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| 10 | ->''"I don't know how flinging someone actually made the sound 'fling'."'' |
| 11 | -->-- '''The Spoony One''' (reviewing ''ComicBook/{{Warrior}}''), ''WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment'' |
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| 13 | Or, if you will, "[[{{Pun}} Unomatopoeia]]." |
| 14 | |
| 15 | In comics and shows emulating comics, we'll see words which indicate the action taking place. "Bash!" and "Kick!", for example, just happen to sound a bit like the impacts they're describing. They are almost, but not quite {{Written Sound Effect}}s. Some authors will just bypass the whole "sounds like" thing and use ''words'' for the action in loud capital letters. "Glare!" "Leap!" "Flourish!" and even "Idea!" |
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| 17 | This is the Unsound Effect. It's a humorous technique, although it is also seen in fight scenes. ("Block!" "Slash!") |
| 18 | |
| 19 | This is usually attributed to ''ComicBook/RichieRich'' in the original Creator/HarveyComics versions, which lasted from the 1950s to the 1980s. They included such effects as "BOUNCE!" for large rubber balls impacting a hard surface, and went on to "EXPAND!" when Richie utilized one of Prof. Keenbean's AppliedPhlebotinum devices meant to go from pocket-size miniature tool/vehicle/etc. to full-size. |
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| 21 | It's worth noting that {{manga}} has different conventions for use of non-spoken words, some of which ''aren't'' even meant as onomatopoeia. Japanese writers will use them to represent more abstract events like "smiling" ("niko niko", or just "ni!", or extended to "nikkori"), "sudden realization" ("ha"), "silence" ("shiiiiiiin"), "menacing atmosphere" ("gogogo"), "staring" ("jiiiiiiiiii") or even "blushing" ("kaaaaa"). These are known as phenomimes when they describe external phenomena and psychomimes when they describe psychological states (both can be referred to in Japanese as ''gitaigo'', lit. "mimetic words", since they mimetize such cases). Some {{anime}}, generally the more surreal sort, turn these into ''actual'' sound effects or [[SayingSoundEffectsOutLoud have a character say them aloud]] (like, for example, the character will actually say "jiiiiiiii" when staring at somebody). |
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| 23 | And sometimes, the unsound effect isn't even written. A SuperDeformed version of the character in the margin, a mascot, an animal, or other living thing in the background will say or represent the character's feelings. |
| 24 | |
| 25 | Related to EditorialSynaesthesia. See also VisibleSilence, the Unsound Effect for ''no'' sound; and SoundDefect for real sounds that go wrong. When this occurs ''in-universe'' it's SayingSoundEffectsOutLoud. |
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| 28 | !!Examples: |
| 29 | |
| 30 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 31 | |
| 32 | [[folder:Advertising]] |
| 33 | * It is common practice for closed captioning to caption sound effects as well. There is a Windex ad in which the mother cleans a window with Windex to let the sun shine in and wake up her kids. The kids rush out while the mother smirks -- because it's Saturday. Her smirk is captioned as "''(mother smirks)''". |
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| 35 | |
| 36 | [[folder:Anime & Manga]] |
| 37 | %%* ''Manga/MariaHolic'' is brimming with them. |
| 38 | * ''Manga/OnePiece'': |
| 39 | ** During the Alabasta arc, the camel in the last panel gets, appropriately, ''CAMEL!!(ラクダ!!)'' |
| 40 | ** As Corazon's power is to [[MakeSomeNoise completely suppress noise]], he always gets the effect of "Shi~n!/No Sound!" when doing things with it. |
| 41 | * The ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'' manga does this a lot. Of course, this is probably due to the translators being very faithful to the original; |
| 42 | ** During a silent scene you'll see the giant "shiiiin" kana with tiny English "the sound of silence" written underneath. |
| 43 | ** There's also a "UsefulNotes/{{Pettanko}}" sound effect when Anya first sees Yue and Nodoka. |
| 44 | ** When Negi goes all out the Kanji for "Destruction" appears when he hits someone. |
| 45 | ** Sometimes even the characters [[MediumAwareness seem to hear or read]] those unsounds. |
| 46 | --->''[Tohsaka hurts [[MadeASlave enslaved girls]] with {{Shock Collar}}s]''\ |
| 47 | '''Kotarou:''' [[CurseCutShort You son of a...]]\ |
| 48 | [[MeaningfulBackgroundEvent (Negi in the background)]] [[ThisIsUnforgivable *Snap*]]\ |
| 49 | '''Kotarou:''' Snap? |
| 50 | * Having a sound for silence can actually be done quite seriously. In the ''Manga/DeathNote'' episode entitled "Silence", a prominent scene combines a "shiiiin" noise with Muted Soundtrack, to great effect. (Along with ForDoomTheBellTolls, and OminousLatinChanting, and RedFilterOfDoom, because ''Manga/DeathNote'' is melodramatic [[MundaneMadeAwesome even when it's not given a decent excuse to be]].) |
| 51 | * The manga adaptation of ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' has a onetime "'''One-Megaton Punch'''", for when Kamina and Simon, in their newly-combined Dai-Gurren, delivers one of these to Viral. |
| 52 | * The anime versions of ''Anime/PaniPoniDash'', ''Manga/LuckyStar'', ''Manga/HayateTheCombatButler'', ''DD Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'', ''Literature/OkamiSan'' and ''Manga/SayonaraZetsubouSensei'' have all used "staring" ("jiiiiiiiiii") as a vocalised sound effect, in ''[[Manga/SayonaraZetsubouSensei SZS]]'''s case as a RunningGag. |
| 53 | ** Russia does this too in one episode of the anime of ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'' - as in, he actually says "jiiiiiii..." while staring at someone. A second later, he does it again, only louder. The other character looks severely uncomfortable by this point. |
| 54 | ** Also in ''[[Manga/SayonaraZetsubouSensei SZS]]'', when TheVoiceless Meru types [[{{Troll}} abusive messages]] with her cell phone, we hear the sound "Meru Meru". |
| 55 | ** The later seasons of ''[[Manga/SayonaraZetsubouSensei SZS]]'' have ''all'' of the sound effects [[WrittenSoundEffect written on screen]] and read out loud with a humorously monotone, bored-sounding voice. |
| 56 | ** ''Manga/LuckyStar'' also has "ira-ira" appear as Kagami gets progressively more irritated with Tsukasa's attempts at texting. |
| 57 | *** Tsukasa goes into lala-land about something, and she actually makes the sound "kira-kira" while her eyes twinkle. (This might even have been preserved in the English dub, with "twinkle-twinkle".) |
| 58 | *** In the dub, Kagami starts reading a new manga that Konata had just handed to her, getting more and more drawn in as she reads on. Konata just stands there, waiting for a reaction, all while saying "Staaaaaaaaaaaaare~". It even intensifies as she "Staaaaaaaaaaaare~'s" in a higher octave. |
| 59 | * Manga publisher Creator/{{Tokyopop}} used to do this, with some such sounds including "Stand", "Glare" and "Turn". Probably one of the funnier ones was "Cadillac!" in ''Manga/DuklyonClampSchoolDefenders''. |
| 60 | * The manga ''Manga/MPDPsycho'' employs this trope in both humorous and straight forms, for instance, when Amamiya's glasses gleam with light, the other characters swear they can hear the "shing" noise that results. An example of the serious form of the trope in action is the "dokun" or "kadoom" noise that indicates Amamiya's personality changing. |
| 61 | * The ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' Official Bootleg book has the members of the Soul Reaper Women's Association react to Momo's Aizen Glasses cookies with "AGHAST". |
| 62 | * A burn victim in ''Manga/CaseClosed'' had a speech balloon reading "mouthing words" or something to that effect, having been too injured to say anything discernible. |
| 63 | * From ''Manga/HayateTheCombatButler'', we also have the inestimable: ''COINCIDENCE!'' |
| 64 | * ''Manga/OuranHighSchoolHostClub'', with [[GivingSomeoneThePointerFinger "POINT"]]. |
| 65 | * One translation of the {{hentai}} doujin ''Blue Eyes'' featured such sound effects as "ORGASM!", "CLIMAX!", and possibly funniest of all, "KA-FUCK!" |
| 66 | * In the space of two pages in the first chapter of ''Manga/PandoraHearts'', we have "GRAB," "FIDGET," "SURPRISE," and of course, "THREATENING ATMOSPHERE." |
| 67 | * ''Manga/OtomeKikanGretel'' has a rather freaked out Yuu with the effect "startle" (next to, of course, someone who [[SayItWithHearts talks with hearts]]) |
| 68 | ** The very next page has "Confused" and "Realization" on the same panel, then "The Culprit" immediately after |
| 69 | * ''Manga/ChisSweetHome'' uses a number of these, including things like "dejected" and "loom." |
| 70 | * When the author of ''Manga/{{Kaiji}}'' discovered there wasn't an onomatopoeia for dramatic tension, he invented his own: ZAWA. |
| 71 | ** He also uses this same sound in his other works, like ''Manga/{{Akagi}}'' and ''Manga/GamblingEmperorLegendZero''. |
| 72 | * Manga such as ''Manga/YuGiOh'', ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'', and ''Manga/ShamanKing'' often throw "DOOM" on dramatic panels. Even more dramatic panels might get "[[DoomyDoomsOfDoom DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM]]". |
| 73 | * In ''Manga/DoctorSlump'', GenkiGirl Arale's greetings are so loud and boisterous that the sound effect for it ("KON'CHWA!" - more often contracted to "N'CHA!" - , approximately, due to a VerbalTic) easily dwarfs her and knocks the people she greets off their feet. The aliens attempt to weaponize this power, but fail every time. |
| 74 | * Fai of ''Manga/TsubasaReservoirChronicle'' starts saying "Fiuuu" instead of whistling, for which [[LampshadeHanging Kurogane mocks him]]. [[spoiler:It later [[{{Subverted|Trope}} turns out]] that he did that because his whistling has magical powers.]] |
| 75 | * In ''Manga/TheMikosWordsAndTheWitchesIncantations'', [[spoiler:the [[GodInHumanForm Mountain]] God]] offers Isuzu some sweet rice balls with a "Proffer!". |
| 76 | * In one of the [[BreatherEpisode Excalibur episodes]] of the ''Manga/SoulEater'' anime, a fistfight between two gangs features such GratuitousEnglish Sound Effects as 'AH!', 'YEAH!' 'NICE!', 'PENCIL!' and 'AMERICA!'. |
| 77 | * In ''Manga/AreaNoKishi'' when [[HandsomeLech Kouta]] gets especially irritated with his teammate [[{{Jerkass}} Nishijima]], a "Glare" sound effect is displayed in the panel. |
| 78 | * ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry'': Rika's catchphrase is "Ni-pah!" |
| 79 | * ''Manga/BabySteps'': After his [[NaiveNewcomer first grueling day]] of tennis training, protagonist E-chan's inability to stand up from his desk was denoted by "shivering" sound effects. |
| 80 | * The ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'' manga is ''lousy'' with the "Boot" onomatopoeia for whenever someone gets punted into the sky by a [[MegatonPunch Megaton Kick]]. Ironically enough, NONE of the characters in the series, with the exception of Ryoga, ''ever'' wear boots. |
| 81 | ** We also got LOOOOOOOOM for bad guys looking badass followed by a much smaller [-LOOOOM-] for the good guys trying to but not managing it. |
| 82 | * ''Manga/SatouKashiNoDanganWaUchinukenai'' features a non-humorous in-universe example when [[NewTransferStudent newly-arrived]] strange girl Umino introduces herself to the class: |
| 83 | -->'''Umino:''' Then please treat me well.\ |
| 84 | '''Umino:''' Bow.\ |
| 85 | '''Nonplussed Student:''' She actually said "Bow"! |
| 86 | * ''Anime/PantyAndStockingWithGarterbelt'': |
| 87 | ** By the fourth episode, the GratuitousEnglish sound effects have branched out into unusual territory. It just escalates from there on. |
| 88 | --->"Nice Dunk!"\ |
| 89 | "Muffin Top"\ |
| 90 | "Pants On!"\ |
| 91 | "Red Carpet"\ |
| 92 | "SEEEEEEAAAAA WAAAAAAATTTTERRRRRR"\ |
| 93 | "Pissed Off!"\ |
| 94 | "GOD DAMM!"\ |
| 95 | "Fuck You!" |
| 96 | ** A crowning example occurs in Episode 11: Panty is channel-surfing, and while we can't see the TV, we can see the {{Written Sound Effect}}s that each channel produces. The first channel goes "Blah Blah Blah," the second channel goes "Yak Yak Yak," and the third channel (clearly porn by the sound) goes "A Cock Sucker." |
| 97 | * During an undersea episode early in the ''Manga/SgtFrog'' anime, Keroro's platoon accidentally fire several torpedos at a city on the bottom of the sea. He hopes they all miss, but...they all hit. All of them. Direct hits too. The platoon's reaction can only be described as "Atmosphere of [[OhCrap Oh Shit]]". |
| 98 | ** In one chapter of the manga, Kululu decides to shake his team-mates out of a streak of complacency by brain-washing their friends and forcing them to fight. Fuyuki offers to face Keroro in a riddle contest instead, to which Keroro responds "Alright, but I should warn you, Master Fuyuki, I filibuster all riddles!" As the other members of the Keroro Platoon do battle, you can see little word balloons with the words "Riddle!" and "Filibuster!" [[FunnyBackgroundEvent in the background]]. |
| 99 | *** Earlier in that same chapter Keroro threatens to eject Kululu from the platoon for the trouble he'd already been causing, accompanied with a "Decisive action!" |
| 100 | ** In one episode of the anime's dub, [[GagSub Mr. Caption]] translated the on-screen sound effect for someone making a fist as "fisting"--which is the literal meaning of that word, but "fist" is rarely used as a verb anymore because [[AssShove the other meaning]]. |
| 101 | * ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'': |
| 102 | ** The manga has "'''DREAMY!'''". |
| 103 | ** At least one scanlator translated the sound made by Tobi teleporting to some place as "appear". |
| 104 | ** Deidara's explosions are always preceded by '''Yeeaagh!''' in the English manga. This lends itself to a {{Woolseyism}} when some of his bombs land near Tobi: |
| 105 | --->'''Tobi:''' Time out, partner! Don't '''Yeeaagh''' yet! |
| 106 | * ''Manga/KenichiTheMightiestDisciple'' once had Kenichi outlining to a bunch of delinquents exactly why being a delinquent was a bad lifestyle choice, punctuated with the words "SOUND ARGUMENT!" dramatically appearing at the end of his speech. |
| 107 | * Misaki's "INDIRECT KISS!" in ''Manga/JunjouRomantica'' |
| 108 | * The everpresent "WOW~!" used to punctuate fanservice that originated in ''Manga/FairyTail''. |
| 109 | * ''Manga/{{Nichijou}}'' features the unsound effect '''GASCOIGNE!''' |
| 110 | * One {{scanlation}} of the ''Manga/DreamEaterMerry'' manga uses "[[AC:apocalyptic]] '''CRUNCH!'''" in a dream-world sequence where the moon appears to be shattered. |
| 111 | * ''Manga/TheBeautifulSkiesOfHououHigh'' has sounds effects such as 'gets up' and 'barf'. |
| 112 | * ''Manga/SumomoMoMomoMo'' also, at one point, uses the aforementioned [[UsefulNotes/{{Pettanko}} Petta~n]] sound effect for both Momoka and Iroha, for good reason. |
| 113 | * ''Manga/{{Yuruyuri}}'': Akkariiin!, the sound of someone turning invisible from sheer lack of presence. |
| 114 | * In the sixth chapter of ''Manga/DragonBall'', Bulma's capsule boat makes the sound [[GratuitousEnglish "BOAAA••T!!"]] Later, the sound effect "GUN!" accompanies Goku ''breaking'' someone's gun. |
| 115 | * As mentioned above, this is par for the course in anime and manga due to cultural differences, but the official subtitles for the ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' anime dove into this territory by translating the already [[MemeticMutation memetic]] ゴゴゴ (GO GO GO, "rumble" or "dramatic tension") as "[MENACING]". |
| 116 | ** And let's not forget the Duwang TranslationTrainwreck. |
| 117 | --> '''Yoshikage Kira:''' What a beautiful Duwang! ''Chew.'' |
| 118 | * ''Manga/{{Gyo}}'' [[MemeticMutation infamously]] used "GASHUNK" to describe the sound the walking shark tank made whenever it took a step, which was later applied to the sound of it plowing through a door. |
| 119 | * ''Manga/HimoutoUmaruChan'' has "UMARU~UN", which seems to be the sound of Umaru being beautiful/graceful/perfect. The AnimatedAdaptation adds to it by having Umaru's voice actress Aimi Tanaka saying the effect, and occasionally using it as something of a transformation sound when she changes from "[[LazyBum Indoor]] [[SuperDeformed Umaru]]" to "Outdoor Umaru". |
| 120 | * One particular fan translation of ''Manga/MadeInAbyss'' is [[MemeticMutation infamous]] for using bizarrely literal translations of sound effects (such as "loli spilling noises", "struggling to poop quietly", and "rumble of scientific triumph") even in serious or dramatic scenes. |
| 121 | * ''Manga/AyakashiTriangle'': In the English version, Mei [[ShadowWalker teleporting from shadow]] is given the sound effect "voom", and the ExtremeCloseUp of [[MaleGaze her breasts]] in the next panel [[BuxomBeautyStandard "va-voom"]]. This is slightly different from the Japanese version, where the joke was both using the same sound effect, "zu-zu-zu (rumbling)". |
| 122 | * The reboot of ''Manga/UruseiYatsura'' has Lum's voice actress saying "ZAP ZAP ZAP" (bari-bari-bari) whenever she uses her electricity. |
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| 125 | [[folder:Comic Books]] |
| 126 | * ''Acme Novelty Library'' by Chris Ware, author of ''ComicBook/JimmyCorriganTheSmartestKidOnEarth'', takes this trope to a new level by featuring a panel that says "Onomatopoeia: front door opening" |
