History OhCrap / Videogames

** An actual ''mechanic'' for most {{Mook}}s is that when you approach them dashing at maximum speed, they will get stuck on a WildTake paralyzed with fear because of the pissed-off Italian barreling at them at Mach 3, disabling their offensive abilities.

'''Soldier:''': Ohhh, hell...\\

'''Scout:''' Ohhh...hey, uh, calm down there, you listening, uhh-[[OhCrap OH GOD! OMIGODOMIGODOMI]]\\

[[spoiler:''My blood! He punched out '''all''' my blood!'']]\\

[''Heavy opens the fridge and grabs the Sandvich'']

** There's also Meet the Sandvich, where we get an entirely verbal version-as the visual of the scene focuses on the Sandvich.
--->'''Soldier:''' He's getting away, don't let him get to the fridge! DO NOT DO IT...\\

'''[[MightyGlacier Heavy]]:''' Omm nom nom nom ahheheheh\\
'''Soldier:''': Ohhh, Hell\\
'''Scout:''' Ohhh...hey, uh, calm down there, you listening, uhh [[OhCrap OH GOD! OMIGODOMIGODOMI]]-- *CRUNCHWHUNCH*\\ [[spoiler:''My blood! He punched out '''all''' my blood!!]]

* In ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'' provides a great OhCrap moment in the Female City Elf origin: shortly after being kidnapped by Bann Vaughan for a "[[AttemptedRape party]]," the PC ends up in a back room, cornered by two guards who know that she's been trained as a warrior/rogue, about to be tied up for the ensuing atrocities. Then her cousin Soris shows up at the door and tosses her a sword; the guards look from Soris to the PC, and one of them mutters "Oh sod..."

::This is so iconic, various recreations have been inserted into other games. ''VideoGame/TalesOfVesperia'' has this ''exactly'' happen again in the Coliseum [[spoiler: when Rita unlocks INDIGNATION when fighting Dhaos.]]

-->''[[WelcomeToCorneria I must withdraw! I must withdraw! I must withdraw!''

* With the morale rules in ''VideoGame/DwarfFortress'', your military will do this when particularly badly pummelled. Or slightly pummelled. Or as soon as the enemy shows up.

-->'''[[ApocalypticLog Pirate Log]]:''' Horrific as it may sound, there are two of them now. We are bracing for a new assault.

** The obnoxious thugs who [[BullyingADragon beat up an]] [[DespairEventHorizon unresponsive Majima]] in chapter 15 realize how badly they screwed up in the final chapter [[CurbStompBattle when Majima actually fights back.]]

* In ''VideoGame/AdventureQuestWorlds''

* ''VideoGame/ArmoredCore For Answer'': "Please Accept My apologies, the briefing you saw was manufactured. This is the end of the road for you. I think you understand [[MoralEventHorizon why]]." Cue 4 Flying into the battlefield. And on Hard difficulty, there are ''five'', with the extra one being the mission control.
* ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed'': The default expression of Altair's and Ezio's targets.
* Happens late into ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedOdyssey'' as the Misthios and Deimos fight each other. [[spoiler: Kleon shoots an arrow into Deimos's back, making him have this reaction as the Misthios bears down on him and gives him a choice of two deaths: a neck snap or drowning him in a puddle on the beach.]]

* Right after the final fight in ''VideoGame/BioShock2'' [[spoiler:you run down a corridor right behind Eleanor to get to the escape sub before the charges are detonated that will hurl the entire complex into a deep sea trench. Then at the last corner the game changes to dramatic slow motion as Eleanor suddenly stops and it takes a moment for you to get around the corner to see the door blocked by lots of [[IncrediblyObviousBomb red crates and two gray boxes with blinking lights]].]]
* In ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'':

* ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty 4'':
** During the final gunfight, if you shoot Zakhaev's goons first, you'll have just enough time to see him spin around and give you a priceless "OH SHI-" look right before you shoot ''him.''
** Probably the BIGGEST OhCrap moment in all of Call of Duty happens as you assault Zakhaev's base (which is in fact a missile silo). You see a nuclear ICBM launch into the sky (remember, each of them has 6-12 high yield nukes in them...and they only take about 30 minutes to reach their target...and with no warning, it's unlikely to be stopped at all). And then [[FromBadToWorse ANOTHER ONE LAUNCHES.]] You've now got (maybe) 20 minutes to stop WorldWar3 and TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt.

