History Main / TickTockTerror

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* PlayedForLaughs in Creator/TexAvery's ''WesternAnimation/WhoKilledWho'', in which a creepy [[CuckooClockGag cuckoo clock]] rapidly hits the top of the hour so that the chimes play clock Chopin's "Funeral March".
* A prevalent instance from the ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooWhereAreYou'' episode "A Night of Fright is No Delight" has two green phantoms emerging from a grandfather clock as it ominously strikes midnight. The clock is in the mansion that Scooby, his pals and four relatives of a deceased Confederate colonel are spending the night (as part of a will stipulation).

A common sound effect heard in a lot of haunted manors and creepy places is an ominous grandfather clock bonging unexpectedly. It can add to the old-fashioned and creepy atmosphere of the place. The timbre is quite often very deep, making it sound even more menacing, and their loud, rhythmic ticking is perfect to convey a sense of oppressiveness and fatality. Sometimes, the clock chime can be replaced by a creepy cuckoo clock, with the same purposes.

* PlayedForLaughs in Creator/TexAvery's ''WesternAnimation/WhoKilledWho'', in which a creepy cuckoo clock rapidly hits the top of the hour so that the chimes play clock Chopin's "Funeral March".

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* The eerie "tk tok" echoing through Tibenoch's house in ''Webcomic/HannaIsNotABoysName''. The "tk tok" is displayed over several strips, until 12:21, when the clock stopped... what happened then is implied to be dangerous but is anyone's guess.

* A prevalent instance from the ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooWhereAreYou'' episode "A Night of Fright is No Delight" has two green phantoms emerging from a grandfather clock as it ominously strikes 12 midnight. The clock is in the mansion that Scooby, his pals and four relatives of a deceased Confederate colonel are spending the night (as part of a will stipulation).

A common sound effect heard in a lot of haunted manors and creepy places is an ominous grandfather clock bonging unexpectedly. It can add to the old-fashioned and creepy atmosphere of the place. The timbre is quite often very deep, making it sound even more menacing, and their loud, rythmic ticking is perfect to convey a sense of oppressiveness and fatality. Sometimes, the clock chime can be replaced by a creepy cuckoo clock, with the same purposes.

* The the eerie "tk tok" echoing through Tibenoch's house in ''Webcomic/HannaIsNotABoysName''. The "tk tok" is displayed over several strips, until 12:21, when the clock stopped... what happened then is implied to be dangerous but is anyone's guess.

* A creepy, loud and distorted version of the iconic Big Ben chime will sometimes ring in ''VideoGame/SunlessSkies'' when flying in the desolate and ominous area surrounding the Floating Parliament.

A common sound effect heard in a lot of haunted manors is an ominous grandfather clock bonging unexpectedly. It can add to the old-fashioned and creepy atmosphere of the place. The timbre is quite often very deep, making it sound even more menacing, and their loud, rythmic ticking is perfect to convey a sense of oppressiveness and fatality. Sometimes, the clock chime can be replaced by a creepy cuckoo clock, with the same purposes.

* In the ''VideoGame/MysteryCaseFiles'' game ''Ravenhearst'', several rooms in the gruesome Ravenhearst manor have deep, old-fashioned clock bongs as part of their ambient soundtrack, even if there is no clock seen in the room.

* The ''Creator/EdgarAllanPoe'' novel ''The Masque of the Red Death'' mixes this trope with ForDoomTheBellTolls. In the seventh, pitch black party room lit with crimson lighting, which is actively feared by the guests, looms an ominous black clock. Its bong is so peculiar and intimidating that each time it chimes, the orchestra stops playing and the partygoers stop dancing. When the clock strikes midnight, the Red Death arrives and kills off everyone, and the clock stops ticking when the very last person alive dies, as if it was inextricably linked to the tragedy.

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* The trailer for ''Film/TheHouseWithAClockInItsWalls'' , adapted from the [[Literature/TheHouseWithAClockInItsWalls book of the same]] name features extremely menacing clock chimes throughout, and the haunting question "Do you hear that ticking?" is heard several times. Fitting, as the Clock from the aforementioned book is actually [[spoiler:a monstrous DoomsdayDevice]].

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* When entering the Manor Macabre in ''VideoGame/{{Miitopia}}'' for the first time, deep clock chimes are heard over the regular "new area" theme. These bongs are also heard when on the main menu if the Miis current location is Manor Macabre.

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* PlayedForLaughs in Creator/TexAvery's ''WesternAnimation/WhoKilledWho'', in which a creepy cuckoo clock rapidly hits the top of the hour so that the chimes play clock Chopin's "Funeral March".

A common sound effect heard in a lot of haunted manors is an ominous grandfather clock bonging unexpectedly. It can add to the old-fashioned and creepy atmosphere of the place. The timber is quite often very deep, making it sound even more menacing, and their loud, rythmic ticking is perfect to convey a sense of oppressiveness and fatality. Sometimes, the clock chime can be replaced by a creepy cuckoo clock, with the same purposes.

* Several rooms in the gruesome Ravenhearst manor from the epoymous ''VideoGame/MysteryCaseFiles'' game have deep, old-fashioned clock bongs as part of their ambiant soundtrack, even if there is no clock seen in the room.