History Main / BattleInterruptingShout

** ''Discworld/{{Jingo}}'' has Vimes and Carrot do this (and it works, since [[ByTheBookCop Carrot's]] so LawfulGood he practically warps reality to make everyone else the same).
** Another Discworld example, which lampshades how unlikely this is, in ''Discworld/MonstrousRegiment'' where it is noted that when someone shouts stop it takes a bit of time to happen on account of everyone being a bit busy with all the fighting to listen.
** However, in the same book, Jackrum did supposedly stop a bar fight once by belching.
*** It ought to be noted that this was likely more due to the foul stench and rush of air than the noise

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* [[Myth/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.

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

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* [[Myth/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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* In the Classic ''Series/DoctorWho'' episode "Battlefield" the Doctor is determined to stop a battle between opposing armies and resorts to this method, with a little inspiration from the Brigadier:
-->'''The Doctor''': I'll deal with that later. First, I've got to put an end to this bloodshed.\\
'''The Brigadier''': Oh, how, Doctor? Stand in the middle and shout stop?\\
'''The Doctor''': Good idea.\\

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

* ''Series/CobraKai'': Moon tries, bless her sweet, all-loving, naïve little cotton socks. However, at that point the animosity between [[spoiler: Cobra Kai and Miyagi-do]] runs far too deep and far too hot for either party to be willing to listen.

* ''Webcomic/SparklingGenerationValkyrieYuuki'', [[http://www.sgvy.com/archives/Edda12/Issue6/Page5.html here]].

* Played somewhat for laughs in the second part of the ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' pilot when the ponies are attacked by a manticore in the Everfree Forest. Fluttershy tries to get the other five to stop fighting it -- but, [[ShrinkingViolet being Fluttershy]], it takes a few failed attempts before she manages to stop whispering and get out the final "WAAAAIT!" (that actually does end the fight) at a proper volume.
* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'' has a tragic example during the Umbara story arc. [[TheNeidermeyer General Krell]] has sent the 501st out to intercept a force of Umbarans that have disguised themselves as clones but, mid-battle, Rex realises something about the enemy: [[spoiler: they're not just wearing the uniforms of the 212th, they ''are'' the 212th. General Krell has pitted them against their own brothers.]] In order to stop the fighting, Rex runs along between the lines, shouting for everyone to stop firing and [[spoiler: take off their helmets.]]

* Played for laughs in ''Disney/TheAristocats''. Roquefort the mouse is trying to unlock the tumblers on the shipping trunk Edgar locked Duchess and the kittens into. Meanwhile Edgar is battling Scat Cat's alley cats. Finally Roquefort screams, "QUIET!" and Edgar and the cats freeze in mid-fight. Roquefort opens the lock and the combatants promptly go back to fighting. (It's funnier than it sounds on the page.)

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

* ''Series/CobraKai'': Moon tries, the sweet, all-loving, naïve little darling. However, at that point the animosity between [[spoiler: Cobra Kai and Miyagi-do]] runs far too deep and far too hot for either party to be willing to listen.

* ''The Shining One''by Nat Schachner, a 1937 sci-fi pulp set in a future apocalyptic war in 1987 (it's [[ScienceMarchesOn fought like World War One with trenches]] but using advanced technology). A soldier tries this trope only to get destroyed with a DeathRay activated by his own commander, then a man from the future arrives who has better success as he's got [[HumansArePsychicInTheFuture god-like powers]] and is ImmuneToBullets.

* ''The Shining One''by Nat Schachner, a 1937 sci-fi pulp set in a future apocalyptic war in 1987 (it's [[ScienceMarchesOn fought like World War One with trenches]] but using advanced technology). A soldier tries this trope only to get destroyed with a DeathRay activated by his own commander, then a man from the future arrives who has better success as he's got [[DeuxExMachina god-like powers]] and is ImmuneToBullets.

* ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration''. In "Journey's End", Wesley does this as a battle breaks out between Cardassian soldiers and Federation colonists. In response to his BigNo ''[[TimeStandsStill TIME FREEZES]]'' including phaser beams in mid-air.

* ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration''. In "Journey's End", Wesley does this as a battle breaks out between Cardassian soldiers and Federation colonists. In response to his BigNo ''TIME FREEZES'' including phaser beams in mid-air.

* ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration''. In "Journey's End", Wesley does this as a battle breaks out between Cardassian soldiers and Federation colonists. In response to his shout ''TIME FREEZES'' including phaser beams in mid-air.

* ''Series/CobraKai'': Moon tries, the sweet, all-loving, naïve little darling. However, at that point the animosity between [[spoiler: Cobra Kai and Miyagi-do]] runs far too deep for either party to be willing to listen.

