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11->'''Buzz:''' Sheriff, this is no time to panic!\
12'''Woody:''' This is the ''perfect'' time to panic! I'm lost, Andy is gone, they're going to move from their house in two days, and it's all your fault!
13-->-- ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory1''
14
15Alice and her team are in desperate trouble, and her first instinct is to panic. Her second instinct is to remember that she shouldn't panic. Heroes can't panic when they've got a world to save or a fortress to escape from or a BigBad to fight, and teens can't panic when their [[ASimplePlan simple plan]] goes awry. So, caught in the most panic-worthy of situations, she calls out to her friends, "Stay calm! This is no time to panic!"
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17This has two common subversions:
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19# Someone with less courage or more savvy will reply, "Actually, ''yeah'', it is!"
20# Within moments of Alice's initial, morale-boosting shout, something happens to make things even worse. She does an ''immediate'' VerbalBackspace and yells, "''Now'' panic!"
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22Cue the running and screaming.
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24[[HollywoodPsych Despite what the media commonly depicts,]] [[RealityIsUnrealistic it is difficult to induce panic in others]], let alone panic on cue. One needs a sense of impending entrapment (if people feel themselves to be trapped already, they are more likely to give up and go limp), a sense of great helplessness, and a sense of profound isolation. As a result, in many cases, fictional panic occurs much earlier or later than it would in real life.
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26A trope that is automatically [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] by its mere use. Compare StiffUpperLip. Contrast FearIsTheAppropriateResponse.
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29!!Examples:
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33[[folder:Comic Books]]
34* ''ComicBook/BatmanTomKing'': When Alfred breaks the news that Bruce and Selina are engaged and Damian responds by breaking down ''crying'', Jason has the entirely appropriate response.
35-->'''Jason:''' Okay. Don't panic. This is happening. That's a tear. We're all dead.
36* Cheerfully lampshaded in an issue of the new ''ComicBook/BlueBeetle'' series; Jaime (the eponymous Blue Beetle) has met his fellow teen-crimefighters, the Titans, and they've found themselves in the path of Lobo (the Czarnian Bounty Hunter who considers going ten rounds with Superman an entertaining way to kill an hour or two). Robin, [[TheLeader in his role as team lead]], yells into the radio "Don't panic!" * pause* "Actually, no, panic is precisely the right response in this situation."
37* In ''ComicBook/TheTransformersMoreThanMeetsTheEye'', Misfire barges in riding an out-of-control Grimlock. Krok is knocked into the wall so hard that he sticks in it.
38-->'''Misfire:''' Nobody panic! I've got this under control!\
39'''Krok:''' ''[wedged in the wall]'' Who's panicking?
40* ''ComicBook/UsagiYojimbo'' plays it straight when Usagi defeats Jei with the great sword {{Kusanagi}}, and a magic explosion occurs that is visible some distance as a frightening atmospheric disturbance at a monastery. There the former samurai turned monk, Shanshobo is trying to get his comrades to calm down even as at least one is screaming, "It's the end of the world!" with "If it is, hysteria will not save you."
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43[[folder:Comic Strips]]
44* [[https://www.gocomics.com/garfield/2012/07/25 This comic strip.]] Jon Arbuckle was desperate about his age because he found a gray hair. ComicStrip/{{Garfield}} told him not to panic. When Jon said it was in his ear, Garfield replied "Okay, panic".
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47[[folder:Fan Works]]
48* ''Fanfic/EmpathTheLuckiestSmurf'': In the RemixComic story "Smurfed Behind: The Departure", when Wild Smurf arrives in the Smurf Village to warn Papa Smurf about Snappy coming into the village riding a dinosaur, Papa Smurf tells Wild to stay in the village and try to keep the other Smurfs calm since "the last thing we need when it comes to smurfing this is a village-wide panic". A few panels later when Snappy arrives on Crinkles the baby dinosaur, the village automatically goes into panic mode!
49* ''Fanfic/JWITCHSeries'': When the Star of Threbe renders the Guardians and the Talismans powerless, Jade and the Guardians engage in this conversation:
50-->'''Will''': Okay, okay, let's not panic. Let's not panic!\
51'''Jade''': Not panic?! Your powers aren't working, and the Talismans are suddenly duds! I'd say it's a pretty good time to panic!\
52'''Cornelia''': But why don't we have a panic attack ''after'' we change back to normal?\
53'''Will''': ''[brandishes the [[TransformationTrinket Heart of Kandrakar]]]'' Change back! ''[the Guardians don't return to their normal forms, [[OhCrap causing them and Jade to have fearful expressions]]]'' [[BorrowedCatchphrase Bad day.]]
