An index of tropes about sound effects.

See also StockSoundEffects.

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!!Tropes:
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* AcousticLicense
* AlertnessBlink: A chirping sound effect played to show a character is aware of something.
* ArcadeSounds
* AudibleGleam: An object gleaming or catching the light is announced with a pinging or tingling noise.
* AudibleSharpness: Whether from a sheath, a scabbard, or from simply being picked up, bladed weapons tend to make the same "shing!" noise when being drawn
* AudienceMurmurs
* AudioDiegesis
* MediaNotes/AutomatedDialogueRecording
* BangBangBANG: Even though guns in real life make a wide variety of sounds at varying volumes, in media they'll almost always sound like shotguns.
* BigHonkingTrafficJam: When in doubt, blast your horn until the light turns green!
* BombWhistle: A falling bomb (or anything falling from a great height, for that matter) typically whistles for a good while before reaching the ground. Most commonly seen in cartoons and animated films.
* BugBuzz: Insects make annoying, insistent buzzing whines.
* CeilingBanger: Someone protests noisy upstairs neighbors by banging on the ceiling with a broom or other object.
* CensoredForComedy
* TheCoconutEffect
* TheCrocIsTicking: A monster's appearance is heralded by a specific sound.
* DeadManHonking
* DoomDoors
* EverythingIsAnInstrument
* FakeLoud
* ForDoomTheBellTolls
* FlashbackBackBack
* {{Flatline}}
* FooledByTheSound
* GaleForceSound: A song loud enough to be felt as a wind.
* GlassShatteringSound: A sound so loud or high-pitched that it shatters glass.
* HairTriggerSoundEffect
* HearingVoices
* HellIsThatNoise
* HeyItsThatSound
* HollywoodSilencer
* HonkingArrivingCar
* IdeaDing
* IncorrectAnimalNoise
* JackhammeredConversation
* JunglesSoundLikeKookaburras
* KabukiSounds
* KineticClicking
* KnuckleCracking
* KungFoley
* LaughTrack
* LettingTheAirOutOfTheBand
* LimitedSoundEffects
* LosingHorns
* LoudGulp
* MakeSomeNoise
* DarthWiki.MostAnnoyingSound
* SugarWiki.MostWonderfulSound
* NailsOnABlackboard
* NoisyGuns
* NoisyNature
* NoisyRobots
* OffscreenCrash
* OpenSesame
* PlotBasedVoiceCancellation
* PreviewsPulse
* PsychoStrings
* QuakingWithFear
* QuieterThanSilence
* RadioVoice
* RecognizableBySound
* RecordNeedleScratch
* RepetitiveAudioGlitch
* {{Rimshot}}
* SavedByTheChurchBell
* ScareChord
* ScreechingStop: Old car brakes effect when a cartoon character suddenly stops.
* ShapeshiftingSound: A character transforms with a loud, noticeable, or distinctive sound.
* ShellShockSilence
* SickeningCrunch
* SignatureSoundEffect
* SillyAnimalSound
* SinisterScrapingSound
* SinisterWhistling
* SoundEffectBleep
* SoundOfDarkness
* SoundOfNoDamage
* SpaceIsNoisy
* SqueakyEyes
* StockAudioClip
* StockScream
* StukaScream: The terrifying sound of a Jericho Trumpet mounted to the leading edge of a Junkers Ju 87 ''Stuka'' is a particularly common sound effect in media, commonly being used in similar situations to the BombWhistle.
* SoundDefect
* SuperScream
* TerribleTicking
* ThatPoorCat: An object thrown offscreen is accompanied by the sound of a startled cat yowling.
* TickTockTerror
* UnsoundEffect
* WalkieTalkieStatic
* WackySoundEffect
* WhooshInFrontOfTheCamera
* WinkDing
* WolfWhistle
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