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->'''NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!'''\\
-- ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDQuBUy1dgo Almost Everyone]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtE0jcAkvjI On This Page]]''

->''In real battles, I think people probably respond to trauma either by going catatonic or with black humour. But in movie-land, when a friend is wounded, the Deep Magic says you have to [[SayMyName yell his name]]. (If his name is "No!", that means he's actually dead.)''\\
-- '''[[http://andrewrilstone.blogspot.com/2006/01/lion-witch-and-wardrobe_08.html#comment-113685073968680946 Andrew Rilstone]]'''

->"... the short answer is no. The long answer is... NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!"\\
-- '''[[HomestarRunner Strong Bad]]''', [[http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail203.html independent]]

The moment when a character realizes that something awful has happened, or notices that something awful is about to happen, and screams ''"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"'' If the character is rushing to prevent the something-awful from happening, a slow-motion effect can be employed to draw out the tension of the moment, sometimes to the point of drawing out the "No" into a comical bass growl. (Editors with more foresight will combine this trope with the one that indicates a character in shock by muting the soundtrack.) This trope is very susceptible to becoming {{Narm}}, but does raise the question of exactly ''how'' a character should handle a crisis without coming off like a weakling (by [[HeroicBSOD going catatonic]]), a monster (by [[GrissomOneLiner cracking a grim joke]]), or too crude to allow on air (by [[ClusterFBomb swearing one's head off]]).

Used both seriously and for comic effect. Very common on sitcoms. Sometimes the Big No ends the episode with a CliffHanger.

Nearing the point of becoming a DiscreditedTrope. A little more commonly played straight in Japanese media, due to the equivalent ''iya'''s higher screamability. Not very common in Russian, due to the equivalent ''net''s very low screamability.

Occasionally the character will shout something other than "No!" -- usually [[SayMyName shouting the name of the character]] that something bad is about to happen or has just happened to. This is ''slightly'' less discredited. A shorter but still intense "No" also seems less absurd than a drawn-out howl. If nothing less than a howl, expect a SkywardScream.

When a villain screams the BigNo, it's usually as his plans are crashing down around his ears and is usually the [[LastWords last thing he ever says]].

[[LargeHam Large Hams]] will pull one out a Giant No if given the opportunity.

A SubTrope of BigWordShout.

Compare/Contrast LittleNo and BigYes.

See [[http://www.youtubedoubler.com/?video1=http://www.youtube.com/v/sDQuBUy1dgo&start1=18&video2=http://www.youtube.com/v/KtE0jcAkvjI&start2=19 here]] for a side-by-side comparison of a LOT of Nos.
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[[folder:Advertising]]
* An ad for a website done in a ''{{Halo}} 3'' {{machinima}} does this, and can be seen [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9ksidXGWUY here.]]
* A tongue-in-cheek instance was used in commercials for the "Geek Squad" technical support service broadcast in late 2004.
* A recent Snickers commercial had an interesting subversion: A Viking, after learning a store had no Snickers, initially does a BigNo straight and while doing so, throws a garbage can at a car to get his point across. After learning that they had dark chocolate Snickers, however, he does the exact same thing as before... except with a "Big Yaaaaaaaay"!
* Parodied in a Commercial for Corn Pops, we see a box sitting on a ledge overlooking the San Francisco skyline, someone knocks it over, and tries to grab it before it falls, in slow motion along with the obligatory "Noooo!!!", only he fails, and the camera pulls back to show us that the ledge was only 3 feet off the ground of a hill overlooking the skyline. The man reaches down and retrieves the box.
* A Geico caveman commercial has one of the cavemen giving a silent BigNo after seeing the motto "so easy a caveman can do it" on a wall of televisions, shouting up at the sky as he finds RedemptionInTheRain and then running through a flock of DisturbedDoves, while 3 Doors Down's "Let Me Be Myself" plays. This was all re-edited from the song's actual music video, which used the Geico caveman to {{Narm}}tastic effect, but the commercial's condensed version CrossesTheLineTwice into hilarity.
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[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
* Pedro from ''ExcelSaga'' is infamous for doing the Big No at least OnceAnEpisode. And when I say a Big No, [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kerai/1141245793838.jpg I mean it.]]
* Used straight in ''{{Record of Lodoss War}}'' by two characters at the same time.
* Used in ''TrinityBlood'' at the climax of episode 22.
* Used in ''SonicX'' at the climax of episode 3 by Amy Rose, Sonic's self-appointed "girlfriend".
** Shadow the Hedgehog does this in episode 61 while trying to defeat the Metarex ship.
* Used in ''NeonGenesisEvangelion'' by Asuka [[spoiler:at the end of her Mind Rape]]. And by Shinji after [[spoiler: realizing his Mecha has been used by his father to crush the Entry Plug loaded with his unconscious best friend]] - both are more of an inarticulate yell, actually.
* In ''DigimonAdventure'', [[spoiler: Hikari does one when Wizardmon dies, leading to the activation of her crest]]. It was strangely cut from the dub.
** Equally as strange, the clip was shown in a brief flashback in a later episode, except during a voiceover narration, so her voice was not heard.
* ''{{Mai-HiME}}'' is has more than a few instances of this happening. Of course, what with all that's going on in that series (especially later on), the characters can be forgiven for yelling {{Big No}}s.
* IllGirl Hayate has a huge, primal one near the end of the second season of ''MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha''. Considering how it punctuated a particularly nasty BreakTheCutie moment, the overall effect was quite [[NightmareFuel chilling]].
** In the fourth Megami sound stage, Shamal gives one in a more light-hearted moment when [[spoiler:Agito]] inadvertently shows Hayate a cake from Nanoha's parents' cafe that was supposed to be a surprise (as part of celebrating the tenth anniversary of Hayate recovering) due to being unable to read the kanji on the box.
* ''GundamWing'' has Duo give a massive one when Trowa destroys Deathscythe (of course, since this is a shounen series, he's actually allowed a prime time-friendly curse, i.e., "''Ch'k'sho!''").
** And earlier than that, Wufei also had a ''Ch'k'sho!''" moment after his encounter with Noin.
** The rather well-known story is that Duo's English VA, {{Scott McNeil}}, created the very memorable yell by thinking about the time his wife ran over his motorcycle with the family minivan. "NOOOOOOO" indeed.
*** [=McNeil=] is so well remembered for this that he [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kg0sdjf4Blc takes requests]] for the Deathscythe scream at cons.
* In ''{{Robotech}} The Shadow Chronicles'' there are two moments - first when [[spoiler: Commander Tailor dies]] and then when [[spoiler: Alex Romero sacrifices himself. This one is especially strong.]]
* Simon from ''TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' performs a variation on this trope, instead shouting "[[spoiler: ANIKI!!!]]" when he believes [[spoiler: Kamina has been killed by Thymilph. Kamina, however, stays alive just long enough to make a HeroicSacrifice in the form of the Giga Drill Breaker]].
*[[spoiler: The second]] Greed gets one of these in the ''FullmetalAlchemist'' manga [[spoiler: after he unknowingly kills the last living member of the former Greed's QuirkyMinibossSquad. The old Greed resurfaces, asks [[WhatTheHellHero What The Hell Anti-Villain]] and the new one shouts out a screen-filling BigNo]].
** However, also avoided in the manga when Scar wakes up to find his brother's arm attached in the place of his own. Delivered in the style of the big no, he instead screams "WHAT IS THIS" to a rather chilling effect.
* In Chapter 349 of ''{{Bleach}}'', [[spoiler:Orihime]] gets one that spans '''two pages''' after [[spoiler:Ulquiorra uses his Cero to blow a hole in Ichigo's chest]]. Not only that, she even needs to take a breath before continuing with it. (oh...ooohhhh...).
** The 'oh...oohhhh' part was actually just her grunting and breathing, as it was 'ah' in other translations.
* ''SailorMoon''. A lot, but particularly in the last episodes of the first and last seasons when all her friends [[spoiler:seemingly die]].
* [[CodeGeass Lelouch]] has one when he is beaten in chess by Mao. [[spoiler:He used his [[EvilEye geass]] to wipe his memory of the plan which counted on him losing the game. No, not [[MemeticMutation that game]]]].
* ''FushigiYuugi'' makes use of this trope through Miaka, Tamahome, Miaka, Chichiri, Miaka, Yui, Miaka...
* In ''DragonBall Z'', Super Buu's big no [[spoiler:rips a hole in a dimension. And you had the nerve to call it lame.]]
* In an ''OnsenEpisode'', when the females have discovered the fact that they are being peeped on, they will do this in unison.
** ''{{Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei}}'' subverts this by having one of the girls peep on their (male) teacher, and when they knock over the privacy wall and each side gets a good eye-full of the other, only he [[ScreamsLikeALittleGirl screams]], much to his consternation.
* Chitose utters these quite often when having to deal with his self-proclaimed mothers on ''HappyLesson'', but the entire Biology class gets one when the lesson of the day is: "Dissection - Live chicks".
* [[spoiler:Batou]] shouting ''[[spoiler:MOTOKO!!!!!]]'' in ''[[GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplex Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex]]''.
* In the first {{Inuyasha}} movie (both the english and Japanese versions) Kagome lets out a rather chilling one after [[spoiler:being forced to shoot Inuyasha by the {{Big Bad}}]] Complete with lack of BGM and echoes. It is used rather effectively though.
* In ''History's Strongest Disciple Kenichi'', during a financial crisis, Miu has the masters of Ryouzanpaku give lessons to small children. Kenichi is amused to see the straight-faced(But cruel) Akisame being run ragged by the hyperactive kiddies, but enacts this trope when he later sees what [[http://www.onemanga.com/Historys_Strongest_Disciple_Kenichi/191/12/ kind of effect his teachings have]].
*Every rape or blackmail themed hentai anime (which means 98% of them) ever made ever will include some helpless victim screeching out a BigNo when she realizes that she's about to get "Rambunctiously Cuddled."
** Eh...it's closer to 30%. Unless we're counting the [[NaughtyTentacles tentacles]]. Then it's about 98%.
* At the end of the first ep of ''NyanKoi''.
* In the manga version of ''{{Pretear}}'', Himeno lets out a BigNo when she realizes that her carelessness has led to [[spoiler:Shin's leafe being drained away]].
*In {{K-On}}, Mio lets out one of these after her on stage... accident. Involving a "bowl of rice."
* The sixth volume of the ''KingOfThorn'' manga devotes a full page to a Big No [[spoiler:by Shizuku when Kasumi dies]].
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[[folder:Comics]]
* In one ''{{Calvin and Hobbes}}'' strip, Calvin, upon learning that Rosalyn is coming to babysit again, lets out a large "AAAAAAUUUUUUGGGGGGHHHHHH!" that takes up the top half-inch of the entire strip.
