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* In {{Threads}}, we get the scene where the air-raid sirens begin blaring. We get plenty of "OhCrap" faces here. Then people see the mushroom cloud...

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* In {{Threads}}, we get the scene where the air-raid sirens begin blaring. We get plenty of "OhCrap" faces here. Then people see the mushroom cloud...cloud...
* In ''CriminalMinds'' episode '''Ashes to Dust''', the MonsterOfTheWeek has this expression just as he realizes that his "accomplice" didn't intend to leave the building alive and planned to kill them both in the fire.
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* In ''{{Community}}'' episode [[Recap/CommunityS1E23ModernWarfare Modern Warfare]] Abed's realization at the men's room urinal when he sees fresh green paint roll down, [[spoiler:highlighting the paintball outline of the previous users [[CampingACrapper who got trapped there]].]]

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* In ''{{Community}}'' episode [[Recap/CommunityS1E23ModernWarfare Modern Warfare]] Abed's realization at the men's room urinal when he sees fresh green paint roll down, [[spoiler:highlighting the paintball outline of the previous users [[CampingACrapper who got trapped there]].]]]]
* In {{Threads}}, we get the scene where the air-raid sirens begin blaring. We get plenty of "OhCrap" faces here. Then people see the mushroom cloud...
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* On second to last episode of Becker, the scene at 8 minutes we see Becker's biggest 'Oh Crap' as he listens to a Tear Jerker shttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIQNOBtvd2g

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* On second to last episode of Becker, the scene at 8 minutes we see Becker's biggest 'Oh Crap' as he listens to a Tear Jerker shttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIQNOBtvd2gcom/watch?v=OIQNOBtvd2g
* In ''{{Community}}'' episode [[Recap/CommunityS1E23ModernWarfare Modern Warfare]] Abed's realization at the men's room urinal when he sees fresh green paint roll down, [[spoiler:highlighting the paintball outline of the previous users [[CampingACrapper who got trapped there]].]]
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** In the season one finale almost every character has visions of lost loved-ones telling them to open the Rift. Jack is unconvinced, but the rest of the team [[IGotBetter overpower]] him. They go outside and find the oh-so-helpful Bilis, [[spoiler: who informs them that they have released Abaddon, son of the [[Recap/DoctorWhoNSS2E9TheSatanPit Beast]]. They slowly turn around to see [[http://images.wikia.com/tardis/images/a/a3/5jhchx.jpg this]] towering over the city.]] OhCrap indeed.
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** A particularly good example has Wolfram & Hart,the evil corporation that has been trying to make Angel's life Hell and profits on people's misery,being trapped by Darla and Drusilla.Angel comes in an expected ''{{BigDamnHeroes}}'' moment only to subvert it by saying He won't save Them.The look on Holland Manners' face is brilliant.He pleads "People are going to die",only for Angel to echo His earlier comments:"And yet,somehow,I just can't seem to care".Its the first major sign of Ange's descent but its hard not to cheer for the ''{{LaserGuidedKarma}}'' the lawyers received

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** A particularly good example has Wolfram & Hart,the Hart, the evil corporation that has been trying to make Angel's life Hell and profits on people's misery,being misery, being trapped by Darla and Drusilla.Drusilla. Angel comes enters in an expected ''{{BigDamnHeroes}}'' moment BigDamnHeroes moment, only to subvert it by saying He he won't save Them.them. The look on Holland Manners' face is brilliant.brilliant. He pleads "People are going to die",only die!", only for Angel to echo His [[IronicEcho echo]] his earlier comments:"And yet,somehow,I comments: "And yet, somehow, I just can't seem to care".Its care." It's the first major sign of Ange's descent Angel's descent, but its it's hard not to cheer for the ''{{LaserGuidedKarma}}'' LaserGuidedKarma the lawyers receivedreceived.
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* The second episode of the 1981 BBC mini-series adaptation of {{The Day of the Triffids}}, the hero John witnesses a number of these reactions when he meets individuals who realize that 99% of the population has gone blind, and they start thinking through the consequences. A medical doctor eventually jumps to his death rather than deal with the aftermath. John himself has a similar expression on his face as the father of a young, working-class family walks him through the implications.

