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%%* ''VideoGame/WarioWareGold'': Happens in one of the cutscenes.

* 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.

* In a 90s Peperami ad, when the Animal is peeling off his skin, he ends up becoming a fuzzy, cuddly toy. He then screams with the camera zooming into his mouth, and then out as he is waking up from a nightmare.

* Website/YouTube gamer [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCx8vbgWs666cAS7wsKos5sA 8-BitRyan]] parodies the memetic ''VideoGame/DeathStranding'' example listed in Video Games in one of his [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S24FjkUlPPI 3RG]] videos.

* Several ''WesternAnimation/HorridHenry'' episodes had a character (mostly Henry) scream "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!" or "IT'S NOT FAAAAAAAAAIRRRRRR!!!!!!" and would mostly zoom into the character's mouth accompanied by suspenseful music. This sequence is often used to start and end each episode.

* Happens in ''WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends'' a lot. Most specifically in "Squeakerboxxx" near the end where Bloo swallows a squeaking elephant from its point of view.

** Inverted in the opening of "Betty Boop's Museum", where the cartoon proper begins with the camera exciting out of Koko the Clown's mouth as he calls for people to board the bus for the museum.

* Done by Penny Ling to cut to the theme song in "What's So Scary About The Jungle? Everything!"
* Blythe preforms this another time in "Secret Cupet" when she preforms a BigNo after [[spoiler: Roger tells her that he mailed her letter]].

* Blythe preforms this another time in "Secret Cupet" when she preforms a BigNo after [[Spoiler: Roger tells her that he mailed her letter]].

* ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' has a few examples:

** In "Recap/LittlestPetShop2012S2E1MissingBlythe", the camera zooms in on Blythe's mouth to transition back to the present after the [[DarkReprise Dark Reprised version of the "F.U.N Song"]].

** In "Recap/LittlestPetShop2012S2E1MissingBlythe", the camera zooms in on Blythe's mouth to transition back to the present after the [[DarkReprise: Dark Reprised version of the "F.U.N Song"]].

** In Family Fun Night the camera zooming into Tim's mouth.
** In The Constipation Situation the camera zooming into Cat's mouth.

* ''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.
** 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.

* The opening credits to ''[[Series/LandOfTheLost1974 Land of the Lost]]'' end with a zoom-in on Grumpy the Tyrannosaurus's roaring mouth.

* Ends the intro for the NBC ''Series/LandOfTheLost'' (not the ABC one), but coupled with a FadeOut.

** Action: Inverted by Harold in 3:10 to Crazytown when he is about to fall down onto a horse from a diving board.

** Action: Inverted by Harold in 3:10 to Crazytown when he is about to fall down onto horse from a diving board

* ''[[WesternAnimation/TotalDrama Total Drama Island]]'': Happens in "Hook, Line and Screamer" when the camera zooms into Heather's screaming mouth after she gets caught by a HockeyMaskAndChainsaw-wielding Chef.
* ''[[WesternAnimation/TotalDrama Total Drama World Tour]]'': Done in "Slap Slap Revolution" when a [[KillerRabbit vicious baby goat]] lunges at [[GoldfishPoopGang Team Victory]].

* Happens in one of ''VideoGame/WarioWare Gold'''s cutscenes.

* 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.

* Music/BestFriend: Happens twice. Once at the beginning when the Supermodel swallows her first victim. And again part way through when the camera goes into her mouth and slides down her throat to reveal the souls of the previous women she had eaten trapped in her stomach.

** Brian literally eats the camera after he yells at the viewers about being mistaken for a racist in "Don't Make Me Over", which became an internet meme in April 2023 known as "Brian Jumpscare".

* 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!"

* Happens 4 times in ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperMarioBrosMovie''.

** Second, [[spoiler:a dog during Mario and Luigi's first plumbing.]]

* Happens 4 times in "WesternAnimation/TheSuperMarioBrosMovie".

* 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.

* ''[[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.