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| = Screamers Through the Years =
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| Here, you can learn about notable screamers by each year. For a list of all screamers on the wiki, go to the [[Screamer Wiki:Library|Screamer Library]]. To view this page in a simple timeline, go to the [[Screamer Wiki:Timeline|Basic Timeline]] This timeline only contains '''<u>some</u>''' moments, not all moments of each year. Click on the year/decade to view <u>'''all'''</u> [[screamers]] and [[shock sites]] released in that time frame. Note that you can add more screamers to this article if you want.
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| === [[:Category:1970s|'''1970s''']] ===
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| * What is said to be the first modern day screamer ever, [[Monkey on Their Backs]], was aired on TV as a PSA on the topic of anti-heroin. Though not deliberately, it can be said to have kickstarted a myriad of videos, gifs and games under the names of 'screamers'.
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| === [[:Category:1980s|'''1980s''']] ===
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| * After the anti-heroin PSA in the 70s, there was a wave of shock videos being used as PSAs and ads on TV. They typically contained gore and other disturbing imagery, such as [[Dumb Animals (Respect for Animals)|Dumb Animals]] and [[Faroe Islands (WDC)|Faroe Islands]].
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| * Also, during this time, footage of [[Budd Dwyer Suicide|Budd Dwyer's suicide]] was recorded. It wasn't until the rise of the internet that this footage was shown worldwide on sites such as Liveleak and YouTube.
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| === [[:Category:1990|'''1990''']] ===
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| * In this decade, the first ever screamer software was released onto Amiga computers, dubbed [[NightMare]]. This software would load an image of a bloodied skull every 5 minutes alongside a scream; possibly the pioneer for screamer videos today.
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| * More gory PSAs were broadcasted, such as [[Environmental Investigation Agency - Tigers|Tigers]].
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| === [[:Category:1997|'''1997''']] ===
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| * 1997 saw a spike in screamers / shock videos.
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| * This year saw the world's first shock site, [[rotten.com]], go live.
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| * As with 1990 and earlier, PSAs such as [[The Chase]] were broadcasted, and ads, such as [[Teletoon at Night Bumper]] were put onto TV during this time.
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| === [[:Category:1999|'''1999''']] ===
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| * 1999 saw many infamous sites be put onto the internet. Examples are [[Albino Blacksheep|albinoblacksheep.com]] and [[x-rider.com]].
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| * Also in this year, the first actual screamer game was released to the public. The game in question being [[Frau1.exe]], a Trojan virus.
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| * This year, PSAs seemed to vanish from TV.
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| === [[:Category:2000|'''2000''']] ===
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| * The third millenium is when screamers became more and more active, especially the late 2000s, early 2010s.
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| * The first year of the 2000s saw more applications; such as [[Hikaru.exe]] and [[McDonalds.exe]] and more shock sites such as [[Happypuppies.net]], [[Ogrish.com]] and [[Skinny Dipping]].
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| * This year starts the "Golden Age" of Screamers.
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| === [[:Category:2001|'''2001''']] ===
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| * One of the most famous screamers of all time, and one to pioneer the future of screamers and jumpscares; [[What's Wrong?]] was released this year. This screamer was the first to use the famous image of a pale woman with black eyes and her hands on her face. Many other screamers were made in future years in the style first seen here. The screamer was made by [[Jeremy Winterrowd]], who also created a site, [[Winterrowd.com]], that year where he can host his creations.
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| * Other sites, such as [[Rate My Poo]] were launched this year.
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| ===[[:Category:2002|'''2002''']]===
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| * Before 2002, screamers were all spaced out throught their respective year, and there were very little. But 2002 saw a huge increase of screamers and shock sites, many done in the style of Jeremy Winterrowd, such as [[Clock Crew Quiz]] and [[Color]]. Nickelodeon made their own screamer similar to Winterrowd's, called [[Black Licorice]]. A creater similar to Jeremy, [[Liquid Generation]], saw their debut this year too, and went on to create many games which he dubbed "Sabotages". These games couldn't be called screamers, more surprising.
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| * [[Forest-wmv|Forest-wmv]] was created this year.
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| * This year saw gifs enter the screamer scene, with additions to the screamer family such as [[blue.gif]].
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| * As with previous years, many shock sites made their way online, such as the famous [[Lemon Party]] site.
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| * The first ever internet widespread screamer, [[Kikia]], debuted this year and possibly drove the idea of screamers worldwide.
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| === [[:Category:2003|'''2003''']] ===
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| * After a grand year for screamers, 2003 saw a slight dip in the frequency of screamers posted online. Screamers similar to Liquid Generation and Winterrowd still surfaced, such as [[Meinzwilling]] and [[Night Vision]]. Liquid Generation continued to create sabotages, such as [[Celebrity I.Q. Test]] and his beyond well known [[When Will I/You Die?]].
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| * A shock site potentially parodying Lemon Party called [[Lime Rave]] was uploaded.
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| * This year was the first year to result in many people being cautious on the internet, as "trojans" started to rise. (i.e, [[Scary Tic-Tac-Toe]] and [[Small Scary Flash]])
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| === [[:Category:2004|'''2004''']] ===
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| * Simply put, 2004 was a huge year for screamers.
