History Main / GrossUpCloseUp

* ''Manga/ChimidoroIceCream'': The first chapter is, for the most part, your typical sugary ''Kirara''-style ''moe'' aesthetic. And then at the end, when Shion gets zombie-fied, we're treated to a full-page close-up of her pallid, drooling, veiny face, hungry for Hinata's flesh.

->'''Nat Peterson:''' ''(angrily at Plankton)'' You think this is funny?\\
'''Plankton:''' In a cosmic sort of way, yes.\\
'''Nat:''' Well, Mr. Funny Man... is this how you get your sick kicks?! ''(Nat shows Plankton a normal-looking Krabby Patty)''\\
'''Plankton:''' What? It's just an ordinary Krabby-- ''(zoom in to show the patty made with gross-out items)'' '''''OH MY GOODNESS! SQUIDWARD!!!!!'''''

* Played for horror in ''VisualNovel/{{Snatcher}}'' when Gillian and Metal discover the Snatchers' morgue. They go down... and then the player sees the digitised but otherwise photorealistic face of a rotting corpse, dripping with wriggling maggots, and its [[EyeScream eye drops out]]. [[Ack! {{Squick}}]]

* Played for horrors in ''VisualNovel/{{Snatcher}}'' when Gillian and Metal discover the Snatchers' morgue. They go down... and then the player sees the digitised but otherwise photorealistic face of a rotting corpse, dripping with wriggling maggots, and its [[EyeScream eye drops out]]. {{Squick}}.

* An early example of one of there can be found in the famous [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MaCXVSwec4 "Yuck Mouth" PSA]], in which Yuck Mouth discovers a new cavity in his mouth and the camera zooms in on the rotting, holey tooth.

* In the ''Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya'' anime, there's a brief scene after the LockedRoomMystery with Koizumi observing a disgusting mole on Kyon's head, while Kyon is talking. ''The mole has hairs''.
* In ''Anime/SpiritedAway,'' Creator/StudioGhibli spared no expense on the scene where Chihiro's parents turn into pigs. There's a very detailed closeup on the food dripping out of their pig mouths and the flying spittle.

* Unfortunately the anime ''Manga/DeathNote'' chooses to give us a close view of [[spoiler: some of the Yotsuba members' corpses, particularly Midou, who either fell or jumped off a building onto the sidewalk]].

* ''Anime/FinalFantasyUnlimited'': There’s a reason Oscha usually wears a mask. A few shots show a manic eye surrounded by withered, rotting flesh.

* ''ComicBook/{{Violine}}'', has a mild example, where sometimes characters' eyes are shown closeup, in more detail and with red veins visible.

* ''Film/Dementia1955'': The film focuses in on a close-up of the rich man's greasy lips as he munches on chicken drumsticks. The woman looks on in disgust.
* The LiveActionAdaptation of ''Film/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas''; We would rather not have seen the Grinch's "termites in [his] smile"...
* ''Film/{{Serenity}}'' has a number of zooms on and flashes to the semi-decomposed remains of people who died on Miranda. Not to mention the close ups of [[spoiler:people who ''survived'' on Miranda, before venturing out for a spot of [[LiteralMetaphor raping and pillaging]].]]
* ''Film/TheresSomethingAboutMary'', at least in some edits, features a rather gratuitous scene showing the hero's Beans above his Franks.

* The closeup of Lt. Aldo Raine carving a swastika into [[spoiler: Landa]]'s forehead in ''Film/InglouriousBasterds''.
* Music/RobZombie seems to like these. In his ''Film/HalloweenII2009'', we're treated to close views of Laurie having her head sewn shut, a man's face after he's mutilated by a crash, a guy having his head sawn off with broken glass, Big Lou Martini getting his arm snapped...
** There's plenty in the original series as well. For example, in ''Film/HalloweenII1981'' (which is where the gorier trend of the series began), Micheal kills a nurse by repeatedly dunking her head into scalding water. Every time he pulls her out, we get an up close look at the effect this has on her skin. Suffice it to say, it's horrifying.
** ''Film/Halloween4TheReturnOfMichaelMyers'' shows a close-up of Michael tearing a man's throat out ''with his bare hands''.
** ''Film/HalloweenTheCurseOfMichaelMyers'', which shows Jamie being impaled on a corn thresher.
* The toilet in ''Film/MysteryTeam'' as Duncan put it:
-->[[{{Squick}} EVERYTHING IS IN THIS TOILET!]]
* The lovely closeup of Denethor eating a tomato in ''Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheReturnOfTheKing'' after he commands Pippin to sing him a song.
* In ''Film/FemaleTrouble'' by Creator/JohnWaters, we get a whole screen full of the diseased-looking penis of the man who is raping Creator/{{Divine|Actor}}'s character.
* ''Film/HaroldAndKumarGoToWhiteCastle'' has the creepy tow-truck driver's pustulatent boils shown close up.