-->'''The Doctor''': I'll deal with that later. First, I've got to put an end to this bloodshed.
-->'''The Brigadier''': Oh, how, Doctor? Stand in the middle and shout stop?
-->'''The Doctor''': Good idea.\\

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* ''Otello'': "Abbasso le spade!"
* Romeo and Juliet: "Throw thy mistempered weapons to the ground!"

* In ''{{Magicka}}'', Vlad intervenes in boss battles multiple times, and in one instance he stops you from killing a not-actually-evil boss by yelling "STOOOOP!"

** Eve, the krogan female [[spoiler:whose immunity to the genophage makes her the key to her species' salvation]], needs nothing more than a resolute "Enough!" to instantly stop an argument between two powerful male warlords and their retinues from turning violent. She then follows it up with an epic combination of TheReasonYouSuckSpeech and RousingSpeech to remind the squabblers that they have actual enemies to fight out there. [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome It works like a charm]].

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** Eve, the krogan female [[spoiler:whose immunity to the genophage makes her the key to her species' salvation]], needs nothing more than a resolute "Enough!" to instantly stop an argument between two powerful male warlords and their retinues from turning violent. She then follows it up with an epic combination of TheReasonYouSuckSpeech and RousingSpeech to remind the squabblers that they have actual enemies to fight out there. [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome It works like a charm]].

* Creator/GaiusJuliusCaesar's ''Literature/CommentariesOnTheGallicWar'' assert that Celtic druids could do this trick.

* ''ComicBook/DuckTales'': Scrooge brings back King Fulla Cola as the natives, the Beagle Boys, and the members of the McDuck household are engaged in a battle. It's played somewhat more realistically than normal, as Fulla Cola's first shout does not quite get through the noise. However, then he bellows, "STOP!" and everyone stops in their tracks.

* ''StarWarsDownunder''. After killing the evil Darth Drongo who has been hoarding all the beer on the planet, Jedi Knight Merve Bushwacker emerges from his base brandishing a beer can, and calls on Drongo's mooks and the rebel forces to stop fighting.

* In the beginning of ''Literature/TheMalloreon'', Belgarion is called upon to stop a war involving some of his friends. Both armies being Arendish, he decides he needs more than just his voice when stepping inbetween the opposing forces, so he calls down a thunderstorm. They stop fighting.
* In ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix'', Harry attempts to stop an argument between Snape and Sirius which is on the verge of turning into a duel, by shouting and placing himself between them. This has little effect, but luckily the two combatants are distracted a moment later when the entire Weasley family shows up, Arthur having just been released from hospital.

* ''Discworld/{{Jingo}}'' has Vimes and Carrot do this (and it works, since [[ByTheBookCop Carrot's]] so LawfulGood he practically warps reality to make everyone else the same).

* In the beginning of ''TheMalloreon'', Belgarion is called upon to stop a war involving some of his friends. Both armies being Arendish, he decides he needs more than just his voice when stepping inbetween the opposing forces, so he calls down a thunderstorm. They stop fighting.

* Happens frequently in the ''PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' films, often with Jack as the peacemaker. For instance, in ''On Stranger Tides'', he halts a row between pirates and Spanish soldiers to point out that none of them have any real quarrel with one another even if their leaders do. This sways exactly one pirate, while everyone else goes back to fighting.
* At the end of ''Film/AceVentura: When Nature Calls'', Ace prevents a war between two neighboring African tribes over the theft of a sacred bat, by running between the armies with it in his hands, shouting its name (which according to the tribes' traditions, requires all who hear it to kneel).

* At the end of ''AceVentura: When Nature Calls'', Ace prevents a war between two neighboring African tribes over the theft of a sacred bat, by running between the armies with it in his hands, shouting its name (which according to the tribes' traditions, requires all who hear it to kneel).

* Done by the giant Easter Island head in ''NightAtTheMuseum'' when the museum was in anarchy.

* Done twice by Nia in ''TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' when Adiane attacks. It works the first time because she's a princess, and seems to work the second time until Adiane informs Nia that her father has abandoned her, and takes her hostage.

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* Played for laughs in ''Disney/TheAristocats''. Roquefort the mouse is trying to unlock the tumblers on the shipping trunk Edgar locked Duchess and the kittens into. Meanwhile Edgar is battling Scat Cat's alley cats. Finally Roquefort screams, "QUIET!" and Edgar and the cats freeze in mid-fight. Roquefort opens the lock and the combatants promptly go back to fighting. (It's funnier than it sounds on the page.)