Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}:'' In "A Clone of My Own", the Planet Express crew want to recover the Professor from the Near-Death Star, but Cubert points out they'll never bluff the guards without a DNA sample. Bender glares at Cubert as he removes a syringe from his chest cabinet and says he knows where they can get some, while Fry and Leela realize what's about to happen and grin maliciously. Cut to outside the ship as Cubert screams in terror.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Updating Link
Changed line(s) 47 (click to see context) from:
* ''WesternAnimation/PinkPanther'': In "G.I. Pink", DrillSergeantNasty has set up an obstacle course. We get the overview of what is more a DeathTrap (including a crocodile pond and whatnot), then the camera stays at the starting point while he gets, as expected, HoistByHisOwnPetard. Cue screaming plus noises of various traps going off.
to:
* ''WesternAnimation/PinkPanther'': ''WesternAnimation/ThePinkPanther'': In "G.I. Pink", DrillSergeantNasty has set up an obstacle course. We get the overview of what is more a DeathTrap (including a crocodile pond and whatnot), then the camera stays at the starting point while he gets, as expected, HoistByHisOwnPetard. Cue screaming plus noises of various traps going off.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Updating Link
Changed line(s) 65 (click to see context) from:
* The 1990s ''Franchise/SpiderMan'' had a big moment in the "Mutagenic Nightmare" storyline as a ScreamDiscretionShot done one second too late. We actually ''see'' Peter Parker [[BodyHorror abruptly]] (but bloodlessly) sprout [[TransformationTrauma four additional arms]]. Then the shot pulls back to the house and we hear not one, but ''two'' {{Big No}}s.
to:
* The 1990s ''Franchise/SpiderMan'' ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries'' had a big moment in the "Mutagenic Nightmare" storyline as a ScreamDiscretionShot done one second too late. We actually ''see'' Peter Parker [[BodyHorror abruptly]] (but bloodlessly) sprout [[TransformationTrauma four additional arms]]. Then the shot pulls back to the house and we hear not one, but ''two'' {{Big No}}s.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Alphabetization
Deleted line(s) 13 (click to see context) :
** Shows up in Lin's flashback in the SequelSeries ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra''; when her sister angrily cuts a cable restraining her, the cable snaps back and strikes Lin across the face. The scene cuts to Su's [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone horrified expression]] while Lin screams in pain.
Added DiffLines:
* Shows up in Lin's flashback in ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra''; when Lin captures her sister Su, Su angrily cuts a cable restraining her, the cable snapping back and striking Lin across the face. The scene cuts to Su's [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone horrified expression]] while Lin screams in pain.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 53 (click to see context) from:
* Happens on ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' from time to time. Some notable examples include Homer's AtomicFBomb from "Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part 1)", Bart receiving an ice-cold thermometer from Grandpa after faking sick in "Marge Gets a Job", Flanders being attacked by zombies in [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS4E5TreehouseOfHorrorIII "Treehouse of Horror III"]]'s "Dial 'Z' for Zombie" [[TooDumbToLive after letting them in thinking they were people in need of assistance]], and "Treehouse Of Horror IV"'s "Bart Simpson's Dracula" when the camera cuts away as Burns shadow looms over Bart and closes in on his neck while Bart screams.
to:
* Happens on ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' from time to time. Some notable examples include Homer's AtomicFBomb from "Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part 1)", time.
** In "Marge Gets A Job", when Bartreceiving receives an ice-cold thermometer from Grandpa after faking sick in "Marge Gets a Job", Flanders being attacked by zombies in [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS4E5TreehouseOfHorrorIII sick.
** In "Treehouseof Of Horror III"]]'s III"'s "Dial 'Z' for Zombie" For Zombie", as Flanders gets attacked by zombies [[TooDumbToLive after letting them in thinking they were people in need of assistance]], and assistance]].
** "Treehouse Of Horror IV"'s "Bart Simpson's Dracula" when the camera cuts away as Burns shadow looms over Bart and closes in on his neck while Bartscreams.screams.
** In "Who Shot Mr. Burns?: Part 1", Homer's AtomicFBomb after he realizes Mr. Burns ''still'' doesn't know his name, even after sending some chocolates for him.
** In "Treehouse Of Horror IX"'s "Hell Toupee", Snake's transplanted hair starts possessing Homer, leading him to hunt down and murder those who witnessed Snake getting arrested and eventually executed, starting with Apu, who starts to scream "[[BigNo NOOOOOO]]!!!" when we cut away.
** In "Marge Gets A Job", when Bart
** In "Treehouse
** "Treehouse Of Horror IV"'s "Bart Simpson's Dracula" when the camera cuts away as Burns shadow looms over Bart and closes in on his neck while Bart
** In "Who Shot Mr. Burns?: Part 1", Homer's AtomicFBomb after he realizes Mr. Burns ''still'' doesn't know his name, even after sending some chocolates for him.