* You're watching ''Film/{{Hereditary}}''? Have fun with the extreme close-up shot of [[spoiler:'''[[NightmareFuel a child's severed head]]''']] being eaten by ants!
* ''Film/VampiresKiss'' has a close-up of Peter eating a cockroach. To make matters more disturbing, Nicolas Cage actually ate a real cockroach. It took three takes before the scene was finished.
* Possibly the granddaddy of them all, ''Film/UnChienAndalou'' (1929), by Luis Bunuel and Salvador Dali. A man holds a straight razor up to the eye of a woman seated passively. Cut to the moon with a thin cloud passing in front of it, then to a close-up of an eye cut with a razor. [[spoiler: It's the eye on a butchered calf's head, but it's too close in to tell]]
* Happens in ''Film/TheSweeper'' when Mark's mom gets shot, an closeup shot of the blood splatter on the TV can be seen.
* The first time we see Ingrid in ''Film/IngridGoesWest'' it's just her eyes as she desperately looks through the Instragram feed of a girl she's stalking, ignoring the dirty and yellow reality around her to immerse herself in the life of someone she doesn't even know.
* In ''Film/Hellboy2019'', we get lots of unnecessary insert shots of close-ups on gross things, including Baba Yaga's missing eye and the necrotic flesh of the hag who reassembles Nimue. The camera virtually pushes the viewers' face into it.

* ''Film/TheABCsOfDeath'': In the "X" segment, the main character ravenously chows down on slop she takes out the fridge, with close shots of her mouth as she chews.
* ''Film/PoorPrettyEddie'' has an extreme close-up of a guest putting food in his mouth and chewing.

* In ''Literature/GoingPostal'' the Unseen University faculty are trying to contact a colleague by CrystalBall and complain that they keep getting "[[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings that damn enormous flaming eye again]]". It turns out they did reach the wizard they intended, but the point-of-view was set to half an inch in front of his eye, and he's dealing with some serious allergies. They manage to shift the view to his mouth, which isn't much of an improvement.

** ''Series/{{Bones}}'' also seems to like "TMI Cam".

* Name an episode of ''Series/BarRescue'' that involves an infestation, a dirty kitchen, or any shoddy equipment, and chances are something is going to be zoomed in on.
* ''Series/{{Dexter}}'''s morning routine, shown in extreme close-up and shot to be reminiscent with his hack-n-slash murders.
* In ''Series/ThirtyRock'' when NBC gets High Def cameras, Liz Lemon walks in front of one revealing her horrible complexion, much to the disgust of the viewers.
* The contents of pretty much any gross stunt on ''Series/FearFactor'' will get zoomed in on.
* ''Series/YoungBlades'': Oliver Cromwell's fabled mole in "The Exile" has close-ups complete with dramatic music and gives King Louis some surreal nightmares.
* In the ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' episode [[Recap/SupernaturalS02E21AllHellBreaksLoosePartOne "All Hell Breaks Loose, Part One" (S02, Ep21)]], there is a close up of an arm with the skin burnt off to show the muscle in the forearm among the debris of the burnt down Roadhouse.

* In ''Series/{{Arrow}}'' at the end of [[Recap/ArrowS2E15ThePromise The Promise]] we get a nice close up on [[spoiler: Slade Wilson's]] face where we can clearly see [[spoiler:[[EyeScream his empty eye socket]]]].

* ''Series/BreakingBad'' would do this often; sometimes it would turn out to be something mundane, sometimes what looks like a strawberry up close would actually be an extreme close-up of Walt shaving his head.

