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11	->''For instance, I was teaching Sam peace chants for a long time, when he was only two. It was during the war in the Persian Gulf; I was a little angry.\
12	"What do we want?" I'd call to Sam.\
13	"Peace," he'd shout dutifully.\
14	"And when do we want it?" I'd ask.\
15	"Now!" he'd say, and I'd smile and toss him a fish.''
16	-->-- '''Anne Lamott''', ''Bird by Bird''
17
18	What do we want?
19
20	''A trope about us!''
21
22	When do we want it?
23
24	''Now!''
25
26	Listen up, Website/TVTropes! I can't believe you guys forgot about me, the {{slogan}}-yelling megaphone guy, the most important part of any large public demonstration! How are people supposed to know what we're mad about? [[WavingSignsAround Wave signs around]]? That's lame! Noise is where it's at, the louder the better!
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28	In fictional depictions, the audio quality is inversely proportional to how funny the scene is, so if it's a comedy, the guy standing next to me will always end up with busted eardrums since I'm answering his questions through the megaphone, but when I'm addressing the audience at large, expect a lot of--''[[AC: loud pitched squeals]]''--and don't forget--''[[AC: no sound comes out for whatever reason!]]'' ''[[AC: [[PercussiveMaintenance smacks the megaphone a few times]]]]''
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30	For extra attention, we can [[LiteralSoapboxSpeech stand on a soapbox]] during our rally, so we're louder ''and'' taller!
31
32	Often leads to a MegaphoneGag.
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34	Start listing some examples, folks! This trope isn't about to write itself, you know!
35
36	----
37	!!Examples:
38
39	[[foldercontrol]]
40
41	[[folder:Advertising]]
42	* In one commercial for milk, brown cows protest for their rights using a megaphone.
43	-->'''Leader:''' What do we want?\
44	'''Followers:''' Brown cow rights!\
45	'''Leader:''' When do we want it?\
46	'''Followers:''' Mooooo!!\
47	[[/folder]]
48
49	[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
50	* On ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'', France turns into "Magical Strike Fairy" as a commentary on French workers' tendency to go on strike. Instead of a wand or scepter like the typical MagicalGirl, he wields a bullhorn.
51	[[/folder]]
52
53	[[folder:Comic Books]]
54	* In one ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1987'' storyline, there are rival demonstrations for and against Diana's book ''Reflections'', which MoralGuardians are claiming promotes paganism and homosexuality. The anti crowd are chanting "Hey ho, hey ho, the Amazon has got to go!", while the pro group have the more elaborate "2 4 6 8, Amazons preach love not hate! 8 4 6 2, you can't tell us what to do! 3 5 7 9, you mind your kids, I'll mind mine!"
55	[[/folder]]
56
57	[[folder:Fan Works]]
58	* PlayedForLaughs in the ''Animorphs'' fanfic ''[[Fanfic/{{Eleutherophobia}} Ghost in the Shell]]''. While at a protest, Tom sees a group of people chanting "JUSTICE!", but has no idea what their cause is.
59	[[/folder]]
60
61	[[folder:Films -- Animation]]
62	* In a deleted scene of ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'' (seen briefly in the trailer), Mei protests for the environment in this way.
63	[[/folder]]
64
65	[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
66	* ''Film/TheAdventuresOfBuckarooBanzaiAcrossThe8thDimension''. Lord John Whorfin uses a microphone to address his Red Lectroid followers.
67	-->'''Whorfin:''' What is the greatest joy?\
68	'''Followers:''' The joy of duty!\
69	'''Whorfin:''' Louder!\
70	'''Followers:''' The joy of duty!\
71	''[and so on and so forth]''\
72	'''Whorfin:''' Where are we going?\
73	'''Followers:''' Planet Ten!\
74	'''Whorfin:''' When?\
75	'''Followers:''' Real soon!
76	* The Vietnam protesters in ''Film/ForrestGump'' get better audio equipment, but it's still sabotaged when Forrest goes up to say something important.