| 127 | * ''ComicBook/BatmanBlackAndWhite'': In the comedic "Batsman: Swarming Scourge of the Underworld", a gargoyle collapsing makes the sound "Collapse!". |
| 128 | * In ''ComicBook/XMen'', at least one X-Babies encounter ("Mojo Mayhem") has gone this way (with arguing murmurs written as "argue" or "debate" or "mutter" and the like.) |
| 129 | ** Creator/ChrisClaremont (as noted above, since he wrote the X-Babies storyline) tended to use this device, especially toward the end of his stint on Uncanny X-Men. In one issue we see an angry mob in the distance, and as they approach their angry murmuring is expressed as unsounds expressing their intent to do horrible things to the object of their wrath, such as [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking "murder," "mutilate," "bludgeon", and "sue."]] |
| 130 | ** In one issue by Claremont, Jubilee is served some ForeignQueasine and reacts with "That's it, that's it, that's IT!", followed by a speech bubble simply saying "hate, scream, cry, rage, rant, gripe, shriek!" |
| 131 | * Averted in an issue of the ''[[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Thor]]'' comic book, where the Hulk hits Thor with an entire freight train (complete with attached cars). The editor's note on the page confesses that there's no onomatopoeia there because nothing they could think of would do the scene justice. |
| 132 | ** The same thing happened when [[ComicBook/FantasticFour the Thing]] punched Sandman into his component particles while both were underwater. |
| 133 | ** Played straight during Creator/WaltSimonson's run on ''Thor'', with [[http://www.comicscube.com/2013/10/walt-simonsons-thor-retrospective.html effects such as "SHATTER!" and "DOOM!"]] |
| 134 | * ''Magazine/{{Mad}}'', illustrating the reality of a six-man utility crew - one guy digging a hole (accompanied by the sound effect "dig") while the other five are in various states of leisure (accompanied by "eat", "siiiip", "snooze", "hang out", and "read".) |
| 135 | ** Another comic features a massive five-way collision accompanied by "HORRENDOUS UNSPELLABLE SOUND EFFECT!" |
| 136 | ** Wally Wood once told a detective story entirely in pictures and exaggerated sound effects (with a couple of unsounds). All the murder victims produced the same sequence of AAAARGH!..THUD...BOUNCE BOUNCE and, in the first case the guy who had been shot rounded off with a quiet BLEED BLEED. The detective was quite mystified by the screams until he realized that the killer was [[spoiler:one Joe Aaaargh, alias Joe Eeeech, alias Joe Uuuuugh.]] |
| 137 | ** The Don Martin strips were famous for featuring bizarre sound effects like "wugga wugga!", "zit, zit, swizap!" or simply "fump!". |
| 138 | ** Don Martin's ComicBook/CaptainKlutz goes after a mad bomber in one story, with explosion sound effects "POWM", "BROON", "PLOOM", "FLOON", "FAKKAK", "KASH-SPLINTER", "FAGLOOM", and finally "reader's note: write in your own terrifying sound effect here." |
| 139 | ** One article played with this by claiming some companies' names were derived from this, like the sound of a jet's engine falling off and bouncing with a '''BOEING!''', or a certain meat product falling out of the can and hitting the person's foot with a '''SPAM!''' |
| 140 | * ''ComicBook/TinyTitans'' gives us some like [[ItMakesSenseInContext CHAIR!]] and [[ItMakesSenseInContext TIE!]] |
| 141 | * Frequently used in ''ComicStrip/TwistedToyfareTheatre''. Examples include ComicBook/SpiderMan running across some assorted Beanie Baby animals. They make sounds like "Moo. Moo.", "Me-mew. Me-mew.", "Quack. Quack." and "Kangaroo sound. Kangaroo sound.". And when he gets them to stampede, it's "Angry Moo! Moo!", "Angry Baa! Baa!" and "Angry kangaroo sound! Angry kangaroo sound!". |
| 142 | ** A much, much later strip features Creator/ChristianBale interrupting the Manly Men of Action's dancing with the sound effect of "record screeching to a halt!" Creator/DolphLundgren then displays his musical talent by playing a drum solo; the sound effect is "Drum Solo!" |
| 143 | * German comic artist Ralf König is good at this. he rather describes the mood of scenes with his unsounds. One scene shows a guy laying in bed, hearing "sounds" like "cooking coffee" and "doorclap". |
| 144 | * ''ComicBook/TheTick'' is also fond of this, with the best being "CONTEMPLATE!" |
| 145 | ** In the first issue, The Tick and Clark Oppenheimer are fighting in a subway tunnel, when a train hits them, making the following noises: *BANG* *CRASH* *REALLY LOUD NOISE!* |
| 146 | ** *TUSSLE* |
| 147 | ** At one point the Tick disarms the Red Scare of his hammer and sickle with "Take!" sound effects. |
| 148 | * The first volume of ''ComicBook/AtomicRobo'' features a good one: |
| 149 | -->'''Helsingard Soldier:''' Hey, this looks like a--\ |
| 150 | '''Sound Effect:''' DOOR! |
| 151 | * Amerimanga ''ComicBook/NinjaHighSchool'' has used literal sound effects from the beginning of its run. They do sort of mirror manga's onomonepetic effects, but Ben Dunn has admitted he got the idea from ''Richie Rich''. |
| 152 | ** One example: a character lifts a huge tree out of the ground, to the sound of '''*UPROOT*''' |
| 153 | ** The {{Time Travel}}ing schoolteacher whisks a cloth away from her time machine: '''''REVEAL!''''' Also, two girls ponder a question with the effects: THINK THINK THINK THINK. |
| 154 | * The ''VideoGame/CityOfHeroes'' comic has a {{mook}} cry out in pain: ''"MMORPG!!"'' |
| 155 | * ''De Familie Fortuin'', a Dutch comic about the titular white trash family, has used such sound effects as '''*ENORMOUS EXPLOSION! FLYING BODY PARTS! BLEEDING GUMS! [[RuleOfCool COOL MAN]]!*''' and '''*EXPLODING SCHOOL WITH EVERYONE INSIDE*'''. |
| 156 | * ''Dinosaurs for Hire'' featured Archie the ''T.rex'' dusting himself off ("dust, dust") and Reese the ''Stegosaurus'' adjusting his eyepatch ("adjust"). |
| 157 | * Creator/CarlBarks's Duck comics sometimes had this, although not extremely often. For instance, in ''Land of the Pygmy Indians'', the Unsound Effect "Glom" is used a couple of times whenever a character is swiftly, well, glommed, by the mysterious kidnappers. |
| 158 | * Another Dutch comic, ''ComicBook/DeGeneraal'' had one when the eponymous general is dropped with tank and all from a hot air balloon (don't ask): '''*SMASH OF GIGANTIC PROPORTIONS!*''' |
| 159 | * A series of Disney albums had Goofy playing different historical persons. In the Beethoven story '''all''' sound words were composer names. Knocking on a door sounded like BACH BACH, knocking over a pile of stuff produced a loud BRAHMS and so on. |
| 160 | * Speaking of Disney, a ''ComicBook/DarkwingDuck'' comic in ''Magazine/DisneyAdventures'' had some offstage action indicated with words like "BLUDGEON" and "ASPHYXIATE." {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d by onlookers. |
| 161 | * Unsound effects were used a lot in Erika Fuchs's German Disney translations (one of her more creative ones was where "censored" was replaced by "Einziger Aufschrei der erregten Massen" (single outcry of the excited masses"). German-speakers brought up on Fuchs' Donald Duck comics will sometimes use such unsound effects like "grübel, grübel" (ponder, ponder), and at conventions of the D. O. N. A. L. D. (Deutsche Organisation Nichtkommerzieller Anhänger des lauteren Donaldismus = German Organisation of Non-Commercial Adherents of Pure Donaldism) they customarily applaud by chanting "klatsch, klatsch, klatsch!" (clap, clap, clap!). |
| 162 | * ''Strange Suspense Stories'' #69, "Thunder Alley": [[http://misterkitty.org/extras/stupidcovers/stupidcomics109.html BOWL!]] (No, it's not the sound of bowling; it's the sound made by a guy going to a bowling alley. Yeah.) |
| 163 | * ''Buster Brown'', no. 42: [[http://www.misterkitty.org/extras/stupidcovers/stupidcomics103.html DREAM! MAGIC!]] |
| 164 | * ''ComicBook/TheIncredibleHercules'' no longer even ''tries'' to have standard sound effects. Instead, the sound of an impressive punch to the face is ''WHATAMANNN'', a dragon's firebreath goes ''[[Literature/TheHobbit SMAAAAAAAAAUG]]'' and an attack aimed squarely at the opponent's nipples is represented with a bright purple ''NURP''. |
| 165 | ** Arguably the best sound effect ever: Hercules smashing a wall while impersonating Thor: GODDATHUNDAA! |
| 166 | ** Hercules[[note]]still impersonating Thor[[/note]] punching Thor[[note]]the actual Thor, now impersonating Hercules[[/note]] in the face in mid-sentence: SUKKAPUNCH! |
| 167 | ** Thor giving as good as he gets: BACKATCHA! |
| 168 | ** Their EPIC battle reaching a suitably EPIC conclusion: [[GroinAttack NUHHKKRACK!]][[note]]followed by a HWWWWEDGIE for good measure[[/note]] |
| 169 | ** Hercules backhanding someone: BICHSLAPP! |
| 170 | ** Hercules flinging ComicBook/TheSentry upwards [[CapeSnag by his cape]]: [[TheAllSolvingHammer N-TU-DASUNNN!]] |
| 171 | ** Sisyphus' boulder [[ShaggyDogStory respawning in front of him]]: Sisy-poof! |
| 172 | ** The sequel miniseries, ''Prince of Power'', carries on the grand tradition with getting chucked into a table being IKKKEA!, among others. |
| 173 | * ''ComicBook/MarvelAdventures: ComicBook/TheAvengers'' |
| 174 | ** The sound effect "GAMMABOOOOOM" for the Hulk landing after a jump in Issue #32. |
| 175 | ** The sound of ComicBook/CaptainAmerica punching [[FrenchJerk Batroc]] in the face is "Lebomp". |
| 176 | * ''ComicBook/{{Hawkeye}}'': ''ComicBook/{{Hawkeye|2012}}'' has "KGLASSSSSSS" to represent a SuperWindowJump. |
| 177 | * ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics'' had unsound effects in the early days before they went down the toilet. Two that stand out are "RABOOM" and "ROBOOMNIK". Guess who was getting blown up on those occasions. |
| 178 | ** Came back in ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogMegaManWorldsCollide'' when Drs. Wily and Eggman give each other an [[http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20130723184641/sonic/images/e/e8/WWC_Evil_Bro_Fist.png Evil Bro Fist]]. |
| 179 | * ''ComicBook/ScottPilgrim'' has a number of these, including "GLARE", "FLING", the rather puffy and cute "POUT", and "BOSS FIGHT." |
| 180 | * Brandon Graham's ''ComicBook/KingCity'' has "TOAST" as a sound effect for when some bread pops out of a toaster. |
| 181 | * In ''ComicBook/TheGoon'', rather than show all the gruesome details of Frankie's signature "attack," it's just presented as a black panel with "[[EyeScream KNIFE TO THE EYE!]]" written in big white letters. |
| 182 | * ''Hate'' does this a lot. |
| 183 | * ''ComicBook/TooMuchCoffeeMan'' even used this in the autobiographical segments, such as the time writer/artist Shannon Wheeler rode his motor scooter accompanied by the unsound "SCOOT." |
| 184 | * ''ComicBook/ScudTheDisposableAssassin'' uses such sound effects as "KICK UP!" (Scud kicking a Mook's laser cannon out of the way) and "GROSS!" (A character getting his head graphically blown apart.) |
| 185 | * The ''ComicBook/SuperMarioAdventures'' series, thanks to Charlie Nozawa's art style borrowing heavily from manga, does this fairly frequently, with onomatopoeia such as "PEEP", "LEER", "DASH", "LOOOM", "SKEDADDLE" and "TIPPITY-TOE" |
| 186 | * A ''ComicBook/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' comic decided to represent the sound of Buffy and Dracula crashing to the ground from a tower in a shower of broken glass as "Land!" |
| 187 | * At least one Matt Howarth comic used the effect "REALLY LOUD SOUND BUT YOU CAN'T HEAR IT" repeated over and over in the background of a panel for some kind of [[RealityWarper reality warping]] effect. |
| 188 | * Whenever superspeedster the Blur uses his powers in ''Grounded'', the sound effect is "Sonic ''BOOM''!" |
| 189 | * The Impaler, the cool-as-hell stake gun from the French graphic novel series ''ComicBook/RequiemVampireKnight'', goes "TEPES!" when it's fired. |
| 190 | * Brazilian comic ''ComicBook/MonicasGang'' has a huge slew of onomatopoeia, but a few enter this trope, such as "COICE" (Portuguese for horse kick) and "HOPPITY" (to which a character asks "[[NoFourthWall what kind of onomatopoeia is that?]]") |
| 191 | * In ''ComicBook/TheLifeAndTimesOfScroogeMcDuck'', "The Cowboy Captain of the Cutty Sark", our intrepid hero experiences the Krakatoa explosion firsthand (he did, however, stuff his ears full of cotton, which somehow worked). We are treated to a beautiful rendition of the explosion, but the sound-bubble only contains an asterisk. A note from the editor points out: |
| 192 | -->In consideration of the fact that on August 27, 1883, the island of Krakatoa exploded with a force equivalent to 10,000 hydrogen bombs and produced the loudest noise in history, we deemed it wise to delete the sound effect to preserve the sanity (and ears) of our readers. |
| 193 | * The ''WesternAnimation/WallaceAndGromit'' comic ''Anoraknophobia'' had sound effects including "LOUD CLICK" and "DEEP GLOOM AND CONCERN". |
| 194 | * Pure example: In an old Harvey Comic, a character gets a plunger to the face with a "BWOP!" sound effect - he pulls it off with an "UNBWOP!" sound effect. |
| 195 | * ''ComicBook/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicIDW'' uses this a lot, especially in issues written by Katie Cook. |
| 196 | ** Issue 1 features Rainbow Dash following up a "KICK!" with a "BETTER KICK!" while fighting some changelings. |
| 197 | ** The "Neigh Anything" arc features "Insert Bowling Pin Sound Effect HERE!" (during Shining Armor's attempts to sabotage Buck Withers) and "Bonding!" (between Cadance and a young Twilight Sparkle). |
| 198 | ** Issue 2 of the micro-series contains sounds effects like "FAIL!", "FACE!" and [[FandomNod "BROHOOF!"]]. |
| 199 | ** Issue 6 of the micro-series has Big Macintosh throwing a net over the Sass Squash accompanied by "NET SOUND!" |
| 200 | %% * The gun that went "BANG! EMPT! EMPT! EMPT!" (Still needs source.) |
| 201 | * ''Spewn'', a parody of Spawn published by Image, featured a fight between Spewn and the Violator expy with the sound effects "TITTER", "POKE", "BUSTLE", and "FRESHLY SQUEEZED", this last one eliciting some confusion from the combatants, who aren't sure what caused it. |
| 202 | * "Elbschock", a [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin horror comic from Hamburg]] (think early EC), had a story about a terror attack on a soccer world cup play. All sound effects were names of (mostly German) soccer players: explosions going "BALLACK!", speed lines going "PODOLSKI!" etc. |
| 203 | * Many Golden Age and Silver Age American comics used the rather curious "BAW!" to indicate a child or childish adult crying. It isn't really onomatopoeic, but probably has something to do with "bawl". |
| 204 | * The Dark Horse ''Plants vs. Zombies'' graphic novels do this a lot. These are from the first installment alone: |
| 205 | ** LEMONADE BREAK! |
| 206 | ** LET'S GO! |
| 207 | ** BUNGEE SLAM!!! |
| 208 | ** CHERRY BOOOOM! |
| 209 | ** PRESS! |
| 210 | ** FSHAA BURRRNN |
| 211 | * ''ComicBook/{{Norby}}'': In panel three of chapter thirteen of the ''Literature/NorbyTheMixedUpRobot'' adaptation, when Zi bites Jeff, it is rendered with a '''NIP!''' sound effect. |
| 212 | * In ComicBook/SpiderManDeadpool #1, when Spidey hurls Deadpool onto a roof, he impacts with the sound effect [[https://static0.cbrimages.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/goodcomics/2016/02/spidermanid20.jpg "ASPHALT!"]] |
| 213 | * ''ComicBook/{{The Beano}}'': Mainly those comic strips that are drawn by Tom Paterson. |
| 214 | ** Extra points if said comic strip is a Calamity James comic strip. |
| 215 | [[/folder]] |
| 216 | |
| 217 | [[folder:Comic Strips]] |
| 218 | * One ''ComicStrip/BloomCounty'' featured the wonderfully memorable "[[AC:unprovoked]] '''''KICK!'''''" |
| 219 | * ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'': |
| 220 | ** One strip has Calvin walking around in galoshes that go "galosh galosh galosh". |
| 221 | ** In a school strip, Susie asks Calvin to name the old capital of Poland, and hears him mutter, "KRAKOW! KRAKOW!" which happens to be the right answer but is really a sound effect from his ImagineSpot about Spaceman Spiff fighting aliens. |
| 222 | ** Yet another involves Calvin asking Hobbes to go spelunking. When Hobbes points out that there are no caves nearby, Calvin takes him to a lake and they proceed to drop rocks into the water... which make a "spelunk" sound effect. |
| 223 | ** The ''Scientific Progress Goes "Boink"'' arc lampshades this with the sound the duplicator makes. |
| 224 | --->'''Hobbes:''' [[TitleDrop Scientific progress goes "boink"?]] |
| 225 | * ''ComicStrip/DickTracy'' has had some very strange sound effects such as "[[http://joshreads.com/?p=1030 sqlud]]" for Dick getting hit in the face, "[[http://joshreads.com/?p=893 qwink]]" for a machine powering down, and "[[http://joshreads.com/?p=880 qlunq]]" for a briefcase hitting Dick in the head. |
| 226 | ** "Qlunq" is particularly odd, as it could have been written simply as "clunk", which ''is'' a real word. |
| 227 | * ''ComicStrip/ForBetterOrForWorse'' is in love with this trope--partly because every other Sunday strip is mostly silent, save for the Unsound Effects flying all over the place. One panel where the family dog was eating something was accompanied by '''*gobble snarf eat*'''. |
| 228 | ** Another, dealing with Elly's frustrations with a fax/copier, had UNPLUG, although the design of the balloon made it ambiguous whether that was a sound effect or Elly loudly vocalizing the action as a form of venting. |
