History Main / SignatureRoar

* The live-action versions of the Hulk has the title character rarely speaking. He does, however, have a distinctive roar since Creator/LouFerrigno played him in [[Series/TheIncredibleHulk the TV show]] and voiced him in the [[Film/{{Hulk}} movie]], the other [[Film/TheIncredibleHulk movie]], ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'', and [[WesternAnimation/TheIncredibleHulk the cartoon from the 90's]].

* ''Film/TheThing1982'': The alien's otherwordly [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3dfqTSQePQ wail]], even scarier when it's emitted by an almost human looking being.

* The cat in MTM Productions VanityPlate is a parody of the MGM lion.

* Let's face it, you know that [[https://youtu.be/UOqbMSzd7Yg?t=15s this]] is WesternAnimation/{{Goofy}} from audio alone.

* Let's face it, you know that [[https://youtu.be/UOqbMSzd7Yg?t=15s this]] is ''WesternAnimation/{{Goofy}}'' from audio alone.

* Franchise/{{Tarzan}}: Creator/JohnnyWeissmuller's iconic and trademarked Tarzan yell. Surprisingly, Disney's Tarzan only uses his distinctive yell twice: when he kills the leopard that was terrorising the ape tribe, and at the end of the movie, announcing himself as the Lord of the Jungle.

* 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 sound of a lump of concrete dragged on the ground, then slowed down.

* ''Film/StarWars''

* Franchise/{{Tarzan}}: Creator/JohnnyWeissmuller's iconic and trademarked Tarzan yell. Surprisingly, Disney's Tarzan only uses his distinctive yell twice: when he kills the leopard that was terrorising the ape tribe, and at the end of the movie when he announces to the whole jungle that he and Jane "got some" the previous night.

* The ''Franchise/FiveNightsAtFreddys'' series kind of zigzags this, seeing as the jumpscare noise changes every game, though for the most part a scream is connected to a certain character; ''FNAF 1's'' scream for Freddy himself, ''FNAF 2's'' for The Marionette, ''FNAF 3's'' belongs to Springtrap, ''FNAF 4's'' for Nightmare Fredbear, ''Sister Location's'' for Ennard, and ''Pizzeria Simulator's'' is split between the four main enemies.

* ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim'' has ''dragons''. They're the only enemies whose voices are given multiple recorded sounds to accommodate for the Doppler effect. The sound of a distant dragon's roar carried to you on the wind is both incredibly subtle and yet simultaneously unmistakable. Much closer to earth, and arguably more terrifying is the roar of the many [[BearsAreBadNews bears]], [[PantheraMajor Sabre Cats]] and [[AllTrollsAreDifferent Frost Trolls]], each one unique and each one spelling doom for a low level dragonborn. Hope you have a companion or a summon spell!

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* In more recent comics, ''Comics/IncredibleHulk'' has one. It's often rendered in green, sound-effect text, regardless of the color of the other sound cues.

* Franchise/{{Tarzan}}: Creator/JohnnyWeissmuller's iconic and trademarked Tarzan yell.Surprisingly, Disney's Tarzan only uses his distinctive yell twice; when he kills the leopard that was terrorising the ape tribe, and at the end of the movie when he announces to the whole jungle that he and Jane "got some" the previous night.

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* Franchise/{{Tarzan}}: Creator/JohnnyWeissmuller's iconic and trademarked Tarzan yell.

* Many animals have a distinctive roar that is impossible to mistake for anything else, such as lions, elephants, bears, and so on. Hollywood creative license, however, can often give people the wrong idea of what animals actually sound like.

* ''Series/ThePrisoner''. Rover (the giant white bouncing ball) has a horrible roar that it uses when pursuing a victim. Listen to it [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6Ffr1U7KMY here]].

* ''Film/TheThing1982'': The alien's otherwordly [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3dfqTSQePQ wail]], even scarier because it's emitted by an almost human looking being.

* The ''[[TyrannosaurusRex T. rex's]]'' roar in ''Film/JurassicPark'' is impossible to mistake for anything else and [[StockSoundEffects has frequently been recycled]]. Ardent fans of the film series will be able to recognize the sounds of the other dinosaurs just as well; some of the notable ones are ''[[GentleGiant Brachiosaurus]]'' and ''[[RaptorAttack Velociraptor]]''.
** Interestingly, the iconic high-pitched, almost pinched sound in the Rex's roar was provided by a baby elephant's first attempts at trumpeting. The rest of it was built out of a lion, a tiger and an alligator.

* Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'s iconic and trademarked SKREEEEEEEONNNNNK is heard at least OncePerEpisode. Other monsters in the franchise have their own distinctive roars.
** ''Film/Godzilla2014'' [[https://youtu.be/ihd_uzrX2Bw certainly did it great justice.]]

* Chewbacca the unintelligible hairy alien from ''Film/StarWars'' has a very recognizable roar.
** Chewbacca is not the only creature in ''Star Wars'' with a Signature Roar; the rest of the monsters, like the Sand People in ''Film/ANewHope'', or the beasts in the arena in ''Film/AttackOfTheClones'', may also qualify. Maybe even Jabba the Hutt's EvilLaugh.

* [[Film/TheThing1982 Thing]]'s otherwordly [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3dfqTSQePQ wail]], even scarier because it's emitted by an almost human looking being.

* [[Literature/TheChroniclesOfNarnia Aslan]] was known for his signature roar.

* 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.

* {{Film/TheThing1982 Thing}}'s otherwordly [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3dfqTSQePQ wail]], even scarier because it's emitted by an almost human looking being.

* {{TheThing}}'s otherwordly [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3dfqTSQePQ wail]], even scarier because it's emitted by an almost human looking being.

* 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/{{The Avengers|2012}}'', and [[WesternAnimation/TheIncredibleHulk the cartoon from the 90's]].