History Main / WildTake

** Mario's reaction during a flashback in "[[Recap/SuperMarioWorldEpisode10RockTV Rock TV]]" after he and Luigi receive a {{shockingly expensive|bill}} phone bill, followed by {{Fainting}} [[FaintInShock in shock]]:

* ''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.

** When Eneru realizes that Luffy is immune to his powers, the resulting OhCrap face [[http://nsa13.casimages.com/img/2010/02/26/100226064330959721.jpg takes up an entire page in the manga.]]

* ''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.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Kaeloo}]'' characters are quite prone to doing this, as WordOfGod says that the series was heavily inspired by Tex Avery's cartoons. Kaeloo and Stumpy in particular often have their eyes pop out of their heads when they look at something shocking.

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* From ''[[ParanoiaFuel The Paranoid's Pocket Guide to Mental Disorders You Can Just Feel Coming On]]'': Hyperexplexia, a.k.a. Exaggerated Startle Reaction -- "What if every time a door slammed shut, you jumped into the air and jerked your limbs wildly? [...] Hyperexplexia is a genetic neurological condition, which means that when you hear a door slam, even your DNA gets scared."
* PTSD and complex PTSD sufferers can have exaggerated startle responses, sometimes badly enough to [[UsefulNotes/{{Trigger}} trigger them]] - propelling them into a traumatic memory and the mindset they were in during that trauma.
* [[LargeHam Ham among hams]] Creator/JimCarrey is pretty well capable of pulling off as close to a non-CG, non-special effect, real-life wild take as you can get.
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** 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 ship]]'' does a Wild Take.[[spoiler:[[HouseFey This actually foreshadows the fact that it has a will of its own]]]].

One of TheTwelvePrinciplesOfAnimation is exaggeration of movements and facial expression, and the Wild Take is the prime example of this principle. Bringing TheTake to anatomically impossible levels

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

** This trope is so prevalent in ''One Piece'' that you'd be hard-pressed 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 Sniper-King 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. And no one can forget his example in the Dressrosa Arc, which was so scary that it ''knocked out'' Doflamingo important crew member, Sugar, undoing her [[RetGone toy power]], returning the toys to human form and giving memories of them back to Dressrosa citizens, which made Doflamingo's reign crumble. ]]

If a mouse ran across the kitchen floor. A take would be to jump back, startled. A SpitTake would be to shoot out your coffee dramatically out of your mouth and start 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.

* My Pet Monster has every human react this way. It came out a year before a pup named scooby doo and also had a similar art style yet more cleaner.

** 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.

** Most of Creator/JohnKricfalusi's works are pretty much built around this trope.

** [[spoiler:[[UpToEleven This trope is even made a ''plot point'' in this series,]] when Usopp's [[FireBreathingDiner agonized expression]] after eating a [[BlazingInfernoHellfireSauce Tatabasco ball]] is terrifying enough to knockout Sugar just by seeing it. ''And then he '''[[Awesome/OnePiece weaponizes]]''' it, sending an image of his wild take to the same target later!'']]

A variation on TheTake. If TheTake is reaction, the Wild Take is [[LargeHam massive over-overreaction]].

For example, say a mouse ran across the kitchen floor. A take would be to jump back, startled. A SpitTake would be to shoot out your coffee dramatically out of your mouth and start 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.

* PTSD and complex PTSD sufferers can have exaggerated startle responses, sometimes badly enough to [[UsefulNotes/Trigger trigger them]] - propelling them into a traumatic memory and the mindset they were in during that trauma.