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* The second episode of the 1981 BBC mini-series adaptation of {{The Day of the Triffids}}, the hero John witnesses a number of these reactions when he meets individuals who realize that 99% of the population has gone blind, and they start thinking through the consequences. A medical doctor eventually jumps to his death rather than deal with the aftermath. John himself has a similar expression on his face as the father of a young, working-class family walks him through the implications.implications.
* On second to last episode of Becker, the scene at 8 minutes we see Becker's biggest 'Oh Crap' as he listens to a Tear Jerker shttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIQNOBtvd2g
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* In the new BBC show {{Sherlock}}, an Oh Crap moment occurred for Sherlock at the end of The Great Game when [[spoiler: Moriarty is revealed to be John. Don't worry, he got better. Sort of.]]

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* In the new BBC show {{Sherlock}}, an Oh Crap moment occurred for Sherlock at the end of The Great Game when [[spoiler: Moriarty is revealed to be have John. Don't worry, he got better. Sort of.]]
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* The second episode of the 1981 BBC mini-series adaptation of [[The Day of the Triffids]], the hero John witnesses a number of these reactions when he meets individuals who realize that 99% of the population has gone blind, and they start thinking through the consequences. A medical doctor eventually jumps to his death rather than deal with the aftermath. John himself has a similar expression on his face as the father of a young, working-class family walks him through the implications.

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* The second episode of the 1981 BBC mini-series adaptation of [[The {{The Day of the Triffids]], Triffids}}, the hero John witnesses a number of these reactions when he meets individuals who realize that 99% of the population has gone blind, and they start thinking through the consequences. A medical doctor eventually jumps to his death rather than deal with the aftermath. John himself has a similar expression on his face as the father of a young, working-class family walks him through the implications.
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* In the new BBC show {{Sherlock}}, an Oh Crap moment occurred for Sherlock at the end of The Great Game when [[spoiler: Moriarty is revealed to be John. Don't worry, he got better. Sort of.]]

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* In the new BBC show {{Sherlock}}, an Oh Crap moment occurred for Sherlock at the end of The Great Game when [[spoiler: Moriarty is revealed to be John. Don't worry, he got better. Sort of.]]]]
* The second episode of the 1981 BBC mini-series adaptation of [[The Day of the Triffids]], the hero John witnesses a number of these reactions when he meets individuals who realize that 99% of the population has gone blind, and they start thinking through the consequences. A medical doctor eventually jumps to his death rather than deal with the aftermath. John himself has a similar expression on his face as the father of a young, working-class family walks him through the implications.
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* In {{BBC Sherlock}}, the look on Sherlock's face at the end of The Great Game when [[spoiler: Moriarty is revealed to be John. Don't worry, he got better. Sort of.]]

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* In {{BBC Sherlock}}, the look on Sherlock's face new BBC show {{Sherlock}}, an Oh Crap moment occurred for Sherlock at the end of The Great Game when [[spoiler: Moriarty is revealed to be John. Don't worry, he got better. Sort of.]]
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** When Hodgins blows Angela's secret that she thought she was pregnant to Wendell.

