History Main / ThunderingHerd

* The cover art, by Paul Kidby, of Creator/TerryPratchett's ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' novel ''Discworld/MenAtArms'' depicts the Ankh-Morprok City Watch as [[http://www.lspace.org/ftp/images/bookcovers/uk/men-at-arms-2.jpg the classic Thundering Herd.]]

* ''Film/{{Jumanji}}'' (1995): "Don't be fooled, it isn't thunder / Staying put would be a blunder." Cue the rush of elephants. "IT'S A STAMPEDE!!!"

* ''Film/{{Jumanji1995}}'': "Don't be fooled, it isn't thunder / Staying put would be a blunder." Cue the rush of elephants. "IT'S A STAMPEDE!!!"

* In the video game version of ScottPilgrimVsTheWorld in the third stage seconds after you enter the level a massive crowd of crazed fans stampedes from the left side creating a thundering herd chasing after the members of a band. This also happens in the intro to the second level with the level boss being chased by the thundering herd equivalent of LoonyFan.

* The cover art, by Paul Kidby, of Creator/TerryPratchett's ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' novel ''Discworld/MenAtArms'' depicts the Ankh-Morprok City Watch as [[http://www.lspace.org/ftp/images/bookcovers/uk/men-at-arms-2.jpg the classic Thundering Herd]].

* A Thundering Herd of [[GroupieBrigade crazed groupies]] leads to the trampling death of Creator/GeneKelly's character in the black comedy ''Film/WhatAWayToGo.''

** Episode 1 introduces the male lead to his new staff as they charge in a cloud of squeals, aprons, and barely repressed {{Shotacon}}.

* ''UruseiYatsura'' throws these in so regularly that you can almost set your watch by them -- not that this helps the poor YuppieCouple that invariably get run over by the mob.

Members of a [[HaremGenre Harem]] or LoveDodecahedron sometimes chase the object(s) of their romantic desire down the street in a ThunderingHerd.

* More serious example: the Ohmu from ''Manga/NausicaaOfTheValleyOfTheWind''.

* Sana from ''KodomoNoOmocha'' is also energetic enough to make one of these all by herself.
* ''KashimashiGirlMeetsGirl'', episode 2.

* In “ ‘Tiger! Tiger!’ ” in TheJungleBook, Kipling tells how Mowgli, with the help of Grey Brother and Akela, organises a stampede of the buffalo bulls down the ravine in which the tiger Shere Khan is hiding. ‘… the torrent of black horns, foaming muzzles, and staring eyes whirled down the ravine like boulders in flood-time; the weaker buffaloes being shouldered out to the sides of the ravine, where they tore through the creepers. They knew what the business was before them – the terrible charge of the buffalo-herd, against which no tiger can hope to stand.’ At the other end of the ravine, even more dangerously, are the buffalo cows with their calves.

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* What happens to the four {{Bishounen}} in ''TheWallflower'', but mostly to Kyouhei.

* In ''UFOPrincessValkyrie'', the mob of catgirl maids form a ThunderingHerd when they go looking for Waru-chan. When they don't find her, Sanada makes one all by herself.

* Gauls attacking the Romans in ''{{Asterix}},'' specially in the movies.

* The cover art, by Paul Kidby, of Creator/TerryPratchett's ''{{Discworld}}'' novel ''MenAtArms'' depicts the Ankh-Morprok City Watch as [[http://www.lspace.org/ftp/images/bookcovers/uk/men-at-arms-2.jpg the classic Thundering Herd]].

* The cover art, by Paul Kidby, of Creator/TerryPratchett's ''{{Discworld}}'' novel ''MenAtArms'' ddepicts the Ankh-Morprok City Watch as the classic Thundering Herd.

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* ''[[RanmaOneHalf Ranma 1/2]]'', too many times to count. One such chase scene takes form under the opening credits for the first ''Ranma'' movie (called ''Big Trouble in Nekonron, China'' in North America) and lasts five minutes or more of screen time; it starts with a single person chasing Ranma, and slowly builds up until it seems that the entire city of Tokyo is on his heels. The Herd is also rife with [[TheCameo cameos]] from the television series and manga.

* More serious example: the Ohmu from ''NausicaaOfTheValleyOfTheWind''.

* In the early parts of ''MahouSenseiNegima'', main lead [[ChickMagnet Negi]] occasionally has to outrun his WackyHomeroom whenever some rumour about his ([[KidHero essentially non-existent]]) love-life comes up.

* ''SailorMoon'' sometimes flees as a single-person ThunderingHerd.