** ... And continues to do it throughout the next strip, prompting his mother to say "For heaven's sake, Calvin, take a breath before you pass out on the floor!"
* In the series ''StarWars [[StarWarsExpandedUniverse Knights of the Old Republic]]'', Big Bad Haazen has one of these right before getting annihalated by the combined firepower of an entire fleet of warships.
*Not sure if its an actual Nooooooooo but in a flashback in the {{Thunderbolts}} 1997 Annual, Melissa Gold (in her costumed persona of Screaming Mimi, possessing sonic powers) obliterates a portion of forest, liquifies the ground around herself, and destroys her vocal chords upon the death of her boyfriend Angar, by falling to her knees and screaming for hours. [[IGotBetter She got better.]]
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[[folder:Fan Works]]
* In ''Tales for the Leet's [[http://uninteresting.myby.co.uk/noeffort/romjul.htm Romeo and Juliet]]'', Juliet has an especially BigNo after [[ItWasHisSled finding Romeo dead]], taking three lines of dialogue to complete and ending with multiple !s and 1s.
* In ''YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries'', Tristan gets one that the credits cut off after Joey tells him that they have to go back to school now that the tournament is over.
* ''MyImmortal'' uses it a lot.
* In ''DragonBallZ Abridged'' episode 10:
-->'''Goku:''' Kaioken...\\
'''Vegeta:''' Noooo!\\
'''Goku:''' ... times...\\
'''Vegeta:''' No no no no!\\
'''Goku:''' ... FOUR!\\
'''Vegeta:''' No no no no FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu...!!!!!
** Additionally, Vegeta's response to [[spoiler: Ghost Nappa]]
*z3ll58 does a very good and long No in his Let's Play Final Fantasy 6" when Leo dies.
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[[folder:Films]]
* Virgil Brigman lets out a "NOOOOOOOO!" in ''TheAbyss'' [[spoiler: after Lindsey drowns herself so he can tow her back to the rig.]]
* ''[[Film/{{Alien}} Aliens]]'', when Ripley is dreaming that she has been impregnated by a facehugger Alien.
** [[{{DisContinuity}} Also the fans' reaction to the third film.]] [[spoiler: In which Ripley really was impregnated.]]
** ''Alien 3'': Bishop's "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!" when Ripley [[spoiler: decides to kill herself]].
* Delivered to great comical effect near the end of the ''{{Alvin and the Chipmunks}}'' movie.
* Two in ''AustinPowers: International Man of Mystery''.
** A guard screams "No!" twice while Austin is driving toward him with a steamroller.
** Austin does it just before leaping to push the underground drill's [[BigRedButton abort button]].
* In ''{{Back to the Future}}'', Marty does this when seeing Doc get shot by the Libyan terrorists. However, he adds on by saying "NOOOOOOO! BASTARDS!!!!" [[spoiler: It then turns out at the end that Doc was wearing a bulletproof vest]].
** He does it again (without the "BASTARDS!!!!") in ''Part II'', when he discovers that [[spoiler: Biff Tannen has changed history and married his mother.]]
* Mos Def does it in ''BeKindRewind'' when all of the video cassettes in his store were erased.
* Ator from ''CaveDwellers'' is mocked on ''{{MST3K}}'' for shouting "No!" while helplessly tied to a stick.
* ''{{Constantine}}''. After Constantine makes an ash out of Balthazar, the mysterious BigBad [[spoiler:Gabriel]] appears. After Balthazar asks [[strike:her]] him to resurrect him, [[strike:she]] he instead uses a wind to blow him away. He yells "Noooooo!" just before his remains crumble to dust.
* In ''DeadPoetsSociety'', Neil's father gives an impressive Big No after [[spoiler:finding the dead body of his son]], [[BlatantLies and then goes on to say]]
--> '''Mr. Perry''': Neil, you ''dumbass!''
* ''TheDevilsAdvocate'': Al Pacino screams "NOOOOOOOOOO" when [[spoiler:Kevin shoots himself]]. Great because it's delivered in the [[HamAndCheese understated acting style]] Pacino uses for this type of movie.
* Done straight by the villain Zeebad in ''Doogal'' as he is pulled back into imprisonment.
* In the ''[[DungeonsAndDragons Dungeons & Dragons]]'' movie, Riddley Freeborn's "NOOOOOOOOOO!" when Snails dies.
** The anguished slow-mo scream of the protagonist in the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' movie, upon seeing his {{Sidekick}} [[UncleTomfoolery friend]] Snails stabbed to death (after heroically attacking a villain all by himself), drew involuntary laughter from a movie-going audience at a cinema in Germany. It didn't help that Snails the thief was clearly supposed to be the PluckyComicRelief but [[EthnicScrappy failed miserably]], except at becoming the proof that even in Fantasy, the [[Main/BlackDudeDiesFirst black guy dies first]].
* Used in ''EvilDead 2'', when Ash finds that the only bridge to escape the haunted forest is totally destroyed. "No... Oh God no... no... NO! NNNNOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Of course, that's not the only example in the film.
* In many cases, it's the character's final line of the movie (there are even cases where it's ''the'' final line of the movie: here, WesleySnipes' ''JungleFever'', the telefilm ''Christmas Every Day''...).
* Some of the ''StarTrek'' movies use the BigNo at least once:
** ''StarTrekTheMotionPicture'': Decker gives a BigNo as Captain Kirk gives the order to Chekov to fire phasers at the asteroid when the Enterprise is trapped in the wormhole.
** ''StarTrekFirstContact'': Captain Picard yells a BigNo and smashes the glass cabinet with the models of the past Enterprises with a phaser rifle after Lily tells him to self-destruct the Enterprise after the ship is assimilated by the Borg.
*** Lily makes it effective by a subdued reaction that constrasts his scream.
---->'''Lily''': ''(quietly)'' You broke your little ships.
** ''StarTrekInsurrection'': Ru'afo shrieks it when the Starfleet Admiral tells him to have a private discussion with Picard. Ru'afo wails it again when Picard threatens to ignite the fumes on the collector.
** ''StarTrekNemesis'': Counsellor Troi screams a BigNo when Shinzon invades her mind, the Reman Viceroy yells it when he falls to his death after being kicked by Commander Riker.
** ''StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan'' has a famous variant: KHAAAANNN!!! KHAAAANNN!!!
** ''StarTrekVTheFinalFrontier'': Captain Kirk yells a big "SHOOT HIM!!!" at Spock when he tries to kill his half brother Sybok.
* All the ''StarWars'' movies uses the BigNo at least once:
** ''A New Hope'': Luke gives a BigNo when Darth Vader kills Obi-Wan.
** ''The Empire Strikes Back'': Luke responds to LukeIAmYourFather, in a fairly predictable way.
*** Parodied in [[http://www.irregularwebcomic.net/1382.html this]] ''IrregularWebcomic'' and also in ''[[ToyStory Toy Story 2]]''.
** ''Return of the Jedi'': A robot screams as his feet are ripped by another machine.
** ''Phantom Menace'': Echoing Luke in ''A New Hope'', Obi-Wan does a BigNo when Darth Maul kills Qui-Gon.
*** Averted in [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0177.html this]] ''{{Darths and Droids}}'' by showing the scene in silence. But [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0179.html when the scene returns]]...
** ''Attack of the Clones'': Obi-Wan again, when Anakin charges recklessly in to fight Dooku. Also, Yoda hears a BigNo from Qui-Gon's ethereal voice as Anakin slaughters the Tusken Raiders.
** ''Revenge of the Sith'': Anakin/Vader, upon discovering that Padme is dead.
*** Darth Vader's usage of [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWaLxFIVX1s&feature=related it]] at the end of ''Revenge of the Sith'' was criticized by many fans (and, subsequently, memed to death). Some voices just can't handle the BigNo, and audiences found out the hard way that James Earl Jones' is one of them. [[MemeticMutation Do Not Want]].
*** In fact, because so many people have been using the version with music in the background, they made their first Vader soundboard have a '''''clean, no-BGM''''' version of it '''[[http://www.starwars.com/games/playnow/soundboards/#/?theme=14 here]]'''.
*** Parodied in [[http://www.i-mockery.com/minimocks/darth-tragedy/ this I-Mockery feature]].
*** Parodied in [[http://www.digi-comic.com/?comicId=58 this strip]] of ''Digi-Comic''.
*** Qualified as {{Narm}} even before the MemeticMutation.
*** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9STwxWif2c The French Big No]] is even more ridiculous.
* The ''LordOfTheRings'' films have a whole bunch of them, most of them reasonably done:
** Gimli has a BigNo when he discovers the tomb of Balin, which dissolves into mournful blubbering.
** Frodo also has one upon Gandalf's "death".
** Aragorn's scream upon thinking Merry and Pippin are dead in the second film (when he kicks them helmet) isn't quite distinct, but seems to be a BigNo. [[RealitySubtext Interestingly]], Viggo Mortensen's tremendous howl of anguish here was actually due in part to the fact that when he kicked the helmet, he broke his toe--they kept that take in because it was, as such, his best.
** Right at the climax of the third film, [[spoiler: when Frodo succumbs to the lure of the One Ring while standing on the edge of the Crack of Doom. It's actually two smaller "no"s, then followed by what might be the biggest "NOOOOOOOOOOO!" this troper's ever heard as Frodo puts on the Ring, alerting the Big Bad to his presence.]]
** Another in the third film is screamed twice by Eomer upon the discovery of [[spoiler: his uncle King Theoden dead and his sister Eowyn almost dead on the battlefield.]] Here it is one of the rare effective moments of BigNo.
** Yet another in the third film is Legolas in the final battle [[spoiler: When Aragorn's about to be killed by a troll]]. It's definitely in the extended cut and the [[TrailersAlwaysLie trailers]] at least.
* According to [[http://rinkworks.com/badmovie/m/battlefield.earth.2000.shtml this]], yelling "NOOOOOOO!" is the distinguishing characteristic of the hero from ''BattlefieldEarth''. His first BigNo occurs less than two minutes into the movie.
* ''TheLionKing'': Simba screams it as Mufasa falls to his death in a well-done and dramatic way.
** That BigNo was overlapped with a second BigNo with Simba's flashback in the same movie, right before adult Simba jumps back onto Pride Rock.
** And again in the sequel, in which he has a flashback/dream sequence- two "Big No"s in a span of 11 seconds!
* ''[[TheMummyTrilogy The Mummy Returns]]'': Imhotep, the titular returning mummy, actually slides on his knees into the frame to deliver one (in ancient Egyptian, of course) when the other Big Bad for the film is defeated. To compound it all, he was kinda late. So blatant, it ''has'' to be some self-aware parody.
** Definitely a parody. Rick O'Connell delivered a much better and more believable one earlier in the film when [[spoiler: Evy was stabbed.]]
* ''{{Film/Spider-Man}} 2'': Yelled by Otto Octavius when he wakes up and finds that his tentacles -- which [[EvilHand have a mind of their own]] -- killed all of the doctors who were about to operate on him while he was unconscious.