** In "Treehouse Of Horror IX"'s "Hell Toupee", Snake's transplanted hair starts possessing Homer, leading him to hunt down and murder those who witnessed Snake getting arrested and eventually executed, starting with Apu, who starts to scream "[[BigNo NOOOOOO]]!!!" when we cut away.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 53 (click to see context) from:
* Happens on ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' from time to time. Some notable examples include Homer's AtomicFBomb from "Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part 1)", Bart receiving an ice-cold thermometer from Grandpa after faking sick in "Marge Gets a Job", Flanders being attacked by zombies in [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS4E5TreehouseOfHorrorIII "Treehouse of Horror III"]]'s "Dial 'Z' for Zombie" [[BeingGoodSucks after letting them in thinking they were people in need of assistance.]], and "Treehouse Of Horror IV"'s "Bart Simpson's Dracula" when the camera cuts away as Burns shadow looms over Bart and closes in on his neck while Bart screams.
to:
* Happens on ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' from time to time. Some notable examples include Homer's AtomicFBomb from "Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part 1)", Bart receiving an ice-cold thermometer from Grandpa after faking sick in "Marge Gets a Job", Flanders being attacked by zombies in [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS4E5TreehouseOfHorrorIII "Treehouse of Horror III"]]'s "Dial 'Z' for Zombie" [[BeingGoodSucks [[TooDumbToLive after letting them in thinking they were people in need of assistance.]], assistance]], and "Treehouse Of Horror IV"'s "Bart Simpson's Dracula" when the camera cuts away as Burns shadow looms over Bart and closes in on his neck while Bart screams.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 53 (click to see context) from:
* Happens on ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' from time to time. Some notable examples include Homer's AtomicFBomb from "Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part 1)", Bart receiving an ice-cold thermometer from Grandpa after faking sick in "Marge Gets a Job", Flanders being attacked by zombies in [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS4E5TreehouseOfHorrorIII "Treehouse of Horror III"'s]] "Dial Z for Zombie" [[BeingGoodSucks after letting them in thinking they were people in need of assistance.]], and "[=ToH IV=]"'s "Bart Simpson's Dracula" when the camera cuts away as Burns shadow looms over Bart and closes in on his neck while Bart screams.
to:
* Happens on ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' from time to time. Some notable examples include Homer's AtomicFBomb from "Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part 1)", Bart receiving an ice-cold thermometer from Grandpa after faking sick in "Marge Gets a Job", Flanders being attacked by zombies in [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS4E5TreehouseOfHorrorIII "Treehouse of Horror III"'s]] III"]]'s "Dial Z 'Z' for Zombie" [[BeingGoodSucks after letting them in thinking they were people in need of assistance.]], and "[=ToH IV=]"'s "Treehouse Of Horror IV"'s "Bart Simpson's Dracula" when the camera cuts away as Burns shadow looms over Bart and closes in on his neck while Bart screams.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 50,51 (click to see context) from:
** PlayedForLaughs in "Angelica Breaks a Leg". Stu Pickles does this after Angelica (who's [[PrankInjuries faking a broken leg]] asks him to make her chocolate pudding in 4:00 in the morning, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vs55Z7t7bk only for her to say she's not hungry anymore]].
** PlayedForLaughs in "Chuckie Gets Skunked", where Stu and Chaz Pickles do this after encountering a [[SmellySkunk skunk]] in their garden.
** PlayedForLaughs in "Chuckie Gets Skunked", where Stu and Chaz Pickles do this after encountering a [[SmellySkunk skunk]] in their garden.
to:
** PlayedForLaughs in "Angelica Breaks a Leg". Stu Pickles does this after makes chocolate pudding for Angelica (who's [[PrankInjuries faking a broken leg]] asks him to make her chocolate pudding in leg]]) at 4:00 in the morning, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vs55Z7t7bk morning at her request, only for her to say she's not hungry anymore]].
anymore. The scene cuts to outside the house as Drew screams in frustration.
** PlayedForLaughs in "Chuckie GetsSkunked", where Skunked". Stu and Chaz Pickles do this after encountering encounter a [[SmellySkunk skunk]] in their garden.garden, and the camera cuts away as they scream in terror.
