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* It is nonlethal, but it knocks you unconscious. A near miss may induce partial paralysis or a pins-and-needles sensation.
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* ''Series/AreYouAfraidOfTheDark'' has the villains use these in ''The Tale of the Closet Keepers'', where they are building a zoo for human children and use sound-based weapons to capture, subdue, and imprison them. This lasts until they kidnap Stacy, who [[DisabilityImmunity is deaf and immune to all of their weaponry]], who is able to escape and free the other children.
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* In ''Literature/HayvenCelestia'' one of the few weapons that krakun occasionally allow their {{Slave Race}}s to use is a sonic blaster that won't do anything worse than bruise a krakun. However, that's because krakun are basically {{Kaiju}} with spaceships, to species the size of most protagonists a sonic blaster is [[YourHeadASplode more lethal.]]
-->For a moment, he heard nothing but pain. It turned out that firing a sonic blaster right next to his own head was not the best of ideas... He expected something like bang or zap or zorch to follow, like in the videos, but the sound the sonic blaster made was more like someone banged a massive brass gong, and he was the gong.
-->For a moment, he heard nothing but pain. It turned out that firing a sonic blaster right next to his own head was not the best of ideas... He expected something like bang or zap or zorch to follow, like in the videos, but the sound the sonic blaster made was more like someone banged a massive brass gong, and he was the gong.
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* ''Literature/{{Tempest}}'': In ''Tempest Unleashed'', [[spoiler:Sabyn]] uses his magic to create an unbearably loud, shrill noise that causes Tempest's eardrums to bleed. She's almost completely debilitated by the noise until she manages to shut him up by throwing a grenade at him.
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* ''Literature/{{Tempest}}'': ''Literature/Tempest2011'': In ''Tempest Unleashed'', [[spoiler:Sabyn]] uses his magic to create an unbearably loud, shrill noise that causes Tempest's eardrums to bleed. She's almost completely debilitated by the noise until she manages to shut him up by throwing a grenade at him.
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* In Mike Resnick's ''WeirdWest'' novels, the US government only controls half of America as Native medicine men are keeping them at bay with magic. Thomas Edison tries all kinds of TeslaTechTimeline weapons, including a DisintegratorRay, on a train station [[NighInvulnerable protected by a medicine man's magic to no avail]]. Finally he tries his measly sonic stunner prototype, to his surprise the ultra-high frequency sound kills the shapeshifted medicine man who was watching him. Turns out against weak medicine men, ultrasonic waves will catastrophically disrupt their magic, but against high level ones like Geronimo and Hook Nose it just dazes them.
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* In Mike Resnick's ''WeirdWest'' ''Literature/WeirdWest'' novels, the US government only controls half of America as Native medicine men are keeping them at bay with magic. Thomas Edison tries all kinds of TeslaTechTimeline weapons, including a DisintegratorRay, on a train station [[NighInvulnerable protected by a medicine man's magic to no avail]]. Finally he tries his measly sonic stunner prototype, to his surprise the ultra-high frequency sound kills the shapeshifted medicine man who was watching him. Turns out against weak medicine men, ultrasonic waves will catastrophically disrupt their magic, but against high level ones like Geronimo and Hook Nose it just dazes them.
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* In the ''Literature/MermaidsOfErianaKwai'' novel ''Ice Kingdom'', the merman king Adaro violates his treaty with the U.S. government by attacking the Aleutian Islands. The army fights back by blasting extremely loud noises into the water to hurt the merfolk. The only way they can escape the noise is by keeping their heads above water, which puts them at risk of being spotted by government helicopters.
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* ''Literature/{{Tempest}}'': In ''Tempest Unleashed'', [[spoiler:Sabyn]] uses his magic to create an unbearably loud, shrill noise that causes Tempest's eardrums to bleed. She's almost completely debilitated by the noise until she manages to shut him up by throwing a grenade at him.
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* Sonic stunners are standard-issue Alliance subdual weapons in ''Series/{{Firefly}}''. You can see them in action in "Ariel" (though they do nothing to blast open a locked door, to Jayne's dismay) and in "Trash".
