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* Countless times in ''LightNovel/{{Slayers}}'', when someone wastes a perfectly good spell by shouting something to the effect of "You forgot about me!".
* In ''Manga/DragonBall'', this trope preserves Son Goku's status as TheHero. His much weaker best friend Krillin has a signature attack, the Kienzan, that can cut through absolutely anything, including the most powerful enemies...so long as it actually hits them. This should mean that Krillin can take out anybody in the series (well, [[HealingFactor almost anybody]]), with Goku needing to do no more than provide a distraction. The problem is, Krillin feels compelled, even when trying to launch an ambush (the only way he has much chance of hitting the bad guys who are invariably much stronger and faster than him), to [[CallingYourAttacks scream "KIENZAN!" at the top of his lungs]]. Thus, he never accomplishes more than slicing off an alien's tail early in ''Anime/DragonBallZ''.
* ''Manga/OnePiece'' hero Monkey D Luffy is the epitome of this trope. "Subtle" is not in his vocabulary so when his crew suggests something like sneaking around, Luffy's go-to action is "Scream at the top of your lungs and punch the shit out of anyone standing in your way".
** During Ace's cover story, when trying to infiltrate The Marine G2 base, he winds up blowing his cover by punching out a Marine who talked smack about Whitebeard.

** A more serious, and frightening, example comes from Laffitte, who somehow infiltrated one of the most heavily defended buildings in the world while wearing tap-dancing shoes. The only reason he was noticed was because he announced his presence, and he had been in a room with a man who has SuperSenses.

* Black Star, of ''Manga/SoulEater'', would be the greatest ninja ever known if he could prevent himself from screaming at his potential targets as he approaches them.
** Demonstrated beautifully in his debut which opens with Black Star calmly stating some assassination strategies, immediately followed by him leaping right in front of his targets and shouting "I am here to assassinate you!". His partner Tsubaki's [[{{Facepalm}} reaction]] says it all.

* In one issue of ''Comicbook/ThePunisher'' a bad guy loudly announced his intention to attack Frank from behind. Frank, of course, snarked about it and blew his brains out. [[TalkToTheFist At once]].

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* ''Fanfic/RainbowDoubleDashsLunaverse:'' At one point in ''Nightmares Yet to Come'', a chapter begins with Sunset Shimmer singing part of the trope-naming song, only for Lightning Dust to inform her she's doing it ''again''. Sunset shoots back that she's doing it to focus, since they're trying to break into a museum, and she's disabling the outside security. Once inside, she's far more stealthy.

* In the reboot of ''Fanfic/SupperSmashBrosMishonhFromGod'', Sara's "stealthest" plan to rescue Putin involves shooting the guards and yelling at Putin that she's here to rescue him.

* ''Fanfic/TheMLPLoops'': As with the trope namer, Loop 56.1 features a parody and subversion of this - the Mane Six and Celestia sneak through Canterlot Castle to retrieve the Elements from the vault they're in; they, Luna (who is elsewhere in the castle) and the guards all sing the song as they're doing so, but the guards make no effort to stop them, which Celestia guesses is due to the narrative causality of the Heartsong.

* In ''Disney/TheEmperorsNewGroove'', Kronk sneaks out the palace with the unconscious Kuzco in a sack, humming his own dramatic theme music as he goes. At one point he hides against a wall, holding the current note while a couple of peasants wander past. Of course, the fact that the wall is covered with [[{{Mayincatec}} enormous stone figures]] all pointing at him doesn't help his cause. Surprisingly, not long after recording this, Creator/PatrickWarburton was swarmed by Disney lawyers, ordering him to sign over the rights to this "improvised song".
* Almost happens in ''Disney/TreasurePlanet'' when Jim and Ben are sneaking by the pirates to steal their dinghy. Surprisingly, no one wakes up.

