History Main / WildTake

* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'', being {{Animesque}} series, [[http://dvdscreenshots.avatarspiritmedia.net/atla/113/617.jpg occasionally indulge in this]].

For example, say a mouse ran across the kitchen floor. A take would be to jump back, startled. A SpitTake would be to drop the roast on your feet while shouting. A wild take would be to scream at the top of your lungs with your eyes popped out and duplicated many times and with a giant mouth and jump high enough to leave a [[ImpactSilhouette you-shaped hole]] in the roof.

* Jean, being rather temperamental (often with reason), does a lot of these in ''Webcomic/TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob,'' such as [[http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20060926.html here,]] [[http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20071113.html here,]] [[http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20071006.html here,]] [[http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20090110.html here,]] and [[http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20090314.html here.]]
** And [[http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20100209.html here!]]

** Best examples? Falls. Especially [[https://youtu.be/6cMTtFgTRoc?t=78 in Skypiea]], when Luffy half-seriously suggested the coming InevitableWaterfall only for the others to dismiss the idea. Later, at the end of that arc, when falling back down to the Blue Sea, even the ''[[RuleOfFunny boat]]'' does a Wild Take. Amusingly, [[spoiler:this actually foreshadows the fact that it has a will of its own]].

** This trope was done to the point that it became a ChekhovsSkill in one of the last episodes - [[spoiler: Courage wound up defeating the villains by screaming so powerfully that it caused the ground beneath them to split from the force.]]

* Holli Would does one of these towards the end of ''Film/CoolWorld''. After seeing [[spoiler:Jack return the Spike of Power to the Cool World]], she reacts with a physically exaggerated scream followed by [[EyePop her eyeballs bulging to the size of her entire body]]. It's a little contrasting due to Holli being, by comparison, one of the more [[MsFanservice realistic looking]] [[{{Toon}} Doodles]] in the movie.

* The title character in ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'' is prone to wild takes. Other Toon characters get at least one, including the weasels, Jessica and [[spoiler:Judge Doom]].

* Creator/TexAvery largely [[TropeCodifier codified this trope]]. The short ''WesternAnimation/RedHotRidingHood'' is the likely codifier, but WesternAnimation/NorthwestHoundedPolice is more imaginative, [[http://www.toontube.com/video/342/Droopy-Dog-Northwest-Hounded-Police as seen here]].

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

* Almost constantly in the comedy scenes in ''Anime/SailorMoon''.
* Brief does one at the end of ''Anime/PantyAndStockingWithGarterbelt'' when he discovers [[spoiler:Panty's chopped-up remains]].

** In fact, most of the Shichibukai 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, Jimbei proves in the Fishman Island Arc that he's NotSoAboveItAll.

** Oda even listed in Volume 81, just for laughs, how many times the Straw Hats (Plus [[LaughablyEvil Buggy]] and [[GuestStarPartyMember Vivi]]) had performed a wild take or other shocked expressions up until that point. in descending order, they are:

* In ''Manga/DemonSlayerKimetsuNoYaiba'', despite its somber tone with all the demon slaying the series does not shy away from many comedic moments, the characters pull the most extreme face reactions imaginable, one of the male leads, Zenitsu, is the undisputed king of it as he is the resident overreacting wreck of the bunch.
* ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'' has the occasional Wild Take in comedic moments, espcially in regards to Al and Winry's interactions.
* ''Manga/{{Nichijou}}'':
** Happens often but Yukko's reaction to stabbing herself with a pen results in a Galactic piercing scream.
** Also Yukko again and Mio as well after being bit by Mai's dogs.
** The Professor actually installed this onto Nano '''as a feature'''.
* Beauty from ''Manga/BoboboboBobobo'' often does this because she's the [[OnlySaneMan Only Sane Girl]] in a {{Cloudcuckooland}}, though the other characters do this occasionally.

* ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'' has some wild takes from the title characters, particularly in one SundayStrip where Calvin manages to sneak up on Hobbes from behind when he comes home (only to get mauled by tiger anyway).

* The title character in ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'' is prone to wild takes. Other Toon characters get at least one, including the weasels, Jessica and [[spoiler:Judge Doom]].

* A rare live-action example in ''Film/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 barrelling 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.
* ''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, which involves his ''entire skull'' popping out of his mouth.
* The "Large Marge" scene in ''Film/PeeWeesBigAdventure'' features one done in Claymation.