** PlayedForLaughs in "Chuckie Gets
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
** In "Krusty Love," after Mr. Krabs receives a ShockinglyExpensiveBill from the Fancy restaurant, he does a WildTake, and then it cuts to the outside of the restaurant, where his scream is so loud, that it makes a GlassShatteringSound that destroys the bottle that encapsulates the restaurant.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 53 (click to see context) from:
* Happens on ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' from time to time. Some notable examples include Homer's AtomicFBomb from "Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part 1)", Bart receiving an ice-cold thermometer from Grandpa after faking sick in "Marge Gets a Job", Flanders being attacked by zombies in "Treehouse of Horror III"'s "Dial Z for Zombie" [[BeingGoodSucks after letting them in thinking they were people in need of assistance.]], and "[=ToH IV=]"'s "Bart Simpson's Dracula" when the camera cuts away as Burns shadow looms over Bart and closes in on his neck while Bart screams.
to:
* Happens on ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' from time to time. Some notable examples include Homer's AtomicFBomb from "Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part 1)", Bart receiving an ice-cold thermometer from Grandpa after faking sick in "Marge Gets a Job", Flanders being attacked by zombies in [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS4E5TreehouseOfHorrorIII "Treehouse of Horror III"'s III"'s]] "Dial Z for Zombie" [[BeingGoodSucks after letting them in thinking they were people in need of assistance.]], and "[=ToH IV=]"'s "Bart Simpson's Dracula" when the camera cuts away as Burns shadow looms over Bart and closes in on his neck while Bart screams.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* ''WesternAnimation/TheCupheadShow'': In the episode “Baby Bottle,” Baby Bottle rips Elder Kettle’s mustache clean off. It then cuts to the outside of their house, where he’s heard screaming in pain. Of course, it’s PlayedForLaughs.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 14 (click to see context) from:
* Done in the Franchise/AlvinAndTheChipmunks 2015 series episode "Alvittny" when Dave screams his Catchphrase when he realuzed that Alvin traded his tennis racket for the munk's bike.
to:
* Done in the Franchise/AlvinAndTheChipmunks ''Franchise/AlvinAndTheChipmunks'' 2015 series episode "Alvittny" when Dave screams his Catchphrase when he realuzed that Alvin traded his tennis racket for the munk's bike.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 14 (click to see context) from:
* Done in the Franchise/AlvinAndTheChipmunks Chipmunks 2015 series episode "Alvittny" when Dave screams his Catchphrase when he realuzed that Alvin traded his tennis racket for the munk's bike.
to:
* Done in the Franchise/AlvinAndTheChipmunks Chipmunks 2015 series episode "Alvittny" when Dave screams his Catchphrase when he realuzed that Alvin traded his tennis racket for the munk's bike.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* Done in the Franchise/AlvinAndTheChipmunks Chipmunks 2015 series episode "Alvittny" when Dave screams his Catchphrase when he realuzed that Alvin traded his tennis racket for the munk's bike.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 52 (click to see context) from:
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs'' cartoon adaptation of "The Purple Smurfs", the [[ButtBiter tail-biting]] that the purple fly and the Purple Smurfs engage in is never shown onscreen, mostly just the reactions of the Smurfs whose tails are getting bitten.
to:
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs'' ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs1981'' cartoon adaptation of "The Purple Smurfs", the [[ButtBiter tail-biting]] that the purple fly and the Purple Smurfs engage in is never shown onscreen, mostly just the reactions of the Smurfs whose tails are getting bitten.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Added by ban evader
Deleted line(s) 35 (click to see context) :
-->'''Pleakley:''' ''(gasps)'' Look! A mosquito has chosen me as her perch! She's so...beautiful...look! Another one! And another one... ''(Pleakley gets swarmed by them)'' why, it's a whole flock! And they like me! They're nuzzling my flesh with their noses! And now they're, uh... [[OhCrap they're]]... ''(The camera cuts away to a distant view as Pleakley screams in pain)''
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
-->'''Pleakley:''' ''(gasps)'' Look! A mosquito has chosen me as her perch! She's so...beautiful...look! Another one! And another one... ''(Pleakley gets swarmed by them)'' why, it's a whole flock! And they like me! They're nuzzling my flesh with their noses! And now they're, uh... [[OhCrap they're]]... ''(The camera cuts away to a distant view as Pleakley screams in pain)''
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
%%%
%%
%% This page has been alphabetized. Please add new examples in the correct order. Thanks!
%%
%%%
{{Scream Discretion Shot}}s in WesternAnimation.
----
* Lemongrab gets one in the ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' episode "Too Young", after Princess Bubblegum fires him and calls him a butt.
* ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfTheGalaxyRangers'': Scarecrow attacks a local sheriff and deputy. After the entity grabs both of them, the scene cuts to their patrol car, and all you hear is the Scarecrow laughing and the poor bastards screaming. They're never seen again onscreen, and Goose states they were "found" on the side of the highway the next morning.
* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'': In addition to an inverted ShadowDiscretionShot, the audience also gets to hear an agonized scream of pain from Zuko at the tragic ending of the Agni Kai against his [[AbusiveParents father]] in "The Storm".
