History Main / LoudspeakerTruck

* The opening of ''Film/BestSeller'' has a political campaign truck driving through the streets blaring its message; [[HideInPlainSight only it turns out to be full of robbers]] in rubber {{Nixon Mask}}s heisting the police HQ evidence room.

* The opening of ''Best Seller'' has a political campaign truck driving through the streets blaring its message; only it turns out to be full of robbers (in rubber {{Nixon Mask}}s) heisting the police HQ evidence room.

* Announcing the CitywideEvacuation in ''Film/TheWarOfTheWorlds1953''. aN

* [[Film/TheThreeStooges Larry]] steals a loudspeaker truck shilling for a city candidate in ''[[Recap/TheThreeStoogesPunchDrunks Punch Drunks]]'' as a last-ditch attempt to get Curley (AKA "KO Stradivarius") to hear "Pop Goes The Weasel" so that he can win a big boxing match

* [[Film/TheThreeStooges Larry]] steals a loudspeaker truck shilling for a city candidate in ''Recap/TheThreeStoogesPunchDrunks'' as a last-ditch attempt to get Curley (AKA "KO Stradivarius") to hear "Pop Goes The Weasel" so that he can win a big boxing match

* [[Franchise/TheThreeStooges Larry]] steals a loudspeaker truck shilling for a city candidate in ''Recap/TheThreeStoogesPunchDrunks'' as a last-ditch attempt to get Curley (AKA "KO Stradivarius") to hear "Pop Goes The Weasel" so that he can win a big boxing match

Compare ChirpingCrickets, FaceFault.

* An extended scene in the first episode of ''Manga/KareKano''.

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* In JerryLewis's comedy, ''The Family Jewels'', he hijacks a loudspeaker truck. Hilarity ensues, both before he hijacks it and afterwards.

* ''YuYuHakushoAbridged'' turned the Loudspeaker Truck into a tool for the apparently quite proactive Neighborhood Watch Committee.

* Collections of old electronics (often hilariously outdated, such as "{{Famicom}}, UsefulNotes/PlayStation, tape decks, color [=TVs=]...")

* Collections of old electronics (often hilariously outdated, such as "{{Famicom}}, {{PlayStation}}, tape decks, color [=TVs=]...")

* ''Manga/IchigoMashimaro''

* An extended scene in the first episode of ''KareKano''.

A common Western variant is the "rag-and-bone man", who'd walk through the streets of a big town -usually VictorianLondon, but the practice persisted until well into the 1930s- calling out for people to bring their refuse, old clothes and broken household items and cart it off in order to sell on anything reusable or recyclable. They were normally dependent on a good pair of lungs back then, of course, but the occasional modern example plays the trope straight.

* Collection of old electronics (often hilariously outdated, such as "{{Famicom}}, {{PlayStation}}, tape decks, color [=TVs=]...")

* ''PleaseSaveMyEarth''
* ''IchigoMashimaro''

* ''{{Genshiken}}''

* In ''RanmaOneHalf''; the [[{{Macekre}} Mexican dub]] renders it as [[{{Woolseyism}} Oaxacan tamales]].

* Rather goofy variation in ''PuniPuniPoemi'': rather than a truck going by, three guys with FacelessMasses-type detail bounce by on oversized rubber balls, each one singing a line about their ball.

* A loudspeaker truck is a plot point in ''TheLittleRascals'' short "Beauty Queen for a Day". A man drives one past Darla and Pete, announcing the upcoming beauty pageant.

* TheBluesBrothers mount one on the Bluesmobile to advertise their show at the Plaza.

Note that loudspeaker trucks are not only in {{anime}} but often appear in other media, although it is rare for anyone to "freeze" during their appearance in non-anime works.

A frozen moment of awkwardness in an {{anime}} series is frequently highlighted by the passing of a LoudspeakerTruck, announcing over its loudspeaker the availability of some sort of item for sale. The scene -- or at least the shocked character -- will freeze long enough for two or three announcements about bamboo poles or whatnot, after which the action resumes, sometimes involving a HyperspaceMallet.

* Collection of old electronics (often hilariously outdated, such as "{{Famicom}}, PlayStation, tape decks, color [=TVs=]...")

Note that loudspeaker trucks are not only in {{anime}} but often appear in other media, although it is rare for anyone to "freeze" during their appearance in non anime.

* ''[[RanmaOneHalf Ranma 1/2]]''; the [[{{Macekre}} Mexican dub]] renders it as [[{{Woolseyism}} Oaxacan tamales]].

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* In ''[[CommandAndConquer Red Alert II]]'', the Allies send one of these to Russia to try and get the citizens to rebel and destroy your battle-lab. Wait long enough without destroying it, and they will [[CurbStompBattle actually try this.]]

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* In ''NeonGenesisEvangelion'', Matarael's attack happened to coincide with a city-wide blackout, leaving the military with no way to warn NERV. Hyuga however happened to be topside and heard about the situation from a overflying military airplane. As he was looking for a way into the Geofront, the political loudspeaker truck ''just happened'' to show up at that exact moment so he used his authority as NERV's BridgeBunny to commandeer it and drive right into the command center to warn everyone.