1 | The IdeaBulb is a visible indication to the audience that someone has had [[{{Pun}} a bright idea]]. |
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3 | Sometimes, though, the idea will be [[{{Pun}} a sound notion]], so we hear a ding. |
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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. |
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7 | Often appears with its SisterTrope IdeaBulb. Also related to AudibleGleam. Compare PalmFistTap for a UsefulNotes/{{Japan}}ese Media variant. |
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9 | The same sound is often used for LoveAtFirstSight, but that's a different {{trope}}. |
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11 | !!Examples: |
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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]]. |
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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. |
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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]] |
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