** The third movie has it when Eddie Brock [[spoiler:sees Spider-Man is throwing a bomb at the Venom symbiote]].
* ''{{Terminator}} 2'' had the best BigNo ever, when Sarah Connor sees the good terminator walk out of the elevator. Not knowing he's good, Sarah falls down, but first has a look of disbelief on her face. Then as she runs the other way, her screams build up in volume until she finally lets out her Big No.
* Delivered straight in ''Film/HarryPotter and the Order of the Phoenix'' [[spoiler:when Sirius Black falls through The Veil in the Death Chamber. Harry screams it.]] In a twist (one in very good taste), the scream is given silently, with the score playing over it.
** This after, in the ''Goblet of Fire'' movie, Ralph Fiennes as [[spoiler: Voldemort]] delivers a painfully straight ([[{{Narm}} and unfortunately delivered]]) double threat of BigNo and (apparently) SkywardScream when Harry got away... again.
* Averted by BenKingsley in ''SexyBeast'': "Nonononono NO!"
* In ''[=~Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within~=]'', we get to see not one but ''two'' characters deliver the "Big No", combined with [[FiringInTheAirALot firing their weapons wildly]], in very short succession.
* Played for laughs in ''MirrorMask'': "NOOOOO! I DON'T WANT TO BE A WAITER!"
* Parodied in the endings of ''ScaryMovie'' and ''Scary Movie 2''. In the former, as the FinalGirl screams, she is ran over by a car. In the latter, the FinalGirl meets the psycho again. She does the Big No, he does a Big Yes... and gets run over by a car.
* ''MerlinsShopOfMysticalWonders'' features a truly glorious NOOOOOOOOO!", complete with slow-motion running towards the camera.
* In ''{{Sweeney Todd}}'' there is a BigNo issued by the titular character after he is informed of his wife's rape. Rather effective due to it blending in with his wife's screams at the end of the musical number/flashback, "Poor Thing."
* The infamous 1983 film ''TheLonelyLady'' seems to think this trope automatically equals brilliant writing. Roger Ebert probably said it best:
-->''The movie's whole plot hinges on Pia's ability to rewrite a scene better than her jealous writer-husband. When the star of her husband's movie weeps that she can't play a certain graveyard scene, Pia whips out the portable typewriter and writes brilliant new dialogue for the star. What, you may ask, does Pia write? Here's what: She has the grieving widow kneel by the side of the open grave and cry out (are you ready for this?) "Why? Why!!!" That's it. That's the brilliant dialogue. And it can be used for more than death scene, let me tell you. In fact, I walked out of this movie saying to myself, "Why? Why!!!"''
* ''TheKentuckyFriedMovie'' has a random CIA mook shout this when the villain has him [[CoolAndUnusualPunishment banished to]]... Detroit. ''''''"NO! NO, NOT DETROIT! NO! NO, PLEASE! ANYTHING BUT THAT!! NO! NO!!"''''''
* ''[[IndianaJones Raiders of the Lost Ark]]''. While the Nazis are sliding the stone block to seal off the Well of Souls (with Indy and Marion inside), Marion yells "Noooo!". The sound is abruptly cut off when the block slides into place.
* Played straight with the end of ''HeavenlyCreatures''.
* In ''{{WALL-E}}'', Eve does this multiple times, once with her voice when WALL-E fires her laser arm by accident and a few times with a movie scream whenever something bad happens to WALL-E. May be LampshadeHanging.
** Auto manages a couple as well, despite being "played" by a voice synthesizer. Seems Macintalk puts a lot of emotion into that one word for some reason.
* Shia [=LaBeouf=] inverts this trope in a number of his movies by instead letting out numerous {{Little No}}s. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IXCK1EyP4s See Here ]]
* In ''TropicThunder'' Tugg Speedman lets out one of these after ''[[spoiler:killing a panda in self defense]]'', and [[HilarityEnsues it's hilarious]].
* In ''{{Se7en}}'' David Mills build up to one of these after being informed that [[spoiler: it was his wife's head in the box]]. "What was in the boooox? You're a liar! No! NO!"
* The Abbé de Coulmier (''Quills'') achieves a massive Big No, bordering perhaps on Huge status, upon [[spoiler:the Marquis de Sade's suicide]]. The Abbé's No is so big that it in fact incites a chorus of Big Nos from the asylum's inmates, which echoes off the mildewed walls and bathes the watcher in the uncensored vocal epitaph of the Abbé's bitter moral defeat.
* In ''Film/{{Superman}}'', Superman lets out a BigNo when he is shocked when Lois Lane died in the earthquake.
** It was actually a few quiet little nos, followed by a big scream of anguish. ToyFare magazine's Geek 100 rated this #6, as "the most agonized scream ever recorded on film."
* In ''TheGodfather, Part 3'' Al Pacino gives a huge "NO", complete with faded soundtrack ''[[spoiler: when his daughter is shot.]]''
* When Art Lean is killed by Goro in the ''MortalKombat'' movie, the BigNo is screamed by Sonya immediately upon his death, and then issued by Johnny Cage when Shang Tsung proceeds to consume the guy's soul.
* Said by [[TimCurry Dr. Frank N Furter]] in ''RockyHorrorPictureShow'' as he flees from a laser-wielding Riff Raff.
* Parodied by {{William Shatner}} in ''Invasion Iowa'', writing 13 O's on his cue card.
* In the ''Film/{{Watchmen}}'' movie [[spoiler: Nite Owl lets out a classic Big No complete with falling to his knees upon seeing the disintegration of Rorschach]].
* Derek {{Zoolander}} has one of these when he sees his (even more TooDumbToLive than he is) friends die in a tragic [[strike: using-gas-pumps-as-water-pistols]] gasoline fight accident, not very far into the movie. (The "no" starts a bit earlier, when he sees a cigarette arcing towards his friends in SloMo.)
* ''{{Halloween}} 4: The Return of Michael Myers'' has several, all said in a row when Loomis [[spoiler: realizes Laurie's daughter (whom he's been trying to protect) has been corrupted by Michael and has murdered her foster mother with a pair of scissors at the end of the film.]]
* ''Legend'' (1985). Darkness yells "Nooooooo!" when he's blasted out into space by the sunlight.
* ''{{Mulan}}''. Shan-Yu yells "Nooooooooooooo!" when Mushu fires a big rocket at Shan-Yu.
* Used twice in the ''[[Film/XMen X-Men Origins: Wolverine]]'', both times by [[spoiler: Logan]]; first time after [[spoiler: he kills his father]] and the second time when [[spoiler: he finds the dead body of his girlfriend]].
** In the regular X-Men trilogy, Wolverine does it after killing [[spoiler:Jean Grey]], and when Iceman freezes the hallway between Logan and William Stryker.
* In the 2007 ''{{TMNT}}'' film, Raphael lets out a Big No after [[spoiler:the bad guys have kidnapped Leonardo.]]
** In the original movie, Donatello, Michaelangelo and Raphael let one out as the Shredder is about to kill Leonardo.
* Played for laughs by Will Arnett in ''Hot Rod''. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w95E7xg--Fc&feature=related Must be seen to be believed.]]
* Several characters in ''TheFall'' scream "NOOOOOOOOOO!" at one point -- sometimes it's played for humor, sometimes it's played very, very straight.
* Chuckie bursts into the chapel with one in ''{{Rugrats}} in Paris''. Which just happens to be his first word ever.
* Queen Penelope has one in the SoBadItsGood film ''The Oddyssey''.
* Disney's ''{{Disney/Aladdin}}''. Jafar, after he betrays Aladdin and realizes he doesn't have the lamp. Also, when he's sucked into a lamp in the ending.
* In Disney's ''{{Hercules}}'', this is Zeus' reaction to learning [[strike: his infant son]] ''mah boi'' has been kidnapped.
** Hercules himself does one too when Meg is crushed by a pillar.
* ''LustInTheDust'', after Abel Wood kills Bernardo's henchmen.
-->'''Marguerita:''' Accident?\\
'''Abel:''' They moved.\\
'''Bernardo:''' ''NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!''\\
'''Marguerita:''' Shut up, Bernardo.
* In ''JudgeDredd'', the title character does this when former Chief Justice Fargo is mortally wounded by Junior.
* A rare example of this being done well:
-->"NO! I am NOT an [[TheElephantMan ELEPHANT!]] I am NOT an ANIMAL! I am a human BEING! I am... a [[TheElephantMan man]]."
* In ''TheWickerMan'' (1972), this, along with a BigOMG, is Sgt. Howie's first reaction to seeing the titular edifice. The camera-work, buildup, and above all, Edward Woodward's believable delivery of the line removed any potential narm.
* In ''TheMatrix'', Agent Smith gives a brief one after Neo dives into his body and before he explodes.
* A few of these come from the main female character from ''TeamAmericaWorldPolice'' when her fiance is shot by a terrorist about five minutes in.
* In ''Bridge to Silence'', Marlee Matlin's character both screams and signs her Big No when told that her husband is dead. How to do a Big No in AMSLAN: Using your right hand, make a "bird's bill" with your thumb and pointer and middle fingers. Clap them together rapidly for as long as you want your Big No to last.
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[[folder:Literature]]
* An [[{{Narm}} unintentionally hilarious]] example is seen at the end of Marianne Curley's ''The Key'', where Ethan screams it after [[spoiler:his true love Rochelle [[TakingTheBullet takes a magic arrow to the chest for him]]]]. Rochelle, who is narrating the story and using present tense, is able to tell us that the last thing she hears before she dies is Ethan screaming "Nooooo!"
* In the first ''WildCards'' book (from 1986), Dr. Tachyon shrieks ''"Noooooooooooooooooo!"'' when [[spoiler: he believes he has failed to prevent his friend Angelface from being shot.]]
* In George R. R. Martin's ''[[ASongOfIceAndFire A Clash of Kings]]'' ship-captain Davos Seaworth unleashes one of these during [[spoiler: the bloody naval assault on King's Landing, when he realizes that one of the other attacking ships is about to set off a particularly nasty trap.]]
* The ''GauntsGhosts'' novel ''The Guns of Tanith'' uses this at the climax when [[spoiler: Mkoll kills Sagittar Slaith.]]
* This trope, among other things, robbed [[spoiler:Oz's death]] in ''The Lake House'' of [[{{Narm}} much of its impact.]]
* To expand on the ''HarryPotter'' examples in the Film section, Professor [=McGonagall=] gets a big "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" towards the end of ''The Deathly Hallows'', when she sees Hagrid carrying [[spoiler:what she thinks is Harry's lifeless body]]. But don't worry, [[spoiler:[[{{IGotBetter}} he got better.]]]]
