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2[[caption-width-right:200:''[-Step 1:-]'' [-Observe OhCrap situation.-]\
3''[-Step 2:-]'' [-Emit Loud Gulp.-]]]
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5A ReactionShot where a character emits a clearly audible ''*Gulp!*'' Sometimes accompanied by a visibly-bobbing Adam's apple. Usually happens in an OhCrap situation.
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7This happens because fear releases stress hormones that stimulate the body and keep it alert. Cortisol, a panic hormone, has a "side effect" of drying your mouth when it's elevated. The gulp spreads any leftover saliva around and helps lubricate your dry throat and mouth.
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9Very popular in [[WesternAnimation animated works]], [[ComicBooks graphic novels]], and NewspaperComics.
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11Also see SpitTake and SayingSoundEffectsOutLoud. Not to be confused with GiganticGulp, nor is it related to a character loudly gulping as a result of actually swallowing something. Contrast {{Ahem}}.
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13!!Examples:
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17[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
18* In ''Literature/FullMetalPanic'', [[OneManArmy Sōsuke]] visibly gulping can only mean one thing: [[{{Tsundere}} Kaname]] is '''PISSED'''.
19* In ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'', Sakura did a loud gulp when they enter a classroom full of thugs. [[OhCrap All of which, stared at her team.]]
20* The ''Anime/FullmetalAlchemist2003'' episode "The Tale of Teacher" has Izumi do this when she finds out she must survive one month alone in the Briggs Mountains in order to earn an apprenticeship.
21* ''Literature/{{Bakemonogatari}}'':
22** In "Kizumonogatari II: Nekketsu", Araragi does this while preparing to fight Guillotinecutter and while talking to Hanekawa.
23** Happens in episodes 1 and 2 of "Nekomonogatari", such as when Araragi approaches Heart-Under-Blade.
24* In the first segment of ''Anime/M78LoveAndPeace'', right before the domino race starts as the camera pans across a quiet stadium filled with Ultras and kaiju, one of the kaiju, Gamekujira, can be heard gulping amidst the silence.
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28* Used to be a standard WrittenSoundEffect in [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age]] and [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]] ComicBooks: ''<Gulp!>, <Sob!>, <Sigh!>, <Choke!>,'' etc.
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32* A cheating student in ''ComicStrip/{{Zits}}'' does this when her teacher suspects her of using a (fictional) cheating website, www.bootleg.com, in order to get better grades in school.
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36* In one ''Blog/DaresWithNewton'' episode, Newton does this on after his dad get angry at him.
37--->'''Newton:''' AH! THERE'S A [[SpidersAreScary SPIDER]] ON YOUR FACE!!!
38--->'''Captain Pud:''' '''[[BigWhat WHAT?!]]''' [[WhereWhere Where?!]]
39--->(Newton punches his dad in the face)
40--->(Later, Newton watched in terror as his father gets [[HighPressureEmotion really angry at him]])
41--->Captain Pud: '''[[SayMyName NEEEEEEEEEEEWWTOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON!!!!!!!!!!!]]'''
42--->'''Newton:''' (gulps nervously)
43--->(Newton runs away from his dad as he screams his head off)
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45* [[Franchise/AceAttorney Phoenix Wright]] in ''WebAnimation/TurnaboutStorm'' reacts with this after hearing that dragons exist in [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Equestria]] and Twilight Sparkle's (the one responsible for him being dragged there) assistant Spike happens to be one.
46* ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'' fanfic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11886910/1/Gankona-Unnachgiebig-Unità Gankona, Unnachgiebig, Unità]]'': Let's just say if you tried playing a DrinkingGame while reading this story in which you take a drink every time the words "gulp", you would be knocked out ''cold''.
47* ''Webcomic/NaruHinaChronicles'': Naruto does this right before he asks Hinata if she wants to go on a date with him for the first time.
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50[[folder:Films -- Animation]]
51* Appears in ''Anime/SpiritedAway'' when Chihiro has to pick out which of the pigs are her parents
52* ''WesternAnimation/{{Bambi}}'': Thumper gulps when he meets Miss Bunny, a sign that he's been twitterpated.
53* In ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory1'', Woody gulps loudly when he sees Buzz Lightyear for the first time.
54* In ''WesternAnimation/ChickenRun'', all the chickens gulp in unison after Ginger tells them that the food they've been eating was to fatten them up for slaughter.
