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[[File:The_Maze.jpg|[[The Maze]], one of the examples on this list.|thumb]]
|Name = Screamers
|Picture = The_Maze.jpg
|Quote = [[The Maze]], one of the examples on this list.
|Type = Internet Screamers
|Release date = 1970s (Spread across the internet in 2000s)
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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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===Scary Pop up videos===
===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.]]
[[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]] or [[Scary pop up that will make you jump and cry(it will make you cry)]].
'''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>'. The scene cuts to a woman walking with an Umbrella until she stops. She will trick users into getting ready to count; then a Deformed-human face zooms in, accompanied by a piercing scream.
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]]




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