History Main / WildTake

* '''Everywhere''' in ''Manga/OnePiece''. You're hard bound to find a chapter that doesn't have one. Bonus points to Usopp for doing this so much it might as well be his regular face. [[spoiler: Especially once he dons the persona of Sogeking and a mask. The mask completely averts the ExpressiveMask, but Usopp's jaw sticks out from below the bottom of the mask so you can still see his wide take.]]

** Averted by Nico Robin for the longest time. Since her introduction in Chapter 114 of the manga, ''she never had a single wild take.'' When she and her crewmates see something surprising, they'll have their eyes popping and jaws dropping (Zoro and Nami sometimes have more composed expressions, but they've had their fair share of wild takes), all while Robin has an unexaggerated shocked expression... or even better, [[TheComicallySerious she'll keep her composure.]]. However, in Chapter 728, [[NotSoAboveItAll she]] ''[[NotSoAboveItAll finally]]'' [[NotSoAboveItAll performed one along with Usopp and Franky]]!

** Tony Tony Chopper, a [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter reindeer who ate the Human-Human Fruit]] and the crew's doctor, occasionally has a Wild Take where his hat pops off of his head...along with his antlers. Of course, [[OhCrap it's always for good reason]].

** In fact, most of the Warlords of the Sea were relatively unfazed. As some of the strongest pirates in existence, they need to be able to keep a clear head...though most likely due to Luffy's influence, Jinbe proves in the Fishman Island Arc that he's NotSoAboveItAll.

** While Usopp is the Wild Take king in ''One Piece'', Keimi the mermaid is definitely the queen. Her expression whenever she's surprised about something... let's just say that if ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' had Wild Takes, the characters from said show would definitely have [[http://images.wikia.com/onepiece/images/1/11/Keimi%27s_Face_Fault.png Keimi's expression]].

* A rare live-action example in ''PlanesTrainsAndAutomobiles''. Del and Neal end up driving on the wrong side of a freeway at night, completely unaware of it until two huge trucks come barreling towards them. Their car scrapes between the two semis and the pair scream. There is a series of fast cuts between the outside and inside of the car, and at one point we see that both Del and Neal have been replaced by google-eyed skeletons just to elevate the sheer cartoonish shock. This is followed by Neal looking over at Del and seeing him dressed as the devil himself, laughing maniacally. The two end up on the other side, hit the brakes and their suitcases fly off the back of the car and land on the road. Neil's fingertips are embedded in the dashboard and Del has bent the steering wheel.

* The "Large Marge" scene in ''PeeWeesBigAdventure'' features one done in Claymation.

* On ''TheMuppetShow'', [[OnlySaneMan Kermit the Frog is]] (in)famous for the wild takes he does when the craziness on the show gets to be too much, with hands waving in the air screaming. It's rather funny.
* An episode of WhoseLineIsItAnyway featured a game of Unlikely Superheroes, where Colin was Horribly Frightened Of Everything Man. Priceless.

* Creator/TexAvery largely [[TropeCodifier codified this trope]]. The short ''RedHotRidingHood'' is the likely codifier, but NorthwestHoundedPolice is more imaginative, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FHTXOFawgA as seen here]].
* The titular dog of ''CourageTheCowardlyDog''. He does these whenever he's scared, i.e. every thirty seconds. These are often cut to quickly and make the occasional surreal things on the show even scarier.

* Wade, the paranoid duck on the "U.S. Acres" segments of ''GarfieldAndFriends'', had this as his primary character trait. ''Everything'' elicited a Wild Take from him.
* The Planet of Easily Frightened People on ''WesternAnimation/EarthwormJim'' was a PlanetOfHats based around constantly having Wild Takes. ("AHH! Something green! AHHH! Something not green! AHHHH! Air!")
* In one ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'' episode, Plucky Duck got stuck in a Wild Take, leaving him as a giant eyeball with legs for the bulk of the cartoon. This happens after Plucky sneaks into an "Advanced Takes" class taught by Daffy, instead of the basic class taught by Bugs - suggesting this is one of the only things Daffy ever topped the rabbit in, probably because of the way his luck often turned out in the series. The take itself is [[http://s3.amazonaws.com/auteurs_production/post_images/5471/vlcsnap-2011-06-14-11h10m39s225.png?1308054144 the same one Daffy did]] in the 1946 short ''BookRevue''.