| 229 | * One ''ComicStrip/FoxTrot'' strip used '''*crank crank crank*''' and '''*uncrank uncrank uncrank*''' for the sound of someone turning up, then turning down, a thermostat. |
| 230 | * There is a ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'' comic where Garfield is unscrewing a saltshaker with the sound effect '''*unscrew*''' hanging in midair. It's unclear how that sounds any different from just plain ol' screwing. |
| 231 | ** Pictured [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/garfieldhammer.png here]] is the sound effect '''hammer''', which is what Jon is using on [[OverlyLongGag a really long nail]]. |
| 232 | ** A really early strip showed Jon dialing on a rotary telephone, the sounds of him operating the rotary mechanism were '''*dial dial dial*'''. |
| 233 | * In an early (1950s-era) ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'' strip, Charlie Brown is perplexed when Lucy tosses a pebble into a pond with a "ker-SPLASH!", and Linus jumps into a pile of leaves with a "ker-LEAF!". |
| 234 | ** There was also one about how Snoopy doesn't like to be scratched on the head; he prefers to be "skritched." Sure enough, when Schroeder works his fingers on Snoopy's head, the sound is "Skritch skritch skritch." |
| 235 | ** Another strip has Linus telling Charlie Brown that it's "soppping wet" (notice the 3 "p"s) outside. Charlie Brown remarks "I think you mean sopping wet", followed by Snoopy walking in accompanied by sound effects of "SOPPP SOPPP SOPPP". |
| 236 | ** In yet another strip, one of Snoopy's bird friends goes, "Gripe gripe gripe, complain complain complain, crab crab crab," after which Snoopy wonders, "If he doesn't like it, why does he go there every year?" |
| 237 | ** A 1962 strip has Snoopy playing "polkas, schottisches and waltzes" on the accordion -- as in, literally making the accordion produce those words. |
| 238 | * Pens in the ''ComicStrip/PearlsBeforeSwine'' world make "write write write" and "scribble scribble scribble" sounds when used. The creator, Stefan Pastis, admits to this bit of creative license in the book commentaries. |
| 239 | ** At least in the early days of the strip, there would also be "sound" effects such as "run run run run" and "hurl!" |
| 240 | * ''Webcomic/RipHaywire'', an AffectionateParody of action-adventure strips, constantly creates new sound effects by putting "KA-" before selected nouns, verbs, or adjectives (and possibly adverbs). |
| 241 | * ''ComicStrip/TheWizardOfId'' is fond of this trope, using such sound effects as "Deliberate deliberate deliberate" for a jury. Or (from the underground press) "Print print print". |
| 242 | * A ''ComicStrip/{{Zits}}'' strip showed Jeremy taking a test, with the Unsound Effect "Essay! Essay! Essay! Essay! Essay!" |
| 243 | ** At one point he was also seen using a computer, with the UE "double-click" |
| 244 | ** In yet another strip Jeremy walked down to breakfast and sucked it all up with a loud "INHALE!" |
| 245 | * ''Magazine/TheNewYorker'' had a cartoon by Roz Chast called "No Action Comics." It had sound effects like "MULL! MULL!" and "WORRY! WORRY!" |
| 246 | * ''Series/DoctorWho'' comics have had a variety of onomatopoeia for the TARDIS, of which the most famous is ''Magazine/DoctorWhoMagazine'''s "VWORP! VWORP!" At least one of the comedy strips, however, used Terrence Dicks's stock description "a strange wheezing groaning sound" as a sound effect. |
| 247 | |
| 248 | [[/folder]] |
| 249 | |
| 250 | [[folder:Fan Works]] |
| 251 | * From ''Fanfic/CalvinAndHobbesTheSeries'': '''UN-BOINK!''' -- The [[MesACrowd Duplicator]] being reversed. |
| 252 | * Cirikilo, a popular ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' fan artist, has the recurring sound effect "ZAS!" It's one of his trademarks, along with [[VideoGame/{{Minecraft}} a Creeper]] hidden somewhere in the comic and a terrible English translation (his first language is Spanish). |
| 253 | * ''Webcomic/PMDAnotherPerspective'': |
| 254 | ** The prologue has "Grab" and "Puts on" for the Rocket grunt's backpack. |
| 255 | ** When attacks are used, their names are written as sound effects. |
| 256 | %%* From this ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' [[https://www.instagram.com/p/BjulUVUHJWA/?taken-by=space.matriarchs parody comic]]: '''CURSED IMAGE''' [[note]]Yellow Diamond [[ItMakesSenseInContext shapeshifting into having Blue Diamond's hair loops]].[[/note]]%% Broken Link %% |
| 257 | [[/folder]] |
| 258 | |
| 259 | [[folder:Films -- Animation]] |
| 260 | * ''WesternAnimation/BatmanAndHarleyQuinn'': In the fight at the BadGuyBar, as a homage to ''Series/{{Batman|1966}}'' we're given the unsound effects of BREAK!, BLEED!, and [[GroinAttack OW! MY BALLS!]] |
| 261 | * ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse'': At one point Miles tosses a bagel at an evil scientist while escaping from their cafeteria. When it hits his head, it makes a "BAGEL!!!" unsound effect. |
| 262 | [[/folder]] |
| 263 | |
| 264 | [[folder:Films -- Live-Action]] |
| 265 | * Subtitles for the hearing impaired can come off a bit like this when done badly. There's no better mood killer in the middle of a romantic moment than seeing *dramatic music intensifies* pop up on screen. |
| 266 | * In ''Film/BlazingSaddles'', this is lampshaded during a meeting with the governor. After it's announced that Rock Ridge had been bombed, the Governor shouts "We must do something about this immediately! Immediately! Immediately! Harumph! Harumph! Harumph!" Everyone else says Harumph along with him, with one notable exception. "I didn't get a 'harumph' out of that guy." |
| 267 | * ''Film/ScottPilgrimVsTheWorld'' includes this as abundantly as it was in the comic book. |
| 268 | * In ''Film/HotFuzz'', Nick Angel says "idea" when, well, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin coming up with an idea]]. Thanks to the numerous cop show references there are a number of instances of characters SayingSoundEffectsOutLoud. |
| 269 | * Tex Richman, the BigBad of ''Film/TheMuppets2011'', has NoSenseOfHumor, so instead of actually laughing maniacally he just mutters the phrase "[[UnEvilLaugh Maniacal laugh, maniacal laugh]]". |
| 270 | * An odd example occurs during the torture sequence of ''Film/{{Audition}}'' due to a trait of the Japanese language. When Asami is inserting acupuncture needles under Aoyama's eyes, she coos, "Kiri kiri kiri kiriiii", which is Japanese onomatopoea for sharp pain. [[note]]The subtitles for different languages translate this line in different ways, including "deeper deeper" and "cut cut". The German subtitles use "killekille", a good phonetic match that also translates to "tickle tickle", matching her playful tone.[[/note]] |
| 271 | * ''Film/AnchormanTheLegendOfRonBurgundy'': When Ron and his friends are privately objecting to the hiring of Veronica Cornerstone as an new co-anchor, [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Brick]] yells "LOUD NOISES!" at one point. |
| 272 | [[/folder]] |
| 273 | |
| 274 | [[folder:Jokes]] |
| 275 | * There's a joke in which a new recruit is told that the Army doesn't have enough equipment for him, so he should use sticks as stand-ins for his rifle and knife, with the appropriate Unsound Effects of "bangety-bang" and "stabbety-stab" respectively. He makes it into the field so "equipped", and returns wounded. When asked what happened, he replies that he was run over by a guy muttering "tankety-tank". |
| 276 | [[/folder]] |
| 277 | |
| 278 | [[folder:Literature]] |
| 279 | * ''Literature/DiaryOfAWimpyKid'': Greg writes these frequently. |
| 280 | ** "poke-poke" |
| 281 | ** (when Mr Heffley is sawing wood) "saw-saw!" |
| 282 | ** "TOUCH" (when Rodrick touches a sculpture made of butter) |
| 283 | ** (when [[TheSmartGuy Alex Aruda]] is writing) "Write write" |
| 284 | ** (his dad typing) "type, type" |
| 285 | ** "SNORE" |
| 286 | ** "SCREAM!!!!!" or "SHRIEK!!!!!" whenever someone screams. |
| 287 | * ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' |
| 288 | ** Gaspode, a talking dog ''says'' 'woof'. Due to a near-universal WeirdnessCensor, this mostly just makes people look at him funny. |
| 289 | ** And there's a recurring theme in Discworld of words for the sounds that things would make if they did make a sound except that they don't. These are usually associated with reflected light, and for some reason usually begin with "gl." "Glint," "gleam," and "glisten" are given as examples. |
| 290 | * ''Literature/MegAndMog'': When Mog stirrs his tea with the thermometer in the SickEpisode Mog's Mumps, it says "stir, stir" |
| 291 | * German author James Krüss made a nonsense poem for children, the Bachkrontian Crab Eater Song. 1/3 complete nonsense, 1/3 genuine crab eating sounds (or what you expect them to be), 1/3 this trope, thinly veiled: "Schmakulan schnabulik" [[note]]derived from "schmecken" (taste) and "schnabulieren" (eat with joy)[[/note]] |
| 292 | * A similar nonsense poem for children by Franz von Pocci about the cannibals being after poor Kasperl (Punch) takes it to near 100% (translation would take too long): |
| 293 | -->Spißi, Spaßi, Kasperladi |
| 294 | -->Hicki, Hacki, Karbonadi |
| 295 | -->Trenschi, Transchi, Apetiti |
| 296 | -->Fressi, Frassi, Fetti, Fitti |
| 297 | -->Schlicki, Schlucki Kasperlucki |
| 298 | -->Dricki Drucki mamelucki |
| 299 | -->Michi, Machi Kasperlores |
| 300 | -->Spißi, Spaßi, Tscha kapores. |
| 301 | * ''Literature/RoysBedoys'': There are a few “sound effects” that aren’t onomatopoeic, such as “snore” and “fart”. |
| 302 | * ''Literature/WhoWetMyPants'': When Reuben squeezes the donut box, the word "Squish" can be seen. |
| 303 | [[/folder]] |
| 304 | |
| 305 | [[folder:Live-Action TV]] |
| 306 | * The "Bicycle Repairman" sketch from ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'' has intertitle cards with effects like: "Screw!", "Bend!", "Inflate!", and "Alter Saddle!" |
| 307 | * The 1960s ''Series/Batman1966'' TV series is technically the TropeCodifier (as noted in the below ''Space Ghost: Coast to Coast'' entry), with sound effects in every fight scene, and always slipped a few unsounds in as well (e.g. "Sock!" or "Ouch!"). |
| 308 | * ''Series/TheMonkees'' parody this trope in the episode "Captain Crocodile" with a fight that has words like Rumble! Plink! Plank! Plunk! Miss! Foo! Bing! Bong! Bang! Splat! Kretch! Plop! Splinter! on the screen. (At the word Kretch, Peter Tork stops fighting, [[BreakingTheFourthWall looks into the camera]], and says, "Kretch?" before they agree to stop fighting and start breaking furniture.) |
| 309 | * ''Series/TheAvengers1960s'' parodies this trope in "The Winged Avenger". At the end of the episode, Steed fights the villain by hitting him with poster-sized mockups of comic book panels, each containing a word like "Pow!" and "Splat!" Meanwhile, "Batman"-like music is playing in the background. |
| 310 | * ''Series/MrShow'' has a Batman parody that ends in characters punching each other with increasingly bizarre onomatopoeia, ending with "Taint!", which is used as a transition to the "Taint Magazine" sketch. |
| 311 | * When a piece of viewer mail on ''Series/AttackOfTheShow'' asked what kind of sound effect they would want to have if they were in a comic, Kevin Pereira admitted he would want the word "SKANK!" to pop up when he slapped someone in the face. |
| 312 | * ''Series/TheMuppetShow'' did a sketch entirely in action and spoken sound/unsound words. It started with a creature (possibly played by Animal) trudging through the wilderness while muttering "trudge trudge trudge" until it got interrupted by something flying past with a loud "FLY! FLY!" which made it stop and go "ponder... ponder... ponder..." as it, well, pondered the strange event. After this had happened a couple of times the wanderer lost its patience and went "fret foam" as it picked up a heavy stick, and the next time the flyer passed it got stopped by a massive SMASH SMASH! |
| 313 | * On ''Series/TheTonightShow'', Conan O'Brien visits a Foley stage and makes his own sound effects, including a shout of "Throw baby!" when a character throws a baby. |
| 314 | * While the well-loved "Sound Effects" game in ''Series/WhoseLineIsItAnyway'' tends to slip into SayingSoundEffectsOutLoud instead, a recent session in ''Series/DrewCareysImprovAGanza'' flies straight into this trope when one audience member, faced with voicing over ''flexing biceps'', actually goes "Magnificent!" and "Powerful!" for each arm. [[Funny/DrewCareysImprovAGanza And flexing buttcheeks go "Beyonce!" for some reason.]] |
| 315 | ** During one game of "Props", Wayne had to somehow mime being a lamp that was turned on. So he just simply said "ON!" loudly. |
| 316 | * ''Series/TheDailyShow'' featured a comic mocking UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush with sound effects such as "STALL!". |
| 317 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1-hOP30JnE&ab_channel=SaturdayNightLive This]] ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' skit is about suburban moms and their [[AnimalMotif spirit animals]]. When they anticipate the new mother joining them, they all make appropriate animal noises, except for Creator/LeslieJones, since her 'spirit animal' is angels. She just says, "I'm an angel." |
| 318 | * ''Series/TheFairlyOddParentsFairlyOdder'': Some of the {{Written Sound Effect}}s seen in the trailer are regular words, like "CHOCOLATE!", "TALLER!", and "MONTAGE!" |
| 319 | [[/folder]] |
| 320 | |
| 321 | [[folder:Music]] |
| 322 | * Music/PDQBach's "Good King Kong Looked Out" has a choir ''[[SayingSoundEffectsOutLoud singing]]'' an Unsound Effect - "hear", in this case - because seriously, what onomatopoeia could possibly used? |
| 323 | * In "Creator/StanFreberg Presents The United States of America", Christopher Columbus' crew indicate their displeasure with a chant of "rumble rumble rumble, mutiny mutiny mutiny". This has achieved a MemeticMutation status, and Tyne Daly mentioning the phrase to Freberg got her a role in the sequel to the program. |
| 324 | * On the song "A Quick One While He's Away" by Music/TheWho, the band had originally planned to have a cello accompaniment in one section. But the money ran out, so the band just sang "cello cello cello cello" in the background over and over. |
| 325 | [[/folder]] |
| 326 | |
| 327 | [[folder:Video Games]] |
| 328 | * In ''[[VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver]]'', you have to help a Kimono Girl whose sandals are frozen to the ground in the [[SlippySlideyIceWorld Ice Cave]]. You do this by shoving her. The sound effect shown in the text box for this? "'''Shove!'''" |
| 329 | * ''VideoGame/NanacaCrash'' has "DEATH?" when you hit one of the guys, as well as "SLOW DOWN" and "STOP!" and others, though those might just be describing what happened to you rather than being actual sound effects. |
| 330 | * The instruction manual for the [[Platform/Playstation2 PS2]] game ''VideoGame/FlowerSunAndRain'' includes screenshots accompanied by ordinary sound effect words, until one image gets the effect "KATHARINE!" |
| 331 | * ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI''--Eating food on the Phantom train results in the following message in a text box: "*gobble* *snarf* *snap* HP/MP restored, and status ailments like Poison cured! |
| 332 | * ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyTactics'': Anything that is evaded gets the message of "Miss!", while attacks blocked by a shield get the message "Guarded"; additionally, any initial successful [[StatusInflictionAttack application of a status effect]] (beneficial or detrimental) displays the name of that effect, and again in a different color when/if it wears off or is cured. |
| 333 | * In ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'', scoring a CriticalHit on an enemy causes [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin CRITICAL HIT!!!]] to appear over his head. These are ''only'' visible to the player responsible. |
| 334 | ** Subsequent updates have added "MINI CRIT" (from the Jarate and Buff Banner), "MISS" (from Bonk), and "YIKES!" (being scared by the ghost in the Halloween event map. |
| 335 | ** When wearing the Tin Soldier costume, the Soldier will act like a robot. This includes going "beep boop" when firing his weapon, or sometimes just saying the phrase "Robot noises!" |
| 336 | ** [[http://www.teamfortress.com/war/saxtonhale/ This]] Saxton Hale comic has sound effects that include "BRAVE JUMP" and "FLAWLESS ROLL" |
| 337 | ** [[http://www.teamfortress.com/macupdate/comic/ The Mac Update]] features '''''PROPERTY DAMAGE!''''' |
| 338 | *** And '''''BRAVE PRESS''''' and '''''A BOLD NEW PLAN!'''''. Saxton Hale uses this trope a lot. |
| 339 | *** If Saxton Hale says that "PROPERTY DAMAGE" is a sound effect, it IS a sound effect. If you want to question this fact, Saxton Hale will gladly demonstrate. |
| 340 | *** '''''[[http://www.teamfortress.com/bidwells_big_plan/ NEMESIS KICK!]]''''' |
| 341 | *** Not even Saxton's ancestor Barnabus is immune to this. '''''[[http://www.teamfortress.com/loosecanon/04.html COUGAR!]]''''' |
| 342 | *** The Smissmass Update also brings us '''COMPOUND ELEVATED SKULL FRACTURE'''. [[RunningGag With a Saxton Hale figurine.]] |
| 343 | *** UNDISGUISED! and EXPLOSIPUNCH! in "A Fate Worse than Chess". |
| 344 | ** [[http://www.teamfortress.com/shadowboxers/#f=17 NON-ROBOTIC SHUFFLING SOUND!]] |
| 345 | ** "Robotic Boogaloo" offers '''*TIME-TRAVEL SOUND*''' and '''*TIME-TRAVEL SOUND AGAIN*'''. |
