History Main / SignatureRoar

* All Franchise/{{Pokemon}} have a distinctive cry; while the anime has them speak their own names, the video games have them making digital noises (often being more advanced and realistic sounding the farther along you go). The earlier games had a tendency to reuse sound clips for multiple species with some modulation, though, with some Pokemon sharing cries as a result (Charizard and Rhyhorn's are basically the same, for example, as are Pidgeot and Chansey). As of ''VideoGame/PokemonXAndY'', almost all of the cries have been redone, making many of them more distinct and/or realistic, as well as giving each Pokemon numerous variations of their cry that are used in Pokemon Amie for the sake of expressing different emotions like joy, anger, and sorrow.

* All Franchise/{{Pokemon}} have a distinctive cry; while the anime has them speak their own names, the video games have them making digital noises (often being more advanced and realistic sounding the farther along you go). The earlier games had a tendency to reuse sound clips for multiple species with some modulation, though, with some Pokemon sharing cries as a result (Charizard and Rhydon's are basically the same, for example). As of ''VideoGame/PokemonXAndY'', almost all of the cries have been redone, making many of them more distinct and/or realistic, as well as giving each Pokemon numerous variations of their cry that are used in Pokemon Amie for the sake of expressing different emotions like joy, anger, and sorrow.

* When designing the roar of the Tyrannosaurus Rex from ''Film/JurassicPark'', the sound team started out by combining the sounds of a lion, a tiger and an alligator, but they were worried the end result sounded too generic. It wasn't until a trip to the zoo and hearing the distinctive note of a baby elephant's first attempts at trumpeting that [[https://youtu.be/sd8Rk8_dUh4?t=13 this nightmarish bellow]] was born. To this day, no other dinosaur has ever come close to matching that unmistakable, terrifying sound.

A Signature Roar is usually a result of a RoarBeforeBeating. Compare HellIsThatNoise, SignatureSoundEffect and MightyRoar.

* All {{Pokemon}} have a distinctive cry; while the anime has them speak their own names, the video games have them making digital noises (often being more advanced and realistic sounding the farther along you go). The earlier games had a tendency to reuse sound clips for multiple species with some modulation, though, with some Pokemon sharing cries as a result (Charizard and Rhydon's are basically the same, for example). As of ''VideoGame/PokemonXAndY'', almost all of the cries have been redone, making many of them more distinct and/or realistic, as well as giving each Pokemon numerous variations of their cry that are used in Pokemon Amie for the sake of expressing different emotions like joy, anger, and sorrow.
** Going further, Pikachu had its iconic anime cry in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue Pokemon Yellow]]'' ("Pikachu!")and now has a similar cry in ''VideoGame/PokemonXAndY''. ("Pika Pika!")

* The Nazgûl in the ''Film/LordOfTheRings'' film trilogy have a distinctive screech that is often the first sign of their presence. The scream is a mix of Fran Walsh (Peter Jackson's wife) screaming into the microphone mixed with pig and horse cries. The Balrog was apparently voiced by the ound of a lump of concrete dragged on the ground, then slowed down.

* Both Franchise/{{Alien}}s (aka Xenomorphs) and Franchise/{{Predator}}s have distinctive roars or screetches that are instantly recognizable.

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** [[https://youtu.be/ihd_uzrX2Bw The recent reboot certainly did it great justice.]]

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* The Nazgûl in the ''Film/LordOfTheRings'' film trilogy have a distinctive screech that is often the first sign of their presence. The scream is a mix of Fran Walsh (Peter Jackson's wife) screaming into the microphone mixed with pig and horse cries. The Balrog was apparently voiced by the ound of a lump of concrete dragged on the ground, then slowed down.

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* Many animals have a distinctive roar that is impossible to mistake for anything else, such as lions, elephants, bears, and so on. It would probably be easier to list animals that ''don't'' have a unique roar.

* The Nazgûl in the ''Film/LordOfTheRings'' film trilogy have a distinctive screech that is often the first sign of their presence. The scream is a mix of Fran Walsh (Peter Jackson's wife) screaming into the microphone mixed with pig and horse cries.

* The Nazgûl in the ''Film/LordOfTheRings'' film trilogy have a distinctive screech that is often the first sign of their presence.

* Ganon's skreech in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime''.

* The live-action versions of the Hulk has the title character rarely speaking. He does, however, have a distinctive roar since Lou Ferrigno played him in [[Series/TheIncredibleHulk the TV show]] and voiced him in the [[Film/{{Hulk}} movie]], the other [[Film/TheIncredibleHulk movie]], ''Film/TheAvengers'', and [[WesternAnimation/TheIncredibleHulk the cartoon from the 90's]].

* TheGrey's alpha wolf, alone among the generic howling of the other wolves, has a distinctive snarl so loud and resonant that it qualifies for this.

* The Cleric Beast of ''VideoGame/{{Bloodborne}}'' constantly roars at you, unlike most example, he is screaming in agony.

* In ChronoTrigger, Lavos has a very well-recognized [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dfb_n7wjb5k Sreeeeeeaaaaach-sounding roar.]]

* Ganon's skreech in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZelda: VideoGame/OcarinaOfTime''.

** Going further, Pikachu had its iconic anime cry in ''[[PokemonRedAndBlue Pokemon Yellow]]'' ("Pikachu!")and now has a similar cry in ''VideoGame/PokemonXAndY''. ("Pika Pika!")

* The Nazgul in the ''Film/LordOfTheRings'' film trilogy have a distinctive screech that is often the first sign of their presence.