Line #61 Main/ReactiveContinuousScream


1	[[quoteright:350:[[WesternAnimation/TheEmperorsNewGroove https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kuzco_comical_scream_6.png]]]]
2	[[caption-width-right:350:'''''AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!''''']]
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4	->''"The simple dog made the noise all through the night and was still going strong the next morning. When we were loading the dogs into the car, the constant, high-pitched sound emanating from the simple dog finally broke the helper dog. The helper dog wailed in anguish, which alarmed the simple dog. In her surprise, the simple dog let out a yelp, which further upset the helper dog. And so it continued in a wretched positive-feedback loop of completely unnecessary noise."''
5	-->-- ''Webcomic/HyperboleAndAHalf'', [[http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/11/dogs-dont-understand-basic-concepts.html Dogs Don't Understand Basic Concepts Like Moving]]
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7	Somebody is startled by another -- and screams. The surprise from being screamed at makes the other person scream (usually even louder than the originator), which leads to the first person continuing to scream, which makes the other scream even more.
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9	If more than two people are involved it can end up with a room filled with people screaming in surprise to no end, with no one really knowing ''why''. The OnlySaneMan may have to step in and restore order somehow. RuleOfFunny prevails--don't expect this to end simply because one or more characters, say, have to take a breath.
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11	Compare VomitChainReaction and OverlyLongScream. Contrast MassOhCrap where multiple characters have a screaming reaction to an event at the same time.
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13	Contrast EverybodyLaughsEnding, ContagiousLaughter, and EverybodyCries.
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16	!!Examples:
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20	[[folder:Advertising]]
21	* Fast food chain Burger King has this ad for the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qb8rK1Z4q5Y Jimmy Neutron]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSfSLdSW1cA Dexter's Laboratory]] toy lines, as part of the Burger King Big Kids Meals. The commercial has a genius girl presenting a hydro extracting machine to her family, where she places a picture of a Burger King employee holding up a Big Kids Meal. The machine then makes a small blue capsule, which the girl then places the capsule in a cup. She pours water into the cup, where the capsule turns into the Big Kids Meal. However, because the employee was also in the picture, a copy of that employee appears in the kitchen, thus scaring the family into screaming. The Burger King employee also screams with them.
22	* A variant used in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9ZtPRF3bJY this]] 2008 Super Bowl commercial with forest animals and a woman in a car about to hit a squirrel.
23	* Another variant was used in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDTZCgsZGeA a legendary Super Bowl commercial]], except a Reactive Continuous "WHASSAAAAAAAAP?" replaced the scream.
24	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzh03Tn5O1s This]] advert for the IHOP Fall Combo meal ends with a pumpkin with a realistic face (who was explaining the breakfast products) and a mailman screaming at each other, possibly because the pumpkin realized that humans were the ones who made the pancakes.
25	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdoFIupQg7Q This]] advert for the Old Navy Festi-Fleece has a family and a snowman screaming at each other, with the family freaking out over the talking snowman and the snowman himself freaking out over the family, believing them to be talking mannequins. While the family continues screaming, the snowman stops to tell himself to "go to his happy place".
26	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0Ymqg0OT4s This]] advert for the Snickers Ice Cream bar contains a SensoryAbuse-laden variation with a man, a woman with a son, a bodybuilder with a somehow-sentient tattoo, a married couple, a painting, and even a crab.
27	* This happens in the Paramount+ promotional video [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAW7EpuMniM Cave Painting]]. [[WesternAnimation/DoraTheExplorer Dora]], [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender Aang]], [[WesternAnimation/PeppaPig Peppa Pig]], [[WesternAnimation/BigNate Nate]], [[WesternAnimation/BluesCluesAndYou Blue]], [[WesternAnimation/PawPatrol Chase, and Skye]] are exploring a cave full of painting of various cartoon characters when Peppa happens to stumble across [[WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants Painty the Pirate]], who unexpectedly starts talking and says his trademark line "Are you ready, kids?!" This causes Peppa and the rest of the gang to freak out, with Painty joining in(though considering the tone and his line in the final scene: "I always do this..." it seems to be more of a frustrated one), before running right out of the cave.
28	* In the Advertising/MicrosoftOfficeXP ad "Clippy Goes Undercover", Clippy ([[UsefulNotes/MicrosoftOfficeAssistant the Microsoft paperclip]]), disguised as a woman's hat, blows his cover by taking a compliment for the woman about her "hat". The woman and her coworker freak out and start screaming and then Clippy joins in.
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31	[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
32	* ''Manga/HitomiChanIsShyWithStrangers'': During the SchoolFestival, one of the classrooms gets turned into a HauntedHouse. Hitomi is reluctantly convinced to go inside, where a girl dressed as a ghost jumps out to scare her. However, Hitomi's FaceOfAThug while screaming freaks out the "ghost" girl as well, causing the latter to scream. They both rush out of the room in a panic.
