Screams Like a Little Girl: Difference between revisions

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** [[Heroic Wannabe|America]] as well.

'''Bastion:''' Let's go help her! }}

 

 

== Comic Books ==

* Used in [[Deadpool]]'s series to humorous effect (what did you expect?)

'''Deadpool:''' No, wait -- now I'll do it like a little girl. eeek! eeek! eeek! }}

* Sue Storm calls herself on this in the first arc of ''[[Ultimate Fantastic Four]]'', to the confusion of her teammates. "I screamed like a girl! That's so disappointing."

'''Jimmy:''' I screamed like a girl. }}

 

 

== Films -- Animation ==

** Made even better in the commentary when the directors and writers discuss how the screenwriter voiced the girly scream, and he was a man. They tried getting a real woman to scream, a child to scream, but decided to keep the screenwriter's scream, because "no-one can scream like a little girl like he can."

'''Spike:''' AAAAAAAAAAH! }}

* In ''[[Open Season]]'', Ian the Stag, manliest of Mule Deer, is galloping gracefully with his herd across the river when the floodwater comes down. Mid-leap he turns to look at the rushing water and gives a girly scream just as it hits.

 

 

== Films -- Live-Action ==

** Marv (Daniel Stern's character) screams like a woman when [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BykZI8mnS_o he gets a tarantula put on his face by Kevin] in the first movie and when he's attacked by birds in the second.

** In the third movie, the only one that didn't feature Kevin as the protagonist and Marv as the antagonist, we have [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERaAWi5nR-c&feature=related this Groin Attack scene]; it's more like singing than screaming, really.

* Maybe that's just the way Daniel Stern screams, as it also shows up in ''[[City Slickers]] II''

* In an ironic exception, Ichabod Crane from [[Tim Burton]]'s ''[[Sleepy Hollow (Film)|Sleepy Hollow]]'' does practically everything like a little girl ''except'' scream.

* ''[[Accepted]]'' has Jonah Hill screaming like a little girl upon finding a corpse: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adzp_wVe6QA "It would be really cool if you guys didn't tell anyone I scream like that..."]

** Arguably the best moment in the excellent episode ''[[Space Mutiny]]'' was the big finale where the hero, [[Reb Brown|Dave Ryder]], emits an ''enraged'' one of these just before calmly hopping out of the {{spoiler|"space buggy" he's about to ram into the bad guy}}.

** Earlier...

'''Mike:''' ''(high-pitched voice)'' [[Moment Of Funny|Who took my purse?!]] }}

** And, heck, Reb Brown in any testosterone-fueled action film. He makes it ''work''.

** Sam has another ''absolutely hilarious'' one during the highway chase of the next sequel, ''Dark of the Moon''. During the chase, one of the Decepticons deliberately topples over a truck carrying construction pipes, right in front of Bumblebee (who has Sam inside him). In order to avoid getting hit, Bumblebee transforms, jumps over the truck [[Juggle Fu|whilst throwing Sam over it as well, then grabs him in mid-air before they hit the ground]], and transforms back into vehicle form whilst putting Sam back into a perfectly seated position. Sam, having gone through the entire transformation process whilst ''inside Bumblebee'', freaks out as soon as he's back in his seat.

* Jesse, the main character of ''[[A Nightmare On Elm Street Part 2 Freddys Revenge]]''.

* Eli Sunday in ''[[There Will Be Blood]]'', particularly when he's getting slapped around by Daniel.

* In ''[[Kiss Kiss Bang Bang]]'', when Harry gets [[Electric Torture|electro-tortured]] his screams are remarkably high-pitched (although it's somewhat justified considering the [[Groin Attack|part of his body]] that is being shocked). This comes off as either hilariously funny or disturbing, depending on how screwed up you are.

 

 

== Literature ==

Darlow's gutter laugh. "Screams like a girl."'' }}

** And deployed strategically in another book when yet another mad scientist tries to vivisect him:

* Bernard Cornwell likes this trope. One French [[Giant Mook]] gives a "weirdly high-pitched scream" when [[Sharpe]] stabs him in the balls with a broken telescope. Sharpe's [[The Big Guy|sergeant, Pat Harper]] likes to do this, although this is because he is imitating ancient Irish heroes like Cu Chulainn. Plenty of redshirts do this, and one [[Big Bad]] plans to do this to another Cornwell hero, [[The Saxon Chronicles|Uhtred of Bebbanburg]]:

 

 

== Live-Action TV ==

* In the [[Soap Opera]] ''[[Passions]]'', Ethan was attacked by a demon from [[It Makes Sense in Context|the Bennett's closet to Hell]]. The shriek he let out was very girlish. So girlish in fact, many people commented on it on the internet and one of this Troper's co-workers said, "Not even my three-year-old girl screams like that!"

