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==Origins== | ==Origins== | ||
[[File:K-fee Car.png|thumb|The '''K-fee Car''' commercial.|233x233px]]Screamers have been around since as far as the early [https://screamer.fandom.com/wiki/Category:1970s 1970s], and slowly started to make surface on the web in the [https://screamer.fandom.com/wiki/Category:2000 2000s]. The first screamers to be aired on television were part of an advertising campaign named ''Wide Awake'' from [[K-fee]], for their new coffee drink called ''Turbodrink''. The nine ads consisted of a peaceful scene with soothing music, but at some point in the ad, the scene gets briefly interrupted by either a zombie or a gargoyle screaming at the camera, followed by the company's slogan and the product. | [[File:K-fee Car.png|thumb|The '''K-fee Car''' commercial.|233x233px]]Screamers have been around since as far as the early [https://screamer.fandom.com/wiki/Category:1970s 1970s], and slowly started to make surface on the web in the [https://screamer.fandom.com/wiki/Category:2000 2000s]. The first screamers to be aired on television were part of an advertising campaign named ''Wide Awake'' from [[K-fee]], for their new coffee drink called ''Turbodrink''. The nine ads consisted of a peaceful scene with soothing music, but at some point in the ad, the scene gets briefly interrupted by either a zombie or a gargoyle screaming at the camera, followed by the company's slogan and the product. | ||
== Popular Culture == | == Popular Culture == | ||
Because of their reputation as clever trolling tools and pranks, screamers have been featured quite recently in works of fiction and also in some well-known cartoons. | Because of their reputation as clever trolling tools and pranks, screamers have been featured quite recently in works of fiction and also in some well-known cartoons. |