* In ''VideoGame/CityOfHeroes'':

* ''VideoGame/ClockTower'' has one in Chapter 2 if you're playing as Stan Gotts. When he's first ambushed he, being a police officer, draws his sidearm and puts [[FiveRoundsRapid Three Rounds Rapid]] into the killer. ''Scissorman gets right back up'' and [[ImplacableMan shrugs off the rest of Gotts' gunshots like they were nothing]]. Yes, Gotts, Scissorman really is a supernatural demonic mass-murderer who may not even be killable, so ''[[RunOrDie start running]].''

* ''VideoGame/DeadRising2: Off the Record'': Frank actually utters the words [[spoiler:after trying to get Chuck Greene's attention... and accidentally grabbing "Katey" by the leg. After the drunken and despondent Chuck had just made it clear how protective he was of her.]]
* At the end of ''VideoGame/DeadSpace'' [[spoiler:[[TheMole Kendra]]]] has just enough time to exclaim "Oh my God!" before the HiveMind smashes [[spoiler:her]] into paste. Isaac [[TheQuietOne doesn't talk much]] but judging by his body language, he's having the same thoughts

* In ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry2DiddysKongQuest'', Diddy and Dixie's reaction to the appearance of bosses is having their eyes cartoonishly bug out of their head. Donkey Kong does it too during the final battle when K. Rool appears defeated only to get back up (At least the first two times...). During the final battle, if you get too close to K. Rool, your Kong will panic right as they see K. Rool [[PistolWhip smash them with the butt of his blunderbuss]] which costs you a Kong (or a life if it was your last one) while they get BlownAcrossTheRoom.

* Dagoth Ur from ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIIMorrowind'' completely breaks down in a rather short amount of time. In the first encounter with him, he is calm, collected and quite civil, even to the point of carrying a rather lengthy conversation with the player character before fighting him. After Ur retreats, he becomes more noticeably annoyed, but remains confident in himself and berates the player-character for being foolish. It's only when the player-character begins removing the enchantments (that allow Dagoth Ur and the Tribunal to connect to it) from the Heart of Lorkhan that Dagoth Ur loses it. Considering that is one thing he never expected anyone to do, his breakdown is plenty justified.
* In ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim'', the first dragon you face screams [[BigNo "No!"]] when you strike the killing blow and he realizes that you are a Dragonborn, a mortal with a dragon's soul who has the power to permanently kill dragons by absorbing their souls. Another dragon roars in shock when you manage to trap him like a rat. Finally, [[spoiler:[[BigBad Alduin]] has a moment like this when you strike the final blow. He breaks down mentally as his body breaks down physically, protesting that he cannot die.]]

** Link has quite a few of these moments in ''The Wind Waker''. The first of them is when he is about to be literally catapulted to the interior of Forsaken Fortress. The second is when he retrieves his sword in said fortress but then he gets trapped in a small battle arena where he has to fight a Bokoblin. The third is when Ganondorf tells him that the Master Sword lost its power.

** Tatl has one in ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask]]''. After defeating the Skull Kid, she starts going on about how much of an idiot he was. An offscreen voice agrees with her, and she emphatically continues, thinking it's the Skull Kid coming to his senses, until she realizes it's ''Majora's Mask'' -- the thing she basically thought was just an ''accessory'' -- that is speaking. She may be a glowing ball of light, but you just ''know'' that if she had a visible face, it would have a major Oh Crap expression.

* Every falling scene in the ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigi'' series. The reactions on the Bros.'s faces are just priceless in all of them. Also, every time Mario and Luigi come across a boss. Luigi just freaks out instantly.
** ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiBowsersInsideStory'':
*** Against the bosses sometimes as well. The reaction of Midbus and minions in Bowser's Castle when Bowser nearly throws it halfway across the kingdom is priceless. As is the reaction of the Monty Moles driving the Fawful Express after seeing Bowser's massive eyes through the windscreen.
*** In contrast, when Midbus is roasted by giant Bowser, he reacts in an unimpressed deadpan manner.
** Mario and Dreambert's reaction in VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiDreamTeam when they realise the living version of Mount Pajamaja is about to ram them at about 90 miles per hour. Of course, it's pretty likely near anyone else would react the same way to that situation.