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** When Hodgins blows Angela's secret that she thought she was pregnant to Wendell.Wendell.
* In {{BBC Sherlock}}, the look on Sherlock's face at the end of The Great Game when [[spoiler: Moriarty is revealed to be John. Don't worry, he got better. Sort of.]]
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** A particularly good example has Wolfram & Hart,the evil corporation that has been trying to make Angel's life Hell and profits on people's misery,being trapped by Darla and Drusilla.Angel comes in an expected ''{{BigDamnHeroes}}'' moment only to subvert it by saying He won't save Them.The look on Holland Manners' face is brilliant.He pleads "People are going to die",only for Angel to echo His earlier comments:"And yet,somehow,I just can't seem to care".Its the first major sign of Ange's descent but its hard not to cheer for the ''{{LaserGuidedKarma}}'' the lawyers received
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* And in the Original Series episode ''Arena'' Kirk has just crept up on the Gorn and with some difficulty lobs a rock the size of his own head at it. The Gorn is too slow to dodge, and the rock scores a direct hit, with no visible effect whatsoever. Then the Gorn responds by picking up a ''four-foot diameter'' boulder of his own...
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** It's easy to deflect the ultimate weapon when you've just committed MindRape on one of the people responsible for its conception, as Locutus reminds Riker just after the failure.
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** ''MightyMorphinPowerRangers'' also gives us a few good ones. Rita's shocked "Huh?!" after the Mega Dragonzord vaporizes Mutitus, and a few "Uh-oh"s on some occasions when she sees her monster is about to die. In the third season her [[DemBones skeletal]] brother Rito Revolto also delivers a priceless "Uh-oh" when he sees the Ninja Mega Falconzord about to pound him. Then in ''PowerRangersZeo'' Rita and Zedd both have an OhCrap moment when they see the Machine Empire arriving, and flee in Serpentera.
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** In "The Itch," House uses a gigantic tank of aerosol pesticide to [[ItMakesSenseInContext kill a single mosquito]] in his apartment. He turns on the spray, spots the mosquito, which he chases to his gas range. He swats at the mosquito, misses, and accidentally lights the stove. When House realizes that the flammable pesticide is still filling his apartment, he simply mutters an interested "Oh" before his apartment explodes. [[spoiler:[[AllJustADream It turns out all right.]]]]

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** In "The Itch," House uses a gigantic tank of aerosol pesticide to [[ItMakesSenseInContext kill [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill a single mosquito]] in his apartment. He turns on the spray, spots the mosquito, which he chases to his gas range. He swats at the mosquito, misses, and accidentally lights the stove. When House realizes that the flammable pesticide is still filling his apartment, he simply mutters an interested "Oh" "Oh," before his apartment explodes. [[spoiler:[[AllJustADream It turns out all right.]]]]
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**In "The Itch," House uses a gigantic tank of aerosol pesticide to [[ItMakesSenseInContext kill a single mosquito]] in his apartment. He turns on the spray, spots the mosquito, which he chases to his gas range. He swats at the mosquito, misses, and accidentally lights the stove. When House realizes that the flammable pesticide is still filling his apartment, he simply mutters an interested "Oh" before his apartment explodes. [[spoiler:[[AllJustADream It turns out all right.]]]]
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* Niles Crane gives off an Oh Crap expression when, while driving home from work, is hearing Frasier having sex with Kate on the radio (due to Kate accidentally switching on the the microphone).

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* Niles Crane gives off an Oh Crap expression when, while driving home from work, is hearing Frasier having sex with Kate on the radio (due to Kate accidentally switching on the the microphone).microphone).
* ''Bones'' has several OhCrap moments:
**When Booth gets the phone call in ''Aliens in a Spaceship'' that Bones and Hodgins have been abducted by the Grave Digger.
**When Hodgins blows Angela's secret that she thought she was pregnant to Wendell.
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**Another one for Zod before the fight even starts, as he realizes that, oh yeah, Kryptonians possess [[spoiler: SUPER HEARING.]]
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** In ''Checkpoint'' (S5X12), at the very end of the episode, after Buffy's [[speech of awesome CrowningMomentOfAwesome]] against the Watcher's Council, she demands to know what Glory is.