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| * The most well known screamers of all time were released this year, including [[The Maze]] while the infamous [[K-fee commercials]] were all recorded and ready to air on TV.
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| * The previously mentioned maze game saw sequels spawn, like [[Maze Game 2]] and [[Maze Game 3]]. Alongside these maze games, their own site, playscarymazegame.net, was launched.
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| * The ability to create screamers was opened to more people with games such as [[Garry's Mod]] being released. The famous picture of [[Regan MacNeil]] was introduced this year and was already all over the internet.
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| * More shock sites were launched such as [[Jiztini.com]] and many games were released.
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| === [[:Category:2005|'''2005''']] ===
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| * Similar to how 2004 was a huge year for screamers, 2005 was a huge year for shock sites.
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| * Many famous shock sites such as [[Bottleguy.com]], [[Fuck.org]] and [[Heyya.org]] were launched. [[Mr. Hands|Mr Hands]] also saw its release this year. It became easier to broadcast your screamers thanks to the launch of [[YouTube]] this year.
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| * Multiple new games were released, as with previous years, including [[The Never Ending Level Game]] and a huge quanitity of sequels to The Maze.
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| * The previously mentioned K-fee commercials were aired on TV this year and so was the [[Resident Evil 4 Commercial|French ad for ''Resident Evil 4'']].
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| * Other screamers released this year, such as [[AV Test]].
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| === [[:Category:2006|'''2006''']] ===
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| * 2006 saw a huge amount of screamers drop. Most notably [[Ghost Caught on Tape]].
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| * The website [[Liveleak]] was launched this year as an easy place to upload gore and shock videos.
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| * A surprising amount of "hidden message" videos were released this year, such as [[Britney Spears Hidden Message]], [[Jingle Bells Reversed]] and [[Silent Message]].
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| * The well known video, [[Saddam Hussein Execution]], was released in 2006 by VenerableDread, who became very active this year and went on to create [[Cuffi Advert]].
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| * [[Free Enterprise Fund Committee Commercial|A parody of the K-fee commercials]] from the Free Enterprise Fund Committee was broadcast.
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| * [[Optical Illusions]] also saw it's launch this year.
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| * This year starts the "Silver Age" of screamers.
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| === [[:Category:2007|'''2007''']] ===
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| * The infamous Japanese screamer game site, [[lomando.com]] was posted live this year, and what is said to be the pioneer of shock videos, [[2 Girls 1 Cup]], was released, which was the basis for a generation of unbelievably disturbing videos had begun, with videos such as [[3 guys 1 hammer]] publicating. Other such videos, like [[Cocker Pooch - Swallowing You]], were released at this time too.
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| * The shock site [[Offended]] was created on [[Encyclopedia Dramatica]], and a plenty of screamers and shock sites saw their rise. Nearly 100 screamers have been said to launch in 2007, making it the most active year yet.
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| * The "[[Girl on Bike|Girl On Bike]]" ad from Canada's Playland was broadcast.
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| * The Albino Blacksheep short video; [[Good Intentions]], was released in 2007.
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| * Screamers making out to be images where you must identify an issue launched this year, such as [[What doesn't belong in this picture?]] and [[What's Wrong With This Picture?]] by CMCinema.
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| === [[:Category:2008|'''2008''']] ===
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| * How 2004 was a huge year for screamers and 2005 was a huge year for shock sites, 2008 was a huge year for disturbing videos.
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| * A list of disturbing videos released in 2008 include [[2 Kids 1 Sandbox]], [[Jarsquatter]] and [[4 Girls Fingerpaint]].
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| * This was the first year to see over 100 screamers be released.
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| * The UK saw a [[Fire Kills PSA|Fire safety PSA]] release, released by ''Fire Kills.''
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| * [[Leatherface]] saw his debut as a screamer image this year, being as famous as Regan. This reign as a screamer would not last long, however.
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| === [[:Category:2009|'''2009''']] ===
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| * More shock videos were released such as [[1 Priest 1 Nun]], [[1 Guy 1 Screwdriver]], and the shock site [[1 Guy 2 Spoons]].
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| * Due to his death, Michael Jackson became the basis of many screamer videos this year, such as [[1000 faces of Michael Jackson|1000 Faces of Michael Jackson]], [[Micheal Jackson scary pop up]] and the well known [[Proof of Michael Jackson's Ghost]].
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| * Simple screamers rose this year with videos like Find the Girl.
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| * Dane Boedigheimer (creator of Annoying Orange) released [[Demon Dog]] this year.
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| * [[Poochee and Pansy Episode 1]] was released and so was [[Countdown]].
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| * [[Real Demons Caught On Tape]] was uploaded to YouTube this year. The number of screamers released started to dip from this year onwards.
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| === [[:Category:2010|'''2010''']] ===
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| * Entering the 2010s, two gifs of 3D versions of retro video game characters became victims to the screamer makeover, [[3D NES Mario]] and [[3D Mega Man]].
