Mouthscreen

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This is where the close-up of a mouth appears on the screen. Potentially it can be a sign of mystery, used to hide the identity of the person speaking. Otherwise it can just be to emphasize the mouth. Differs from Eat the Camera in that the lens is only on the mouth rather than in. Differs from Mouthcam in that the lens is just outside the mouth, not within.

This is a sister tropes of Eyedscreen, which features a screen shot of a pair of eyes. Needs More Examples

Advertising

• Diet Pepsi: This commercial from 1984 is an example: [1]
• Any commercial hawking teeth whitening or toothpaste is prone to this.
• This Coors Light commercial from 1997. [2]
• The numerous Pepsodent commercials such as this one: [3]

Anime

• In nearly every Detective Conan episode, there is a point where we get a closeup of a characters mouth talking ominous like. Sometimes making their debut or when they're saying something important.

Film

• The theatrical poster to Inside Deep Throat depicts a woman's mouth with the movie title in between the half-open lips.
• In the 1985 film, Weird Science, a scene in which Anthony Michael Hall and Ilan Mitchell-Smith are having a conversation in the shower stall during a party, we get shots of their mouths.
• A closeup of Patricia Quinn's mouth lip-syncing to "Science Fiction Double Feature" is used for the opening credits of The Rocky Horror Picture Show.
• Always Crashing In The Same Car features several close-ups of Paul McGann's mouth.
• The Possesion does this twice on Natasha Callis's character, when she check her throat in the bathroom at night, after being infected by the possesed box

Music Videos

• Rick Springfield: "Bop 'Til You Drop"
• LL Cool J: "Going Back To Cali"
• and this parody from Colin Quinn: [4]
• Frank Zappa: "You Are What You Is" [5]
• One of the many, many shots in "Dare to Be Stupid" is "Weird Al" Yankovic's head, upside down and with googly-eyes stuck on his chin, with the camera pulled up close to the mouth.

Pinball

• The Edutainment Game The Brain has a close-up of the mouth and tongue, to represent the sense of taste.

Western Animation

• Western Animation/Rugrats episode "Stu Gets a Job"; the episode starts with a closeup of Stu's mouth eating chips and drinking soda while watching TV with Tommy.
• Timon & Pumbaa episode "Beast of Eden"; the episode ends with Pumbaa showing he has one of the leader's teeth in his mouth.
• Sponge Bob Square Pants:
  • "The Fry Cook Games" After Plankton and Mr. Krabs' give their speeches SpongeBob and Patrick give off a war cry.
  • "One Krabs Trash" with Mr. Krabs as he announces his plan to scare SpongeBob's #1 hat off of him.
  • "Truth or Square" again with Mr. Krabs as he begins to tell SpongeBob the Krabby Patty formula.
• The Simpsons episode "Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish"; with Homer while he's eating a piece of toast which he compliments to Marge about.
• The Winx Club girls did this quite a few times (with their uvulas being shown).
  • Season 1 had a single close-up of Icy's mouth as she was expelled
  • Season 2 had mouth close-ups during the Charmix transformation for all the members except Flora, and Musa was the only one who showed her uvula in this. (There is a fanmade version where Flora does have this).
  • Season 3 also had some instances. Examples: Ep 8; Aisha/Layla yells "Enchantix" showing the inside of her mouth. Ep 13; Bloom yelling no and Musa screaming at the camera over Tecna's supposed death.
  • Season 4 where Stella screams in anger about a party in her room (exposing her uvula).
• Fiona's bird song in Shrek. (includes a vibrating uvula)
• Kim Possible: Hidden Talent. Kim is trying to escape from underwater with a layer of ice above it. Getting an idea, she vocalizes a high note to break it and the camera does a close-up on her mouth and wiggling uvula.
• Monster High does this a few times on the ghouls (main female characters). Cupid in Why do Ghouls Fall in Love, Draculaura in Skull Shores, and Torelei in Boo York. (include uvula)
• Sabrina: The Animated Series: Episode Witchy Grrrls: The camera does a close up of a singing Sabrina with a wiggling uvula.
• The Tofus: Zen Blowpipe. The camera at one point does a close up on Mom Tofu's shaking mouth, including a wiggling uvula, while she does a hippish humming ritual (but it's get interrapted, when Chichi tries to distract her with homework).
• Team Galaxy (Marathon) did that few times with a wannabe singer Yoko (when a shaking camera does a close up on her big mouth, including a wibrating uvula)
  • "Intergalactic Roadtrip" Yoko sings so loudly at the spaceship (that can be heard throughout of Milky Way)
  • "Yoko's Secret" Yoko sings about troublesome Fluffy, right before going on the ship; the shaking camera does a closeup on her mouth (including a wibrating THICK uvula, within disconnected throat), right on her final bad high note ("Whyyyyyyyyyy?")
  • "Miss Cosmos" Yoko sings her own theme song on a talent show (the same shot from "Yoko's Secret" get reused)
  • "How Much is that Human in the Window" does a very quick one, while Yoko exposes her singing talent in a cage to potential buyers.
  • "Yoko Mania" does it twice (without exposed throat within' uvula), while singing extremely high to defeat a jelly villain, near the end.
• Totally Spies (Marathon) episode "Evil Coffee Shop Much?". The camera shortly does that on Mandy's mouth (including a vibrating uvula), when she calls Sam too loud ("Sam! Where are You?").
• 6Teen: Take This Job and Squeeze It. In this very first episode, when Caitlin finds out, due the phone call, that she needs to take a job in order to pay back her father's credit card bill; she screams Big No! in despair, while the camera does a close up on her wide screaming mouth (with a vibrating long thin uvula), before it zooms out on her, still screaming (uvula still vibrating from a distance).
• Family Guy: In the 16th episode of season 3, when Lois finds out there aren't any paper towels, she screams and the camera stares at her open mouth as her tongue jiggles upwards. In season 16 episode 17, Lois tries to violate Stewie who has swapped bodies with Peter. Doing a "Here's Johnny" thing, she stares at him and the camera cuts to a close up of her tongue twirling around.