** In the episode "Boo!":

'''Niles:''' Frasier, you may want to call security. As I got off the elevator, I heard a woman screaming hysterically. }}

** In the episode "Don't Go Breaking My Heart", after a womanly high-pitched scream was heard.

'''Niles:''' That wasn't her. }}

'''Grace:''' Don't flatter yourself. You screamed like a girl. }}

** In the episode "War of the Coprophages", Mulder has a discussion with Scully regarding a childhood encounter with a praying mantis...

'''Scully:''' Mulder... are you sure it wasn't a girly scream? }}

** In "Mr. Monk Goes Camping", {{spoiler|when the eponymous obsessive detective encounters a bear, the previews feature actor Tony Shaloub's own scream, whereas the scream in the episode is ''overdubbed with a little girl's''.}}

** Dean does this hilariously in the episode "Yellow Fever", when he's infected with a paranormal curse that makes him scared of quite literally ''everything''. Including cute little lap dogs with pink bows.

** And in the [[Breaking the Fourth Wall|meta episode]] "The French Mistake", when the character of Misha Collins is kidnapped {{spoiler|and then murdered}} by an angel, he does quite a lot of high-pitched squealing.

** When Ted gets his tattoo removed.

** Barney has a couple of instances of this as well.

** After Shawn and Gus are at a seance. A ghost appears, and then the lights cut back on. Shawn's love interest wonders where he and Gus went. Cut to the outside of the building, where Shawn and Gus are running for their car while screaming incomprehensibly, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YONPclzheqc thus]. What makes it funnier is that they're running out of a sorority, but none of the girls inside screamed.

** [http://youtu.be/LokCifSKUBg Another hilarious example.]

* Nev from CBBC's ''Bear Behaving Badly''.

'''Fisher:''' He screamed like Slutty Girl Number One in a cheesy horror flick. }}

** [[Laser-Guided Amnesia|Season 6 episode "Tabula Rasa"]]. Spike, who has fallen asleep lying on top of a shop counter as the result of a spell, rolls/falls off said shop counter with a girly scream.

** A [[Running Gag]] with Wesley in Season 3. Buffy even lampshades it.

** The Ferengi as a species made an art form of it. Played for laughs 99% of the time, but when Nog was badly injured in "The Siege of AR-558" it suddenly stopped being funny.

'''Eliot:''' Right answer. }}

* An actor in ''[[The Bill]]'' had a scene where he fell off a platform while chasing a criminal in an [[Abandoned Warehouse]]. He mentioned that his scream as he did this stunt had been too high pitched, so they had to dub a more 'manly' scream on afterwards.

* In the ''[[Eureka]]'' episode "Up in the Air" Sheriff Jack Carter's reaction upon seeing how high in the air he is while [[It Makes Sense in Context|trying to get inside a floating bank]].

* As the page quote indicates, Mickey Smith of ''[[Doctor Who]]'' fulfills the traditional role of the [[Screaming Woman|terrified companion]].

 

== Music ==

** ''Twice'' during Len Kagamine's version of "World is Mine". [http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=oO3LimIdF2Y#t=99s Just listen] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=oO3LimIdF2Y#t=240s to those screams]...

** Kaito gets one as well in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tOwg6CPrHg Kidnapping Elder Brother]. [[Black Comedy Rape|It's even funnier]] considering [[Brother-Sister Incest|the circumstances]].

 

 

== Pro Wrestling ==

* Carlito screamed like a girl when Teddy Long forced him to find [[The Undertaker]] or lose his job. He was searching the backstage area when the lights flickered out and all we hear is a hilarious high-pitched scream.

* Santino Marella. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-tb-4iegLg See] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwZNeB9R9KM for] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-KmzxA1LGY yourself].

 

 

== Tabletop Games ==

 

 

 

 

** In "Meet the Sandvich", the Scout screams like a little girl in the ending, thanks to the Heavy having ''[[Bloody Hilarious|having punched out all his blood.]]'' Played for laughs, of course.

** An in the Halloween event maps, getting spooked by either the Horseless Headless Horsemann or Zepheniah Mann's ghost will result in very unmanly screaming regardless of class.

