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* ''VideoGame/HalfLife'': The headcrabs who emit a screech when throwing themselves on the player. Especially notorious are the black headcrabs from ''VideoGame/HalfLife2'' who screech even before attacking their prey. Zombies might or might not qualify, dependent on how much their vocal function is controlled by the headcrab.
** The ''VideoGame/HalfLife2'', Fast Zombies stop and scream before they attack. Apparently, this is a way of keeping them scary without making them too easy or too annoying.

* Many ''VideoGame/{{Metroid}}'' bosses.

* The ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry'' short ''WesternAnimation/TheMilkyWaif'' has Jerry producing a '''MONSTROUS''' roar before giving Tom an epic thrashing for hitting Nibbles on his bottom with a flyswatter.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994'': Nala makes a lot of noise while chasing Pumbaa.

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* ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994'':

** Nala makes a lot of noise while chasing Pumbaa.

* Lampshaded in Literature/TheChroniclesOfNarnia when Peter fights Maugrim the wolf. The narrator notes that Maugrim could have grabbed Peter by the throat at once, but he was so angry that he couldn't resist letting out a ferocious howl first.

* Endermen from ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' make [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYrv3Dl3c84&t=35s a rather disturbing noise]] should the player provoke them by "staring" at them (moving the crosshairs directly over their torsos or heads). Then they usually teleport directly behind the player to attack.

** In ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'' Multiplayer, krogan characters let out a roar when you trigger their [[UnstoppableRage Blood Rage]] ability.

* On ''Series/{{The 100}}'', the [[NuclearNasty mutated]] KillerGorilla always lets out a roar before, during, and after attacking.

* [[ComicBook/IncredibleHulk HULK! SMASH!]]

* Chimpanzees are one of the few predators known for playing this trope completely straight. When they attack, they do so while screeching at the top of their lungs. Doesn't matter if they're engaging in a dominance fight with another member of their troop, hunting monkeys, or attacking a human, they are ''loud'' about it. Though when hunting it's more StartsStealthilyEndsLoudly as they begin by being very quiet and only get noisy once they strike.

** Mufasa, prior to his BigDamnHeroes moment of [[spoiler: saving Simba from the hyenas]].

** Parodied in ''Film/NightAtTheMuseum'', with the ''T. rex'' skeleton.
* ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'' does this at least once per movie.
** Godzilla in the [[Film/Godzilla2014 2014 movie]] gives a ''massive'' one in his first full appearance that is so awesome that ''WebVideo/CinemaSins'' immediately knocked two sin points off for the scene.
* The cave troll in ''Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheFellowshipOfTheRing''.
** It had just smashed through a rotten old wooden door. Poor thing must have been [[DeathOfAThousandCuts feeling the splinters]].
** Also happens with the Balrog in the same film.
* Happens twice in a row in ''Film/StarTrek2009''.
* All ''Franchise/{{Predator}}'' movies have the title alien doing this after unmasking.

* Most of the enemies in ''Series/TomicaHeroRescueForce'' do this, as well as two of the friendly Mecha (Dozer and Shovel). Its sequel, ''[[Series/TomicaHeroRescueFire Rescue Fire]]'', kicks it into overdrive by having most of the friendly mecha do it as well.

* The [[BigfootSasquatchAndYeti Abominable Snowbug]] from ''VideoGame/{{Bug}}!'' does this as soon as it breaks free from the ice it was trapped in.

* The final boss of ''VideoGame/ChimeraBeast'' does this when you see it flash across the screen.
* All bosses in the ''VideoGame/DarkCloud'' series pose as the battle begins. They also get BossSubtitles, even if the characters had been conversing with them several minutes beforehand.

* The large trigens from ''VideoGame/FarCry1''.
* The ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' series is fond of this before a boss fight; Bahamut is most notable.
* Almost every single final boss in every single dungeon in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'' does this, even when it wouldn't make a lot of sense. A Chimera? Fine. A plant monster? Not so much... Although because of this trope's prevalence, when its averted the impact is a lot stronger. For example, Bahamut, who is the very final boss of the base game, doesn't roar or bluster. He just floats down and proceeds to murder you.

* Wretches in ''VideoGame/GearsOfWar''.

* ''VideoGame/GodOfWar'':
** Euryale in ''VideoGame/GodOfWarII''.
** This is a good way to know how badly Kratos wants you dead.

* The Fire Crabs in ''VideoGame/HarryPotterAndTheChamberOfSecrets'' do this, though they begin to stop and immediately attack about halfway through the game.

* The boss at the end of the Shank trailer. Though he isn't a monster he's a monstrously large man.

* ''VideoGame/{{STALKER}}'': Bloodsuckers, snorks, and dogs.

** In-game, any unit with Roar (increases ally damage) or Howl of Terror (decreases enemy damage) will do this before attacking.
* The Lord of Change at the end of the ''VideoGame/WarhammerOnline'' cinematic.
* In ''VideoGame/TheWonderful101'', final boss Jergingha does this after [[spoiler: [[OneWingedAngel his transformation to Wonder-Jergingha]]]]. Particularly noteworthy since he had been so eloquent before that.

* The ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry'' short ''The Milky Waif'' has Jerry producing a '''MONSTROUS''' roar before giving Tom an epic thrashing for hitting Nibbles on his bottom with a flyswatter.

** Catwoman, while usually assuming the standard ClassyCatBurglar role, could become pretty feral when angry or aggressive. This is most effectively done in "Almost Got 'Im", where she interrupts the Joker's live TV broadcast on which Batman is scheduled to be executed by a laugh-powered electric chair. While staring daggers at Harley Quinn, she can be heard hissing during the brief moment before pouncing on Harley, and only begins using human speech toward the end of the sequence. No wonder Harley looked terrified.
* The ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry'' short ''The Milky Waif'' has Jerry producing a lion-like roar before giving Tom an epic thrashing for spanking Nibbles.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 4}}'', if you give the Sole Survivor some [[http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Psycho_(Fallout_4) Psycho]] before a fight, he or she will yell "Fucking KILL!" before shooting.

* The Fire Crabs in ''VideoGame/HarryPotter and The Chamber of Secrets'' do this, though they begin to stop and immediately attack about halfway through the game.

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%%* Happens twice in a row in ''Film/StarTrek2009''.

* ''Series/TheIncredibleHulk'': Upon transforming, The Hulk usually gives a big roar to let the now terrified villains know that he is ''really'' pissed off.

* ''Disney/TheLionKing'':

* Chimpanzees are one of the few predators known for playing this trope completely straight. When they attack, they do so while screeching at the top of their lungs. Doesn't matter if they're engaging in a dominance fight with another member of their troop, hunting monkeys, or attacking a human, they are ''loud'' about it. Though when hunting it's more StartsStealthyEndsLoudly as they begin by being very quiet and only get noisy once they strike.

* The cave troll in ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings: The Fellowship of the Ring''.