33	* ''Anime/Persona5TheAnimation'': Done in one episode when Makato encounters Futaba. She was so terrified that she emits a blood-curdling scream. That scream from Makato causes Futaba to scream along with her. And it causes the other Phantom Thieves to join in the mass chorus.
34	* In the Dressrosa arc of ''Manga/OnePiece'', it even serves as a ''plot point'': [[spoiler:When Sugar has Usopp at her mercy, she attempts to kill him by feeding him the [[BlazingInfernoHellfireSauce ultra-spicy grape]] that was intended to knock her out, which she mistook for poison. It's so freaking spicy that it causes him to scream his lungs out while making one hell of a WildTake. The sight of it caused Sugar to scream her own lungs out and faint, this accomplishing the goal that the grape was intended for in the first place, and the entire situation cause everyone present to scream their own lungs out in surprise.]]
35	* In ''Manga/SoulEater'', [[ButtMonkey Eruka]] and [[EldritchAbomination Asura]] do this when he wakes up for the first time in... eight hundred years.
36	* ''Manga/{{Yotsuba}}'': Yotsuba initiates a three-way scream that goes on for half a chapter; while showing a live frog she caught to her friend Ena, her other friend Miura shows up in an scarecrow outfit, causing Yotsuba to scream. Ena uses the frog to scare Miura, who screams and backs into Yotsuba, who renews her own screaming, and reflexively starts hitting her with Ena's favorite teddy bear, causing ''Ena'' to start screaming...
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39	[[folder:Comic Strips]]
40	* Done during the introduction of Lanolin and Bo in ''ComicStrip/USAcres''.
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43	[[folder:Fan Works]]
44	* [[https://www.tumblr.com/incorrectlbp/611531035668316160/avalon-screams-newton-screams-louder-larry This quote]] features [[VideoGame/LittleBigPlanet3 Newton]] and [[VideoGame/LittleBigPlanet2 Avalon]] (from the ''VideoGame/LittleBigPlanet franchise) having a screaming contest only for Larry and Clive, however, to notice what's going on...
45	---> "''Larry:'' Should we stop him?"
46	---> "''[[OnlySaneMan Clive:]]'': No, [[SarcasmMode I wanna see who wins]].
47	* Welp, speaking of ''VideoGame/LittleBigPlanet'', [[https://www.deviantart.com/ask-lbp3-group/art/DS-Newton-543282905 this fan art]] features the hero from ''VideoGame/DontStarve'' and [[VideoGame/LittleBigPlanet3 Newton]] getting startled by eachother due to encountering face to face all thanks to a CrossOver.
48	** Also, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJDvu0FKhqs here's a video]] only to feature... well...
49	* From ''Blog/AskFlufflePuff'', the short [[http://askflufflepuff.tumblr.com/post/40300533990/in-honor-of-reaching-over-3-000-friens "Bubbles"]] has Derpy blowing soap bubbles, [[EyeScream one of them popping in Fluffle Puff's eye]]. She starts screaming in pain, making Derpy scream in turn. It goes on and on until the episode ends.
50	* Happens in ''[[Theatre/AVeryPotterMusical A Very Potter Sequel]]'' when Ron pulls out his rat Scabbers, Harry starts screaming, only for Ron to join in.
51	* In ''VisualNovel/WelcomeToPonyville'', if you let DJ Pon-3 [[ItMakesSenseInContext sleep with you]], your character [[CatapultNightmare wakes up screaming from a nightmare]]. DJ Pon-3 starts screaming as well.
52	-->'''You:''' AAAAAAAAAAHHHH!\
53	'''DJ Pon-3:''' AAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!\
54	'''You:''' Huh? Why were you screaming?\
55	'''DJ Pon-3:''' I don't know, you were doing it, and it looked fun!
56	* Happens in ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXd9zFCSdzE What Makes Me Scream,]]'' the second entry in ''They Live in a Castle Shorts'', after Green Toad reveals that he screams when slapped in the face and Red Toad reveals that he screams when other people scream.
57	-->'''Red Toad:''' [[BlatantLies Oh no, there's a fly in your face!]] ''[slaps Green Toad]''\
58	'''Green Toad:''' ''''''''AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH--'''''\
59	'''Red Toad:''' '''''''''[[SensoryAbuse AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH]]--''''''''
60	* ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etMCFyafh7A One Night of Insanity]]'' has this happen between [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Bon-Bon]], who has just been placed in the room with the [[VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys2 withered animatronics]], and Foxy. This ultimately alerts the other animatronics, which at that point Foxy shuts up and [[OhCrap joins with said animatronics to get Bon-Bon]].
61	* ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged'':
62	** In Dragon Ball Kai Abridged Episode 1, Vegeta's yell of "[[MemeticMutation It's over nine thousand!]]" quickly becomes this between him and Nappa.
63	** In episode 27, Vegeta, Krillin and Gohan start screaming during their fight with Freeza.