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| * The famous shock game [[Can Your Pet?]] was released this year and many "red dot" games and videos became public, such as [[Find the Red Dot]], [[The Red Dot Game]] and [[Stare at the red dot]].
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| * Justin Bieber became the subject of many screamers this year, with screamers such as [[Justin Bieber Scary Pop Up]], [[Find Justin Bieber]] and [[Save Justin Bieber]].
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| * [[G-Major videos]] became famous this year with releases such as [[WGBH Boston Logo In G Major]]. The number of screamers a year continued to dip.
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| === [[:Category:2011|'''2011''']] ===
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| * Generic screamer videos were released in 2011.
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| * The shock site [[Cheesypeas.net]] became public.
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| * As an April Fools' prank, Minecraft launched it's "[[Steve Co. Supply Crate|Steve.co]]" service.
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| * The British YouTube series Don't Hug Me I'm Scared begun.
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| * This year starts the "Bronze Age" of screamers.
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| === [[:Category:2012|'''2012''']] ===
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| * The gif [[Fukouna Shoujo 03]] begun circulating the internet.
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| * YouTubers decided to join in on making screamers, such as Quirkology, who made [[The Test]], and Matthew Santoro, who made [[Halloween]].
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| * The compilation video [[9 Screamers all at once]] was released onto YouTube, and videos such as [[Man in the Mirror]] and [[Life Changes]] were published
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| ===[[:Category:2013|'''2013''']]===
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| * Smosh hit [[10 MILLION SUBSCRIBERS!|10 million subscribers]] on YouTube, and celebrated with a video contained a screamer.
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| * Ads such as the [[Autoway Tires Commercial]] and promos for [[Adult Swim: The Heart, She Holler Promos|The Heart, She Holler]].
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| * The famous game [[Bongcheon-Dong Ghost]] was released and the episode of Brain Games 'Don't Be Afraid' was aired on TV.
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| * [[Maze 1|Maze 1]] released this year.
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| * [[You will not believe how deep this hole is!!!]] released this year.
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| ===[[:Category:2014|'''2014''']]===
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| * MS.Ghost.TV and CrazyMarc666 rose to become a famous screamer video creater, releasing videos such as [[Scary Ghost Screamer Video to Scare !]] and [[SCARY POP UP - SCARY GHOST VIDEO !!]].
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| * The [[Dolphin Swim.exe|Dolphin Swim.exe]] series started this year.
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| * Five Nights at Freddy's was released onto Gamejolt and Steam, and became infamous for it's jumpscares. It's sequel, Five Night's at Freddy's 2, was also released this year.
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| * YouTubers Nice Peter and EpicLLOYD released an episode of their famous series, Epic Rap Battles of History, [[Jack the Ripper vs Hannibal Lecter. Epic Rap Battles of History|Jack the Ripper vs Hannibal Lecter]].
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| * International screamers started to become popular.
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| === [[:Category:2015|'''2015''']] ===
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| * The famous [[Squirrel in a mouse trap]] video was released online and [[Try Not to Get Scared]] challenges started to become popular.
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| * Five Nights at Freddy's 3 and 4 were released.
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| * [[I HATE YOU.EXE]] and other 'exe' games became public.
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| === [[:Category:2016|'''2016''']] ===
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| * Sr Pelo celebrated halloween by releasing [[Mokey's Show: Halloween]].
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| * [[Omsj]] dropped online.
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| * Don't Hug Me I'm Scared ended on June 19th.
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| * Screamers started to become very similar and begun to "dry up" this year.
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| * This year started the "Iron Age" of screamers
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| === [[:Category:2017|'''2017''']] ===
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| * Angry Video Game Nerd episode 150, [[Polybius - Angry Video Game Nerd (Episode 150)|Polybius]], was released as the show's 2017 Halloween special, and featured two screamers at the end.
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| * Many now deleted still image screamers became public such as [[Deleted:What's The Matter With This Picture?|What's The Matter With This Picture?]].
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| * Many more .exe games were released, such as [[Zalgo.exe]], [[Essence.exe]], [[Windows 11.EXE]], [[Plafo the Platformer]], and [[Untitled.exe]]. The number of screamers released continued to drop still.
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| === [[:Category:2018|'''2018''']] ===
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| * Memes became a place to host screamers with the '''Void''' meme.
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| * Clardge (MJC03) started to create screamer games on Scratch, starting with [[Fishing Collection!!]].
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| * An odd spike in Spongebob Squarepants screamers begun with [[Look at this picture for 25 seconds and you will see SpongeBob and Patrick!]] and [[A peaceful ride through town]].
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| ===[[:Category:2019|'''2019''']]===
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| * [[O g a b u g a]] and [[O g a b u g a 2]] released.
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| * Clardge stopped making screamer games after the release of [[Quiz Night with the Scratch Cat!]], and Scratch screamer games rose to popularity with entries such as [[Funny Face (Scratch Version)]], [[Scratch Cat Quiz!]] etc.
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| * Memes continued to host screamers with [[Moto Moto meme]].[[Category:Browse]]
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| * [[Noggin "360" (1999) Rare Variant]] gets released
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