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* The post-credits scene of "WebAnimation/Shed17" ends this way, with the camera zooming into the Costa Concordia's screaming mouth.



* The post-credits scene of "WebAnimation/Shed17" ends this way, when the camera zooms into the Costa Concordia's mouth.

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* The post-credits scene of "WebAnimation/Shed17" ends this way, when the camera zooms into the Costa Concordia's mouth.
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* The post-credits scene of "WebAnimation/Shed17" ends this way, when the camera zooms into the Costa Concordia's mouth.
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** Happens twice in the episode Harlequinade[[Recap/TheAdventuresofBatmanandRobinE7Harlequinade]]. First one one of Harley's pet hyenas, and later as Batman helps Harley with his grapple, she screams as she ascends, leaving the camera to pass her uvula and exit her mouth.
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** Also in "The Escape From Four" when the fire reaches Four's body, the camera zooms in to Four's skin, then zooms into his eye. The word "Fire" is echoed in the black background, and then we zoom out of Four's open mouth when he gets hurt by the fire.
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* One of the early footage clips of ''VideoGame/LuigisMansion'' involved a screaming Luigi as the camera zooms into his mouth before cutting to the title.

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* One of the early footage clips of ''VideoGame/LuigisMansion'' ''VideoGame/LuigisMansion1'' involved a screaming Luigi as the camera zooms into his mouth before cutting to the title.
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* In the ''VideoGame/SkylandersTrapTeam'' "Inside the trap" trailer, when Gulper is brought back into the game and joins the Skylanders, he says "If you can't eat them, JOIN THEM!" He then eats a few chompy's and the camera, [[https://youtu.be/XiU6MQAE95w?t=23 which can be found here]] (0:23).
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* At the end of a deleted scene from ''WesternAnimation/{{Cars}}'' called "Community Service", Lighting [=McQueen=] (as a steamroller) does this while yelling a BigNo when he notices that there was a lot of the road that had yet to be fixed. Then again, it was AllJustADream.

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* At the end of a deleted scene from ''WesternAnimation/{{Cars}}'' ''WesternAnimation/Cars1'' called "Community Service", Lighting [=McQueen=] (as a steamroller) does this while yelling a BigNo when he notices that there was a lot of the road that had yet to be fixed. Then again, it was AllJustADream.
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** Brian literally eats the camera after he yells at the viewers about being mistaken for a racist in "Don't Make Me Over".

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** Brian literally eats the camera after he yells at the viewers about being mistaken for a racist in "Don't Make Me Over".Over", which became an internet meme in April 2023 known as "Brian Jumpscare".
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* Happens 4 times in "WesternAnimation/TheSuperMarioBrosMovie".
** First on a penguin in the first trailer.
** Second, [[spoiler:a dog during Mario and Luigi's first plumbing.]]
** Third, [[spoiler:a Dry-Bones chasing Luigi.]]
** Finally, [[spoiler:a Maw Ray eating Mario and Donkey Kong.]]
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** Elmo does this as he shouts "Let's go!" at the end of the "Introduction by Elmo and Bug" on the VHS and DVD releases of ''Film/TheAdventuresOfElmoInGrouchland''. Another instance of this with Elmo is in the "Farms" episode of ''Series/ElmosWorld'', while he says, "And now, Elmo has a question foooooor you!"; he turns the screen black for a brief moment during the word "for".
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** In "The Sponge Who Could Fly" during the song "He's Flying", Spongebob flies right at the camera which goes in his mouth and comes out through his other end.
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[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpgYiCksls4 Both]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95nOWsu09hI ads]] for a Japanese video game called ''Panic Rever''. [[note]] Actually, [[NeverTrustATrailer you aren't gonna trust those two trailers]], do ya?[[/note]]

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[[https://www.*[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpgYiCksls4 Both]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95nOWsu09hI ads]] for a Japanese video game called ''Panic Rever''. [[note]] Actually, [[NeverTrustATrailer you aren't gonna trust those two trailers]], do are ya?[[/note]]

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* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'': Happens in a few episodes, mostly with Plankton and [=Spongebob=] himself.

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* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'': Happens in a few episodes, mostly with Plankton and [=Spongebob=] himself.''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'':


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* ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'':
** "Butterfly Effect" Lincoln, when a giant Lily grabs him and prepares to gobble him up.
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* Subverted in "WesternAnimation/FindingNemo" when Bruce is dragging Marlin and Dory to his friends Anchor and Chum, we get a shot from Marlin's perspective zooming into Anchor's open mouth, making it look like Marlin's about to be eaten, only to cut to the next scene at the last second and revealing that Marlin is OK.