* In ''WesternAnimation/GnomeoAndJuliet'', Benny's idea of a costume for an 'ultimate stealth' mission involves dressing as a daisy and strapping a spray can that rattles as he moves to his back.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dpg9Ov5mfs Colonel Hathi's March]] in ''Disney/TheJungleBook''. While it's probably just for show the first time, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YF9Svk9yNY0 the second time]] their method when searching for Mowgli even gets a {{Lampshade Hanging}} by Shere Khan, who simply sneaks past them.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheWindInTheWillows1983'', Toad sneaks into Toad Hall while singing. Loudly. It's just as well the weasels are throwing a rowdy party at the time and don't notice a thing.

* Inverted in ''Film/{{Star Trek III|The Search for Spock}}''--the Enterprise is audibly counting down the time to self-destruct, but the Klingon mooks don't know what it means ([[TranslationConvention they may not even understand English]]).

* In ''Film/RepoTheGeneticOpera'', 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. HilarityEnsues, at least because of Shilo's face.

* In ''Film/JayAndSilentBobStrikeBack'', the thieves manage to get past the various anti-theft devices protecting a priceless jewel...until one of them lets out a gut-busting fart and triggers a noise-alarm.

--->''Maurice and Keith just walked along behind her. No-one even looked at them.''

--->''Oh, he ducked and crept, and against all logic that made him more noticeable. He didn't understand the art of thinking himself invisible.''
** Another example: Crispin Horsefry in ''Literature/GoingPostal'' sneaks off to a meeting one night, and the Igor who welcomes him offers:

** Going back further: In "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS6E2TheMindRobber The Mind Robber]]", Jamie sees a Redcoat and charges at him with his knife--only as he does so he roars his [[BattleCry battle cry]] "Creag an tuire!", alerting the Redcoat to his presence, who then turns and shoots him dead on. Fortunately they are in the Land of Fiction, so instead of dying Jamie is turned into a cardboard cutout.
*** He's still doing it the very last time we see him in his original run as a companion in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS6E7TheWarGames The War Games]]" (he has the partial excuse of the Time Lords having wiped his memory of most of his time with the Doctor, but it seems an automatic response regardless). The Doctor, viewing Jamie's antics remotely, chuckles with amusement.

** The "silent countdown" mode for the SelfDestructMechanism in the various series seems to apply here. While the application seems obvious enough (by having a self-destruct that won't alert the enemies as it counts down), this is ruined by the fact that it has a ''ship-wide alert declaring that it's been activated.'' Strangely, in at least one episode of ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'', the silent countdown of the auto-destruct apparently worked perfectly, including no announcement over the ship's comm system to alert the bad guys--or the rest of the crew. That being said, it's called a [[ExactWords silent countdown]], and not a silent self-destruction sequence.

* The ''Series/MythBusters'' narrator invokes it when Jamie tries to move silently through an airduct using magnets. Magnets that were clanging with the air ducts:
-->'''Rob Lee (US Narrator'''): Here's some key phrases from the surreptitious entry heist manual: Be the breeze [CLANG]. As light as a feather [CLANG]. The footfall of a kitten [CLANG].
** Then Adam: "Why, Thor, the god of thunder is trying to enter my building!"

--> '''Adam''': ([[ItMakesSenseInContext while pounding on seam of escape raft with a mallet]]) ''[bang bang bang]'' "Wait! Was that a guard?" ''[{{beat}}]'' "No!" ''[BANG BANG BANG]''[[note]]This particular bit is notable for one of the few times that Jamie, who is usually annoyed by Adam, found his joke funny[[/note]]
** Another prison escape myth (Can salsa be used to erode through the bars) had Adam making a very noisy drill from a vacuum he "[[LoopHoleAbuse stole]]."

* In ''{{Series/Firefly}}'', after Zoe spends several minutes lecturing a newbie about the importance of stealth and silence on the battlefield, Mal [[IncomingHam comes running in, screaming challenges and firing randomly]].

