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Most of these screamers use scary images and loud sounds or screams to increase the effect (hence the name ''screamer''). Some examples of screamers are [[The Maze]] by [[Jeremy Winterrowd]], [[Anne.jpg]], [[Ghost Caught on Tape]], [[What's Wrong?]] and the [[K-fee commercials]]. Screamers often have a scary image and a loud scream, per example, [[Regan MacNeil]] from the 1973's classic horror movie ''[[wikipedia:The Exorcist (film)|The Exorcist]]''. Horror films or games are not considered screamers since the users already know they will get scared. In some cases they have startling or disgusting images, and these are called [[shock sites]]. They can also be considered screamers since they do surprise the user. | Most of these screamers use scary images and loud sounds or screams to increase the effect (hence the name ''screamer''). Some examples of screamers are [[The Maze]] by [[Jeremy Winterrowd]], [[Anne.jpg]], [[Ghost Caught on Tape]], [[What's Wrong?]] and the [[K-fee commercials]]. Screamers often have a scary image and a loud scream, per example, [[Regan MacNeil]] from the 1973's classic horror movie ''[[wikipedia:The Exorcist (film)|The Exorcist]]''. Horror films or games are not considered screamers since the users already know they will get scared. In some cases, they have startling or disgusting images, and these are called [[shock sites]]. They can also be considered screamers since they do surprise the user. | ||
==Origins== | ==Origins== | ||
[[File:K-fee Car.png|thumb|The '''K-fee Car''' commercial.|233x233px]]Screamers have been around since as far as the early [ | [[File:K-fee Car.png|thumb|The '''K-fee Car''' commercial.|233x233px]]Screamers have been around since as far as the early [[:Category:1970s|1970s]] and slowly started to make surface on the web in the [[: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. | ||
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=== Drawn Together === | === Drawn Together === | ||
In the Comedy Central <span>animated series </span>''Drawn Together,'' the episode <nowiki>''Spelling Applebee''</nowiki> parodies the flash screamer [[Where's Waldo?]]. In one scene, Princess Clara disguises herself as Waldo and tells Captain Hero before she disappears into the crowd: "''You know where to find me". ''After a while, the screen cuts to a close-up picture of three monstrous-looking aliens, accompanied | In the Comedy Central <span>animated series </span>''Drawn Together,'' the episode <nowiki>''Spelling Applebee''</nowiki> parodies the flash screamer [[Where's Waldo?]]. In one scene, Princess Clara disguises herself as Waldo and tells Captain Hero before she disappears into the crowd: "''You know where to find me". ''After a while, the screen cuts to a close-up picture of three monstrous-looking aliens, accompanied by a piercing screech. Earlier, The image with the screaming aliens appeared during the Foxxy Love montage in the same episode. | ||
=== The Shivering Truth === | === The Shivering Truth === | ||
In Adult Swim's </span>stop-motion animated series </span>''The Shivering Truth'', the episode <nowiki>''The Burn Earner Spits''</nowiki>'. The screen cuts to a woman walking with | In Adult Swim's </span>stop-motion animated series </span>''The Shivering Truth'', the episode <nowiki>''The Burn Earner Spits''</nowiki>'. The screen cuts to a woman walking with an Umbrella until she stops. She will trick users into counting numbers; then a Demonic-human face zooms in, accompanied by a piercing scream. | ||
== Reactions == | == Reactions == | ||