55* In ''WesternAnimation/HappyFeet'', Noah gulps when he sees a helicopter for the first time.
56* In ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch,'' Pleakley gives a very visible gulp after dodging a door-piercing ImprovisedWeapon thrown by Jumba (who was aiming at Stitch, but missed).
57* In ''WesternAnimation/TheRoadToElDorado'', Miguel and Tulio both do it when they have to play a ball game they've never played before against fifteen of the best players in the city, and are expected to win since they are gods.
58* In ''WesternAnimation/{{The Lion King|1994}}'', there's a group hyena gulp during the Simba/Scar confrontation at the end.
59-->'''Scar:''' Simba? Simba! Oh, I'm a little surprised to see you...''alive?'' ''[glares at the hyenas]''\
60'''Hyenas:''' (''Gulp!'')
61* In ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'', Randall does this when Boo defeats him and Sully tells him "Looks like you're out of the job."
62* The Were-Rabbit from ''WesternAnimation/TheCurseOfTheWererabbit'' emits a Loud Gulp as Victor Quartermaine takes aim at him during the final fight scene.
63* [[Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit Roger Rabbit]] does this in the opening cartoon "Somethin's Cookin". After a bunch of [[KnifeOutline knives pin him against the wall]] one final knife, a meat cleaver, hits the wall in between his legs [[GroinAttack just barely missing his crotch]]. His eyes bug out and dart to the cleaver as he gulps loudly.
64* ''WesternAnimation/OlafsFrozenAdventure'': Elsa audibly gulps as she resists the urge to vomit at the sight of Kristoff's holiday tradition (licking the forehead of a mud statue of a moss troll and making a wish).
65* In ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'', Jin gulps when Ming nods to him to bring out the final test for Mei.
66* In ''WesternAnimation/WindInTheWillows'', this is Toad's reaction when he's being sentenced to twenty years in prison.
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70* In ''[[Film/{{Grindhouse}} Death Proof]]'', Lee actually says "Gulp" when she realizes her friends have left her with mister Redneck Rapist.
71* In ''Film/FrightNight1985'', Peter Vincent does one after finding out Evil Ed [[TheReveal has become a vampire]], thanks to [[BigBad Jerry]] [[EvilIsCool Dandrige]].
72* Episode 1 of ''Franchise/StarWars'' has the entire Gungan army do this when they see the droid army deploying their infantry. Captain Tarpals then tells Jar Jar [[ThisIsGonnaSuck "Ouch time."]]
73* After Ricky's crazy-button has been pressed in ''Film/SilentNightDeadlyNightPart2'', his girlfriend lets out one as she realizes that Ricky is going to kill her next.
74* Scott Pilgrim does this in ''Film/ScottPilgrimVsTheWorld'' when he's about to be beat up by Lucas Lee's stunt doubles.
75* In ''Film/ProblemChild 2'', Ben Healy Jr. (Creator/JohnRitter) gulps audibly when asking nurse Amy Young (Creator/AmyYasbeck) out on a date out of nervousness.
76* In ''Film/PeeWeesBigAdventure''. Pee-Wee, when he learns that Large Marge is [[spoiler: a ghost.]]
77* Gatsby does one in ''Film/TheGreatGatsby2013'' during tea time with Daisy and Nick, probably due to nervousness.
78* Done by Oscar's dog in ''Film/{{Thankskilling}}'' after it stumbles across the killer turkey.
79* Topper Harley emits one in ''Film/HotShots'' after some of Ramada's flirting, and a similar one in ''Film/HotShotsPartDeux'' when she describes [[IdealizedSex what would happen if she stayed with him]].
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83* ''Literature/{{Goosebumps}}'':
84** ''Literature/AttackOfTheJackOLanterns'': Lee lets one out when the "burglars" tell him that his parents aren't around at the party, however it is part of an act.
85** ''Literature/TheHeadlessGhost'':
86*** Stephanie makes one when she thinks she invaded a ghost's quarters.
87*** Duane himself lets out a big gulp while hearing Seth's tale about him sneaking around Hill House.
88** ''Literature/MoreTalesToGiveYouGoosebumps'': Jenny lets out one while Tyler is telling her about the spirit of the harvest moon.
89* ''Literature/GoToSleepAJeffTheKillerRewrite'': Jeff gulps a huge lump that forms in his throat when a senior student compares Randy to a young [[Franchise/{{Halloween}} Michael Myers]] to say how infamous he is. Although Jeff is skeptical of the rumors, he can't help being fearful of encountering Randy again.