54* In ''ComicBook/NewMutants: Academy X'', when caught in Danger Room, the conversation is something like:
55-->"Don't panic. Prodigy, can you replicate their abilities?\
56"No. Doesn't work on holograms."\
57"So panic."
58* ''Fanfic/ThePalaververse'': Agent Alloy, an Asinal Republic spy embedded in Princess Celestia's entourage, keeps his wits just long enough in the immediate aftermath of Nightmare Moon's return to send a message back to his superiors about what just happened as well as idly noticing the Mane Six rush into the library as in canon.
59-->Agent Alloy's duty was done. ''Now'' he could panic.
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62[[folder:Films -- Animation]]
63* Disney's ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'': While fleeing from the rising LavaPit in the Cave of Wonders, we are treated to the following [[SubvertedTrope subversion]]:
64-->'''Aladdin:''' Abu, this is no time to panic! ''[[OhCrap (notices they're about to fly into a wall)]]'' Start panicking...
65* In Dreamworks' ''WesternAnimation/{{Antz}}'', when the Mega-Tunnel is opened and the water flows through, everybody goes nuts despite the Queen trying to calm them down.
66--> '''Queen:''' People...we've all been deceived. We must quickly and calmly head towards the exits--\
67'''Random Worker:''' RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!! IT'S GOING TO FLOOD!!
68* In the advertising for the movie ''WesternAnimation/ChickenLittle'', what appears to be an advert for ''Franchise/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy'' appears, telling people "Don't Panic". After a second, [[SignsOfDisrepair the "Don't" falls off]], leaving "Panic" followed by quick clips of the CL movie, to the tune "It's the End of the World as We Know it."
69* ''WesternAnimation/ChickenRun'': After Ginger is taken away to be used to test the pie-making machine.
70-->'''Bunty:''' We mustn't panic. WE MUSTN'T PANIC!\
71''[beat]''\
72'''All Chickens:''' [[MassOhCrap ARGHHHHHHH!!!!]]
73** This gag was given a CallBack in [[WesternAnimation/ChickenRunDawnOfTheNugget the sequel]].
74* Happens in ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'' after Helen's plane is shot down with Violet and Dash over the ocean. A retired superhero, Helen is GenreSavvy enough to keep calm and try to assess the situation. Her kids, on the other hand, are freaking out. Not only does she tell them to stop panicking, she then threatens to ground them both for a month if they don't stop. Surprisingly, that seems to work.
75* In the American dub of ''Anime/KikisDeliveryService'', the following lines are spoken in increasing distress as Jiji and Kiki dive through the rain onto a stationary train:
76-->'''Jiji:''' First, don't panic. Second, don't panic. And third, did I mention not to panic?
77* ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda'': As Tai Lung is effortlessly destroying every barrier that Vachir and his men made to prevent him from escaping, Zeng continually asks to run away, while Vachir just laughs at his cowardice. After Tai Lung gets past the [[SelfDestructMechanism last ditch defense]]...
78-->'''Zeng:''' Can we run now?\
79'''Vachir:''' ''[sobs in terror]'' [[OhCrap Yes]].
80* During ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKingOneAndAHalf'', Timon and Pumbaa are walking through a ravine, when they see a wildebeest stampede approaching. They give each other a quick glance.
81-->'''Pumbaa:''' Shall we run for our lives?\
82'''Timon:''' Oh yes, let's.\
83'''Both: ''AAAAHHHHHH!'''''
84* On ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'', after the first sighting of Boo, a professorial-looking monster appears on TV, seemingly to calm people down. He then tells the audience "It is my professional opinion that now is the time to '''PANIC!!'''"
85* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsSpringBreakdown'': When pony Twilight starts realizing what's going on in the human world...
86-->'''Princess Twilight Sparkle:''' Okay. Nopony freak out, but I think that maybe there's a chance when we destroyed the Storm King, we didn't capture ''all'' his magic, and maybe it found its way into ''your'' world! It might be turning into a giant, magic storm and threatening your friends as we speak! ''NOPONY FREAK OUT!''
87* Disney/Pixar's ''Franchise/ToyStory'':
88** ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory1'': After being accidentally abandoned at the gas station, Woody and Buzz provide the first page quote.
89** In ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory3'':
90--->'''Buzz:''' This is no time to be hysterical!\
91'''Hamm:''' This is the ''perfect'' time to be hysterical!\
92'''Rex:''' Should we be HYSTERICAL?!\
93'''Slinky:''' NO!\
94'''Mr. Potato Head:''' YES!\
95'''Buzz:''' MAYBE! But not right now!
96[[/folder]]
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98[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
99* Played for laughs in ''Film/TwoThousandTwelve''.
