History Main / NoisyShutUp

%%* Ginny does this in ''Film/HarryPotterAndTheHalfBloodPrince''.

* ''Film/KungFuHustle'' has an entire slum of hundreds of people air their grievances to the miserly, miserable old Landlady after she snaps at a resident who just saved them all from getting massacred by gangs. Her response is to calmly put out her cigarette and scream '''SHUT THE HELL UP!''', which lasts so long and so loud that it shatters glass. [[spoiler:It hints that she's not exactly an untrained civilian -- her power is based around [[MakeMeWannaShout shouting.]]]]

* ''Film/KindergartenCop'' has Arnold Schwartzenegger's character do that to a kindergarten class. They shut up all right... [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome then they start crying]].

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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Pinocchio}}'': Jiminy Cricket tries to sleep in Geppetto's workshop and is kept awake by a cacophony of ticking clocks and Geppetto's snoring. When Jiminy yells "QUIET!!", the clocks immediately stop ticking and Geppetto stops snoring.
-->'''Jiminy:''' After all, enough's enough.

* In the "James and the Express" from ''Literature/ThomasAndFriends'', an angry mob of passengers is demanding their money back over a cancelled train. The Fat Controller quells the noise by standing on a trolley and blowing the guard's whistle as loudly as he can, before promising them a new train.

* In ''Film/{{Idiocracy}}'', President Camacho quiets down hecklers when he's addressing Congress by firing a large gun into the air.

* Subverted by Lord Vetinari of the ''{{Literature/Discworld}}'': He can get a hubbub to clear [[TheDreaded just by asking for silence.]]

-->'''Doctor:''' '''BE QUIET!''' '''''SHUT UP!!'''''
-->'''Horse:''' I thought you said to say "Aah."
-->'''Doctor:''' That I did. But I didn't tell you to say '''''"AAAAAAHHH!!!"'''''

* Germany does this to the other nations in the first ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'' episode.
* Ms. Reiko (who goes unnamed in the English Dub) the teacher seen in, "The Purr-fect Hero" in ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' does this to her class via a BigShutUp when they wouldn't stop pestering Pikachu.

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* Unlike her mother, Merida in ''WesternAnimation/{{Brave}}'' has to resort to just yelling at all of the tribes and their leaders to "SHUT IT!" in order to speak her mind.
* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Pinocchio}}'', Jiminy Cricket tries to sleep in Gepetto's workshop and is kept awake by a cacophony of ticking clocks and Geppetto's snoring. When Jiminy yells "QUIET!!", the clocks immediately stop ticking and Geppetto stops snoring.

* In ''WesternAnimation/PussInBoots'', the headmistress of the orphanage shouts "SILENCIO!!" to silence her young charges.
* Done near the end of ''WesternAnimation/SharkTale'', when Oscar is trying to tell reporters and paparazzi something very important.

* ''Film/KungFuHustle'' has an entire slum of hundreds of people air their grievances to the miserly, miserable old Landlady after she snaps at a resident who just saved them all from getting massacred by gangs. Her response is to calmly put out her cigarette and scream '''SHUT THE HELL UP!''', which lasts so long and so loud that it shatters glass. [[spoiler:It hints that she's not exactly an untrained civilian -- her power is based around [[MakeMeWannaShout shouting.]]]]

* ''Film/KindergartenCop'' has Arnold Schwartzenegger's character do that to a kindergarten class. They shut up all right... [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome then they start crying]].

* ''Film/{{Clue}}'' had Mrs. White shatter her wineglass in the fireplace while screeching "Please!" when everyone argues over each other about what to do with Mr. Boddy's body.
* ''Film/{{Jaws}}'' has Quint shutting up a room of shark hunters by scratching a chalkboard so he can offer his proposal to hunt down the shark.