* ''Series/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. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVKT-vLnVyw&feature=youtu.be It can be viewed here.]]

* One dream in ''VideoGame/TomodachiLife'' features the dreaming Mii reacting by having his/her face pop off (including the outline of his/her nose) and fly into space.

* One Website/YouTube channel, under [[https://www.youtube.com/user/TheWildtake the same name]], has set out to collect media examples of [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin wild takes]]. It's even made a music video collage of them.

* Used frequently in WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball. Not a lot in [[Main/EarlyInstallmentWeirdness Season 1,]] a little more in Season 2, and almost Main/OnceAnEpisode from Season 3 onwards. Some of the more realistic ones could count as NightmareFuel.

* One of the most famous examples in Western animation is from ''WesternAnimation/BookRevue'', where at the sight of the Big Bad Wolf, WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck temporarily [[https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bLHX_7BeA6E/UYn_y6UcgKI/AAAAAAAAkvQ/cl62aMZuoso/s1600/BOOK+REVUE+13.png transforms into a giant eyeball]].
** In one ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'' episode, Plucky Duck tries to replicate this trick, which Daffy refers to as the "Clampett Corneal Catastrophe". Unfortunately Plucky gets stuck in it, leaving him as a giant eyeball with legs for the bulk of the cartoon, and on PictureDay no less.
* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'', Slappy Squirrel was fond of pointing these out while watching her old cartoons; "Ah, wild take no. 32, regular as clockwork. [[{{Toilet Humour}} Wish everything was as regular as clockwork around here]]."
* On ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'', Mr. Crocker would frequently do wild takes when ranting to himself about Timmy's ''"[[PunctuatedForEmphasis FAIRY-GOD-PARENTS]]!"''

* ''WesternAnimation/SuperMarioWorld'': Larry 'Cheatsy' Koopa carries out a particularly dramatic wild take in the episode 'Gopher Bash' after Mario, Luigi and Yoshi defeat his Monty Moles, thus foiling his plans to steal the vegetables.
** Lemmy also does one in 'A Little Learning' when he notices the volcano starting to erupt.

* The titular ''WesternAnimation/EekTheCat'' does these whenever he's scared.
* ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife'': Rocko often did the impressive brain-pops-out-of-the-skull ones, and was surpassed only by ''WesternAnimation/RenAndStimpy'' at the time in terms of creative and somewhat gory wild takes.
** 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's eyes would be big enough to examine easily. He then forced Rocko to hold the take pose until the test was complete. ([[http://www.teennick.com/videos/clip/rockos-modern-life-eye-doctor-clip.html Link to clip]])
* ''WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck'' did this at times, which is actually extremely unusual for a Disney cartoon. Also, whenever a Disney series was animated by Glen Kennedy's team, they would give the characters blink-it-or-miss-it wild takes which were quite extreme compared to how quick they went by.
* ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'' does this constantly with almost all the characters at some point.
* Happens to the titular character in ''WesternAnimation/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.
* ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog'' tended to do this at least OnceAnEpisode, almost always from Robotnik or his bots when they realize they're about to be on the receiving end of something painful. Sonic and Tails occasionally had some of their own though.
** [=AoSTH=] having wild takes is no shock, considering that some of its lead animators were veterans of ''WesternAnimation/RenAndStimpy''.

* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'', being {{Animesque}} series, [[http://dvdscreenshots.avatarspiritmedia.net/atla/113/617.jpg occasionally indulge in this]].
* The Urpneys engaged in these frequently in ''WesternAnimation/TheDreamstone'' (Urpgor in particular would often pull multiple elaborate ones in a single casual sentence). The heroes were usually animated ''far'' more tamely, [[NotSoAboveItAll though weren't void of them completely]] (eg. their MassOhCrap in "The Dream Beam Invasion" or Amberley's in "Wildit's Whistle").
* Animator Creator/JimTyer came up with his own variation, the "shrink take", where the character gets smaller in anticipation to the big take. He first used it on the ''WesternAnimation/{{Popeye}}'' cartoon "Too Weak to Work".
* ''WesternAnimation/APupNamedScoobyDoo'' had some wonderful examples, usually as the gang's reaction to the MonsterOfTheWeek.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheMask'': The Mask pulls this any time he gets scared, horrified and shocked which gets to the point that he sometimes comment on it at times.
* The two scientists', the street crowd's, and the girl scout's reaction to Dr. Crocker's abstract art-styled head and face transformation in the ''WesternAnimation/QuackPack'' episode, "Pardon My Molecules".
* Happens to Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and Goofy in ''WesternAnimation/MickeyMouseWorks'' episode "Locksmiths".