** Ron also got an [[NarmCharm adorably melodramatic]] one in ''{{Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban}}''. Between that and the all-caps "AAAAAAARGH" he got immediately preceding his BigNo, the stretched-out drama took up an entire line on the page.
* In ''WarriorCats'', Bluestar (then Bluepaw) bursts into one of these when [[spoiler:her mother is killed in battle]], complete with eight O's.
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[[folder:Live Action TV]]
* ''{{Oz}}'': Happens a few times. The most notable one would be when Keller commits suicide and leaves Beecher thinking that he's the one who killed Keller.
* From {{Scrubs}}, Dr Cox: "nyet; negatory; mm-mm; nuh-uh; oh-oh; and of course my own personal favorite of all time, man falling off of a cliff... [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zNjQecyjE8 Nooooooooooooo.............Pffft".]]
* Played straight (and generally approved of) near the end of ''[[AngelTheSeries Angel]]'''s Season Three. Possibly helped by the hero sobbing so hard he can barely get the word out.
* Used non-ironically in ''DoctorWho'', "Age of Steel." By a ''cyborg''. Used non-ironically quite frequently in the new DoctorWho series actually -- "The Fires of Pompeii" has at least two characters {{BigNo}}ing ''simultaneously'' at its climax. And then there's Sutekh from ''The Pyramids of Mars'', whose end is hilariously interspersed throughout [[http://io9.com/5018136/doctor-who-was-never-about-showing-mercy this]] compilation.
** One of the more effective uses of this in the old series was when Omega has only just realized that he is little more than a walking ghost -- partly because his denial is also followed up by a very tortured primal scream that sounds disturbing realistic.
** Used very effectively in the s2 finale "Doomsday", though it isn't so much heard as conveyed though Ten's expression.
** Used in the Sixth Doctor story, "The Ultimate Foe", the Sixth Doctor screams a BigNo when he is slowly disappearing into sand when hands grabbing him.
** In the TV movie by FOX, the Eighth Doctor yells it when the Master kills Chang Lee and again when the Master kills Grace Halloway.
* ''{{MacGyver}}'', episode "Flame's End": When [=MacGyver=]'s NewOldFlame's car blows up, the action slows down as [=MacGyver=] rushes toward the car, the soundtrack mutes, and [=MacGyver=] shouts her name.
** When, in de VerySpecialEpisode "Blood Brothers", Jason Priestly's character accidentally shot himself, things went slow-mo and MacGyver yelled not that character's name, but the name of his childhood friend who died after accidentally getting shot.
* ''[[TheXFiles The X-Files]]'' ended a cliffhanger episode like this.
** In "Monday" Scully and Mulder are doomed to endlessly repeat the BigNo, as they are trapped in a GroundhogDayLoop which always results in their deaths.
* Used often on ''HerculesTheLegendaryJourneys'', particularly the episode "Not Fade Away".
* Played straight (and also approved of) in ''{{Supernatural}}'' -- "All Hell Breaks Loose" where Dean has just finally found Sam and seen him get stabbed in the back. Helped by the fact that the viewers are probably feeling the same thing and his look of complete panic and devastation at the sight of his little brother getting knifed.
* Parodied in ''{{Spaced}}'', in which Tim screams "NOOOO!!!" at the top of his lungs when cradling the body of his fallen best friend Mike, who has just been shot whilst saving Tim from an ambush by a hated rival and has just given a moving eulogy. It's worth noting, however, that this is merely a ''paintball'' game, and Mike, having merely been shot by a gob of paint, is far from dead; indeed, the scene immediately cuts to the two of them leaving the paintball centre casually chatting about how much fun they had.
** Later parodied again in the first episode of the second season, in which Tim, recounting events in voice-over, introduces Mike -- who runs to the centre of the pavement, falls to his knees, and angstily screams "WHYYYYYYY?!?!?!" at the top of his lungs ''for absolutely no reason whatsoever''.
** Well, according to the {{Spaced}} Season 2 DVD'S ''Homage-o-meter'', this moment is a reference to ''{{Platoon}}''.
* The MadScientist gave a BigNo because ''TheMiddleMan'' and his SideKick thwarted her plans in the series' first episode.
* Ned Bigby from ''{{Neds Declassified School Survival Guide}}" has used the Big No when things were going badly for him.
* Used to great effect on ''TheDailyShow'' during, of all things, the 2000 election aftermath. At the end of a long montage involving the host and correspondents working through 37 days of hell, during which they [[ImAHumanitarian turn to cannibalism]] and Jon and Stephen [[HoYay apparently fall in love]], Al Gore concedes and it looks like it's all over -- when suddenly Stephen is shot dead. "NOOOOOOOO!!!!!"
* Parodied to the max in ''GarthMarenghisDarkPlace'', in which practically every dramatic / tragic moment in the series will be punctuated by someone - usually Rick Daglass - screaming "''Nooooooo''!!!" at the top of his lungs, in slow motion, for at least a full minute. Usually more than once.
* ''MiamiVice'' episode "Calderone's Demise" features a string of no less than eight successive iterations of the slow-motion BigNo.
* Parodied in StephenColbert's "audition tape" for the post of White House press secretary, where Colbert repeatedly uses this as he is pursued by Helen Thomas.
** Stephen regularly uses them. He is well known to be a huge fan of both Star Wars and LOTR, so it's obviously a homage.
* Played straight in ''{{Primeval}}''. In episode 4 of Season 2, PluckyComicRelief Connor attempts to get around a particularly nasty creature to rescue his friend/crush Abby. The creature smacks him across the room, where he hits a wall and then drops out of sight, resulting in Abby uttering the Big No. While it was probably {{Narm}} to some viewers, this troper believes that actress Hannah Spearritt deserves serious credit here. The anguish on her face and in her voice actually makes the line '''work.'''
* From the ''StarTrekVoyager'' holoprogram ''The Adventures of Captain Proton!''
-->'''Chaotica:''' Your once proud country will fall to its knees. How ironic that I am using your rocket ship to lead my space force into battle!\\
'''Kim:''' You're wrong, Chaotica. Before you came on board, someone pushed the [[SelfDestructMechanism self destruct button]]. In three minutes, we'll all be dead.\\
'''Chaotica:''' ''(with appropriate LargeHam body language)'' NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
** In "One", Seven screams "no" after the Doc goes offline, leaving her to deal with the [[spoiler: hallucinations she's having, plus the fact that every system is failing]] by herself.
* Used as the season one cliffhanger of ''{{Sliders}}'' (when [[spoiler:Quinn is shot and then cradled in Wade's arms -- Sabrina Lloyd can ''scream'']]), and again in season two (when Wade dreams of her past-life self being shot and cradled in her lover's arms).
* ''{{Big Wolf on Campus}}'' makes fun of it. When an attempt to save Merton's life seems to fail and Merton just lies still, everyone goes quiet... and then Merton goes "That's it? No tears? No wailing? No protracted moan of nooooooooooooooooooooooooo?"
* ''StarTrek'': In the season 1 episode "The Alternative Factor", Lazarus lets out a BigNo when Kirk vanishes into a antimatter universe.
* ''StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'': In the season one finale Sisko does this while charging towards an assassin. The scene is in slow motion, making his already deep voice ''hilariously'' deep.
* ''StarTrekTheNextGeneration'': In the Season 6 episode "Timescape", Picard succumbs to temporal narcosis after laughing, he repeatedly lets out a BigNo.
** In the 3rd season episode "Sarek", Picard yells it after the mind meld with Sarek.
** In the 6th season episode "Frame of Mind", Riker screams a BigNo before waking up from a nightmare.
** Counsellor Troi screams a BigNo in her hallucination in the 5th season episode, "Violations" and again as an old woman when the alien ambassador heads for the transporter room in the 6th season episode "Man of the People" and once more, when Data stabs in her shoulder in the turbolift in the 7th season episode "Phantasms".
** In the 1st season episode "Hide and Q", Q does this when he is called back to his people.
* Pee-Wee Herman does it repeatedly in an episode of ''PeeWeesPlayhouse'', after Jambi tells him that there is only one wish per show.
* ''{{Babylon 5}}'': In the Season 4 episode "The Face of the Enemy", an increasingly upsetting season long arc culminates in a brainwashed Mr. Garibaldi betraying his friends in a big public way, leading to the capture and torture of the captain. Guess what happens when Garibaldi snaps back and realizes that everything he loves is gone and all his friends believe he betrayed them? Actually, the memory of this scene has bothered this troper ever since, especially since she was nine at the time of the viewing in 1996.
* In ''BattlestarGalactica'', Lee Adama gets a very effective one when [[spoiler: Starbuck is apparently killed]] somewhat spoiled when they used it in recap clips for the rest of the season.
* In the SciFi miniseries ''TinMan'', Wyatt Cain does a BigNo during a FlashbackNightmare.
* In ''TheOffice'' (USA), Michael has this reaction when he discovers Toby has returned from South America. The fact that it's interrupted by the opening credits makes in ''funnier''.
* ''AshesToAshes'', [[spoiler:when Alex fails to prevent her parents' death, compounded by the knowledge it was her father who had done the deed.]]
* The cliffhanger ending of season 2 of ''{{Farscape}}'' has left Aeryn dead, John an unintelligble vegetable on an operating table, and Scorpius walking away having killed the doctor and recovered the neural chip from John's head. He tries to let out a big no, but as his speech center has been carved out along with the chip it's more of an unintelligble scream, but the effort was there.
* FakeBoss Sokar, of ''StargateSG1'' fame, does an inarticulate roar when he realizes that Apophis has outmaneuvered him, while making use of the Goa'uld "deep voice" effect. [[{{Mabus}} This troper]] thought it came off as pretty BadAss.
* In the season 3 finale of ''Series/{{Heroes}}'', [[spoiler:Angela]] gives the BigNo upon seeing [[spoiler:Nathan's corpse]].
** And it was [[{{Narm}} Narm-tastic]].
***Says you.
* Parodied in ''TheITCrowd'' as part of TheFunInFuneral frolics surrounding Denholm's funeral; when his long-lost son Douglas turns up out of nowhere he bursts in the door, takes off his sunglasses and make sure he's got everyone's full attention before screaming out "''Fath-EEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRR''!"
* Played absolutely hilariously in ''{{Supernatural}}'' when a wishing well turns a girl's teddy bear into a life-sized, sentient being. A very depressed, alcoholic, somewhat perverted, plushy sentient being. Eventually, he(it?) decides to end it all and sticks a shotgun in its mouth, graphically blowing a cloud of fluff across the room. Which doesn't kill it, as apparently cotton batting doesn't double for brains. Desparing, the teddy raises its paws to heaven and implores "WHHHYYYYYYY?!"
* Played for laughs in ''{{Frasier}}'' in Part Two of "[[http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Derby/3267/624.html Shut Out In Seattle]]" - and in slo mo! - when Faye asks Cassandra's name, whom Frasier kept calling Faye, claiming she was "just an aunt".