64	--->'''Vegeta:''' Healer's down!\
65	'''Krillin:''' Need a rest!\
66	'''Gohan:''' Out of mana!\
67	(''Vegeta starts screaming and they all follow suit'')
68	** In "Cell vs [[Franchise/StreetFighter Ken and Ryu]]", when Ryu loses it and activates his SuperPoweredEvilSide, he starts screaming. Cell starts screaming as well, and then [[spoiler:Ryu tries to perform the Shun Goku Satsu, only for Cell to turn it around and KO Ryu with it]]. Afterward Cell shouts "''What just happened!?''"
69	* In ''Fanfic/WingsOfRebellion'', when Akechi and the Thieves are going through the HauntedHouse presentation at the Culture Festival, [[GenderFlipped Akira]] senses one of the students coming after her and rips her mask, making her scream. That scream leads to everbody screaming.
70	--> '''Akira''': I'll unmask you!
71	--> ''[everyone screams]''
72	--> '''Ryuji''': The hell, Akira? What are you doing?!
73	--> '''Akira''': Uh, sorry!
74	* In ''Fanfic/HuntersOfJustice'', when Beast Boy is knocked unconscious, he gets spooked by a representative of the Red (specifically a green monkey that appears on his shoulder), prompting this reaction, followed by him throwing the monkey.
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77	[[folder:Films -- Animation]]
78	* Done in ''WesternAnimation/BarbieFairytopia: Mermadia'' when Elina scares a Sea Butterfly and Bibble ends up screaming with her. Fairy Dandelion even joins in.
79	* ''WesternAnimation/CloudyWithAChanceOfMeatballs'': "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OT3obW9ztyU#t=25s Hair un-balder!]]" Now, what it does to Flint's dad... anyway, after that, BOTH of them are shown screaming for what is implied to be a long while until Flint's next invention is displayed.
80	* Not to mention when they encounter a strawberry in ''WesternAnimation/CloudyWithAChanceOfMeatballs2''. However, if that happens, Flint screams at Barry and Barry screams along with him and it causes Sam, Earl and the others, except this dude, whose holding the video camera, to join in the chorus.
81	* The page image is from ''WesternAnimation/TheEmperorsNewGroove'':
82	-->'''Pacha:''' ''[referring to [[ForcedTransformation Kuzco]]]'' AHHHH! [[FunnyAnimal Demon llama!]]\
83	'''Kuzco:''' ''[[[ObliviousTransformation unaware he is a llama]]]'' [[WhereWhere Demon llama?! Where?!]] ''[looks around and finds himself face-to-face with Pacha's llama Misty]'' AHHHHH!\
84	'''Misty:''' AHHHHH!
85	* Used repeatedly in [=DreamWorks=]/Aardman's ''WesternAnimation/FlushedAway'', between pampered house-rat Roddy and the GreekChorus of sewer slugs.
86	-->'''Roddy:''' ''[breathing deeply]'' All right, Roddy, old man. You can get yourself out of here, and you will. Never forget, The blood of the courageous James Clan flows through your veins.\
87	''[He turns to see dozens of slugs staring at him]''\
88	'''Roddy:''' [[OhCrap AAAAAHHHHH!!!]]\
89	'''Slugs:''' AAAAHHHHHHH!!!
90	* In ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKingOneAndAHalf'', when Timon and Pumbaa meet for the first time.
91	-->''AAAAAGGGHHHHH!!''\
92	''[the movie freeze frames on their hilarious screaming faces]''\
93	'''Pumbaa:''' You know, first impressions are very important.\
94	'''Timon:''' Oh, I thought you were a [[{{Pun}} scream]].
95	* ''WesternAnimation/OpenSeason'', This is how Boog the bear meets Elliot the mule deer. Boog hears mumbling and turns to see a mule deer tied to the hood of a truck. He sniffs and exclaims "that's nasty" and picks up a stick and pokes the deer with it...''and the deer's eye pops open''! Boog screams and Elliot screams back and continue to do so for about 10 seconds.
96	* In ''WesternAnimation/SharkTale'', Oscar does this with Ernie and Bernie, in which they end up doing it twice in a row.
97	* How does Woody learn about Bo's broken arm in ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory4''? He accidentally pulls it off, causing both of them to scream in fear... only for it to turn out that [[MajorInjuryUnderreaction Bo was just screwing with Woody]] as her scream quickly devolves into laughter.
98	* In ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'', when Mei's friends go to her house and see her in panda form for the first time, they let out a collective scream of shock, which prompts Mei to let out a shriek herself, realizing she just unwittingly exposed her form in front of them.
99	* ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerryTheMovie'': The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQAPnSJG4Mw In the rare Teaser]], Tom scares Jerry saying "Boo!", leading the both of them to scream [[EatTheCamera as the camera zooms into Tom's mouth]]. As you can tell, this gives no significance to what happens in the actual [[NeverTrustATrailer movie, and there's no scene in the film itself]].
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102	[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
103	* In the [[NeverTrustATrailer original trailer]] for ''Film/{{Clue}}'' there's a short instance where Mr. Green is screaming. Col. Mustard slaps him and yells, "WHY ARE YOU SCREAMING!!?" "Because I'm frightened!" "OF WHAT!!?" "Screaming!!"
