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The term '''screamer''', also and now more commonly referred to as a '''jumpscare''', is used to describe a game, video, website, or program, that makes the user concentrate on the screen, which may happen in many ways, and then has a sudden unexpected change that is intended to scare or startle the viewer(s). | The term '''screamer''', also and now more commonly referred to as a '''jumpscare''', is used to describe a game, video, website, or program, that makes the user concentrate on the screen, which may happen in many ways, and then has a sudden unexpected change that is intended to scare or startle the viewer(s). | ||
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==='''Malicious scripts'''=== | ==='''Malicious scripts'''=== | ||
Malicious scripts are sometimes basically used on [[screamers]] to frighten the viewer from closing the application immediately, they mostly fullscreen your | Malicious scripts are sometimes basically used on [[screamers]] to frighten the viewer from closing the application immediately, they mostly fullscreen your device right after the page is loaded, other types of them, are locking volume adjust, infinite tabs, as well as extremely loud distortions. and flashing lights, they could potentially harm your computer, or annoy you. | ||
==Origins== | =='''Origins'''== | ||
[[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. | [[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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In the episode "The Spoiler", when Anais wants Gumball to take her to a horror movie, Gumball pulls a prank on both her and the audience by having the screen suddenly cut to a picture of a real-life piranha with its mouth fully open alongside a screeching noise. The screen then cuts to Anais white with shock while Gumball sports a smug grin. | In the episode "The Spoiler", when Anais wants Gumball to take her to a horror movie, Gumball pulls a prank on both her and the audience by having the screen suddenly cut to a picture of a real-life piranha with its mouth fully open alongside a screeching noise. The screen then cuts to Anais white with shock while Gumball sports a smug grin. | ||
===Scary Pop up videos=== | |||
[[File:ScaryKitten.JPG|thumb|The Kitten in the original scary pop-up, but there are so many variations with this pic.]] | |||
'''Scary Pop-up videos''' is another type of [[screamer]], that has been circulating around the internet since 2007, the first video that has been ever made was called [[Scary Pop Up (Original)|Scary Pop Up]] which shows a kitten jumping across the flowers with no sound, a [[Regan MacNeil]] image appears afterward, the video has accumulated over 6 million views, many videos related to [[screamers]] are copied with this title, but with a subject added to it, here's an example: [[Scary Pop on Czech Railroad Crossing]]. | |||
=== Gravity Falls === | === Gravity Falls === | ||
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=== 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>' | In Adult Swim's </span>stop-motion animated series </span>''The Shivering Truth'', the episode <nowiki>''The Burn Earner Spits''</nowiki>' cuts to a woman walking with an Umbrella until she stops. She will trick the viewer into getting ready to count; then a Deformed-human face zooms in, accompanied by a piercing scream. | ||
== Reactions == | == '''Reactions''' == | ||
[[File:Reaction.png|thumb|220x220px|Justice playing '''The Maze'''.]] | [[File:Reaction.png|thumb|220x220px|Justice playing '''The Maze'''.]] | ||
As screamers made surface on the web, more reaction videos were being posted <span>and eventually became a trend on the Internet</span>. The concept of a reaction video is to get someone to play or watch a screamer while recording their reaction. | As screamers made surface on the web, more reaction videos were being posted <span>and eventually became a trend on the Internet</span>. The concept of a reaction video is to get someone to play or watch a screamer while recording their reaction. | ||
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[[Category:Commercials]] | [[Category:Commercials]] | ||
[[Category:PSAs]] | [[Category:PSAs]] | ||
{{Comments}} | {{Comments}} | ||