100-> '''Jackson Curtis:''' When they tell you not to panic... that's when you run!
101* ''Film/{{Airplane}}'':
102** As the unconscious pilot and co-pilot are dragged down the aisle:
103--->'''Jack:''' What's going on? We have a right to know the truth!\
104'''Rumack:''' All right, I'm going to level with you all. But what's most important now is that you remain calm. There is no reason to panic. ''[Rumack's nose grows like Literature/{{Pinocchio}}]'' Now, it is true that one of the crew members is ill... ''slightly'' ill. ''[nose grows bigger]'' But the other two pilots... they're just fine. ''[by now, his nose can be used for a pool cue]'' They're at the controls flying the plane... free to pursue a life of religious fulfillment.[[note]]The reaction shots from the passengers has them understandably getting more and more concerned.[[/note]]
105** Later, the cue to panic is memorably delivered: "There's no reason to become alarmed, and we hope you'll enjoy the rest of your flight. By the way, is there anyone on board who knows how to fly a plane?" [[HilarityEnsues Mass hysteria ensues.]]
106* In ''Film/AirplaneIITheSequel'', when Elaine announces to the passengers of the shuttle that they're out of coffee and a riot breaks out, the sign changes from "Don't Panic" to "OK, Panic."
107* In ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises'', Bane tells a terrified Dr. Pavel, "Calm down. Now is not the time for fear. [[BaitAndSwitchComment That comes later]]."
108%%* At the end of ''Film/{{Dogma}}'', it's time to panic. Or have sex...
109* ''Film/HarryPotterAndTheChamberOfSecrets'':
110** When Harry and Ron first enter the spiders' grotto:
111--->'''Harry:''' Don't panic.\
112''[Aragog reveals that he plans to feed them to his children]''\
113'''Ron:''' Can we panic now?
114** Don't forget the giant snake, it's bad enough knowing that they can get pretty big in real life.
115* From ''Film/{{The Haunted Mansion|2003}}'', when Jim Evers and his daughter Megan are trapped in a crypt with undead rising.
116--->'''Jim Evers:''' This is no time to panic! Don't panic!\
117'''Megan Evers:''' When would be a good time to?! \
118'''Jim Evers:''' NOW now start panicking!
119* In ''Film/HoneyIShrunkTheKids'', after finally finding the Szalinskis, the four kids make all the noise they can, but the two of them simply turn away and head back to the house not noticing them. Ron, the youngest of the Thompsons, is in despair. [[spoiler:Thankfully, Quark does find them]].
120-->'''Ron:''' They're never gonna find us! We were right under their noses and they didn't even see us!\
121'''Russ:''' Don't panic, Ron. We'll... we'll find a way.\
122'''Ron:''' ''[panicking]'' I'm not panicked! Who's panicked? NOBODY'S PANICKED!
123* ''Film/StuartLittle 2'': When the Littles discover that Mrs. Little's ring is missing, they think it's fallen down the kitchen sink drain. While Mrs. Little calls a plumber, Stuart suggests to go after it and George and Mr. Little lower him in just as Mrs. Little arives at the scene.
124-->'''Eleanor Little:''' What's going on here? (''George and Mr. Little stare innocently at her and whistle.'')What's on the end of that string?\
125'''Frederick Little:''' ''[nervously]'' Don't panic, but someone you love has decided to go down the sink drain to retrieve your ring.\
126'''Eleanor Little:''' Stuart?!\
127'''George Little:''' Good guess.\
128'''Eleanor Little:''' STUART?! YOU LET OUR SON GO DOWN THE KITCHEN DRAIN?!\
129'''Frederick Little:''' Now, now, Eleanor, don't get upset. If there's a problem, I simply pull this string and -- ''[the string breaks, Mrs. Little gasps]'' [[OhCrap Well, now you can be upset.]]
130* Invoked by Owen in ''Film/ThrowMommaFromTheTrain''. Larry's response: "This is the ''perfect'' time to panic!" (predating the page quote by seven years.)
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133[[folder:Literature]]
134* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'': In Creator/TerryPratchett's ''Literature/TheLastHero'', Rincewind, of all people, says "This is not the time to panic" in the course of the ''Kite'''s landing. When the spaceship has lost her wings, he goes for "''Now'' is the time to panic", though. To be fair, when you're operating on the advanced levels of cowardice that have kept Rincewind alive for so long you learn about these things. There's only so much adrenaline in the adrenal gland, so you have to conserve your panic for when you really need it. He has a lot of experience with these things.
135* ''Literature/MythAdventures'': In ''Myth Conceptions'', it turns out that Skeeve is supposed to [[spoiler: stop an army]], and Aahz's advice is "to not panic until we get the whole story". Later, quite predictably, he admits: "Now that we've got the whole story, now you can panic".
