# Did this scene ever happen, or did I imagine it? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 26, 2008, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-this-scene-ever-happen-or-did-i-imagine-it/450639 "2008-05-26T10:33:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2008, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-this-scene-ever-happen-or-did-i-imagine-it/450639/1 "2008-05-26T10:33:10Z")
In a movie or on a TV show; I’m not even sure of that much. Something happens that’s guaranteed to elicit screaming from a character, but the action stops before the character reacts. Cut to a street scene, with a subtitle reading, “Downtown Tokyo”. Pedestrians look up, bewildered as to the source of bloodcurdling screams. Real, or imagined? ---
**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2008, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-this-scene-ever-happen-or-did-i-imagine-it/450639/2 "2008-05-26T10:43:42Z")
I recognise it, but can tell you about as much about it as you already know. ---
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2008, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-this-scene-ever-happen-or-did-i-imagine-it/450639/3 "2008-05-26T10:52:54Z")
[QUOTE=Rilchiam] Cut to a street scene, with a subtitle reading, “Downtown Tokyo”. Pedestrians look up, bewildered as to the source of bloodcurdling screams. [/QUOTE] Godzilla, or Howard Dean? ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2008, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-this-scene-ever-happen-or-did-i-imagine-it/450639/4 "2008-05-26T11:06:15Z")
Sounds like a Mike Myers joke. Was it in a _Wayne’s World_ or _So I Married an Axe Murderer_ or something like that? ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2008, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-this-scene-ever-happen-or-did-i-imagine-it/450639/5 "2008-05-26T11:11:34Z")
It might be Mike Myers at that. But his films are all so similar, I can’t pinpoint one as the source. ---
**Author:** ![silverfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e480ec/32.png) [@silverfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silverfish)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2008, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-this-scene-ever-happen-or-did-i-imagine-it/450639/6 "2008-05-26T11:13:18Z")
The TVTropesWiki website has a list of examples [here](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheScream) ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2008, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-this-scene-ever-happen-or-did-i-imagine-it/450639/7 "2008-05-26T12:39:02Z")
Its used in an episode of South Park. Except that “downtown Tokyo” is an alien planet. ---
**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2008, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-this-scene-ever-happen-or-did-i-imagine-it/450639/8 "2008-05-26T14:59:57Z")
[QUOTE=silverfish] The TVTropesWiki website has a list of examples [here](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheScream) [/QUOTE] Great site, **silverfish**! ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2008, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-this-scene-ever-happen-or-did-i-imagine-it/450639/9 "2008-05-26T15:17:26Z")
[QUOTE=aldiboronti] Great site, **silverfish**! [/QUOTE] Terrible, evil, time wasting site. Other than that great site. ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2008, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-this-scene-ever-happen-or-did-i-imagine-it/450639/10 "2008-05-27T01:21:31Z")
[QUOTE=silverfish] The TVTropesWiki website has a list of examples [here](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheScream) [/QUOTE] Thank you. 😃