| 346 | ** Taken to utterly ridiculous levels in [[http://www.teamfortress.com/tf02_unhappy_returns/#f=5 Unhappy Returns]] with these: |
| 347 | --->JAW SOCK! SHIRT STRANGLE! PANTHER DESTROY! KILL PUNCH! FACE SMOTHER! SKULL BLUDGEON! |
| 348 | ** '''BORING MORAL CHOICE!''' |
| 349 | ** Whenever Soldier snaps someone's neck in the comics, it's always accompanied by a '''NECK SNAP'''. |
| 350 | *** In the one instance where he felt guilty about it, Soldier undid his violence by reverse-snapping a man's neck, with the sound effect '''NECK FIX'''. |
| 351 | * Any Valve game since ''VideoGame/HalfLife2'' has this in the closed captions. Includes things like "pain!", "laughter", "Crowbar Thwap!", "Bullet--Near Miss!", "Engine starting in water", "Headcrab Burning", and of course, "[Beep-beep-beeeeeeeeep.] User Fatality." Portal brings us "Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee[bzzt]", "Peppy Music" and "Calming Wind". |
| 352 | * In ''VideoGame/ReturnToZork,'' the first hint that [[ForcedTransformation a duck is really a transformed wizard]] is the fact that it actually says "quack quack" in a human voice. |
| 353 | * ''VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou'': Bling! |
| 354 | * A cheat in ''VideoGame/AgeOfEmpiresIII'', in reference to ''WebAnimation/TeenGirlSquad'' (see just below), causes an effect that when a unit dies, the name of its killer pops up above it, followed by "-ed". So units can get "Musketeer'ed!", "Imperial Rocket'ed!", or, in one campaign level, "Fixed Gun Ruins'ed!". |
| 355 | * In ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros2'' and ''VideoGame/SuperMarioWorld'', when a bomb explodes (or when Mario destroys a castle), "BOMB!" appears. |
| 356 | * An April Fool's joke for ''VideoGame/CityOfHeroes'' was that all in-game sounds would be replaced with onomatopoeia, including for [[MemeticMutation energy-based attacks]] [[Webcomic/TurnSignalsOnALandraider FREEM!!!]] |
| 357 | * ''VideoGame/Persona3'' has "GLARE" appear occasionally. |
| 358 | * In ''VideoGame/BrutalLegend'', there is a scene where Ophelia stabs a Druid. SHANK! |
| 359 | %%* ''VideoGame/FreedomForce'', as a homage to UsefulNotes/{{the Silver Age|of Comic Books}}, features this in spades. ''Every'' attack has an Unsound Effect. |
| 360 | * In ''VideoGame/PlantsVsZombies'' Cherry Bomb goes "POWIE!!" when he explodes and in the sequel, he says "CHA-BOOF!". Potato Mine says "SPUDOW!" when he explodes, which is lampshaded in the sequel, where he notes that 'SPUDOW!! didn't happen overnight'. Doom-shroom explodes with a purple mushroom cloud and the words "[[DoomyDoomsOfDoom DOOM]]!!". |
| 361 | * ''VideoGame/TimeBandits'' has rolling bombs as one of the enemies to avoid. While shooting them normally causes them to explode, there's the occasional one that makes a loud "DUD"! |
| 362 | * In fanworks based on ''Franchise/TouhouProject'', the "ZUN!" unsound effect is popular. It's often used for dramatic or shocking moments. It's a reference to ZUN, the pen name of the series creator. |
| 363 | ** To a lesser degree, [[GreenEyedMonster Parsee]]'s fanon PokemonSpeak tic of "paru paru paru" has sometimes been appropriated as an unsound effect for jealousy when Parsee herself is nowhere to be seen. |
| 364 | * In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'', [[TheComicallySerious Comically Serious]] Lon'qu combines this with SayingSoundEffectsOutLoud when he [[ItMakesSenseInContext plays house with Nowi]]. |
| 365 | -->'''Lon'qu:''' Now I shall pretend to engage in agriculture. Chop, chop, shovel! |
| 366 | ** In fact, pretty much all ''Franchise/FireEmblem'' games have this, such as "NO DAMAGE!," which is shown when a character's defence stat completely nullifies an attack, and "MISS," which appears when you miss. |
| 367 | * [[{{Keet}} Lesser Dog]] of ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'' is more prone to SayingSoundEffectsOutLoud, such as "pant pant!"...but it'll also sometimes go "excited noises!". After extended petting, it will start saying noises that have no business being emitted from a dog, such as "kettle whistling" and "plane takeoff." |
| 368 | ** During the explosion-filled segment of Metatton's antagonism against the player, things explode with the same "BOMB!" graphic as Super Mario World. |
| 369 | * The English version of ''VideoGame/PuyoPuyoTetris'' has the following, from the short and silly to comically verbose levels: |
| 370 | ** [=*=]Slightly-louder-than-average screaming[=*=] |
| 371 | ** [=*=][[SpaceIsNoisy Screaming loud enough to be heard in the vast vacuum of space]][=*=] |
| 372 | ** [=*=]Crowd-gone-wild cheer[=*=] [[note]]This represents [[TheStoic Sig]] [[FlatJoy saying "Wooooo."]] in a deadpan monotone.[[/note]] |
| 373 | ** [=*=]Sobby-whine[=*=] and [=*=]whiny-sob[=*=] |
| 374 | ** [=*=]Speechless[=*=] |
| 375 | ** [=*=]Speechless, continued[=*=] |
| 376 | ** [=*=]Princely sigh[=*=] |
| 377 | ** [=*=]Princely cry[=*=] |
| 378 | ** [=*=]Robo-sigh[=*=] |
| 379 | ** [=*=]Thinking sounds[=*=] |
| 380 | * ''VideoGame/PuyoPuyoTetris2'' also has plenty of these. For instance: |
| 381 | ** [=*=]Petrified babble[=*=] |
| 382 | ** [=*=]The lonliest whimper[=*=] |
| 383 | ** [=*=]A squeal so pure and childlike, reminiscent of a simpler time to which we can never truly return[=*=] |
| 384 | ** ''Many'' variations on [=*=]Thinking Sounds[=*=] |
| 385 | ** This is all probably inspired by the (Japan-only) ''VideoGame/PuyoPuyoQuest'''s (one of the few games in the series without extensive voice acting) use of equally bizarre ''gitaigo'', something which is sometimes even pointed out by [[OnlySaneMan Ringo]] in-universe. |
| 386 | * The Journey's End update in ''VideoGame/{{Terraria}}'' introduces the three new town pet [=NPCs=]: the cat, dog and the bunny. Interacting with the cat and the dog will have them meow and bark, respectively, but since English has no onomatopoeia for bunny sounds, interacting with the bunny just gives you the humorous dialogue of "[=*Bunny noises*=]" and "[=*Rabbit noises*=]". |
| 387 | * ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaCDiRemasters'' have subtitles that contain descriptions of some of the weird sound effects some cutscenes have. When Zelda talks to the blacksmith/former fisherman, "[Flexes]" is written even though the action itself makes no sound. |
| 388 | * Not used in ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles3'', but for whatever reason is very frequent in the ''[[VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles3FutureRedeemed wave 4 DLC's]]'' cutscenes - where their contents are more like parentheticals that were just in the script for voice direction. Examples include but are not limited to: |
| 389 | ** ''(panting, running for dear life)'' |
| 390 | ** ''(sigh of relief)'' |
| 391 | ** ''(gasp of realization)'' |
| 392 | *** This one in particular appears in the subtitles for such a short amount of time that it's unreadable in the first place. |
| 393 | ** ''(resigned sigh)'' |
| 394 | ** ''(offended breath)'' |
| 395 | [[/folder]] |
| 396 | |
| 397 | [[folder:Web Animation]] |
| 398 | * ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'': |
| 399 | ** WebAnimation/TeenGirlSquad comics do this a lot, with such sound effects as "Children!" "MSG'd!" "Weirded Out!" "Late 360 Shove-It to Boneless'd!" and the immortal "POSSUMS..." |
| 400 | ** The Strong Bad E-mail "[[Recap/StrongBadEmailE178BikeThief bike thief]]" had Strong Bad [[MobileShrubbery dress up as a bush while stealing Pom Pom's bike]]. Upon being noticed, he starts staying "Bush. Bush. Leaves. Branch. Um... Berries." This gets repeated in a Easter Egg when Homestar (dressed as a trash can) tries stealing the Lappy: |
| 401 | --->'''Homestar:''' Garbage. Garbage. Rubbish. Umm... murder weapon. |
| 402 | ** The WebAnimation/StrongBadEmail "[[Recap/StrongBadEmailE192Shapeshifter shapeshifter]]" has Strong Bad's "cool trademark sound effect" of '''Dwayne!''' |
| 403 | ** One of the "sound based" cereals mentioned in "[[Recap/StrongBadEmailE194SpeciallyMarked specially marked]]" is "Sugar-Rittled Gunshots in a Crowded Mall". |
| 404 | --->'''Mascot:''' Can someone tell me how this is a cereal, pardner? |
| 405 | ** A Teen Girl Squad segment in "[[Recap/StrongBadEmailE195LovePoems love poems]]" brings us "SHAKESPEARED!". |
| 406 | ** The website's "file not found" error page features 404'd!!! |
| 407 | ** In the "[[Recap/StrongBadEmailE204Dictionary dictionary]]" [=SBEmail=] we have "Hurl!" and "Tooth!", which are actually [[SayingSoundEffectsOutLoud SAID by Strong Bad and Homestar respectively]]. |
| 408 | * One segment from ''WebVideo/AMVHell 4'' involved a ''Anime/ParanoiaAgent'' / Batman mash-up. In it, Shonen Bat/Lil' Slugger is beating down people with his bat, with the typical WrittenSoundEffect staples seen in Adam West's Batman. The last one of the bunch (it's very briefly seen; you have to be quick to catch it) is OMGWTF!. The clip was titled [[PunBasedTitle "Shonen Batman"]]. |
| 409 | * The Ogres on ''WebAnimation/UnforgottenRealms'' frequently mutter the words "Ogre Sounds" to no one in particular. |
| 410 | * Yahtzee does this occasionally in his ''WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation'' reviews. One notable example showed someone rotoscoping images by sitting at a computer that made the sound, "Rotoscope rotoscope." |
| 411 | * ''WebAnimation/IfTheEmperorHadATextToSpeechDevice'' is an odd case. The series is fully voiced and subtitled, but the subtitles tend to turn everything that's not actual words into Unsound Effects; for example "[aroused snickering]" or "[inquisitorial pffft]". |
| 412 | * ''Judgment'', the prequel comic to ''WebAnimation/NoEvil'', portrays the ooze of the Black Tezcatlipoca being unleashed with a "GOOP" sound effect. |
| 413 | [[/folder]] |
| 414 | |
| 415 | [[folder:Web Comics]] |
| 416 | Before we start, let us warn you: this section is particularly ''long''. For some reason, webcomics are a very fertile terrain for the Unsound Effect. |
| 417 | |
| 418 | * The defunct SpriteComic ''[[http://www.yosc.net/194X/ 194X]]'' had a strip wherein a character hits several people with his "Volunteerin' Stick," making sound effects such as "PERSUADE!" (194X's archive doesn't allow direct links to comics; this happens in #70.) |
| 419 | * Employed relentlessly in Omar Dogan's ''5th Capsule''. For example: [[http://www.deviantart.com/art/5th-Capsule-page-55-449546085 FLEE!]] [[http://www.deviantart.com/art/5th-Capsule-page-54-449102738 SHOWER SOUNDS!]] |
| 420 | * ''Webcomic/EightBitTheater'' examples include: |
| 421 | ** [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2002/10/29/episode-208-look-whos-back/ NONCHALANT GLANCE! CONSPIRATORIAL CHECK!]] |
| 422 | ** ''[[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2005/03/19/episode-529-the-beast-in-the-cave/ BOMBASTIC CLASSICAL MUSIC! -- Ominous Latin Chorus ~]] [[OminousLatinChanting Ominous Latin Chorus]]'' |
| 423 | ** '''[[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2006/03/25/episode-677-step-one/ KER-INQUIRY!]]''' |
| 424 | ** '''[[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2006/04/08/episode-682-pointless-retribution/ ORGY OF VIOLENCE]]''' |
| 425 | ** '''[[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2003/07/24/episode-311-legal-dispute/ DISBELIEF]]''' |
| 426 | ** [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2006/09/12/episode-742-the-nice-clergymen/ Strip #742]] has a particularly fine example in the last panel: ''[[DopeSlap COMPLETELY JUSTIFIED]]'' |
| 427 | ** '''[[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2006/10/05/episode-752-its-all-fun-and-games-until-everything-dies/ REALLY LOUD SUMMONING AND RUMBLE NOISES!]]''' |
| 428 | ** '''[[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2007/03/20/episode-822-too-many-light-warriors-spoil-the-npc/ PUNCHED! AGAIN!]]''' |
| 429 | ** '''[[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2007/08/25/episode-885-my-debating-technique-is-unstoppable/ COUNTERPOINT!]]''' |
| 430 | ** '''''[[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2005/02/05/episode-512-brb/ SHIPWRECK!]]''''' |
| 431 | ** '''[[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2003/04/24/episode-276-the-full-page-splash-panel-battle/ KER-BLOCK! / KER-PARRY!]]''' from Fighter's battle with Drizzl. |
| 432 | ** ''8-bit'' also uses the occasional "walk walk walk" sound effect, and so forth. |
| 433 | * ''Webcomic/TwentyFirstCenturyFox'': What kind of sound does an idler pulley make when a tracked robot takes damage from some falling rocks? Apparently, it makes a [[http://techfox.comicgenesis.com/d/20150209.html "sprocket"]] noise, among others. |
| 434 | * Played with to good effect in the last three strips of [[http://www.absurdnotions.org/page122.html this]] ''Absurd Notions'' page. (To best get the layered jokes, you should know that the character seen in the last strip [[spoiler:is named Biff]].) |
| 435 | * ''Webcomic/{{Achewood}}'' has [[http://achewood.com/index.php?date=05022005 one]] that crosses over with BilingualBonus: ''diis aliter visum'' translates from Latin to "the gods decided otherwise". Highly appropriate for one who has come BackFromTheDead. |
| 436 | * ''Webcomic/{{Adventurers}}'' had several. |
| 437 | ** One strip in the final boss battle gives us "Slash! Cleave! Bisect!" Another from earlier has [[http://www.adventurers-comic.com/d/20030610.html "That sound ninjas make when they jump silently!"]], and then later [[http://www.adventurers-comic.com/d/20030612.html "That same sound from the last comic about jumping ninjas!"]] |
| 438 | ** [[http://www.adventurers-comic.com/d/20020725.html Sound associated with a falling safe!]] |
| 439 | * ''Webcomic/TheAdventuresOfDrMcNinja'': |
| 440 | ** Dr [=McN=] jumps on a motorbike driven by a ninja and whispers something in his ear to creep him out and throw him off the bike. The [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/4p26/ resulting]] sound effect is "CREEPED OUT ENOUGH TO BE THROWN EASILY FROM THE BIKE". This is then {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d in the AltText which reads "Oh come on. That is not a real sound effect at all." |
| 441 | ** [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/15p6/ SICKNASTY!]] |
| 442 | ** Also, [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/5p45/ BUTT PUNCH.]] |
| 443 | ** [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/0p13 CEASE AND DESISTED!]] |
| 444 | ** Played with left to right and back to front [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/15p10/ here.]] '''WHCRUNCH'''[[note]]Weird that the motorcycle guy landed right where Doc had painted ''WHCRUNCH'' in his parking lot. Because that's probably exactly what it sounded like.[[/note]] |
| 445 | ** [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/23p03 MAGIC!]] Followed by the AltText admission "I uh... I couldn't figure out a sound effect." |
| 446 | ** [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/30p40 EXECUTIVE POWER!]] "Other sound effect choices included "HIGHEST OFFICE IN THE LAND." |
| 447 | ** [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/33p70 CLONE!]] [[AltText "Wait, stop hitting me for a second. Did that punch make a weird sound to you?"]] |
| 448 | * In ''Webcomic/AliceAndTheNightmare'' the fridge Alice discovers in her room gets its very own "sound" effect [[http://www.aliceandthenightmare.com/comic/chapter-1-page-34 "mini fridge!"]]. |
| 449 | * ''Webcomic/{{Amazoness}}!'' gives us "Maim!" "Eviscerate!" "Impale!" "Slice!" |
| 450 | * Lampshaded in ''Webcomic/AnsemRetort'', [[http://ansemretort.org/ansemretort/index.html?comic=49 by the titular character]]. |
| 451 | ** Much later, [[http://www.ansemretort.org/ansemretort/index.html?comic=494 bats]]. Then [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Larxene.]] |
| 452 | ** One strip even had the sound effect of "TIME GETTING F***ED". |
| 453 | * ''Webcomic/{{Anthronauts}}'' recently gave us the unusual "''Ker-Squid''". But, exactly what sound '''should''' a squid make when it crash-lands on somebody's head? |
| 454 | * ''Webcomic/AntiheroForHire'': [[http://www.antiheroforhire.com/d/20100510.html EXIT CLOSED!]] |
| 455 | * ''Webcomic/ArthurKingOfTimeAndSpace'' has "[[http://www.arthurkingoftimeandspace.com/0683.htm UPSIDE]]". |
| 456 | * ''Webcomic/AwfulHospital'' has [[https://bogleech.com/awfulhospital/w04.html STEAL]] as Cheryl stuffs books up her sweater. |
| 457 | * ''Webcomic/AwkwardZombie'': [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic1-072009.php BELAY!]], and [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic1-060109.php ANGST!]], among others. |
| 458 | * ''Webcomic/AxeCop'' uses them; in "Axe Cop Gets Married", the fight with the final boss involves him transforming around into different forms, and all get their own written sound effects or unsound effects like "VINE!" (when he transforms into a plant), but when he transforms into a house with big long legs, even unsound effects fail and we get "?!?!!". |
| 459 | * ''Badass Muthas'' does [[http://badassmuthas.com/pages/comic.php?7 this]]. |
| 460 | * A staple in ''Webcomic/BeaverAndSteve'' comics. |
| 461 | * From ''Webcomic/BiggerThanCheeses'': |
| 462 | ** [[http://www.biggercheese.com/index.php?comic=678 SPINE!]] |
| 463 | ** BOJANGLES! serves both as a description of WHAT is getting hit and a pretty damn good Unsound Effect for getting hit there. |
| 464 | ** SPLODE! |
| 465 | ** "SMITE!" and "Headdesk!" and probably a few more. |
