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-->'''Ed:''' Man the helms! Dive, dive! Aaaaaa! [''eats camera'']\\

-->'''Crocodile:''' ''[singing]'' I'll gobble up anyone left lying around, 'cause it gives me my permanent smile!

Sometimes, it is done to represent something or someone literally entering a character's mouth (either SwallowedWhole or OrificeInvasion), or to show an AttackTheMouth move; usually, however, it is solely a visual effect (similarly used with eyes, noses, open doors, and motion picture screens). It's also done to transition to commercial breaks in television shows.

* ''Film/ASimpleWish'', the camera zooms into Mara Wilson's screaming mouth when her godfather poofs himself and her to escape from being crushed by a giant rabbi.

* The 2020 film ''Mainstream'' makes use of this trope when [[Creator/MayaHawke Frankie]] is walking through the backstage of a theater and sees a video of [[Creator/AndrewGarfield Link]] on the screen behind her, and watches as Link's mouth slowly engulfs the camera until the screen is black. This then transitions to a well-edited FadeOut when Link emerges from the darkness and watches Frankie as she runs to the bathroom.
* ''Mr. Fix It'' has a scene where a woman who was just wronged by the titular character screams and has the camera zoom in to show her waggling uvula then dissolves into a scene of a man punching a punching bag at a gym.

** Second, [[spoiler:Francis the dog during Mario and Luigi's first plumbing.]]
** Third, [[spoiler:a Dry-Bones chasing Luigi.]]

* Happens in the first episode of ''Anime/MonColleKnights'' at one point prior to a crash.

* "WebAnimation/BattleForBFDI":
** Inverted in the episode "Questions Answered" when Match tells Bubble she's demoted to merely a bember, Bubble screams a BigNo as the camera zooms out of her mouth.
** Also in "The Escape From Four" when the fire reaches Four's body, the camera zooms in to Four's skin, then zooms into his eye. The word "Fire" is echoed in the black background, and then we zoom out of Four's open mouth when he gets hurt by the fire.

** In a [[WhatCouldHaveBeen deleted scene]] intended for "V is for Mystery" that can be found on the Season 16 DVD, The Scottish Brute (played by Peter) announces that the camera focuses on his waggling uvula as he laughs. The camera goes inside of his mouth but crashes into his uvula, to which Peter says that it's too close. Seen [[https://youtu.be/nk4WTJOPiVw?t=88 here]].

* Music/{{Creed}} in [[https://youtu.be/BkHjFzw1TUg?t=240 their video]] for ''What If''.

* A few Creator/WaltDisney shorts did this. One short had a dancing WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse playing the trope straight and inverting the trope seconds later.

* in ''WesternAnimation/Beowulf2007'', a [[https://youtu.be/eWmiv9uIXQk?t=19 zoom out happens]] out of a random woman's mouth to show how her screams aggrivate Grendel.

%%** Used in the episode "Fare Game" twice!

* ''VideoGame/LittleBigPlanet3'': Done in the cutscene where [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePyvU07w-qU Newton started screaming his butt off due to accidentally shooting his friend, Sackboy with his water gun]].

* One of the early footage clips of ''VideoGame/LuigisMansion1'' involved a screaming Luigi as the camera zooms into his mouth before cutting to the title.

* There was a Japanese 3-Minute trailer of ''VideoGame/PokemonMysteryDungeonGatesToInfinity'', which centered around a boy and a girl finding portals with the 3DS camera and taking the role of other Pokemon. One of these involves the girl being placed under the role of an Axew and is chased by a Croagunk, eventually resulting in said Axew's mouth covering the entire camera and the camera zooming out of the girl's screaming mouth while she is kicking her legs as if she was still running, when the boy shows up.
* In the animated trailer for ''[[VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire]]'', there is one scene where Mega Slowbro is enjoying itself, but there is a Mega Sharpedo. The shell of Mega Slowbro panics, and while Mega Slowbro notices that Mega Sharpedo is approaching, Mega Sharpedo lunges at Mega Slowbro (complete with Mega Sharpedo's mouth filling up the camera in the process) and grabs onto Mega Slowbro with its jaws after a scene change.
* In a French commercial for the first ''VideoGame/{{Rayman}}'' game, the camera zooms into Rayman's mouth, and then it cuts to gameplay footage.

* The intro to ''WesternAnimation/AbbottAndCostello'' begins with an inversion, on [[NotQuiteStarring Costello's]] mouth as he's running screaming.

* ''WesternAnimation/ALVINNNAndTheChipmunks'': At the end of "She's Got Style," Brittany is chased by a dog and runs up to the camera, her mouth closing in on the camera.
** Also done in "The Haunted Getaway," when Dave chases Alvin at the end of the episode and Alvin's mouth closes in.

** A humorous literal example occurs in "Arthur's Perfect Christmas," in the video Christmas card Uncle Fred sends to the Read family. It ends with Fred's dog Rory sniffing the camera and then his mouth opening and filling the screen with black as Fred warns, "Rory, no! That's not a dog treat!" Then it cuts to static, to the amusement of the Read family.

** In the episode [[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesE5PrettyPoison "Pretty Poison"]] Batman ends up in the tight embrace of Poison Ivy's [[ManEatingPlant huge, killer flytrap]] and we're treated to his POV as it's VineTentacles drag him towards it's snapping jaws, which makes it appear that the flytrap is hungry for the camera.
** Happens twice in the episode [[Recap/TheAdventuresofBatmanandRobinE7Harlequinade Harlequinade]]. First one one of Harley's pet hyenas, and later as Batman helps Harley with his grapple, she screams as she ascends, leaving the camera to pass her uvula and exit her mouth.

* The 1993 ''WesternAnimation/PinkPanther'' series did this at least twice: going into the commercial break with "Downhill Panther" and partway through one act of "That Old Pink Magic." Inverted, albeit with a FadeIn, in "Rob'n Hoodwinked."

* A {{Creepypasta}} story titled [[WebOriginal/ImSoSorryPleaseForgiveMeDotMP4 I'm So Sorry Please Forgive Me.mp4]], is about a haunted video of a boy who turns into a demon when he cries in his bedroom. In the end, his face becomes distorted and [[TheFourthwallWillNotProtectYou he lunges at the camera while showing his mouth]].