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1An index of tropes about sound effects.
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3See also StockSoundEffects.
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6!!Tropes:
7[[index]]
8* AcousticLicense
9* AlertnessBlink: A chirping sound effect played to show a character is aware of something.
10* ArcadeSounds
11* AudibleGleam: An object gleaming or catching the light is announced with a pinging or tingling noise.
12* AudibleSharpness: Whether from a sheath, a scabbard, or from simply being picked up, bladed weapons tend to make the same "shing!" noise when being drawn
13* AudienceMurmurs
14* AudioDiegesis
15* MediaNotes/AutomatedDialogueRecording
16* BangBangBANG: Even though guns in real life make a wide variety of sounds at varying volumes, in media they'll almost always sound like shotguns.
17* BigHonkingTrafficJam: When in doubt, blast your horn until the light turns green!
18* BombWhistle: A falling bomb (or anything falling from a great height, for that matter) typically whistles for a good while before reaching the ground. Most commonly seen in cartoons and animated films.
19* BugBuzz: Insects make annoying, insistent buzzing whines.
20* CeilingBanger: Someone protests noisy upstairs neighbors by banging on the ceiling with a broom or other object.
21* CensoredForComedy
22* TheCoconutEffect
23* TheCrocIsTicking: A monster's appearance is heralded by a specific sound.
24* DeadManHonking
25* DoomDoors
26* EverythingIsAnInstrument
27* FakeLoud
28* ForDoomTheBellTolls
29* FlashbackBackBack
30* {{Flatline}}
31* FooledByTheSound
32* GaleForceSound: A song loud enough to be felt as a wind.
33* GlassShatteringSound: A sound so loud or high-pitched that it shatters glass.
34* HairTriggerSoundEffect
35* HearingVoices
36* HellIsThatNoise
37* HeyItsThatSound
38* HollywoodSilencer
39* HonkingArrivingCar
40* IdeaDing
41* IncorrectAnimalNoise
42* JackhammeredConversation
43* JunglesSoundLikeKookaburras
44* KabukiSounds
45* KineticClicking
46* KnuckleCracking
47* KungFoley
48* LaughTrack
49* LettingTheAirOutOfTheBand
50* LimitedSoundEffects
51* LosingHorns
52* LoudGulp
53* MakeSomeNoise
54* DarthWiki.MostAnnoyingSound
55* SugarWiki.MostWonderfulSound
56* NailsOnABlackboard
57* NoisyGuns
58* NoisyNature
59* NoisyRobots
60* OffscreenCrash
61* OpenSesame
62* PlotBasedVoiceCancellation
63* PreviewsPulse
64* PsychoStrings
65* QuakingWithFear
66* QuieterThanSilence
67* RadioVoice
68* RecognizableBySound
69* RecordNeedleScratch
70* RepetitiveAudioGlitch
71* {{Rimshot}}
72* SavedByTheChurchBell
73* ScareChord
74* ScreechingStop: Old car brakes effect when a cartoon character suddenly stops.
75* ShapeshiftingSound: A character transforms with a loud, noticeable, or distinctive sound.
76* ShellShockSilence
77* SickeningCrunch
78* SignatureSoundEffect
79* SillyAnimalSound
80* SinisterScrapingSound
81* SinisterWhistling
82* SoundEffectBleep
83* SoundOfDarkness
84* SoundOfNoDamage
85* SpaceIsNoisy
86* SqueakyEyes
87* StockAudioClip
88* StockScream
89* StukaScream: The terrifying sound of a Jericho Trumpet mounted to the leading edge of a Junkers Ju 87 ''Stuka'' is a particularly common sound effect in media, commonly being used in similar situations to the BombWhistle.
90* SoundDefect
91* SuperScream
92* TerribleTicking
93* ThatPoorCat: An object thrown offscreen is accompanied by the sound of a startled cat yowling.
94* TickTockTerror
95* UnsoundEffect
96* WalkieTalkieStatic
97* WackySoundEffect
98* WhooshInFrontOfTheCamera
99* WinkDing
100* WolfWhistle
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