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{{quote|"For goodness sake, Calvin! Take a breath before you pass out on the floor!" |'''Calvin's mother''', ''[[Calvin and Hobbes]]''. }}

A character freaks out about something, and [[The Scream|screams]]. And screams. And ''screams'', to the point where it becomes hilarious. (Although, [[Overly Long Gag|sometimes it goes even longer than that.]]) Sometimes, the character takes a deep breath to continue screaming, and even comments something like "[[I Fell for Hours|Why do they make buildings this tall?]] Everyone knows you should be able to fall to your death [[Lampshade Hanging|in the same scream]]!"

This is almost always intentionally [[Played for Laughs]]; unintentionally hilarious long screams qualify as [[Narm]].

* ''[[Bill and TedsTed (film)|Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey]]'': They fall down a pit to hell, screaming the whole way, but the pit is so deep that they eventually get tired of repeatedly screaming and start playing 20 questions.

* The film version of ''[[Ronja the Robbers Daughter (Literature)|Ronja the RobbersRobber's Daughter]]'' has a [http://youtu.be/N-YqaoFo8bw memorable one].

* ''[[Journey to Thethe Center of Thethe Earth]]'' (the 2008 film) - When the main characters fall down the hole leading to the center of the earth. Of the "take a deep breath, then continue screaming" variety.

* ''[[Home Alone]]'': Macaulay Culkin's Overly Long Scream became practically iconic, and his "scream face" made up 90% of the trailers and marketing materials.

* ''[[The Fifth Element]]'': Chris Tucker's ear-molesting performance as Ruby Rhod. Akin to a seemingly endless loop of a stuck pig.

* [[Austin Powers]]:

{{quote| "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! NOOOOOOOAAAAAHHHHH-" *Steam Roller runs him over.* }}

* Westley does it in ''[[The Princess Bride (Filmfilm)|The Princess Bride]]'', when Humperdink charges into the Pit of Despair and cranks Rugen's life-sucking machine to its maximum setting.

* Walter in ''[[The Muppets (Filmfilm)|The Muppets]]'', upon learning of the trouble his heroes' studio is in, screams across several short scenes. (Odd that nobody tried even to muffle him on the bus.)

* In ''[[Harry Potter and Thethe Prisoner of Azkaban (novel)|Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban]]'', Ron uses up two whole lines of text to scream "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRGH! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!" after he wakes up to find Sirius Black standing over him with a knife.

== [[Live -Action TV]] ==

* In ''[[Calvin and Hobbes]]'', Calvin [http://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/1990/03/28 does one upon learning that he is going to have Rosalyn as his baby sitter].

* Jon does one in [http://garfield.nfshost.com/1992/12/20/ this]{{Dead link}} ''[[Garfield]]'' strip.

* Used as an [[Overly Long Title]] for the game ''[[A Reckless Disregard for Gravity|AaaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAAAaAAAAA!!! - A Reckless Disregard for Gravity]]''.

* Unintentional version: In the ''[[Tomb Raider]]'' series, if Lara falls more than a certain distance, her death scream starts playing, on the assumption that she'll die from impact damage when she lands. There are a handful of places in the early games where you can fall so far that the scream loops multiple times before she hits the ground (and at least one place where [[Soft Water]] will allow her to survive such a drop).

* In ''[[Shadow Warrior]]'', if Lo Wang is falling from a dangerous height, he will scream all the way down. Find a pit deep enough and he will actually pause for breath and then continue shouting.

* Used a lot in ''[[Siblings]]'''s first [[April Fools' Day]] cartoon called [http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/489365 "Siblings Untitled 01"], such as the part where Rob and Johny ride a mine cart to a tropical forest screaming. Also at the end, Rob does this before Johny smacks him in the head with a chair.

* Happened at least a couple of times in ''[[Freefall (Webcomic)|Freefall]]'', in accordance with Cap'n Sam Starfall's philosophy, "When in trouble, when in doubt, run in circles, scream and shout!" Helix is usually eager to join in. In one noteable incident near the beginning, the two of them are running in circles and screaming for long enough that they have to stop to take a deep breath (synchronized, even) before continuing. Florence comments on how inexplicable it is that Helix, who is a ROBOT, needs to stop for breath... Then she tears out his voicebox to shut him up, and offers to do the same to Sam if he doesn't quiet down.

* Alex's [[Atomic F -Bomb]] in ''[[Captain SNES]]''.

{{quote| '''[[Satan Is Good|Old Scratch]]''': [[Lampshade Hanging|Ah, good! Uncontrollable screaming! That's always a good sign!]]}}

* [[Uncyclopedia]] has [http://uncyclopedia.wikia.comca/wiki/AAAAAAAAA! AAAAAAAAA!], an article consisting of nothing but this.

* ''[[The Simpsons]]'': The family goes to a nightclub/restaurant. Homer gets hypnotized by a stage hypnotist, and unearths a traumatic childhood memory and starts screaming. He continues screaming as they leave, he tips the valet, drives home, brushes his teeth, and lies in bed. The next day [[Those Two Guys|Lenny and Carl]] bring him home from work '''still''' screaming; it was interrupting naptime at work.

* ''[[Adventure Time (Animation)|Adventure Time]]''

** Lemongrab screams all the time as his default speaking voice, but this trope is invoked after he is pranked. In the scene, Finn and the princess leave a sign by his bed that says, "You really smell like dog buns." After he reads it, Lemongrab clenches his fists tightly, starts shaking, opens up his eyes wide, opens up his mouth wide, and screams loudly for several seconds, his tone rising in pitch until it cracks.

* Happens in ''[[Johnny Bravo]]'' when Johnny and Carl go over a waterfall, and at one point, stop screaming to take a breath.

* Peter Griffin does it in ''[[Family Guy]]'', when the experimental drug that temporarily turned him gay wears off in the middle of a group sex session. Also his shriek of acclamation when the drug first kicks in and Lois asks if he has turned gay. Also when his doctor performs an intimate anal examination.

* On ''[[SpongebobSpongeBob SquarePants]]'', Plankton did it once in the episode where he and Mr. Krabs switch places.

{{quote| '''Plankton:''' AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH *Takes a drink of his soda* AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! }}

* In ''[[Taz -Mania]]'', the Dingo and Taz are both knocked off a tall mountain and start to fall. They take so long to fall that they have to draw for breath and Dingo has time to admire his house.

* Bender from ''[[Futurama]]'' is quite fond of these; :

{{quote| '''Leela:''' They're {{[<nowiki/>[[Scary Dogmatic Aliens]] |the Omachronians}}]]] back! <br />

'''Bender:''' We're Doooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo- {{[<nowiki/>[[Beat]] |stops to inhale}}]]] -oooooooooooooooooooooooooomed! }}

{{quote| '''Sheen:''' "Wow, Jimmy, you just screamed for just 4 minutes."}}

* In the second ''[[Eek! theThe Cat]]'' episode, Eek has a very long scream after his dream ended with his head exploding.

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