* The human counterparts of Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie have essentially the same experience as the namesake ponies (see below) in the "[[WebAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsFriendshipGamesShorts Pinkie Spy]]" short.
** Pinkie Pie's attempts at stealth are more conspicuous than anything else, with party balloons and a giant boom mic being just the tip of the iceberg. Her ridiculous outfits include a wig looking like a bush, a tree disguise, a bunny suit... and the "camouflage" one, looking like army fatigues but entirely in shades of pink.
--->'''Rainbow Dash:''' That's, like, the opposite of camouflage!
** Not that Rainbow Dash is much better. Beside her abuse of the UnnecessaryCombatRoll, when upset at Pinkie she starts yelling that they need to stay quiet. Of course, her shouting eventually gets them noticed.

** The security AI at Ecosystems Unlimited has NoIndoorVoice and is in desperate need of a software upgrade. "[[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1700/fc01634.htm Security guard: RECOGNIZED! Room 101 door: OPENED! Element of surprise: RETAINED!]]"

--> "''FALCON SNEAK! FALCON SNEAK! [[KilledMidSentence FAL-]]''"

* Lampshaded in ''WebVideo/DemyxTime'', with Demyx proposing that the entire Organization sneaks up on Sora and ambushes him, screaming "ATTACK!". He's laughed at, until Marluxia proposes that they all take it in turns to monologue in front of him before attacking. Xemnas commends this approach. Demyx tries to get some credibility back by suggesting that they all sidle up, before suddenly screaming "We are NOT going to attack you!" Needless to say, not a lot of progress is made.

* During [[WebVideo/{{Vinesauce}} Vinny's]] streams of ''[[VideoGame/MetalGearSolidVThePhantomPain Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain]]'', one of the tracks on his helicopter just has the sounds of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4jH0WeV67I Loud Nigra]], leading to the glorious sight of a screaming helicopter trying to be stealthy.

-->'''Dan Backslide:''' The Dover Boys! Then Dora ''[[SuddenlyShouting must be alone and UNPROTECTED]]!''
-->'''Dan Backslide:''' ''[whispers]'' A runabout! ''[screams]'' I'LL ''STEAL'' IT! ''NO-ONE WILL '''EVER''' KNOW!''

** Extremely played straight in ''Discworld/TheAmazingMauriceAndHisEducatedRodents''. WrongGenreSavvy Malicia lives her life trying to apply storybook logic to real life. So in one scene when she's trying to be stealthy, the book describes her thought process of how if you are going to ''be'' stealthy, you ought to make it very obvious how stealthy you're being so anyone who sees you knows you're being stealthy and shouldn't notice you. So she "sneaks" around in cartoonishly exaggerated and highly obvious fashion, completely oblivious to the bemused stares she's attracting.

** Captain Carrot is doing the same thing at the start of ''Discworld/NightWatch'', though he doesn't mean to. Carrot is just so honest he can't help it, and to make matters worse, he's TheHero and therefore always the center of attention whether he wants to be or not.

** Another example: Crispin Horsefry in ''Discworld/GoingPostal'' sneaks off to a meeting one night, and the Igor who welcomes him offers:

[[folder:Anime & Manga]]

** In the episode "Secret Box," [=SpongeBob=] wants to find what is in Patrick's secret box by sneaking into Patrick's rock house while Patrick is asleep. [[RuleofFunny Of course, SpongeBob makes incredibly loud noises.]] Surprisingly, Patrick sleeps through the racket, waking up only when [=SpongeBob=] whispers.

** In a more general sense, [[HilarityEnsues hilarity can ensue]] if an attempted stealthy action [[CriticalFailure gets a 1 on the diceroll]]. It can a perfectly-executed daylight assassination which leaves no evidence into the character running at the target while screaming "I AM AMBUSHING YOU!!!" and then tripping over their own feet.

* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'': The [[http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/ex/20030906b Marshal]] base class from the Miniatures Handbook motivates others with his force of personality. Mechanically, this is done by auras which allow him to apply his Charisma modifier to various checks. You can choose an aura which adds to Dexterity based checks and skill checks, which means that you can make a party sneak better by telling them to be quiet. When combined with a Bard ACF that allows them to play a song granting bonuses to Move Silently, the results are [[http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?327699-Shiver-Me-Timbers-It-s-Black-Jack-Wellesley! hilarious]].

[[folder:Webcomics]]

* In the ''Webcomic/SequentialArt'' comic [[https://www.collectedcurios.com/sequentialart.php?s=588 here]], Scarlet decides to use her [[HighlyVisibleNinja SUPER SECRET NINJA SKILLZ!]] (runs at giant bug, flailing her arms)
--> '''Scarlet''': "YAAAAAA! Ninja! Ninja! Ninja! Ni-- (eaten)"

* When pirates raid a town in ''VideoGame/RomancingSaGa: Minstrel Song'', their {{Leitmotif}} is blaring the ''entire time''. '''Loudly'''. Good luck taking out ThatOneBoss with pirates chanting '''ORE TACHI [[DarthWiki/MostAnnoyingSound KAIZOKU]]''' at the top of their lungs in the background...

** Heck, a good spy can disguise as a scout, waltz up to a engineer and spam [[DarthWiki/MostAnnoyingSound NEED A DISPENSAH HEAH]]. And, thanks to the fact that actual scout players ''[[PoesLaw really do that]]'', it's one of the better ways to make it seem you're not a spy. Yes, that means proper stealth around engineers can involve [[RefugeInAudacity running up to them and screaming in their face]].

--> '''Adam''': ([[ItMakesSenseInContext while pounding on seam of escape raft with a mallet]]) ''[bang bang bang]'' "Wait! Was that a guard?" ''[{{beat}}]'' "No!" ''[bang bang bang]''

* When pirates raid a town in ''VideoGame/RomancingSaGa: Minstrel Song'', their {{Leitmotif}} is blaring the ''entire time''. '''Loudly'''. Good luck taking out ThatOneBoss with pirates chanting '''ORE TACHI [[MostAnnoyingSound KAIZOKU]]''' at the top of their lungs in the background...

** Heck, a good spy can disguise as a scout, waltz up to a engineer and spam [[MostAnnoyingSound NEED A DISPENSAH HEAH]]. And, thanks to the fact that actual scout players ''[[PoesLaw really do that]]'', it's one of the better ways to make it seem you're not a spy. Yes, that means proper stealth around engineers can involve [[RefugeInAudacity running up to them and screaming in their face]].

* When pirates raid a town in ''VideoGame/RomancingSaGa: Minstrel Song'', their {{Leitmotif}} is blaring the ''entire time''. '''Loudly'''. Good luck taking out ThatOneBoss with pirates chanting '''[[EarWorm ORE TACHI]] [[MostAnnoyingSound KAIZOKU]]''' at the top of their lungs in the background...

** Going back further: In "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS6E2TheMindRobber The Mind Robber]]", Jamie sees a Redcoat and charges at him with his knife--only as he does so he roars his battle cry "Creag an tuire!", alerting the Redcoat to his presence, who then turns and shoots him dead on. Fortunately they are in the Land of Fiction, so instead of dying Jamie is turned into a cardboard cutout.

* In the ''Series/DoctorWho'' serial "Time and the Rani", a monster spends an episode and a half stalking the heroes, then finally gets the drop on them, pops up from behind a rock a foot away, and roars triumphantly for ten seconds.

* A couple of ''ComicStrip/{{Dilbert}}'' strips involved the Pointy-Haired Boss telling a certain employee about an upcoming reorg, but asks him to keep it to itself. The problem? Said employee is ''[[NoIndoorVoice Loud Howard]]''.

