History Main / CrowdPanic

* The ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreed'' series have this, normally when you kill someone in full view of them. Oddly, people will cheer you on when you fight with the guards, but flee in terror when you kill one.

* ''KingKong'' (1933). When Kong attacks the native village while searching for Fay Wray, the natives leave in a justifiable hurry.

-->'''Random crowd member''': Where's the smoke, then?

* The ''AssassinsCreed'' series have this, normally when you kill someone in full view of them. Oddly, people will cheer you on when you fight with the guards, but flee in terror when you kill one.

* ''Film/{{The Naked Gun}} 2 ½'', where Frank Drebin tries to evacuate a crowd in orderly fashion.
* ''{{Series/Batman}}'', the movie of the 1960s series. "Some days you just can't get rid of a bomb."
** Specifically: Batman runs with into a restaurant with a CartoonBomb and urges everyone to flee for their lives. The crowd promptly panics and escapes [[RuleOfFunny (except for two ladies who ignore Batman and keep eating their lunch as if nothing had happened)]].

* ''BlazingSaddles''. When Mongo first arrives in Rock Ridge, a crowd in the street sees him, panics and runs away.

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* In ArtemisFowl: the Lost Colony, after the first demon appears in the street, it disappears. The crowd "froze", but when it disappeared, the crowd "unfroze violently".

* {{Lampshaded}} in ''LastActionHero''

* ''QuantumOfSolace'' when an escaping QUANTUM agent shoots a random girl.

* In ''ElGoonishShive'' [[http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2002-10-12 when the Omega Goo attacks]] a blond girl calls for a crowd panic.

* ''{{Naked Gun}} 2 ½'', where Frank Drebin tries to evacuate a crowd in orderly fashion.

* ''{{Prototype}}'' had this, though normally someone won't start panicking until you pick up cars, kill people, or use your offensive powers.

* In ''Game/TheGodfather: The Game'', whenever you get seen with a gun... or someone starts shooting... or you crash your car into something... or some other stuff, the passersby quickly start running helter-skelter.

* When the reporter on the airplane manages to get the fact that terrorists have seized control of the air traffic control systems of the airport in ''DieHard 2'' on the evening news, everyone in the airport panics. This mainly serves to ensure that the cops can't get through the crowds to attempt to do anything about it.

* ''SchlockMercenary'' has it as part of a plot to blow up a building without any innocent casualties. They stand still on the initial command to evacuate, and thus need a little nudge.

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[[quoteright:328:[[ElGoonishShive http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/CrowdPanic_669.png]]]]
[[caption-width-right:328:The Panicked Schoolgirl: she'll get the crowd to run around in blind panic in seconds.]]

* ''SchlockMercenary'' has it as part of a plot to blow up a building without any innocent casualities.

* ''{{Prototype}}'' had this, though normally someone won't start panicking until you pick fights with guards or use your offensive powers.

* In the entire ''{{Hitman}}'' series, the civilian NPCs panic and flee at anything vaguely violent or seeing someone with a gun in a non-military context. They'll also run if they find evidence of your handiwork, i.e. corpses or in some cases bloodstains.

[[ElGoonishShive http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/CrowdPanic_669.png]]
[[caption-width:328:The Panicked Schoolgirl: she'll get the crowd to run around in blind panic in seconds.]]

* ''{{Naked Gun}} 2 ½'', where Frank Debrin tries to evacuate a crowd in orderly fashion.

* ''SchlockMercenary'' has it as part of a plot to blow up a building without any innocent casualities.

* In ''ElGoonishShive'' [[http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2002-10-12 when the Omega Goo attacks]] a blond girl calls for a crowd panic.
-->'''Ellen:''' Dammit, if the goo starts to eat people I hope whoever that was is the first to go...

* In ''Game/TheGodfather: The Game'', whenever you get seen with a gun... or someone starts shooting... or you crash your car into something... or some other stuff, the passersby quickly start running helter-skelter.

* In ''TheGodfather'' game, whenever you get seen with a gun... or someone starts shooting... or you crash your car into something... or some other stuff, the passersby quickly start running helter-skelter.

* ''D.E.B.S.'' When Lucy Diamond is spotted at the Endgame celebration, the crowd panics and flees.