| 466 | * ''Webcomic/{{Blip}}'' constantly parodies this, often reacting to real onomatopoeias in-universe. |
| 467 | * ''Webcomic/TheBMovieComic'': [[http://www.bmoviecomic.com/?cid=238 Bludgeon! Scythe!]] |
| 468 | * ''Webcomic/BobTheAngryFlower'': [[http://angryflower.com/birpar.html *mumble* *disperse*]] |
| 469 | * Many in ''Webcomic/BoyAndDog'', including "cake", "[[AssShove rectum]]", "standing unassisted", "[[GroinAttack nuts]]", "nap", and "fur". |
| 470 | * One episode of ''[[http://www.bristled-comic.com/view.php?date=2006-12-08 Bristled]]'' features ''GRAB!'' |
| 471 | * ''Webcomic/BrawlInTheFamily'': FALCON SLEEP! FALCON SLEEP! FALCON SLEEP! |
| 472 | ** You can consider "FALCON X!" pretty much his CatchPhrase in this universe. Even when he shouldn't reasonably be saying it ("[[WithCatlikeTread FALCON SNEAK!]]"). |
| 473 | * ''Webcomic/BugMartini'': Bug assumes that [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comic/steal-a-few-winks/ Burgle]] is the noise that burglar makes. |
| 474 | * ''Webcomic/CaseyAndAndy'' has the Mime Assassin firing an invisible sniper rifle with [[http://www.galactanet.com/comic/view.php?strip=90 "SILENCE!"]] |
| 475 | ** Also [[http://www.galactanet.com/comic/view.php?strip=579 this strip]], which has "Silence" amongst others. |
| 476 | * ''Webcomic/{{Chainsawsuit}}'': [[http://chainsawsuit.com/comic/2011/05/12/fine-old-destination/ "Accident".]] |
| 477 | * ''Webcomic/CharbyTheVampirate'' does this quite frequently, a selection: |
| 478 | ** [[https://charbythevampirate.webcomic.ws/comics/28 *float* *float* *float* *float*]] |
| 479 | ** '''[[https://charbythevampirate.webcomic.ws/comics/37 *CRITICAL MISS!*]]''' |
| 480 | ** [[https://charbythevampirate.webcomic.ws/comics/51/ *WRASSLE!* *SCRAP!* *SCUFFLE!* *QUARREL!* *TUSSLE!*]] |
| 481 | ** [[https://charbythevampirate.webcomic.ws/comics/57/ *tug* *SCOOT* *SLICE!*]] |
| 482 | ** ''[[https://charbythevampirate.webcomic.ws/comics/61/ *angry tremble*]]'' [-'''WARNING''' linked page depicts decapitaion-] |
| 483 | ** ''[[SpiderSense *VAMPIRE SENSES!*]]'' [[https://charbythevampirate.webcomic.ws/comics/65/ *SPIN!* *MORPH!* *wilt* *swoon!* *CATCH!*]] |
| 484 | ** [[https://charbythevampirate.webcomic.ws/comics/76/ *DRAMATIC COLLAPSE!* *GRAB!* *FLAIL*]] |
| 485 | ** [[https://charbythevampirate.webcomic.ws/comics/106/ *notice!*]] |
| 486 | ** '''*MAGICS!* -> *LOAF!*''' |
| 487 | ** [[https://www.theduckwebcomics.com/Charby_the_Vampirate/5694914/ *wither*]] |
| 488 | * Used and abused by ''Webcomic/{{Chicanery}}'', with such sterling examples as "*spork*", "STEVE!", and "Brain refusing to function noises". |
| 489 | * ''Webcomic/CityOfTrees'': When Jasper leaps over a bar, the word [[http://thecityoftrees.smackjeeves.com/comics/2633668/page-20/ GRACEFULLY]] appears in cursive font to demonstrate his agility. |
| 490 | * Seen infrequently in ''Webcomic/CobwebAndStripes'', such as "BEEEED!" near the end of chapter 14. |
| 491 | * ''{{Webcomic/Comc}}'' has had a couple, like *ILLUSION* (for an illusion breaking) or the recurring *ODD*. |
| 492 | * ''WebComic/CommanderKitty'' gives us [[http://www.commanderkitty.com/2010/08/01/armed-dangerous/ "Spin!" and "Spin-Back!"]], and even [[http://www.commanderkitty.com/2012/07/08/cue-dramatic-music/ "Confidence!"]] |
| 493 | * ''Webcomic/{{Consolers}}'' uses these from time to time: |
| 494 | ** [[http://consolers.webcomic.ws/comics/pl/465679 BURST OPEN]] |
| 495 | ** [[http://consolers.cfw.me/comics/pl/541768 TABLE FLIP!]] |
| 496 | ** [[http://consolers.cfw.me/comics/pl/552704 *$$$$$*]] |
| 497 | ** [[http://consolers.cfw.me/comics/pl/586285 orz]] |
| 498 | * ''Webcomic/CrimsonFlag'': |
| 499 | ** [[http://crimsonflagcomic.com/comic.php?comicID=186 *Flash-awaken-blink*]] |
| 500 | ** [[http://crimsonflagcomic.com/comic.php?comicID=187 *Happy-flutter-tweet*, Da-da-DOOM, and *casual dust-off*]] |
| 501 | ** [[http://crimsonflagcomic.com/comic.php?comicID=272 DOOM]] |
| 502 | * In ''Webcomic/CucumberQuest'', [[http://cucumber.gigidigi.com/archive/page-217/ the rocket's blast is "AWAY"]] |
| 503 | * ''Webcomic/{{Curvy}}'' has quite a few of these, including (NSFW) [[http://c.urvy.org/?date=20100522 plug]] for a shark being used to plug a hole in a ship, and [[http://c.urvy.org/?date=20100529 inflate]] for someone being magically inflated so she can breathe underwater. |
| 504 | * ''Webcomic/TheCyantianChronicles'' has used: |
| 505 | ** "*Pity Me*", Including the asterisks while Khaelis was giving Darius PuppyDogEyes. |
| 506 | ** ''Akaelae'' has recently used both "Pounce" and "Glomp" as sound effects. |
| 507 | * These have become something of a RunningGag on ''Webcomic/DaisyOwl''. A recent strip indicates the tucking in of a bib with ''"tuck tuck"'', while the AltText explains "that sound effect was originally going to be ''"bib bib bib"'' but I felt [[TheWorldIsNotReady the world was not ready]]". |
| 508 | * "Sucker Punch'd!" in many ''Webcomic/DanAndMabsFurryAdventures'' strips. [[http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_686.php]] [[http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_706.php]] [[http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_733.php]] |
| 509 | ** DMFA also had "De-Pantsu'd!" and "De-Dressu'd!". |
| 510 | ** And "Ker-Pwned!" |
| 511 | ** And now: "[[http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_1176.php (magical) SUCKERPUNCH!]]" |
| 512 | ** We proudly present: "[[http://missmab.com/Comics/Vol_1322.php The Grand-Daddy of all SUCKERPUNCH'D!"]] Abel sports a wicked left hook. |
| 513 | * ''Webcomic/DandyAndCompany'': Christmas decorations appear with a massive [[http://www.dandyandcompany.com/2007/11/26/november-26-2007/ JINGLE!]] |
| 514 | * ''Webcomic/DarthsAndDroids'' has a lot. |
| 515 | * ''Webcomic/DeadWinter'': |
| 516 | ** In [[http://www.deadwinter.cc/page/223.htm this strip]] "mop" is used for someone being hit with one. |
| 517 | ** The sound effect [[LawOfInverseRecoil "RECOILLESS"]] [[http://deadwinter.cc/page/260.htm here.]] |
| 518 | * ''Webcomic/{{Demon}}'' is very fond of this at times: |
| 519 | ** [[http://www.shigabooks.com/demoncomment.php?page=449 ADDUCTION! ROUNDHOUSE!]] |
| 520 | ** [[http://www.shigabooks.com/demoncomment.php?page=452 GRAB! SLICE]] |
| 521 | ** [[http://www.shigabooks.com/demoncomment.php?page=453 LEAP!]] |
| 522 | ** [[http://www.shigabooks.com/demoncomment.php?page=465 FLING!]] |
| 523 | * Lampshaded and justified in ''Webcomic/{{Digger}}'' a number of times, as well as with [[http://www.diggercomic.com/?p=675 SOUNDS OF DISTANT ETHEREAL CHANTING!]][[note]]there is no feasible onomatopoeia of this[[/note]]. |
| 524 | ** [[http://www.diggercomic.com/?p=678 SOMEWHAT MORE DISGRUNTLED ETHEREAL CHANTING!]] |
| 525 | ** [[http://www.diggercomic.com/?p=744 BY-NOW-FAMILIAR SOUNDS OF GRUMPY ETHEREAL CHANTING!]] |
| 526 | ** And eventually, '''POOF![[note]]There was not actually a poof noise.[[/note]]''' |
| 527 | * In ''Webcomic/DoesNotPlayWellWithOthers'', John Johnson, the muscle wizard, attacks with a [[http://www.doesnotplaywellwithothers.com/comics/pwc-0169 Ka-Fist!]]. |
| 528 | * [[http://www.dorktower.com/2012/12/04/fake-geek-girl-dork-tower-04-12-12/ This]] ''Webcomic/DorkTower'' strip has Unsound Effects in every panel except the last one. |
| 529 | * ''Webcomic/DoubleK'' brings us [[http://captainosaka.deviantart.com/art/DOUBLE-K-023-105633536 BAIL]]. And later on, '''"[[http://captainosaka.deviantart.com/gallery/704630#/d36kzc0 C4.]]"''' Yes, period and all. |
| 530 | * ''Webcomic/DragonMail'' gets off to a running start with this trope, using "[[http://dragonmail.fadri.org/index.php?pg=3&lg=en Quicky Quicky!]]" on the third page. |
| 531 | * ''Webcomic/DumbingOfAge'' brings us the [[http://www.dumbingofage.com/2014/comic/book-4/02-i-was-a-teenage-churchmouse/jag/ "RESLAM!"]] |
| 532 | * ''Webcomic/{{Erfworld}}'' includes sound effects like "PLOT", "Warn", "Sweep", or even [[http://archives.erfworld.com/Book%201/120 "redox"]]. Interestingly, it avoids this trope more often than not, sometimes confusing readers as to what the sound effect represents. For example, some were unsure what "free-deep" was, until it was explained that it was a cricket chirp. |
| 533 | ** Some of the comic's pop-culture references are written into sound effects (e.g. "NWOBHM" -- NewWaveOfBritishHeavyMetal). |
| 534 | ** The joke of the '''PLOT''' effect is, of course, that it is ''also'' representing the sound of what's happening. |
| 535 | ** Other sound effects include [[http://archives.erfworld.com/Book%201/139 "YTMND," "NSFW," and "4CHAN."]] |
| 536 | *** And the incantation for the spell that caused the "NSFW" sound effect was "[[ShockSite Lemonparty, Tubgirl, Meatspin, Goatse]]." The epitome of NSFW sites. |
| 537 | ** And someone was killed by the sound effect RROD referring to the [[Platform/Xbox360 Red Rings of Death]]. |
| 538 | ** The greatly amusing [[http://archives.erfworld.com/Book%202/200 HEISMAN!]] |
| 539 | * Used frequently in ''Webcomic/{{EVIL|2016}}'', with examples including "Leave, Leave", "Push!" and "Speedlines!" |
| 540 | * ''Webcomic/TheFancyAdventuresOfJackCannon'': |
| 541 | ** One strip gives us '''''[[http://fancyadventures.com/2009/06/08/page-96/ AWWKWAAARD!]]''''' |
| 542 | ** [[http://fancyadventures.com/2009/08/31/page-120/ *STRUGGLE STRUGGLE*]] and [[http://fancyadventures.com/2012/11/05/page-408/ A DESK!]] |
| 543 | * ''[[http://www.flyingmanandfriends.com Flying Man and Friends]]'' uses "scamper" as a sound effect in [[http://www.flyingmanandfriends.com/?p=373 this strip]]. |
| 544 | * ''Webcomic/FarOutThere'' has featured several, including but not limited to: |
| 545 | ** [[http://faroutthere.smackjeeves.com/comics/1067778/page-151-hey-at-least-its-not-all-going-to-waste Look Look]] |
| 546 | ** [[http://faroutthere.smackjeeves.com/comics/1068884/page-163-dont-hit-your-head-while-jumping-to-conclusions DOES NOT COMPUTE]] |
| 547 | ** [[http://faroutthere.smackjeeves.com/comics/1068899/page-177-i-wonder-if-those-are-spacely-sprockets BegBegBeg]] |
| 548 | ** [[http://faroutthere.smackjeeves.com/comics/1071292/page-223-pieced-it-together-yet REALIZATION'D!]] |
| 549 | ** [[http://faroutthere.smackjeeves.com/comics/1071304/page-234-sorry-wrong-door EMOTIONAL SNAP]] |
| 550 | ** [[http://faroutthere.smackjeeves.com/comics/1072511/page-262-little-zombie-little-zombie-let-us-come-in DOOR OPENING SOUND]] |
| 551 | ** [[http://faroutthere.smackjeeves.com/comics/1072516/page-266-maybe-they-got-lost Eerie Silence]] |
| 552 | ** [[http://faroutthere.smackjeeves.com/comics/1080544/page-285-gulp ANGRY ROBOT NOISES]] |
| 553 | ** [[http://faroutthere.smackjeeves.com/comics/1281813/page-378-because-it-was-so-much-fun-the-first-time/ HEYGUYSISOUNDLIKEI'MGONNABLOW!]] |
| 554 | * "Chibi!" tends to be a favorite of ''Webcomic/FiyoraNya''. |
| 555 | * ''Framed!!!'' used effects like "walk" for walking. |
| 556 | * ''Webcomic/FrankieAndStein'' uses this frequently, purposely misspelled, to hysterical affect. |
| 557 | ** [[http://frankieandstein.com/2011/12/08/page-1-2/ THUNDER!!]] |
| 558 | ** [[http://frankieandstein.com/2011/12/24/page-11/ Dust off]] |
| 559 | ** [[http://frankieandstein.com/2011/12/29/page-12-2/ Poke.]] |
| 560 | * ''Webcomic/{{Freefall}}'': For an electromagnetic pulse designed to trash any electronic recording devices, [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2600/fc02579.htm this strip]] uses "TESLA" to signify the sound. |
| 561 | * ''Webcomic/FriendlyHostility'' does this a lot. [[http://friendlyhostility.com/d/20081231.html One strip]] featured a character opening and then closing a sash window, with the sound effects *UUUUP* and *DOOOWN*. |
| 562 | ** [[http://friendlyhostility.com/d/20080123.html Another strip]] simply used the effect "*sound of pants falling*". [[NotWhatItLooksLike Not What It Sounds Like]], by the way. |
| 563 | ** [[http://friendlyhostility.com/d/20081205.html "*The Sound of Clothing Dropping at a Rapid Speed*", "*unbutton unbutton unbutton* "]]. ''Definitely'' what it sounds like, by the way. |
| 564 | ** ''[[http://friendlyhostility.com/d/20081029.html *BOOT!*]]'' |
| 565 | * [[http://dummcomics.com/2010/01/10/strawberrys-quest-part-10 This]] installment of ''[[Platform/DummComics Frog Raccoon Strawberry]]'' has "Whatever Sound Snow Makes When It Encapsulates People and Freezes!!" |
| 566 | * ''Webcomic/FruitIncest'' uses a few, including the frequently occurring "Explosion" and "Barge In". |
| 567 | * ''[[http://www.geist-panik.com/ Geist Panik]]'' is absolutely in love with this trope. |
| 568 | ** Notable examples include "Ka-Evil!", "SPAS-12", and, in one case where even the author appeared at a loss, "Um... Fish Noises?" Brian Wilson, the author, has stated that he struggles with coming up with sound effect noises and eventually decided to simply write what was happening. |
| 569 | ** "Hoping! ... Real Hard!!" along with "Ominous!" as the Knob squeezes a juice-box. |
| 570 | ** "Bush Hat!" "Shadow!" and "Steve Says Hello!". By the way, Steve is a plant. |
| 571 | ** Steve is taken even further, his sound effect being [[http://www.hookiedookiepanic.com/geist/comic.php?&ID=59 "Omghax!"]], then "Steve accepts!" |
| 572 | ** And then there's "Passive Aggression!" |
| 573 | ** [[http://www.hookiedookiepanic.com/geist/comic.php?ID=32 A recent strip]] features perhaps the ultimate: a sound effect in Unsound Effect form. "WHOOSH SOUND!" |
| 574 | ** A recent one gave a little {{squick}} with "Better than Sex!" Of course the reason it was squicky was that it was associated with a headshot on a zombie from a sniper rifle. |
| 575 | ** [[http://www.hookiedookiepanic.com/geist/comic.php?ID=60 "Shit Guy!"]] sound effect used when someone knocks Steve over. |
| 576 | ** And a even-more-ultimate example: "[[http://www.hookiedookiepanic.com/geist/pics/37.jpg Whatever Sound Something Like That Makes!!!]]" |
| 577 | ** How about "[[http://www.hookiedookiepanic.com/geist/comic.php?ID=59 No HMO Will Ever Cover This!]]"? That's another good one. |
| 578 | ** [[http://www.hookiedookiepanic.com/geist/comic.php?ID=74 FOOT!]] |
| 579 | * ''Webcomic/GhastlysGhastlyComic'': At least one subversion: "Fap! Fap! Fap!" is not what the character entering the scene (and you) thought. It was [[spoiler:a perfectly innocent snowball fight with the snowballs hitting the house wall.]] |
| 580 | * ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'' has had lots of fun with these: |
| 581 | ** One of [[MadScientist Gil's]] inventions is the Hand Cranked Runcible Gun, which makes the sound "Spork! Spork! Spork!" as it fires... {{Spork}}s. |
| 582 | ** [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20080926 Boot! Boot! Boot!]] |
| 583 | ** [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20110103 Agatha hits Zola]] in the head [[ThrowTheBookAtThem with a large book]] (entitled [[LampshadeHanging "Using Found Objects as Weapons"]]), resulting in the sound effect "TOME!" |
| 584 | ** Mechanicsburg's [[ForDoomTheBellTolls Doom Bell]] has the appropriate [[https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20111104 sound effect]] for its' [[BrownNote effect on people]]. |
| 585 | ** Othar searches in the remains of a crashed clank to the sound effect of [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20121121 Rummage Rummage]]. |
| 586 | ** Ironic Shining Light of Doom! |
| 587 | ** Violence! Mangle! Dismember! |
| 588 | ** "RAIL!", the sound of [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20140714 being shot]] by a [[PunnyName rail gun]]. |
| 589 | ** [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20150429 "COSH!"]] is the sound of Martellus [[IllPretendIDidntHearThat mysteriously falling uncouncious as if struck down by an invisible hand]]. |
| 590 | * ''Webcomic/{{Goblins}}'' uses this in some of the Tempts Fate side comics. |
| 591 | ** [[http://www.goblinscomic.org/tempts-fate-5/ TELEPORT NOISE! (Possibly "BAMF")]] is used in TF 5. In the next TF, it reappears with a different comment: [[http://www.goblinscomic.org/tempts-fate-6/ TELEPORT NOISE (As per the order of Marvel Comics Legal Department, the noise is most definitely not "BAMF", nor is it "SNIKT" or "THWIP".)]] |
| 592 | ** [[http://www.goblinscomic.com/09162011/ KERSPLOSIONFORNOREASON!]] |
| 593 | * "Bang" not for you? ''Webcomic/GoneWithTheBlastwave'' has [[http://www.blastwave-comic.com/index.php?p=comic&nro=40 -BULLET SOUND-]] |
| 594 | ** Don't forget the legendary "shotgun" sound from the [[http://www.blastwave-comic.com/images/green2.jpg impossible to find]] green comic. |
| 595 | * In ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'': |
| 596 | ** shrinking with "shrink soda" gives off a "sha-rink!" sound. |
| 597 | ** And also "insert rather ordinary door bell sound here". |
| 598 | ** [[https://egscomics.com/comic/party-062 One comic]] has three rapid-fire examples: "quack!" for ducking, "purse!" for reaching into a purse, and "adorn!" for putting on a pair of sunglasses. |
| 599 | * ''Webcomic/GreyIs'': [[http://greyismanga.com/manga/ch008-hearts-strength/chapter-008-page-17 Check check check]] |
| 600 | * ''Webcomic/GrrlPower'' has a ''lot'', due to [[AuthorAppeal Dave B. enjoying the concept of]] [[PerfectlyCromulentWord "nonomatopoeia"]] |
| 601 | ** [[http://www.grrlpowercomic.com/archives/1004 GIBBS!]] (for a ShoutOut to Series/{{NCIS}}' DopeSlap) |
| 602 | ** When [[NighInvulnerable Achilles]] headbutts a tank: [[http://www.grrlpowercomic.com/archives/1060 ZIDANE!]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITdPTKpGHuI Reference here]]. |