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'', Slappy Squirrel was fond of pointing these out while watching her old cartoons; "Ah, wild take no. 32, regular as clockwork. [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar Wish everything was as regular as clockwork around here]]."

* ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc'' and [[VisualNovel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair its sequel]] are pretty light on the {{Wild Take}}s outside of {{Gonk}} characters like Yamada and Hanamura, but Souda in the second game manages one when he hears [[GenkiGirl Mioda]] sing for the first time, and discovers that her music of choice is death metal, resulting in a shocked face in a ''[[ArtShift completely different art style]]''.

* WesternAnimation/SuperMarioWorld: Larry 'Cheatsy' Koopa does a wild take in the episode 'Gopher Bash' after Mario, Luigi and Yoshi defeat his Monty Moles, thus foiling his plans to steal the vegetables.

* ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc'' and [[VisualNovel/SuperDanganRonpa2 its sequel]] are pretty light on the {{Wild Take}}s outside of {{Gonk}} characters like Yamada and Hanamura, but Souda in the second game manages one when he hears [[GenkiGirl Mioda]] sing for the first time, and discovers that her music of choice is death metal, resulting in a shocked face in a ''[[ArtShift completely different art style]]''.

** In one ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'' episode, Plucky Duck tries to replicate this trick, which Daffy refers to as the "Clampett Corneal Catastrophe". Unfortunately Plucky gets stuck in it, leaving him as a giant eyeball with legs for the bulk of the cartoon, and on School Picture Day no less.

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* On ''Series/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.
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* From ''Webcomic/EightBitTheater'':
-->'''Black Mage:''' Hey, Fighter. You've got... ''a giant spider on your face!''\\
'''Fighter:''' AUGH, GET IT OFF! IT'S IN MY HAIR, IT'S IN MY HAAAAAIIIIR!!! RUN FOR THE HILLS! YOUR SWORDS, AS SHINY AS THEY MAY BE, ARE POWERLESS AGAINST THE SPIDER'S WRATH! THE INVISIBLE SPIDER GOD WILL SMITE US ALL! NO ONE IS SAFE! ALL IS DOOMED! THE BLACK APOCOLYPTIC SKIES RAIN WITH SPIDERY DEATH! WHY HATH YE GODS FORSAKEN US! WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY! Spiders... all over... can't get them away... ''[THUD!]''

* The Planet of Easily Frightened People on ''WesternAnimation/EarthwormJim'' was a PlanetOfHats based around constantly having Wild Takes.
-->'''Easily Frightened People:''' "AAAH! Something green! AAAH! Something ''not'' green! AAAH! Air!"

* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'': "Excuse me sir, I hope my horrible ugliness won't be a distraction to you." "Not at all, boy-[[MemeticMutation DEUUEAUGH!"]]
** In fact, wild takes are a good source of [=SpongeBob=]'s humor.

** In ''VideoGame/PizzaTower'', Pepino will bug out if he comes into contact with a bomb, then start panicking and running with it.

* An elephant does one in the ending of "I Just Can't Wait to be King" in ''Disney/TheLionKing'' when it [[PainToTheAss falls buttocks-first on an antelope's horns]], with a loud scream and pink and white circles forming in its eyes.

** 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 priest ready to become Mrs. Woodpecker.

* In general, anime has a lot of this.

** Best examples? Falls. Especially [[https://youtu.be/6cMTtFgTRoc?t=78 in Skypiea]], when Luffy half-seriously suggested the coming InevitableWaterfall only for the others to dismiss the idea. Later, at the end of that arc, when falling back down to the Blue Sea, even the ''[[RuleOfFunny boat]]'' does a Wild Take. Amusingly, [[spoiler:this can actually foreshadows the fact that it has a will of its own]].

* Happens to MickeyMouse, DonaldDuck and Goofy in ''WesternAnimation/MickeyMouseWorks'' episode "Locksmiths".

* Happens to ''WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse'', ''WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck'' and ''WesternAnimation/Goofy'' in ''WesternAnimation/MickeyMouseWorks'' episode "Locksmiths".