Line #10 Main/ScreechingStop


1	If a cartoon character stops suddenly, there will be puffs of smoke and a sound akin to car brakes. This will occur even if said character is hovering or flying, because [[RuleOfFunny it's just funnier that way.]]
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3	Their legs will be in front of their body. In more exaggerated depictions, they may bend forward heavily, dig a trench, blow on their feet afterwards to cool them down, etc.
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5	Often comes at the end of a ScoobyDoobyDoors scene or accompanies someone who's StoppedDeadInTheirTracks after hearing something unexpected. It's also very usual when someone gets WheelOFeet while running. Compare RecordNeedleScratch, a stock sound effect of a phonograph record being scratched, used to represent surprise or shock. Contrast BrakeAngrily, the act of slamming a vehicle's brakes out of anger.
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7	!!Examples:
8	[[AC:Anime]]
9	* ''Manga/KaguyaSamaLoveIsWar'': Kaguya's DelayedReaction upon realizing Shirogane asked her out and [[HoistByHisOwnPetard she turned him down on reflex]] includes one [[StoppedDeadInTheirTracks as she suddenly freezes in her tracks]].
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11	[[AC:Fan Works]]
12	* ''WebAnimation/RocketPowerTheLostEpisode'': Squid does one when he runs to the competition to warn Otto not to do the Super McZoogle 9000.
13	* ''Fanfic/TheReturnToGravityFalls'': It happens to Dipper when he is trailing The Warlock.
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15	[[AC:Films -- Animation]]
16	* ''WesternAnimation/HotelTransylvania2'': When a swarm of Bat Cronies surrounds Drac, he freezes them in place, causing them to make an audible screeching sound.
17	* ''WesternAnimation/MeetTheRobinsons'': The flying TimeMachine screeches to a halt whenever it stops careening from a time jump.
18	* ''Anime/TheGreatMissionToSavePrincessPeach'': When running from the Spinies, Mario and Luigi stop in their tracks after getting surrounded by them.
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20	[[AC:Films -- Live-Action]]
21	* ''Film/{{Labyrinth}}'': Ambrosius does one when Sir Didymus threatens to never feed him again if he runs from the goblins.
22	* ''Film/NaturalBornKillers'': In the opening sequence, one bullet about to hit a waitress suddenly screeches to a halt so the camera can show her expression before her brains are splattered.
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24	[[AC:Live-Action TV]]
25	* ''Series/TheGreatestAmericanHero'': The first time Ralph Hinkley uses his super-suit to run super-fast, he is not only accompanied by a train-like "chugga-chugga-chugga" as he runs but when he tries to stop, it's accompanied by a screeching stop. And he was running on ''gravel''.
26	* ''Series/LazyTown'': In [[Recap/LazyTownS1E2Defeeted "Defeeted"]], Sportacus is put to one after Robbie's done having fun sending him gliding across the stage.
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28	[[AC:Video Games]]
29	* ''VideoGame/PizzaTower'': Peppino emits a screeching sound when stopping or turning around, assuming he moves at considerable speed.
30	* ''VideoGame/PlayStationAllStarsBattleRoyale'': Kat does this during the cool-down for her Spiraling Claw (Forward + Circle) and during the cancelling process for her Gravity Slide (Down + Triangle). Both cases involve her skidding on her heels and kicking up a bit of dust.
31	* ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros3'': Mario produces that noise whenever trying to change the running direction quickly.
32	* ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'': In just about any game you'll get a noise like this when skidding.
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34	[[AC:Web Comics]]
35	* ''Webcomic/{{Qxlkbh}}'': In [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/136 136: introducing byzantine football]], one of the hitmen kneels to the ground just before entering the hyperbolic space portal, producing a written "screech" as they come to a stop.
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37	[[AC:Web Videos]]
38	* ''WebVideo/TheCartoonMan'': Simon stops with a screeching sound at the start of ''Return of the Cartoon Man's'' climactic chase scene.
39	* ''WebVideo/DrewGooden'': A sprinting Drew screeches to a halt when his girlfriend asks him for a kiss, complete with a "slamming the brakes" pantomime.
40	* ''WebVideo/RebelTaxi'': Pan-Pizza's "ThatCameOutWrong" moment during his review of [[Recap/TeenTitansS1E6Nevermore "Nevermore"]] is met by a car brake sound and shocked stares from the WesternAnimation/{{Teen Titans\|2003}}.
41	* ''WebVideo/TwoBestFriendsPlay'': When playing ''VideoGame/DeadlyPremonition'', they die laughing whenever they hear the "screeching brakes" sound produced by the fast-travel radio.
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43	[[AC:Websites]]
44	* ''Website/NFLQuarterbacksOnFacebook'': When Johnny Manziel yells to Peyton Manning a "ShutUpKirk", two sound effects can be heard to highlight how much the former has put his foot in his mouth --tires screeching and a RecordNeedleScratch. The latter then proceeds to chew him out.
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46	[[AC:Western Animation]]
47	* ''WesternAnimation/OneHundredAndOneDalmatianStreet'': Delgado's SayingSoundEffectsOutLoud tic includes making a screeching sound whenever he's skidding around a corner or coming to a halt. A great part of it is due to him having wheels for hind legs.
48	* ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'': In [[Recap/AdventureTimeS7E13TheDarkCloud "The Dark Cloud"]], Marceline leaps into the fight against the Dark Cloud with a shout of "I'm gonna poop my pants if Finn kills this guy instead of me!". Then she comes to an audible halt, and it cuts to literally everyone else being involved in the battle, along with the citizens of the Candy Kingdom and the half-melted King of Ooo, reacting to the sight.
49	%%* WesternAnimation/CowAndChicken.
50	%%* ''WesternAnimation/ClassicDisneyShorts'' (and some of their movies for that matter), along with ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Merrie Melodies'', MGM cartoons, and many, many, many other animated productions had, and still have this thrown in whenever appropriate.
51	* ''WesternAnimation/FilmationsGhostbusters'': They do this all the time, especially on their way to the TransformationSequence.
52	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'': Hovering cars can and will screech to a halt even though they lack tires to produce such sounds due to friction.
53	%%* ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyBravo'', just as frequently.
54	%%* ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'', frequently.
55	* ''WesternAnimation/TexAveryMGMCartoons'': In "One Ham's Family", a BrattyHalfPint does a careless BanisterSlide but manages to stop, shrieking sound included, mere millimeters away from the expensive vase perched on the finial. It gets {{lampshaded\|Trope}} by what they say next: "I've got me good brakes, haven't I, folks?".
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57	[[AC:Real Life]]
58	* TruthInTelevision on certain surfaces with certain types of brake shoes.
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