** Shows up in Lin's flashback in the SequelSeries ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra''; when her sister angrily cuts a cable restraining her, the cable snaps back and strikes Lin across the face. The scene cuts to Su's [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone horrified expression]] while Lin screams in pain.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' episode "Harley and Ivy," the Joker is furious because his hideout is a filthy mess, his pet hyenas have not been fed, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking he can't find his socks.]] One of his goons nervously informs him that [[MadLove Harley Quinn]] used to do all of the housekeeping, but now that the Clown Prince of Crime fired her, things are going to pot. Joker angrily states that Harley has [[DomesticAbuse always come back before]], and demands to know where she is, prompting the goon to reluctantly hand over a newspaper declaring Harley and [[GreenThumb Poison Ivy]] the new "Queens of Crime." The camera cuts to the outside of the Joker's hideout as he lets out a horrified screech--Harley is ''outdoing him as a criminal.''
* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyondReturnOfTheJoker'' was edited for television and, rather than have Joker get shot by a brainwashed Tim Drake, he's instead electrocuted offscreen and howls in agony while the camera evacuates the room. This was supposed to be less violent than the original scene but it just turned the whole thing into NightmareFuel.
** ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'' has one of its own when Mr. Freeze murders his doctor in revenge for her betrayal. He aims, shoots, the camera cuts away to the facility main room while her death scream gets broadcasted ''all over the place'', and when it cuts back there's nothing left but an enormous ice crystal.
* ''WesternAnimation/Ben10AlienForce'': A prisoner gets forced into the ranks of the bad guys. We get a shot of the toothy squirmy thing about to be applied to him; then the shot changes to the closed door of the room he's in, and we hear him screaming.
** ''WesternAnimation/Ben10UltimateAlien'' has a rare hero to villain example. When Zombozo dares to attempt RevengeByProxy on Ben by attacking his mother, Gwen decides to MakeAnExampleOfThem. The last thing we see is his scream of horror.
* ''WesternAnimation/BlinkyBill'': In the Season 3 episode "Poisoned Penelope", Penelope Poodle does a loud, ear-piercing shriek when she sees herself covered in spots, due to being poisoned by a flower. All we see is a view over the Amazon jungle, with the birds flying in shock from the screaming.
* ''WesternAnimation/CourageTheCowardlyDog'': In "The Magic Tree of Nowhere", Courage climbs into a hornets' nest. The camera pans left, [[RelaxOVision showing a picturesque sunset and a remarkable specimen of butterfly flying past]], as the sounds of chirping birds and a loud, agony-filled scream are heard.
* Happens in ''WesternAnimation/{{Daria}}'' in the episode "Through a Lens Darkly" where Daria went to the Lawndale Medical Arts Partners building for new contacts. To show the doctor how to adjust the contacts to her eye, Daria tries it and the next scene cuts to the front of the building as Daria is heard screaming loud.
* ''WesternAnimation/FetchWithRuffRuffman'': In the episode "Ruff's Big Break" right when a zealous Ruff goes outside to do some karate chip dance moves on a fence. The scene cuts away to Blossom witnessing Ruff hurting himself.
-->'''Ruff:''' ''(Off-screen)'' Check it out! Wo-Wah! ''(Gasps)'' AGH! ''(A crash is heard)'' AAAOOWWWW!!!.... ''(in pain)'' Oh, okay not good!... Ugh... call my vet!... Now...
* ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'':
** PlayedForLaughs in "Dipper vs. Manliness". The first test of manliness the Manotaurs offer Dipper is to [[HandInTheHole put his fist in "the Pain Hole"]]. Dipper works up the nerve to do so... cue SmashCut to another part of the forest as Dipper screams in pain.
** Also done less comedically in "The Stanchurian Candidate" as [[spoiler:Bud Gleeful is possessed by his son Gideon]], with the camera focusing on his smiling face on a campaign poster.
* ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim'' pulls this a few times, such as when Zim decides to test which one of the schoolchildren is most suited to be his friend. To do so, he measures their absorbency, electrical conductivity, and then holds up [[NoodleImplements a beaver and a toy taxi]] while smirking ominously. Cue the camera shifting over to the clock and the horrified screaming.
* PlayedForLaughs on ''WesternAnimation/JimmyTwoShoes'', where [[spoiler:Beezy and Heloise]] have one thanks to an AccidentalKiss.
* ''[[WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague Justice League Unlimited]]'': At the end of the episode ''"ComicBook/ForTheManWhoHasEverything,"'' Mongul's mind gets trapped in the [[LotusEaterMachine Black Mercy plant]], which lets him dream of his heart's desire. As Franchise/WonderWoman wonders what he's dreaming about, the camera zooms in on his smiling face -- to the sounds of horrific screaming.
** Another one from ''JLU'' was when ComicBook/LexLuthor tried to resurrect Brainiac. He did this by hooking Tala up to a machine that sucked the life out of her, which given the timbre and volume of her scream, was '''exceedingly''' painful. Creator/BruceTimm has stated in several interviews that Creator/JulietLandau (Tala's voice actress) literally scared him with her performance.