* Played for horrors in ''VisualNovel/{{Snatcher}}'' when Gillian and Metal discover the Snatchers' morgue. They go down... and then the player sees the digitised but otherwise photorealistic face of a rotting corpse, dripping with wriggling maggots, and its [[EyeScream eye drops out]]. {{Squick}}.
* Used for horror in ''VideoGame/EternalDarkness: Sanity's Requiem'', with the infamous "bathtub scare" that features a vision of Alexandra Roivas's mutilated corpse in a bathtub of blood.

* The attract mode for the second ''VideoGame/DragonsLair'' has Daphne's hand undergo some BodyHorror after the Death Ring is placed upon her finger, with her hand transforming into a claw-like thing as boils form all over it.
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' combines this with ArtShift for our first look at Jenova. In the game's bold, bright, cartoony graphics, Cloud notices a container and peers through the porthole. The scene cuts to what he sees - a photorealistic closeup of a huge pair of skinless tits with an eyeball for one of the nipples.

* Know what ''Webcomic/CyanideAndHappiness'' needs? [[http://www.explosm.net/comics/746/ Extreme closeups]]!
** Know what else? [[http://www.explosm.net/comics/1956/ Moar extreme closeups!]]
* ''Webcomic/BrawlInTheFamily'''s [[http://brawlinthefamily.keenspot.com/comic/05-hdf/ HDF.]]
** Its counterpart, HDW (Highly Detailed Waluigi), used to be shown above.
* [[http://nedroid.com/2010/09/guest-comic-emmy-cicierega/ This]] Webcomic/{{Nedroid}} strip.
* [[http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2011/5/18/ This]] ''Webcomic/PennyArcade'' strip, "The Maw."
** See also: [[http://penny-arcade.com/comic/2012/04/02 "Perhaps Too Real."]]
* Sawyer the Pidgeotto is (mildly) shown in this light in [[http://www.nuzlocke.com/pokemonhardmode.php?p=28 this]] strip of the original ''Webcomic/NuzlockeComics'', as Ruby fails to impress the female trainers in the Celadon Gym with him.
* Kahn's [[http://mokepon.smackjeeves.com/comics/912728/chapter-3-page-9/ Nidoran]] in ''Webcomic/{{Mokepon}}''.

* This is a staple of {{Image Macro}}s, especially of the Rage Comic variety. Several of the more artistically complex ones can get [[NauseaFuel truly disgusting]] in this regard.
* One can only wonder what was done to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvANZRUvmWM "that poor sink."]]

* A dermatologist, [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgrsF4TYwmrV0QsXb8AoeHQ Dr. Sandra Lee (aka Dr. Pimple Popper)]], posts close-up videos of her work extracting yucky stuff out of peoples' skin.

'''Plankton:''' What? It's just an ordinary Krabby-- ''(zoom in to show the patty made with gross-out items)'' '''''OH, MY GOODNESS! SQUIDWARD!'''''

'''Plankton:''' What? It's just an ordinary Krabby-- ''(zoom in to show the patty made with gross-out items)'' '''''OH, MY GOODNESS!'''''

* ''Film/Dementia1955'': The film focuses in on a close-up of the rich man's greasy lips as he munches on chicken drumsticks. The woman looks on in disgust.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheEmperorsNewGroove:'' We get a loving closeup of villainess Yzma's ''very'' old face, complete with a bit of greenery stuck in her teeth. And the result when a transformed Kuzco attempts to eat grass like a normal llama.
* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'', Jafar who is disguised as an old man bares his teeth after saying "Whoever has the gold makes the rules."

!!Examples:

