History OhCrap / Comics

* In ''TheUltimates'', SmugSnake Herr Kleiser seems to react this way every time he's caught flat-footed when something unexpected disrupts his plans. Which they do, spectacularly. Claiming to be the universal embodiments of order isn't always an advantage.

* ''ComicBook/{{Hellboy}}'' seems to ''love'' [[CatchPhrase this phrase]], and most of his enemies get this when they realize things are going badly for them.

* {{Superman}} has done this a few times. Some examples from ''ComicBook/WhateverHappenedToTheManOfTomorrow'' include Superman frightening away some 30th century villains after hearing that [[spoiler:they [[BerserkButton killed Lana]]]], and later did the same to [[spoiler:Mr Mxyzptlk by pointing the Phantom Zone projector at him, causing him to panic and try to get away, which results in a fatal PortalCut.]]

* ''{{Superman}}'' has done this a few times. Some examples from ''ComicBook/WhateverHappenedToTheManOfTomorrow'' include Superman frightening away some 30th century villains after hearing that [[spoiler:they [[BerserkButton killed Lana]]]], and later did the same to [[spoiler:Mr Mxyzptlk by pointing the Phantom Zone projector at him, causing him to panic and try to get away, which results in a fatal PortalCut.]]

* ThePunisher gets this quite often from the criminals he hunts down. One notable instance was in "The Slavers" arc of the MAX series, where Castle walks up behind a group of goons [[AttemptedRape attempting to rape]] a woman in an alley. One of the thugs is so completely horrified that he drops to his knees and [[SayYourPrayers starts praying for forgiveness]].

* Sabertooth invokes this trope in ''MarvelAdventures: Comicbook/TheAvengers'' by attacking the entire Avengers team.

* ''{{Superman}}'' has done this a few times. Some examples from ''ComicBook/WhateverHappenedToTheManOfTomorrow?'' include Superman frightening away some 30th century villains after hearing that [[spoiler:they [[BerserkButton killed Lana]]]], and later did the same to [[spoiler:Mr Mxyzptlk by pointing the Phantom Zone projector at him, causing him to panic and try to get away, which results in a fatal PortalCut.]]
** Superman does it again quite memorably in the Elseworlds alternate universe story "RedSon". Towards the end of the story, an entire platoon of Green Lantern Corpsmen attempt to subdue Superman by simultaneously using their Green Lantern rings to construct a massive safe around him and make it impossible to break out of. They assume their plan is perfect...until Superman basically punches his way out, shattering their creation, as one of the Corpsmen screams "Oh my God!". After freeing himself, Superman then points out the stupidity of attempting to use a thought-based weapon against ''someone who can move at ten times the speed of thought,'' (in this story, Superman is portrayed as having his Pre-Crisis levels of power).

-->--'''Barbe-Rouge''', many a time before {{Asterix}} and Obelix send yet another ship of his to Davy Jones' locker.

* In the {{Asterix}} comics, there is a recurring [[IneffectualSympatheticVillain pirate gang]] in which Asterix and Obelix always runs into during any travel through the sea. After the first beatdown, every single time the Gauls approach the pirates react in an OhCrap way. In the newest volumes, they've got so used to getting a beating and having their ship sink, they resort to [[TakeAThirdOption sinking their own ship themselves out of despair]] and at least avoid being beat down.

--->'''Garovirus''': E...easy... now... questor Centus...

* ''CalvinAndHobbes'': Pretty much every times Hobbes pounces on Calvin, Calvin makes an Oh Crap face just before impact. And it's always ''[[CrowningMomentOfFunny hilarious]]''.

** When old Bernard gets the news and see the headings: "URSS invades Afghanisthan".

* In ''ComicBook/AstroCity: The Dark Age'', Black Velvet has snapped and is out on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge-- whereupon she comes upon [[TheJuggernaut Jitterjack]], the Divided Man. She uses her powers on him, stopping him, but then:

* Courtesy of [[TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'s ''ComicBook/DeffSkwadron'': Razguts (or whatever his name is) sees the [[CatchThatPigeon squigeon (serving as a carrier pigeon for the enemy)]] flying into a hole too small for his fighta-bommer, too late for him to turn.
-->'''Razguts''': Just a few sekonds more...just a - aw frag\\

* The climax of ''ComicBook/VForVendetta'', as the new [[YouAreInCommandNow chief of police]] Dominic Stone oversees a massed but not yet violent mob, where the situation could go either way depending on whether or not V turns up at midnight. The chimes of Big Ben ring twelve times and he feels a bit better...but then he realises that Big Ben was blown up at the beginning of the story. As realisation sinks in, he looks up and sees V on a rooftop, provoking the second consecutive OhCrap.