** In Superman's nightmare during "[[Recap/JusticeLeagueS2E5And6OnlyADream Only a Dream]]", Lois' death takes place this way. The audience hears her scream, but the focus is on Superman's face, EyeBeams shooting out. It's subverted when he accidentally crushes ComicBook/JimmyOlsen in the next portion of the nightmare.
** Also from the DCAU, [[WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries Lois Lane]] has quite the reaction to find that that something ([[ItMakesSenseInContext a giant chimpanzee]]) had totalled her apartment. Done for laughs.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Kaeloo}}'': In the HalloweenEpisode, Quack Quack does a [[BodyHorror really scary thing with his head]] offscreen while Kaeloo and Stumpy watch. The scene then cuts to Mr. Cat hearing Kaeloo and Stumpy scream in horror.
* PlayedForLaughs in ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch''. Pleakly gets attacked by a giant swarm of mosquitoes. When he finally figures out what is going on, the camera cuts away just in time to hear a yell loud enough to be heard across the island. When shown again, everything except his eyeball is ''covered'' in bandages.
* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' plays this for laughs in "Pinkie Apple Pie". The Apple family's raft is about to go though a cave which Granny Smith thinks is ''not'' the scariest cave in Equestria. Turns out it was, but as the raft goes though the cave, we only see the outside of the cave, and hear the Apple family's screams of terror. [[NothingIsScarier We never get to see]] ''[[NothingIsScarier what]]'' [[NothingIsScarier made the cave so scary]], outside of [[FreezeFrameBonus a brief glimpse at a picture Pinkie took]] of some of the monsters in the cave.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheOllieAndMoonShow'':
** In "Finding the Rhythm in Cuba", when Ollie suddenly goes missing in the Cuban jungle, Stanley calls out for Ollie, to the point of [[SayMyName screaming out his name]] while a wide shot of the jungle is shown.
** In "The Russian Doll Disaster", when Ollie and Moon are lost in the forest:
--->'''Ollie:''' Without the map, we'll never find a way back to Sasha's!\\
'''Moon:''' Those cookies made me really thirsty.\\
'''Ollie:''' I don't have any water, do you?\\
'''Moon:''' ''(shakes her head, while chuckling nervously)''\\
''({{Beat}}, as we cut to Ollie's shocked expression. We then cut to a wide shot of the forest shaking.)''\\
'''Ollie:''' '''''WE'RE DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMED!!!'''''
* ''WesternAnimation/PinkPanther'': In "G.I. Pink", DrillSergeantNasty has set up an obstacle course. We get the overview of what is more a DeathTrap (including a crocodile pond and whatnot), then the camera stays at the starting point while he gets, as expected, HoistByHisOwnPetard. Cue screaming plus noises of various traps going off.
* ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'' The girls and Bellum turn the tables on Sedusa in "Something's A Ms.". We get a shot of Sedusa begging for forgiveness as Bellum brandishes the scissors. Then we get a silhouette of them all, and the shot pulls away to the night sky, with Sedusa's screaming ringing out.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'':
** PlayedForLaughs in "Angelica Breaks a Leg". Stu Pickles does this after Angelica (who's [[PrankInjuries faking a broken leg]] asks him to make her chocolate pudding in 4:00 in the morning, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vs55Z7t7bk only for her to say she's not hungry anymore]].
** PlayedForLaughs in "Chuckie Gets Skunked", where Stu and Chaz Pickles do this after encountering a [[SmellySkunk skunk]] in their garden.
* Used in ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooMysteryIncorporated'' when [[spoiler:Professor Pericles kills Ed Machine to "deliver a message" to his former companion Mr. E.]] Yes, ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'' played it straight.
* Happens on ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' from time to time. Some notable examples include Homer's AtomicFBomb from "Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part 1)", Bart receiving an ice-cold thermometer from Grandpa after faking sick in "Marge Gets a Job", Flanders being attacked by zombies in "Treehouse of Horror III"'s "Dial Z for Zombie" [[BeingGoodSucks after letting them in thinking they were people in need of assistance.]], and "[=ToH IV=]"'s "Bart Simpson's Dracula" when the camera cuts away as Burns shadow looms over Bart and closes in on his neck while Bart screams.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs'' cartoon adaptation of "The Purple Smurfs", the [[ButtBiter tail-biting]] that the purple fly and the Purple Smurfs engage in is never shown onscreen, mostly just the reactions of the Smurfs whose tails are getting bitten.
* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'':
** In the episode "Clams", [=SpongeBob=] accidentally rips off Squidward's nose with his fishing hook. It cuts to a far shot of the ocean with the boat in the middle of it while we hear Squid's scream. It's obviously PlayedForLaughs.