* Played for laughs in {{Coupling}} when Patrick encounters 'The Melty Man'.
* In {{Chuck}} Sarah lets a loud one out when Micheal Clark Duncan's character dropps Chuck head-first off the roof of a building.
* [[GreenWing Sue White's]] reaction to Mac withdrawing from the slave auction.
* Jack Bauer does one in Season 4 of ''TwentyFour'' when [[spoiler:Marwan kills himself.]]
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[[folder:Music]]
* A particularly hilarious one happened in the song "[=MacArthur=] Park". The man is lamenting ''a cake'':
-->"And I'll never have that recipe again. Oh NOOOOOOOOOO!"
** He is ''not'' lamenting a literal cake. He's lamenting losing a lover who was perfect for him. Listen to the song.
*** {{Weird Al Yankovic}}'s song "JurassicPark", being a parody of "[=MacArthur=] Park", also has the NOOOOOOOOOO!
**** In the ''Jurassic Park'' video, a T-Rex is about to eat Weird Al, so it fits.
* A Preposterone-fueled one is found in the song "BEER!" by Psychostick.
* ''Don't Forget The Lyrics'' featured The Tide Is High by Blondie, seven missing lyrics:
--> "I'm not the kind of girl/ Who ''gives up just like that/ Oh noooooooo'' "
* The PinkFloyd RockOpera ''TheWall'' has one of these in "Another Brick in the Wall Part 3".
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[[folder:New Media]]
* When [[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Star_Wars_Wiki Wookieepedia]], the official unofficial ''StarWars'' Wiki, was going for their first Featured Wikia of the month on the Wikia main site, there was some consternation when they discovered they were losing to [[http://en.wikifur.com/wiki/WikiFur_Furry_Central WikiFur]], the FurryFandom's Wikia. This sent them on a wild scramble for more votes. The furries, to their credit, played up their role of villain with the following message on the Wikia boards. "Join us, and together we can rule the Internet as Wookie Fur!" Wookieepedia made the only appropriate response.
** If only Chewie, rather than Vader, had delivered the last Big No of the saga...
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[[folder:Sports]]
* Among fans of the Minnesota Vikings, KFAN radio announcer [[LargeHam Paul]] [[NoIndoorVoice Allen's]] painful cry of "NOOOOOOO! NOOOOOOOOOO!" as Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Nate Poole caught a pass from Josh McCown to knock the Vikings out of the playoffs will forever live in infamy. Along with many, many other disappointing moments in the history of the franchise.
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[[folder:Theater]]
* ''WhosAfraidOfVirginiaWoolf'' features one of the best Big Nos of all time, when Martha cries out "Nooooooooo!" after George finally announces their [[spoiler:fictional]] son is dead. Elizabeth Taylor in the film version makes a magnificent cry that has to be seen to be believed.
* At the end of Act One of ''{{The Phantom of the Opera}}'', Erik does this right before he crashes the chandelier.
** This troper has seen the actual script, and he's actually shouting "Gooooooo!!"
*** However, it is fairly common to hear one right before this, when the Phantom snaps during the "All I Ask of You" reprise. Depending on the actor, this can be a literal BigNo, several small ones, and/or an inarticulate cry of rage.
* Opera: when ''pauvre Mimi'' daintily expires of consumption at the end of ''La Boheme'', her boyfriend Rodolfo rushes to her side sobbing and crying her name.
** In the recording this troper has, Giacinto Prandelli as Rodolfo throws in a few big "NOOOOO!"s with his dramatic sobbing. The effect is so beautifully overblown that this track is a bit of a GuiltyPleasure for this troper.
* At the end of ''RENT'', when it appears that [[spoiler:Mimi]] has died, Roger sings out a rather long "NOOOOOOOO!" to segue into "Your Eyes".
* Bill Francouer's ''BabesInToyland'' gives the BigNo to Barnaby and his henchmen, the villains of the show, shortly after their defeat sequence. This troper managed to get three part harmony going some nights...
* In the musical version of ''{{Ragtime}}'', Coalhouse Walker does a ridiculous big NOOOOOOO! [[spoiler: when he finds out Sarah died]], followed by a nice long [[DarkReprise angry reprise]].
* Some versions of ''MissSaigon'' actually go out on this trope, with [[spoiler: Chris cradling Kim's corpse and letting out a great big "NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" which continues for a few seconds]] after the curtain falls. Other versions thankfully replace this with an actual closing number.
* In the RSC's version of ''{{Hamlet}}'' in ''{{The Complete Works of William Shakespeare Abridged}}'', the scene where Hamlet kills Polonius involves Polonious, in 'slow motion', saying, "NOOOOOOO, iiiit wiiiill huuuurt, ow, Iiiii toooold yoooou."
* In ''Parade'', in "That's What he Said," in which a man makes a vivid (and false) testimony about the lead raping and murdering a 13-year-old girl.
-->'''Conley:''' He said no, no, and his eyes were wild and his face was red he said NOOOOOOOO!"\\
'''Leo:''' NOOOOOOOO!
* In the musical {{Cats}}, during The Aweful Battle of the Pekes and the Pollicles, Munkustrap has a BigNo at the horrible din of the two groups of barking dogs.
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[[folder:Video Games]]
* [[spoiler: Bob Page]] lets one off in the New Dark Age ending of DeusEx.
* In ''BaldursGate'', if you have Khalid and Jaheira in your party, Khalid will yell one of these if Jaheira is killed.
-->'''Khalid:''' Ja-Jaheira! No! Noooooooo!
* Cammy's KO scream in ''StreetFighter Zero 3'' and ''Street Fighter IV'' - "NOOOOOOOOO!!"
* Cecil lets out a big WHY? in the [=DS=] version of ''FinalFantasyIV'' after he [[spoiler:destroys]] the Village of Mist. It's followed a few lines later by a nicely dramatic "No".
* ''FinalFantasyVII: Advent Children'' gives Kadaj a good one (of the primal scream variety) when he realizes that [[spoiler:Jenova's head]] has been shot.
** And stabbed. And generally mutilated.
* Montblanc in ''FinalFantasyTacticsAdvance'' had this moment after fulfilling the request involving a townsgirl wanting to confess her true feelings, [[spoiler: who actually doesn't exist, and in turn were a whole Moogle clan out to defeat him ]] waiting in Materiwood.
** Only in the English version, though. The Japanese equivalent to this Big No is "ひどいクポ~~~!!(''Hidoi kupo~~~!!'') which means '''TERRIBLE, KUPOOOOOO!''' with an addition of a ThisCannotBe before that.
* Eliwood does this twice in ''[[FireEmblem Fire Emblem: The Blazing Sword]]'', first [[spoiler:when his father dies]] and later when [[spoiler:he realizes the dragon he just killed was Ninian]].
* Villains in ''PhoenixWrightAceAttorney'' are prone to breaking into a BigNo when Phoenix destroys their alibis. [[spoiler:Damon Gant]] does it ''twice'' -- and that's ''before'' he actually slips into a MotiveRant. Actually parodied at one point when ''TheJudge'' does the BigNo -- and then stops and wonders why, since he's not the one in trouble. Another particularly amusing one is when [[spoiler:Engarde]] shouts something to the like of "No!!![=GuiltygUilTYGUILTYguiLTYgUiLyy=]!!!" complete with alternating caps while ripping his face off.
** In the same case, Phoenix lets out a BigNo if you [[spoiler:present to the judge at one point a piece of cloth with Ema Skye's fingerprints on it too soon. This makes everyone believe Ema really did accidentally kill the victim in the incident two years ago, [[NonStandardGameOver making the trial impossible to win]] and you're notified that you eventually lost]].
** In ''Trials and Tribulations'', when [[spoiler: Edgeworth, who immediately caught on to how terrible being a defense attorney really is,]] just got through breaking three of Larry Butz's phsyche-lockes, being miserable the entire time through. It seemed he was about to get to the bottom of what Butz was hiding when suddenly he's encountered by ''five'' more! Cue the BigNo. At that point, he decided to just take Butz as a witness.
** Godot does such a moment in Case 2 of Trials and Tribulations ''[[SpitTake WHILE DRINKING COFFEE]].''
*** Also, he also does the same thing in Case 3.
* Stages in ''{{Elite Beat Agents}}'' and ''[[OsuTatakaeOuendan Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan]]'' are touched off with the rescuee screaming in anguish (with the Big "HEEAALLLLLP!"/"OOOUUU-EENNN-DAAAAAN!", respectively), prompting an arrival and a dramatic entrance from the titular Big Damn Heroes.
* MaxPayne breaks into the Big No right at the end of the opening level when he finds out that he was too late to save his wife.
** This was parodied, along with everything else concerning the first Max Payne, in the Show Within A Show "Dick Justice" in ''MaxPayne 2''.
* ''StarFox 64'' does this when Fox gets killed. Peppy and Falco doesn't use the Big No to a huge effect like everyone else does, but Slippy lets out a normal Big No.
** One of the bosses does it too; I forget which one.
** Subverted in Star Fox Assault by Wolf in Mission 7, where Fox rides Wolf's Wolfen. When Fox fails to protect the Wolfen, Wolf utters a soft, short "Curses." as his ship explodes, while Fox falls down screaming.
* Related to the "shouting the name of the character" variation, "[[MetalGearSolid SNAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAKE!]]".
** And speaking of Snake, he shouts a BigNo in ''SuperSmashBros Brawl'' if he's knocked out of the stage as a twinkle in the sky.
** So does everyone Snake can talk to on Shadow Moses Island if Snake is beaten before they're done talking, [[spoiler:even Slippy]]
* In [[DynastyWarriors]], Sun Ce can die in Da Qiao's [=DW4XL=] stage. Right after he dies in her arms, she throws her head back and gives a really big ''NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!'', complete with 360 camera action above her.
* Several variants of this trope in ''[[DynastyWarriors Dynasty Warriors 6]]'', most in response to the same character's death. Your choice of player character determines exactly who is around to witness said death and shout their particular version of the BigNo.
* No slow motion but a really big ''NOOOOOO!'' can be seen from Garrett in ''Thief 2'' (of ''{{Thief}}'' series) when [[spoiler: Viktoria sacrifices herself in SoulForge]]
* In the final episode of ''SamAndMax Season One'', Sam lets out a normal Big No when [[spoiler:Hugh Bliss separates Max's bliss and renders him kind and passive [[WeWantOurJerkBack (the horror!)]], not to mention totally useless in helping to thwart Hugh's brainwashing plot]].
* In ''HeavenlySword'', Nariko yells this as [[spoiler:Flying Fox throws Kai down with a noose around her neck, apparently killing her instantly.]]
** Although as it turns out [[spoiler: Kai wasn't dead and eventually recovered.]]
* Near the end of ''{{Myst}} III: Exile'', villain/{{Woobie}} Saavedro does a less drawn-out version of this trope when you [[spoiler: trap him behind the ice shields on Narayan.]] Repeatedly. In a dramatic, tormented, heart-wrenching manner. He does it again when you [[spoiler: go to retrieve the {{MacGuffin}} from him]], only this time, it's even more of a {{tearjerker}}.