* Ren often did this in ''RenAndStimpy''; such examples include after making fun of their drill sergeant only to realize he's standing right next to him when he sees this he screams, his eyeballs pop out of their sockets, his brain pops out of his skull, his skin melts off his head, and his bones connecting to his neck pop off, and when he is under the influence of Stimpy's happy helmet he makes a different and wackier expression after each word as he says "I MUST GO DO NICE THINGS!".

* The titular ''EekTheCat'' does these whenever he's scared.
* ''RockosModernLife'': Rocko often did the impressive brain-pops-out-of-the-skull ones, and was surpassed only by ''RenAndStimpy'' at the time in terms of creative and somewhat gory wild takes.

* ''WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck''

* Hapens to the titular character in ''KickButtowski'' during one of the Halloween episodes. In a very rare instance he's frightened in a haunted house and his skeleton practically tears through his skin and leaps out.
* In "Once Upon A Girl" Jack does this upon seeing the large breasted gypsy he was given in exchange for his cow.
* Happens a few times in the ''{{Woody Woodpecker}}'' cartoon "A Fine Feathered Frenzy." When Woody Woodpecker hears Gorgeous Gal's sexy voice on the phone and she invites him to come over to possibly marry him his eyes bulge out of his head and he jumps up and down all over the place with joy. His feelings change once he meets her and realizes she's an overweight and elderly crow. She in turn falls in love with him but her reaction intensifies once she holds him down and kisses him on the lips several times. After this Gorgeous Gal looks at the Woodpecker with a wild eyed expression, becomes ecstatic and her entire body flies at him with her giant red lips puckered like cupid's love arrow when he tries to escape. The cartoon is also filled with several other wild takes, but mostly Woody's horrified reaction to Gorgeous Gal's flirting and sexual advances. With his most extreme reactions occurring when he gets locked in a dungeon room and spots Gorgeous in a wedding dress with a preist ready to become Mrs. Woodpecker.

-->--Pretty much anyone who does a cartoon Wild Take.

* Beauty from ''Manga/BoboboboBobobo'' often does this, though the other characters do this occasionally

** When Rocko went to get his driver's license, the eye test doctor actually ''[[InvokedTrope invoked]]'' the Wild Take ''[[ExploitedTrope intentionally]]'' (by leaving a terrorizing message) so Rocko eyes would be big enough to examine easily. He then forced Rocko to hold the take pose until the test was complete.

** Most of JohnK's works are pretty much built around this trope.

** Best examples? Falls. [[http://mangafox.me/manga/one_piece/v26/c246/6.html Especially in]] [[http://mangafox.me/manga/one_piece/v32/c302/12.html Skypiea]].
*** Even the ''[[RuleOfFunny boat]]'' does a Wild Take.
** Averted by Nico Robin for the longest time. Since her introduction in Chapter 114 of the manga, ''she never had a single wild take.'' When she and her crewmates see something surprising, they'll have their eyes popping and jaws dropping (Zoro and Nami sometimes have more composed expressions, but they've had their fair share of wild takes), all while Robin has an unexaggerated shocked expression... or even better, [[http://mangafox.me/manga/one_piece/v46/c442/13.html she'll keep her composure.]]. However, in Chapter 728, [[NotSoAboveItAll she]] ''[[NotSoAboveItAll finally]]'' [[NotSoAboveItAll performed one along with Usopp and Franky]]!
*** Here's another one. This is when Luffy says he picked a fight with [[spoiler:''Big Mom'', '''''one of the Four Emperors''''']]. Everyone reasonably freaks out, but what does Robin do? ''[[http://mangafox.me/manga/one_piece/v66/c652/7.html She calmly smiles]]'', most likely because she expected nothing less from Luffy.
** Tony Tony Chopper, a [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter reindeer who ate the Hito Hito no Mi (Human-Human Fruit)]] and the crew's doctor, occasionally has a Wild Take where his hat pops off of his head...along with his antlers. Of course, [[http://mangafox.me/manga/one_piece/v69/c686/13.html it's always for good reason]].

* Beauty from BoboboBoboBobobo often does this, though the other characters do this occasionally

* Creator/TexAvery largely [[TropeCodifier codified this trope]]. The short ''RedHotRidingHood'' is the likely codifier, but NorthwestHoundedPolice is more imaginative:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FHTXOFawgA

* TexAvery largely [[TropeCodifier codified this trope]]. The short ''RedHotRidingHood'' is the likely codifier, but NorthwestHoundedPolice is more imaginative:

** His reaction to the Arnold Baby from Film/{{Junior}} is much the same, except he charges off to the bathroom, arms a-flailing and vomits for 24 hours straight.

