Line #63 Main/BowChickaWowWow


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3	->'''Tucker:''' Did somebody call for a really hairy plumber? Bow-chicka-bow-wow!\
4	'''Church:''' Tucker! Shut up.\
5	'''Tucker:''' I came here to lay some pipe. Bow-chicka-bow-wow! \
6	'''Church:''' Tucker!
7	-->-- ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlue''
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9	"Bow Chicka Wow Wow" is the sound of a character [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beatbox beatboxing]] porno music, based on [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fYfdlKIon4 the funk-rock soundtracks]] that many '70s pornos are believed to have had. This is usually done after the character has seen or heard something lewd. Or sometimes simply imagined something lewd. The 1970s was the golden age of porn, when the best films had big budgets, scripts and plots. The late 1970s films used the funky, soul-infused {{disco}} that was a huge fad at the time. The trope imitates the wah-wah-pedal "chicken scratch" electric guitar figure that was popular in this style of pop music.
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12	Compare ThatsWhatSheSaid. See also {{Sexophone}}.
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14	!!Examples
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18	%% [[folder:{{Advertising}}]]
19	%% * There's a commercial for Lynx or Axe cologne that has a girl doing this.
20	%% ** For a while at least, "Bow Chicka Wow Wow" was their slogan.
21	%% [[/folder]]
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23	[[folder:Comedy]]
24	* Creator/RexNavarrete:
25	** In the "[[PornStash Bomba Tapes]]" routine, Rex reenacts the various Filipino porn he used to sneakily watch by imitating the "BOW CHICKA WOW WOW" bassline interspersed with bad porno dialogue in Filipino. He notes Filipino porn had a severe decline in quality in the [=80s=], wherein he recreates the bassline and dialogue... now interrupted by ''taho'' and ''balut'' vendors yelling in the background, thanks to worse mics.
26	** The memetic "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8B5sCHik3Xw Party Like It's 1904]]" skit compares racist white American freakshows showcasing Filipino tribals [[https://www.whatitmeanstobeamerican.org/encounters/inside-the-coney-island-freak-show/ (sadly an actual occurrence)]] fetishising [[NationalGeographicNudity the barely-dressed Filipina women]] dancing to their "tribal music" to shitty clubs fetishising Filipina women to shitty electronica, represented by bad faux-porno beats that Rex jokes was beatboxed by a deafmute.
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29	[[folder:Comic Books]]
30	* ''ComicBook/BlackCanaryAndZatannaBloodspell'': ComicBook/BlackCanary and ComicBook/{{Zatanna}} are looking in the window of a toy store that's displaying ComicBook/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica action figures. Zatanna teases Black Canary by temporarily animating the Black Canary and ComicBook/GreenArrow dolls and making them talk to each other:
31	-->'''Zatanna:''' I love toys. Look who's in the window!\
32	'''Black Canary:''' Oh, those. We okayed those to be sold for charity. The profits go to victims of supervillains.\
33	'''Zatanna:''' Uh-huh. ''[magical sparks go from her finger to the toys]''\
34	'''Green Arrow Doll:''' Hey, pretty bird. I ain't seen you around the Barbie aisle before.\
35	'''Black Canary:''' I guess you were on reserve when we made that deal.\
36	'''Zatanna:''' I'm not bitter. Bount-chicka-bount-bount.[[note]]That's how it's spelled in the comic, but the intent is clear.[[/note]]\
37	'''Black Canary Doll:''' Hey yourself, Robin Hood. Is that an arrow in your quiver [[OrAreYouJustHappyToSeeMe or are you just happy to see me?]]\
38	'''Zatanna:''' ''[gets punched in the shoulder by Black Canary]'' Ow!
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41	[[folder:Fan Works]]
42	* Teá does it in an episode of ''WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries''.
43	-->''"[[ItMakesSenseInContext ...Burn the witch!]]"''
44	* So does Hanyuu in one episode of ''WebVideo/HigurashiParodyFandub'', after the principal said that he and Chie will have sex in his office, instead of saving Satoko from her uncle. However, she actually said "Hau Chicka [[VerbalTic Hau Hau]]".
45	* In ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged'', Master Roshi says this when noticing that Goku has a son.
46	* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/5619147/16/Violence-Inherent-in-the-System Violence Inherent in the System]]'', [[Franchise/HarryPotter Hermione]] dresses up like [[Franchise/TombRaider Lara Croft]] to co-teach a Defense Against the Dark Arts class. When Harry calls her into their office to "discuss a few things", one of the fourth year Gryffindor boys singsongs "Bow chicka bow wow!"
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49	[[folder:Film]]
50	* [=McLovin=] of ''Film/{{Superbad}}'' likes to play with this.
51	* Done by Alvin in the first ''Film/AlvinAndTheChipmunks'' film.
52	* The best-known arrangement of ''Series/ThreeTwoOneContact'''s theme used this.