104	* In ''Film/DrDolittle'', Dr. Dolittle's daughter Maya sneaks her guinea pig Rodney into the big Calnet meeting. He sneaks away into a bathroom and gets up on a toilet and starts sniffing around the rim, only for a woman that Dolittle treated earlier for a shellfish allergy to come in trying to sneak another snack. She sits down on him. Hearing his squeaking, she sees him and he sees her and they do this (with Rodney going "Aaahh yourself!"). She flushes the toilet and leaves, and he shouts "Somebody get the license plate number! I have just been violated!"
105	* In ''Film/DraculaDeadAndLovingIt'', Renfield is sent into Lucy's room to remove the garlic protecting her. He sees the sleeping girl and lifts up her bedspread to peep at her. Lucy awakens and screams, causing Renfield to emit an [[ScreamsLikeALittleGirl even higher pitched]] scream.
106	* ''Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial'': When Gertie walks into the bedroom and first sees E.T., the continuous screaming starts -- especially funny given the sound of ET's scream and his expression.
107	* ''Film/ForkliftDriverKlaus'': Seeing each other impaled on Klaus's forklift, workers Rudi and Paul scream continuously as the forklift eventually exits the factory and [[RidingIntoTheSunset drives off into the sunset]].
108	* ''Film/{{Gooby}}'': When Willy sees Gooby for the first time, he screams due to thinking it was a monster. This causes Gooby to scream, and then they keep screaming until Willy realizes just ''[[OldFriend who]]'' he's seeing.
109	* The first day on ''Film/HacksawRidge'', the American unit's cover is blown when a "corpse" sits up and screams, causing the soldier facing him to scream as well. This goes on for a couple of seconds until the first soldier is shot from the back, causing his blood to be blasted onto the other soldier seconds before gunfire kills him too.
110	* Seen in ''Film/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas'' (Creator/JimCarrey version). In fairness to Cindy, the Grinch was just plain ''scary-looking'' in that scene, [[DeathFromAbove lurking up there in the corner like that]].
111	* ''Film/{{Idiocracy}}'': When Dr. Lexus realizes that Joe is an "unscannable", while Joe is freaking out about realizing how long he's been frozen.
112	* ''Film/MalibusMostWanted'' featured one near the climax by everyone involved in the movie up to that point.
113	* Wallace and Lori do this in ''Film/TheManWhoKnewTooLittle'' upon discovering a dead body.
114	* ''Film/TheParentTrap1998'': When Hallie pierces Annie's ears, naturally Annie screams in pain. The scream drives Hallie into screaming too.
115	* ''Film/PromNight2008'': Donna opens the door and is startled by Claire who was about to open it from the other side. She screams, which causes Claire to scream.
116	* Gale and Evelle's escape from prison in ''Film/RaisingArizona''.
117	* In ''Film/ScaryMovie 3'', George tells Sue that her teacher Miss Brenda is dead, and then that her dog is dead and that everyone around her is dying, resulting in this, which goes on [[OverlyLongGag forever]].
118	-->'''Sue''': My dog's dead?\
119	'''George''': I JUST RAN HIM OVER WITH THE CAR WHEN I DROVE IN! EVERYONE YOU LOVE AROUND YOU IS DYING!\
120	'''Sue''': AAAHHHH!!\
121	'''George''': AAAHHHH!!\
122	'''Sue''': AAAHHHH!!\
123	'''George''': AAAHHHH!!
124	* Happens in ''Film/SonicTheHedgehog2020'' when Sonic first meets Tom.
125	-->'''Sonic:''' Uh... meow?\
126	''[Cue Tom screaming in horror and Sonic screaming back him before Tom proceeds to tranq Sonic]''
127	* ''Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1990'' had this happen when April wakes up in the Turtles' den and sees them for the first time. She starts screaming and a few of the turtles follow suit.
128	* In the ''Film/{{Underdog}}'' movie, when Shoeshine starts talking to Jack, the dog is just as surprised and freaked out as Jack is.
129	-->'''Jack:''' Did you hear something?\
130	'''Shoeshine:''' Nope! Did you?\
131	'''Jack:''' Did you just talk?\
132	'''Shoeshine:''' Whoa, whoa, whoa! Wait a minute! You can understand me?\
133	'''Both:''' AAAAAAAH!
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136	[[folder:Literature]]
137	* Happens in the Literature/{{Discworld}} book ''Literature/{{Maskerade}}'', between Mr. Bucket and one of the ballet girls.
138	* A projective telepath in ''Literature/TheEarTheEyeAndTheArm'' accidentally causes a psionic version of this when he thinks of a train and it scares a baby, whose fear scares him in turn. It's treated seriously, as part of how he's BlessedWithSuck: if he hadn't interrupted the reaction in time, they could have both gone insane.