[[folder:Western Animation]]
* TropeMaker and UrExample: ''WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow'' would use these almost OnceAnEpisode. Some particularly nauseating examples can be seen in episodes like "Nurse Stimpy" or "Ren's Toothache" (which is the episode the page image is from). In the latter episode, Ren's teeth [[MirrorCrackingUgly are so ugly that the bathroom mirror breaks]].
%%* ''WesternAnimation/{{Popeye}}'' and other Fleischer cartoons
* ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife'' didn't actually resort to this as often as other {{Grossout Show}}s at the time, but the early episode "Bedfellows" had a few in the scene where Rocko tries to get dry after a cold shower. He doesn't find a towel, but he ''is'' treated to Heffer's used deodorant stick and toothbrush.
%%* ''WesternAnimation/AaahhRealMonsters''
%%* ''WesternAnimation/TheAngryBeavers''
%%* ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim''
* In the only two episodes of ''WesternAnimation/MuchaLucha'' where they are shown, the Flea's rotten teeth get excruciating detail shown.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'' frequently makes use of close-ups on disgustingly detailed things.
** When Chip Skylark distresses over disappointing his fans by not showing up at the concert he's supposed to perform in "Boys in the Band", his appearance starts to deteriorate and we see shots focusing on his unkempt hair and his teeth becoming yellow and nasty.
** There are unsettling zoom-ins on Cosmo, Wanda and Timmy's sleep deprivation-induced deformities in "Beddy Bye".
** "Fairy Oddlympics" has a scene where Anti-Cosmo and Head Pixie [[DisguisedInDrag dress up like women]] to deceive Jorgen. A shot from Jorgen's perspective consists of a grotesquely detailed close-up of Anti-Cosmo and Head Pixie's makeup-wearing faces.
** "Timmy's Secret Wish" features disgusting zoom-ins on Timmy's liver sports after he discovers he has aged 50 years.
** A disgusting close-up of Crocker's mother's face is shown in "The Wand That Got Away".
** "Dadlantis" shows a zoom-in on the acne-ridden face of King Neptuna's son Gary.
** "Chloe Rules!" has a disgusting close-up of Crocker's mother's foot.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'' episode "Forever Phantom", we get a [[SarcasmMode nice]] close up of some teenage boy's pussing ingrown/cyst. Not surprising since this series is another one of Butch Hartman's works...
* Very frequent in ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants''. They're sometimes accompanied by the sound of someone [[ScreamingAtSquick screaming in terror offscreen]].
** "Nasty Patty" is a memorable example with the detailed shot of the disgusting patty [=SpongeBob=] and Mr. Krabs make under the belief that the health inspector at the Krusty Krab is the phony reported on the news who's only pretending to be a health inspector to get free food.
** ''Tea at the Treedome'' features [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxYkB3BE5HE some rather disturbing close-ups of dehydrated SpongeBob]]. This is the first example of this trope in the series, since it is in the first episode (which used a ThreeShorts format rather than a Two Shorts one).
** Yet another close-up on a disgusting krabby pratty is used in "The Algae's Always Greener" when it is shown to Plankton, who had used one of his inventions to switch lives with Mr. Krabs, by an unsatisfied customer.
** "To Love a Patty" has some particularly nauseating shots focusing on the rotting krabby patty [=SpongeBob=] forms a romantic relationship with.
** In "Just One Bite", [=SpongeBob=] asks Squidward if he's sure he is immune to the krabby patty's tasty charms. Squidward responds by pointing to his own face and asking "Does this look unsure to you?" We then see a close-up of Squidward's face, wrinkly and scowling.
** A shot focusing on the bags under Squidward's eyes appears when he complains that even the bags under his eyes have bags in "Fear of a Krabby Patty", complete with him putting on an ''extremely'' dour expression to match.
** "What Ever Happened to [=SpongeBob=]?" was infamous for a scene where [=SpongeBob=] asks a bystander if there's something wrong with him and a shot of [=SpongeBob=]'s face being grotesque and disturbing was shown. It's no wonder the guy then runs off screaming.
** In the episode "Wormy", the titular caterpillar turns into a butterfly, and upon [[https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/mobile/000/022/305/wormy.jpg seeing the photorealistic closeup]], Patrick and [=SpongeBob=] are so terrified they think it's a monster. (Fun fact: the close-up is of a horsefly, not a butterfly.) This one actually managed to get the episode banned in multiple countries due to scaring children.