53	* The first ''Film/AmericanPie'' movie opens with a heavy bass version of this as Jim attempts to fill a sock while watching heavily scrambled cable porn.
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56	[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
57	* Rachel from ''Series/{{Friends}}'' does this in "[[Recap/FriendsS4E17TheOneWithTheFreePorn The One with the Free Porn]]", apparently unaware of what she's singing. She eventually asks what it is that's been in her head all day and is told that it's the theme to ''[[ParallelPornTitles Good Will Humping]]''.
58	* ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'':
59	** Done by the bots whenever the dialogue in a movie suggests a porn film segue.
60	** Also {{inverted\|Trope}}: they add "sexy dialogue" when the music resembles this. (It was really the music of all low-budget '70s films, at least until the porn association became codified.)
61	* ''Series/TwoBrokeGirls'': "...and the Dumpster Sex" has Max thinking it was "Brown Chicken Brown Cow".
62	* An episode of ''Series/{{Bones}}'' has Booth explain what Bow-Chicka-Wow-Wow Boom-Clicka-Mow-Wow means to Bones
63	* Any time the scene style is 'porn' or simply 'filled with LUST!' in ''Series/WhoseLineIsItAnyway'', which of course makes it into the SpiritualSuccessor ''Series/DrewCareysImprovaganza'' in a big way.
64	[[/folder]]
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66	[[folder:Music]]
67	* ''Music/ShorthandPhonetics'' literally has a track called "Bow-Wow-Chikka-Wakka-Chikka-Wakka-Chikka-Wakka, Bow-Wow-Chikka-Wakka-Chikka-Wakka-Chikka-Wakka"
68	* Referenced by way of {{pun}} on Music/TraceAdkins' "Brown Chicken, Brown Cow".
69	* Mike Posner has a song called this. [[SarcasmMode Surprisingly]], it's about mood music. The video even resembles a '70s softcore porno.
70	* "Cheeka Bow Bow" by The Vengaboys.
71	* The Argentine band [[MeaningfulName Cumshot]] main source of inspiration is the aforementioned BowChickaWowWow soundtracks of the 70's porn flics. It's up to the listener if this is StylisticSuck or a funny and inventive whole new playground for ambient music.
72	* Swedish europop singer Gunther, on the other hand, is undoubtedly a parody.
73	-->''"You touch my TRA-LAH-LAH! My ding-ding-dong!"''
74	* The [[https://youtube.com/watch?v=XL-IPaYVcUc Fitnessgram Pacer Test soundtrack]] contains a number of examples, especially in the earlier stages.
75	* "Oh Yeah" by Music/{{Yello}} is a popular alternative for shows and movies (most famously ''Film/FerrisBuellersDayOff'' and ''Film/TheSecretOfMySuccess'') who want to license a particular song for scenes like this. It even uses the onomatopoetic sounds in question, albeit not in that order.
76	* The entire gimmick of the band Pornosonic is to play music like this, with each song listed as the theme from a different non-existent porno film from the 70s (Ron Jeremy even provides fake soundbites in between songs).
77	* Meghan Patrick has a song by this exact title.
78	* In late 2023, the [=PornHub=] Community intro theme was discovered to be a licensed track called [[https://youtu.be/DyC1b1yzOpo "Beats Me"]]. Cue just about ''everyone'' making porno jokes in the comments.
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81	[[folder:Theatre]]
82	* While "Thurio's Samba" from the rock musical version of ''Theatre/TwoGentlemenOfVerona'' [[UnbuiltTrope doesn't use the exact phrase]], it adds some more explicit language between "chicka" and "wow".
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85	[[folder:Video Games]]
86	* In ''VideoGame/DestroyAllHumans2'', both Orthopox and Arkvoodle use the expression, with the latter speaking it in a deep voice.
87	* ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry5'': Nico can be heard doing the "Bow Chicka Wow Wow" porn music riff after Nero saves a naked [[spoiler:Lady]].
88	-->'''Nico:''' DontDoAnythingIWouldntDo.
89	* ''VideoGame/GuitarHero III: The Legends of Rock'' includes an unlockable bass guitar called "Boom Chicka Wah Wah". If you listen closely, this tune plays before you play any career encore in the Mitch's Moose Lounge venue (which is a strip club).
90	* Approximately a week or so before the ''Wrath of the Lich King'' expansion came out for ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'', Thrall, leader of the orcs, disappeared from his chamber for a few hours. The official forums proceeded to speculate on what he was doing and where he was during that time. This led to many responses simply saying "Jaina", but the absolute best was in response to one of these, where the poster simply wrote "Bow-chicka-lok-tar".
91	* Perhaps taken to a literal extreme with the Platform/DSiWare game ''Spotto!'', where the titular bird character must rescue a [[{{Pun}} hot chick]] by the name of "Chikkie Wowwow".
92	* When breeding sheep in ''VideoGame/FarmVille'', your sheeps' sprites in the pen will be replaced with a sign reading "Baa chicka-wow wow!" while they're, um... busy.
