{{quote|'''Batman:''' ''[deadpan]'' Oh, no. {{[spoiler|turns into a ''griffin''.}}]}}

* In the straight to video ''[[Batman: Under the Red Hood]]'' the Joker is kidnapped and tied up by the Red Hood:

* ''[[Titan Maximum]]'': Has it in the first episode when the caretaker of the Aviation Disaster Museum was about to be killed by a destroyed plane:

{{quote|'''Caretaker''': (looks up) Oh this is ironic as hell!!!}}

* In ''[[Megas XLR]]'', this is pretty much Jamie's catch phrase.

* Simba in ''[[The Lion King]]'' after he gets busted [[Papa Wolf|(and rescued)]] by his dad in the elephant graveyard. However, it soon turns into a [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]] between the two.

* [[Gary the Rat]] manages to summarize his predicament in the opening to every episode with a single word: "... Shit."

* In ''[[Ben 10]]'' episode Negative 10 Part 2, when Acid Breath was tricked into attacking a hologram of the kids and realized it was a bomb, he simply says with a blank face before it explodes. '"I really hate those guys".

* One [[Robot Chicken]] sketch deals with [[Thelma and Louise]], who are [[Not Quite Dead]] after they drive off the cliff. After talking themselves into a [[Hope Spot]], they look up and spot a pack of wolves surrounding them.

{{quote|'''Louise''': ...oh, hell.}}

 

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