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* ''[[Series/{{House}} House MD]]'' - The episode with the rocker with epilepsy triggered by chaotic music. House brings in a marshal stack and plays REALLY LOUD MUSIC... and then asks "so what were your inspirations for this" over the cacophony.

* Both played straight and averted in ''PerryMason'', depending on the episode. Some witnesses would whisper or sob during their big moments and be heard perfectly; other times the judge would instruct them to speak up.

* Averted in ''Film/TheThing2011''(2011 version). During the helicopter ride at the beginning, Carter, one of the pilots, waves at passenger Kate to put on the headset next to her so that they can talk clearly.

In fiction, when conversations are taking place, they will sometimes benefit from a strange, localized phenomenon of crystal clear acoustics. It doesn't matter if they consist of several paragraphs of [[SesquipedalianLoquaciousness Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness]], the words will be heard without any trouble by both target and audience, even in the midst of a crowded nightclub dance floor being buzzed by a 747. A particularly handy feature for the [[TheQuietOne The Quiet One]], but also for action heroes making sure the villain hears their cool [[PreMortemOneLiner Pre-Mortem One-Liner]] despite them both dangling from a speeding helicopter.

Sometimes you might have to go so far as to [[PunctuatedForEmphasis TALK! LOUDLY!]], but don't worry--unless it's a PlotPoint that [[ICantHearYou you shouldn't hear each other]], then damn the acoustics, full speed ahead!

Related to EasilyOverheardConversation, [[SevenMinuteLull Seven Minute Lull]], [[StageWhisper Stage Whisper]] and (distantly) RealisticDictionIsUnrealistic.

Contrast [[FakeStatic Fake Static]], {{Plot-Based Voice Cancellation}} and [[SoundEffectBleep Sound Effect Bleep]] for when the writers are inserting rather than ignoring audio obstacles.

* Averted in ''Film/TheThing''(2011 version). During the helicopter ride at the beginning, Carter, one of the pilots, waves at passenger Kate to put on the headset next to her so that they can talk clearly.

* Humorously averted in ''KungFuPanda 2''. After [[BigBad Lord Shen]] has shot Po with a cannon, he sails his ships to open sea in order to conquer all of China. Then he sees Po atop a roof far away. Po stands heroically and then starts giving an inspiring speech... except no one can hear him. After a few confused "What?"'s, Shen gives up trying to understand Po and just orders his troops to fire.

* At the end of the film version of ''Film/ThreeHundred'', the narrator is talking to an army of over a thousand men. Somehow, the guys way in the back who are probably half a mile away, hear him perfectly fine.

* ''[[Film/{{Halloween}} Halloween Resurrection]]'': Sara is in a college classroom in the beginning. When the professor asks a question, and she answers, her voice is barely higher than a whisper, yet the professor hears her clearly and responds.
* The first ''[[Film/MissionImpossible Mission: Impossible]]'' movie features a climax where hero and villain are indeed hanging off a speeding helicopter. Following just behind a TGV Bullet Train travelling hundreds of kilometers per hour. In a ''tunnel''. Given this it's probably just as well Ethan Hunt uses visual aids while shouting [[PunctuatedForEmphasis "Red Light! Green Light!"]], so that [[spoiler: Phelps]] can properly recognize things are about to get a little [[StuffBlowingUp 'splody.]]

* Both played straight and averted in ''PorcoRosso''. Sometimes, people communicate plane-to-plane via morse code, as they did in real life. Other times, they simply shout, which in real life would have been impossible.

* ''[[{{Airplane}} Airplane!]]'' has a scene where a couple continue to have a conversation as one is standing in the doorway of a plane in the midst of takeoff and the other is running along on the ground beside it.
* ''{{Freejack}}'' has a scene where the hero is overheard talking by a camera crew from across the floor of a nightclub pounding with music.

* At the end of the film version of ''ThreeHundred'', the narrator is talking to an army of over a thousand men. Somehow, the guys way in the back who are probably half a mile away, hear him perfectly fine.

* ''HowIMetYourMother'' - Averted in the fifth episode of the first season. The gang goes out to a nightclub, and while on the dance floor no one can hear each other, except when there's momentary lulls in the music.

* Every movie with a jackhammer will have the characters perfectly audible unless the jackhammer's loudness is meant to set up a gag. Which, admittedly, is most of them.

* ''[[Film/{{HalloWeen}} Halloween Resurrection]]'': Sara is in a college classroom in the beginning. When the professor asks a question, and she answers, her voice is barely higher than a whisper, yet the professor hears her clearly and responds.

* Every movie with a jackhammer will have the characters perfectly audible unless the jackhammer's loudness is meant to set up a gag.

* ''[[{{House}} House MD]]'' - The episode with the rocker with epilepsy triggered by chaotic music. House brings in a marshal stack and plays REALLY LOUD MUSIC... and then asks "so what were your inspirations for this" over the cacophony.

Related to [[TheFirstLawOfSitcomAcoustics The First Law Of Sitcom Acoustics]], [[SevenMinuteLull Seven Minute Lull]], [[StageWhisper Stage Whisper]] and (distantly) RealisticDictionIsUnrealistic.

Related to [[TheFirstLawOfSitcomAcoustics The First Law Of Sitcom Acoustics]], [[SevenMinuteLull Seven Minute Lull]], [[StageWhisper Stage Whisper]] and RealisticDictionIsUnrealistic.

Related to [[TheFirstLawOfSitcomAcoustics The First Law Of Sitcom Acoustics]], [[SevenMinuteLull Seven Minute Lull]] and [[StageWhisper Stage Whisper]]

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