* Happens a few times in the ''{{Woody Woodpecker}}'' cartoon "A Fine Feathered Frenzy." When Woody Woodpecker hears Gorgeous Gal's sexy voice on the phone and she invites him to come over to possibly marry him his eyes bulge out of his head and he jumps up and down all over the place with joy. His feelings change once he meets her and realizes she's an overweight and elderly crow. She in turn falls in love with him but her reaction intensifies once she holds him down and kisses him on the lips several times. After this Gorgeous Gal looks at the Woodpecker with a wild eyed expression, becomes ecstatic and her entire body flies at him with her giant red lips puckered like cupid's love arrow when he tries to escape. The cartoon is also filled with several other wild takes, but mostly Woody's horrified reaction to Gorgeous Gal's flirting and sexual advances. With his most extreme reaction being when he spots Gorgeous in a wedding dress with a preist ready to become Mrs. Woodpecker.

A variation on TheTake. If TheTake is reaction, the WildTake is massive over-overreaction.

*** Even the ''[[RuleOfFunny boat]]'' does a WildTake.

* In the ''VisualNovel/AceAttorney'' games, witnesses will do a WildTake if you manage to put a particularly large hole in their testimony.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Battletoads}}'', the titular 'toads do a WildTake when they encounter a boss, also losing whatever weapon they may have been holding.

* Wade, the paranoid duck on the "U.S. Acres" segments of ''GarfieldAndFriends'', had this as his primary character trait. ''Everything'' elicited a WildTake from him.

* In one ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'' episode, Plucky Duck got stuck in a WildTake, leaving him as a giant eyeball with legs for the bulk of the cartoon. This happens after Plucky sneaks into an "Advanced Takes" class taught by Daffy, instead of the basic class taught by Bugs - suggesting this is one of the only things Daffy ever topped the rabbit in, probably because of the way his luck often turned out in the series. The take itself is [[http://s3.amazonaws.com/auteurs_production/post_images/5471/vlcsnap-2011-06-14-11h10m39s225.png?1308054144 the same one Daffy did]] in the 1946 short ''BookRevue''.

* Happens a few times in the ''{{Woody Woodpecker}}'' cartoon "A Fine Feathered Frenzy." When Woody Woodpecker hears Gorgeous Gal's sexy voice on the phone and she invites him to come over to possibly marry him his eyes bulge out of his head and he jumps up and down all over the place with joy. His feelings change once he meets her and realizes she's an overweight and elderly crow. She in turn falls in love with him but her reaction intensifies once she holds him down and kisses him on the lips several times. After this Gorgeous Gal looks at the Woodpecker with a wild eyed expression, becomes ecstatic and her entire body flies at him with her lips puckered like cupid's love arrow when he tries to escape. The cartoon is also filled with several other wild takes, but mostly Woody's horrified reaction to Gorgeous Gal's flirting and sexual advances. With his most extreme reactions being when he spots Gorgeous in a wedding dress with a preist on hand ready to tie the knot.

* Happens a few times in the ''{{Woody Woodpecker}}'' cartoon "A Fine Feathered Frenzy." When Woody Woodpecker hears Gorgeous Gal's sexy voice on the phone and she invites him to come over to possibly marry him his eyes bulge out of his head and he jumps up and down all over the place with joy. His feelings change once he meets her and realizes she's an overweight and elderly crow. She in turn falls in love with him but her reaction intensifies once she holds him down and kisses him on the lips several times. After this Gorgeous Gal looks at the Woodpecker with a wild eyed expression, becomes ecstatic and her entire body flies at him with her lips puckered like cupid's love arrow when he tries to escape. The cartoon is also filled with several other wild takes, but mostly Woody's horrified reaction to Gorgeous Gal's flirting and sexual advances.

** Averted by Nico Robin (and how). Ever since her introduction in Chapter 114 of the manga, ''she has never had a single wild take. EVER.'' When she and her crewmates see something surprising, they'll have their eyes popping and jaws dropping (Zoro and Nami sometimes have more composed expressions, but they've had their fair share of wild takes), all while Robin has an unexaggerated shocked expression... or even better, [[http://mangafox.me/manga/one_piece/v46/c442/13.html she'll keep her composure.]]
** Not any more! Chapter 628 has her perform one along with Usopp and Franky!