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141	[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
142	* In the aptly-named ''Series/LizzieMcGuire'' episode "Lizzie's Nightmare", Lizzie screams when she finds out her little brother Matt has wound up at her school (where he's been impressing everyone, including her crush Ethan, with what she knows to be BlatantLies), and when Matt spots Lizzie nearby, he screams too.
143	* The PreviouslyOn recap for ''Series/TheAquabatsSuperShow'' episode "Haunted Battletram!" is a montage of freaking out.
144	* This happens in a Halloween episode of ''Series/DarkAngel'', where Joshua opens the door to a group of trick-or-treaters with predictable results.
145	* ''Series/HomeImprovement'': Researching alien encounters, Tim falls asleep at Randy's computer and dreams of having an encounter himself. Screaming in his sleep wakes Randy up, and Randy screaming wakes Tim up and causes him to scream again.
146	* In the ''Series/KenanAndKel'' Christmas episode between Kenan and a woman whose house he's trespassing in.
147	* ''Series/MoonKnight2022'': At the end of episode 4, Marc and Steven open a door at the end of a hallway, and are greeted by [[spoiler:the Egyptian goddess Tawaret]]. This startles Marc and Steven, and causes both of them to scream -- at the beginning of episode 5, [[spoiler:Tawaret]] briefly starts screaming with them as well.
148	* ''Series/MyNameIsEarl'':
149	** Happens in a flashback where Earl tried to rob a wealthy family only to get trapped in the son's room. Afraid of the boogeyman, the kid looked under his bed only to find Earl. They both start screaming.
150	** Happens again in another episode, where Earl and Joy are escaping a bounty hunter and decide to hide out at an old trailer in the woods. They discover a homeless man has taken up residence there, prompting this reaction when they find him under the bed covers.
151	* Done in the ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' episode "[[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S08E01RevengeOfTheCreature Revenge of the Creature]]", when the [=SoL=] crew meet [[IntelligentPrimate Professor Bobo]] for the first time, with the interesting twist of cutting to a commercial in the middle of it -- [[OverlyLongGag they're still doing it when we get back]], and Tom continues screaming at intervals after everyone else has stopped.
152	-->"AAAAAAHHHHH!"\
153	"AAAAAAHHHHH!"\
154	"AAAAAAHHHHH!"\
155	"AAAAAAHHHHH!"\
156	"We'll be right back! AAAAAHHHHH!"
157	* This trope is how Phineas is introduced in at least half the episodes of ''Series/PowerRangersMysticForce''. Usually he's hanging from a tree branch or somehow falling into shot.
158	* Occurs rapid fire in an episode of ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'' when JD attempts to assert authority when dealing with his interns by screaming at Lonnie the intern at the end of a pep talk, only to be terrified by the responding scream from his intern. His interns losing respect for him even averts the trope later in the episode.
159	* ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'': In season 9 episode [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wccoNp17he8 "The Blood"]], Jerry finds out that he was transfused with Kramer's blood. Kramer, initially enthusiastic, starts screaming back in response to Jerry's panic. Later, it happens again, this time with the additional donation and [[FromBadToWorse eventual screaming]] of [[spoiler:Newman]].
160	* Done repeatedly in ''Series/TheSketchShow'', in one sketch with a support group for people with phobias -- Lee had a fear of screaming, Jim had a fear of apologies, Karen had a fear of repetition and Ronni a fear of awkward silences, while Tim shows up because of a compulsion to bark at people's phobias. It culminates in this:
161	-->'''Lee:''' Okay, Jim, would you like to tell the group how this problem started?\
162	'''Jim:''' Yes, well it all began when I first tried on my grandmother's stockings.\
163	''[long {{beat}}]''\
164	'''Ronni:''' Aagh!\
165	'''Lee:''' Aagh!\
166	'''Karen:''' Aagh!\
167	'''Lee:''' Aagh!\
168	'''Tim:''' Woof!\
169	'''Jim:''' Sorry. Aagh!\
170	'''Lee:''' Aagh!\
171	'''Karen:''' Aagh!\
172	'''Lee:''' Aagh!\
173	'''Tim:''' Woof!
174	* Happens in ''Series/TheSuiteLifeOfZackAndCody'' several times.
175	* Happens at the end of an episode of the sitcom ''Series/{{Taxi}}'' when Louie answers a knock, expecting it to be [[ItMakesSenseInContext Death]]. But it's really a Girl Scout selling cookies, and when Louie screams, she screams as well, dropping her cookies and fleeing.
176	-->"Did you see it, Reiger?! It was hideous!!"
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179	[[folder:Music]]
180	* Done ''three times'' at the [[LastNoteNightmare end]] of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiMZa8flyYY&feature=kp the video]] for Music/OKGo's version of ''Series/TheMuppetShow'' theme. First Damian Kulash [[CatapultNightmare wakes screaming]] from discovering it's AllJustADream. When he discovers [[OrWasItADream he's in bed with the Electric Mayhem]], [[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou he sceams again, which sets the Electric Mayhem off]]. Then the same gag is done in reverse, with Dr Teeth [[DreamWithinADream waking up]] to find he's in bed with OK-Go, with the same result. Then Tim Nordwind wakes up to find he's in bed with a bunch of real and Muppet dogs, including Rowlf, and [[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou they all just start screaming]].