| 603 | ** Later on there's the memorable "[[http://grrlpowercomic.com/archives/1543 KA-PANTS]]" after a villain's Hulk-out has a predictable reaction to his garments. |
| 604 | ** A large number in a small space of time in [[https://www.grrlpowercomic.com/archives/comic/grrl-power-390-project-overkill/ this strip]]. |
| 605 | --->"KA-SAFETY OFF" "CHACK" "CLICK" "CHAMBER" "OTHER GUN NOISES" |
| 606 | ** When a werewolf [[http://grrlpowercomic.com/archives/2178 assumes his true form]] |
| 607 | --->''Embiggen - Enfuzzen - Enwolfen - [[LampshadeHanging You get the idea]]'' |
| 608 | ** And of course "[[http://grrlpowercomic.com/archives/2864 FABRIC OF THE VERY UNIVERSE TORN ASUNDER]]" when exactly that happens. |
| 609 | * ''Webcomic/GuildedAge'': |
| 610 | ** After [[spoiler:Best's fight with Byron]], the "sound effect" for Frigg's shrug was "INDIFFERENCE". |
| 611 | ** Earlier, after Bandit proves Byron right: "'''SMUG'''" |
| 612 | ** Syr'Nj's smile, after she and her cohorts receive a diplomatic appointment, has the "sound effect" of "KA-PEACE!" |
| 613 | * ''Webcomic/GunnerkriggCourt'': |
| 614 | ** "[[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=284 Spankies!]]", "Trundle", '''[[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=239 SLAM DUNKIN]]''', [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=172 "Rocket!"]]. |
| 615 | ** ''GC'' deserves props for possibly being the first ever use of "[[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=511 Blink]]" for something ''completely unrelated'' to SqueakyEyes. |
| 616 | ** This is {{lampshade|Hanging}}d by the author in the footnotes of this page: [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=268 "Single bound!"]]. |
| 617 | ** There's one for a door slamming, "[[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=588 SLAM]]" and then "SLAM AGAIN" |
| 618 | ** Jones gives us [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=584 "Nuuudge."]] |
| 619 | * ''Webcomic/HannaIsNotABoysName'' uses this occasionally: for example, [[http://hanna.aftertorque.com/?p=162 "awkward."]] |
| 620 | * ''Webcomic/HarkAVagrant'' shows us what exposing fascism while on the run sounds like: [[http://www.harkavagrant.com/index.php?id=44 write write huff write huff write]] |
| 621 | * ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'': |
| 622 | ** '''[[http://mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=003403 "Egg!"]]''' {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d (uh, sort of) a little later, when the Peregrine Mendicant hears "EGG" and comments that "it almost sounded like a huge egg appeared in the sky and landed, and then someone mysterious teleported out of it." |
| 623 | ** [[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/index.php?s=6&p=002607 ...try]]. |
| 624 | ** Inverted with PCHOOOOO, which John believes is a blast-off rocket sound effect, but it's actually the captcha code for the rocket pack. |
| 625 | ** Due to ''Homestuck'''s animated nature, it mostly doesn't need sound effects. Any that show up are for humourous effect. Meaning this trope. |
| 626 | ** [[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=004030 UNSURPRISING DEVELOPMENT]] |
| 627 | ** GENUINE DISTRESS! |
| 628 | ** '''[[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=004314 "WHALE!"]]''' followed quickly by [[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=004320 "FISHFOOD"]] |
| 629 | ** '''[[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=004182 "STRONGJUMP!" as well as "RUIN!"]]''' |
| 630 | ** When Tavros is finally shown [[StaircaseTumble falling down a flight of stairs]], the effect is simply [[Webcomic/SweetBroAndHellaJeff "HAPPEN"]] and later when Karkat falls down with Sollux, it's [[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=005325 "HAPPEN 2x... COMBOB"]]]. |
| 631 | ** Rose has used "distaction" [sic]. |
| 632 | ** [[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=005199 "DEAD."]] is a pretty spectacular example, along with a continuation of the comic's tradition of emoticon soundeffects. |
| 633 | ** [[http://mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=005233 And again]], now accompanied by a [[http://mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=005225 "KO'D."]] And [[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=005247 again]]. And [[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=005348 again]], and [[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=005437 again]], and [[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/scratch.php?s=6&p=005763 again]], and [[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=006007 again]]. (Obviously, major spoilers in all the links.) |
| 634 | ** [[http://mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=005243 "HOPESPLODE!"]] There were also a few "ROBOSPLODE"! around. |
| 635 | ** "CLOCK" is used when Cans [[NotHyperbole literally punches Diamonds Droog into next week]], and then punches Hearts Boxcars into a different calender entirely. |
| 636 | ** What sound does breaking a magic [[InsistentTerminology sorry we mean "science"]] wand make? [[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=005432 "DEBUNK!"]] of course! |
| 637 | ** In Act 5, Karkat [[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=004197 surmises]] that stabbing is how Jack Noir greets people. Jack later stabs Dream Jane with [[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=006296 "greet."]] |
| 638 | ** One of the more frequent uses is "+ify" for something being appearified and "-ify" for something being sendificated. |
| 639 | ** When Dirk is drawing smut on Caliborn's request, after a [[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/storyfiles/hs2/scraps/smuut1.gif "cop"]] we are given the immortal [[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/storyfiles/hs2/scraps/smuut2.gif "uncop"]]. |
| 640 | ** John's adventure through Caliborn's horrible drawings in [=A6A6A2=] gives us "HORSE ACCIDENT.". Yes, the period is part of the sound effect. |
| 641 | ** In '''[[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/GAMEOVER [S] Game Over]]''', the fight between John and Caliborn is riddled with them, to hilarious effects. |
| 642 | ** '''[[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=004128 E%AMPLE]]''' |
| 643 | ** '''HAPPEN!''' is particularly popular, especially around stairs, as a reference to the ''Webcomic/SweetBroAndHellaJeff'' meme [[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/sweetbroandhellajeff/?cid=001.jpg "It keeps happening!"]] |
| 644 | * ''Webcomic/HowToBeAWerewolf'': A werewolf transforming to rescue Vincent was given the large text of "werewolf!" in place of a sound effect for their dramatic entrance. |
| 645 | * ''Webcomic/IrregularWebcomic'': |
| 646 | ** [[http://www.irregularwebcomic.net/1841.html This strip]] is composed entirely of Unsound Effects. |
| 647 | ** [[http://www.irregularwebcomic.net/1949.html This one]] also has some good ones, including "Maintain Precarious Grip!", as well as a [[LampshadeHanging link to this very page.]] |
| 648 | ** [[http://www.irregularwebcomic.net/2033.html This one]] has "Appear!" |
| 649 | ** [[http://www.irregularwebcomic.net/2249.html This one]] includes "Silence!" as a lack-of-sound effect. |
| 650 | ** [[http://www.irregularwebcomic.net/2751.html This one]] features Adam turning on the spaceship with accompanying "Button Press" unsound. |
| 651 | ** [[http://www.irregularwebcomic.net/2964.html TRANSCEND!]] |
| 652 | ** [[http://www.irregularwebcomic.net/3032.html ICE!]] |
| 653 | * ''Webcomic/{{Irritability}}'' used DETERMINATION! |
| 654 | * In ''MediaNotes/JennyEverywhere'' comics, the sound of Jenny's "shifting" is sometimes rendered as simply "''Shift!''", although it's also been ascribed a variety of more conventional sound effects, including "''Womph''", "''Fzzzz''" and "''Splink''". |
| 655 | * ''Webcomic/KevinAndKell'': {{Dope|Slap}} [[http://www.kevinandkell.com/2004/kk0418.html Slap]]! |
| 656 | * ''Webcomic/KiwiBlitz'' has [[http://www.kiwiblitz.com/comic/page-301/ "courtesy"]]. |
| 657 | * ''Webcomic/{{Lackadaisy}}'' has it in a Christmas special! WordOfGod [[http://lackadaisycats.com/exhibit.php?exhibitid=331 says so!]] |
| 658 | * ''Webcomic/LeifAndThorn'': |
| 659 | ** [[http://leifandthorn.com/comic/homecoming-524/ WALL.]] |
| 660 | ** [[http://leifandthorn.com/comic/the-show-must-grow-on-act-i-18-44/ Exit stage left!]] |
| 661 | * [[http://www.alessonislearned.com/index.php?comic=6 This]] ''Webcomic/ALessonIsLearnedButTheDamageIsIrreversible'' comic uses "GASOLINE". Others used include "MOONROCK" and "COMBINE". |
| 662 | * Steve of ''Webcomic/LifeAndDeath'', being [[TheUnfettered who he is]], [[GroinAttack goes right for the nuts]] with the sound effect, "Cheap shot!" Don't worry, the guy on the receiving end didn't feel a thing (at the moment), and he's a JerkAss anyway. |
| 663 | * ''Webcomic/LifeWithLamarr'' gives us [[http://jill-sandwich.com/lwl/index.php?episode=139 tl;dr]]. There's also the regular use of 'Sqwerk!' for Lamarr. |
| 664 | * ''Webcomic/ALoonaticsTale'' has [[http://static2007.deviantart.com/art/Stone-Cold-Crazy-69-129780175 BWARB]], along with a "Twitch" sound effect for... well, whenever Riley's eye twitches. |
| 665 | ** And in [[http://zibaricon.org/animation/therapy/therapy.php this animation]], we see that the twitch DOES make an actual sound. |
| 666 | * ''Webcomic/{{Loserz}}'' had "Flee!" in [[http://the-qlc.com/loserz/go/61 this strip]], "Stampede!" in [[http://the-qlc.com/loserz/go/68 this one]], and also "Splurge!" and probably more. |
| 667 | * ''Luke Surl Comics'' has "[[http://www.lukesurl.com/archives/2566 unbuckle]]". |
| 668 | * ''Webcomic/MacHall'' had one strip where a human character in ''Film/TheMatrix'' universe who points out the film's plotholes is blasted by a laser gun, which makes the sound '''*VOIP!*'''. Not really an Unsound Effect...until one sees the strip immediately after, where one of the machines points out a plothole, and is blasted by a '''*VERY ADVANCED VOIP!*''' |
| 669 | * Whenever some machinery activates in ''Webcomic/TheMansionOfE'', especially in the [=SubShafts=], and it goes, say, ''click'', there's a good chance that it's going to deactivate with an ''unclick''. |
| 670 | * ''Webcomic/MenageA3'': |
| 671 | ** When [[http://www.menagea3.net/d/20110205.html someone suggests]] that Gary enjoyed an accidental HoYay encounter, Gary chokes on his drink -- rendered as [[http://www.nasponline.org/advocacy/glb.aspx Glb!]] |
| 672 | ** See also [[GroinAttack Knee-CROTCH!]] |
| 673 | ** And [[GroinAttack Kok-KIKKK!]] -- a [[WrittenSoundEffect Sound]]/Unsound Effect hybrid. |
| 674 | ** And [[DeathGlare GLARE!!!]] |
| 675 | ** And [[http://www.ma3comic.com/strips-ma3/she_conspired_with_the_occult SWOON!]] (Followed a frame later by [[WrittenSoundEffect THUD in appropriately chunky capitals]], and some BishieSparkle for bonus points.) |
| 676 | ** And [[http://www.ma3comic.com/strips-ma3/omigosh-band-hug/ Glomp]] (itself another [[TheGlomp a trope reference]]). |
| 677 | * ''Webcomic/MetompsychosisUnion'': When Mag decks a security guard the sound effect is [[https://www.mpscomic.com/comic/chapter-1-page-29/ "KNOCK DOWN".]] |
| 678 | * Occasionally seen in ''Webcomic/AMiracleOfScience'', though the comic usually uses onomatopoeic sound effects. Like "crumple." on [[http://www.project-apollo.net/mos/mos328.html this rather spoilery page]]. |
| 679 | * ''[[http://www.firmanproductions.com/ Moe]]'' has several, including [[http://www.firmanproductions.com/?p=671 'BRIBE SLIDE']] |
| 680 | * ''Webcomic/MoodyMarkCrusaders'' has *scootayawn* and *scootasigh*. |
| 681 | * ''Webcomic/MSPaintMasterpieces'' uses "telprot!" (yes, that's spelled correctly) for teleportation. It's a reference to an early strip involving a l33t-speak DOS prompt in Reset Man's head, visible whenever he closed his eyes. "Wtf telprot" |
| 682 | |
| 683 | * ''Webcomic/NerfNOW'' likes this trope: |
| 684 | ** It gives us [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/27 "ZEEEERGLINGS"]] for the sound of Zerglings, er, being Zerglings. And loving it. |
| 685 | ** There's also '''CAPTURE''', '''Loot Loot''' and even '''MAIN PLOT HOOK!''' |
| 686 | ** '[[MoreDakka Dakka]]' is a favorite go-to onomatopoeia for gunfire, but it's never been quite as literal as ''[[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/262 BULLET BULLET BULLET BULLET]].'' |
| 687 | * When pookas go back to being visible in ''[[http://mopsy.com/ Never Never]]'', they go "[[SdrawkcabName Foop!]]" |
| 688 | * ''Webcomic/NoNeedForBushido'' uses these in nearly every comic. |
| 689 | ** Some that stand out are [[http://nn4b.com/comic/277 Holycrap!]] and [[http://nn4b.com/comic/279 Head... Butt!]] |
| 690 | ** '''[[http://nn4b.com/comic/373 Oh? No!]]''' '''[[http://nn4b.com/comic/373 He Didn'!]]''' |
| 691 | ** Also, [[http://nn4b.com/comic/376 It's A Trap!]] |
| 692 | ** And, '''[[http://nn4b.com/comic/383 REBUTTAL!]]''' |
| 693 | ** Not to forget, [[http://nn4b.com/comic/244 Hat!]] |
| 694 | ** And, [[http://nn4b.com/?webcomic1=531 '''TREEVENGE!!'']] |
| 695 | ** And of course, [[http://nn4b.com/comic/508 '''Implausible!'']] |
| 696 | * Unsound effects occur regularly in ''Webcomic/NotAVillain'': for example, [[http://navcomic.com/archive/page-76/ "ELONGATE" and "IGNORE"]]. |
| 697 | * ''Webcomic/NotSoDistant'' uses this quite a bit. Amusingly, "stab" was not used when the main character was stabbed in the leg (splorch), but it WAS used earlier when a pillow got stuck to one of his head spikes (preceded by "flop" as he flopped onto his bed). |
| 698 | * Strip 12 of ''[[http://www.atomictoy.org/comics/omfe/ OMFE]]'' averts another trope by having an orbital cannon fire with a mighty "[[SpaceIsNoisy NOSOUNDINSPACE]]" |
| 699 | * In ''ComicStrip/TheOptimist'': [[http://the-opt.com/?p=992 EXPIRE]], [[http://the-opt.com/?p=794 THROW]], [[http://the-opt.com/?p=125 GOUGE]], [[http://the-opt.com/?p=49 FLEX & SWELL]], [[http://the-opt.com/?p=56 REND & MASTICATE]], [[http://the-opt.com/?p=69 SUBMIT & REFRESH]], [[http://the-opt.com/?p=88 FOLD]], and [[http://the-opt.com/?p=476 this comic]] and [[http://the-opt.com/?p=1299 this comic]] have multiple examples. [[http://the-opt.com/?p=1229 This comic]] has a very large unsound effect as a punchline. |
| 700 | * ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'': |
| 701 | ** In [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0017.html an early strip]], Belkar says he could probably sunder Elan's sword just by talking too loudly. Shortly after, they get spotted by a chimera, and Belkar exclaims "DAMN IT!", and Elan's rapier breaks in two, the sound effect being written as "sunder". |
| 702 | ** [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0099.html Pierce! Slash! Bludgeon!]] |
| 703 | ** [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0156.html Sneak!]] |
| 704 | ** [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0437.html AOO!]] is the sound effect for an attack of opportunity, apparently. |
| 705 | ** [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0468.html Smooch! Grope!]] |
| 706 | ** [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0497.html Quarter!]] |
| 707 | ** [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0586.html Nuts!]] is used to indicate a GroinAttack. |
| 708 | ** [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0608.html Apparently]], [[PsychoStrings Eee! Eee! Eee! Eee!]] is the sound of someone being [[PsychoShowerMurderParody stabbed in the shower]]. |
| 709 | ** [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0609.html FTTH!]] is the sound of someone getting a Foot to the Head. Also, SCHTUTH! may or may not stand for something similar. |
| 710 | ** [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0653.html Deflect!]] |
| 711 | ** [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0702.html Unfurl!]] |
| 712 | ** [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0748.html Thjunk!]] |
| 713 | ** [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0761.html Swinganamiss!]] |
| 714 | ** Stabbing a giant crustacean sounds like [[https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0905.html Shishkabob!]] |
| 715 | ** In an intensely spoileriffic page, apparently the sound effect of someone overcoming a [[MoreThanMindControl Dominate]] spell is "[[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1001.html Snapoutta!]]". |
| 716 | * In ''Webcomic/{{Overcompensating}}'', an olfactory assault makes a [[http://www.overcompensating.com/posts/20101015.html STAAAAAANK]] sound. {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d in the caption. |
| 717 | * [[http://pasteldefender.com/222.html Here's a variation from]] ''Pastel Defender Heliotrope'' (panel 4) |
| 718 | * ''Webcomic/PepsiaPhobia'': One strip has "MAKE-OUT SOUNDS!" when Phobia kisses the doctor. |
| 719 | * ''Webcomic/{{Plume}}'': ''CLOTHESLINED!'' |
| 720 | * ''Webcomic/QuestionableContent'' creator Jeph Jacques uses these quite frequently. Notable and amusing examples include: |
| 721 | ** The reviving effects of [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=535 CAFFEINE!]] (also [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/musthavecaffeine.png pictured]] in MustHaveCaffeine) are shown in this ''Webcomic/QuestionableContent'' strip. |
| 722 | ** In one guest comic Jacques drew, the characters of ''Niego'' walk into Coffee of Doom and are promptly assaulted by Raven with a chair, with the Unsound Effect of "CHAIR!" and "CHAIR AGAIN!" as they're beat upon. |