77	* Not a protest, but in ''Film/{{Spaceballs}}'' Dark Helmet orders his troops via megaphone to (literally) comb the desert. Colonel Sanders questions the wisdom of this, only to get a loud "WHAT?" through said megaphone.
78	* The 1982 film ''Film/WhoDaresWins'' (a.k.a. ''The Final Option'') opens with an anti-nuclear march during which a man brandishing a megaphone (later revealed to be a government undercover agent) is shot in the throat by a crossbow bolt.
79	[[/folder]]
80
81	[[folder:Literature]]
82	* In Anne Lamott's book ''Bird by Bird'', she writes about teaching her young son peace chants, and at one point when she asks him, "What do we want?" he responds, "[[DeadpanSnarker Lunch]]."
83	* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'':
84	** Reg Shoe is the go-to guy for protests. He explains the basics of sloganeering in ''Literature/TheFifthElephant'':
85	--->''"It's got to have bounce. And rhythm. Like 'Whadda we want? Dum-dee-dum-dee. When do we want it? Now!' See? You need one simple demand. Let's try it again. Whadda we want?"\
86	The watchmen looked at one another, no one quite wanting to be the first.\
87	"Another drink?" someone volunteered.\
88	"Yeah!" said someone at the back. "When do we want it? NOW!"''
89	** Actually mostly averted in ''Literature/{{Night Watch\|Discworld}}''. Reg does shout "You can take our lives but you'll never take our freedom!" just before he gets killed, but most of the "rebels" are just ordinary people trying to keep themselves safe behind their barricade. They do come up with "Truth, Justice, Freedom, [[BandOfBrothels Reasonably-Priced Love]], [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and a Hard-Boiled Egg]]" but nobody shouts it.
90	* ''Literature/HouseOfRobotsRobotRevolution'': In chapter 43, Hayseed is seen shouting through a megaphone denouncing Dr. Hayes' seeming favouritism of E over the other robots.
91	* ''Literature/PublicSchoolSuperhero'': During the protest to better Union Middle School near the end of the book, Kenny's grandmother gets up on the front of a car and starts shouting through a bullhorn.
92	[[/folder]]
93
94	[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
95	* ''Series/TheChasersWarOnEverything'' did this frequently... in random, unaware shops.
96	[[/folder]]
97
98	[[folder:Music]]
99	* [[{{sampling}} Sampled]] in Music/TheDingees' "Street vs State": ''"What do we want?" "PEACE!" "When do we want it?" "NOW!"''
100	* Music/TheMostUnwantedSong features a spoken word interval that sounds like it was recorded through a megaphone that consists of a woman saying some politically charged but difficult to understand words about America.
101	[[/folder]]
102
103	[[folder:Radio]]
104	* ''Radio/TheNowShow'':
105	** Parodied in their discussion of the UK protests:
106	--->''What do we want?\
107	EVERYTHING BETTER!\
108	How do we pay for it?\
109	UM ... NOT SURE!''
110	** And also in a discussion of how UK protests have a long history:
111	--->''[[YeOldeButcheredEnglish What wanteth we?]]\
112	AN END TO POVERTY!\
113	When wanteth we it?\
114	FORTHWITH!''
115	[[/folder]]
116
117	[[folder:Video Games]]
118	* ''VideoGame/DiscoElysium'' features a prominent strikebreaker who [[InvokedTrope purposefully cultivates]] this image. Conversations with him begin with, and are interrupted by, lame chants and slogans about their '''"Right! To! Work!"''' [[spoiler:The man is a [[HiredGuns mercenary]] who can hardly be bothered to pretend otherwise, and is completely uninterested in the labor dispute, [[PsychoForHire and the lives of those around him]].]]
119	* ''VideoGame/Hitman2016'': A protester outside the Swedish Consulate in "A Gilded Cage" is doing this, to rile up the citizens of Morocco due to Claus Strandberg (one of your targets you are sent to kill) stealing billions from them. This is but one of the things the protester yells about:
120	-->Seven billion! Seven billion my friends! That's how much this affluent sycophant from Scandinavia stole from the Moroccan people! And what is our government doing to the like of Claus Strandberg? Nothing! That's what! \
121	[[/folder]]
122
123	[[folder:Web Comics]]
124	* ''Webcomic/SaturdayMorningBreakfastCereal'': One of the cartoons has a Buddhist protest. It doesn't have a megaphone, but it uses the common formula, albeit on a sign.