** "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy VI: The Movie" features very disturbing close-ups of Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy after makeup artist Squidward is done preparing them for their [=SpongeBob=]-directed fan movie.
** [=SpongeBob=]'s face is given a close-up revealing zits, stubble and ghastly-looking teeth in "[=SpongeBob SquarePants=] vs. the Big One" when he tells Squidward that he shouldn't judge people based on how they look.
** [=SpongeBob=]'s face is shown to be a wrinkled and stubbly mess in "[=SpongeBob=], You're Fired" when he goes to Sandy after being laid off.
** Squidward's nose gets a zoom-in revealing unsightly and sickening blemishes in "Code Yellow".
** Gary's food in "Bunny Hunt" has a ''disembodied finger and ear'' inside of it.
** "Kwarantined Krab" ends with nauseating gross-ups of all the main characters being extremely sick.
* ''WesternAnimation/SanjayAndCraig'' used to use this at least once per episode, though Season 2 dialed it back a bit.
%%* A lot of ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'' episodes start with a weird closeup of something in this manner.
* ''WesternAnimation/YinYangYo'' had one when Carl turned the twins ugly with a spell.
%%* ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy'' also uses this often.
%%* ''WesternAnimation/TheMarvelousMisadventuresOfFlapjack'' uses this trope frequently. Often accompanied by [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=daOzSGWIWRA "AOOOOOOGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGH."]]
%%* So does ''WesternAnimation/{{Chowder}}''.
* ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory'':
** In the episode "Fantastic Boyage," Dexter went into his pet dog to get rid of a disease.
** Another episode had Dexter trying to improve his eyesight by giving himself laser eye surgery. Everything goes GoneHorriblyRight when he finds out his vision is TOO clear, his family's smallest physical flaws and imperfections are magnified a thousand fold by his vision. Through his eyes, his mother, father, and sister look like disgusting, malformed mutants.
* ''WesternAnimation/DrawnTogether'' plays this trope quite a few times. The third episode, "Gay Bash", has an especially [[NauseaFuel effective]] one when Xandir retrieves his ring.
** [[FanDisservice Toot in particular gets a lot of these kinds of close-ups]].
* The cartoon short "Tales of Worm Paranoia" from the ''WesternAnimation/WhatACartoonShow'' is full of these.
* Dr. Satan in his huge, monstrous form in ''WesternAnimation/TheHauntedWorldOfElSuperbeasto'' provides a lot of these.
* Happens semi-regularly on ''WesternAnimation/JimmyTwoShoes''. A good example is "The Racing Bug", which features a large number of these in shots of the Racing Fleas.
%% * Used in ''WesternAnimation/TheDirdyBirdy''.
%%* ''WesternAnimation/MegaBabies'' gives us ''loads'' of this.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/SheepInTheBigCity'' episode "Beauty and the Bleats" after getting turned into a human by a genie in order to get into Lady Richington's Sheep-proof mansion, Sheep attempts to show Swanky who he really is by revealing his [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H21RDzQMF4g&t=881s weird chicken birthmark.]] screaming sound and everything. did we mention that it's rendered in [[MediumBlending LIVE ACTION?]]
* One episode in ''WesternAnimation/TimeSquad'' has the trio appear in the American Revolution to help Betsy Ross, who was going to make the US flag. Instead, the troops and Betsy were all acting like hippies. One of the guys says he's "made his own soap". Cue the camera closing in on his "soap" to show it's actually done from dirt among... [[NauseaFuel other things]].
* This trope is employed in a rare, [[PlayedForDrama non-comedic]] fashion [[note]]considering its use in an animated show[[/note]] when Two-Face is unmasked after his surgery in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries''.
* Used in the 90's ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' short "Invasion of the Bunny Snatchers" when the Daffy clone is talking to Bugs at one point [[SynchroVox it cuts to a closeup of his face showing that he has a live action human's mouth on his beak]].
* In ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'', Edd is looking at Ed's face through a microscope for clues and is rather disturbed by his uncleanliness.
-->'''Edd:''' Oh, my... Ed, there's this new invention called ''soap''; have you heard of it?!
** There was also the episode where Edd stuffs lint into his belly button.
* Used '''once''' (and thank the Lord) in ''WesternAnimation/SonicTheHedgehogSatAM''. The quote alone is enough to make viewers cringe:
-->'''Dr. Ivo Robotnik:''' Snively, what color is my heart?[[note]]For those wanting context: Robotnik is irritated at Snively. So, after giving this quote, he picks Snively up, ''opens his mouth inhumanly wide'', and ''sticks Snively's head inside so that he can look straight down his throat, giving a perfect view of Robotnik's internal organs''. Snively whimpers that he doesn't see a heart, after which Robotnik pulls out his stunned lackey and gives a smug "Exactly" in his trademark sinister, whispery voice.[[/note]]
* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' gets these a few times:
** "A Bird in the Hoof" features a close up of the sickly bird Philomena's blood-shot eyes.
** "Green Isn't Your Color" has a brief shot of Rarity's pruny hoof.
** In "Secret of My Excess", Spike claims that he wouldn't wash the cheek on which Rarity kissed him. When it cuts to one week later, it turns out he ''meant it''.
* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyPonyLife'' features two examples: In "Sick Day", we get a close up of Pinkie Pie's hairy hoof when she holds up a book of instructions and in "Whoof-Dunnit", Twilight gets one when she claims to Rarity she doesn't look good in a visor. She's right.
* The ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' episode "The Thief of Baghead" features one of these when Bender tries to get a good picture of the gang together at the aquarium, one of the shots he takes is a closeup of Professor Farnsworth's wrinkled warty face.
** "Benderama" has a teenage giant picking up the Planet Express ship and holding it up to his pimply face.
--->'''Bender:''' Oh God, shield your eyes! It's like Edward James Olmos on IMAX!
* The Disney Channel show ''WesternAnimation/FishHooks'' uses this regularly with Shellsea.
* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Frankenweenie}}'', the cat feces in the shape of letters. They made sure to zoom in on each one real good, so you can see all the tiny details, and hairs on the feces too.
* Happens with Alice at points in ''WesternAnimation/{{Superjail}}'', with special attention paid to body hair, scabs, and mucus in different close up shots. One example in the first episode even depicts ''lice'' crawling on her bared abs.
* Shows up in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'' with Ralph the guard (before ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'' aired) having a close up of his hand. Doesn't sound gross, until you notice the knuckle hair and discoloration of his fingernails. [[{{Squick}} Yeesh.]]
* Used from time to time on ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'' such as Wakko's special salad he gives to the mobster in "Mobster Mash" and the plate of cockroaches and dung beetles Slappy gives Daniel Boone in "Frontier Slappy".
* ''WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse2013'':
** Used in the cartoon "[[Recap/MickeyMouseS1E10GhoulFriend Ghoul Friend]]" with the close ups of the zombie Goofy's rotting flesh, teeth, the fungus growing out of his body, and the slime dripping from his mouth.
** Used again in the short "[[Recap/MickeyMouseS2E13GoofysFirstLove Goofy's First Love]]" when Goofy asks what is wrong with how he looks and we see a close-up of Goofy that exaggerates his buck teeth and has stink lines coming from his armpits.
** Used again in "[[Recap/MickeyMouseS3E13CouplesSweaters Couple's Sweaters]]" when Mickey suffers the effects of the dry, itchy sweater he's wearing, including chapped lips and rashy skin.
* ''[[WesternAnimation/BabyHuey The Baby Huey Show]]'' uses this pretty much every time Baby Huey accidentally hurt someone, it was animated by ''Creator/CarbunkleCartoons'' who worked on ''WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow'' so it shouldn't be a surprise.
* Used occasionally in ''WesternAnimation/DuckDodgers'', a few instances include in the episode "Samurai Quack" when Dodgers complains of his aching feet followed by a close up of his foot covered in blisters and in another episode Dodgers tells the Eager Young Space Cadet that he has perfect teeth which then shows a close up of his rotten cavity-filled teeth.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheDaltons'' has one episode where Averell becomes a {{Transhuman}} and we get to see the [[SarcasmMode lovely]] image of the internal anatomy of Averell's ear so that we can see the hearing-enhancing device scientists put inside him in action. The show usually portrays even potentially fatal (and ''actually'' fatal) injuries as AmusingInjuries.
* This was used a couple of times in the short-lived Creator/JohnKricfalusi helmed revival of ''WesternAnimation/BeanyAndCecil'' a few examples included Dishonest John seeing a hideously deformed closeup of Cecil's face when he looks into his telescope, and as Dishonest John is talking to a mob boss who is clipping his fingernails we cut to a closeup of the infected and blackened fingernail.