* ''HalfLife 2'' and its subsequent episodes frequently feature Alyx merely whispering 'no!', or shouting it as a stunned reaction without the traditional overegged drama of the 'Big No'. These changes do not help as much as Half-Life's writers think they do.
** She has a big one at the end of Episode Two [[spoiler:when she sees her father horribly killed in front of her]].
* ''MegaManX 4'': [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVURchpWI8A WHAT AM I FIGHTING FOOOOOOOOOOOOORRRRRR?!?!!?]]
** [[{{Narm}} NAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARM!!!!!! ...Narm.]]
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lf-JE2FKD-k How it's done, demonstrated by Lucas Gilbertson]].
* ''SuperMarioRPG'': A disproportionate amount of [[BigBad Smithy's]] dialogue is either a BigNo or a WrittenRoar. I believe at one point he exclaimed something that was a mix of both.
* Francis has one in ''[[PaperMario Super Paper Mario]]'' after Peach nukes his laptop. "NOOOOOO! MY GRAPHICS CAAAAARD!"
* Some of the characters in the ''MarioKart'' series lets out a BigNo if they fall off the track.
* Subverted in ''TombRaider Underworld'', when [[spoiler:Lara's Doppleganger shoots Alister, Lara goes over to him, when he actually dies, Lara just utters a sharp 'Dammit!', then carries his body out of Croft Manor, now on fire.]]
* ''[=~Star Ocean: Till the End of Time~=]'': rather often. Fayt pulls at least two, when [[spoiler:Ameena dies]] and when [[spoiler:his father dies.]] There are undoubtedly more, as well as Albel's particularly memorable example of the WrittenRoar.
* ''{{Folklore}}''. Within the first two minutes of the opening clip. By the boat driver.
* ''KingdomHearts''. Sora's going to do his HeroicSacrifice. And everyone around him goes "NOOOOOOOOOOO! SOOOOOOOOOORA!!!"
* The good ending of ''{{Disgaea 3}}'': [[spoiler:After the final battle, Mao puts up with Aurum's speech before pulling out his sword and preparing to behead the Super Hero... before deciding that he'd be better served as a research specimen. Aurum is naturally distraught at this last-minute rejection of the death he always wanted.]]
-->[[spoiler:'''Mao:''' ''(Evil Laugh)'' Have you forgotten? I am a demon! Your logic won't work on me! TO MY LAB! ''(guess what Aurum says next)'']]
* Video games is general often to use either this trope or SayMyName in place of the player-character's death scream. This is especially apparent in ''SonicTheHedgehog'' games. For example, in ''Sonic the Hedgehog 2006'', Sonic and Shadow both yell "No!" (the latter much more dramatically) upon dying, while Silver cries "No... not now..."
** In ''Sonic and the Black Knight'', Sonic lets out a Big No when [[spoiler:his sword Caliburn is destroyed by the Dark Queen]].
*** In the same game, he also lets off a half-big No in the opening when Merlina warps them away before Sonic gets the chance to recover his second Chili Dog, however the subtitle is more shaped to that of a Big No.
* Used during several points in ''GabrielKnight: Sins of the Fathers'', when [[spoiler:Gabriel first meets Tetelo in the Bayou]], when [[spoiler:Wolfgang rips out his own heart so Gabriel can get the talisman]], and [[spoiler:after Malia sacrifices herself to finish Tetelo]].
* One of the achievements in ''TeamFortress2'' is titled "[[JamesBond Dr. Nooooo]]". To accomplish it, you have to backstab a Medic who's about to deploy an Ubercharge; as that takes time to build up and would have rendered the medic invulnerable if he'd pulled it off, they probably ''would'' BigNo at their monitor.
** Ironically, the Spy sometimes screams "[[UrineTrouble "Jarate? NOOOOOOOOOO!"]], when he's hit by the stuff.
* Interesting subversion in ''KingsQuest VI'': "That's odd. Where did she..." (The floor drops out from under Alexander's feet.) [[HaveANiceDeath "...GOOOOOOOOOO?!?!"]]
* Lloyd has the character name variant in the fourth ''TalesOfSymphonia'' {{OVA}}. This happens when [[spoiler: he discovers that Collette was willing to sacrifice herself because of him]]. It's both dramatic and unintentionally comical, as the context is dramatic, but Lloyd's very strange reaction before he shouts out [[spoiler: Collette's]] name amused this troper greatly. That is a more subjective point, though.
** [[spoiler: Lloyd gets a completely straight one, too-right after the ''LukeIAmYourFather'' moment.]]
* The Commodore 64 port of 1984's ''Impossible Mission'' rewarded the player who completed the game by revealing the villain, accompanied by a digitized, plaintive "No. ''No.'' NO!"
* The original ''NeverwinterNights'' has Fenthick utter a beautiful exemplar at the end of the first chapter: "[[spoiler:Desther!]] NOOOOOOOOOOO!"
* The girls of ''{{Persona 4}}'' are known for their terrible cooking skills; the boys called anything they cook Mystery Food X ever since their first taste. The boys were terrified to learn that the girls baked a Christmas cake to celebrate little Nanako [[spoiler: recovering after getting sick from being kidnapped into the Midnight Channel]]. Kanji lets out a [[BigNo NOOOOOOO!]] when she tries the cake before they could. [[spoiler: The cake was delicious.]]
* Tatsuya does it at the end of Innocent Sin/in the flashback of Eternal Punishment in ''{{Persona 2}}''. It sort of turns a really emotional scene into a big ''Narm'' moment due to the bad voiceacting.
* ''PlantsVsZombies'' uses this in the Game Over screen, which says 'The Zombies Ate Your Brains'.
* In ''{{World of Warcraft}}'' , Kil'jaeden says Noooooooooo! when defeated.
** There is also a black dragon named Nihil the Banished that may spawn randomly during a quest involving warping nether dragon eggs. When he spawns right before the player, he will say something about world domination, but if the player use the device again on him, he will be banished again while yelling NOOOOOooooo....
** Archimonde's LastWords as [[ZergRush wisps envelopes him]] as shown in Cavern of Time.
--->"[[LittleNo No!]] [[ThisCannotBe It cannot be!]] [[BigNo NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!]]"
* Because it's basically a [[OnceAnEpisode requisite]] for StarWars, TheForceUnleashed has Starkiller let one out during his [[spoiler:HeroicSacrifice]] in the good ending.
* In ''ZorkGrandInquisitor'', when the player puts a Zorkmid in a vending machine, the snacks inside inch forward but don't come out, prompting a Big No from [[ExpositionFairy Dalboz]] (though he's a lantern now, so even if they did come out he couldn't actually eat them).
* In ''[[{{DarkForcesSaga}} Dark Forces]]'', General Rom Mohc gives a really good one upon his defeat.
* ''{{Homeworld}}: Cataclysm'' contains a particularly entertaining variation at the very end of the last mission, when [[spoiler: the Naggarok, big bad and 'parent' of the game's nightmare fuel main enemy (aptly named the Beast), is destroyed. The "Nooooooooooo!" goes on for a good long while, even after the boss itself has been reduced to cosmic dust.]] This troper laughs himself silly every time he hears it.
* [[BraggartBoss Gilgamesh]] lets out one of these when he's banished into the void by his BadBoss in ''FinalFantasyV''.
* In ''{{Master of Orion}} II: Battle at Antares'', you hear this when a ship bearing a leader is killed in battle, and the dead ship's owner hasn't researched Survival Pods tech, which allows you to retrieve a leader as long as at least one ship survives the battle.
* Many a player of ''{{La-Mulana}}'' has cried out with one of these, particularly in the [[BonusLevelOfHell Hell Temple]] - for example, [[LetsPlay DeceasedCrab]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEw490T86ho right here.]] And it's neither the first time nor the last...
* Oddly enough subverted in ''Sega Rally Championship'': When you lose, it's "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09s-c2JVI40&fmt=18 GAME OVER]] [[BigYes YEEAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!]]"
* Kilrathi pilots in ''WingCommander II'' sometimes do this when they get shot down.
** So do some of the hostile human pilots in ''WingCommander IV''.
* ''Armed Police Batrider''[='=]s announcer shouts "NOOO!" if you get a GameOver or miss a 10,000-point medal.
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* Griff from ''RedVsBlue'' has one of these upon the realisation that he and the team have found themselves back in Blood Gulch. It continues into the next episode, and it takes the rest of the red team shooting him with ''sniper rifles'' to get him to stop.
**Church also gets one when [[spoiler: Caboose]] dies.
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* ''[=~8-Bit Theater~=]'' once replaced the big "NOOOO!" with the big "[[http://www.nuklearpower.com/daily.php?date=040327 FUUUUCK]]!".
** Though the [[CurseCutShort actual sound was cut]], ''TheSimpsons'' Did It.
** Red Mage used this as Black Mage was about to burn the Rat's Tail they needed for the class change. He put on a levitation spell so he could do the slo-mo jump (but applied too much and was left hanging for a while), and did the BigNo just to be dramatic.
** [[DominicDeegan Dominic Deegan]] also has [[http://www.dominic-deegan.com/view.php?date=2005-12-27 a big "FUUUUCK!"]] moment, too. Made all the funnier because it's rare to see him lose his cool like that.
* Tedd's father uses this in ''ElGoonishShive'', when [[http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2006-02-13 he's realizes he's said he'll pay for eight teenagers to eat pizza, while at a meeting far away]]. The person he's talking to thinks her ideas are being criticized. The comic is helpfully titled 'I Graduated from the GeorgeLucas Directing Academy'.
* Subverted in the third panel of [[http://www.sluggy.com/daily.php?date=041116 this]] strip of ''SluggyFreelance'', where a "{{little no}}" gives the dramatic impact a Big No is supposed to have.
* Vaarsuvius uses it in ''{{The Order of the Stick}}'' [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0504.html strip #504]], titled [[LampshadeHanging That's a Surprisingly Common Reaction]].
** Lampshaded in the first panel of the next strip, by GenreSavvy Elan:
-->'''Elan:''' Hey, did someone in here just drop to their knees and scream, "Noooooo"? I got a feeling....
** Durkon gets one of these in ''On the Origine of [=PCs=]'' after tasting what is allegedly the [[OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame "finest beer brewed in all the human lands."]]
** And the intermission comic, where... well just [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0301.html see for yourself]].
** V does it again after [[spoiler:an as-of-yet unnamed dragon swears to kill V's kids]].
** Xykon, of all people, does it when his [[spoiler:phylactery is nearly lost to the snarl]].
-->'''Xykon:''' No no no no no no NO!\\
...\\
'''Xykon:''' YES!
