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After the end of 2005, [[screamers]] and [[shock sites]] gradually transitioned from sending chain-mails to reaction videos where people recorded themselves reacting to videos, animations, and more. This idea was intentionally made for people to record themselves getting scared or horrified by screamers and shock sites. These are very popular on many video-sharing sites, such as [[YouTube]]. In other words, screamers and shock sites are the first kick-starters to ever take off the trend. This article is about the history of how it happened.

==In [[screamers]]==

The first screamer topic of this trend was [[What's Wrong With This Picture?]], which dated back to 2002. The earliest one was recorded on December 28, 2002, featuring a blonde woman reacting to the screamer, trying to find out what was wrong with it. Shortly after, the image of an eyeless woman appears with a loud scream, scaring the girl away. This video was featured in one of the episodes of ''[[~~wikipedia:America's Funniest Home Videos|~~America's Funniest Home Videos]]''. The former host of AFHV, Tom Bergeron, also reacted to the screamer from one of the episodes as well.<ref>youtube.com/watch?v=A1YlEjxm8iQ</ref> Besides this, a tons of screamers appeared on America's Funniest Home Videos when Bergeron hosted the show since 2005.<ref>https://the-true-tropes.fandom.com/wiki/America%27s_Funniest_Home_Videos/Nightmare_Fuel</ref>

The first screamer topic of this trend was [[What's Wrong With This Picture?]], which dated back to 2002. The earliest one was recorded on December 28, 2002, featuring a blonde woman reacting to the screamer, trying to find out what was wrong with it. Shortly after, the image of an eyeless woman appears with a loud scream, scaring the girl away. This video was featured in one of the episodes of ''[[America's Funniest Home Videos]]''. The former host of AFHV, Tom Bergeron, also reacted to the screamer from one of the episodes as well.<ref>youtube.com/watch?v=A1YlEjxm8iQ</ref> Besides this, a tons of screamers appeared on America's Funniest Home Videos when Bergeron hosted the show since 2005.<ref>https://the-true-tropes.fandom.com/wiki/America%27s_Funniest_Home_Videos/Nightmare_Fuel</ref>

On April 1, 2007, [[Jeremy Winterrowd]] held a contest, "Winterrowd Prank Contest", where people recorded their reactions to one of his screamers and emailed them to Jeremy. The contest has its own channel, prankcontest, where people's submissions chosen by Jeremy are uploaded to the channel.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160409195708/https://www.youtube.com/user/prankcontest prankcontest] April 3, 2007 – via [[YouTube]]. Archived from [https://www.youtube.com/user/prankcontest the original]</ref> A public poll for the channel was made for people to choose which submissions were their favorites. The winner will receive a $100 cash prize for having their submission have the most votes.

