History Main / SloganYellingMegaphoneGuy

* ''TheChasersWarOnEverything'' did this frequently... in random, unaware shops.

* [[{{sampling}} Sampled]] in TheDingees' "Street vs State": ''"What do we want?" "PEACE!" "When do we want it?" "NOW!"''

* Parodied and inversed on ''{{Futurama}}'', "Jurassic Bark":

-->''Time travel''

* A hilarious counter-protest against the hate-mongering Westboro Baptist Church.

-->What do we want?\\

-->[[YeOldeButcheredEnglish What wanteth we?]]
-->AN END TO POVERTY!
-->When wanteth we it?
-->FORTHWITH!

* Parodied by ''Radio/TheNowShow'' in their discussion of the UK protests:

-->EVERYTHING BETTER!\\
-->How do we pay for it?\\
-->UM ... NOT SURE!

* Not a protest, but in ''Film/{{Spaceballs}}'' Dark Helmet orders his troops to comb the desert via megaphone. Colonel Sanders questions the wisdom of this, only to get a loud "WHAT?" through said megaphone.

* ''DannyPhantom'' [[PlayingWithATrope plays with]] the trope along in-universe popularity lines.

-->''NOW!''

Listen up, TV Tropes! I can't believe you guys forgot about me, the slogan yelling megaphone guy, the most important part of any large public demonstration! How are people supposed to know what we're mad about? [[WavingSignsAround Wave signs around]]? That's lame! Noise is where it's at, the louder the better!

-- Anne Lamott, ''Bird by Bird''

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* Reg Shoe from ''{{Discworld}}'' is the go-to guy for protests. He explains the basics of sloganeering in ''Discworld/TheFifthElephant'':

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* [[{{sampling}} Sampled]] in TheDingees' "Street vs State": ''"What do we want?" "PEACE!" "When do we want it?" "NOW!"''

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* Not a protest, but in ''{{Spaceballs}}'' Dark Helmet orders his troops to comb the desert via megaphone. Colonel Sanders questions the wisdom of this, only to get a loud "WHAT?" through said megaphone.

--->''Over the next three years!''

'''Employees:''' Soon!

"Now!" he'd say, and I'd smile and toss him a fish.\\

-->"For instance, I was teaching Sam peace chants for a long time, when he was only two. It was during the war in the Persian Gulf; I was a little angry.\\
'What do we want?' I'd call to Sam.\\
'Peace,' he'd shout dutifully.\\
'And when do we want it?' I'd ask.\\
'Now!' he'd say, and I'd smile and toss him a fish."\\

* In one of her books (I think ''Traveling Mercies''), Anne Lamott writes about teaching her young son various slogans, and at one point when she asks him, "What do we want?" he responds, "[[DeadpanSnarker Lunch]]."

-->Whorfin: What is the greatest joy?
-->Followers: The joy of duty!
-->Whorfin: Louder!
-->Followers: The joy of duty!
-->[and so on and so forth]
-->Whorfin: Where are we going?
-->Followers: Planet Ten!
-->Whorfin: When?
-->Followers: Real soon!
* The Vietnam protesters in ForrestGump get better audio equipment, but it's still sabotaged when Forrest goes up to say something important.
* Not a protest, but in {{Spaceballs}} Dark Helmet orders his troops to comb the desert via megaphone. Colonel Sanders questions the wisdom of this, only to get a loud "WHAT?" through said megaphone.

* TheChasersWarOnEverything did this frequently... in random, unaware shops.

* DannyPhantom [[PlayingWithATrope plays with]] the trope along in-universe popularity lines.
-->'''Danny:''' What do we want?
-->'''Sam and Tucker [uncertainly]:''' ...good music?
-->'''Danny:''' When do we want it?
-->'''Sam and Tucker:''' Now?
-->[''Dash takes the mic from Danny'']
-->'''Dash:''' What do we want?
-->'''Student body:''' Good music!
-->'''Dash:''' When do we want it?
-->'''Student body:''' NOW!

* TheSimpsons did it:
-->Marge: What do we want?
-->Crowd: Less and less violence in children's programming!
-->Marge: When do we want it?
-->Crowd: Now!
-->--''TheSimpsons'', "Itchy and Scratchy and Marge"
** Another ''Simpsons'' example, from "Last Exit to Springfield" (TheOneWith SNPP employees on strike):
--->Carl: What do we want?
--->Employees: More equitable treatment at the hands of management!
--->Carl: When do we want it?
--->Employees: Soon!