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183	[[folder:Puppet Shows]]
184	* In "A Winter's Nap" from ''Series/BearInTheBigBlueHouse'', Pip and Pop shout Bear's name to wake him up from his nap. He wakes up screaming and then they both scream several times before he asks what's going on.
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187	[[folder:Roleplay]]
188	* Happens in ''Roleplay/DawnOfANewAgeOldportBlues''. Jenna starts to scream upon realising she's naked, causing Vivian to scream as she throws some clothes over, which Jenna responds to with another scream of thanks. Then Crispin wakes up, sees [[TheWormThatWalks Jenna]], starts screaming, causing Vivian to scream again, which startles Crispin and makes him scream some more...
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191	[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
192	* Occurs in [[https://www.polygon.com/2018/10/15/17979068/pokemon-trading-card-promo-the-scream-painting a series of promotional cards for the]] ''TabletopGame/PokemonTradingCardGame'', created as part of a museum exhibit and acting as deliberate TheScreamParody. First Ghost Pokemon Gengar and Haunter scare a Psyduck who screams. Then the Psyduck's shadowy figure scares an Eevee into screaming, implied to be caused by the Psyduck's own scream. Then the Eevee scares a Pikachu, who's scream scares a Mimikyu, who finally scares a Rowliet.
193	[[/folder]]
194
195	[[folder:Video Games]]
196	* In ''VideoGame/OuterWilds'', the protagonist is experiencing a [[GroundhogDayLoop 22-minute time loop]]. Performing a specific action causes [[spoiler: your double]] to appear on future loops [[spoiler: unless you [[NonStandardGameOver break causality]]]]. This trope is one of the dialogue options.
197	* In ''[[VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire Pokémon Sapphire]]'', Whismur's Pokédex entry claims that it can inflict this trope on '''itself''':
198	-->"Whismur is very timid. If it starts to cry loudly, it becomes startled by its own crying and cries even harder. When it finally stops crying, the Pokémon goes to sleep, all tired out."
199	* The opening for ''VideoGame/RaymanOrigins''. It starts with Ray realizing he's holding a skull, he screams, and not a second later everyone else does, even said skull.
200	* Done in one Dress Story of ''VideoGame/{{IMGCM}}'' when Marianne teleports herself by accident and encounters her [[AlternateSelf modern self]], plus both are them are surprised and then the screaming chain reaction infinites only to last for an [[OverlyLongGag extremely long time]].
201	* ''VideoGame/HouseOfRules'': When the girl enters the Guest A's door, Colon jumps up startling her along with the reaction.
202	* In ''VideoGame/TheQuarry'', if both are still alive and not captured, then Emma and Jacob will have one when they run into each other at the start of Chapter 6.
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205	[[folder:Web Animation]]
206	* This happens in one of the movies of the ''WebAnimation/ASDFMovie'' series.
207	* At the beginning of ''WebAnimation/TheLebrons'' episode "Gloria", this happens between Gloria and a grasshopper.
208	* Happens early on in the Scoutellite animation "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFX_cEcZGHM The spoy's ultimate attack]]".
209	* ''WebAnimation/BamanPiderman'': Everyone participates in one at the end of "Guess da Number" when Baman and Piderman find [[spoiler:Dese Guys carving Pumkin]].
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212	[[folder:Web Comics]]
213	* ''Webcomic/SlightlyDamned'' has such a moment between Rhea and [[TheGrimReaper Death]]. Rhea [[http://www.sdamned.com/comic/881 spots Death]] and starts pointing and screaming. Death responds in turn, partially due to being startled, and partially because [[InvisibleToNormals no one is supposed to be able to see him.]]
214	* In ''Webcomic/TwilightsFirstDay'' [[https://www.deviantart.com/muffinshire/art/Comic-Twilight-s-First-Day-9-370492355 part 9]], Twilight accidentally stows away on a Royal Guard airship and startles a cadet. When Thunderhead barges onto the scene demanding to know what the racket is about, both Twilight and the cadet scream variously at him, at each other and at how much trouble they're both in.
215	* Pacem and Viktor in ''Webcomic/LucidSpring'' once Pacem realizes that Viktor has just [[spoiler:[[http://lucidspring.thecomicseries.com/comics/12 shot her in the chest.]]]]
216	* [[https://www.deviantart.com/hero-girl/art/Ruby-encounters-Vex-937784552 This comic]] features Ruby, one of the ocs form the ''VideoGame/LittleBigPlanet'' series where she encountered [[VideoGame/SackboyABigAdventure Vex]].
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219	[[folder:Web Videos]]
220	* Rosanna Pansino in season 3 of ''WebVideo/EscapeTheNight'' does this. A lot.
221	* One particular sketch of ''WebVideo/AMVHell III'' shows re-dubs a scream from ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' into a reactive continuous scream, with all the other characters looking on in shock and confusion.
