History Main / AudibleSharpness

* [[Series/WonderWoman Wonder Woman's TV series]] tiara [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EykZgkC8l58 makes a strange sound]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qahSU4RYblY when she uses it as a boomerang]]. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsrOK8fkcWE Her lasso of truth makes an "snap" sound when she lassoes someone, and there is always a thunder when]] [[SecretIdentity Diana Prince]] [[EverythingsBetterWithSpinning spins]] [[ChangingClothesIsAFreeAction to change clothes into]] WonderWoman.

Keep in mind, the creators know that sharp things don't make noise. They do it because 1. [[RuleOfCool It sounds cool]] and 2. [[TheCoconutEffect The audience expects it]]. This is also partially because in old timey radio shows, they would use this noise to demonstrate that someone was drawing a knife because of RuleOfPerception, so it's sometimes justified.

* In ''[[Film/SpiderManTrilogy Spider-Man 2]]'', the sound effect can be heard when Harry Osborn picks a dagger up from off a stand on a desk. It is not sheathed; just lifted from balancing on a stand on a desk.

* ''HellboyII: The Golden Army''. The Big Bad's sword does this all the time. Of course, it is very explicit that the sword is deeply magical.

* In the Clive Barker film ''{{Nightbreed}}'', the psychotic Doctor Decker's blade makes a particularly cool and sinister scrape as he draws it on one unsuspecting victim, and the blade gets a close-up as it does so.

* In ''SinCity'', when Marv's checking his list of tools, every object he lists makes a sound. His hatchet is accompanied the typical metal-on-metal sound.

* In the 2010 film ''{{Legion}}'', when Michael produces a needle to perform stitches on himself, and the camera lingers on it, it practically sings.
* The French horror movie ''HighTension'' features a knife that happily tzinks without any corresponding action to which the sound can be attributed - it's sharp, so it makes a noise.

* In the original ''{{Childs Play}}'' this sound is used when Chucky picks up a hammer of all things.

* In ''PiratesOfTheCaribbean'', when Will says his father was not a pirate, then draws his sword on Jack, his sword makes the metallic scraping sound. Problem is, the sword was simply tucked into his belt, without any kind of sheath.

* ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' has a line where Jory Cassel's sword comes "singing" from its scabbard, suggesting this trope.
** Not to mention the scene where Brienne of Tarth draws a Valyrian steel sword and thinks it even ''sounds'' sharper than an ordinary blade.

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Thundercats 2011}},'' the Sword of Omens has a very particular noise, as does the Sword of Hattanzo, (based on a zil-bel) as detailed [[http://soundslikejeff.wordpress.com/2011/09/15/thundercats-episode-8-sonic-swordplay/ here.]]

* In WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda, the [[AbsurdlySharpBlade Sword of Heroes]], so sharp that you can cut yourself by looking at it, did it when Po looked at it and cut his finger. Tigress and Tai Lung also do this whenever they unsheathe their claws.

** In the sequel, this applies to all of Lord Shen's bladed weapons.

* In WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda, the [[AbsurdlySharpBlade Sword of Heroes]], so sharp that you can cut yourself by looking at it, did it when Po looked at it and papercut his finger.

* In the ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' episode "Phantom Traveler," a metallic sound is heard when Dean removes his knife from under his (presumably soft and cushy) pillow.

* {{Deconstructed}} in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xB_K6KCyATU this video]], in which a swordmaster demonstrates exactly what sounds his swords make when drawn from their sheaths. He takes a very dim view of the idea that they go "tzhing."

* When Link [[ChargedAttack charges]] a Jump Strike or Great Spin attack in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'', a glint of specular reflection gleams [[ChargeMeter up the length of his sword]] with an audible * Shhhwing!* .

** And this goes all the way back to ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast'', where charging up the Master sword gave that sound, and ''VideoGame/ZeldaIITheAdventureOfLink'', where swinging your sword with full health sends out a magical projectile with a ''schwing''.

* Actually a plot point in the LucasArts game ''{{Loom}}''. Your character is a magician who uses musical spells; one of the ones you have to learn is the sound of sharpness, made by a huge, sharp blade, which you later play backwards to blunt a sword (granted, lots of other objects play such tunes when you observe them).

* In ''KeroroGunsou'', Momoka's Fawcett curls actually do this when she [[SplitPersonality slips into full psycho mode]].
* ''TriangleHeart3SweetSongsForever'' (better known as "the one ''[[MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha Nanoha]]'' [[SpinOff spun off]] from") used this with Kyouya's and Miyuki's swords.
* Kyuzo's first appearance in ''[[SamuraiSeven Samurai 7]]'' fills this trope perfectly.

* When Van draws his sword off of his waist in ''GunXSword'', it makes a whip-snap noise and then the "Ting!" sound. This sound effect also occurs at the very start of the opening theme.

* Saya's sword in ''BloodPlus'' becomes audible when she [[BloodyMurder loads it with her blood]]

* TransformersCybertron does this all over the place, both with {{BFS}}'s and {{BFG}}'s, at the end of about... oh, half the [[ByThePowerOfGrayskull Cyber Key Power]] stock footage sequences.

* In ''Film/SpiderMan 2'', the sound effect can be heard when Harry Osborn picks a dagger up from off a stand on a desk. It is not sheathed; just lifted from balancing on a stand on a desk.

* ''{{Troy}}''.

* ''KillBill'', with its absolute worship of the samurai sword, is a heavy user of this. The blades of the swords, especially the protagonist's extra-special sword, seem to practically ''sing'' whenever they so much as appear in frame.

* The killer manages to do this with a hook in the second ''IKnowWhatYouDidLastSummer'' film. Made somewhat worse by the fact that said hook is of such a shape that it probably wouldn't fit in a scabbard, and at one point the ''SHING'' seems to happen just because he takes it out from under his coat.