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* Sonic stunners are standard-issue Alliance subdual weapons in ''Series/{{Firefly}}''. You can see them in action in "Ariel" "[[Recap/FireflyE09Ariel Ariel]]" (though they do nothing to blast open a locked door, to Jayne's dismay) and in "Trash"."[[Recap/FireflyE11Trash Trash]]".
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* One of Ambuscade's more annoying cards in ''TabletopGame/SentinelsOfTheMultiverse'' is his Sonic Mines. They have only one hit point, but that's because they're a trap - if they're destroyed, they hit each hero for a tiny amount of damage, but more importantly, any hero that gets hit this way can't deal any damage until Ambuscade's next turn. This makes using a HerdHittingAttack a very poor choice.
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[[caption-width-right:350:We can only hope the guy riding it didn't crack his skull open.]]
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* ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'': André from Master Payne's Circus of Adventure uses a sonic gun. When he's about to discharge it in a fight he warns the other members of the troupe to try and cover their ears.
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** André from Master Payne's Circus of Adventure uses a sonic gun. When he's about to discharge it in a fight he warns the other members of the troupe to try and cover theirears.ears.
** "Clankrezia" can use her "voice" as a shrill sonic scream, [[https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20190918 distracting Zeetha enough at close range]] that she can be easily clonked out.
** André from Master Payne's Circus of Adventure uses a sonic gun. When he's about to discharge it in a fight he warns the other members of the troupe to try and cover their
** "Clankrezia" can use her "voice" as a shrill sonic scream, [[https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20190918 distracting Zeetha enough at close range]] that she can be easily clonked out.
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* ''VideoGame/PAYDAY3'' has the Infrasonic Mine, a small mine which deals no damage and stuns any cops in the vicinity when its detonated.
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* In ''Fanfic/TruePotential'', Dosu has his Melody Gauntlet as in [[Manga/{{Naruto}} canon]]. The match against a cocky Gaara demonstrates that it can ignore his otherwise-invulnerable sand.
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* Project SANDMAN, the heroic but distinctly MenInBlack-like protagonists of ''TabletopGame/TheMadnessDossier'', have a weird variant, the ''ikoter'', which fires “linguistic white noise” at an ultrasonic frequency. This works through the linguistic centres of the target’s brain to stun them, render them more susceptible to hypnosis, and cause short-term memory loss.
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* Project SANDMAN, the heroic but distinctly MenInBlack-like [[TheMenInBlack Men in Black]]-like protagonists of ''TabletopGame/TheMadnessDossier'', have a weird variant, the ''ikoter'', which fires “linguistic "linguistic white noise” noise" at an ultrasonic frequency. This works through the linguistic centres of the target’s brain to stun them, render them more susceptible to hypnosis, and cause short-term memory loss.
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** There is a ''highly'' illegal modification which converts the weapon's setting from 'stun' to 'liquefy,' operating at a frequency that damages brain matter. Repeated exposure (or a point blank sonic blast to the head) ''will'' kill, thanks to the new vibration settings causing damage similar to a devastating stroke. This particular modification seems to be a prized secret exclusive to the more ruthless Inner Sphere espionage agencies such as LOKI or the Maskirovka.
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* In the SteamPunk world of ''Literature/{{Boneshaker}}'', Dr. Minnericht’s Doozy Dazer can stun [[OurZombiesAreDifferent rotters]] for about three minutes.
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* In the SteamPunk {{Steampunk}} world of ''Literature/{{Boneshaker}}'', ''Literature/ClockworkCentury'', Dr. Minnericht’s Minnericht's Doozy Dazer can stun [[OurZombiesAreDifferent rotters]] for about three minutes.
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A nonlethal technological counterpart of MakeMeWannaShout, this is one of the stock weapons of genre SF literature. A subtrope of TheParalyzer, it has very consistent traits:
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* ''Franchise/SailorMoon'': A less used secondary power, Sailor Moon can cry to the point where it becomes ultrasonic waves, [[GlassShatteringSound shattering glass]], stunning enemies and rendering weaker ones unconscious. Since her {{odango}} barrettes glow when she does this, its ambiguous whether the power is a function of her hair decorations, or [[MakeMeWannaShout inherently hers]].
