History Main / Gasp

* Frank does this repeatedly in an episode of ''TheAdventuresOfLanoAndWoodley''. After the third or fourth, Col tells him to stop it because there's a risk of him fainting. Frank gasps and faints. Then when he comes around, he asks what happened. Col tells him that he fainted. Guess what happens.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' episode, "Decision 3012", Bender gasps so hard that he inhales Leela's ponytail.

* One of the episodes of ''WordGirl'' features "gasp" as one of the words to look out for. To help show the definition of the word and make sure they could work in the word as much as possible, the characters engage in this the entire episode. It's done ''so'' much that it's taken to the point of an OverlyLongGag, and Tobey even gets fed-up at one point and shouts "Will you STOP doing that??" after the crowd gasps for the umpteenth time.

* Floop gasps and twitches when Minion turns on him in the first ''SpyKids'' movie.

%% * ''ItsAVeryMerryMuppetChristmasMovie''.
%% * ''AreWeThereYet''
%% ** ''AreWeDoneYet''

[[folder: Anime and Manga ]]

%%[[folder: Commercials ]]

%% * ''Jack in the Box''.
%% * ''Wienerschnitzel''.
%% * ''[=McDonald's=]''.
%% * ''Burger King''.
%% * ''GEICO''.
%% * ''Chick-fil-A''.

%%[[/folder]]

[[folder: Fan Fic ]]

[[folder: Film - Animation ]]

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}} 2'', the three girls who discover the newly human Shrek dramatically gasp (and smile) when Donkey says "First we need to get you out of those clothes."
* There is a scene in ''Film/AlvinAndTheChipmunks: The Squeakquel'' where the Chipmunks and Chipettes gasp upon seeing each other.

* There are several occurrences of this in ''Animation/TheReturnOfHanuman''.

%% * ''MaxKeeblesBigMove''.

[[folder: Literature ]]

* During the first dinner at Dundrillin Castle in ''[[AuntDimity Aunt Dimity and the Deep Blue Sea]]'', Sir Percy is recounting a local ghost story, and he's just relayed a creepy detail when the lights go out. Lori's reaction: "I gasped, nearly stabbed myself in the face with a forkful of lamb, and knocked over my water glass."

[[folder: Live Action TV ]]

-->'''Cordelia:''' And just because [[{{Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS2E22BecomingPart2}} I sent you to hell that one time]] doesn't mean we [[BetterAsFriends can't just...be friends]]!
-->'''Wesley:''' Or [[RelationshipUpgrade possibly more?]]
-->'''Cordelia:''' {{Gasp}}! No! [[CantHaveSexEver We mustn't!]]

[[folder: Video Games ]]

[[folder: Puppet Shows ]]

[[folder: Web Comics ]]

[[folder: Western Animation ]]

[[folder: Comic Books ]]

[[folder: Live Action TV ]]

* Spoofed on ''Series/WillAndGrace'', when Grace snooped in Leo's bag and found a romantic letter from another woman, but wants to pretend to be shocked when he finds it:
-->'''Grace:''' But then he'll know I snooped. No, he's got to find this on his own. And I've got to be there when he reads it so I can act all shocked about it. Ooh, I know what I'll do. I'll do this. ''(does three quick gasps)'' No, too big. Maybe ''(gasps twice)'' Maybe just one. ''(does a long and wildly exaggerated gasp, with slow-mo facial expressions)''\\
'''Will:''' ''[{{beat}}]'' Grace, do you work? Or do you just spend the day practising your reactions? ''(Grace gives him an offended, open-mouthed look)'' Thought so.
* Frank does this repeatedly in an episode of ''TheAdventuresOfLanoAndWoodley''. After the third or fourth, Col tells him to stop it because there's a risk of him fainting. Frank gasps and faints. Then when he comes around, he asks what happened. Col tells him that he fainted. Guess what happens.
* {{Lampshaded}} on ''Series/{{Friends}}'' when Monica admits to an amateur cooking class that she's a professional chef. The whole class let out a theatrical GASP and Monica tells them to stop it. "This isn't a courtroom drama!"
* Used in the ''WebVideo/{{Smosh}}'' franchise.
* In the ''Series/ShaneDawson'' franchise.
* During an ''Series/AllThat'' sketch where a member of the "Cheese Police" visits the school, he finds [[GRatedDrug cheese]] in Ms. Fingerly's purse.
-->'''Students:''' Gasp!
* ''Series/{{Angel}}''. Cordelia does this when spoofing the Buffy/Angel romance in "Fredless". And she actually does say gasp.

[[folder: Newspaper Comics ]]

* ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'' parodied this, during a series of strips where Calvin floats away with his helium balloon, it pops and he figures it must be a dream. To try and wake up, he looks down toward the ground and "GASP!"s repeatedly. It doesn't work.

[[folder: Radio ]]

* ''Radio/ImSorryIllReadThatAgain'' had characters saying 'gasp' pretty often. The most notable example is probably when the entire cast, upon being told that their in-universe radio station is being closed down, react with "''SHOCKED GASP!''"

