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QPCwB Starving Masterchef from That Place Between Dreaming And Awake (Apprentice) Relationship Status: We finish each other's sandwiches
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#1: Oct 31st 2025 at 5:01:20 PM

A user unilaterally added an image/caption to Panic Attack that i don't believe illustrates the trope.

Permission to pull?

I offer no replacements because it would be too difficult to have a still image that wouldn't be mistaken for Heroic BSoD.

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#3: Oct 31st 2025 at 5:24:02 PM

I say pull right now too and check out other options that might be more suitable.

Sockratees professinal maladaptive daydreamer from Uncanny Valley, Colorado Since: Apr, 2024 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
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#4: Oct 31st 2025 at 5:37:04 PM

Tangentially, related to the image at hand, but as a novice to editing i am having trouble linking the image of the trope to the page where that image comes from (in this case Puss in Boots 2). No matter how many times I modify it to what the text is supposed to look like i only get the image taking up half of the page and the editing text sticking out like a sore thumb.

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Sockratees professinal maladaptive daydreamer from Uncanny Valley, Colorado Since: Apr, 2024 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
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#5: Oct 31st 2025 at 5:38:02 PM

But also for an example of a panic attack in media, i float Hank Schrader's episodes in "Breaking Bad".

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#7: Oct 31st 2025 at 5:46:52 PM

Pull pending other suggestions.

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#10: Oct 31st 2025 at 6:30:42 PM

Pull, but I will ask if there’s a better image from the same film.

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#11: Oct 31st 2025 at 6:45:22 PM

Re: Sockratees

I know what scene you're talking about but idk if just an image of the scene will do the trope justice.

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QPCwB Starving Masterchef from That Place Between Dreaming And Awake (Apprentice) Relationship Status: We finish each other's sandwiches
Starving Masterchef
#12: Oct 31st 2025 at 6:49:59 PM

I honestly don't believe an image will be possible. The difference between Heroic BSoD and Panic Attack is that Heroic BSoD often renders the sufferer inert, while a Panic Attack can be very animated. A static image is unlikely to convey that.

A comic strip might do the trick, but with those there's often context issues depending on how much of the page is able to be used, and also problems with size, so finding the right one would be difficult.

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QPCwB Starving Masterchef from That Place Between Dreaming And Awake (Apprentice) Relationship Status: We finish each other's sandwiches
Starving Masterchef
#14: Oct 31st 2025 at 7:35:04 PM

I believe that's a consensus.

DRCEQ Since: Oct, 2009
#15: Oct 31st 2025 at 8:21:40 PM

Pull.

I think this might be difficult to portray. Yes, we could show someone expressing visible distress, like holding their arms to their head and a Thousand-Yard Stare and visible breathing, but such reactions can count for numerous tropes.

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#16: Oct 31st 2025 at 8:33:43 PM

Pull. Current image is JAFAAC and I'm in agreement with OP about replacements possibly looking too similar to Heroic BSoD. Maybe head for BUPKIS?

Edited by ilovewildkratts1 on Oct 31st 2025 at 11:38:14 AM

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Amonimus the "Retromancer" from <<|Wiki Talk|>> (Sergeant) Relationship Status: In another castle
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#17: Oct 31st 2025 at 9:31:56 PM

For the record,

A user unilaterally added an image/caption
If an image wasn't removed from there before, then this is allowed.

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ozchess cat bastard (she/her) from quadling country Since: Jun, 2024
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#18: Oct 31st 2025 at 9:32:50 PM

~Sockratees the image should be before the quote; i've fixed it.

as it were i don't think current is too bad. a closer crop would be nice, but he's clearly panicking.

it's beginning to look a lot like christmas...
viva_la_pasta Ali from Minneapolis, MN (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
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#19: Oct 31st 2025 at 11:56:04 PM

Don't have a cap at the moment, but maybe a shot from Riley's panic attack in Inside Out 2?

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#20: Nov 1st 2025 at 3:32:57 AM

Don't think is really a spoiler

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/1000029760.png

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GracieLizzy from Sunderland, UK (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#21: Nov 1st 2025 at 3:42:27 AM

Pull but not so hot on [up] perhaps Riley's anxiety attack from inside out 2?

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#22: Nov 1st 2025 at 5:30:09 AM

Pulled and tagged.

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screenshot_20251031_191725.png
The moment Puss In Boots finally realizes that he's not as much of a "fearless hero" as he thought he was.

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#23: Nov 1st 2025 at 5:30:59 AM

[up][up][up] Not feeling that one. I think Riley could work if the right screencaps are chosen.

ilovewildkratts1 Local Odd Squad Connoisseur from a nice breezy expansive meadow (Experienced, Not Yet Jaded) Relationship Status: Chocolate!
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#24: Nov 1st 2025 at 8:09:59 AM

[up][up][up][up] I was going to suggest that one myself. Looking at it, though, I think we can do better.

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BlackyHacky Unique Gaming Namer from USA, Georgia, Atlanta Since: Apr, 2021 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
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#25: Nov 1st 2025 at 10:04:05 AM

Maybe the scene from Inside Out 2 where Anxiety starts to go insane and rapidly works, while Riley is having a actual panic attack (side by side)?

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