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The first [[screamer]] reactions to ever become popular was that of a boy named Justice playing [[The Maze]] at a desk on February 8, 2007.<ref name="macra">NACIÓN GAMER. (2021, October 9). [https://web.archive.org/web/20211106082259/https://www.marca.com/claro-mx/esports/opinion/2021/10/09/61621054ca4741e4078b45ac.html "Leyendas del Gaming: Scary Maze, la broma más cruel del viejo Internet"]. MARCA. Archived from [https://www.marca.com/claro-mx/esports/opinion/2021/10/09/61621054ca4741e4078b45ac.html the original].</ref><ref>Witney S. [https://web.archive.org/web/20150927232805/http://www.craveonline.com/culture/879173-editorial-trailer-reaction-videos-stupid "Editorial: Why Your Trailer Reaction Videos Are Stupid"]. Crave. Archived from [https://www.craveonline.com/culture/879173-editorial-trailer-reaction-videos-stupid the original].</ref> Shortly after, [[Regan MacNeil]] appears on the screen. The boy screams, repeatedly hits the screen, and runs up and cries to his step-dad, Chad, who was recording him.<ref name="macra" /> The video was first uploaded to [[YouTube]] by OUTLAW713 on February 21, 2006,<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20070306004420/https://youtube.com/watch?v=Bvv7MBZk_f4 "Maze"]. February 21, 2006 – via [[YouTube]]. Archived from [https://youtube.com/watch?v=Bvv7MBZk_f4 the original]</ref> but most people have mistaken it for having been first uploaded by the user CantWeAllJusGetAlong in May 2006, which had around 32,000,000 views at its peak.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20141115122718/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oh87njiWTmw "Scary Maze prank - The Original"]. May 20, 2006 – via [[YouTube]]. Archived from [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oh87njiWTmw the original]</ref> Either way, both videos were later removed by [[YouTube]]. Despite it being the first famous screamer reaction, the most ever viewed reaction was uploaded by nalts on June 28, 2008, which had 43,000,000 million views to date. then-Disney stars Miley Cyrus and Mandy Jiroux also recorded their reactions to the screamer,<ref>C, J. (2008, August 3). [https://web.archive.org/web/20080921080838/http://popdirt.com/miley-cyrus-coaches-mandy-jiroux-in-scary-maze-game/68268/ "Miley Cyrus Coaches Mandy Jiroux In Scary Maze Game"]. popdirt.com. Archived from [http://popdirt.com/miley-cyrus-coaches-mandy-jiroux-in-scary-maze-game/68268/ the original].</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20211106060029/https://www.elhorizonte.mx/escena/scary-maze-game/2678543 "‘El Laberinto’; juego que aterrorizó a toda una generación en internet"]. (2019, October 26) Elhorizonte. Archived from [https://www.elhorizonte.mx/escena/scary-maze-game/2678543 the original].</ref> uploaded to their channel "mileymandy" and had received 7,777,000 views as of November 2021.

On television, The Maze was also too popular enough to be featured twice in ''[[~~wikipedia:America's Funniest Home Videos|~~America's Funniest Home Videos]]'', when it was hosted by Tom Bergeron. Saturday Night Live parodied<ref>Rubino, J. (2019, November 1). [https://spartanink.org/6772/showcase/the-origins-of-the-scary-maze-game/ "The Origins Of the Scary Maze Game"]. Spartan Ink.</ref><ref name="macra" /> the Scary Maze Game reactions appeared in one of Saturday Night Live episodes, "I Didn't Ask For This".<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CD0ZbvIyQE "I Didn't Ask for This - Saturday Night Live"]. [[YouTube]] (August 16, 2013)</ref> The episode first depict a man (played by ''[[wikipedia:Bobby Moyniha|Bobby Moynihan]]'') playing The Maze, with little differences on the walls at the end. Shortly after, an inverted picture of a vampire woman appears with a loud scream. The man screams, punches the monitor once, and stands up next to the wall and says in front of the camera: "''[crying] Why, why did you do that? That's not funny at all!''". The man is then shown urinating his pants at the end of the video.

On television, The Maze was also too popular enough to be featured twice in ''[[America's Funniest Home Videos]]'', when it was hosted by Tom Bergeron. Saturday Night Live parodied<ref>Rubino, J. (2019, November 1). [https://spartanink.org/6772/showcase/the-origins-of-the-scary-maze-game/ "The Origins Of the Scary Maze Game"]. Spartan Ink.</ref><ref name="macra" /> the Scary Maze Game reactions appeared in one of Saturday Night Live episodes, "I Didn't Ask For This".<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CD0ZbvIyQE "I Didn't Ask for This - Saturday Night Live"]. [[YouTube]] (August 16, 2013)</ref> The episode first depict a man (played by ''[[wikipedia:Bobby Moyniha|Bobby Moynihan]]'') playing The Maze, with little differences on the walls at the end. Shortly after, an inverted picture of a vampire woman appears with a loud scream. The man screams, punches the monitor once, and stands up next to the wall and says in front of the camera: "''[crying] Why, why did you do that? That's not funny at all!''". The man is then shown urinating his pants at the end of the video.