[[folder: Theatre ]]

* Parodied in ''{{Urinetown}}'', when Pennywise reveals that [[spoiler: Hope is her daughter]], the poor react with a "Gasp." When she follows it up with the fact that [[spoiler: [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment she is Hope's mother]]]], the poor give a much more dramatic, "''GASP!''"

[[folder: Video Games ]]

* Oh [[VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss Jade Curtiss,]] you [[DeadpanSnarker never disappoint:]]
--->'''Jade:''' ''GASP!''\\
'''Luke:''' What?! What is it?\\
'''Jade:''' It's a recipe we don't know yet!!
* A comically frequent mannerism of Toan throughout ''DarkCloud''.

[[folder: Web Animation ]]

[[folder: Web Original ]]

* In episode 3 of ''WebAnimation/RoseOfVersaillesAbridged'', Maria Theresa ended her lesson on "Amp up the drama" with a shot of Oscar gasping.
* ''WebVideo/AvatarTheAbridgedSeries'': "Le Gasp! I must flee, sexily."
* In the ''[[{{Website/Cracked}} cracked.com]] webseries ''Agents Of Cracked'', Swaim actually says "Gasp!" at least once per episode.
--> '''Swaim''': Gasp! The Chief!
* ''WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries'':
-->'''Joey:''' It is implied that I am punching you!\\
'''Téa:''' Gasp!\\
'''Tristan:''' Hey, no fair! You can't punch me while I'm off-screen!
* ''WebVideo/CodeMENT'': "Audible gasp!"
%% * ''PotterPuppetPals''.

[[folder: Western Animation ]]

* Parodied in ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'' a couple of times, at one point which Timmy's dad yells, "'''GIGA.GASP!!!'''"

* WesternAnimation/BugsBunny actually says "Gasp!" in the short ''Falling Hare'', after turning around to accost the gremlin who almost tricked him into setting off a bomb with a hammer, and finding that the gremlin has vanished.

--> '''Mr. Krabs''': ''[gasp]''\\
'''[=SpongeBob=]''': ''[gasp]''\\
'''Penny''': ''[gasp]''\\
'''Plankton''': [[SayingSoundEffectsOutLoud Gasp!]]

* Everyone (and we do mean ''[[OverlyLongGag everyone]]'') in the town of Swallow Falls does this in ''CloudyWithAChanceOfMeatballs'' after Flint's food machine produces a rain of cheeseburgers. Flint's gasp is especially and hilariously protracted.

%% * ''{{Hoodwinked}}''.

%% * This is also used in the ''AnnoyingOrange'' franchise.

%% * ''TheMuppetShow''.
%% * ''MrMeaty''.
%% * ''{{Wayside}}''.

* In one scene of ''OpenSeason2'', a slightly aged Elliot does a long gasp after a slightly older Boog says to a slightly older Giselle, "We're partners, right?".
* In one scene of ''OpenSeason3'', Giselle, Gisela, and Giselita all gasp after Doug (who is disguised as Boog) yells at them to go get him more berries and to massage his paws.

* ChristopherLloyd is ''really'' good at these; a perfect example comes in the first ''Film/BackToTheFuture'', where Doc Brown gets a classic reaction face when a burning wind-up car drives into a pile of oily rags.

%% * ''AmericanDragonJakeLong''.

* Used in the ''{{Smosh}}'' franchise.
* In the ''ShaneDawson'' franchise.

* Spoofed and given bonus points (obviously) in the ''WesternAnimation/{{SpongeBob SquarePants}}'' episode "Imitation Krabs."

'''SpongeBob''': ''[gasp]''\\

* ''SonnyWithAChance'' does this all the time, but usually they're parodying their fictional TV show "[=MacKenzie=] Falls".

%% * ''AllInTheFamily''.
%% * ''GoodTimes''.

* ''BoyMeetsWorld''. A RunningJoke was Shawn and Cory doing exaggerated gasps, followed by "TO-PAN-GA!"

* Franchise/SailorMoon's gasp in the [=SuperS=] movie is really overblown, moreso in TheNineties English dub. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maQcHEruLdM Any oxygen left in the castle?]]

* There are several occurrences of this in ''TheReturnOfHanuman''.

* Characters/BugsBunny actually says "Gasp!" in the short ''Falling Hare'', after turning around to accost the gremlin who almost tricked him into setting off a bomb with a hammer, and finding that the gremlin has vanished.

* In one episode of ''ThePenguinsOfMadagascar'', everyone gasps upon hearing that Mort had been kidnapped. Everyone, that is, except King Julien, who momentarily forgets who Mort is, then reassures them that "I too am gasping in horror, but on the inside."

* One issue of ''GrooTheWanderer'' has a large crowd perform a ''COLLECTIVE GASP!''

* In ''TitanicTheLegendGoesOn'', Angelica gasps dramatically several times when she's on the boat.

* ''Franchise/WinnieThePooh'': Tigger does this a lot, literally saying it. Only it comes out "[[VerbalTic GATHP!]]"

* ''Manga/DragonBall Z'' would use this tons of times, with gasps that lasted the greater part of a full minute.