The Japanese version emphasizes it by adding a Scare Chord. The first thing that appears where Ash, Misty, and Brock are waiting is James, who is unconscious and blue. Pokémon: The Original Series: Not quite corpses, but the episode Pokemon Shipwreck, when Misty's Goldeen finds Team Rocket drowning, it rescues them.The skeletal remains of one of the ships crew. He slowly opens his eyes and the first thing he sees is. Usopp attempts to calm himself by closing his eyes and meditating himself into believing the whole ordeal is a dream. Needless to say, the Straw Hat Crew is shook up by the abuse of both logic and gravity. In One Piece, Usopp receives a face full of it when the Going Merry is rained on (and quite nearly destroyed) by the remains of a ship that fell from Skypiea.Gian and Suneo unintentionally gets themselves scared stiff by a uniformed skeleton, belonging to the captain of a Spanish war galleon which sank in the 16th Century. Doraemon: Nobita and the Castle of the Undersea Devil have Doraemon and gang exploring a Derelict Graveyard in the Bermuda Triangle.If they were found on the ceiling, that's Ceiling Corpse. If the corpse playing peek-a-boo was hidden in an extremely odd location, that's Body in a Breadbox. the villain isn't entirely a corpse yet.)Ĭompare Cat Scare and Spring-Loaded Corpse. Note: In the event that the half-destroyed corpse-like body of the villain should pop out and scare the heroes after they had mistakenly thought that they had laid it to rest, it technically doesn't qualify as a Peek-a-Boo Corpse moment (the main reason being that. In order for a body to qualify as a Peek-a-Boo Corpse, its appearance must somehow jolt the viewer and the person finding it should either be (a) actively engaged in a search for something else or (b) running to escape some real or perceived danger. The real person whose identity the killer has assumed.The leftover lunch of the monster or Eldritch Abomination.A Jerkass non-main character whose Karmic Death would have been very satisfying if his corpse hadn't turned up in such a horrible, trauma-inducing way.A non-main character who, up until the discovery of his body, was considered the prime suspect in the Murder of the Week (" Hunh.An anonymous female victim of the villain, if he's a Serial Killer, or possibly his wife (or wives) if he has a history of marrying women who mysteriously disappear.You can expect the identity of the Peek-a-Boo Corpse to be: (Unfortunately, for the heroine, the villain is usually close by, watching this development, if they're not actively chasing her already.) A common way to find out if an ordinary, non-suspicious character is actually a villain is to have the heroine stumble upon a Peek-a-Boo Corpse hidden in their closet or basement. Most Peek-a-Boo Corpses like to hang around haunted houses and cemeteries, but occasionally they'll turn up in clean and innocuous environments where you'd least expect them (and where they'll have maximum shock value). Even if you've had some experience watching horror movies (and you can pretty much tell if a desperate Damsel in Distress is going to run into trouble), there are still times and places when the Peek-a-Boo Corpse will pop out unexpectedly, scaring the bejeezus out of even the most hardened of horror fans, especially if it's a particularly hideous one. If you're a naive moviewatcher (e.g., a child), there is no defense from the Peek-a-Boo Corpse, for there is no way to see it coming. Once again, the Peek-a-Boo Corpse - the bane of squeamish horror movie watchers everywhere - has made an appearance, rearing its ugly, eyeless, wormy head and worming its way into the nightmares of kids and adults alike. Cue also a huge scream from the heroine and from any traumatized 8-year olds who may have the misfortune to be watching this show. only to find herself standing nose to nose with a decayed, maggoty, slack-jawed corpse.Ĭue Scare Chord. She's managed to avoid tripping over her own feet and falling like an idiot, and if she can just make it through this next upcoming door, she may just be able to make it to the outside world and sweet, sweet freedom! The heroine has just escaped from the Serial Killer or the gruesome corporeal manifestation of the Cosmic Horror and is running through the Haunted House, desperately trying to find a means of escape.
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