Who first did that 'nooooooooo!' in slow motion that everyone copies?

[holyzombiejesus]

You know the one. Nooooooooooooo! It's 'homaged' so often but I can't remember what it's actually referencing.

Are there any other cliches where we can track back to the first use?

[Shit Good Nose]

The earliest slo-mo one I remember is Duke in Rocky 4 when Drago lands the death punch on Apollo, but there must have been one before that.

As it is, I suspect that the one that everyone copies now probably itself originates from a spoof or something - a lot of comedy directors fondly remember the death by steamroller scene in Austin Powers.

[BlodwynPig]

Singing in the Rain apparently

https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SlowNo

[Shit Good Nose]

Singing in the Rain apparently

https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SlowNo

Not sure if that really counts given it was accidental and only in the preview, so not many people would have seen it.


That says there's also one in Rocky 3 (also courtesy of Duke), which I didn't remember.

[BlodwynPig]

Not sure if that really counts given it was accidental and only in the preview, so not many people would have seen it.

;)

Remember my pastiche of it in Minotaur: Infinity Boar

"Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesssssssssss......

.....Iiiiiiiiiiii mmmmmeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaannnnnnnnnnnnnn......

Noooooooooooooooooooooo!"

[Shit Good Nose]

;)

Remember my pastiche of it in Minotaur: Infinity Boar

"Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesssssssssss......

.....Iiiiiiiiiiii mmmmmeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaannnnnnnnnnnnnn......

Noooooooooooooooooooooo!"

Well that was going to be my next suggestion, of course.  Everyone remembers where they were when they first saw that scene.

[worldsgreatestsinner]

Not sure if that really counts given it was accidental and only in the preview, so not many people would have seen it.

There's a film within the film in Singin in the Rain and at the preview screening (again, within the film) that has all sorts of sound problems - including running in slow motion for a no.

[BlodwynPig]

Well that was going to be my next suggestion, of course.  Everyone remembers where they were when they first saw that scene.

In one of the two select cinemas that screened it.

[Shit Good Nose]

There's a film within the film in Singin in the Rain and at the preview screening (again, within the film) that has all sorts of sound problems - including running in slow motion for a no.

Yes, you're right - haven't seen it for about 25 years or more.

In one of the two select cinemas that screened it.

The queues to get in were literally ones of people deep, who had all been waiting for minutes.

[BlodwynPig]

It's fortunate you are friends with the Director/Producer/Best Boy/Key Grip and my HP printer was working that evening.

[Shit Good Nose]

I was also paid to go and see it.

Just to go and see it, mind, not to give it good word of mouth or anything.

Mark Kermode was particularly complimentary - "I saw this film" he said.

[BlodwynPig]

I was also paid to go and see it.

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

[thecuriousorange]

Was it not Darth Vader?

[mothman]

There's a slightly time-distorted "Nooo" in Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979) but I doubt it's the origin.

At 1:50 in this clip: https://youtu.be/mvDma4sG8Vg

[studpuppet]

It must be from an old war movie or a Peckinpah shoot-up. I can't imagine it being later than the 1960s.

[Pearly-Dewdrops Drops]

The baby carriage in Battleship Potemkin.

[Ballad of Ballard Berkley]

Possibly a combination of Duke from the aforementioned Rocky films and Kirk in The Wrath of Khan?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRnSnfiUI54

[St_Eddie]

My favourite use of the 'nooooooooo!' trope.

[greenman]

Not slowmo but Luke's response to "you know it to be true" in Empire is an extended "noooooo" in an obviously very well remembered scene.

[St_Eddie]

Not slowmo but Luke's response to "you know it to be true" in Empire is an extended "noooooo" in an obviously very well remembered scene.

A very often well misremembered scene.  It's not "Luke, I am your father", as a lot of people think.  It's "no, I am your father", or is it "moop, I am your carver"?  I forget.

[Gregory Torso]

Followed by Daz Vader turning to the camera and saying "you see, 'vader' sounds a bit like 'vater' which is German for 'father', right audience?" and he winks, which obviously you can't see but you know he's doing it.

[St_Eddie]

Followed by Daz Vader turning to the camera and saying "you see, 'vader' sounds a bit like 'vater' which is German for 'father', right audience?" and he winks, which obviously you can't see but you know he's doing it.

Vader; invader.  Sidious; insidious.  The rancor monster.  Salacious Crumb.  The fish peoples of Mon Calamari.

Fucking state of those names.

[Gregory Torso]

Vader; invader.  Sidious; insidious.  The rancor monster.  Salacious Crumb.  The fish peoples of Mon Calamari.

Fucking state of those names.

Don't forget Elan Sleazebaggano!

[samadriel]

Also don't forget Darth Insanius!

[greenman]

A very often well misremembered scene.  It's not "Luke, I am your father", as a lot of people think.  It's "no, I am your father", or is it "moop, I am your carver"?  I forget.

Its "no, I am your father", "thats not true, thats impossible" "search your feelings you know it to be true" "noooooooooooo nooooo"

Anakin/Vaders terrible "noooooooooo" referencing this in Revenge of the Sith is arguably what helped create the meme.

[FredNurke]

Yarael Poof is best.

[olliebean]

It was definitely a thing that had already been parodied before Revenge of the Sith.

[St_Eddie]

It was definitely a thing that had already been parodied before Revenge of the Sith.

Yep.  Revenge of the Sith remains one of the best/worst examples of the trope though.  As does George Lucas' tinkering with the Blu-Ray version of Return of the Jedi, because so many people always wondered why Darth Vader turned on the Emperor.  An explanation at last!

[greenman]

It was definitely a thing that had already been parodied before Revenge of the Sith.

Most of what I remember was parody of slowmo generally such as Naked Gun doing the Potemkin/Untouchables baby carriage on the stairs, Sith seemed to make "noooooooo" more specific.

[Claude the Racecar Driving Rockstar Super Sleuth]

No.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=nydOHQHiL_0