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93* ''Series/Warehouse13'':
94** Claudia has an epic one when she offhandedly mentions a few major recent incidents at the Warehouse, and Mrs. Fredericks asks her to "debrief" her on them.
95** Claudia also has an absolutely adorable Double Gulp at the end of "Age Before Beauty", when her crush Todd makes a surprise appearance at the episode's end.
96* Done several times by Don Ramón in ''Series/ElChavoDelOcho'', always while looking at the camera.
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98* ''Series/IZombie'': Liv does this after Ravi catches her eating brains and ramen.
99* Several times throughout ''Series/TheWonderYears'', whenever Kevin had an OhCrap moment, the narrator would simply say, [[SayingSoundEffectsOutLoud "Gulp!"]]
100* On ''Series/SesameStreet,'' Kermit the Frog does this at the prospect of eating a fly.
101* Sneaky version in ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'': While discussing the newly-found [[LostSuperweapon scythe]] in Season 7, they stumble upon an ancient name for it: "M question-mark." Giles points out that the "question mark" (ʔ) is actually a glottal stop in the International Phonetic Alphabet. What does "mʔ" sound like? The English word would be "gulp."
102* Several times on ''Series/EvenStevens''; usually by Ren, like when she loses a princess in "The King Sloppy"
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106* Wrestling/VinceMcMahon, Wrestling/{{WWE}} owner, has turned this into an art.
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110* Newton from ''VideoGame/LittleBigPlanet3'' has one of these when he gets scold by his dad.
111* In ''VideoGame/HyruleWarriorsAgeOfCalamity'' during the mission Urbosa, the Gerudo Chief, Master Kohga did it twice. The first was in the Battle Log and the other was during the cutscene Slippery as a Banana Peel! after defeated by Urbosa and the rest.
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113* Happens in ''VideoGame/BrainDead13'' when Lance is fighting the ghosts.
114* Quite a few in ''VideoGame/TalesOfMonkeyIsland'', actually:
115** In Chapter 2, Guybrush does this when he tries showing Morgan the Pyrite Parrot, and she says that since the parrot is cute, she'll take it as a souvenir after she kills Guybrush.
116** In Chapter 4, when Stan asks, "No hard feelings over all those various civil and criminal charges?" Guybrush replies, "Water under the bridge!" before raising his hook and continuing, "A bridge with a fast-talking shyster-slash-salesman dangling from it," causing Stan to gulp in fear.
117* Zero in ''VideoGame/MegaManZero'' emits one when he's riding Omega's missile and realizing he's about to get hit by an '''ICBM.'''
118* In the Subspace Emissary campaign of ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Brawl,'' the Ice Climbers do this just as Meta Knight prepares to battle Lucario in a cutscene.
119* Happened in ''VideoGame/Sly2BandOfThieves'' when Bentley had to drive the Cooper Van which [[DrivingStick had a stick shift.]]
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123* Done a number of times on ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'':
124** Fightgar of the WebAnimation/CheatCommandos does this in the short "Shopping For Danger" when Gunhaver orders him to go undercover.
125** In the intro movie for stage 5 of ''VideoGame/{{Stinkoman 20X6}}'', 1-Up does this when Stinkoman refuses to help and tells him he's on his own looking for Pan Pan.
126** In "Date Nite", Homestar makes this remark when he learns Marzipan is going out with The Cheat.
127--->'''Homestar:''' So what are you saying? That you... [[SayingSoundEffectsOutLoud gulp]]... ''want his bod''?!
128** Homestar gulps nervously in "A Death-Defying Decemberween" when Bubs gives him a new sled that doubles as a tombstone if he doesn't survive his trip down the Steep Deep.
129** Gunhaver, Silent Rip and Crackotage all gulp collectively when they meet with the Topplegangers in Part 2 of "2 Part Episode".
130** The 2019 HalloweenEpisode "The Homestar Runner Enters the Spooky Woods" makes a RunningGag out of The Homestar Runner loudly gulping in fear.
131* ''Franchise/{{Tamagotchi}}'': Kuchipatchi's father makes one in a ''Sorette, Kuchipatchi.'' short where he's scared to try Kuchipatchi's disgusting-looking food.
