Talk:Jump scare

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Folktales

I wonder if we should talk about folktales that include jump scares at the end, as a precursor to jump scares in film and other media. Before the rise of film and video games, several folktales ended with jump scares, in which the storyteller would slow down the storytelling, pause at the moment of highest tension, and then jump out and scream at a person who is listening. "The Big Toe" is a folktale that includes such a jump ending, as well as The Golden Arm. Mark Twain even gave advice for how to make the jump scare work when telling the story to a listening audience. Voz7 (talk) 03:13, 25 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Five Nights at Freddy's?

Five Nights at Freddy's is rather notorious for its jump scares, but this source was the only one I could find that could be used as a reference. Anyone know how reliable it is? Supernerd11 _{Firemind ^_^ Pokedex} 06:14, 4 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

That doesn't look like a reliable source to me unfortunately, though I'm not 100% sure. Sam Walton (talk) 17:30, 6 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Dang, I was afraid of that. Thanks. Supernerd11 _{Firemind ^_^ Pokedex} 22:23, 8 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed merge from Internet screamer

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The result of this discussion was to merge, with no objections in six months. McGeddon (talk) 16:12, 7 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Looking through Internet screamer, it's difficult to tell how it's different from a traditional jump scare, except that this time it's online. From my own searches on Google, the topic does not seem to be sufficiently notable to warrant its own article. There are a few sources in the screamer article, but very few of them are reliable: Know Your Meme, Cheezburger, etc, are more suitable to external links than they are citations. Anyone got thoughts on the matter? NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 10:13, 6 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

It seems like a sensible merge, though I'm struggling to find any reliable sources discussing the Internet screamer such that there is anything to merge here. Sam Walton (talk) 10:19, 6 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, I thought about nominating it for deletion, but I figured I'd probably get outvoted. It was a fairly popular fad back a while ago, and that tends to bring out the inclusionists. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 12:15, 6 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Given that the Internet screamer article still contains only one example and one television (?) advert that's just a jump scare, merging seems like a good idea. --McGeddon (talk) 18:38, 8 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Loud noise

Why isn't the use of lound sounds mentioned? The pictures usually aren't that scary. It's the sound which makes a person who is normally able to deal with a scary face cringe. --2.245.137.221 (talk) 16:37, 4 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I think "Sudden or unexpected event" implies that this isn't just about images, 'event' could be a sound, picture, whatever. Sam Walton (talk) 17:04, 4 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Her or him?

"an edited sound effect of her screaming playing twice" The word her means him or his? I think that phrase shows regan do a scream with loud noise.114.122.110.190 (talk) 10:55, 24 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

TV Show examples

I've seen some shows that uses jump scares. One example of it I saw is in an episode of Prank Patrol (Canada) called Zombie Attack with the Ninjas' prank on Andy and then on the public being a spot-the-difference puzzle with a jump scare attached to it. There's also the SpongeBob episode, Randomland with the deleted scene involving Red Mist Squidward. SpyderSoup (talk) 10:33, 24 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]