* When the Shi'ar first get introduced in ''Comicbook/{{X-Men}}'', a Shi'ar warship is pursuing the rebel Princess Lilandra when she flees to Earth. The ship's captain is informed about the recent activities of various other alien empires (such as the Kree and Skrulls) on Earth and is unconcerned, but then his subordinate tells him that the people of Earth have fought {{Galactus}} several times [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu and won]]. The captain immediately issued a panicked order to retreat before the humans have a chance to notice them.

* During one of the {{Firestorm}} annuals, Firestorm has decided to protect mankind by, of course, disarming all nuclear weapons, everywhere. Before it's done he ends up in New Mexico fighting against a Soviet agent named Pozhar, when the President hits them both with a tactical nuke. And Army gets to watch Firestorm shut the whole thing down - Radiation, blast, everything. The General is less than sanguine about attacking Firestorm with conventional forces immediately afterwards, but follows the orders he is given.

* Done twice on the same page of ''{{Elfquest}}'', when Savah discerns Cutter's and Rayek's worst fears for the Challenge of Heart. In issue #21, containing preliminary sketches from the previous 20 issues, Rayek even says "Oh, shit!" in place of the eventual dialogue.

* One {{Daredevil}} arc had a new gang making a lot of trouble, leading to Daredevil busting in the door to the warehouse they are using as a headquarters. The head bad guy laughs as he points out that he has over a hundred men armed with guns and swords in the room. He then notices that Daredevil has brought along [[ComicBook/ImmortalIronFist Iron Fist]], [[LukeCageHeroForHire Luke Cage]], and Comicbook/{{Spider-Man}}.

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* As seen above, occasionally in ''SpyVsSpy'', the losing spy learns an important fact a couple of seconds too late..

* From the last issue of GlobalFrequency: We are so [[LeetLingo fux0r3d]].

* A particularly memorable one of these occurs in ''TheAuthority'' after it's implied that [[CaptainErsatz Captain America pastiche]] the Commander rapes Apollo. After incinerating the spine of the Commander, Apollo leaves him to his boyfriend, Midnighter, who shows up with a jackhammer. [[http://img46.photobucket.com/albums/v140/actizera/Comics/AuthorityPg2.jpg Oh crap]]...

* ''{{Superman}}'' has done this a few times. Some examples from ''WhateverHappenedToTheManOfTomorrow?'' include Superman frightening away some 30th century villains after hearing that [[spoiler:they [[BerserkButton killed Lana]]]], and later did the same to [[spoiler:Mr Mxyzptlk by pointing the Phantom Zone projector at him, causing him to panic and try to get away, which results in a fatal PortalCut.]]

** Even Bullseye gets a minor one, though one would imagine that it's covered up by him muttering "OK, yeah, I admit... That was pretty awesome."

* ''GothamCentral'' [[spoiler:Renee Montoya]] accidentally lets slips, to the ''Captain'' no less, that [[spoiler:Romy Chandler had her gun taken from her by Batman, after the detective shot at him.]] Everyone knows what's coming, and there's a single panel of Renee standing with her face displaying this perfectly.

* At the end of ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogMegaManWorldsCollide'', Sonic and Mega Man are set to utilize Chaos Control to fix the damage done to their worlds. However, Eggman refuses to remain beaten and [[spoiler:decides to attack Sonic while he's preparing his own Chaos Control attack. Then, when Sonic launches it, Eggman hits it with a laser, distorting it! Sonic's last words before everything goes white is "'''What did you just do?!''"]]

* Pretty much every time [[CalvinAndHobbes Hobbes pounces on Calvin]], Calvin makes an Oh Crap face just before impact. And it's always ''[[CrowningMomentOfFunny hilarious]]''.