** In "Band Geeks", Patrick ticks off Sandy after accidentally kicking her, and she chases him outside. We hear Patrick screaming in pain, and when he comes back in he's somehow been stuffed inside a trombone.
--->'''Patrick:''' Whoever's the owner of the white sedan, you left your lights on.
* The 1990s ''Franchise/SpiderMan'' had a big moment in the "Mutagenic Nightmare" storyline as a ScreamDiscretionShot done one second too late. We actually ''see'' Peter Parker [[BodyHorror abruptly]] (but bloodlessly) sprout [[TransformationTrauma four additional arms]]. Then the shot pulls back to the house and we hear not one, but ''two'' {{Big No}}s.
* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'':
** Played straight during the Citadel arc. A clone is literally ''cut in half'' by a security door. Another door slams shut in front of him right before his gruesome death.
** In [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS1E10LairOfGrievous "Lair of Grievous"]] the scene of Grievous getting patched up cuts away right as Grievous' medical droid starts removing his damaged faceplate and he starts screaming in pain.
* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels''[[Recap/StarWarsRebelsS2E07StealthStrike , "Stealth Strike"]]: Played with as the bridge's doors close and cut off the view just as Rex's torture starts and he screams, but this never actually happens. It was a premonition and Kanan was able to get on the bridge in time to prevent the Empire from torturing Rex.
* Happened a couple of times in ''WesternAnimation/{{Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles|2003}}'', usually to Baxter Stockman or Hun, after they [[YouHaveFailedMe failed the Shredder]] again.
* Subverted in ''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime'', when Starscream offs [[spoiler: the last of his clones]]. There ''is'' a scream, but since [[spoiler:Starscream feels the pain of his clones, it's almost immediately followed by him complaining "that hurt!"]]
** Used more straightforwardly with the death of [[spoiler:Breakdown]]. Airachnid moves in for the kill and we cut to a shot of some DisturbedDoves as [[spoiler:Breakdown]] screams.
----
%%
%% This page has been alphabetized. Please add new examples in the correct order. Thanks!
%%
%%%
{{Scream Discretion Shot}}s in WesternAnimation.
----
* Lemongrab gets one in the ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' episode "Too Young", after Princess Bubblegum fires him and calls him a butt.
* ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfTheGalaxyRangers'': Scarecrow attacks a local sheriff and deputy. After the entity grabs both of them, the scene cuts to their patrol car, and all you hear is the Scarecrow laughing and the poor bastards screaming. They're never seen again onscreen, and Goose states they were "found" on the side of the highway the next morning.
* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'': In addition to an inverted ShadowDiscretionShot, the audience also gets to hear an agonized scream of pain from Zuko at the tragic ending of the Agni Kai against his [[AbusiveParents father]] in "The Storm".
** Shows up in Lin's flashback in the SequelSeries ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra''; when her sister angrily cuts a cable restraining her, the cable snaps back and strikes Lin across the face. The scene cuts to Su's [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone horrified expression]] while Lin screams in pain.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' episode "Harley and Ivy," the Joker is furious because his hideout is a filthy mess, his pet hyenas have not been fed, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking he can't find his socks.]] One of his goons nervously informs him that [[MadLove Harley Quinn]] used to do all of the housekeeping, but now that the Clown Prince of Crime fired her, things are going to pot. Joker angrily states that Harley has [[DomesticAbuse always come back before]], and demands to know where she is, prompting the goon to reluctantly hand over a newspaper declaring Harley and [[GreenThumb Poison Ivy]] the new "Queens of Crime." The camera cuts to the outside of the Joker's hideout as he lets out a horrified screech--Harley is ''outdoing him as a criminal.''
* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyondReturnOfTheJoker'' was edited for television and, rather than have Joker get shot by a brainwashed Tim Drake, he's instead electrocuted offscreen and howls in agony while the camera evacuates the room. This was supposed to be less violent than the original scene but it just turned the whole thing into NightmareFuel.
** ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'' has one of its own when Mr. Freeze murders his doctor in revenge for her betrayal. He aims, shoots, the camera cuts away to the facility main room while her death scream gets broadcasted ''all over the place'', and when it cuts back there's nothing left but an enormous ice crystal.
* ''WesternAnimation/Ben10AlienForce'': A prisoner gets forced into the ranks of the bad guys. We get a shot of the toothy squirmy thing about to be applied to him; then the shot changes to the closed door of the room he's in, and we hear him screaming.
** ''WesternAnimation/Ben10UltimateAlien'' has a rare hero to villain example. When Zombozo dares to attempt RevengeByProxy on Ben by attacking his mother, Gwen decides to MakeAnExampleOfThem. The last thing we see is his scream of horror.
* ''WesternAnimation/BlinkyBill'': In the Season 3 episode "Poisoned Penelope", Penelope Poodle does a loud, ear-piercing shriek when she sees herself covered in spots, due to being poisoned by a flower. All we see is a view over the Amazon jungle, with the birds flying in shock from the screaming.