[[folder:Theater]]

** The Prototype Medic Armor is a lovely set of PoweredArmor that protects you from radiation and gives you morphine when you need it... and if it notices an enemy anywhere in the vicinity, roars out, "TIME TO KICK SOME ASS!" at the top of its lungs. [[AvertedTrope Thankfully, the Stealth Unit Med X is completely quiet]]
** You can also sneak around [[FailedASpotCheck (with enemies perfectly oblivious, with a perfect Sneak score and the right items)]] with your Pip-Boy radio blaring music, news, propaganda, or the nearest distress signal. [[SelectiveObliviousness But God help you if your Pip-Boy's light is on]]. Except in ''New Vegas'', where with Lonesome Road[[note]]though you need another add-on besides that, otherwise it's beyond your available level cap[[/note]] you can take the "Broad Daylight" perk that actually gives you bonus points to your Sneak skill when the light is on, to offset the penalty to sneaking you otherwise get from attempting that.
** ''Videogame/FalloutNewVegas'' continues this; whenever you crouch (start "sneaking"), your companions will say something to mark the occurrence. Depending on the companion and which of their lines happens to play, this can range from a whispered word of agreement, to a full sentence at normal volume, to [[NoIndoorVoice shouting]]. None of it affects your stealthiness. The funny thing is that Lily, a Super Mutant who shouts out how she knows how to keep quiet is actually the stealthiest of the companions since she'll activate a Stealth Boy upon sneaking.
** Also played straight in both games with certain melee weapons. In 3, all melee weapons are considered quiet, so nobody notices anything when you use a rotary saw to dismember a person right next to them. New Vegas is worse, as it adds [[ChainsawGood actual chainsaws]], punch-triggered shotguns, and glowing energy axes to what guards fail to notice.

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** Variation: the Kwik-E-Mart's silent alarm says "SILENT ALARM ACTIVATED!!" when put into use.

* From the obscure '90s{{Puppet|Shows}} sitcom ''Series/GregTheBunny'', Tardy the Turtle was told to be quiet during a paintball game so he wouldn't give away their position. He affirms that he understands, then starts singing "I am singing the quiet song, ''the quiet song, '''the quiet song'''."''

* ''Manga/OnePiece'' hero Monkey D Luffy is the epitome of this trope. Subtle is not in his vocabulary so when his crew suggests something like sneaking around, Luffy's go-to action is "Scream at the top of your lungs and punch the shit out of anyone standing in your way".

* During the finale of ''Anime/KirbyRightBackAtYa'', the main characters are discussing how they're going to attack the BigBad's fortress before deciding on a sneak attack. King Dedede, who had not minutes before pulled a HeelFaceTurn, calls up said Big Bad on his cell phone and [[TooDumbToLive smugly announces that they're about to pull a sneak attack and there's nothing he can do about it.]] Cue the baddies.
* Black Star, of ''Manga/SoulEater'', would be the greatest ninja ever known if he could prevent himself from screaming at his potential targets as he approaches and/or proclaiming his awesomeness mid-fight.

* The protagonists of ''Manga/{{Psyren}}'' at one time need to stealthily infiltrate a top secret installation. What course of action do they take? Blast through the ceiling.
* In ''Manga/FairyTail'', subtle is not in Natsu's vocabulary. When trying to sneak through Edolas, he keeps breaking cover and confronting people [[TooDumbToLive even though his powers don't work]].

* ''Series/OddSquad'': Noisemaker wears a variety of instruments all over his body that makes sounds whenever he moves. When the gang of villains are attempting to sneak through Squad headquarters in "Flawed Squad", the others keep turning to stare at him because of the noise. [[ComicallyMissingThePoint He thinks its because of his heavy breathing]].

* On ''Series/TheWire'', the 221 Towers is put under surveillance for the first time but Kima doesn't like doing stake out duty with Carver and Herc because they "got no creep".

* From the obscure '90s {{Puppet|Shows}} sitcom ''Series/GregTheBunny'', Tardy the Turtle was told to be quiet during a paintball game so he wouldn't give away their position. He affirms that he understands, then starts singing "I am singing the quiet song, ''the quiet song, '''the quiet song'''."''