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Shock sites slowly started to spread around the web in the late 90's. The first shock site to be widely spread across the web was [[2 Girls 1 Cup]]. This one-minute clip of two women performing a scat play made a huge success. Since then, more shock sites surfaced on the Internet.
Shock sites slowly started to spread around the web in the late 90's. The first shock site to be widely spread across the web was [[2 Girls 1 Cup]]. This one-minute clip of two women performing a scat play made a huge success. Since then, more shock sites surfaced on the Internet.


== Popular Culture ==
== '''Popular Culture''' ==
Because of their popularity, shock sites has been mentioned or featured quite recently in many works of ficton.
Because of their popularity, shock sites has been mentioned or featured quite recently in many works of ficton.
[[Lemon Party]] has been mentioned in a sketch on ''Talkshow with Spike Feresten'', ''Archer'', ''The Simpsons'', ''The Cleveland Show'' and ''30 Rock''. ''30 Rock'' made three allusions to "Lemon party".  
[[Lemon Party]] has been mentioned in a sketch on ''Talkshow with Spike Feresten'', ''Archer'', ''The Simpsons'', ''The Cleveland Show'' and ''30 Rock''. ''30 Rock'' made three allusions to "Lemon party".  
<br>The website has also been described by Jimmy Fallon on the ''Opie and Anthony'' radio show, on Chelsea Handler's TV show ''Chelsea Lately'', Michael J. Nelson from RiffTrax.com during the RiffTrax for ''Avatar'', by Jon Stewart on ''The Daily Show'', ''American Dad'', and by Michael Cera and Jonah Hill during promotion for the film SuperBad.
<br>The website has also been described by Jimmy Fallon on the ''Opie and Anthony'' radio show, on Chelsea Handler's TV show ''Chelsea Lately'', Michael J. Nelson from RiffTrax.com during the RiffTrax for ''Avatar'', by Jon Stewart on ''The Daily Show'', ''American Dad'', and by Michael Cera and Jonah Hill during promotion for the film SuperBad.


In the ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_Guy Family Guy]'' episode "''[https://familyguy.fandom.com/wiki/Back_to_the_Woods Back to the Woods]''" [https://familyguy.fandom.com/wiki/Brian Brian] asks [https://familyguy.fandom.com/wiki/Stewie Stewie] for helping to get unhitched to the pole, Stewie refuses in retaliation for "making me watch that video with the 2 girls and a cup!" followed by a cutaway to [https://familyguy.fandom.com/wiki/Brian Brian] filming [https://familyguy.fandom.com/wiki/Stewie Stewie] sitting the computer and watching the infamous shock video was [[2 Girls 1 Cup]], and then proceeds to become surprised, shocked, and nearly the video proceeds.
In the ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_Guy Family Guy]'' episode ''[https://familyguy.fandom.com/wiki/Back_to_the_Woods Back to the Woods],'' [https://familyguy.fandom.com/wiki/Brian Brian] asks [https://familyguy.fandom.com/wiki/Stewie Stewie] for help getting unhitched to a pole, but Stewie refuses in retaliation for "making me watch that video with the 2 girls and a cup!" The episode then cuts to [https://familyguy.fandom.com/wiki/Brian Brian] filming [https://familyguy.fandom.com/wiki/Stewie Stewie] sitting on the computer and watching [[2 Girls 1 Cup]]. Stewie then proceeds to become surprised and shocked by the video.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moHj6cIrmQ4</ref>


== '''Reactions''' ==
== '''Reactions''' ==
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== Links ==
== Links ==
* '''''[[:Category:Shock sites|All shock sites on this wiki]]'''''
* '''''[[:Category:Shock sites|All shock sites on this wiki]]'''''
== References ==
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Revision as of 16:50, 31 May 2019

Template:TocDefault A shock site is a form of screamer that uses disturbing imagery, commonly pornography, gore, and graphic content, to shock the viewer(s). Just like traditional screamers, shock sites have a goal to shock the viewers with unexpected content. Some good example of shock sites are 2 Girls 1 Cup, Jarsquatter, and Goatse. These websites have gained a high level of popularity and are often used as a way to prank people.

Popularity

The bait-and-switch technique consists of misleading a person into clicking a link by telling them erroneous information.
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The Goatse homepage promoting their upcoming to became the subdomain service.

Shock sites slowly started to spread around the web in the late 90's. The first shock site to be widely spread across the web was 2 Girls 1 Cup. This one-minute clip of two women performing a scat play made a huge success. Since then, more shock sites surfaced on the Internet.

Popular Culture

Because of their popularity, shock sites has been mentioned or featured quite recently in many works of ficton. Lemon Party has been mentioned in a sketch on Talkshow with Spike Feresten, ArcherThe SimpsonsThe Cleveland Show and 30 Rock30 Rock made three allusions to "Lemon party".
The website has also been described by Jimmy Fallon on the Opie and Anthony radio show, on Chelsea Handler's TV show Chelsea Lately, Michael J. Nelson from RiffTrax.com during the RiffTrax for Avatar, by Jon Stewart on The Daily ShowAmerican Dad, and by Michael Cera and Jonah Hill during promotion for the film SuperBad.

In the Family Guy episode Back to the Woods, Brian asks Stewie for help getting unhitched to a pole, but Stewie refuses in retaliation for "making me watch that video with the 2 girls and a cup!" The episode then cuts to Brian filming Stewie sitting on the computer and watching 2 Girls 1 Cup. Stewie then proceeds to become surprised and shocked by the video.[1]

Reactions

A group of soldiers reacting to 2 Girls 1 Cup.
Common shock sites

Shock sites are made surface on the web to make more popularity, more reaction videos were being posted and eventually became a trend on the Internet. The concept of a reaction video is to get someone to visit a shock site while recording their reaction. A good example of this is the Marines 2 Girls 1 Cup Reactions video, which has accumulated almost 10 million views since it was posted to YouTube in April, 2008.

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