136* In Sharon Creech's ''Literature/TheWanderer'', this is the BIG difference between Cody's and Sophie's diary entries: Cody begins to panic just as the storm begins, with entries like "I was a bad son..." etc., whereas Sophie matter-of-factly describes how ''hard'' it is to sail in storm, but remains calm [[spoiler: until the [[GiantWallOfWateryDoom Big Wave]], that is.]]
137* ''Literature/YoungWizards'': In ''Deep Wizardry'', Tom and Carl tell Kit and Nita not to panic just because they're going to be performing a major magic ritual eighteen thousand feet underwater. This might be more reassuring if their prophetic macaw didn't promptly start screaming "Go ahead! Panic! ... Fear death by water!"
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140[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
141* There's a scene in ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' when Willow was panicking, and ranting at her boyfriend Oz about how he wasn't. About halfway through her rant, he kissed her, and told her that ''this'' was him panicking.
142* When an outbreak occurs at Greendale in ''Series/{{Community}}'' episode "[[Recap/CommunityS2E06Epidemiology Epidemiology]]" this is Annie's response.
143-->'''Annie:''' We need to co-ordinate an orderly evacuation without causing unnecessary panic.\
144''[Zombie Leonard bites someone]''\
145'''Troy:''' '''OH MY GOD, LEONARD'S A ZOMBIE!!!'''
146* A RunningGag on ''Series/DadsArmy'' is that Corporal Jones will, whenever he begins to panic, shout "Don't panic!" at the rest of the cast.
147* Subverted in ''Series/FawltyTowers'' when Polly tries to calm down a hysterical Basil:
148-->'''Polly:''' Don't panic!\
149'''Basil:''' '''WHAT ELSE IS THERE TO DO??!'''
150* ''Series/DoctorWho'':
151** In "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS26E1Battlefield Battlefield]]", when Ace triggers an alarm in the underwater spaceship that sees them attacked by an energy creature, the Doctor tells her This Is No Time To Panic. He is promptly knocked off his feet by the creature and amends it to "''Now'' we panic!"
152** The first words of the Twelfth Doctor in "The Time of the Doctor", having suffered partial memory loss as a result of his regeneration. He says this seconds before revealing he's [[OhCrap forgotten]] how to fly ''the TARDIS''.
153--->'''Twelfth Doctor:''' Stay calm! Just one question... [[IHaveNoIdeaWhatImDoing Do you happen to know how to fly this thing?!]]
154** In a pre-movie introduction to the "Day of the Doctor", the Doctor tells the audience to test their 3D glasses by closing one eye and looking at the person next to them.
155--->'''The Doctor:''' If one of the spectacles has turned black, then that person is a Zygon and is going to eat you some time during the movie. Please, don't panic. It will only disturb everyone else and there's really nothing we can do to save you.
156* ''Series/GetSmart'':
157** A RunningGag.
158--->'''Max:''' Don't panic, 99. Whatever you do, don't panic! ''[Max calmly assesses the situation]'' Okay, 99, you can do it.\
159'''99:''' Do what, Max?\
160'''Max:''' Panic!
161** While at a conference of CONTROL agents, Max reveals [[WhyAmITicking there's a bomb in android Hymie]] causing everyone to run screaming for the door. The Chief seizes the microphone and yells at them for not evacuating in a calm and orderly manner like true Americans should. Everyone adopts a shamefaced expression...then run screaming for the door again.
162* ''Series/TheGoodies'':
163** Usually Graham will say calmly, "Who votes that we should panic now?" followed by everyone putting up their hands, then Bill and Graham start running about shouting hysterically while Tim decides he's a teapot.
164** In "Invasion of the Moon Creatures", Bill and Tim return from the Moon as giant rabbits. Graham turns on the TV, hoping that the BBC aren't panicking everyone. Cue camoes from science presenter James Burke and astronomer Patrick Moore assuring the public it's not some infectious space disease, whereupon they turn rabbits live on television.
165* A variation occurs in the premier of ''Series/LostGirl'', after Kenzi realizes that Bo did in fact "eat some dude's face"
166-->'''Bo:''' Don't freak out.\
167'''Kenzi:''' I'm freaking out!\
168'''Bo:''' What did I just say?\
169'''Kenzi:''' How can I not freak out?
170* ''Series/LawAndOrderUK''. After a defense lawyer announces her intention to present a ludicrous, but still plausible defense:
171-->'''George:''' Let's not panic. No sane judge would let that get past a hearing. So who did we draw?\
172'''Alesha:''' Judge [=DeMarco=].\
173''[James winces and groans]''\
174'''George:''' Oh, God. Let's panic.
