History Main / ThisIsNoTimeToPanic

* 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.

* ''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]]...

* 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!!'''"

* Played for laughs in ''Film/{{2012}}''.

** While at a conference of CONTROL agents, Max reveals [[WhyAmITicking there's a bomb in android Harvey]] 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.

* The "no time to panic" can apply to TV shows themselves, also. An example: ''Series/{{House}}'' struggled in the ratings shortly after its debut, so {{Creator/FOX}} [[ExecutiveMeddling decided that the show needed a]] villain. By the time the episodes with the newly created Edward Vogler actually ''aired'', the show was already a big hit. Apparently, the writers knew what they were doing all along.
** Apparently learning nothing from this, they proceeded to repeat the "you can't have a show without a villain" ''shtick'' in the third season with Detective Tritter.
** Another example: ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'' took ''multiple'' seasons to become a hit. It's highly unlikely that a show would be allowed to stay on the air that long without becoming a hit if it were to debut now.

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* 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:
-->'''Jiji:''' First, don't panic. Second, don't panic. And third, did I mention not to panic?
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* 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.
-->'''Misfire:''' Nobody panic! I've got this under control!\\
'''Krok:''' ''[wedged in the wall]'' Who's panicking?
* ''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.
-->"Okay. Don't panic. This is happening. That's a tear. We're all dead."

* Disney's ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'': While fleeing from the rising LavaPit in the Cave of Wonders, we are treated to the following [[SubvertedTrope subversion]]:
-->'''Aladdin:''' Abu, this is no time to panic! ''[[OhCrap (notices they're about to fly into a wall)]]'' Start panicking...
* Disney/Pixar's ''Franchise/ToyStory'':
** ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory1'': After being accidentally abandoned at the gas station, Woody and Buzz provide the first page quote.
** In ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory3'':
--->'''Buzz:''' This is no time to be hysterical!\\
'''Hamm:''' This is the ''perfect'' time to be hysterical!\\
'''Rex:''' Should we be HYSTERICAL?!\\
'''Slinky:''' NO!\\
'''Mr. Potato Head:''' YES!\\
'''Buzz:''' MAYBE! But not right now!

* 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."

* From ''Film/TheHauntedMansion2003'', when Jim Evers and his daughter Megan are trapped in a crypt with undead rising.
--->'''Jim Evers:''' This is no time to panic! Don't panic!\\
'''Megan Evers:''' When would be a good time to?! \\
'''Jim Evers:''' NOW now start panicking!
* ''Film/HarryPotterAndTheChamberOfSecrets'':
** When Harry and Ron first enter the spiders' grotto:
--->'''Harry:''' Don't panic.\\
''[Aragog reveals that he plans to feed them to his children]''\\
'''Ron:''' Can we panic now?
** Don't forget the giant snake, it's bad enough knowing that they can get pretty big in real life.

* 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.
-->'''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!..

* At the end of ''Film/{{Dogma}}'', it's time to panic. Or have sex...
* 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]].
-->'''Ron:''' They're never gonna find us! We were right under their noses and they didn't even see us!\\
'''Russ:''' Don't panic, Ron. We'll... we'll find a way.\\
'''Ron:''' ''[panicking]'' I'm not panicked! Who's panicked? NOBODY'S PANICKED!

* Invoked by Owen in ''Film/ThrowMommaFromTheTrain''. Larry's response: "This is the ''perfect'' time to panic!" (predating the page quote by seven years.)

* In ''[[Literature/MythAdventures 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".
* 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.
* In ''[[Literature/YoungWizards 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!"

* ''Series/ThatsSoRaven'': Victor is unconscious due to [[HypnoFool Accidental Hypnosis]] just before he's supposed to go on TV.
-->'''Tanya:''' Okay, everybody, just don't panic.\\
'''Chelsea:''' Oh, can't we just a little?\\
'''Tanya:''' Okay, just for a second.
* Creator/MontyPython:
** 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.]]
--->'''Pilot:''' There is no cause for alarm! The wings are ''not'' on fire.
** 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.
* 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.
* 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.
* The "no time to panic" can apply to TV shows themselves, also. An example: ''Series/{{House}}'' struggled in the ratings shortly after its debut, so {{Creator/FOX}} [[ExecutiveMeddling decided that the show needed a]] villain. By the time the episodes with the newly-created Edward Vogler actually ''aired'', the show was already a big hit. Apparently, the writers knew what they were doing all along.