* ''{{Misao}}'': If you choose to sacrifice the wrong person, you end up being transported back to the real world ''with the killer''. You see the [[TraumaCongaLine chain of events]] leading to Misao's murder, and Aki is left with the murderer before her. It only gets worse when [[spoiler:the killer realises that Aki saw the flashbacks too, and now [[HeKnowsTooMuch knows everything]]]].
* ''VideoGame/ModernWarfare 2'':
** In multiplayer, scoring 25 kills in a single life will give you the Tactical Nuke killstreak. When it's deployed, the normally calm and collected announcers will scream that a nuke is inbound. Even the [[TheStoic Task Force 141 announcer]] is noticeably panicked. It's up to you to imagine the looks on their faces.
--> ''TACTICAL NUKE, INCOMING!!!''
** You essentially get the same effect if the enemy should ever get an AC-130. The announcers tend to be calm and focused for most of the match until either a nuke or AC-130 appears. Especially the Spetsnaz announcer. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1m7u4WU2hs Listen for yourself.]]
** There's also one instance during the campaign: When Price boards the Russian submarine all by himself and [[spoiler:launches an ICBM]], all that Ghost can do is helplessly scream ''"CODE BLACK! [[NukeEm CODE BLACK!!!]]"'' into the radio.

* In the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nku5riEKsTE GameStop ad]] for ''VideoGame/NewSuperMarioBros1'', the bunny, an {{Expy}} of Mario, takes advantage of his power-up, for a short while. Then it wears off and the bunny freaks out.
* [[VideoGame/NightmareHouse You can't escape from the Nightmare House.]]

* In ''VideoGame/PaperMario64'', starting at Chapter 4 and up, there are numerous occasions where {{Mooks}} will absolutely freak out upon seeing you while they guard an important location, some of which ''yell out up front'' that they don't stand a chance.
* ''VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor'': There's quite the panic during the initial encounters with Cortez's ZergRush of Blue Bubbles.
%%** Hordes of skeletons and {{Descending Ceiling}}s [[SpikesOfDoom with spikes]].

* Both Mario and Petey Piranha in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioSunshine'' express an "oh crap" moment in Episode 2 of Bianca Hills when the top of the windmill they're standing on starts to crack before giving way and making them fall down. Despite the fact that Petey has no visible eyes, you can still tell that he knows he's screwed before he and Mario take the plunge.
* Hariet of the Broodals in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioOdyssey''. When you knock off her hat (her only defense against your attacks), she reaches up to her head and freaks out a bit when she realizes she's not wearing it.
* In ''VideoGame/SuperMarioWorld2YoshisIsland'', if Yoshi [[SkippableBoss kills Naval Piranha before Kamek can turn her giant]], Kamek yells "OH, MY!!!" and flies off. Also, Yoshi [[AsideGlance looks at the player wide-eyed]] while Kamek shrinks him so Prince Froggy can eat him.

** The obnoxious thugs who beat up an [[DespairEventHorizon unresponsive Majima]] in chapter 15 realize how badly they screwed up in the final chapter [[CurbStompBattle when Majima actually fights back.]]

* In ''VideoGame/DeepRockGalactic'', the voice callouts for pinging a Bulk Detonator are all variations of this. A Bulk Detonator is a BossInMooksClothing with powerful attacks, burrowing abilities, and a death blast that can potentially wipe out an entire team, so the callout is useful to warn new players that they ''need'' to take this thing seriously.

** The Platinum Cup in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsI'' '''definitely''' counts. For those familiar with the Final Fantasy series, they'll assuredly be wondering just what foe awaits in the Platinum Cup, for those unaware, the "Platinum" in "Platinum Cup" is quite the clear giveaway, for once Sora arrives, he witness a strange magical phenomenon occur, and once it concludes the back of a certain '''well-known''' someone is shown[[spoiler:, as well as a certain '''unmistakable''' singular wing on said back...]] Those that know the Final Fantasy series well enough will '''clearly''' know who it is from the back alone, for the opponent Sora fights [[spoiler: is none other than freakin' '''[[TheDreaded Sephiroth]] himself...!''']] For first-timers that know this character, this'll set off quite the few internal alarms, for '''very good reason'''...