| 723 | ** It would appear that [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1445 SCORN!]] seems to have a [[PaintingTheMedium corporeal form]]. |
| 724 | ** Dancing is emphasized by the dancing sounds...[[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1597 "DANCE DANCE"]]. The caption suggests this is less about humor and more about making sure the readers know she's dancing. |
| 725 | ** Library carts move to the sound of [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=736 Trundle Trundle]]. |
| 726 | ** "ASS GRAB!" |
| 727 | ** Now we have "POWER HUG!" |
| 728 | ** [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=956 This strip]] has the caption "[broom broom broom]". |
| 729 | ** A gelatinous AI manifested with the sound "GLOOP," which is reasonable, but when she was then reabsorbed, it went "POOLG." |
| 730 | * ''Webcomic/RustyAndCo'' [[SpamAttack improved]] the one with "[[AC:[[http://rustyandco.com/comic/level-4-1/ stab]]]]". Also, "[[VancianMagic VANCE!]]" and "MELF!", and [[http://rustyandco.com/comic/11/ THAC0]]. |
| 731 | ** Not to mention [[http://rustyandco.com/comic/level-6-30/ Madeline's Smite]] -- in HeavenlyBlue! |
| 732 | ** [[http://rustyandco.com/comic/level-6-52/ When the Python is making an evil twin, its sound effect is ANTI!]] |
| 733 | ** And [[http://rustyandco.com/comic/level-6-56/ to crown them all]], DeusExMachina! as a sound effect. |
| 734 | ** After a dagger has gone "THOK!" into a hand, [[http://rustyandco.com/comic/level-7-34/ naturally pulling it out is an UNTHOK!]] |
| 735 | |
| 736 | * Done at least [[http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=429#comic once]]in ''Webcomic/SaturdayMorningBreakfastCereal''. Well, what sound would you expect when you [[UsefulNotes/BritishEnglish lamp]] someone with a lamp? |
| 737 | ** [[https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/geek-sleeping ACTUALLY!]] |
| 738 | * ''Webcomic/ScaryGoRound'' has Ryan [[http://www.scarygoround.com/?date=20090320 DESPAIR]] at Shelley and Amy's antics. |
| 739 | ** John Allison likes Unsound Effects: ''Scary Go Round'''s follow-up ''Webcomic/BadMachinery'' already includes [[http://www.scarygoround.com/index.php?date=20091028 "FLING", "RUMMAGE RUMMAGE"]] and Amy fixing Ryan's hair with "[[http://www.scarygoround.com/index.php?date=20091007 fuss fuss comb interfere]]". |
| 740 | ** [[http://scarygoround.com/?date=20100317 STUNTS]] |
| 741 | ** And, of course, [[http://scarygoround.com/?date=20130905 PASH]]. |
| 742 | ** In an inversion of AudibleSharpness, Little Claire's knife is so blunt it goes [[http://scarygoround.com/?date=20110721 BLUNT]]. |
| 743 | * ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary'': |
| 744 | ** Schlock's signature plasgun charges up with the sound effect "Ommmminous hummmm...." -- [[http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2000-06-12 first appearing in the first strip]]. On one occasion where it's broken and he tries to fire it, the (lack of) sound effect is "Ominous ''[[http://www.schlockmercenary.com/d/20020221.html silence]]''." |
| 745 | --->'''Schlock:''' That's the most disappointing sound I've ever heard it not make. |
| 746 | ** The [[http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2000-06-13 second strip]] had "Ssssssinissster sssssstreeetch" when a doctor was putting on gloves for a cavity search. |
| 747 | ** And then there's [[http://www.schlockmercenary.com/d/20080521.html this strip]]: |
| 748 | --->'''Lieutenant:''' What are they going to do? [[TemptingFate Take a potshot through two layers of hullmetal]]?\ |
| 749 | '''''P O T S H O T'''''\ |
| 750 | '''Corporal:''' Correction. Two layers of hullmetal and one lieutenant. |
| 751 | ** [[http://www.schlockmercenary.com/d/20060517.html Or this one]]. Squib! |
| 752 | ** A lot of older strips have TERAPORT! - what it sounds like is described [[http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2001-11-25 here]]. |
| 753 | ** BLAM BLAM [[http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2010-07-30 KA-JAM]]. |
| 754 | ** And "[[http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2011-07-10 ABLATE]]" as the sound of ablative armor popping apart. |
| 755 | ** A ''demi''-sound effect: [[http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2012-03-07 De-ploytch]]! |
| 756 | ** When close air-support needs to adjust their aim you get a ''[[http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2012-10-01 DISTANT BOOM]]''. |
| 757 | ** What is the sound of blocking a door with a tree? [[http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2015-01-31 SHRUBBERY!]] |
| 758 | ** In a simulated environment, the sound of a [[http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2017-05-14 giant god-tree simulation being cut down to size]] is "BONSAI!" It then gets turned into a flower and effectively muzzled with a "BLOSSOM" effect. |
| 759 | ** Sometimes they're used in response to, or as an IronicEcho of, dialogue or narration: a comment about "discrepancies" leads to a [[https://www.schlockmercenary.com/2017-07-03 "DISCREPANCIES!"]] sound effect when the shooting starts, and when the narration refers to battlefields as "ordinary places whose scheduled uses get interrupted by battles," the sound of Cynthetic Certainty opening up with its lighter weapons is written as [[https://www.schlockmercenary.com/2017-07-09 "INTERRUPTION!"]] |
| 760 | ** The first use of Cynthetic Certainty has a [[https://www.schlockmercenary.com/2017-07-23 appropriate]] sound effect. |
| 761 | * ''Webcomic/{{Sinfest}}'' uses this nearly every other strip, notably [[http://www.sinfest.net/view.php?date=2001-06-29 here]], [[http://www.sinfest.net/view.php?date=2009-06-23 here]], [[http://www.sinfest.net/view.php?date=2009-07-03 here]], [[http://www.sinfest.net/view.php?date=2007-11-02 here]], and [[http://www.sinfest.net/view.php?date=2009-10-07 here]] ("VERKLEMPT!" It's Yiddish for "quite upset or emotional.") |
| 762 | ** [[TheBully The bullies]]' attack on Crimney had no words in the entire panel, but many sound effects, and unsound effects such as [[http://www.sinfest.net/view.php?date=2012-04-22 snatch and tackle]]. |
| 763 | * ''Webcomic/SomethingPositive'': |
| 764 | ** [[http://www.somethingpositive.net/sp03282009.shtml "Throwing sound here."]] |
| 765 | ** [[http://www.somethingpositive.net/sp03162003.shtml "Sound of liver having an orgasm".]] |
| 766 | ** [[http://www.somethingpositive.net/sp03302007.shtml "Insert the sound of fat being angrily displaced."]] |
| 767 | * ''Webcomic/{{Skullkickers}}'' is in love with this particular trope with [[http://comic.skullkickers.com/comic/2012-12-27 this page]] providing perhaps the best demonstration. |
| 768 | * ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'': |
| 769 | ** [[http://www.sluggy.com/daily.php?date=090206 ILLUMINATE PLEASANTLY]] |
| 770 | ** Also: "[[http://www.sluggy.com/daily.php?date=070629 wallet]]" (for mugging) and of course "[[http://www.sluggy.com/daily.php?date=050408 lower da boom]]". |
| 771 | ** Overall the unsound effects in Sluggy Freelance vary on a scale between humorous and action-explicating; these often overlap, such as in "stabbity stabbity STAB" being used for three consecutive attempts at stabbing the same target that keeps moving out of the way. Of course, the line to sound effects isn't entirely straightforward either. |
| 772 | ** ''Ahem!'' May I present: [[http://www.sluggy.com/daily.php?date=060306 Hugamundo!]] |
| 773 | ** "[[http://www.sluggy.com/comics/archives/daily/20090813 CREEPY ORGAN MUSIC BUILDING TO CRESCENDOOOOOOOOOOO]]" |
| 774 | ** "[[http://www.sluggy.com/comics/archives/daily/20091214 Spla-taminate!]]" |
| 775 | ** "[[http://www.sluggy.com/comics/archives/daily/021205 Sound-effect-representing-one's-spleen-being-shoved-through-an-eye-socket]]" |
| 776 | ** "[[http://www.sluggy.com/comics/archives/daily/19990523 HASSELHOFF!]]" |
| 777 | ** Parodied: "[[http://www.sluggy.com/comics/archives/daily/141024 POUND POUND POUND lb.]]" |
| 778 | * ''Webcomic/{{Spamusement}}'' has [[http://spamusement.com/index.php/comics/view/290 "KER-TIME-TRAVEL!"]] |
| 779 | * ''Webcomic/SparklingGenerationValkyrieYuuki'': [[http://www.sgvy.com/archives/Edda5/Issue7/Page1.html *non-squish non-squish* ]] |
| 780 | * ''Webcomic/StickmanAndCube'': T-T-T-TIMEWARP! |
| 781 | * ''Webcomic/SuperEffective'' loves to use these. |
| 782 | ** [[http://www.vgcats.com/super/?strip_id=3 *Wiggle* *Wiggle*]] |
| 783 | ** [[http://www.vgcats.com/super/?strip_id=7 *Laughter* *Applause*]] |
| 784 | ** [[http://www.vgcats.com/super/?strip_id=9 *Shake*]] [[http://www.vgcats.com/super/?strip_id=45 *Shake*]] |
| 785 | ** [[http://www.vgcats.com/super/?strip_id=22 SOCK!]] |
| 786 | ** [[http://www.vgcats.com/super/?strip_id=30 *Shuffle* *Shuffle* *Shuffle*]] |
| 787 | ** [[http://www.vgcats.com/super/?strip_id=33 *RAPED*]] |
| 788 | ** [[http://www.vgcats.com/super/?strip_id=34 *Rock Blocked*]]. |
| 789 | ** [[http://www.vgcats.com/super/?strip_id=48 BIDOOF!]] |
| 790 | ** [[http://www.vgcats.com/super/?strip_id=49 Dee Doot Doo!]] |
| 791 | ** [[http://www.vgcats.com/super/?strip_id=54 POOCH!]] |
| 792 | * ''Webcomic/TapiseriSoujourn'': There are words that are not onomatopoeic but used for onomatopoeic effects, such as Ward and Release. |
| 793 | * ''Webcomic/ThreePanelSoul'' [[http://threepanelsoul.com/2009/11/30/on-gym-visits/ Mustache Mustache Mustache Mustache...]] Also [[http://threepanelsoul.com/2011/05/15/on-male-cats/ BROFACE]]. |
| 794 | * ''Webcomic/TurnSignalsOnALandRaider'' used these occasionally. The effect in the last panel of the last comic is, fittingly, "KA-DISCONTINUE!" when an Imperator Titan kicked Jack. |
| 795 | * ''Webcomic/{{Unsounded}}'': |
| 796 | ** Toma beaned one of Bell's men with a can of beans to the sfx of "BEANED". |
| 797 | ** When one of the stormfolk clock Keon in the head with their [[GagPenis cock]] the sfx is "kok". |
| 798 | * ''Webcomic/UserFriendly'' had some 'interesting' sounds for coffee brewing: "sizzle", "congeal", "fold proteins", "curdle", "sprout". Of course, given that previous coffee-brewing efforts have intentionally created a brew that has the properties of [[Franchise/{{Alien}} Xenomorph]] acid-for-blood and one that was made with parts of [[Franchise/CthulhuMythos Hastur]], this may indicate a success. |
| 799 | ** In another strip, when someone was writing a program to trick someone else, the Unsounds were 'Code Plot Plan' as he was typing. |
| 800 | * ''Webcomic/{{Vexxarr}}'' has "[[AC:Explode!!!]]. No [[SpaceIsNoisy "Kaboom!" in space]], you see. |
| 801 | * ''Webcomic/VGCats'': |
| 802 | ** The [[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=108 Face Full Of Alien Wing Wong]] script has "icky noise" in the penultimate frame. |
| 803 | *** [[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=190 This one]] has *MONOCLE* |
| 804 | *** [[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=161 *waddle* *waddle* *waddle* FACE!]] |
| 805 | *** [[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=95 Don't forget *pee noises*!]] |
| 806 | *** [[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=300 *DERP!*]] |
| 807 | *** And of course, [[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=91 *quietly* *storm* *off*]] |
| 808 | * ''Webcomic/WapsiSquare'' once [[http://wapsisquare.com/comic/08132004/ used]] the sound effect [[ChirpingCrickets cricket cricket]]. |
| 809 | * ''Webcomic/TheWhiteboard'': On [[http://the-whiteboard.com/autotwb2820.html this page]], Cara's vintage Volkswagen makes a beetlebeetlebeetle noise. Given the car in question, it's not a big stretch. |
| 810 | * ''Webcomic/WoodsForTheTrees'' had "ASS-PINCH" and [[http://woodsforthetrees.comicgenesis.com/d/20061213.html Generic collision noise!]] |
| 811 | * ''Webcomic/TheWotch'' and its spinoff ''Cheer!'' do this heavily, with examples such as: [[GenderBender *Ka-girl* ]] *open*, *swap*, *stare*, *harm*, *regress*, *swap*, *gravity*, *vertical ascent*, *tie up*, *disguise*, *not there*, *...psyche* , and many more. Yes, with the asterisks. |
| 812 | ** Both series use them to the point that an actual sound effect in either goes on to become pretty rare, and there's a running gag of "ka-something" sounds. "Ka-zap" eventually becomes "Ka-*effect here* " which is how "ka-girl" got started (and eventually became a verb. "Why am I always the one you ka-girl for a joke?") Eventually, you have stuff like "Ka-annoyed!" after too many transformations, and "Ka-meraderie!" when 32 tries to gloss over the fact that ''nobody'' believes she's the person she's standing in for by acting all chummy. The best is "ka-asking-for-it!" |
| 813 | *** [[http://cheer.thewotch.com/index.php?date=20060706 "Pretty Cosmic Crystal Rainbow Overhead Smash!"]] |
| 814 | *** [[http://www.cheercomic.com/?date=2006-06-06 "1812 Overture'd"]] |
| 815 | * ''Webcomic/{{xkcd}}'' dabbles with this occasionally. |
| 816 | ** [[http://xkcd.com/208/ "Perl!"]] is used for some heroic programming (with regular expressions). |
| 817 | ** [[http://xkcd.com/260/ This strip]] has an entire series of them. |
| 818 | ** [[http://www.xkcd.com/433/ This strip]] has "park" as a sound effect. |
| 819 | ** [[https://xkcd.com/2790/ This strip]] features "release", "squeeze" and "radiate" as sound effects. The sound made by radiating heat is left up to imagination. |
| 820 | * ''Webcomic/ZebraGirl'' uses this in one strip, alongside a [[ClueFromEd Message From Ed]] that states that the creator has no idea what the actions depicted would actually sound like, so he's just gonna make things up. |
| 821 | |
| 822 | * The {{Dada Comic|s}} ''[[http://www.succubi.org/db/ Listening to 11.975MHz]]'' takes Unsound Effects to a whole new level. Of course, it makes some sort of twisted sense in a comic where the ''dialogue'' also makes no sense... |
| 823 | * Creator/DavidGonterman seems fond of "Kick!" There is also [[http://www.furnation.com/FoxStudios/archive/ComicStrip/strip124.html this strip.]] If you can figure out what the heck is going on, please share. |
| 824 | ** The "chief" character's warning came too late, it seems, as someone already made a move and got trashcanned, while the "vixen" is now blowing a bubble of chewing gum. The rest of the comic goes directly into "I Am Not Making This Up" territory (and in several places, makes me wish for some kind of mind/eye bleach). |
| 825 | ** Also, Gonterman's short-lived "Kitsune .44" gives us the infamous "[[http://commuterbarnacle.com/gonterman/4413.html "AUTOMATIC MACHINE GUN FIRE!"]], "[[http://commuterbarnacle.com/gonterman/4415.html TAKE OFF...]]", [[http://commuterbarnacle.com/gonterman/4416.html "tap tap tappity tap tap and so on tap tappit"]], "DISARM!" and "...HOLSTER" and one instance where a character ''[[http://commuterbarnacle.com/gonterman/4419.html says ":-)"]]''. |
| 826 | * [[http://derwen.deviantart.com/art/The-Contest-72255448 This cartoon]] from Platform/DeviantArt utilizes a lot of unsound effects, like *drink*, *belch*, *incredible loud belch*, and *crickets chirp*. Strangely, it also includes the best onomatopoeia for a power belch ever seen. |
| 827 | * Used in place of actual sound effects most of the time in ''[[http://www.realityexperiment.com Reality Experiment]]'', particularly "Sound of window smashing!" |
| 828 | * After several more conventional sound effects, the sound effect on the last panel on [[http://www.drunkduck.com/Final_Blasphemy/index.php?p=128710 this]] page gets a bit abstract. |
| 829 | * ''Webcomic/TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob'' makes frequent use of this trope. |
| 830 | ** Space explosions are depicted as "SILENT KABOOM!" |
| 831 | ** A breaking window, of course, has the sound [[https://bobadventures.thecomicseries.com/comics/710 "DEFENESTRATE!"]] |
| 832 | ** A deflected borfomite beam [[https://bobadventures.thecomicseries.com/comics/450 "careens off into deep space..."]] |
| 833 | ** The strip coined the word "[[https://bobadventures.thecomicseries.com/comics/730 Ninj!]]" as the official Sound of Silence, representing the silence produced by a ninja. So, an exploding spaceship can now have the sound effect "NINJ!" in big block letters. |
| 834 | ** What sound does [[https://bobadventures.thecomicseries.com/comics/832 a falling pie make]]? |
| 835 | * ''Tails From The Mynarski Forest'' inverts this by using real words and names that ''sound'' like real sound effects, such as "GDANSK!" |
| 836 | * [[http://www.blue-uncia.nl/pages/SoL/SoL0111.shtml This]] ''Webcomic/StuffOfLegend'' strip: SUPER SPECIAL SHOVE [[DoomyDoomsOfDoom OF DOOM!]] |
| 837 | * [[http://taleotc.com/155 This]] ''Tale of the Cave'' strip features insults hidden in the miss sound effects. Naturally, the protagonist shoots the sound effect guy. This is the only shot he has successfully made to date. |
| 838 | * [[http://www.wastedtalent.ca/index.php?view=180 This]] keyboard in ''Webcomic/WastedTalent'' goes "leet leet!" |
| 839 | * ''Webcomic/HoneydewSyndrome'' once used [[http://wwww.honeysyn.net/comic.php?p=136 *facepalm*]]. |
| 840 | * [[http://hail-nekoyasha.deviantart.com/art/Onomatopoeia-28080591 BOOOAAAT!]] |
| 841 | * CampaignComic ''Webcomic/StevenAndTheCrystalGMs'' has these now and then for certain player actions, [[ColorCodedForYourConvenience in the color(s) of the player(s) involved]]. These include but are not limited to: |
| 842 | ** "Roll" (player rolls their dice) |
