Line #1 Main/IdeaDing

Context Main / IdeaDing

Go To


1	The IdeaBulb is a visible indication to the audience that someone has had [[{{Pun}} a bright idea]].
2
3	Sometimes, though, the idea will be [[{{Pun}} a sound notion]], so we hear a ding.
4
5	It's a simple one-note {{Sting}} sound made on a xylophone or glockenspiel or something else that sounds light and metallic. If the sound is diegetic, a microwave timer or doorbell may stand in.
6
7	Often appears with its SisterTrope IdeaBulb. Also related to AudibleGleam. Compare PalmFistTap for a UsefulNotes/{{Japan}}ese Media variant.
8
9	The same sound is often used for LoveAtFirstSight, but that's a different {{trope}}.
10	----
11	!!Examples:
12	[[foldercontrol]]
13
14	[[folder:Film]]
15	* ''Film/{{UHF}}'', when George (Music/WeirdAlYankovic) gets the last-ditch idea to [[spoiler: hold a telethon for his TV station]].
16	* In ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'', there is a little trill in the score when Eddie gets the idea to [[spoiler:make the weasels laugh themselves to death]].
17	[[/folder]]
18
19	[[folder:Literature]]
20	* Happens InUniverse in the Australian children's books ''Literature/BottersnikesAndGumbles''. It's limited to one character, Tinkingumble, and the loss of his "tink" is a [[MacGuffin plot point]] in one book.
21	[[/folder]]
22
23	[[folder:Western Animation]]
24	* ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory'': The Monkey episode "Peltra" has the IdeaBulb and this happen together as Agent Honeydew thinks of a way to save Monkey.
25	* Happens frequently on ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' -- not quite OnceAnEpisode, but when it does appear, it's almost always before Phineas' "Hey Ferb!" catchphrase.
26	* ''[[WesternAnimation/UltimateSpiderMan2012 Ultimate Spider-Man]]'': "Venom": Peter is standing alone in his DramaticSpotlight with no idea how to sort out what to do about Harry's dislike of Peter's "new friends". Mary Jane intervenes with a suggestion that comes with this. Peter brightens up, heartened by her great idea.
27	* Wander of ''WesternAnimation/WanderOverYonder'' likes [[SayingSoundEffectsOutLoud to say]] "Bing!" whenever he gets an idea.
28	[[/folder]]

Context Main / IdeaDing