175* Creator/MontyPython:
176** In the Airplane Pilots sketch from ''Film/HowToIrritatePeople'' (made by many of the later members of Monty Python), pilots make the passengers panic ''just'' by telling them not to, and giving [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial Suspiciously Specific Denials.]]
177--->'''Pilot:''' There is no cause for alarm! The wings are ''not'' on fire.
178** The beginning of a Python show takes place in an airplane cockpit where the pilot (Michael Palin) tells his passengers that they are on the flight to Glasgow and there is no need to panic.
179* ''Series/PersonOfInterest'': In "Firewall", John Reese tells the [[VictimOfTheWeek Number]] that he'll tell her when it's time to panic. Later as they're fleeing down a stairwell from a HR assassination squad while trying to avoid an FBI SWAT team, the Number says that she's guessing now would be panic time.
180* Kryten from ''Series/RedDwarf'' has a "panic mode" for when the situation turns out to be more serious than he thought it would be.
181* ''Series/{{Roseanne}}'' episode, "Toto, We're Not in Kansas Anymore", when Lanford is under a [[MassOhCrap threat of a tornado]], Becky tells Roseanne that there was no time for jokes... promptly cue this sarcastic response by the titular character:
182-->'''Roseanne:''' Yeah, you're right. Okay, everybody PANIC!
183* In the ''Series/StargateAtlantis'' episode "The Tower", Rodney and a native are trapped underground. He first tells the native not to panic while he assesses the situation, then his conclusion is that they ''can'' start panicking now.
184* In the ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' episode [[Recap/SupernaturalS02E21AllHellBreaksLoosePartOne "All Hell Breaks Loose, Part One" (S02, Ep21)]], Sam tries to get Andy to calm down, but either [[TheStoner despite]] or [[DrugsAreBad because]] [[ProperlyParanoid of]] the fact that Andy is stoned, he has trouble not freaking out.
185-->'''Sam:''' Andy, look, calm down.\
186'''Andy:''' I can't calm down! I just woke up in freaking Frontierland!
187* ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'': In "Projections", the Emergency Medical Hologram is switched on to find that Voyager's crew has disappeared, then finds the Kazon have taken the ship, then discovers the [[TomatoInTheMirror crew are holograms]] and he's BecomeARealBoy, then Reginald Barclay from ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' appears to inform him that he's actually Lewis Zimmerman, the creator of the EMH program, who's gone insane and thinks he's a hologram. Naturally NoSocialSkills Reg starts this explanation by telling the EMH not to panic, when he's clearly panicking himself.
188* ''Series/ThatsSoRaven'': Victor is unconscious due to [[HypnoFool Accidental Hypnosis]] just before he's supposed to go on TV.
189-->'''Tanya:''' Okay, everybody, just don't panic.\
190'''Chelsea:''' Oh, can't we just a little?\
191'''Tanya:''' Okay, just for a second.
192* ''Series/TheXFiles'', "[[Recap/TheXFilesS03E12WarOfTheCoprophages War of the Coprophages]]": Scully attempts to control the mob with a [[ShamingTheMob speech]] about how they are giving in to panic. The mob ignores her and creates havoc.
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195[[folder:Music]]
196* "Penny Black Remedy" titled an album "Inhale... Exhale... OK, Now You Can Panic!"
197[[/folder]]
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199[[folder:Puppet Shows]]
200* ''Franchise/TheMuppets'':
201** In one episode of ''Series/TheMuppetShow'', Scooter is trying to reassure Fozzie, who is rehearsing his act, and tells him "Now is not the time to panic!" When he hears Fozzie's act consists of "ten minutes of jokes on the War of 1812", he replies "''Now'' is the time to panic!"
202** In ''Series/{{The Muppets|2015}}'' (2015), a panicked Scooter comes up to Kermit saying they have a problem with Piggy. Kermit tries to calm him down, reminding him of their talk about overreacting to things. Uncle Deadly calmly says it's a "Code Red". Kermit then shouts, "[[FearIsTheAppropriateResponse AAAAAHHH! CODE RED! OH MY GOD! THIS IS NOT A DRILL!]]" [[MassOhCrap As everyone proceeds to freak out.]]
203* Used with in an American version special of ''Series/SpittingImage'' when Ronald Reagan inadvertently starts the countdown to an unprovoked nuclear missile launch.
204-->'''Aide 1:''' Wait, there is no need to panic.\
205'''Aide 2:''' What are you talking about? Ten minutes after that globe starts flashing, it's Armageddon!\
206'''Aide 1:''' You're right, panicking is the only logical alternative.\
207'''Together:''' Auugh!