| 843 | ** "Note Pass", self-explanatory and dual-colored. "Note" is in the color of the passer, and "Pass" is in that of the recipient. |
| 844 | ** [[http://crystalgms.thecomicseries.com/comics/822 Comic #822]] has Betty (the DM)'s "Face-Making Noise!" while playing out Yellow Diamond's ComicalAngryFace. |
| 845 | * ''Webcomic/HijinksEnsue'' featured [[http://hijinksensue.com/2008/05/05/armnomnomnomnom/ a chainsaw that goes "CHAINSAW"]]. |
| 846 | * ''Webcomic/ASkewedParadise'': |
| 847 | ** [[http://aspcomics.net/archindex.php?strip_id=138 Stool to the face!]] |
| 848 | ** Also, [[http://aspcomics.net/archindex.php?strip_id=166 SABOTAGE VIA GNOME!]] |
| 849 | * The ''Franchise/TouhouProject'' fancomic ''Webcomic/TouhouNekokayou'' often uses these to compensate for the fact that it's hard to show actions in [[VirtualPaperDoll create.swf]], i.e. "[[http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=thcomic67 ready to pounce]]," or even for exposition, i.e. the same strip also has "was just faking it." |
| 850 | ** '''[[http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=thcomic96 KER-SLAMUEL!]]''' |
| 851 | ** And now, [[http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa01marisa0002 JOKE STOLEN VERBATIM!]] |
| 852 | ** Is that sOWNED~ |
| 853 | * ''Webcomic/LasLindas'': |
| 854 | ** [[http://laslindas.katbox.net/?p=117 MESS!]] |
| 855 | ** [[http://laslindas.katbox.net/?p=151 HOSED!]] |
| 856 | * In ''Ragnarok Wisdom'' we have '''[[http://adultimum.net/rw/397/ YOU GOT OWNED SO HARD YOU DON'T GET AN ONOMATOPOEIA!]]''' |
| 857 | * Lucy Knisley makes good use of this one, particularly in [[https://www.lambiek.net/artists/image/k/knisley_lucy/knisley_thumbsucking.jpg "Some Thumb Sucking"]], in which she uses 'stress stress stress', 'calm', 'suspicion' and 'sneaky' (not to mention the variant 'sneeeaky' and then some more 'calm') as sound effects in only 9 panels. |
| 858 | * ''Webcomic/SweetBroAndHellaJeff'' has "griiiiinb" |
| 859 | * ''Webcomic/{{Sonichu}}'' uses this regularly. Often they are based on ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' moves since most of the characters are Pokémon, but there's also *CUTS VINES*, *TELEPORTS IN*, *CRASH TO GRASS*, and *MAKES GUN DO A 180*, among others. Lampshaded in the audiobooks when Dethchemist describes a character as using "TELEPORTS IN." |
| 860 | * ''Webcomic/KeychainOfCreation'': |
| 861 | ** the [[http://keychain.patternspider.net/archive/koc0280.html "Bro"]] fist bump. |
| 862 | ** Ten Winds' CatchPhrase / {{Kiai}} "JUSTICE!" is used in this way when Marena's mute sister Karen performs his signature drop-kick on an enemy. |
| 863 | * ''Webcomic/TheWayOfTheMetagamer'' includes "Temporarycollapse!" several times. |
| 864 | * ''Webcomic/PlanescapeSurvivalGuide'' has many, including [[http://planescapecomic.com/Prologue9.html "Dulcet Tones"]] for the sound of a banjo being used as a club. |
| 865 | * ''Webcomic/{{Shortpacked}}'': ''[[SpitTake SPIT-TAKE]]'' and ''[[GroinAttack NUTKICK]]'' |
| 866 | * ''Webcomic/{{Housepets}}'': |
| 867 | ** Played with in this [[http://www.housepetscomic.com/2008/06/11/it-gets-worse/ strip,]] with a sign reading "[[AC:Explosion!]]", standing in for the sound of TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt during the first "Imaginate!" story arc. |
| 868 | ** The "explosion" of the huge water balloon bomb towards the end of the "The Great Water Balloon War" story is rendered as [[http://www.housepetscomic.com/2011/08/01/the-only-way-to-end/ "EXPLOOSHION!"]] from which Peanut, Grape, and Zach emerge with an UnflinchingWalk. |
| 869 | * [[http://mountaincomics.com/2010/07/19/refractions/ This]] Mountain Time offers "gentle descent!" and "suspenseful ascent!" |
| 870 | * ''Quest'' by Elsie "Lady Sol" Denton has used [[http://quest.comicgenesis.com/d/20110328.html "levitate" and "heal"]], among others. |
| 871 | * From Mike Russell's [[http://culturepulp.typepad.com/culturepulp/the-sabretooth-vampire/ "Sabretooth Vampire"]]: |
| 872 | ** In one strip, there is [[http://culturepulp.typepad.com/culturepulp/2011/05/he-comes-prepared.html "RUMMAGE!" "PRODUCE!" and "AFFIX!"]] |
| 873 | * [[http://www.jacqofallblades.com/ Jacq of all blades]] uses these excessively, in between normal written sound effects. In just the last 3 strips: |
| 874 | ** [[http://www.jacqofallblades.com/?page=74#comic BREAKER FLIP!, EMERGENCY DOOR OVERRIDE!]] |
| 875 | ** [[http://www.jacqofallblades.com/?page=75#comic DETACHABLE HAND!Burning dopplegoo!]] |
| 876 | ** [[http://www.jacqofallblades.com/?page=76#comic OVERKILL! DUE DILIGENCE! RAGDOLL PHYSICS TEST!]] |
| 877 | ** It may actually be easier to link to strips that don't use this trope. |
| 878 | * ''Webcomic/RatFist'' : [[http://ratfist.com/01-page-103/ BRUCK-HEIMER]] |
| 879 | * In ''Webcomic/SandraAndWoo'', the sound of [[http://www.sandraandwoo.com/2011/11/24/0328-values-that-count/ Woo enjoying a pretty bird]] is: >catch< >behead< >devour<. |
| 880 | * ''Webcomic/SandraOnTheRocks'': |
| 881 | ** We're not allowed to see the action from the ultra-violent version of the "Carmen Chamelia" videogame; instead, we get the appropriately descriptive [[http://www.sandraontherocks.com/strips-sotr/slash_stab_spurt "SLASH! STAB! SPURT!"]] |
| 882 | ** The trope is also [[http://www.sandraontherocks.com/strips-sotr/me-hee-hee-heeeeeee used to make sure that we get the point]] when Lavali executes a rather sedate [[TheGlomp glomp]] onto her brother Alex, when she needs comfort after a break-up. |
| 883 | * ''Webcomic/{{Sarab}}'' has STEP, HOLD, JUMP, SLASH, THRUST, SWING and TREMBLE just on the ''[[http://sarab.co/pages/chapter-01-changes/page-01-split-second/ first page]]''. |
| 884 | * ''Webcomic/ScandinaviaAndTheWorld'': Finland doesn't really talk much, so there is a lot of this trope around him, like "VIHTA!!!", "SNOW!!!", "WEAK PROTEST!!!", "ASS-PUNCH DEER!" and "crocodile tears to get ice cream." There are also non-Finland-related ones like "kiss of beer." |
| 885 | * ''Webcomic/ServantsOfTheImperium'' includes such unsounds as [[http://www.servantsoftheimperium.com/comic/index.php?comicid=77 GLARE]] and [[http://www.servantsoftheimperium.com/comic/index.php?comicid=62 WHIRL]]. |
| 886 | * ''Webcomic/SwordsAndSausages'' used both "shove" and "violence!" in a BigBallOfViolence. |
| 887 | * ''Webcomic/ThisIsNotFiction'' uses these often. Almost any given sound effect will just be a regular word with the vowels removed, in addition to classics like "NAKED" and "CRIMINAL". |
| 888 | * [[http://commedia2x00.wordpress.com/2012/01/11/page-06-interrobang/ This]] page of Commedia 2X00 has Pantalone playing a guitar (autographed by Mozart) to announce his imminent engagement. The sound effect: "EPIC CHORD!" |
| 889 | * ''Webcomic/OctopusPie'' gives us [[http://www.octopuspie.com/2012-02-15/513-altercate/ ALTERCATE]] |
| 890 | * ''Webcomic/OurLittleAdventure'' [[http://danielscreations.com/ola/comics/ep0163.html uses STAB.]] |
| 891 | * [[http://skin-horse.com/comics/05312012/ This]] ''Webcomic/SkinHorse'' strip uses "SCYTHE!" |
| 892 | * The ''Webcomic/ScenesFromAMultiverse'' strip "[[http://amultiverse.com/2012/06/19/the-heirloom/ The Heirloom]]" features the non-onomatopoeia "LEAVE!" as a character slams a door in exit. |
| 893 | * ''Webcomic/{{Prequel}}'' has a few of these. "[[http://www.prequeladventure.com/2011/11/resume-money-hunt/ PROPERLY DISPOSE!]]" |
| 894 | * ''Webcomic/TrueVillains'' has a couple- mainly having to do with [[http://www.truevillains.com/comic-2007-10-20~N-Teamwork-jpg.htm shoving]] and [[http://www.truevillains.com/comic-2007-12-01~N-Sometimes%20Give%20Up-jpg.htm grabbing]]. |
| 895 | * [[http://www.riphaywire.com/?p=564 Ka-arrow!]] |
| 896 | * Some webcomics observe "Onomatopoeia Day" in May, where those participating substitute the word "Onomatopoeia" for the intended sound effect word, making it an Unsound Effect that's ShapedLikeItself. |
| 897 | ** [[http://www.timeslikethis.com/index.php?id=315 One instance]] in ''Webcomic/TimesLikeThis'' |
| 898 | ** [[http://phinmagic.wordpress.com/2011/07/15/happy-onomatopoeia-day Uttered by a ghoul]] in ''Phineus: Magician For Hire'' |
| 899 | * ''Webcomic/PlushAndBlood'': Door, face, feedback, scuffle, hurting. All these in the first dozen or so pages. |
| 900 | * ''Webcomic/SquareRootOfMinusGarfield'' has [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=858 one strip]] centered around the use of the word "forehead" as a sound effect. |
| 901 | * ''Blog/SliceOfLife'': |
| 902 | ** When Twilight Sparkle teleports into the library to begin her magic lessons, the sound effect is "Magic! Sparkles!" The post featuring this comic even features the tag "'magic' and 'sparkles' are totally legitimate sound effects la la can't hear you" |
| 903 | ** After their antics on Nightmare Night get them grounded, Pumpkin and Pound reconcile with an "[[WesternAnimation/GravityFalls AWKWARD SIBLING HUG]]". |
| 904 | * ''Webcomic/TowerOfGod'': Tower of God uses some very odd ones, often quite bombastically. It isn't strange at all to see "LOOM" menacingly scrawled across the screen anytime a serious adversary appears. Other examples include pour, slide, thrust, stab, as well as many others. |
| 905 | * ''Webcomic/TheLegendOfMaxx'': |
| 906 | ** Maxx crashes the wedding of [[spoiler:Cyril and Skelerina]] and uses the Blade of Grass to slice [[spoiler:Skelerina]]'s head off, accompanied by a loud sound effect of [[http://legendofmaxx.com/archives/1280 "George R. R. Martin"]]. |
| 907 | ** The sound of Maxx removing (un-shanking) his blade from [[spoiler:Xylan]]'s body is "knahs". |
| 908 | * In ''Webcomic/TwilightsFirstDay'': '''QUILL! INK! TAKING NOTES!''' |
| 909 | * The ''Webcomic/WonderMomo'' webcomic used these liberally. |
| 910 | * ''Webcomic/{{Selkie}}'': What's the correct sound effect for a woman who runs off in a panic to see what happened to her daughter? Why, "[[https://selkiecomic.com/comic/selkie1561/ MOMMA SWOOSH,]]" of course. |
| 911 | [[/folder]] |
| 912 | |
| 913 | [[folder:Web Original]] |
| 914 | * Some hovertext on [[http://cuteoverload.com/2009/09/08/so-dr-charmin-my-old-nemesis/ CuteOverload]] includes "Perforate! Unspool!" and then goes into "Verb! Another verb! Yet another completely different verb!" |
| 915 | * At Platform/FiveMinuteDotNet, "GAK!" is always the sound of a character dying, regardless of how they die. |
| 916 | * [[Website/SCPFoundation SCP]] -[[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-2557 2557, a Holding of Envelope Logistics®]] features this at the end of a DelusionsOfEloquence testimonial from an extradimensional entity attempting to speak English: |
| 917 | -->'''V❊H❊Q❊H''': Commissional, the boozing speech nontronite navigates visions of verbarspermophyta. Dietine overlooker seining, waddywood breathes, full breaths, malacostracology evident. Trip hammer, '''''trip hammer''''', trip hammer, trip hammer. |
| 918 | [[/folder]] |
| 919 | |
| 920 | [[folder:Web Videos]] |
| 921 | * During WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd's fight with ComicBook/TheJoker in the second half of his ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' review, sound effects such as "MARTY", "JUGYIOP", and "FUCKBALLS" appear. |
| 922 | * ''WebVideo/TheBenHeckShow'': Part 2 of The Roomba Nerd Dart collector arc has Ben and Felix firing Nerf guns in the prologue- with the word "SHOOTING!" flashing on the screen every time a Nerf dart is fired. |
| 923 | * From this LiteralMusicVideo for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTPko-aXvJM "I'd Do Anything for Love"]]: "Bang! Crash! Chandelier!" |
| 924 | %%* ''WebVideo/ATrailerForEveryAcademyAwardWinningMovieEver'' includes these. |
| 925 | [[/folder]] |
| 926 | |
| 927 | [[folder:Western Animation]] |
| 928 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Batfink}}'' has Karate knocking down a door in the opening sequence with the WrittenSoundEffect of... "Karate". |
| 929 | * ''WesternAnimation/DrawnTogether'' was choc full of this in the episode "Captain Girl". Random example: Wooldoor and Captain Hero washing their costumes. "DIRTY!" "FILTHY!" |
| 930 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'': Unsound Effects are practically a RunningGag at this point; they show up in nearly every episode. |
| 931 | ** It once has "Replacement hamster!" as a WrittenSoundEffect. |
| 932 | ** For someone being punched: HURT! |
| 933 | ** The words written on the "Poof" clouds when Cosmo and Wanda (or any other magic-using character) does something with magic are usually related to a wish or another event. Norm the Genie, on the other hand, only has "GONG!". The Pixies have "PING!", as well. Unsound effects show up a great deal in the Crimson Chin comics, which of course are parodies of normal superhero comics, which love this trope. |
| 934 | --->KA-CHIN! |
| 935 | ** The best comes from the opening cutscene of ''VideoGame/TheFairlyOddparentsBreakinDaRules'', where Cosmo summons up Da Rules with the "Poof" cloud [[MacGuffin "PLOT DEVICE!"]] |
| 936 | * ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' got in on the act with a '60s ''Batman'' cutaway reference, with four "Teabag!" exclamations directly following Peter standing over a knocked out Riddler. |
| 937 | * ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'': |
| 938 | ** The short "WesternAnimation/NowHearThis" climaxes with a gigantic explosion, accompanied by the words "GIGANTIC EXPLOSION" appearing onscreen, probably one of the most unimaginative onomatopoeia ever devised. RuleOfFunny, of course. |
| 939 | ** It was [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/giganticexplosion.jpg used again]] in the WesternAnimation/WileECoyoteAndTheRoadRunner short "Soup or Sonic", to cap off the penultimate scene. |
| 940 | ** When Bugs first sees the spaceship in "The Hasty Hare", he says "[[LoudGulp Gulp!]]" |
| 941 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'': Lucy usually sighs and gasps by just saying the words “sigh” and “gasp” in her usual emotionless monotone. |
| 942 | * A ''ComicBook/ScottPilgrim'' parody on ''WesternAnimation/{{MAD}}'' had "PUBLIC DOMAIN MUSIC". |
| 943 | * Ralph Bakshi's ''WesternAnimation/MightyMouse'' show used this in the two Bat-Bat episodes. Most noticeably in "Bat with a Golden Tongue", as Bat-Bat wallops Ski Nose's henchmen, the words "Ralph!" and "Love!" show up on screen. When he delivers his final blow to Ski Nose, the word "Bakshi!" appears. |
| 944 | * In the ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' episode "Party of One", Applejack and her friends are up to something in the barn at Sweet Apple Acres, and keeping it a secret from Pinkie Pie. Applejack tells a skeptical Pinkie that they're doing renovations, and has the other girls make construction noises in the background... which includes Twilight Sparkle shouting "Safety gear!" and Rainbow Dash saying "Drill, drill!" |
| 945 | * The "Good Manners with Max" shorts on the old ''Playhouse Disney'' block always began like this: |
| 946 | -->'''Max:''' Hi, my name is Max, and this is my dog Banjo. Say hi, Banjo.\ |
| 947 | '''Banjo:''' Bark! |
| 948 | * ''WesternAnimation/PegPlusCat'' has the Arch Villain with the Unsound Effect of 'y=x^2' |
| 949 | * Much like the ''Batman'' TV show, ''WesternAnimation/RogerRamjet'' would use sound effects words over the screen during fight scenes (not actually showing the fight scenes themselves), but also throwing non-sequitur effect words like "indigestion" and "30% fewer cavities." |
| 950 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' once parodied the 1960s ''Batman'' series with a similarly campy Radioactive Man show set in the same time period, complete with unsound effects such as "MINT!", "NEWT!" and "SNUH!" (the latter being the acronym name of Marge's organisation against cartoon violence from the earlier episode "Itchy, Scratchy and Marge"). |
| 951 | * When the townspeople of ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' get upset, they form a mob and just yell "[[http://www.southparkstudios.com/clips/153618 RABBLE RABBLE RABBLE!]]" Which was once lampshaded by the mayor when she responded by asking the crowd how they thought standing around yelling "RABBLE RABBLE RABBLE" was going to help. |
| 952 | ** Another episode, "Two Days Before the Day After Tomorrow", parodies it by having a group simply repeat "peas and carrots!" to simulate shocked murmuring. |
| 953 | * In the ''WesternAnimation/SpaceGhostCoastToCoast'' episode "Batmantis", Space Ghost notes the presence of word balloons out of the [=1960s=] Batman series: "Oh, look! Shoot a ray, and you get a word." He then produces word balloons reading "Obvious Parody!", then at Zorak's prompting "Insipid!", "Kenny Rogers!", and [[FreezeFrameBonus three paragraphs of unreadably-small text offering a humorous explanation of the theory of evolution]]. |
| 954 | * Appearances by Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy on ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' often use these as part of their being a Batman spoof: "HANG UP!" "SIT!" "WINK!" |
| 955 | ** NAP! |
| 956 | ** KING ME! when the characters were playing checkers. |
| 957 | ** Not to mention the production values of their old show: PROP! CARDBOARD! LAME! |
| 958 | * The "Self-Medication" episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'' features a bar fight chock full of these: examples include "Judo!" "Cower!" and "Torn Meniscus!" |
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| 961 | [[TheStinger *WITTY STINGER!*]] |
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