* ''Film/ThePrincessBride''

* In ''Film/AmericanBeauty'', Lester shuts us his wife when she goes on a sarcastic diatribe at dinner after he said he's no longer working by tossing a plate at the wall very loudly and then saying a [[TranquilFury dead calm]] "don't interrupt me, honey". Bonus points because Creator/KevinSpacey did it without warning the other actors beforehand and the shock is real.
* In ''Film/BlazingSaddles'' Taggart fires a gun into the air while Lyle and his other henchmen are clowning around, singing "Camptown Ladies".

* In one ''Literature/NewJediOrder'' Book Leia gets the Senate to shut up by igniting Jacen's lightsaber in the middle of the Senate hall. She then shuts it down, hands it back and apologises to the Senate for the dramatics.
* Subverted by Lord Vetinari of the ''{{Literature/Discworld}}'': He can get a hubbub to clear [[TheDreaded just by asking for silence.]]

* ''Fleming: The Man Who Would Be Bond''. Commander Ian Fleming has just been made responsible for sorting out the chaotic Naval Intelligence headquarters at the start of [=WW2=]. He tries to introduce himself, but everyone is too busy to pay attention. So he starts cranking up a nearby air raid siren.
* In an early episode of ''Series/HarrysLaw''. Harry is mediating a sit-down between two gangs, and when it inevitably descends into a loud argument, Harry silences them by letting off an airhorn. Leads to an equally funny/awesome moment later on, when merely ''reaching'' for the airhorn is enough to silence them.
* ''Series/JessicaJones2015''

* Radar on ''Series/{{MASH}}'' is sometimes called upon to do this:

* In a ''Series/PowerRangersZeo'' episode, Rocky does one as Bulk and Skull bicker, and ends up hurting his throat.

* A RunningGag on ''Series/{{Community}}'': the differences of [[RagTagBunchOfMisfits the oddball main cast]] come to the fore yet again and everyone starts in on a rant of their own, with seven or eight people talking over each other from across the study table until someone shouts the rest down -- usually but not always ostensible leader Jeff, and often an outsider expressing disbelief that they're supposedly a group of friends. Later variations have the group ''instantly'' pick up old arguments the second the subject is broached, or everyone babbling happily over some offscreen bonding the audience didn't get to see.
* Played for laughs in an episode of ''Series/{{Psych}}'' when Shawn tries to quiet a room full of arguing people by scratching his fingernails down a chalkboard... only to realise a second too late that it's actually a whiteboard, which doesn't make the same noise. So he just ends up scratching his fingernails down the whiteboard while screeching "EEEEEEEEEEE!" into a microphone, which has a similar effect only with added confusion from his intended audience.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': Bart Simpson pay homage to Quint's iconic chalkboard scratch from ''Film/{{Jaws}}'' to propose his plan for a big [[WackyFratboyHijinx college prank]]. However, unlike the original scene, there wasn't much noise going on to silence.
* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls1998'', Fuzzy Lumpkins yells this in response to the Mayor's noisy political campaign. The townspeople [[MistakenForProfound take this to be a genius campaign slogan]], and Fuzzy's promptly elected the new mayor.
* An interesting variation occurs in ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime''. After Peppermint Butler gets a drop of VERY spicy serum in his eye, he's screaming loudly in pain. Lemongrab (who has NoIndoorVoice) screams at the top of his lungs: "STOP SCREAMING!!! WHY ARE YOU SCREAMING?!"
* Papa Smurf in ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs1981'' does this on occasion to stop his little Smurfs from squabbling.
* Mike from ''WesternAnimation/MikeLuAndOg'' sometimes yells "QUIET!" when she's surrounded by clamoring islanders.
* ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes''

* On ''WesternAnimation/RockyAndBullwinkle,'' whenever Natasha would lampshade one of Boris Badenov's failed schemes, Boris would say "SHARRAP YOU MOUTH!!"
* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'', Terry shouts "SHUT UP!!" to a cheering audience in a ShoutOut to the Creator/CheechAndChong routine mentioned above.

->''"Children of the night.. SHUT UP!"''