* This was used a couple times on ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor''. In one episode where the school is infested with pinkeye, it shows a closeup of the kid's eyes and the gunk oozing from underneath, and in another where Numbuh Five's sister Cree gets a zit she can't pop, she shows it to her and it shows a closeup of it swelling, pulsating, and oozing with pus, some of which is dripping on the ground.
* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse''
** In the episode "Chille Tid", Steven notes that the other Crystal Gems look exhausted after spending all night combing the ocean for [[spoiler:Lapis Lazuli and Jasper,]]. The camera suddenly cuts to Garnet, Amethyst, and Pearl looking [[https://youtu.be/RyPPVl9p1ho unusually haggard]], with messed-up hair, drool and age lines.
--->'''Garnet:''' [[BlatantLies We look awesome.]]
** In the episode "Message Received", Peridot gets into a heated argument with [[spoiler: Yellow Diamond]]. The argument escalates to the point where Peridot insults her to her face, prompting an insanely detailed look at what [[spoiler: Yellow Diamond]] looks like when she's [[http://i1.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/020/284/Face.png truly pissed]].
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'':
** In one WesternAnimation/TreehouseOfHorror skit, [[DepravedKidsShowHost Krusty]]'s audience get to see his face in HD and he has wrinkly skin and bloodshot eyes.
--->'''Krusty:''' That's right, ''look at your hero!''
** In "New Kid on the Block", Bart declares he'll never wash his hand again when the girl who moves in next door spits on it as a prank. The scene fades to later, and we see Bart meant every word of that statement--his hand is now covered in dirt, grime, and chewing gum, and has an old band-aid stuck to one finger.
** In the episode "Children of a Lesser Clod", we get a close-up of Homer's knee after he gets ACL surgery. [The real kicker is when it heals over Ralph's hand.
** During the song "Wouldn't It Be Adequate" from "My Fair Laddy", Groundskeeper Willie mentions his rotten teeth. Cue him holding a magnifying glass to his teeth, showing that they're coated with puke-green plaque.
* ''WesternAnimation/WabbitALooneyTunesProduction'':
** In "Leaf It Alone" at the beginning when Bugs is raking leaves he mentions that his fingers hurt and he needs an extra pair of hands, we then see a closeup of his hands with his fingers covered in blisters.
** In "The Game Is A Foot" when Bugs tries to convince the leprechaun as to why he can't have his foot, he tells him he has athlete's foot, ingrown toenails, fallen arches, and gout, which is then followed by a closeup of his disgusting looking foot.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/CatDog'' episode "Back to School", Mr. Sunshine gets one while giving Cat a DeathGlare.
* In ''WesternAnimation/BabyLooneyTunes'', Taz gets one while giving Bugs a raspberry in "Things That Go Bugs in The Night". He gets another one when Daffy made him cry in "Mother's Day Madness".
* Miss Turtle gets one while giving Mickey a DeathGlare in the ''WesternAnimation/HouseOfMouse'' episode "Mickey vs. Shelby".
* In [[ParodyEpisode "Halloweekend"]] on ''WesternAnimation/ScaredySquirrel'', [[TheEeyore Momma]] gets one of these while showing [[IdiotHero Scaredy]] her "Tree Sap Cookie Mouth".
* Happens often w/ [[BadBoss Mr. Heelo]] and [[{{Gonk}} Officer Bowls]] in ''WesternAnimation/TheGoodeFamily''.
* The ''WesternAnimation/TurboFast'' episode "Zoo Lander" gives one of Skidmark and White Shadow's greasy, sleep-deprived faces after they spend 37 straight hours playing a video game.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Bunnicula}}'' episode "Catula" when Harold tells Chester that Bunnicula's bite won't turn him into a vampire because he chews on his foot in his sleep, which is then followed by a closeup of his swollen, pulsating, blister-covered foot.
* Shows up in ''WesternAnimation/DanielTigersNeighborhood'' of all places during "Miss Elaina Gets Hurt", wherein we get a rather gratuitous shot of Miss Elaina's scraped elbow.
* Used occasionally in ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls1998'', an example being "Sun Scream", when we get seven closeups of Blossom's pulsating sunburn skin while she's crawling across the bed.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Kaeloo}}'':
** In Episode 34, Kaeloo informs Mr. Cat that he has a zit on his face. The audience is then treated to a close-up of the zit on Mr. Cat's face.
** The same thing happens when Pretty gets a zit on her face in Episode 118.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheAddamsFamily1992'' episode "Ask Granny" features a grotesquely detailed close-up of Granny Frump puckering up her lips when she beats a wrestler by scaring him with the offer of a kiss.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/JellyJamm'' episode "White Trainers", when Goomo shows the Queen his broken flip-flop, a close-up reveals there's mold growing on it. A few seconds later, when he's telling his flip-flop he'll miss it, he rubs it on his face and ''kisses it'', which understandably disgusts Bello.
* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'':