222	* In ''WebVideo/HeyAshWhatchaPlayin'':
223	** On ''Final Fight'', Anthony walks in on Ashly and begins to scream, then Ash follows and then their friends walked in and started to scream as well. One of them screamed so hard that his nose started to bleed (which was real and not scripted...).
224	** Another one has Anthony waking up finding and X on his back and screams once he sees Ash is carrying a knife. Ash also screams while explaining that she's imitating ''VideoGame/ShadowOfTheColossus''.
225	* In episode five of ''WebVideo/NonePiece'' Usopp falls off a cliff, starts bleeding out of his forehead and screams. Zoro starts screaming and bleeding out of his forehead. Luffy starts screaming and bleeding purple paint out of his forehead.
226	* The beginning ''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic'''s review of ''Film/TheNutcrackerIn3D'' has a rare example where it's done in ''joy'' when Critic discovers Rachel Tietz showing up. Malcolm and Tamara join in, and so do a reluctant Walter, Heather, and Aiyanna. When Critic tells the other three who Rachel is, they try again with more enthusiasm, but...
227	--->'''Tamara:''' The moment is passed.
228	%% * Literally '''EVERYWHERE''' in ''WebAnimation/AnnoyingOrange''.
229	* In the third episode of ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQukhWfbe68 True Naruto Style]]'', Ibiki removes his bandana and reveals the scars on his head, prompting one of these from ''the whole class'' before it circles back to him, except he's laughing instead of screaming.
230	-->'''Naruto:''' AAAAAA--
231	--> '''Kiba:''' AAAAAA--
232	-->'''Dosu:''' [[ScreamsLikeALittleGirl AIIIIEEEEE--]]
233	-->'''Ibiki''': Ahhhhh, ha ha ha ha ha... ooh, I love that one.
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236	[[folder:Western Animation]]
237	* When Stan [[GenderBender turns into a woman]] in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'' from taking an experimental drug, he and Francine have one of these that a fadeout shot of the their clock shows went on for 65 minutes before they got too tired of it to continue.
238	* * ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'':
239	** The rare joyous variation occurs in "Anne of the Year", when Sasha has finally found and reunited with Anne.
240	** In "The Sleepover to End All Sleepovers", after falling down the stairs into the basement, Marcy is startled by a moth and screams, which causes Anne to scream, which causes Sprig and Polly to scream, which causes Anne to [[NoisyShutUp yell "Okay, that's enough!" and shut everyone else up.]]
241	%%* ''WesternAnimation/Ben102016'': In one post-episode short, Ben, Gwen, and Max have this reaction to Ben (as Diamondhead) accidentally vaporizing the hair off Max's head.
242	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Centaurworld}}'': In "[[Recap/CentaurworldS1E1HelloRainbowRoad Hello Rainbow Road]]", when Horse meets Durpleton, her reaction is to scream in panic. Durpleton screams back, which makes Horse scream more, and it keeps on going from there.
243	-->'''Durpleton:''' ...Hello.\
244	'''Horse:''' AAAAAAH!\
245	'''Durpleton:''' AAAAAAH!\
246	'''Horse:''' AAAAAAH!\
247	'''Durpleton:''' AAAAAAH!\
248	'''Horse:''' What is happening?!\
249	'''Durpleton:''' I... don't... know!
250	* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'': "Into Harmony's Way" has an interesting variation of the two-person scream: Peter and Quagmire get freaked out by a bee and both start screaming, which results in them finding out their voices make great harmony, setting the stage for the episode.
251	** In "Quagmire's Dad", following Brian's [[UnsettlingGenderReveal discovery regarding the titular person he slept with]], Stewie and Brian have a three-second moment of this in the midst of the panic.
252	* ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'': In "The Golf War", Dipper and Mabel open a panel on the windmill at the Royal Discount Putt Hut to encounter the Lilliputtians, tiny people with golf balls for heads. They scream back and forth in shock at each other for a bit, then once both sides have gotten it out of their system one of the Lilliputtians ask "Are we good? We're good?"
253	* ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'': In the beginning of ''Ill Suited'' after Ron suffers a horrifying nightmare where Kim changes into a Synthodrome, Ron screams awake in horror back in his bed, waking up Rufus due to Ron’s scream, which causes him to scream as well as they both screamed one at a time momentarily.
254	* During the bar fight in ''WesternAnimation/KorgothOfBarbaria'', Korgoth unleashes a brutal series injuries on the GiantMook who challenges him one on one. All of the other mooks/victims, (virtually all of whom have also already been injured horribly by Korgoth) react by screaming in horror at each bit of brutality. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPXHI2h-K-M Watch until the end and see for yourself]].
255	* Shows up in ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfVoxMachina'' when Keyleth manages to heal [[spoiler:Cassandra de Rolo]]'s slashed throat and she wakes screaming in a pool of blood. Keyleth, easily startled and not sure if the healing was going to work, screams right back before hugging her and rushing back to the fight.
