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To establish that a BigFancyHouse belongs to a family that is both traditionally Japanese and exceedingly wealthy one can show many aspects of the home that seem extravagant. There's the big yard, the high fence, the sheer size of it. But for something that just screams "Rich Japanese Family" you need TheThingThatGoesDoink.

This is a traditional water feature that is found in the yards of Japanese homes, properly called a ''shishi-odoshi'' or "deer scare"/"deer-chaser". It has a bamboo cup on a fulcrum that slowly fills with falling water. When it fills, it tips over and empties; when it flips back upright, its hollow back end hits a stone underneath it and makes a distinctive hollow-log "doink" sound. With a simple two-second shot of this device doing its thing, it is established without a doubt that this BigFancyHouse is a place of wealth and tradition.

Don't confuse the sound of TheThingThatGoesDoink with that of the ''tsuzumi'', a drumlike instrument used in [[KabukiSounds Kabuki theatre]] which can be heard in a number of anime. The two sound very alike, but the ''shishi-odoshi'' is always shown when it makes its noise.

TheThingThatGoesDoink is often used in the AspectMontage.

In addition to indicating a moneyed and traditional household, TheThingThatGoesDoink is sometimes used to signal an imminent HotSpringsEpisode.

[[http://www.michaelholigan.com/departments/tvshow/seg_tscript.asp?ts_id=6732&text_type=M&text_page=1 This link]] contains instructions on how to build one.

Not to be confused with [[{{Discworld}} the thing that goes parp]], [[DoctorWho the thing that goes ding when there's stuff]], [[CalvinAndHobbes the scientific progress that goes boink]], [[MontyPython the machine that goes ping]], [[LawAndOrder the thing that goes bong bong]], [[TeamFortress2 the man who goes BONK]], [[MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail The Knights Who Say Ni!]] or [[FinalFantasy Tonberries.]]
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!!Examples:

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*When Alto from ''MacrossFrontier'' visits his home for the first time in a while, a thing that goes doink is heard in the background.
* The Mendou family from ''UruseiYatsura'' are quite possibly the richest people in the world; and they prove this by having ''multiple'' ''shishi-odoshi'' around various parts of their [[BigFancyHouse town-sized palace-and-villa-filled fortress]]
* ''TenchiMuyo'': Outside the shrine.
** [[strike:The sound of one also plays over all the [[EyeCatch Eye Catches]] in ''TenchiUniverse''.]] Actually, that's a ''[[KabukiSounds tsuzumi]]'', as mentioned above.
* Sakura's family estate in Sendai, in ''SakuraTaisen''. During the first episode of the first {{OVA}} series, the sound of the ''shishi-odoshi'' is used to punctuate the passing of time as the young Sakura struggles to learn the secrets of her family's style of kendo.
* Tokine's House in ''{{Kekkaishi}}''
* Honoka's home in ''FutariWaPrettyCure''.
* ''GokujouSeitokai'', unusually, has one in the school's [[FuroScene women's bathing room]]. Of course, said school ''is'' very large and very rich.
* Miki's house in ''TenshiNaKonamaiki''.
* In the second episode of ''SaberMarionetteJToX'' one is shown outside a meeting at which Otaru and several townspeople debate whether to hold an upcoming festival in the traditional fashion or add new elements from other countries.
* When the members of the Six Houses of Kyoto meet in [[CodeGeass Code Geass]], one is visible nearby.
* One is prominently displayed in the courtyard of the Aoiya in ''RurouniKenshin''.
* There is one in the third episode of ''OuranHighSchoolHostClub.''
**And at the Haninodzuka resident in episode 18. Twice.
* Soun has one in ''[[RanmaOneHalf Ranma 1/2]].'' It's not used to show opulence, but more that Soun has a rather traditional house/dojo set up. It was sometimes used to show time had passed. The sight gag of it 'doinking' being used to show time had passed was used in the anime, even when the action was at the Tendos. The Kuno mansion has at least one of them, if not several. Sasuke Sarugakure has to drink from them. The Daimonji school of Martial Arts Tea Ceremony also has one in the anime.
* In ''MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha'' Captain Lindy has one... on a spaceship.
* Both Tezuka and Echizen's homes in ''PrinceOfTennis'' have them.
* in ''[[KenichiTheMightiestDisciple Historys Strongest Disciple Kenichi]]'' this is at Ryōzanpaku and often is a focal point or the only thing heard.
* There's one on a desert planet in [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birth_%28anime%29 Birth]].
* ''{{Naruto}}''. Every episode involving a flashback from Sasuke, or the Hyuga household.
** In "Shippuden", there's one at the Nara household, as well.
** Not to mention almost half of the filler stories.
* ''{{Bleach}}''. Every episode involving the Kuchiki household.
* Touya Akira's large, traditional house in HikaruNoGo, usually heard (and sometimes seen) when Touya's large, traditional father is given screentime. The sound of water pouring from the thing, followed by the doink, nicely resembles the rustle of a hand in a bowl of Go stones, followed by the 'pok' of a stone hitting the board. I hope this is intentional.
* One can be found in the hot springs at the Hinata Inn in ''LoveHina''.
* ''ProjectAKo'' has one of these inside the cabin of the "Max 5000" mecha. Really.
* [[MagicKnightRayearth Hikaru Shidou's]] house has one.
* Jyabura's garden has one in OnePiece.
* ''HigurashiNoNakuKoroNi'': there's one on the grounds of the [[{{Yakuza}} Sonozaki]] estate.
* ''MaisonIkkoku'': The very aristocratic family of Kujo Asuna have one, naturally.
* ''DetectiveConan'': Whenever Kogoro, Ran, and Conan visit the house of a rich client, this is the first thing you see.
*One of these show up in at least one of the later episodes of YuYuHakusho at Genkai's house-temple-thing. It's probably to show wealth, as her property is revealed in the last episode to be immense.
** Yomi also has one of those at the house where he meets with Yusuke.
* [[FullMetalPanic Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu!]] Shows one quite prominently at the Yakuza home of Mikihara.
* Nozomu Itoshiki of SayonaraZetsubouSensei turns out to be from a traditional and wealthy family, complete with their own doinker.
* Used immediately to show the wealth of the Shishidou household in ''SoraWoKakeruShoujo''. And we do mean "immediately" - it's the very first shot in the anime.
* [[JoJosBizarreAdventure Jotaro Kujo]] and his mother, Holly, have one of these in their house. It's used a couple of times in the first episode, then never seen again.
* The powerful Kannagi family in KazeNoStigma have one.
* One can be heard in Japan's ImageSong from AxisPowersHetalia