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* ''Franchise/SailorMoon'': A less used secondary power, Sailor Moon can cry to the point where it becomes ultrasonic waves, [[GlassShatteringSound shattering glass]], stunning enemies and rendering weaker ones unconscious. Since her {{odango}} barrettes glow when she does this, its ambiguous whether the power is a function of her hair decorations, or [[MakeMeWannaShout [[SuperScream inherently hers]].
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* Franchise/{{Batman}} uses a sonic gun to try to soften up Superman during their climactic battle in ''ComicBook/TheDarkKnightReturns''. It gives him a nosebleed but doesn't seem to do much else.
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* Franchise/{{Batman}} ComicBook/{{Batman}} uses a sonic gun to try to soften up Superman during their climactic battle in ''ComicBook/TheDarkKnightReturns''. It gives him a nosebleed but doesn't seem to do much else.
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** ''Film/{{The Incredible Hulk|2008}}'': The military uses giant Stark Industries sound wave cannons to incapacitate the Hulk. Well, they ''try'' to.
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** ''Film/{{The Incredible Hulk|2008}}'': The military uses giant Stark Industries sound wave cannons to incapacitate the Hulk. Well, they ''try'' to. Given that the cannons are powerful enough to blast Hulk backwards and tear up the ground in front of him, their effects on someone less durable would probably not be nonlethal.
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* The only weakness of the aliens in ''Film/InvisibleInvaders'' is high frequency sound. The team creates a gun that blast sonic waves that turns them visible and then into foam.
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** ''Film/{{The Incredible Hulk|2008}}'': The military uses giant sound wave cannons to incapacitate the Hulk.
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*** Tony Stark's collapsible gauntlet includes a sonic weapon that he uses against Bucky, momentarily stunning him and allowing Tony to get close enough to disarm him.
*** War Machine has a more powerful, wrist-mounted version which he uses to knock out Scarlet Witch. It's far less effective against Giant-Man, though.
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*** Tony Stark's collapsible gauntlet includes a sonic weapon that he uses against Bucky, momentarily stunning him which briefly stuns Bucky, and allowing lets Tony to get close enough to disarm him.
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*** War Machine has a more powerful, wrist-mounted version which he uses to knock out Scarlet Witch. It's far less effective against Giant-Man, though. It's possible all three are actually developed from Stane's sonic paralyzer, or from a related project.
*** War Machine has a more powerful, wrist-mounted version which he uses to knock out Scarlet Witch. It's far less effective against Giant-Man, though. It's possible all three are actually developed from Stane's sonic paralyzer, or from a related project.
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* Infrasound (sound waves below 20Hz in frequency) genuinely produces some [[BrownNote odd physiological effects]]. According to Wiki/{{Wikipedia}}, it may trigger feelings of awe or fear in humans, and it has been observed to cause difficulties in breathing and digestion in humans and animals. The nausea and headaches associated with this trope are real physiological side-effects of exposure to intense infrasound.
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* Infrasound (sound waves below 20Hz in frequency) genuinely produces some [[BrownNote odd physiological effects]]. According to Wiki/{{Wikipedia}}, Website/{{Wikipedia}}, it may trigger feelings of awe or fear in humans, and it has been observed to cause difficulties in breathing and digestion in humans and animals. The nausea and headaches associated with this trope are real physiological side-effects of exposure to intense infrasound.
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* The first shootout in ''Film/UndercoverVsUndercover'' where a bunch of mercenaries interrupts a drug deal, with Hsiao-wu the undercover cop protagonist caught in-between. Hsiao's backup is around the area, but rather than charging into the scene directly, they instead activates a set of sonic blasters into the area, incapacitating everyone. Unfortunately this includes Hsiao himself, who suffers hearing problems the rest of the film.
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* The first shootout in ''Film/UndercoverVsUndercover'' where a bunch of mercenaries interrupts a drug deal, with Hsiao-wu the undercover cop protagonist caught in-between. Hsiao's backup is around the area, but rather than charging into the scene directly, they instead activates a set of sonic blasters into the area, incapacitating everyone.everyone directly. Unfortunately this includes Hsiao himself, who suffers hearing problems the rest of the film.