* ''CaptainSNES'' has had its fair share of them
** Dr. Wily does the traditional NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! When he realises he's in a catch 22 as the VP of Nexus and doing anything to ruin Nexus would cause Blues to torture him, meaning he would have to go against his nature and save it from the stupidity that was President Haggar.
** Alex Willams, replaces the Big No with the Big FUCK, and purposely extends it to buy time to think.
*** He ''did'' a simple Big No before. It lasted something like ''thirteen comics''.
* ''[[{{Walkyverse}} Shortpacked!]]'' gives us [[http://www.shortpacked.com/d/20080314.html Robin's reaction]] to finding out that [[BattlestarGalactica Felix Gaeta]] is portrayed by the same man that voiced [[TheScrappy Nightscream]] from ''{{Transformers}}: Beast Machines''.
* Plays... oddly in ''GirlGenius'' webcomic, when Gilgamesh Wulfenbach is [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20050110 led to believe that Agatha was killed]] by a rogue clank. He begins the wind-up to a BigNo before cold logic takes over. However, in a flashback to the same scene, Gil is in the classic [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20050912 "Big No" pose]]. So it's unclear whether he did one or not.
** Many ''Girl Genius'' characters get a Big No, of course. Gil demonstrates correct form [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20030704 here]].
*** Hmmm... So a BigNo is actually just a ''really'' loud OhCrap?
* ''{{Candi}}'' presents the rare [[http://www.candicomics.com/d/20080528.html quixotically hopeful drunken ex-boyfriend]] version.
* ''TodayNothingHappened'': This very wiki is responsible in [[http://www.shazzbaa.com/index.php?c=3 this strip]].
* ''{{Bob the Angry Flower}}'' has it at the end of [[http://www.angryflower.com/hamste3.html this strip.]]
* Used pretty straight in ''Final Blasphemy'' [[http://www.drunkduck.com/Final_Blasphemy/index.php?p=440339 here]] and later in the same issue.
* In ''StarslipCrisis'', [[http://www.starslip.com/archive/20080905.shtml Zillion can't even]] do ''this'' right.
* In ''{{The Inexplicable Adventures of Bob}}'' when Bob learns [[http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20061003.html his roof is about to be destroyed]] [[http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20061005.html a third time.]] It will happen [[RunningGag many more times.]]
* From [[http://www.fireball20xl.com/tms/index.php?id=64 installment #64]] of ''That's My Sonic!'':
-->'''Knuckles:''' Whoa! Cool! I'm back in the comic!\\
'''Rouge:''' You mean to tell me that you don't remember a thing before this moment?\\
'''Knuckles:''' ... Uhm... no.\\
'''Rouge:''' We went to Vegas and got married!\\
'''Knuckles:''' *slow motion* [=NOoOOoooOoooOOooOOooOOo=]!!
* From ''{{Multiplex}}'', [[http://www.multiplexcomic.com/archive.php?name=249 sarcastically, from Kurt]].
* [[http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=1362 Candice didn't appreciate his creative marriage proposal.]]
* Happens in ''CornerAlley13'' when Noelle notices that [[http://corneralley.comicgenesis.com/d/20050527.html her café doesn't have any customers]].
* Right [[http://elvenlacryment.com/?p=56 here]] in ''ElvenLacryment''.
* [[http://www.dragon-mango.com/comic/chapter05/dm05-10.htm Dragon Mango]] spoofs this when Pumpkin's father returns after a four-year journey into faraway lands and gives Mango a rare treat, called a "sweet swirl stick", which Cherry eats in one bite.
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* The end of the season 3 finale of ''AHDotComTheSeries'': after it's revealed that they inadvertently overwrote the location of the Planet of the Nymphomaniacs in the ship's memory banks, the entire crew lets out a BigNo so loud it literally echoes off distant galaxies and is heard in other dimensions.
* A popular internet meme is RAEG, where a template comic strip is drawn on, with the ending of a grotesque face shouting "FFFFUUUU--" in situations like a no smoking sign, being caught watching porn, etc.
* ''TheLeetWorld'''s Chet usually greets the death of his drinking budy Player with a cry of "Player, NOOOOO!" However, since the show is set inside a VideoGame, dead characters are usually [[DeathIsCheap back in action]] next round. A notable exception is when Player is injured by Ahmad's grenade, as this took place outside the challange levels where [[KilledOffForReal death is permanent]].
** [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] in the episode "Thunderhead" when Player [[LeeroyJenkins breaks cover runs into the line of fire]]. Westheimer shouts "Player, No!" and Chet comments that it sounds better when he says it.
* ''TheAngryVideoGameNerd'' Replace "no" with "FUUUUUUUUUUUUCK!" or other swear word.
** In the "Christmas Carol" episode: "NOOOOOOO! NO! NO! NO!", when the Ghost of Christmas Future shows him his tombstone, in the style of ''{{Castlevania}} II: Simon's Quest''.
* In the ''{{ZeroPunctuation}}'' review of ''Spore'', Yahtzee delivers a deadpan Big No. Twice. Both times in his inimitably snarky manner.
--> So can his new game Spore possibly live up to that legacy? In short, no. In long, noooooooooooooo...''[[OverlyLongGag (total length: 17 seconds)]]''...ooo.
--> So I guess what I'm asking is, "Can brightly coloured monstrosities really compare to Batman?" Short answer, Nooooooooo... ''(interrupted by closing music)''
* Julian and Tarquin from ''TheChinReview'' [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXnmJkfNWhY&feature=related are really, really attached to their cheese and wine.]]
* In the ''WhateleyUniverse'', Phase did this once, upon learning something horrific about herself during powers testing.
* At the end of the [[http://www.gametrailers.com/video/the-best-screwattack/29711 Five Best and Worst Sonic Games]] countdown, Stuttering Craig does one, when he finds he can't turn off '[[SonicTheHedgehog Can You Feel The Sunshine]]'.
* Agent Dustin O'Grady of the ProtectorsOfThePlotContinuum yelled one when learning that his native continuum had a [[MartyStu Gary Stu]].
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* ''Sev Trek: Puss in Boots'' (the Australian CGI spoof of StarTrekTheNextGeneration). Captain Pinchhard utters one of these, upon hearing that [[TheWesley Measly Cruncher]] is going to save the Enterforaprize for the 47th time.
* Parodied in the ''[[TheSimpsons Simpsons]]'' episode "Mayored to the Mob", in which bodyguard-in-training Homer practices his [[TakingTheBullet slow-motion dive]].
-->'''Instructor:''' You call that a "No?" Drop down and give me 20!\\
'''Homer:''' NNNNOOOOOOOOOOOO!\\
'''Instructor:''' Better.
** Better yet, the part of the instructor was played by Mark Hammill, who should know his NOOOOOOOOOOOOO...
** Used straight in episode "The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson", when Barney discovers he holds the black pickled egg that means he's today's designated driver.
-->'''Barney:''' (After noticing the others have normal eggs and slowly seeing he got the black one) No! NO! NOOOOOO! (Crushes the egg in his hand and holds his head).\\
'''Homer:''' (Coming up to him) [[CaptainObvious You got the the black one.]]
** Seymour Skinner does three in a row in the episode "Bart's Comet", each with increased intensity; firstly, when he discovers that Bart has managed to discover a comet, something Skinner has dreamed of for years, when he briefly left Bart in charge of his telescope whilst trying to capture a less-than-complementary hot-air-balloon depicting Skinner with a giant rear that Bart earlier released ("Noooo!"). Then, he realises that in his earlier grief he's released the hot-air-balloon, letting it float free to humiliate him further ("''Noooo''!"). Then, a paperboy drops the morning paper in front of him, with a headline reading "[[XtremeKoolLetterz PREZ SEZ]]: SCHOOL IS FOR LOSERS": ("'''''NOOOOOOOOOOOO'''''!").
** Done yet again where Homer made Lisa so angry that she tells him that she's going to use Marge's maiden name (Bouvier) instead of Simpson. Homer drops to his knees and screams "'''NOOOOOOOOOOO!'''" Then another girl walks buy and asks if he wants to buy some Band Candy. Homer's reply: "'''[[BigYes YEEEEEEEEEEEES!]]'''"
** And then there's the episode where the Flanders's get Bart, Lisa, and Maggie as foster children.
-->'''Ned:''' Do you reject Satan, and all his works?\\
'''Homer:''' '''NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!''' ''(skin burns on contact with holy water)''
* ''{{Futurama}}'', "Bend Her": After Bender fakes the death of his feminine alter-ego Coilette at what would have been her wedding to Calculon, Calculon goes "No! NNNNOOOOOOOOOOOO! N! O! O! O!"
** Also from Calculon in ''{{Futurama}}'': the robotic soap-opera star is being interviewed on a talk show. When asked to set the audience up for the clip they are about to show from a new episode, Calculon responds "No, I think it's self-explanatory." The clip shows Calculon screaming "NNNNOOOOOOOOOOOO!" (while a {{pirate}} inexplicably cooks burgers on a barbecue behind him). After the clip, Calculon nonchalantly replies, "Funny story: The script called for me to say 'yes' [[ThrowItIn but I gave it a little twist]]."
*** That, as well, is from "Bend Her". That's two BigNo s in one episode.
** Done ''again'' by Calculon in "That's Lobstertainment!", when Harold Zoid (Zoidberg's over-the-hill celebrity uncle) is trying to make a movie that will guarantee him an Oscar.
*** Being a parody of melodramatic acting, Calculon is prone to do this sort of thing a lot.
** In "Mars University", Gunther the genius monkey decides to get a degree in business with his now only decent intelligence. causing Professor Farnsworth to shout a big no.
** In "Love and Rocket", Bender dumps the crazy Planet Express ship while she, and the main cast inside her, are being chased by a large fleet from Omicron Persei 8. Cue big, shrieking no.
** "When Aliens Attack": Fry gets one off after a ship from Omicron Persei 8 blows up his sand castle.
**And Fry again in ''Into the Wild Green Yonder'' when Bender gives him back his game (he was playing Tetris) and Bender tell him he missed up the "L" formation he was making with the blocks.
* Shendu yells this at ''JackieChanAdventures'' after ending up [[DemonicPossession possessing Valmont]].
** Uncle is also fond of the Japanese version "Iyaaaa!" -- usually just before smacking Jackie around the head for doing something stupid.
* Parodied throughout the ''DrawnTogether'' episode "Terms of Endearment," in which Captain Hero screams "Nnnooooooo!!" at ''least'' 7 or 8 times. At one point (as the camera pulls back... and back... and then back some more, to reveal just how big a problem he's facing) Hero screams the BigNo three times ''in a row'', with dramatic pauses in between.
* Often used by ''SwatKats'' villains such as Dark Kat and The Pastmaster when the heroes defeat them.