* Used with in an American version special of ''Series/SpittingImage'' when Ronald Reagan inadvertently starts the countdown to an unprovoked nuclear missile launch.
-->'''Aide 1:''' Wait, there is no need to panic.\\
'''Aide 2:''' What are you talking about? Ten minutes after that globe starts flashing, it's Armageddon!\\
'''Aide 1:''' You're right, panicking is the only logical alternative.\\
'''Together:''' Auugh!
* ''Series/TheGoodies''.
** 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.
** 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.
* ''Series/GetSmart'':
** A RunningGag.
--->'''Max:''' Don't panic, 99. Whatever you do, don't panic! ''[Max calmly assesses the situation]'' Okay, 99, you can do it.\\
'''99:''' Do what, Max?\\
'''Max:''' Panic!
** While at a conference of CONTROL agents, Max reveals [[WhyAmITicking there's a bomb in android Harvey]] 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.

* Kryten from ''Series/RedDwarf'' has a "panic mode" for when the situation turns out to be more serious than he thought it would be.
* ''Series/DoctorWho''

* When an outbreak occurs at Greendale in ''Series/{{Community}}'' episode "[[Recap/CommunityS2E06Epidemiology Epidemiology]]" this is Annie's response.
-->'''Annie:''' We need to co-ordinate an orderly evacuation without causing unnecessary panic.\\
''[Zombie Leonard bites someone]''\\
'''Troy:''' '''OH MY GOD, LEONARD'S A ZOMBIE!!!'''

* 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.
-->'''Sam:''' Andy, look, calm down.\\
'''Andy:''' I can't calm down! I just woke up in freaking Frontierland!
* ''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.
* ''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.
* ''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:
-->'''Roseanne:''' Yeah, you're right. Okay, everybody PANIC!

* ''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.

* "Penny Black Remedy" titled an album "Inhale... Exhale... Ok, Now You Can Panic!".

** In ''Series/TheMuppets2015'', 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.]]

* In ''Radio/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy1978'', 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.

** 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.

* 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.

--> You are cordially invited to... PANIC!

* ''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.

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* This trope was invoked on Archive/TheGoogleIncident page.

* 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."
* Used in ''WesternAnimation/TheBackyardigans'', as Pablo's frantic chant during his (actually pretty spectacular) [[RunningGag panic attacks.]]

* 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!"
* ''WesternAnimation/DangerMouse'':
** 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:
--->'''DM:''' Penfold, this is no time to be acting brave in the face of untold dangers.\\
'''Penfold:''' What are we going to do?\\
'''DM:''' Do what you were trained to do.\\
'''Penfold:''' Ah.\\
'''DM, Penfold:''' '''''PANIC!!!'''''
** 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.]]
--->'''Penfold:''' Ooh, crumbs! good thing I know what to do... PANIC! ''(runs away)''
* ''WesternAnimation/TheTransformers'':
-->'''Rodimus Prime:''' Don't panic yet. Stay calm until we know what's going on. Then we'll panic.

* 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.]]

* Invoked by Pinkie Pie in the ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' episode "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E20ItsAboutTime It's About Time]]", when Cerberus shows up in Ponyville.
-->'''Cerberus:''' ROAR!!!\\
'''Pinkie Pie:''' Okay everypony, follow my lead. ''AAAAHHHHHHHH!''
* From ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'':
-->'''Numbuh 86:''' Troops, initiate plan X-11!\\
'''Troops:''' Yes sir! ''[all start run around screaming]''
* 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.
* ''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.
-->'''Ren:''' Our shipboard computer suggests one last alternative.\\
'''Flashing computer screen:''' START SCREAMING

* 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!!'''"

* From ''Film/TheHauntedMansion'', when Jim Evers and his daughter Megan are trapped in a crypt with undead rising.

* 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, 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."

-->'''Atlas''': Steady now! [[MajorInjuryUnderreaction Your genetic code is being rewritten]]; just hold on and everything will be fine!\\
''(Jack falls off a balcony and knocks himself out)''

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs1981'' two-part episode "Smurf On The Wild Side", Brainy goes throughout the Smurf Village during the time when a volcano was raining tar upon the forest, telling his fellow Smurfs not to panic, until a bit of tar splattered him, and then he runs, crying out, "PANIC! PANIC!"