'''Jitterjack:''' '''''HE HAVE SPARE!!!'''''

* Courtesy of [[TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'s ''DeffSkwadron'': Razguts (or whatever his name is) sees the [[CatchThatPigeon squigeon (serving as a carrier pigeon for the enemy)]] flying into a hole too small for his fighta-bommer, too late for him to turn.

* At the end of ''ComicBook/AgeOfUltron'', the skies over UltimateUniverse New York go wonky and ComicBook/UltimateSpiderMan Miles Morales goes to check it out... and finds [[spoiler:''the main universe Galactus looming overhead'']]

* In ''ComicBook/DeathOfTheFamily'', The Batfamily gets this at the end of the second main issue when [[spoiler: Joker says he knows all their identities, and gives proof by talking about Alfred (who he tortured) and the Batcave]].

* One {{Daredevil}} arc had a new gang making a lot of trouble, leading to Daredevil busting in the door to the warehouse they are using as a headquarters. The head bad guy laughs as he points out that he has over a hundred men armed with guns and swords in the room. He then notices that Daredevil has brought along [[ImmortalIronFist Iron Fist]], [[LukeCageHeroForHire Luke Cage]], and Comicbook/{{Spider-Man}}.

** Hal and his buddies have a moment like this when they see dozens of rings flying through the sky looking for new owners following [[spoiler: the escape of Superboy-Prime]]

* ''[[SpiderMan The Amazing Spider Man]]'' issue #230 features an epic battle between Spidey and [[ImplacableMan the Juggernaut]]. Webs does everything he can to stop Juggs, and finally steers a gasoline truck straight at the unstoppable one. An ENORMOUS boom results. Spidey has his Oh Crap moment as [[OutOfTheInferno a figure slowly appears in the flames]] and Juggernaut [[UnflinchingWalk continues advancing, completely unharmed]]...

* This is the typical reaction the average citizen has upon realizing he/she's in the presence of ''SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker''. He is even feared by almost every other villain and hero in the DCU. He is quite simply the most [[TheDreaded dreaded]] villain of Franchise/{{Batman}}'s RoguesGallery and one of the most in comics as a whole. When a guy with no superpowers causes as much or more panic than cosmic menaces like the Anti-Monitor or {{Darkseid}}, you know he's an evil, ''evil'' guy.
* [[SpiderMan The Amazing Spider Man issue #230]] features an epic battle between Spidey and [[ImplacableMan the Juggernaut]]. Webs does everything he can to stop Juggs, and finally steers a gasoline truck straight at the unstoppable one. An ENORMOUS boom results. Spidey has his Oh Crap moment as [[OutOfTheInferno a figure slowly appears in the flames]] and Juggernaut [[UnflinchingWalk continues advancing, completely unharmed]]...

* This is the typical reaction the average citizen has upon realizing he/she's in the presence of ''SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker''. He is even feared by almost every other villain and hero in the DCU. He is quite simply the most [[TheDreaded dreaded]] villain of {{Batman}}'s RoguesGallery and one of the most in comics as a whole. When a guy with no superpowers causes as much or more panic than cosmic menaces like the Anti-Monitor or {{Darkseid}}, you know he's an evil, ''evil'' guy.

* Many is the ''Comicbook/{{Batman}}'' comic which has included a panel of a gang of street thugs about to mug, murder, rape or otherwise harm an innocent civilian in a darkened alley or villains plotting evil deeds in some deserted warehouse (or penthouse with a convenient window or sunroof) gazing up in horror as the Dark Knight swoops down on them from whatever vantage point he had been observing them from to deliver an almighty ass-kicking, ForGreatJustice.

* The climax of ''VForVendetta'', as the new [[YouAreInCommandNow chief of police]] Dominic Stone oversees a massed but not yet violent mob, where the situation could go either way depending on whether or not V turns up at midnight. The chimes of Big Ben ring twelve times and he feels a bit better...but then he realises that Big Ben was blown up at the beginning of the story. As realisation sinks in, he looks up and sees V on a rooftop, provoking the second consecutive OhCrap.