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210[[folder:Radio]]
211* In ''[[Radio/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy1978 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]'', the Guide's major selling points compared to the older, more complete and more accurate Encyclopedia Galactica are (a) it's slightly cheaper and (b) it has the words "Don't Panic" printed in large, friendly letters on its cover. A revised edition of the Guide in ''Literature/MostlyHarmless'' ominously replaces these reassuring words with small, alarming letters just saying "Panic." It turns out to be a very apt warning.
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214[[folder:Theme Parks]]
215* At Ride/UniversalStudios:
216** The ride-portion of the former ''Ride/EarthquakeTheBigOne'' attraction first has the riders experiencing a "slight tremor" with a intercom voice telling everyone to remain calm... just before a big earthquake follows.
217** The first scene of ''Theatre/PoseidonsFury'' has the guide telling everyone to stay calm, just before things get much worse as the attraction's villain is released.
218** In ''Ride/SkullIslandReignOfKong'', the climax starts with the guests stumbling upon a pack of Venatosauruses. The driver insists that everyone remains calm, but when one of them snarls dangerously close to the riders, the driver puts the vehicle into full speed.
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221[[folder:Video Games]]
222* A possible comment during [[MookHorrorShow Predator encounters]] in ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamKnight'':
223-->'''Mook #1:''' All right everyone, stay together and don't panic!\
224'''Mook #2:''' Screw you! Maybe I ''wanna'' panic!
225* During the opening sequences of ''VideoGame/BioShock1'', [[PlayerCharacter Jack]] is tasked by [[MissionControl Atlas]] to arm himself with the [[ShockAndAwe Electro Bolt]] plasmid. Not only does this force him into injecting a crazy needle of [[LegoGenetics gene-splicing phlebotonium]] into his arm, but [[BodyHorror the immediate effects]] send Jack into an uncontrollable panic. Atlas' dry reassurance does very little to calm down matters.
226-->'''Atlas:''' Steady now! [[MajorInjuryUnderreaction Your genetic code is being rewritten]]; just hold on and everything will be fine!\
227''[Jack falls off a balcony and knocks himself out]''
228* In ''VideoGame/CrashTwinsanity'', after removing Dr. Neo Cortex's brain and using it as a ball, Victor said that "{{This is the part where}} you run away screaming." Also cue Moritz doing a "go away" gesture to Cortex, before he did just so.
229* ''VideoGame/Portal2'':
230** In chapter 1, after informing Chell she might have "a very minor case of serious brain damage" from being in suspended animation for so long, Wheatley hastily adds "But don't be alarmed! Although, if you ''do'' feel alarmed, [[FearIsTheAppropriateResponse try to hold on to that feeling]], because that is the proper reaction to being told that you've got brain damage."
231** In the ending for the co-op DLC, [=GLaDOS=], upon seeing that the invader is in fact the bird, starts panicking and tells her robots to forget their training and flee.
232* Parodied with a post for ''VideoGame/SuperMarioOdyssey'' on [[https://twitter.com/NintendoAmerica/status/819764804600598528 Nintendo's Twitter account]], about Bowser and Peach ''[[AndNowYouMustMarryMe getting married]]''.
233-->You are cordially invited to... PANIC!
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236[[folder:Web Animation]]
237* ''WebAnimation/BarbieLifeInTheDreamhouse'' has Barbie do this in "Gone Glitter Gone": a TV news crew has Barbie appear on their show and tell the other denizens of Malibu to remain calm during the glitter shortage. Right after the crew leaves Barbie's house, she breaks into tears and bawls.
238* ''WebAnimation/HelluvaBoss'': Parodied at the opening of "C.H.E.R.U.B." where the IMP gang feel a "hellquake". They then proceed to tell Moxx to stop panicking even though Moxx was the calmest one in the group.
239* ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlue'':
240** Subverted in the PSA on Fire Safety: the show's recommendation is to ''increase'' panic during a fire, depriving it of the oxygen it needs to continue burning.
241** In season 9, the Reds in the simulated Blood Gulch inside the capture unit are facing a number of things that could kill them.
242--->'''Sarge:''' This is no time to panic!\
243'''Simmons:''' Sir, the world is shaking apart, the ground is opening up to swallow us, and we're holding a bomb that will wipe us all out before any of that happens. I submit to you that if there is a time to panic, ''this is that time.''
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246[[folder:Webcomics]]
247* In ''Webcomic/BobAndGeorge'', we see George tell himself not to panic, then [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/030918c reason himself into doing so]]. (Later, facing an unknown danger, he [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/040405c complains]] that he can't panic properly.)