** Dracule Mihawk also averts this trope. He takes surprising news in stride, such as Sengoku revealing the identity of Luffy's father. Most of the people around him are dumbfounded by the news. Mihawk's reaction?

* '''Everywhere''' in ''Manga/OnePiece''. You're hard bound to find a chapter that doesn't have one. Bonus to point to Usopp for doing this so much it might as well be his regular face. [[spoiler: Especially once he dons the persona of Sogeking and a mask. The mask completely averts the ExpressiveMask, but Usopp's jaw sticks out from below the bottom of the mask so you can still see his wide take.]]

** Best examples? Falls. [[http://www.citymanga.com/one_piece/chapter-246/07/ Especially in]] [[http://www.citymanga.com/one_piece/chapter-302/12-13/ Skypiea]].

** Averted by Nico Robin (and how). Ever since her introduction in Chapter 114 of the manga, ''she has never had a single wild take. EVER.'' When she and her crewmates see something surprising, they'll have their eyes popping and jaws dropping (Zoro and Nami sometimes have more composed expressions, but they've had their fair share of wild takes), all while Robin has an unexaggerated shocked expression... or even better, [[http://www.citymanga.com/one_piece/chapter-442/13/ she'll keep her composure.]]

*** Here's another one. This is when Luffy says he picked a fight with [[spoiler:''Big Mom'', '''''one of the Four Emperors''''']]. Everyone reasonably freaks out, but what does Robin do? ''[[http://www.mangapanda.com/one-piece/652/7 She calmly smiles]]'', most likely because she expected nothing less from Luffy.
** Tony Tony Chopper, a [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter reindeer who ate the Hito Hito no Mi (Human-Human Fruit)]] and the crew's doctor, occasionally has a Wild Take where his hat pops off of his head...along with his antlers. Of course, [[http://www.mangahere.com/manga/one_piece/v60/c686/13.html it's always for good reason]].

* Happens a few times in the ''{{Woody Woodpecker}}'' cartoon "A Fine Feathered Frenzy." When Woody Woodpecker hears Gorgeous Gal's sexy voice on the phone and she invites him to come over to possibly marry him his eyes bulge out of his head and he jumps up and down all over the place with joy. His reaction changes once he meets her and realizes she's an overweight and elderly crow. She in turn falls in love with him but her reaction intensifies once she holds him down and kisses him on the lips several times. After this she becomes ecstatic and her entire body flies at him with her lips puckered like cupid's love arrow when he tries to escape. The cartoon is also filled with several wild takes, but mostly Woody's horrified reaction to Gorgeous Gal's flirting and sexual advances.

* Happens a few times in the Woody Woodpecker cartoon "A Fine Feathered Frenzy." When Woody Woodpecker hears Gorgeous Gal's sexy voice on the phone and she invites him to come over to possibly marry him his eyes bulge out of his head and he jumps up and down all over the place with joy. His reaction changes once he meets her and realizes she's an overweight and elderly crow. She in turn falls in love with him but her reaction intensifies once she holds him down and kisses him on the lips several times. After this she becomes ecstatic and her entire body flies at him with her lips puckered like cupid's love arrow when he tries to escape. The cartoon is also filled with several wild takes, but mostly Woody's horrified reaction to Gorgeous Gal's flirting and sexual advances.

* TexAvery largely [[TropeCodifier codified this trope]]. The short ''RedHotRidingHood'' is the likely codifier, but NorthwestHoundedPolice is more imaginative.

* ''Film/TheMask'', being a live-action cartoon, gets off several, the most extreme probably coming when he exits a city park and turns to find himself confronted with the entire Edge City police department.

** This trope was done to the point that it became a ChekhovsSkill in one of the last episodes - Courage's panicked yelling is what wound up defeating the villains by causing the ground beneath them to split from the force.

* ''SisterSister'' once had a character do this as a one-off visual gag utilising CGI effects. When Tamera first sees her romantic interest in the opening of the episode "Boy From The Hood", [[EyePop her eyeballs cartoonishly bug out of their sockets]]. She also contorts her mouth into the shape of a stretched out Klaxon horn to produce the archetypal "aooga" noise that typically accompanies Wild Takes.