* Done straight on a fairly regular basis in ''{{ReBoot}}'' - [[spoiler:Bob, being shot into the Web at the end of season two, Enzo, after learning about Bob's fate, Dot in "Game Over" when it appeared that Enzo had been nullified (that scene, coupled with Megabyte's calm laughter, still gives this editor chills), and said ''twice'' by Megabyte in two episodes toward the end]].
** [[http://rebootplotpoints.ytmnd.com/ This YTMND]] does a rather good job of pointing out just how often this trope is played.
* In the ''{{SpongeBob SquarePants}}'' episode "Bubble Buddy", [=SpongeBob=] does the Big No when Squidward is about to pop the bubble with a needle. It goes into ridiculously slow motion, and he starts randomly messing with the vowel, making this a spoof as well.
* A wonderful Big No can be found in episode 4 of season 2 of the 90s' ''{{Series/X-Men}}'' series, "One Man's Worth part 1". The first occurrence is when Bishop shouts it as Professor X [[spoiler:is assassinated in the '50s before he can found the X-Men]], followed quickly by an epic Big No from Prof. X when [[spoiler:he vanishes from the present]]. The episode ends with a repeat of the opening scene -- but this time, ''it's in slow motion for the last few lines of dialogue'', including Bishop's BigNo. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1s3_RH_02M Behold]].
* Another Big No scene sadly fails in ''[[XMenEvolution X-Men: Evolution]]'' animated series, when Nightcrawler reacts too slow to stop [[spoiler:an angry Rogue from pushing Mystique's petrified body off a cliff and has to see it shatter into a thousand shards right in front of him]], shortly after finding out that Mystique was his mother. Again, the scene would have been so much better ''without'' the slow-motion yell.
* Optimus Primal gets quite a few in ''{{Transformers}}: BeastWars'', most notably in the cliffhanger of the first season finale, and when [[spoiler: the ''Axalon'' is destroyed]] in season 3.
** And in ''Armada,'' Optimus Prime gets one of these when [[spoiler: Smokescreen dies]].
** Parodied in the "Bee in the City" script reading of ''TransformersAnimated'', with David Kaye using his ''Beast Wars'' Megatron voice (to enthusiastic approval from the crowd). Upon his defeat, he vows to return, ending with a [[BigYes big]] "[[VerbalTic YEEESSS!]]"
** In ''Animated,'' the Autobots discuss having to leave, and Bulkhead wonders how Sari (human sidekick) will take it. Bumblebee says she's a big girl and can handle it. Cut to Sari screaming '''NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!''' at the top of her lungs.
* In ''TheSpectacularSpiderMan'', the Sandman gets one of these after seeing the results of his [[TransformationTrauma traumatic transformation]] into a living [[TheBlob sand being]].
* Littlefoot gets one of these in ''[[TheLandBeforeTime The Land Before Time IX]]: Journey to Big Water'', as he watches Mo lead the swimming sharptooth away.
* Used in ''AmericanDad'' by either Stan, Francine or Hayley when [[spoiler: they believe Steve and Roger were killed by a lightning-struck treehouse]]. Rather effective due to how strangled and broken it sounded.
** Steve actually pulls out a very amusing BigNo fairly often.
* ''AvatarTheLastAirbender'' has a slow-motion one from [[spoiler:Zuko]] in the GrandFinale when [[spoiler:TakingTheBullet for Katara]]. Cue "[[HeyItsThatVoice must run in the family]]" jokes...
** It really does; Iroh has a (much less dramatic) one when he sees [[BountyHunter June]] get hit with her Shirshu's paralyzing tongue.
** There was also one in the desert episode, right before Aang creates a giant mushroom cloud.
* In ''DannyPhantom'' when Danny's family and friends (and teacher) were about to be blown up to their doom in an [[BadFuture alternate timeline]], Danny cries one out, complete with slow motion movement.
** Vlad later gets one in another episode when his perfect clone is destroyed by Danny and his OppositeSexClone. For just one word, it's brilliantly acted.
* In one episode of the 2003 ''[[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'' series, Baxter Stockman lets out a big "WHY?" after Bishop brought him back from the brink of death, which robbed him of finally [[NeverSayDie resting in peace]] after everything he [[ButtMonkey lived through in the series]]. Considering the pedigree of his 4Kids voice actor, it comes across as being [[{{Narm}} narm-y]].
* ''KimPossible'', "Stop Team Go". After using hundreds of mooks to destroy the gurken jar, [[HarmlessVillain Dr. Drakken]] puts the jar under a big laser beam, and he fires it. The result was a big crater on the floor, and the jar was unharmed. Cue BigNo.
** In another episode upon learning that her very annoying younger twins have been skipped ahead and are now in the same high-school as her, Kim lets out a big no powerful enough to knock letters of the school sign out front, while she's indoors.
* ''ThePowerpuffGirls'', "Daylight Savings": "PARENT-TEACHER CONFERENCE?! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
* Parodied in the ''SpaceGhostCoastToCoast'' episode "Boo Boo Kitty", when Space Ghost's pet cat, actually a large balloon, slowly drifts towards a large safety pin. He screams NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!, runs out of breath, inhales, and starts again. After the balloon deflates, he promptly ignores the others when they suggest he could have easily saved Boo Boo Kitty from its untimely death.
* Played for laughs in ''{{Metalocalypse}}'', when Nathan lets out a NOOOOOOOOOO! upon Nick Ibsen revealing Dethklok's parents.
-->'''Nick Ibsen:''' You are all going to be reunited with your families.\\
''(a panel opens up, revealing the families of each of the five band members)''\\
'''Nathan Explosion:''' ''[[BigNo NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!]]'' You're going to pay for this!\\
'''Nick Ibsen:''' Pay for what? Journalistic integrity?''
** Big Nos are Nathan's catchphrase, and he lets them out quite regularly. They are usually accompanied by the camera flying down Nathan's throat as he screams it.
* The ''{{Buzz Lightyear of Star Command}}'' episode "Plasma Monster" has Booster react this way when Plasma Boy's girlfriend tells him they can still be JustFriends.
* ''AceLightning'': The characters in this mixed media show are based on superhero stereotypes, so this was going to show up sooner or later -- except that it's ''not'' one of the CGI characters that do it -- it's a ''human'', in the last episode, when he thinks Ace has been shot.
* In ''StreetFighter'', Guile gave one when Cammy defected to Shadaloo and gives Bison a '''big kiss'''.
* In ''{{Freakazoid}}'' episode "House of Freakazoid", Freakazoid is pressured to pursue a villainess through a sewer, but repeatedly refuses because he hates the smell of poo gas.
-->'''Freakazoid:''' NO! A big N, followed by a little O: no!
* Parodied in ''TheFairlyOddparents'' "Wishology: The Exciting Middle Part", which ended with a big "Dagnabit!"
* Cow of ''{{Cow and Chicken}}'' did it in an episode while jumping to catch a coin. In slo-mo. [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome With the entire world slowed down as well]].
* In the last episode of the third season of ''TheVentureBrothers'', Henchman 21 indulges in a BigNo when the Monarchmobile explodes [[spoiler: with Henchman 24 trapped inside]], but is interrupted when [[spoiler: 24's severed head]] hits him in the chest.
* In ''BrotherBear'', Kinai lets out the distant, bird-disturbing version of a BigNo when he discovers he's been transformed into a bear.
* In ''BatmanBeyond'', Derek Powers accidentally inhales a big gulp of his own nerve gas, and in the same second it takes him to realize what has happened to him, makes an appropriately horrified scream to this effect.
* It's been done several times in ''{{ReBoot}}'', but the most memorable, by far, was given by Dot in "Game Over" after [[spoiler: Enzo gets sucked into the Game Cube]].
** This was pretty much the only BigNo ever to make this troper cry, ''ever''.
* An episode of ''FamilyGuy'' has Peter be ''really'' upset over the loss of his pet parrot.
* The ''Series/DonkeyKongCountry'' episode "Buried Treasure" contains this exchange when Klump's video conference interrupts K. Rool's computer game:
-->'''Klump:''' General Klump reporting, King K. Rool sir! Y'read me, your high 'n mightyness?... Looking a little pale there, chief!\\
'''K. Rool:''' '''''NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!''''' ''(smashes the computer)''\\
'''Klump:''' ''(calling on the phone)'' Chief? You there, chief? Seems we had some sort of interference.
* In an episode of ''{{FlapJack}}'', The Real Adventurer has the reaction to Bubbie telling him K'Nuckles is not a pregnant woman.
* ''{{Undergrads}}'': Just before tea-tottler Nitz is about to take his first sip of alcohol, Rocko, his alcoholic best-friend (who has been having hallucinations about a giant whiskey bottle and decided to abstain), lunges at him with a long, drawn out "Nooooo!" in slow motion.
* ''InvaderZim'' just loves to scream. The BigNo is his favourite.
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* A few years ago, an infamous online video began to spread, which showed a guy spoiling ''HarryPotter and the Half-Blood Prince'' to a bunch of Harry Potter fans waiting outside a bookstore for the novel. One fan's reaction: "NOOOOOOOOOO! You Bitch! YOU BITCH!!".
* In a video featured on many cop shows, a man being arrested for possession of marijuana screams "NOOOOOOOOO! Please! God Almighty!" etc., a.k.a. the Crybaby Criminal.
* This will happen quite a lot during hot blooded ''Left4Dead'' expert campaigns whenever the last player left alive after the second Tank dies gets tackled by a hunter feet away from the rescue vehicle.
* In 2004, a woman at a Dick Cheney rally was arrested and nearly charged for shouting [[http://www.eugeneweekly.com/2006/02/09/coverstory.html five Big Nos in a row]].
* Since the United States 2008 Presidental and Congressional Election, the "[[http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22Party%20of%20No%22 Party of No]]" has become an increasingly common slang term for the U.S. Republican Party, because of being seen as having very little political activity other than opposing U.S. President BarackObama and the policies of the 2009 U.S. Congress.
** Which is pretty ridiculous since the opposition party always fills that role, no matter what party occupies the White House.
* Maybe if you have the Superman Doomsday DVD you can confirm this. But I could have sworn that there was a documentary about the original comic on it. When it was revealed that [[spoiler: Superman would die]], there was outcry from the fans and one letter simply said NO in huge letters.
* Many people (including this troper) would do this when they discover anything important saved (photos, game data saved, documents, etc.) were suddenly wipped from the memory/hard drive for no reason.
* Many people have been known to do this [[spoiler: when they just lost the game]].
** Or ''[[IWannaBeTheGuy that]]'' game.
* Youtube video: When a man finds out his cat's arms are missing - "Egon? What happened to your arms Egon? Egooooooooonnn! Noooooooooooooooo! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5n6zWjJ-fE&feature=related
** Sequel: "Egon? Oh nooo, Egon your arms again?! Egoooooonnn! Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!..... Oh? Oh kay. There they are, You were hiding them! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErSZWlSc2Wo&feature=related
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