248* Lampooned in [[http://chainsawsuit.com/comic/2011/02/15/panic-zone/ this]] ''Webcomic/{{Chainsawsuit}}''.
249* ''Webcomic/{{Freefall}}'':
250** Something of a RunningGag in the webcomic, wherein Sam and Helix respond so frequently, decisively, and enthusiastically to trouble by panicking together, that when Florence opts to stay cool-headed and investigate the danger instead, they [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff100/fv00046.htm conclude that she's just not a team player.]]
251** Then when they DO get into a panic-worthy situation [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff100/fv00053.htm Sam and Helix are cool-headed while Florence is trying not to panic herself.]]
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255* Website/TVTropes: This trope was invoked on Archive/TheGoogleIncident page.
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259* In Creator/SamAndMickey's videos, Ken has a variation of this as his CatchPhrase.
260-->Don't panic! [[OhCrap I'm panicking!]]
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264* ''WesternAnimation/TheAngryBeavers'': In the episode "Mission to the Hot Big Thingy", Norbert and Daggett realize a little too late that they're on [[HurlItIntoTheSun a one-way trip to the sun]].
265-->'''Daggett''': WE'RE SPIRALING INTO THE SUN! WE'RE DOOM-ED!\
266'''Norbert''': Now, Dag. Don't panic! ''<alarm goes off>''\
267'''Daggett''': What's that mean?\
268'''Norbert''': We're out of air. NOW YOU CAN PANIC!!!
269* Used in ''WesternAnimation/TheBackyardigans'', as Pablo's frantic chant during his (actually pretty spectacular) [[RunningGag panic attacks.]]
270* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' : "Trial." Batman has been captured, bound in a straitjacket and is about to be unmasked by his RoguesGallery. Harley Quinn has his utility belt. Batman's reluctant ally manages to smash the only light in the room.
271-->'''Two Face:''' NOBODY PANIC!\
272''[lights a match; Batman has escaped; Harley Quinn is bound in the straitjacket, upside down, without the utility belt]''\
273'''Joker:''' Okay... [[FearIsTheAppropriateResponse start panicking]].
274* ''WesternAnimation/CaptainPlanetAndThePlaneteers'': In "[[Recap/CaptainPlanetAndThePlaneteersS4E14BugOff Bug Off]]", [[PlayingWithFire Wheeler]] tells the others not to panic at the giant mutated weevils right before blasting the bugs with his ring. When it fails to take effect, he says that they can panic now.
275* From ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'':
276-->'''Numbuh 86:''' Troops, initiate plan X-11!\
277'''Troops:''' Yes sir! ''[all start run around screaming]''
278* ''WesternAnimation/DangerMouse'':
279** Subverted in the episode "Journey To The Earth's 'Cor!" when the Mk. III is frozen in a force field and a crazy person within the middle of the Earth (where our heroes are) is firing lasers at them:
280--->'''DM:''' Penfold, this is no time to be acting brave in the face of untold dangers.\
281'''Penfold:''' What are we going to do?\
282'''DM:''' Do what you were trained to do.\
283'''Penfold:''' Ah.\
284'''DM, Penfold:''' '''''PANIC!!!'''''
285** In "Tower of Terror", [[BlackoutBasement Penfold is walking in the dark]] [[ByTheLightsOfTheirEyes with only his eyes visible,]] when a [[OhCrap terrifying monkey thing appears next to him.]]
286--->'''Penfold:''' Ooh, crumbs! good thing I know what to do... PANIC! ''[runs away]''
287* Happens once in ''WesternAnimation/FetchWithRuffRuffman'' episode "Saturday Night with a Slight Fever", when Ruff's "handy electronic device filled with hard-to-get phone numbers" falls into his soup, he tells himself not to panic as he searches in his book for a replacement for the episode's challenge and music video, buts cracks under pressure, shouting "Time to panic!" Thankfully, he hires his Fetchers as his substitutes.
288-->'''Ruff:''' NO! Not in the Soup!.... [to himself] Okay Ruff, don't panic... [searches through his book frantically but gives into pressure] OHHHH, TIME TO PANIC!..
289* In the ''WesternAnimation/HelloKittysFurryTaleTheater'' episode, "Catula", this scene played out:
290-->'''Hello Kitty:''' Do you really think Catula could be a vampire?\
291'''Chip:''' Your grandma said there was one terrorizing the village!\
292''[cue PortraitPaintingPeephole over the dresser, which slides open, and a hand grabbing up the camera]''\
293'''Hello Kitty:''' I know! I'll take another picture for us to be sure! ''[sees the camera is missing]'' My camera! I put it on the dresser... now, it's gone!\
294'''Chip:''' Gone?! Who '''''took''''' it?\
295'''My Melody:''' ''[panicking]'' T-T-T-THE VAMPIRE!!!\
296''[Chip and My Melody gets scared and begin to run, but Hello Kitty catches them]''\
297'''Hello Kitty:''' Let's not panic!\
298'''Chip, My Melody:''' ''[together]'' TOO LATE! WE ALREADY DID!!