==In [[shock sites]]==

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 After the end of 2005, [[screamers]] and [[shock sites]] gradually transitioned from sending chain-mails to reaction videos where people recorded themselves reacting to videos, animations, and more. This idea was intentionally made for people to record themselves getting scared or horrified by screamers and shock sites. These are very popular on many video-sharing sites, such as [[YouTube]]. In other words, screamers and shock sites are the first kick-starters to ever take off the trend. This article is about the history of how it happened.
 ==In [[screamers]]==
-The first screamer topic of this trend was [[What's Wrong With This Picture?]], which dated back to 2002. The earliest one was recorded on December 28, 2002, featuring a blonde woman reacting to the screamer, trying to find out what was wrong with it. Shortly after, the image of an eyeless woman appears with a loud scream, scaring the girl away. This video was featured in one of the episodes of ''[[wikipedia:America's Funniest Home Videos|America's Funniest Home Videos]]''. The former host of AFHV, Tom Bergeron, also reacted to the screamer from one of the episodes as well.<ref>youtube.com/watch?v=A1YlEjxm8iQ</ref> Besides this, a tons of screamers appeared on America's Funniest Home Videos when Bergeron hosted the show since 2005.<ref>https://the-true-tropes.fandom.com/wiki/America%27s_Funniest_Home_Videos/Nightmare_Fuel</ref>
+The first screamer topic of this trend was [[What's Wrong With This Picture?]], which dated back to 2002. The earliest one was recorded on December 28, 2002, featuring a blonde woman reacting to the screamer, trying to find out what was wrong with it. Shortly after, the image of an eyeless woman appears with a loud scream, scaring the girl away. This video was featured in one of the episodes of ''[[America's Funniest Home Videos]]''. The former host of AFHV, Tom Bergeron, also reacted to the screamer from one of the episodes as well.<ref>youtube.com/watch?v=A1YlEjxm8iQ</ref> Besides this, a tons of screamers appeared on America's Funniest Home Videos when Bergeron hosted the show since 2005.<ref>https://the-true-tropes.fandom.com/wiki/America%27s_Funniest_Home_Videos/Nightmare_Fuel</ref>
 On April 1, 2007, [[Jeremy Winterrowd]] held a contest, "Winterrowd Prank Contest", where people recorded their reactions to one of his screamers and emailed them to Jeremy. The contest has its own channel, prankcontest, where people's submissions chosen by Jeremy are uploaded to the channel.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160409195708/https://www.youtube.com/user/prankcontest prankcontest] April 3, 2007 – via [[YouTube]]. Archived from [https://www.youtube.com/user/prankcontest the original]</ref> A public poll for the channel was made for people to choose which submissions were their favorites. The winner will receive a $100 cash prize for having their submission have the most votes.
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 The first [[screamer]] reactions to ever become popular was that of a boy named Justice playing [[The Maze]] at a desk on February 8, 2007.<ref name="macra">NACIÓN GAMER. (2021, October 9). [https://web.archive.org/web/20211106082259/https://www.marca.com/claro-mx/esports/opinion/2021/10/09/61621054ca4741e4078b45ac.html "Leyendas del Gaming: Scary Maze, la broma más cruel del viejo Internet"]. MARCA. Archived from [https://www.marca.com/claro-mx/esports/opinion/2021/10/09/61621054ca4741e4078b45ac.html the original].</ref><ref>Witney S. [https://web.archive.org/web/20150927232805/http://www.craveonline.com/culture/879173-editorial-trailer-reaction-videos-stupid "Editorial: Why Your Trailer Reaction Videos Are Stupid"]. Crave. Archived from [https://www.craveonline.com/culture/879173-editorial-trailer-reaction-videos-stupid the original].</ref> Shortly after, [[Regan MacNeil]] appears on the screen. The boy screams, repeatedly hits the screen, and runs up and cries to his step-dad, Chad, who was recording him.