'''Sam:''' Not if you don't mind me clawing at the dash and shrieking like a cheerleader. }}

* In ''[[Infinite Space]]'', Ian apparently did this offscreen when he and Torlo evacuated Rhea (whom they thought dead until she suddenly moved). He is not pleased when Yuri and Torlo mock him about it.

* ''[[Grim Fandango]]'':

'''Glottis:''' No, it was Manny screaming in the back like a cat tied to a cruise missile! }}

* ''[[Blood]]''. Caleb screams like a little girl when he dies. Or is set on fire.

* Elh of ''[[Solatorobo]]'' hates [[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?|bugs]] and screams when they get too close. {{spoiler|Of course, given that she ''is'' a girl, it's more understandable, but Red didn't know that at the time.}}

 

== Web Animation ==

'''Donut:''' Can do, sarge! ''(does so)'' }}

* A short animated piece, ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2p7z6xew_XU Oktapodi]'': the delivery man screams like this at one point. Or it might have been the octopi. It's hard to tell. [[It Makes Sense in Context]]. Really.

 

== Web Comics ==

** Florence is puzzled by a scream she hears, and Helix explains: [http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff800/fv00769.htm Sam screams like a girl squid.]

** In [http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1000/fv00971.htm this strip] Florence thinks she's startled Sam, but he explains: "No, you did not surprise me. My plans to scream like a little girl when I reached the kitchen were made hours ago. It's pure coincidence you happened to be here at the time."

** Professor Tiktoffen often screams like this, and [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20090720 the castle thinks it's funny.]

** Also Tarvek, at least according to DuPree.

 

== Web Original ==

* Youtube duo [[Crazy Commentaries]] has one of the members, [[Jay Zilla 2830]] doing this on occasion. See [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASbe4_WU9CY here] at about 30 seconds in.

** What has to be the highest example ever is in this video, where Spike fell off a rotating platform, and Jay's reaction? [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMgfQ87Oc_c#t=5m50s This.]

* [[YouTube]] member mpn1990 does this in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ig0RTO6mZmw Part 8 of his review of] ''[[Action 52]]'' when the game crashes. "GAAAAAAAAA! DAMN YOU ACTION 52! I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE!!!!"

* [[YouTube]] user [http://www.youtube.com/user/hamsteralliance HamsterAlliance] has given many examples of this, shrieking and yelling in surprise when he gets close to dying in a game or something scary happens unexpectedly.

 

== Western Animation ==

** The episode where Spike the bulldog screams like a woman, after seeing Tom's fake dog-mask walk away on its own with Jerry underneath (because he thinks it's a real head), deserves special mention.

** Parodied in the Tex Avery short ''[[Who Killed Who]]''; the detective does a girly scream upon meeting the killer face-to-face... but first he uses a small pitch-pipe to find the correct octave.

** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o15_JL2Ba0g Ned] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3OpgwpgqXA&feature=related Flanders] sometimes screams like this.

** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rb3k18y6_j0 As does] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhNyG5838CE Homer.]

** When a massive stack of metal falls on him in the episode "Autoboot Camp", Sentinel Prime screams like a little girl.

** So does Grandus, when he encounters the "scary organic" Captain Fanzone in "This is Why I Hate Machines". For some perspective on that last bit, Grandus transforms into what looks like one of those vehicles they use to carry the space shuttle around, and is the Autobot equivalent of a sumo wrestler.

** The Robot Devil.

** Bender does this when Roberto tries to stab him in "Insane in the Mainframe".

'''Coop:''' Oh. You, quit screaming like Jamie! }}

** The Mayor [[Crowning Moment of Funny|does this]] for several seconds in an early episode.

** Mojo Jojo also does this in "Meet the Beat-Alls" when he discovers Moko Jono's true identity.

** Inverted for Hank, who has an impressively masculine scream ("BWAAAAHHHH!") that's plenty funny on its own.

 

 

== Real Life ==

** Could count as a [[Hell Is That Noise]] for the recipient if the rush of adrenaline is accompanied by the Fight option of Fight or Flight being selected. So if someone screams like a girl as they run away from you, go ahead and laugh, but if someone screams like a girl and runs toward you, ''try to run away even faster''.

* This 19-year-old guy while running away from an unexpected attack by a [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBF2qXEIStw rabid otter] (hilarity starts at 1:12).

 

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