256	* Doctor Rockso from ''WesternAnimation/{{Metalocalypse}}'' has one such moment, played entirely for laughs:
257	-->'''Rockso:''' (''whispers'') I do cocaine.\
258	'''Murderface:''' AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!\
259	'''Rockso:''' AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!
260	* Shows up in the second act of the ''WesternAnimation/MrBogus'' episode "[[Recap/MrBogusS1E6BeachBlanketBogus Beach Blanket Bogus]]", where a woman screams when she sees Bogus in her slushie cup, which also prompts Bogus to scream right back.
261	* Creator/{{Noggin}}: Moose and Zee's interpretation of Goldilocks and the Three Bears in the Story Time interstitial has her and the bears screaming at each other in fear once she's discovered sleeping in Baby Bear's bed.
262	* In ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' this happens between Candace and Buford (who's dressed as [[EnfantTerrible Little Suzy Johnson]]) in "One Good Scare Oughta Do It!" as prior to the scene the actual Susie had been torturing Candace.
263	** Also happens between Candace and a squirrel in the episode "Comet Kermillian", after Little Suzy brings said squirrel out from behind her back, started by Candace due to the SquirrelsInMyPants incident.
264	** The rare joyous variation occurs in "Journey to the Center of Candace", where Candace, Stacy, and Jenny exchange excited shrieks on-phone due to Candace's soon-to-be-date with Jeremy.
265	* ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls1998'': This occurs between Julie Bean and Mojo Jojo in "Slumbering with the Enemy" when he scares her back into her house to take her SlumberParty invitation.
266	* In the ''WesternAnimation/RegularShow'' episode "Brain Eraser", when Mordecai walks in on Pops after the latter takes a shower, and Mordecai shrieks in shock at the sight, prompting Pops to yell right back. This goes on for a while until the two run off. The moment kick starts the plot of the whole episode.
267	* In the ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife'' episode "Teed Off", during the "piano war" sequence, when Heffer's flying lawnmower gets hit, he is about to crash into the Head Groundskeeper's headquarters, who screams, followed by Heffer screaming, then the other groundskeepers, then Mr. Noaway, then the announcers, then a couple of squirrels, and finally Rocko, who hadn't appeared in this episode until now.
268	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'': In "The Ransom of Cynthia", when Angelica pretends that Cynthia, her doll, has been kidnapped for ransom, she screams, which causes the other babies to scream.
269	* In the ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' episode "Goons on the Moon", Squidward and [[spoiler:Creator/RodgerBumpass]] have this reaction after the former ends up in [[spoiler:the studio working on the show]] while trying to deliver a Krabby Patty to [=SpongeBob=] on the moon.
270	* ''WesternAnimation/TheBackyardigans'': In the episode "The Snow Fort", the mounties (Pablo and Tyrone) and the ski patrollers (Uniqua and Tasha) have this reaction when they accidentally come face-to-face with each other on the second floor of the snow fort, just a few seconds before the mounties fall off the ladder and land headfirst in a pile of snow.
271	* ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003'': As a [[MythologyGag reference]] to [[Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1990 the live-action movie]], in ''[[Recap/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003S1E3AttackOfTheMousers Attack of the Mousers]]'', when April wakes up in the Turtles' lair and sees them for the first time, she starts screaming and Mike screams back.
272	-->'''Mike:''' Please don't do that. I almost jumped out of my shell!
273	* ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012'': In the episode "[[Recap/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012S3E2AFootTooBig A Foot Too Big]]", the [[BigfootSasquatchAndYeti Bigfoot]] the turtles have befriended finds [[TeamPet Ice-Cream Kitty]] in the freezer. Ice-Cream Kitty screams, and Bigfoot screams right back, only ending when Bigfoot chucks the whole fridge out of the house.
274	* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo'': In "Parasite", Starfire celebrates one of her holidays, Feast Day, by serving everyone [[WeirdWorldWeirdFood mouthworms]]. When Robin tries taking a bite of his, the mouthworm starts screaming in shock which prompts Robin to scream right back, ending with him disappearing via [[SmokeOut smoke bomb]].
275	* In an episode of ''[[WesternAnimation/TotalDrama Total Drama Island]]'', Cody wakes up to Noah [[HoYay sleep-kissing his ear]]. This results in about three seconds of them screaming at each other.
276	* Done in the ''WesternAnimation/MuppetBabies2018'' episode "Sir Kermit the Brave" when Kermit encounters [[FluffytheTerrible Dot the Dragon]] and started screaming at her, only for Dot, however, to scream along with him.
277	* ''WesternAnimation/XiaolinShowdown'': In the episode "Panda Town" we [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXeNj6nBpzs get this gem]] of a moment with Wuya and Jack.
278	* ''WesternAnimation/JellyJamm'': In "Lost Dodo", Rita gets lost in the forest while looking for a lost baby dodo. Suddenly, she trips over a rock and accidentally comes face to face with the baby dodo she was looking for. This results in about a few seconds of them screaming at each other.
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