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* The Hazuki residence in ''Shenmue.''
* A modest-sized one can be found and rolled up in the ''KatamariDamacy'' game.
* When Baiken uses her Instant Kill in the ''GuiltyGear'' video game series, the scene abruptly changes to show her and her opponent's silhouettes through the wall of a traditional-style house, with TheThingThatGoesDoink in the near foreground.
* Large [[TheThingThatGoesDoink things that go doink]] are used as levers and platforms at various times in ''{{Okami}}'', to make use of the Water Spout power. In the English version (at least), Issun doesn't know what to call them, either.
* In ''AnimalCrossing,'' the "deer scare" is a small piece of furniture that can be bought or gained. It makes the little doink sound, as is seen in a few different layouts in the residents' houses. Goes with the stone lanterns and mossy rocks of the "Zen Garden" ensemble.
* ''{{Okami}}'' uses these in the Imperial Palace. The catch? [[spoiler:[[MouseWorld You're two inches tall]], and the things that go doink are now bridges.]]
** Genuinely enormous ones also appear in several other areas of the game, serving as switches to open doors. (Though in their case, it's more of a BOOM than a doink.)
* {{Parodius}} has a giant one of these as an obstacle... as befitting Parodius, it uses [[EverythingsBetterWithPenguins penguins]] instead of water.
* In [[MysticalNinja Goemon's Great Adventure]] for the N64, there was one area (Frog Mountain) that used a giant one of these as the fork in the road (one route behind it, one route above it doubling back) -- however, you wouldn't know it unless you bothered to go all the way to the end of the giant thing, which conveniently enough went off-screen.
* The PS2 music/rhythm game ''Unison'' has its lead female characters dancing to a traditional Japanese ''enka'' song called "YoSaKu". The establishing shot of the performance hall shows one of these underneath a statue of an Eastern dragon.

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* It also makes an appearance in the snowy courtyard of the House of Blue Leaves, the site of the Bride's final duel with O-Ren Ishii in ''KillBill Volume 1.''

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* An automated thing that goes *doink* can be found in the courtyard of The Enchanted Tiki Room at Disneyland that tells when the next "show" will be.

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