* ''WesternAnimation/CourageTheCowardlyDog'': In "The Magic Tree of Nowhere", Courage climbs into a hornets' nest. The camera pans left, [[RelaxOVision showing a picturesque sunset and a remarkable specimen of butterfly flying past]], as the sounds of chirping birds and a loud, agony-filled scream are heard.
* Happens in ''WesternAnimation/{{Daria}}'' in the episode "Through a Lens Darkly" where Daria went to the Lawndale Medical Arts Partners building for new contacts. To show the doctor how to adjust the contacts to her eye, Daria tries it and the next scene cuts to the front of the building as Daria is heard screaming loud.
* ''WesternAnimation/FetchWithRuffRuffman'': In the episode "Ruff's Big Break" right when a zealous Ruff goes outside to do some karate chip dance moves on a fence. The scene cuts away to Blossom witnessing Ruff hurting himself.
-->'''Ruff:''' ''(Off-screen)'' Check it out! Wo-Wah! ''(Gasps)'' AGH! ''(A crash is heard)'' AAAOOWWWW!!!.... ''(in pain)'' Oh, okay not good!... Ugh... call my vet!... Now...
* ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'':
** PlayedForLaughs in "Dipper vs. Manliness". The first test of manliness the Manotaurs offer Dipper is to [[HandInTheHole put his fist in "the Pain Hole"]]. Dipper works up the nerve to do so... cue SmashCut to another part of the forest as Dipper screams in pain.
** Also done less comedically in "The Stanchurian Candidate" as [[spoiler:Bud Gleeful is possessed by his son Gideon]], with the camera focusing on his smiling face on a campaign poster.
* ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim'' pulls this a few times, such as when Zim decides to test which one of the schoolchildren is most suited to be his friend. To do so, he measures their absorbency, electrical conductivity, and then holds up [[NoodleImplements a beaver and a toy taxi]] while smirking ominously. Cue the camera shifting over to the clock and the horrified screaming.
* PlayedForLaughs on ''WesternAnimation/JimmyTwoShoes'', where [[spoiler:Beezy and Heloise]] have one thanks to an AccidentalKiss.
* ''[[WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague Justice League Unlimited]]'': At the end of the episode ''"ComicBook/ForTheManWhoHasEverything,"'' Mongul's mind gets trapped in the [[LotusEaterMachine Black Mercy plant]], which lets him dream of his heart's desire. As Franchise/WonderWoman wonders what he's dreaming about, the camera zooms in on his smiling face -- to the sounds of horrific screaming.
** Another one from ''JLU'' was when ComicBook/LexLuthor tried to resurrect Brainiac. He did this by hooking Tala up to a machine that sucked the life out of her, which given the timbre and volume of her scream, was '''exceedingly''' painful. Creator/BruceTimm has stated in several interviews that Creator/JulietLandau (Tala's voice actress) literally scared him with her performance.
** In Superman's nightmare during "[[Recap/JusticeLeagueS2E5And6OnlyADream Only a Dream]]", Lois' death takes place this way. The audience hears her scream, but the focus is on Superman's face, EyeBeams shooting out. It's subverted when he accidentally crushes ComicBook/JimmyOlsen in the next portion of the nightmare.
** Also from the DCAU, [[WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries Lois Lane]] has quite the reaction to find that that something ([[ItMakesSenseInContext a giant chimpanzee]]) had totalled her apartment. Done for laughs.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Kaeloo}}'': In the HalloweenEpisode, Quack Quack does a [[BodyHorror really scary thing with his head]] offscreen while Kaeloo and Stumpy watch. The scene then cuts to Mr. Cat hearing Kaeloo and Stumpy scream in horror.
* PlayedForLaughs in ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch''. Pleakly gets attacked by a giant swarm of mosquitoes. When he finally figures out what is going on, the camera cuts away just in time to hear a yell loud enough to be heard across the island. When shown again, everything except his eyeball is ''covered'' in bandages.
* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' plays this for laughs in "Pinkie Apple Pie". The Apple family's raft is about to go though a cave which Granny Smith thinks is ''not'' the scariest cave in Equestria. Turns out it was, but as the raft goes though the cave, we only see the outside of the cave, and hear the Apple family's screams of terror. [[NothingIsScarier We never get to see]] ''[[NothingIsScarier what]]'' [[NothingIsScarier made the cave so scary]], outside of [[FreezeFrameBonus a brief glimpse at a picture Pinkie took]] of some of the monsters in the cave.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheOllieAndMoonShow'':
** In "Finding the Rhythm in Cuba", when Ollie suddenly goes missing in the Cuban jungle, Stanley calls out for Ollie, to the point of [[SayMyName screaming out his name]] while a wide shot of the jungle is shown.