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** In ''Checkpoint'' (S5X12), ''Checkpoint'', at the very end of the episode, after Buffy's [[speech [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome speech of awesome CrowningMomentOfAwesome]] awesome]] against the Watcher's Council, she demands to know what Glory is.
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** In ''Checkpoint'' (S5X12), at the very end of the episode, after Buffy's [[speech of awesome CrowningMomentOfAwesome]] against the Watcher's Council, she demands to know what Glory is.
-->'''Buffy:''' Just tell me. What kind of demon am I fighting?
-->'''Travers:''' ''(brief pause)'' Well, that's the thing. She's not a demon... She's a god.
-->'''Buffy:''' ''(eyes widening, lips quivering)'' Oh. ''(cut to credits)''
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** Even more so in the episode 'The Lover'. Michael tells him that he's sleeping with Pam's mom. Initially Jim thinks he's joking but when Michael tells him which car she drives, he goes 'Oh Shit!'.
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* Plenty in {{Supernatural}} what with the traveling the [[strike: world]] ''nation'' fighting monsters and pagan gods and such, and often barely winning. But when [[spoiler: the ArchangelLucifer tells Sam and Dean he knows they have the one thing that can trap them, in such a confident way as to explain that's not a problem,]] Dean can't even ''try'' to mask this face.

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* Plenty in {{Supernatural}} what with the traveling the [[strike: world]] ''nation'' fighting monsters and pagan gods and such, and often barely winning. But when [[spoiler: the ArchangelLucifer tells Sam and Dean he knows they have the one thing that can trap them, in such a confident way as to explain that's not a problem,]] Dean can't even ''try'' to mask this face.face.
* Niles Crane gives off an Oh Crap expression when, while driving home from work, is hearing Frasier having sex with Kate on the radio (due to Kate accidentally switching on the the microphone).
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* In the Season 3 [[SeasonFinale finale]] of ''{{Primeval}}'' [[spoiler:[[CompleteMonster Helen's]]]] face as a [[spoiler:velociraptor]] interrupts [[spoiler:her]] TheReasonYouSuckSpeech and MotiveRant to [[spoiler:give her a]] KarmicDeath is a joy to behold. It's like the universe itself got to give [[spoiler:her]] a ShutUpHannibal.

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* In the Season 3 [[SeasonFinale finale]] of ''{{Primeval}}'' [[spoiler:[[CompleteMonster Helen's]]]] face as a [[spoiler:velociraptor]] [[spoiler:Troodon]] interrupts [[spoiler:her]] TheReasonYouSuckSpeech and MotiveRant to [[spoiler:give her a]] KarmicDeath is a joy to behold. It's like the universe itself got to give [[spoiler:her]] a ShutUpHannibal.
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* On upcoming Spanish TV Series ElBarco, on the bridge of the titular ship, the captain comments on the noise the RADAR screen is making, saying that each dot on it represents a ship and the sounds mean those ships are emmitting an SOS signal. When the RADAR device turns '''completely silent''' and no ship appears anymore on the screen, those on the bridge (and those that are seeing it) are obviously thinking "Oh, crap."

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* On upcoming Spanish TV Series ElBarco, on the bridge of the titular ship, the captain comments on the noise the RADAR screen is making, saying that each dot on it represents a ship and the sounds mean those ships are emmitting an SOS signal. When the RADAR device turns '''completely silent''' and no ship appears anymore on the screen, those on the bridge (and those that are seeing it) are obviously thinking "Oh, crap.""
*Plenty in {{Supernatural}} what with the traveling the [[strike: world]] ''nation'' fighting monsters and pagan gods and such, and often barely winning. But when [[spoiler: the ArchangelLucifer tells Sam and Dean he knows they have the one thing that can trap them, in such a confident way as to explain that's not a problem,]] Dean can't even ''try'' to mask this face.
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* JAG: In the Season 8 episode, Empty Quiver, Cmdr. Turner is looking for a missing nuclear warhead with the submarine's loading crew. [[spoiler: They end up realizing that the warhead is missing because one of them put a little note on wrong, making it seem like the torpedo tube it was in was empty. It ended up getting shoot out while they were shooting water slugs back at the Navy dock. The look on their faces, that they lost a 10-ton nuclear warhead, caused a major panic attack for everyone involved, and killed their Navy careers because of one small friggin mistake, is this trope all over. On a similar note, though not shown on screen, the Navy probably had this when the warhead was declared missing to begin with.]]