** In the episode "Herpe, the Love Sore", we get disgusting close-ups of herpes sores from Brian and Chris.
** In "Road to the North Pole" during the "Christmas Time is Killing Us" number, we briefly see a grotesque close-up of Santa’s face while he's looking in the mirror.
--->'''Santa:''' You may think I look great, but I'm 28!
** In the sadly DVD-exclusive song [[Theatre/TheMikado "I've Got a Little List"]], Stewie holds up a magnifying glass to Bill O'Reilly's face while including his ineffective dermatologist among the list of people he wants to kill.
** In "Girl, Internetted", Meg becomes an internet icon who sponsors and eats high-fat foods, eventually becoming obese and contracting Type 2 diabetes. This causes her to lose the use of her feet, which turn black and pus-covered. Later, when Peter attacks Cleveland with an ax in a parody of ''Film/TheShining'', there's a close-up of said feet.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheLooneyTunesShow'': In "Fish and Visitors", after Yosemite Sam takes a shower at Bugs's house, we get treated to [[SarcasmMode lovely]] shots of a dirty toilet and a large wad of Sam's hair in the shower. [[ScreamingAtSquick Bugs reacts accordingly]].
* In the ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunesCartoons'' episode "Bathy Daffy", Porky wants to enter Daffy in a duck beauty contest but he hasn’t bathed in quite some time, at one point we see a closeup of his stinky feet covered in warts and blisters, toe jam, a piece of toilet paper attached to his heel, and long green toenails.
* The ''WesternAnimation/TakAndThePowerOfJuju2007'' episode "This Bites" shows closeups of Jibolba's toothless gums and nose hairs as well as the Chief's navel.
* ''WesternAnimation/TUFFPuppy'':
** The episode "Dog Dish" features grossly detailed shots of the rash on Dudley's behind.
** When Snaptrap makes the Chameleon turn into a toothpick in "Really Big Mission", we see a grotesque close-up of Snaptrap's teeth when he starts using the toothpick.
* ''WesternAnimation/LetsGoLuna'': In "Turkish Delight", we get a closeup of Leo's disgusting, poorly-made turkish delight, complete with PsychoStrings.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Jellystone}}'': In "Baby Shenanigans", there's a pretty nasty closeup of Snagglepuss' crow's feet.
* ''WesternAnimation/BunsenIsABeast'':
** "Bromeo and Juliet" has Mikey's fantasy of kissing Sophie end with him freaking out that he almost kissed Amanda, during which we are treated to a disturbingly detailed close-up of Amanda's puckered up lips.
** "Bunsen Saves Christmas" features another disgusting close-up of Amanda Killman's lips when she tries to kiss Mikey under the mistletoe.
** "Beastie Besties" has Amanda complain about her chronic dry eye syndrome, afterwards we get a shot focusing on her bloodshot eye.
** "Wilda Beast" shows yet another grotesquely detailed shot of Amanda puckering up her lips near the end of the episode.
* ''WesternAnimation/FanboyAndChumChum'':
** The episode "Tooth or Scare" has a disgusting close-up of the wad of chewed gum that Fanboy and Chum Chum intend to use to keep Kyle's lost tooth in place so he won't suffer the wrath of the Wizard ToothFairy.
** A grotesque close-up of Bus Lady Cram's disgusting foot is shown in "Field Trip of Horrors".
** "Dentall Illness" shows sickening close-ups of Fanboy's decaying tooth.
** "Champ of Chomp" shows a grotesque close-up of Chum Chum's bald spot.
* ''WesternAnimation/RollingWithTheRonks'': "Flash a Smile" features several disgusting close-ups of Walter, Lulu and the other Ronks' decaying teeth.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'': In "Temple Frogs", the Plantars' human disguises come off during a fight against a horde of Andrias' robots. After Anne realizes, the viewers are treated to a grotesquely detailed shot of the three: warts, webbed hands, and realistic frog eyes accounted for.
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* ''WesternAnimation/Amphibia'': In "Temple Frogs", the Plantars' human disguises come off during a fight against a horde of Andrias' robots. After Anne realizes, the viewers are treated to a grotesquely detailed shot of the three: warts, webbed hands, and realistic frog eyes accounted for.

* In the ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'' anime, there was a brief scene after the LockedRoomMystery with Koizumi observing a disgusting mole on Kyon's head, while Kyon was talking. ''The mole had hairs''.

* ''Anime/ZombielandSaga'' will occasionally use this to remind the viewers that yes, our heroines are the walking dead, and their oversimplified appearance in show is strictly for the benefit of the audience and the animators.