| rdfs:comment | - The Hero is defusing a bomb or outrunning an exploding freighter, or doing some other extraordinarily dangerous act of heroism. The other characters can't see him, can't detect him, and just have his radio to talk to. Suddenly, there's a huge explosion. And silence. The other characters ask, "Are you there? Do you read?", their faces getting grimmer and grimmer as they realize that they may be talking to nobody but a charred corpse. But suddenly, "This is Captain Jack Amazing reporting in." The inevitable reply is, "You had us worried there, Captain." Examples of You Had Us Worried There include:
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| abstract | - The Hero is defusing a bomb or outrunning an exploding freighter, or doing some other extraordinarily dangerous act of heroism. The other characters can't see him, can't detect him, and just have his radio to talk to. Suddenly, there's a huge explosion. And silence. The other characters ask, "Are you there? Do you read?", their faces getting grimmer and grimmer as they realize that they may be talking to nobody but a charred corpse. But suddenly, "This is Captain Jack Amazing reporting in." The inevitable reply is, "You had us worried there, Captain." Occasionally no reason is even given for the delay- there's no interference and the hero has had to have been safe for a minute or more, he just didn't reply for any reason but for tension. Sometimes, though, this is part of a Reentry Scare. Examples of You Had Us Worried There include:
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