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* Subverted Used as a SubvertedTrope in "WesternAnimation/FindingNemo" when Bruce is dragging Marlin and Dory to his friends Anchor and Chum, we get a shot from Marlin's perspective zooming into Anchor's open mouth, making it look like Marlin's about to be eaten, only to cut to the next scene at the last second and revealing that Marlin is OK.
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* Subverted in "WesternAnimation/FindingNemo" when Bruce is dragging Marlin and Dory to his friends Anchor and Chum, we get a shot from Marlin's perspective zooming into Anchor's open mouth, making it look like Marlin's about to be eaten, only to cut to the next scene at the last second and revealing that Marlin is OK.
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* In a 1998 Simpson's CC's Parachutist ad, when Bart pushes Homer off the plane with Homer's mouth filling the screen.
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* Done literally in the Youtube short "[[https://www.youtube.com/shorts/gHnWk661QHI Meg]]" by aleksey_n, in which a {{Megalodon}} attacks and destroys a ship while being filmed from a nearby helicopter -- which gets hit by a chunk of debris and crashes into the sea, attracting the attention of the shark. The last shot is of its teeth closing on the camera.
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* The WesternAnimation/RogerRabbitShort "Tummy Trouble" has a shot of Roger swallowing a rattle from the rattle's point of view.

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* The WesternAnimation/RogerRabbitShort "Tummy Trouble" has a shot of Roger swallowing a rattle from the rattle's point of view. The short also has an earlier scene where Roger runs toward the camera screaming in panic, where the insides of his mouth shift into the light of an toon ambulance vehicle.
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** "Marge in Chains" has a scene where Otto suntans on the roof. Unbeknownst to him, Arnie Pie gets sick in the helicopter flying above and vomits out the door. We then follow the fall of the barf from the dollop's point of view and watch as it descends upon Otto, who screams in horror as the camera zooms into his mouth, implying where it likely landed.
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** "Spy Buddies" when [=Spongebob=] and Patrick, on a jetpack, fly past Plankton, they fly towards the camera as Patrick's mouth fills the screen before they start smashing through Bikini Bottom's buildings.

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** "Spy Buddies" when [=Spongebob=] and Patrick, on a jetpack, fly past Plankton, they fly towards the camera as Patrick's mouth fills the screen Patrick does this before they start smashing through Bikini Bottom's he and Spongebob in a jetpack smash into some buildings.

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* ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutronBoyGenius'':

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* ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutronBoyGenius'':*''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo'':
** "Garage Sale" Robin does this when he enters the attic running screaming.
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* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'':

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* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'':''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'': Happens in a few episodes, mostly with Plankton and [=Spongebob=] himself.

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** Again with Plankton in "The Algae's Always Greener" when he is screaming as he goes through a hole of space and time.



** In the episode "My Leg!" when the doctor cuts off the cast on Fred's leg, he screams "MY LEEEEEEEEGG!!!!" as the camera zooms into his mouth.

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** In the episode "My Leg!" when the doctor cuts off the cast on Fred's leg, he screams "MY LEEEEEEEEGG!!!!" as the camera zooms into his mouth.mouth.
** "Spy Buddies" when [=Spongebob=] and Patrick, on a jetpack, fly past Plankton, they fly towards the camera as Patrick's mouth fills the screen before they start smashing through Bikini Bottom's buildings.
** Mrs. Puff does this in "Summer Job" when she is tripping on a barrel, [=Spongebob=] hops on top of her and uses her hair for steering.
** In "Goo Goo Gas" when Plankton attempts to exit the Krusty Krab with a stolen krabby patty, eating the camera during the process.
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* ''WesternAnimation/WorkItOutWombats'': The episode "Sparklepants" ends with the camera zooming in on Mr. E's mouth as he shouts a BigNo.

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* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'': In the episode [[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesE5PrettyPoison "Pretty Poison"]] Batman ends up in the tight embrace of Poison Ivy's [[ManEatingPlant huge, killer flytrap]] and we're treated to his POV as it's VineTentacles drag him towards it's snapping jaws, which makes it appear that the flytrap is hungry for the camera.



* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'': In the episode [[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesE5PrettyPoison "Pretty Poison"]] Batman ends up in the tight embrace of Poison Ivy's [[ManEatingPlant huge, killer flytrap]] and we're treated to his POV as it's VineTentacles drag him towards it's snapping jaws, which makes it appear that the flytrap is hungry for the camera.
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* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'': In the episode [[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesE5PrettyPoison "Pretty Poison"]] Batman ends up in the tight embrace of Poison Ivy's [[ManEatingPlant huge, killer flytrap]] and we're treated to his POV as it's VineTentacles drag him towards it's snapping jaws, which makes it appear that the flytrap is hungry for the camera.
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* Inverted in "WesternAnimation/SpiesInDisguise" after Lance Sterling drinks the bio-dynamic concoction and hallucinates. He then screams as the camera zooms out of his mouth and says "You poisoned me!"
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* Inverted in the "WebAnimation/BattleForBFDI" episode "Questions Answered" when Match tells Bubble she's demoted to merely a bember, Bubble screams a BigNo as the camera zooms out of her mouth.
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** Done again in the next episode "City On The Edge Forever", when the school bus goes down the waterfall, the bus falls towards the camera with Stan's mouth enveloping the screen and then goes out of Kyle's mouth as a transition.
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** Again with Plankton in "The Algae's Always Greener" when he is screaming as he goes through a hole of space and time.


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** In the episode "My Leg!" when the doctor cuts off the cast on Fred's leg, he screams "MY LEEEEEEEEGG!!!!" as the camera zooms into his mouth.


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* ''[[WesternAnimation/TotalDrama Total Drama Island]]'': Happens in "Hook, Line and Screamer" when the camera zooms into Heather's screaming mouth after she gets caught my Chef.

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