History Main / MediaScrum

* ''Anime/TheRebirthOfBuddha'': Ever since she defeated the fleet of [=UFOs=] that wrecked the city during a summer festival, Sayako is constantly harassed by reporters who line up to interview her. However, Mari Kimura sets up a press conference for her to reveal the truth of what happened, which the Sounen Group seeks to prevent at all costs.

* ''Anime/TheRebirthOfBuddha'': Ever since she defeated the fleet of UFOs that wrecked the city during a summer festival, Sayako is constantly harassed by reporters who line up to interview her. However, Mari Kimura sets up a press conference for her to reveal the truth of what happened, which the Sounen Group seeks to prevent at all costs.

On the other hand, the scrum is almost unknown at the highest levels of American politics. The President especially would never be mobbed like this; that's what press conferences [[note]]and the Secret Service[[/note]] are for (in 2012, a reporter for an online publication attempted to scrum President Obama during an answer and found himself out of the White House Press Corps). The difference is likely to be related to the fact that the US President is both the head of state and the head of government, whereas the Prime Minister of Canada is merely the head of government, and heads of state are always considered of higher rank than heads of government. Protocol-wise the Prime Minister doesn't even come second in line after the actual Head of State, the King - he's [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_order_of_precedence third!]][[note]]In most Commonwealth countries, there is a separation between the ''de jure'' head of state, the King, and the ''de facto'' head of state, a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governor-general Governor-General]] who is a citizen of the country in question and appointed by the King based on the advice of the country's politicians; the Governor-General is the one who actually signs laws, calls elections, and decides [[UsefulNotes/PrimeMinistersOfAustralia whether to fire the Prime Minister]][[/note]]

Because of the scrum's central role in Canadian politics, you'll see these featured in all kinds of shows. Comedians have even ''participated in scrums''; Mary Walsh of ''Series/ThisHourHas22Minutes'' once showed up to a scrum on Parliament Hill dressed as Xena and calling herself "Marg, Princess Warrior" - to the apparent amazement and delight of then-Prime Minister Paul Martin.

** ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1987'': After Veronica Cale manipulates things so it looks like one of Wonder Woman's supporters murdered a man who'd been questioning her motives and calling for Wondy to no longer be upheld as a role model Diana is accosted by a mass of reporters as she exits the Themysciran Embassy. Unlike most who have to deal with such reporters Diana doesn't mind and likes that people are paying attention to and questioning the man's murder.

* It happens to Nick Naylor in ''Film/ThankYouForSmoking'', in slow motion.

* Juna and the aliens' exit from quarantine in ''[[Literature/TheColorOfDistance Through Alien Eyes]]'' is met with one of these. They don't have an agent at first to manage this sort of thing.

* ''Series/BestLove'': Gu Ae-jung gets so jostled by reporters trying to interview her that she loses a shoe.
** But it does lead to a Literature/{{Cinderella}} moment with her guy.
* Denny Crane shoves his way through with non sequiturs in ''Series/BostonLegal''.

* It can commonly be seen on the courthouse steps in any given episode of ''Franchise/LawAndOrder''.

* The world of ''Webcomic/FunnyFarm'' knows of them, too, as Ront [[http://www.funnyfarmcomics.com/index.php?date=2009-04-10 found out]].

On the other hand, the scrum is almost unknown at the highest levels of American politics. The President especially would never be mobbed like this; that's what press conferences [[note]]and the Secret Service[[/note]] are for (in 2012, a reporter for an online publication attempted to scrum President Obama during an answer and found himself out of the White House Press Corps). The difference is likely to be related to the fact that the US President is both the head of state and the head of government, whereas the Prime Minister of Canada is merely the head of government, and heads of state are always considered of higher rank than heads of government. Protocol-wise the Prime Minister doesn't even come second in line after the actual Head of State, the Queen - he's [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_order_of_precedence third!]][[note]]In most Commonwealth countries, there is a separation between the ''de jure'' head of state, the Queen, and the ''de facto'' head of state, a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governor-general Governor-General]] who is a citizen of the country in question and appointed by the Queen based on the advice of the country's politicians; the Governor-General is the one who actually signs laws, calls elections, and decides [[UsefulNotes/PrimeMinistersOfAustralia whether to fire the Prime Minister]][[/note]]

[[folder: Films]]

* ''Anime/ShinguSecretOfTheStellarWars'': InvokedTrope as Hajime's little sister Futaba imagines that this will happen to the Murata family as the leave the house [[spoiler: after their father disclosed the existence of aliens and the Japanese governemnt's communications with them. DefiedTrope as their mother says things like that only happen in old movies as the series is set in the future of 2070.]]

* ''Film/{{Birdman}}'' has a crazy crowd of journalists in front of Riggan's hospital room at the end. The police can barely keep them in check.

On the other hand, the scrum is almost unknown at the highest levels of American politics. The President especially would never be mobbed like this; that's what press conferences [[note]]and the Secret Service[[/note]] are for (in 2012, a reporter for an online publication attempted to scrum President Obama during an answer and found himself out of the White House Press Corps). The difference is likely to be related to the fact that the US President is both the head of state and the head of government, whereas the Prime Minister of Canada is merely the head of government, and heads of state are always considered of higher rank than heads of government. Protocol-wise the Prime Minister doesn't even come second in line after the actual Head of State, the Queen - he's [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_order_of_precedence third!]][[note]]In most Commonwealth countries, there is a separation between the ''de jure'' head of state, the Queen, and the ''de facto'' head of state, a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governor-general Governor-General]] who is appointed by the Queen based on the advice of the country's politicians; the Governor-General is the one who actually decides [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/UsefulNotes/AustralianPolitics whether to fire the Prime Minister]][[/note]]

On the other hand, the scrum is almost unknown at the highest levels of American politics. The President especially would never be mobbed like this; that's what press conferences [[note]]and the Secret Service[[/note]] are for (in 2012, a reporter for an online publication attempted to scrum President Obama during an answer and found himself out of the White House Press Corps). The difference is likely to be related to the fact that the US President is both the head of state and the head of government, whereas the Prime Minister of Canada is merely the head of government, and heads of state are always considered of higher rank than heads of government. Protocol-wise the Prime Minister doesn't even come second in line after the actual Head of State, the Queen - he's [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_order_of_precedence fourth!]]