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* '''Run to your doom:''' Scaring a person into [[DefensiveFeintTrap fleeing into a deadly trap]], a dangerous place such as [[HollywoodDrowning a sufficiently-deep natural or artificial water source]], [[QuicksandSucks quicksand]], [[ManOnFire a burning building]], a [[FloorboardFailure collapsing floor]], [[DisneyDeath over the edge of a cliff]], a road with oncoming traffic or [[RailroadTracksOfDoom a railway with an oncoming train]] (to list just a few potential examples), or another enemy allied with the attacker. Often, the victim would have lived if they simply stayed put or moved slowly.
* '''[[DeerInTheHeadlights Deer caught in headlights]]:''' Scaring a person motionless so that they ignore or fail to dodge or escape an approaching danger or falling object.
* '''[[DeerInTheHeadlights Deer caught in headlights]]:''' Scaring a person motionless so that they ignore or fail to dodge or escape an approaching danger or falling object.
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* '''Run to your doom:''' Scaring a person into [[DefensiveFeintTrap fleeing into a deadly trap]], a dangerous place such as [[HollywoodDrowning a sufficiently-deep natural or artificial water source]], [[QuicksandSucks quicksand]], [[ManOnFire a burning building]], a [[FloorboardFailure a collapsing floor]], [[DisneyDeath over the edge of a cliff]], a road with oncoming traffic or [[RailroadTracksOfDoom a railway with an oncoming train]] (to list just a few potential examples), or another enemy allied with the attacker. Often, the victim would have lived if they simply stayed put or put, moved slowly.
slowly, [[FailedASpotCheck or taken more than a split second to assess the situation]], as in this variant, the attacker tends not to be particularly aggressive, with their mere presence being enough to terrify the victim into running towards danger.
* '''[[DeerInTheHeadlights Deer caught in headlights]]:''' Scaring a person to a motionlessso state (the Freeze in Fight, Flight or Freeze), to the point that they ignore or fail to dodge or escape an approaching danger or falling object.
* '''[[DeerInTheHeadlights Deer caught in headlights]]:''' Scaring a person to a motionless
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* '''Run to your doom:''' Scaring a person into [[DefensiveFeintTrap fleeing into a deadly trap]], a dangerous place such as [[HollywoodDrowning a deep natural or artificial water source]], [[QuicksandSucks quicksand]], [[ManOnFire a burning building]], a [[FloorboardFailure collapsing floor]], [[DisneyDeath over the edge of a cliff]], a road with oncoming traffic or [[RailroadTracksOfDoom a railway with an oncoming train]], etc., or another enemy allied with the attacker. Often, the victim would have lived if they simply stayed put or moved slowly.
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* '''Run to your doom:''' Scaring a person into [[DefensiveFeintTrap fleeing into a deadly trap]], a dangerous place such as [[HollywoodDrowning a deep sufficiently-deep natural or artificial water source]], [[QuicksandSucks quicksand]], [[ManOnFire a burning building]], a [[FloorboardFailure collapsing floor]], [[DisneyDeath over the edge of a cliff]], a road with oncoming traffic or [[RailroadTracksOfDoom a railway with an oncoming train]], etc., train]] (to list just a few potential examples), or another enemy allied with the attacker. Often, the victim would have lived if they simply stayed put or moved slowly.
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* '''Run to your doom:''' Scaring a person into [[DefensiveFeintTrap fleeing into a deadly trap]], oncoming traffic, or another enemy. Often, they'd have lived if they simply stayed put or moved slowly.
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* '''Run to your doom:''' Scaring a person into [[DefensiveFeintTrap fleeing into a deadly trap]], a dangerous place such as [[HollywoodDrowning a deep natural or artificial water source]], [[QuicksandSucks quicksand]], [[ManOnFire a burning building]], a [[FloorboardFailure collapsing floor]], [[DisneyDeath over the edge of a cliff]], a road with oncoming traffic, traffic or [[RailroadTracksOfDoom a railway with an oncoming train]], etc., or another enemy. enemy allied with the attacker. Often, they'd the victim would have lived if they simply stayed put or moved slowly.
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* A "Deer in the headlights" variant happens in "Literature/TheTellTaleHeart", where the protagonist jump-scares his victim and freezes him with fear long enough to suffocate him with a pillow.
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* "Literature/TheTellTaleHeart": A "Deer in the headlights" variant happens in "Literature/TheTellTaleHeart", where the protagonist jump-scares his victim and freezes him with fear long enough to suffocate him with a pillow.pillow.
* "Literature/ThroughTheGatesOfTheSilverKey": At the climax, when Aspinwall angrily tears off Chandraputra's mask, he reveals [[spoiler:the alien features of Zkauba the Yaddithian]] and dies of terror on the spot.
* "Literature/ThroughTheGatesOfTheSilverKey": At the climax, when Aspinwall angrily tears off Chandraputra's mask, he reveals [[spoiler:the alien features of Zkauba the Yaddithian]] and dies of terror on the spot.