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135* ''Webcomic/PixieAndBrutus'': [[RascallyRaccoon Randal]] lets out an audible gulp after hearing the threat Brutus makes upon learning that he threatened [[CuteKitten Pixie]].
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139* Parodied in [[http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1926083 this College Humor video]].
140* Used in Bin Banter 4 when Unicron finds out he might get eaten.
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144* ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'': Gumball does this in "The Curse".
145* Disney has two stock sound effects of this that often appear in either the WesternAnimation/ClassicDisneyShorts, or their [[Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon classic animated films]] up to at least the late 1970s. In fact, this is Donald Duck's standard OhCrap ReactionShot. WesternAnimation/{{Goofy}} does it fairly often too.
146* ''WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse1983'': In "Diamond Ray of Disappearance", Teela is confronted by the villain and does a '''very''' deep gulp.
147* WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes gives us "Hopalong Casualty." When the coyote reads the fine print on the Earthquake Pills label ("Caution: not effective on road runners"), this is his reaction.
148* Happens in [[OnceAnEpisode every episode]] of ''WesternAnimation/MoralOrel'', just before Orel's father beats him as punishment for whatever he did wrong that day. CharacterDevelopment ensues when he stops reacting with this trope and starts to respond with a deadpan response.
149* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'':
150** Rainbow Dash does this in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E16SonicRainboom Sonic Rainboom]]" three times as she grows increasingly nervous about her upcoming performance all the way up to the biggest part of her act.
151** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E6BoastBusters Boast Busters]]", Twilight Sparkle does this when she realizes she has to fight [[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever an angry bear about a hundred times her size.]] She then [[BadassBookworm defeats the giant bear quite handily.]]
152** Rainbow Dash manages to get a flamingo to do this during a DrillSergeantNasty routine in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E7MayTheBestPetWin May the Best Pet Win!]]"
153** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS7E10ARoyalProblem A Royal Problem]]", after [[spoiler:switching Princesses Luna and Celestia's cutie marks, and thus their roles for a day]], Starlight Glimmer says "There! Now you'll know exactly what it's like to... be each other." Followed by a loud, pained gulp.
154* Early, extreme example in the WesternAnimation/OswaldTheLuckyRabbit cartoon ''The Fowl Ball'' (1930). As nervous Oswald loudly gulps, his Adam's apple bobs in his throat--and it's shaped like a ''real'' apple, complete with stem.
155* ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls1998''
156** All three Girls do this in "Reeking Havoc" when the Professor suggests they try eating his chili.
157** Buttercup in "The Boys Are Back In Town".
158** Bubbles ([[ItMakesSenseInContext whilst disguised as Boomer]]) in "Bubble Boy" after being dared to eat a roach by Brick.
159* Sabrina does this in ''WesternAnimation/SabrinaTheAnimatedSeries'' in "Fish Schtick" where she has to jump off the high board to prove that she's the most talented.
160* Shaggy and Scooby do this in ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooWrestlemaniaMystery'' when they see that their opponent is Kane.
161* Bart gets this in ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode "Burns Verkaufen Der Kraftwerk" when Marge orders him to get Homer from Moe's right after he plays one of his prank phone calls on Moe.
162** He also does it in "Principal Charming" when Skinner screams his name over the intercom for writing his name on the playground with sodium tetrasulfide.
163** She also does it twice in "Witchitis" where she's afraid to get a shot.
164* Happens very frequently in ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry'' cartoons, with either Tom ''or'' Jerry in an OhCrap situation.
165* ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'':
166** Tyler does one in "[[Recap/TotalDramaDodgebrawl Dodgebrawl]]" after Duncan threatens to kill the entire team if they wake him.
167** The contestants are sent out to go camping in "[[Recap/TotalDramaTheSuckyOutdoors The Sucky Outdoors]]" and Izzy is inspired to give a detailed account of a bear encounter she once had. Once she's done, she encourages the Screaming Gophers onwards. Lindsay, who is taken aback by Izzy's story, gulps.
168** Cameron does one after being told he has to steal the go-karts from Chef in "[[Recap/TotalDramaGrandChefAuto Grand Chef Auto]]".
169* ''WesternAnimation/WorkItOutWombats'': Zeke gulps loudly when Malik tries to take him zip lining in "Brother Day."
170* ''WesternAnimation/XMenEvolution'' this was Evan Daniels' reaction to being caught by the police in his school after [[TheRival Quicksilver]] vandalizes the school.
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