--> '''Slippy:''' [[CasualDangerDialog Hey! Nice aircraft, guys!]]

** Flowey gives one at the end of the [[KillEmAll Genocide]] route as part of a monologue that essentially boils down to "We get along so well. I mean, just look at us; we're both remorseless mass-murderers who wouldn't hestitate to... [[ExplainExplainOhCrap kill... each other... oh no...]]"

** From an early scene where two [[DeepSouth Terran]] [[RecycledINSPACE soldiers]] hit what they think is a dog with a jeep.

* In ''VideoGame/HorizonForbiddenWest'', [[spoiler:Aloy has this moment, when she visits Thebes, which is Ted Faro's personal bunker, in the ruins of San Francisco. The reason? She later uses her Focus to check the map of the facility... And she later sees a giant red growth that is covering the ''entire'' reactor room. To her utter horror, Aloy realises that it is Ted Faro, who has been severely mutated into an unrecognisable MeatMoss after ''centuries'' of isolation, due to an uncontrollable cell mutation. Even Ceo, an obsequious follower of Ted, could only look at disgust of what was once Ted Faro. Not to mention, the ''fleshy'' sounds he made when Ceo went inside.]]

** Opening cinematic for the first VideoGame/MechCommander. Light squad of Inner Sphere mechs is scouting an urban environment, when out steps a Clan Mad Cat -- a 75-ton assault machine somehow undetected by the Raven scout mech whose entire purpose is sensor recon. The Mad Cat pilot wastes no time, disposing of the second-heaviest IS mech with his first barrage. Commands from overhead result in everybody except the Raven pilot running for their lives, as the VideoGame/MechCommander's superiors watch in confusion. The Raven is instructed to GET THE MAD CAT'S ATTENTION. The Raven pilot follows orders and unleashes his scout mech's weapons against the Mad Cat, a move that which does little more than nothing. Except piss off the Mad Cat pilot, which turns to face him. Cue background-stretching perspective shot and, "...I've got his attention, sir..." as the Raven pilot realizes he's staring down the guns of a Mech that is double his weight, almost as fast, and had already effortlessly wiped out one teammate. The VideoGame/MechCommander leads the Raven into a dead end while fleeing the pursuing Mad Cat. [[spoiler:It was a distraction to give the rest of the squad a chance for tactical movement and a clear shot at the Mad Cat's back. The Mad Cat falls for it, tunneling on pursuing the Raven and getting shot in the back before he can deliver a coup de grace. Of course, a well-trained Clanner would have been slow to remember that while Clanners like samurai-style duels, Spheroids are {{Combat Pragmatist}}s.]]

** Opening cinematic for the first VideoGame/MechCommander. Light squad of Inner Sphere mechs is scouting an urban environment, when out steps a Clan Mad Cat -- a 75-ton assault machine somehow undetected by the Raven scout mech whose entire purpose is sensor recon. The Mad Cat pilot wastes no time, disposing of the second-heaviest IS mech with his first barrage. Commands from overhead result in everybody except the Raven pilot running for their lives, as the VideoGame/MechCommander's superiors watch in confusion. The Raven is instructed to GET THE MAD CAT'S ATTENTION. The Raven pilot follows orders and unleashes his scout mech's weapons against the Mad Cat, a move that which does little more than nothing. Except piss off the Mad Cat pilot, which turns to face him. Cue background-stretching perspective shot and, "...I've got his attention, sir..." as the Raven pilot realizes he's staring down the guns of a Mech that is double his weight, almost as fast, and had already effortlessly wiped out one teammate. The VideoGame/MechCommander leads the Raven into a dead end while fleeing the pursuing Mad Cat. [[spoiler:it was a distraction to give the rest of the squad a chance for tactical movement and a clear shot at the Mad Cat's back. The Mad Cat falls for it, tunneling on pursuing the Raven and getting shot in the back before he can deliver a coup de grace. Of course, a well-trained Clanner would have been slow to remember that while Clanners like samurai-style duels, Spheroids are {{Combat Pragmatist}}s.]]