125	-->What do we want?\
126	An end to the feeling of desire!\
127	When do we want it?\
128	Time is an illusion!
129	[[/folder]]
130
131	[[folder:Western Animation]]
132	* ''WesternAnimation/CarlSquared'': Skye is helping Carl protest about... something and a megaphone is used.
133	* ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'' [[PlayingWithATrope plays with]] the trope along in-universe popularity lines.
134	-->'''Danny:''' What do we want?\
135	'''Sam and Tucker:''' ''[uncertainly]'' ...good music?\
136	'''Danny:''' When do we want it?\
137	'''Sam and Tucker:''' Now?\
138	''[Dash takes the mic from Danny]''\
139	'''Dash:''' What do we want?\
140	'''Student body:''' Good music!\
141	'''Dash:''' When do we want it?\
142	'''Student body:''' NOW!
143	* Parodied and inversed on ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'', "Jurassic Bark":
144	-->'''Crowd:''' What do you want?\
145	'''Fry:''' Fry's dog!\
146	'''Crowd:''' When do you want it?\
147	'''Fry:''' Fry's dog!
148	** Then there's Frida Waterfall from "Into the Wild Green Yonder":
149	---> "Does 'violet dwarf' rhyme with 'men are dorks'?" ''[shrugs]'' "Well, it does through a megaphone!"
150	* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' made a RunningGag of call-and-response slogan shouting that went just a little too long:
151	** "Itchy and Scratchy and Marge":
152	--->'''Marge:''' What do we want?\
153	'''Crowd:''' Less and less violence in children's programming!\
154	'''Marge:''' When do we want it?\
155	'''Crowd:''' Now!
156	** "Last Exit to Springfield":
157	--->'''Carl:''' What do we want?\
158	'''Employees:''' More equitable treatment at the hands of management!\
159	'''Carl:''' When do we want it?\
160	'''Employees:''' Soon!
161	** Parodied in another episode:
162	--->''What do you want?\
163	The gradual phase-out of animal testing over the next three years!\
164	When do we want it?\
165	Over the next three years!''
166	* Penny Proud of ''WesternAnimation/TheProudFamily'' leads the neighborhood kids in a protest, refusing to due chores until they get higher allowances. "What do we want?" "More money!" "How do we want it?" "In cash!"
167	* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Archer}}'', the ISIS employees want to strike for higher pay, but have trouble coming up with a protest that doesn't reveal the location of their spy agency:
168	-->''What do we want?\
169	Unfair!\
170	When do we want it?\
171	Change!''
172	* In ''WesternAnimation/RecessSchoolsOut'', a protest like this happens in Principal Prickly's flashback when his friend Benedict abolishes recess altogether (thankfully, it doesn't stick).
173	-->''What do we want?\
174	Recess!\
175	When do we want it?\
176	Now!''
177	* In the ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' episode "[[Recap/SpongebobSquarepantsS2E20SquidOnStrikeSandySpongeBobAndTheWorm Squid on Strike]]", Squidward invokes this trope by doing a strike, shouting with a megaphone and such, in front of the Krusty Krab to attract citizens. Unfortunately, it fails, because the people are too hungry for a Krabby Patty to notice.
178	-->'''Fish 1:''' What's that guy talking about?\
179	'''Fish 2:''' I don't know, [[LampshadeHanging but he's got a megaphone.]]
180	[[/folder]]
181
182	[[folder:Real Life]]
183	* A counter-protest against the Westboro Baptist Church.
184	-->''What do we want?\
185	GAY SEX!\
186	When do we want it?\
187	NOW!''
188	* At a parody protest rally;
189	-->''What do we want?\
190	Time travel!\
191	When do we want it?\
192	That's irrelevant!''
193	[[/folder]]
194	----
195	->''What do we want?\
196	TheStinger!\
197	When do we want it?\
198	Now!''

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