299* Invoked by Pinkie Pie in the ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' episode "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E20ItsAboutTime It's About Time]]", when Cerberus shows up in Ponyville.
300-->'''Cerberus:''' ROAR!!!\
301'''Pinkie Pie:''' Okay everypony, follow my lead. ''AAAAHHHHHHHH!''
302* In the ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' episode "Comet Kermillian", when rays from one of Dr. Doofenshmirtz's death rays perforate the observatory the brothers built and it threatens to collapse, Phineas instructs the crowd that's gathered to watch the approaching comet not to panic, and to proceed to the emergency exits in an orderly fashion. Then a huge piece of debris falls right behind him, and Phineas adds "Okay, now you can panic."
303* In the final episode of ''WesternAnimation/ReBoot'', after [[spoiler:Megabyte's return]], Mike the TV urges everyone in Mainframe to "panic as only you know how to do!" [[spoiler:It turns out this is actually Megabyte in disguise - all part of his plan to trap the guardians.]]
304* ''WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow'': in the JustForFun/RecycledInSpace episode ''Black Hole'', Ren and Stimpy's ship is being sucked into [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin a black hole]] and all their attempts to escape it fail.
305-->'''Ren:''' Our shipboard computer suggests one last alternative.\
306'''Flashing computer screen:''' START SCREAMING
307* From ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': In "Homer the Vigilante", Kent Brockman's initial report on the string of cat burglaries ends with him asking a professor if the town should panic. He nonchalantly agrees that they should. Later, Kent brings in the same professor after a large number of townspeople start searching for the cat burglar's loot.
308-->'''Kent Brockman:''' Hordes of panicky people seem to be evacuating the town for some unknown reason. Professor, without knowing precisely ''what'' the danger ''is'', would you say it's time for our viewers to crack each other's heads open and feast on the goo inside?\
309'''Professor:''' Mmm, yes, I would, Kent.
310* In ''WesternAnimation/{{The Smurfs|1981}}'' two-part episode "Smurf on the Wild Side", Brainy goes throughout the Smurf Village during the time when a volcano is raining tar upon the forest, telling his fellow Smurfs not to panic, until a bit of tar splatters him, and then he runs, crying out, "PANIC! PANIC!"
311* ''WesternAnimation/TheTransformers'':
312-->'''Rodimus Prime:''' Don't panic yet. Stay calm until we know what's going on. Then we'll panic.
313* ''WesternAnimation/{{Wakfu}}'': In "[[Recap/WakfuS2E24PhaerisTheMighty Phaeris the Mighty]]", after sneaking a ride to escape Rushu's world, Remington says to Grany: "Don't make a meow...", as they are surrounded by Shushus. Then, a few minutes later, the island is bombarded by the Sufokian navy, and...
314-->'''Grany:''' Can I meow now, Remy?\
315'''Remington:''' AS MUCH AS YOU WANT!
316* In "Happy Birthday, Dog!" on ''WesternAnimation/WordWorld'', Duck calls for everybody to panic after they drop the cake and the letters fall apart. Pig, however, is the voice of reason, reminding them that they still have all the letters, so they can still build the word.
317* In the first episode of the second season of ''WesternAnimation/XiaolinShowdown'', the Xiaolin warriors (except for Raimundo) are fleeing from Wuya, who has taken over the world. Omi tells his friends not to despair, because there is always a path to victory. About five seconds later, he tells them "now, you may despair."
318* In the "Zigby's Kite" story of the [=CGI=] animated preschool show ''WesternAnimation/{{Zigby}}'', [=McMeer=] ends up flying in the sky on a kite. Zigby's friend Bertie gets agitated and Zigby tells him that "This is no time to panic." Bertie replies that it's the perfect time to panic. Zigby shouts to [=McMeer=] "Don't panic!"
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322* The Soviet Union placed its Far East Army on alert for 30 minutes when it received word that US President Ronald Reagan had said, jokingly and as a sound test, "My fellow Americans, I'm pleased to tell you today that I've signed legislation that will outlaw Russia forever. We begin bombing in five minutes." This panic attack, however, was delayed by two months; contrary to legend, it was ''not'' broadcast live. President Reagan said it on August 11, 1984. [[DelayedReaction The Far East Army was not put on alert until the following October.]]
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