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Sam: So that's it? That's your response?
Dean: What are you looking for?
Sam: I dunno, a little... panic, maybe?
Dean: Well, I guess I'm a little numb to the earth-shattering revelations at this point.

—Supernatural

Divide the number of times you said "Holy Shit!" by the number of scenes. This is the Holy Shit Quotient (or HSQ) for a given episode. The term originated somewhere among the Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Buffistas.org, most likely) and Television Without Pity communities, where it is occasionally still possible to get a nice little flame war going over whether "HSQ" is pronounced "aitch-skew."

It is sometimes shortened to form the verb "skew." As in: "The episode skewed me to the chair."

This is probably why there are such long pauses in the action of movies like 300 or The Matrix: it gives the audience time to go "Holy shit!"

High Holy Shit Quotient is a typical feature of a Summer Blockbuster, perhaps even an Epic Movie.

Wham! Episodes tend to have a high HSQ, as do Professional Wrestling matches involving Spot Monkeys,^[1] and videogame trailers. Heavy Metal and Visual Kei bands try to have at least a moderate one of these per promotional video and/or concert, though it often ends up as Mundane Made Awesome or Narm if failed. Obviously, that's a matter of opinion.

Anything that has Serial Escalation somehow is guaranteed to have a high HSQ.

When writers try to increase the HSQ of a scene that doesn't have punch by having the characters (or camera work) pretend it does, they often wind up saying What Do You Mean, It's Not Awesome?

↑ This is in fact a common chant at pro wrestling events when something like that happens.

[1] This is in fact a common chant at pro wrestling events when something like that happens.

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-{{quote|'''Sam''': ''So that's it? That's your response?''<br />
+{{quote|'''Sam''': ''So that's it? That's your response?''
-'''Dean''': ''What are you looking for?''<br />
+'''Dean''': ''What are you looking for?''
-'''Sam''': ''I dunno, a little... panic, maybe?''<br />
+'''Sam''': ''I dunno, a little... panic, maybe?''
-'''Dean''': ''Well, I guess I'm a little numb to the earth-shattering revelations at this point.''|''[[Supernatural]]''}}
+'''Dean''': ''Well, I guess I'm a little numb to the earth-shattering revelations at this point.''
+|''[[Supernatural]]''}}
-Divide the number of times you said {{smallcaps|"Holy Shit!"}} by the number of scenes. This is the Holy Shit Quotient (or HSQ) for a given episode. The term originated somewhere among the ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV)|Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' ([[Buffistas.org]], most likely) and [[Television Without Pity]] communities, where it is occasionally still possible to get a nice little flame war going over whether "HSQ" is pronounced "aitch-skew."
+Divide the number of times you said {{smallcaps|"Holy Shit!"}} by the number of scenes. This is the Holy Shit Quotient (or HSQ) for a given episode. The term originated somewhere among the ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' ([[Buffistas.org]], most likely) and [[Television Without Pity]] communities, where it is occasionally still possible to get a nice little flame war going over whether "HSQ" is pronounced "aitch-skew."
 It is sometimes shortened to form the verb "skew." As in: "The episode skewed me to the chair."
-This is probably why there are such long pauses in the action of movies like ''[[Three Hundred|300]]'' or ''[[The Matrix]]'': it gives the audience time to go "Holy shit!"
+This is probably why there are such long pauses in the action of movies like ''[[300]]'' or ''[[The Matrix]]'': it gives the audience time to go "Holy shit!"
-High [[Holy Shit Quotient]] is a typical feature of a [[Summer Blockbuster]], perhaps even an [[Epic Movie]].
+High '''Holy Shit Quotient''' is a typical feature of a [[Summer Blockbuster]], perhaps even an [[Epic Movie]].
-[[Wham! Episode|Wham Episodes]] tend to have a high HSQ, as do [[Professional Wrestling]] matches involving [[Spot Monkey|Spot Monkeys]], and videogame trailers. (This is in fact a common chant at pro wrestling events when something like that happens.) [[Heavy Metal (Music)|Heavy Metal]] and [[Visual Kei]] bands try to have at least a moderate one of these per promotional video and/or concert, though it often ends up as [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?]] or [[Narm]] if failed. Obviously, that's a matter of opinion.
+[[Wham! Episode]]s tend to have a high HSQ, as do [[Professional Wrestling]] matches involving [[Spot Monkey]]s,<ref>This is in fact a common chant at pro wrestling events when something like that happens.</ref> and videogame trailers. [[Heavy Metal]] and [[Visual Kei]] bands try to have at least a moderate one of these per promotional video and/or concert, though it often ends up as [[Mundane Made Awesome]] or [[Narm]] if failed. Obviously, that's a matter of opinion.
 Anything that has [[Serial Escalation]] somehow is guaranteed to have a high HSQ.
-When writers try to increase the HSQ of a scene that doesn't have punch by having the characters (or camera work) ''pretend'' it does, they often wind up saying [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?]]
+When writers try to increase the HSQ of a scene that doesn't have punch by having the characters (or camera work) ''pretend'' it does, they often wind up saying [[Mundane Made Awesome|What Do You Mean, It's Not Awesome?]]
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