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** Then Adam: "Thor, god of thunder, is trying to enter my building!"

* [[HumongousMecha The Thor]] in ''{{Starcraft II}}'' brings up this trope in one of its StopClickingMe quotes.

* In ''SenkoNoNightRaid'' episode 4, Aoi and Kazura contemplate infiltrating the hideout of a group of thieves in search of stolen film... and Aoi steps on the tail of a cat, which naturally screams and runs off, knocking over several objects on its way, directly into the hideout.

The calling card of HighlyVisibleNinja.

* In ''{{Flight 714}}'', Spalding has all the passengers of the hijacked flight at gunpoint except {{Tintin}}, who is sneaking up behind him. Carreidas takes notice of this, and calls on Tintin to surprise Spalding and take his gun, causing Spalding to turn around just in time to prevent this from happening.

* Los Illuminados in ''ResidentEvil 4'' would often laugh or say "I got you!" in GratuitousSpanish when trying to sneak up behind you. Some of them actually shout [[LampshadeHanging "Behind you, you idiot!"]] in Spanish. Then again, maybe they were just too crazy to understand the benefits of a stealthy approach.

* A variation appears in ''Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Holmes''; when their investigation of Dr. Jekyll takes Holmes and Watson to an Edinburgh brothel to interview the madam, Dr. Watson -- as a respectable gentleman -- is a bit self-conscious and tries to approach the location in as stealthy and unnoticed a fashion as possible. However, his attempt at stealth is so laughably ostentatious that Holmes, amused, tells him he might as well just walk in there normally, since anyone who might recognize Watson would also have to explain his ''own'' proximity to the brothel, and Holmes and Watson at least have a legitimate reason to be there.

* A variation appears in ''Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Holmes''; when their investigation of Dr. Jekyll takes Holmes and Watson to an Edinburgh brothel to interview the madam, Dr. Watson -- as a respectable gentleman -- is a bit self-conscious and tries to approach the location in as stealthy and unnoticed a fashion as possible. However, his attempt at stealth is so ostentatious that Holmes, amused, tells him he might as well just walk in there normally, since anyone who might recognize Watson would also have to explain his ''own'' proximity to the brothel, and Holmes and Watson at least have a legitimate reason to be there.

When a potentially deadly and effective attack is ruined (or intentionally should be but comically [[FailedASpotCheck isn't]]) by the conspicuous way it is acted upon. Usually by a [[ScreamingWarrior Battle Cry]], an [[CallingYourAttacks Attack Call]], a PreAsskickingOneLiner or something similar.

When a potentially deadly and effective attack is ruined (or intentionally should be but comically isn't) by the conspicuous way it is acted upon. Usually by a [[ScreamingWarrior Battle Cry]], an [[CallingYourAttacks Attack Call]], a PreAsskickingOneLiner or something similar.

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-->''1584. Even if the rules allow it, I am not allowed to Sneak with a running chainsaw.''
-->-- ThingsMrWelchIsNoLongerAllowedToDoInAnRPG

** {{It gets better}}; for the chorus, they (in some productions, anyway) form a... chorus line. Complete with leg kicks. And in at least one production, they pull ''hats with brightly glittering sequins'' from out of nowhere. In fact, considering the music, it takes a choreographer with superhuman self-control to ''not'' turn it into a kickline. There's a particularly good example <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4Wj2yMuTIU">here</a>. The fun really starts aroun the two minite mark.

* In ''RepoTheGenericOpera'', Graverobber is trying to silently rob graves - which would've gone really well if he hadn't belted "And it's my job... to steal and rob... '''GRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAVES'''!" halfway through his song.

** {{It gets better}}; for the chorus, they (in some productions, anyway) form a... chorus line. Complete with leg kicks. And in at least one production, they pull ''hats with brightly glittering sequins'' from out of nowhere. In fact, considering the music, it takes a choreographer with superhuman self-control to ''not'' turn it into a kickline. There's a particularly good example <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4Wj2yMuTIU">here. The fun really starts aroun the two minite mark.

** {{It gets better}}; for the chorus, they (in some productions, anyway) form a... chorus line. Complete with leg kicks. And in at least one production, they pull ''hats with brightly glittering sequins'' from out of nowhere. In fact, considering the music, it takes a choreographer with superhuman self-control to ''not'' turn it into a kickline.

-->Rule 1584''"Even if the rules allow it, I am not allowed to Sneak with a running chainsaw"''
-->--ThingsMrWelchIsNoLongerAllowedToDoInAnRPG.

-->-- '''Fanfic/LightAndDarkTheAdventuresOfDarkYagami'''

-->--'''[[{{Warhammer40000}} The Imperial Infantryman's Uplifting Primer]]'''

* The TropeNamer is the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdJg6Duzzf4 eponymous parodic song]] (warning: link full of crappy synths) from GilbertAndSullivan 's ''ThePiratesOfPenzance''. In it, the titular pirates are sneaking up on Major-General Stanley's house, while singing '''at the top of their lungs''' (It's marked ''fortissimo'' in the score and has trumpets and crashing cymbals) about how quiet and sneaky they are being, with the occasional "shush! quiet!" for good measure.

*** While watching a YouTube video of the song, ThisTroper thinks he saw a pirate actually ''discussing the plot with a policeman'', without realizing that it was a policeman he was speaking to! I know it's supposed to be nighttime, but ''come on!!!!''

-->''A fly's foot-fall would be distinctly heard....'' ('''TRUMPETS''')