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* JAG: In the Season 8 episode, Empty Quiver, Cmdr. Turner is looking for a missing nuclear warhead with the submarine's loading crew. [[spoiler: They end up realizing that the warhead is missing because one of them put a little note on wrong, making it seem like the torpedo tube it was in was empty. It ended up getting shoot out while they were shooting water slugs back at the Navy dock. The look on their faces, that they lost a 10-ton nuclear warhead, caused a major panic attack for everyone involved, and killed their Navy careers because of one small friggin mistake, is this trope all over. On a similar note, though not shown on screen, the Navy probably had this when the warhead was declared missing to begin with.]]]]
* On upcoming Spanish TV Series ElBarco, on the bridge of the titular ship, the captain comments on the noise the RADAR screen is making, saying that each dot on it represents a ship and the sounds mean those ships are emmitting an SOS signal. When the RADAR device turns '''completely silent''' and no ship appears anymore on the screen, those on the bridge (and those that are seeing it) are obviously thinking "Oh, crap."
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* Major Zod doesn't say anything when he is defeated in {{Smallville}}, but the look on his face as he realises that Clark, who [[spoiler: he has just stabbed with a Blue Kryptonite dagger and pushed off a building]] has outsmarted him and won the fight, is priceless. [[spoiler: Instant teleporation ensues]].

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* Major Zod doesn't say anything when he is defeated in {{Smallville}}, but the look on his face as he realises that Clark, who [[spoiler: he has just stabbed with a Blue Kryptonite dagger and pushed off a building]] has outsmarted him and won the fight, is priceless. [[spoiler: Instant teleporation ensues]].ensues]].
* JAG: In the Season 8 episode, Empty Quiver, Cmdr. Turner is looking for a missing nuclear warhead with the submarine's loading crew. [[spoiler: They end up realizing that the warhead is missing because one of them put a little note on wrong, making it seem like the torpedo tube it was in was empty. It ended up getting shoot out while they were shooting water slugs back at the Navy dock. The look on their faces, that they lost a 10-ton nuclear warhead, caused a major panic attack for everyone involved, and killed their Navy careers because of one small friggin mistake, is this trope all over. On a similar note, though not shown on screen, the Navy probably had this when the warhead was declared missing to begin with.]]
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** Played well with Cordelia when she finds herself transported to Hylia, a hell dimension. Looking around at the primeval forest, she loudly enunciates "Oh. Crap."
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* At the end of the season 5 finale of ''{{House}}'' when [[spoiler:House realises the hallucinations have not gone away, but gotten worse as imaginary Amber and Cutner show up to mock him, followed by what he thought was a lipstick tube in his hand being revealed as a vicodin bottle, meaning he'd gone from merely seeing people who he knew weren't there to full-blown losing track of reality, no words are said but the look is one of the strongest examples of this trope ever. He still has it as he's being driven to the rehab/asylum at the end]].

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* At the end of the season 5 finale of ''{{House}}'' when [[spoiler:House realises the hallucinations have not gone away, but gotten worse as imaginary Amber and Cutner Kutner show up to mock him, followed by what he thought was a lipstick tube in his hand being revealed as a vicodin bottle, meaning he'd gone from merely seeing people who he knew weren't there to full-blown losing track of reality, no words are said but the look is one of the strongest examples of this trope ever. He still has it as he's being driven to the rehab/asylum at the end]].
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** Another memorable one was during the "Bottle Rocket Blast-off". Memorable because Grant actually yelled "HOLY CRAP! RUN!" as the 2kg weight went way higher than expected.

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