** In "The Russian Doll Disaster", when Ollie and Moon are lost in the forest:
--->'''Ollie:''' Without the map, we'll never find a way back to Sasha's!\\
'''Moon:''' Those cookies made me really thirsty.\\
'''Ollie:''' I don't have any water, do you?\\
'''Moon:''' ''(shakes her head, while chuckling nervously)''\\
''({{Beat}}, as we cut to Ollie's shocked expression. We then cut to a wide shot of the forest shaking.)''\\
'''Ollie:''' '''''WE'RE DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMED!!!'''''
* ''WesternAnimation/PinkPanther'': In "G.I. Pink", DrillSergeantNasty has set up an obstacle course. We get the overview of what is more a DeathTrap (including a crocodile pond and whatnot), then the camera stays at the starting point while he gets, as expected, HoistByHisOwnPetard. Cue screaming plus noises of various traps going off.
* ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'' The girls and Bellum turn the tables on Sedusa in "Something's A Ms.". We get a shot of Sedusa begging for forgiveness as Bellum brandishes the scissors. Then we get a silhouette of them all, and the shot pulls away to the night sky, with Sedusa's screaming ringing out.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'':
** PlayedForLaughs in "Angelica Breaks a Leg". Stu Pickles does this after Angelica (who's [[PrankInjuries faking a broken leg]] asks him to make her chocolate pudding in 4:00 in the morning, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vs55Z7t7bk only for her to say she's not hungry anymore]].
** PlayedForLaughs in "Chuckie Gets Skunked", where Stu and Chaz Pickles do this after encountering a [[SmellySkunk skunk]] in their garden.
* Used in ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooMysteryIncorporated'' when [[spoiler:Professor Pericles kills Ed Machine to "deliver a message" to his former companion Mr. E.]] Yes, ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'' played it straight.
* Happens on ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' from time to time. Some notable examples include Homer's AtomicFBomb from "Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part 1)", Bart receiving an ice-cold thermometer from Grandpa after faking sick in "Marge Gets a Job", Flanders being attacked by zombies in "Treehouse of Horror III"'s "Dial Z for Zombie" [[BeingGoodSucks after letting them in thinking they were people in need of assistance.]], and "[=ToH IV=]"'s "Bart Simpson's Dracula" when the camera cuts away as Burns shadow looms over Bart and closes in on his neck while Bart screams.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs'' cartoon adaptation of "The Purple Smurfs", the [[ButtBiter tail-biting]] that the purple fly and the Purple Smurfs engage in is never shown onscreen, mostly just the reactions of the Smurfs whose tails are getting bitten.
* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'':
** In the episode "Clams", [=SpongeBob=] accidentally rips off Squidward's nose with his fishing hook. It cuts to a far shot of the ocean with the boat in the middle of it while we hear Squid's scream. It's obviously PlayedForLaughs.
** In "Band Geeks", Patrick ticks off Sandy after accidentally kicking her, and she chases him outside. We hear Patrick screaming in pain, and when he comes back in he's somehow been stuffed inside a trombone.
--->'''Patrick:''' Whoever's the owner of the white sedan, you left your lights on.
* The 1990s ''Franchise/SpiderMan'' had a big moment in the "Mutagenic Nightmare" storyline as a ScreamDiscretionShot done one second too late. We actually ''see'' Peter Parker [[BodyHorror abruptly]] (but bloodlessly) sprout [[TransformationTrauma four additional arms]]. Then the shot pulls back to the house and we hear not one, but ''two'' {{Big No}}s.
* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'':
** Played straight during the Citadel arc. A clone is literally ''cut in half'' by a security door. Another door slams shut in front of him right before his gruesome death.
** In [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS1E10LairOfGrievous "Lair of Grievous"]] the scene of Grievous getting patched up cuts away right as Grievous' medical droid starts removing his damaged faceplate and he starts screaming in pain.
* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels''[[Recap/StarWarsRebelsS2E07StealthStrike , "Stealth Strike"]]: Played with as the bridge's doors close and cut off the view just as Rex's torture starts and he screams, but this never actually happens. It was a premonition and Kanan was able to get on the bridge in time to prevent the Empire from torturing Rex.
* Happened a couple of times in ''WesternAnimation/{{Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles|2003}}'', usually to Baxter Stockman or Hun, after they [[YouHaveFailedMe failed the Shredder]] again.
* Subverted in ''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime'', when Starscream offs [[spoiler: the last of his clones]]. There ''is'' a scream, but since [[spoiler:Starscream feels the pain of his clones, it's almost immediately followed by him complaining "that hurt!"]]
** Used more straightforwardly with the death of [[spoiler:Breakdown]]. Airachnid moves in for the kill and we cut to a shot of some DisturbedDoves as [[spoiler:Breakdown]] screams.
----