93	* ''VideoGame/AbobosBigAdventure'': "Bow Chicka Wow Wow" appears on screen as a form of censoring while Abobo is having his way with Annie the mermaid. Too bad we can't see how he managed to avoid TheMermaidProblem...
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96	[[folder:WebAnimation]]
97	* ''WebAnimation/HelluvaBoss'': "Chaz Time" is a "[[IntercourseWithYou love]]" ballad sung by [[CasanovaWannabe Chaz]] as he attempts to seduce Moxxie that heavily features this type of instrumentation.
98	* ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlue'':
99	** "Bow-chicka-bow-wow" becomes a catchphrase of Tucker, to the point that even his alien baby says it. (Well, "Blarg-Chicka-Honk-Honk", but close enough.)
100	** [[TheDitz Caboose]] hilariously attempts to say Tucker's catchphrase. The result:
101	--->'''Caboose:''' Hey-chicka-bump-bump!\
102	'''Tucker:''' Caboose! What did I tell ya about that?!\
103	'''Caboose:''' Sorry! Sorry...
104	** Jeff Williams, the main music director for Creator/RoosterTeeth works, even made the catchphrase its own song in the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8J3_It1gE8 soundtrack]] for [[WebAnimation/RedVsBlueTheProjectFreelancerSaga Season 9]].
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107	[[folder:Webcomics]]
108	* In one ''Webcomic/BrunoTheBandit'' strip, this is the call of the [[http://www.brunothebandit.com/d/20030210.html Pornmonster]].
109	* Different sound for the same thing in ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'':
110	-->'''Zeetha:''' Hey, Skifander's patron Goddess is Ashtara, she who controls, among other things, fertility. Our holy-days are fun! ~Cha cha cha!~
111	* ''Webcomic/{{Spinnerette}}'': While teasing Heather about Marilyn's crush on her, Sahira references the riff, though she says "Brown chicken brown cow".
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114	[[folder:Web Original]]
115	* ''WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall'': In his review of a pair of comics where ComicBook/{{Superman}} and [[ComicBook/NewGods Big Barda]] are [[RapeByProxy mind-controlled into filming a porno]], Linkara threatens violence upon anyone who posts "Bow Chicka Wow Wow" in the comments section.
116	* Used by ''Website/{{Cracked}}'' to describe the [[http://www.cracked.com/article_16133_the-5-historical-figures-who-died-weirdest-deaths.html weird death]] of French president [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Félix_Faure Felix Faure]], who on February the 16th 1899 expired from a heart attack [[OutWithABang while having sex with his mistress in his office]].
117	* In ''WebAnimation/GorgeousFreeman'', Dr. Breen's {{Leitmotif}} is "A Happy Ass: Special Delivery" by ''Pornosonic''.
118	* {{Lampshade\|Hanging}}d in Creator/RoosterTeeth's Rage Quit episode featuring ''Toy Stunt Bike'':
119	-->'''Michael:''' Fuckin' porno music right here! Bow chicka chicka wow wow, da-na-na-na-na-na, ridin' yo bike, ''over a FUCKING GODDAMN '''BLOCK!'''''
120	* This is the music used in the ''WebVideo/SimplyNailogical'' video intro, accompanying "polish porn" of nail bottles spilling.
121	[[/folder]]
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123	[[folder:Western Animation]]
124	* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'':
125	** Stewie does this in "Screwed the Pooch" when Brian runs out onto a greyhound track and has sex with Lois' father's prize dog.
126	** When Brian goes to Hollywood to become a writer and get a gig directing porn, [[ParallelPornTitles he gets a]] Woody for best director. The best score Woody included two lounge lizards and Music/JohnWilliams.
127	* One OnTheNext spot for ''WesternAnimation/CloneHigh'' is nothing but Joan and Cleo in a CatFight with the {{Narrator}} Bow Chicka Wow Wow-ing over it.
128	* Bender does this in ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}''.
129	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Archer}}'': In season 3, [[SilverFox Malory]] admires herself in the mirror, wearing [[FanDisservice nothing]] but a trench coat. She flatters herself with a "You still got it. Bow chicka wow wow."
130	* ''WesternAnimation/HazbinHotel'': The FinalBattle of season 1 has Adam call Lucifer [[HatedByAll the most hated being in creation]]. Lucifer points out that Lilith (Adam's ex and Lucifer's wife) seemed to like what he was offering, then implies that [[EmasculatedCuckold he also seduced Eve]], before dropping the trope name and making a cunnilingus gesture.
131	* ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'':
132	** When Bill's career as a competitive eater is over, Dale uses this (in a slight variation) to console him with the fact that he got lucky with his groupie. Yeah, not so much...
133	** When Hank is accused of failing to return an adult video to the video store, Boomhauer taunts him with this.
134	* ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'': A main part of the chorus of the song "Gitchee Gitchee Goo", about a man trying to work out if their girlfriend loves him, is "bow chicka wow wow".
135	[[/folder]]

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