<ref name="macra" /> The video was first uploaded to [[YouTube]] by OUTLAW713 on February 21, 2006,<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20070306004420/https://youtube.com/watch?v=Bvv7MBZk_f4 "Maze"]. February 21, 2006 – via [[YouTube]]. Archived from [https://youtube.com/watch?v=Bvv7MBZk_f4 the original]</ref> but most people have mistaken it for having been first uploaded by the user CantWeAllJusGetAlong in May 2006, which had around 32,000,000 views at its peak.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20141115122718/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oh87njiWTmw "Scary Maze prank - The Original"]. May 20, 2006 – via [[YouTube]]. Archived from [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oh87njiWTmw the original]</ref> Either way, both videos were later removed by [[YouTube]]. Despite it being the first famous screamer reaction, the most ever viewed reaction was uploaded by nalts on June 28, 2008, which had 43,000,000 million views to date. then-Disney stars Miley Cyrus and Mandy Jiroux also recorded their reactions to the screamer,<ref>C, J. (2008, August 3). [https://web.archive.org/web/20080921080838/http://popdirt.com/miley-cyrus-coaches-mandy-jiroux-in-scary-maze-game/68268/ "Miley Cyrus Coaches Mandy Jiroux In Scary Maze Game"]. popdirt.com. Archived from [http://popdirt.com/miley-cyrus-coaches-mandy-jiroux-in-scary-maze-game/68268/ the original].</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20211106060029/https://www.elhorizonte.mx/escena/scary-maze-game/2678543 "‘El Laberinto’; juego que aterrorizó a toda una generación en internet"]. (2019, October 26) Elhorizonte. Archived from [https://www.elhorizonte.mx/escena/scary-maze-game/2678543 the original].</ref> uploaded to their channel "mileymandy" and had received 7,777,000 views as of November 2021.
-On television, The Maze was also too popular enough to be featured twice in ''[[wikipedia:America's Funniest Home Videos|America's Funniest Home Videos]]'', when it was hosted by Tom Bergeron. Saturday Night Live parodied<ref>Rubino, J. (2019, November 1). [https://spartanink.org/6772/showcase/the-origins-of-the-scary-maze-game/ "The Origins Of the Scary Maze Game"]. Spartan Ink.</ref><ref name="macra" /> the Scary Maze Game reactions appeared in one of Saturday Night Live episodes, "I Didn't Ask For This".<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CD0ZbvIyQE "I Didn't Ask for This - Saturday Night Live"]. [[YouTube]] (August 16, 2013)</ref> The episode first depict a man (played by ''[[wikipedia:Bobby Moyniha|Bobby Moynihan]]'') playing The Maze, with little differences on the walls at the end. Shortly after, an inverted picture of a vampire woman appears with a loud scream. The man screams, punches the monitor once, and stands up next to the wall and says in front of the camera: "''[crying] Why, why did you do that? That's not funny at all!''". The man is then shown urinating his pants at the end of the video.
+On television, The Maze was also too popular enough to be featured twice in ''[[America's Funniest Home Videos]]'', when it was hosted by Tom Bergeron. Saturday Night Live parodied<ref>Rubino, J. (2019, November 1). [https://spartanink.org/6772/showcase/the-origins-of-the-scary-maze-game/ "The Origins Of the Scary Maze Game"]. Spartan Ink.</ref><ref name="macra" /> the Scary Maze Game reactions appeared in one of Saturday Night Live episodes, "I Didn't Ask For This".<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CD0ZbvIyQE "I Didn't Ask for This - Saturday Night Live"]. [[YouTube]] (August 16, 2013)</ref> The episode first depict a man (played by ''[[wikipedia:Bobby Moyniha|Bobby Moynihan]]'') playing The Maze, with little differences on the walls at the end. Shortly after, an inverted picture of a vampire woman appears with a loud scream. The man screams, punches the monitor once, and stands up next to the wall and says in front of the camera: "''[crying] Why, why did you do that? That's not funny at all!''". The man is then shown urinating his pants at the end of the video.
 ==In [[shock sites]]==
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