History Main / BattleInterruptingShout

* On one episode of ''TheCosbyShow'', Rudy tells Cliff a story she wrote about two countries going to war. At the end, just when the hostilities are about to start, a little girl shouts "Stop", and they stop. The end.

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* This is how [[spoiler: Shadow prevents a war between the old and new gods]] in ''Literature/AmericanGods'', although he doesn't shout. He just casually explains how they've all been had and they go home.

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* In the [[WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs Smurfs]]' AnimatedAdaptation of the comic book story "King Smurf," all that is needed to stop the Smurf civil war is for Papa Smurf to return and roar, "Stop!"

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* In Creator/StephenKing's ''TheStand'', a nameless sergeant attempts to do this and immediately gets riddled with bullets from both sides.

See also TalkingIsAFreeAction.

* Done once in ''RurouniKenshin'' in the Raijuta mini-arc.

* From Classic ''Series/DoctorWho'':

-->'''Thorin:''' Move, you old fool.
-->'''Gandalf:''' 'Old fool?' [revealing himself] HALT! [The armies hesitate] I would speak with the Kings.

* On ''Manga/OnePiece'', this happens not one, but many times. First, it is subverted by Princess Vivi as per RuleOfDrama when she tried to stop the revolutionary army from attacking the royal palace. Played remarkably straight by Luffy later on: when he screams for a crowd to ''stop'' he can actually cause an entire battlefield to ''faint'' and ''froth at the mouth''. Turns out it's a side-effect of his superpower.

* This happens a lot in the ''{{Macross}}'' series, usually by way of a pop song, as music is utterly confusing to most aliens and causes disruption, allowing the humans to attack with little repercussion. It has also been used to resolve conflicts more peacefully, however.

* Subverted in ''Series/{{Angel}}}. Demons are about to attack Angel when Lorne shouts, "STOP...''in the naaaame of love..." as singing is painful to demons. Unfortunately he's interrupted by a TapOnTheHead, and they wake up prisoners.

* Done twice by the hero in the Western parody ''SupportYourLocalSheriff'', once during a restaurant brawl, and then in the [[ShowdownAtHighNoon climatic gunfight.]]

* [[ClassicalMythology Roman Mythology]]: The Sabine women, when their dads ''FINALLY'' get around to trying to rescue them, run between the two armies holding up their babies (apparently it took the Sabines ''at least'' ten months to get their act together) and demand their menfolk make nice.

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* Classic example in ''Film/ChildrenofMen'' where the premise is that no human baby has been born for 18 years. The cry of a baby stops a chaotic close range firefight between the British Army and armed refugees in an internment camp long enough for the protagonists and the baby to make their escape. [[spoiler: One, however receives a (possibly) fatal injury.]] And they revert to killing each other as soon as they've left.

* Averted in the movie ''RustlersRhapsody'', when Rex shouts until the gunfight stops, only to realize that it stopped because everyone had already shot each other.

* Classic example in ''Film/ChildrenofMen'' where the premise is that no human baby has been born for 18 years. The cry of a baby stops a chaotic close range firefight between the British Army and armed refugees in an internment camp long enough for the protagonists and the baby to make their escape. [[spoiler: One, however receives a (possibly) fatal injury.]]

* ''TheManWhoWouldBeKing'' priests walk across the battle field and the War stops.

* Classic example in [[ChildrenofMen Children of Men]] where the premise is that no human baby has been born for 18 years. The cry of a baby stops a chaotic close range firefight between the British Army and armed refugees in an internment camp long enough for the protagonists and the baby to make their escape. [[spoiler: One, however receives a (possibly) fatal injury.]]

* RomanMythology: The Sabine women, when their dads ''FINALLY'' get around to trying to rescue them, run between the two armies holding up their babies (apparently it took the Sabines ''at least'' ten months to get their act together) and demand their menfolk make nice.

* Classic example in [[ChildrenofMen Children of Men]] where the premise is that no human baby has been born for 18 years. The cry of a baby stops a chaotic close range fight between the British Army and armed refugees in an internment camp long enough for the protagonists and the baby to make their escape. [[spoiler: One, however receives a (possibly) fatal injury.]]

* Creator/GaiusJuliusCaesar's ''Gallic Wars'' assert that Celtic Druids could do this trick.

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* [[PlayerCharacter Commander Shepard]] can halt a [[spoiler:Geth-Quarian war]] in ''MassEffect3'' with a carefully-timed [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech rant]] about how [[spoiler:the entire war is the Quarians' fault, prompting an implied HeelRealization by Admiral Han'Gerrel and an order to stand down]].

It's TheCaptain, or the OldMaster, or someone else of high authority. Alternately, it's an innocent bystander, probably a child, or someone else who is involved with whatever reason the two armies have for wanting to fight in the first place. Whoever they are, they've probably placed themselves physically between the two sides, with [[CrucifiedHeroShot arms outstretched]] and palms facing out towards either force. And, at least most of the time, the cry for cessation is heeded.

Here are the two opposing armies, staring each other down, grinding their teeth, preparing for a massive and hopefully glorious battle. At some signal or instigation, they convene, with the glint and clash of steel and the rising of dust. But suddenly, rising over the noise of battle, and usually right before any actual fatalities occur, a voice is heard:

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* The Ur-example is the Sabine women who, when their dads ''FINALLY'' get around to trying to rescue them, run between the two armies holding up their babies (apparently it took the Sabines ''at least'' ten months to get their act together) and demand their menfolk make nice.

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* Creator/GaiusJuliusCaesar's ''Gallic Wars'' assert that Celtic Druids could do this trick.

* In the [[TheSmurfs Smurfs]]' AnimatedAdaptation of the comic book story "King Smurf," all that is needed to stop the Smurf civil war is for Papa Smurf to return and roar, "Stop!"