History Main / HollowSoundingHead

** "Hmm not quite ripe yet..."

* One episode of ''ElChapulinColorado'' involves El Chapulin and the VictimOfTheWeek guessing about the secret passages of an old house. Cue this gag:

* On one episode of the "Disneyland" series, WaltDisney demonstrates the use of sound effects on cartoons with the help of DonaldDuck. He shows how the right sound effect can make Donald's head seem hollow when it is hit by a mallet. Donald is not amused, especially when the demonstration moves on to heavier objects.
* An Al Brodax {{Popeye}} cartoon had Popeye playing "Yankee Doodle" by knocking on his head and manipulating his mouth to produce the sound of a vibraphone.

* Played with soon after [[FrankensteinsMonster Quilt]] is introduced in ''Webcomic/DominicDeegan''. Only his head doesn't ''sound'' hollow...

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* Baikinman from ''Franchise/{{Anpanman}}'' is like this.

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* The people who "Could've Had a V-8" get a DopeSlap accompanied by a hollow sound effect.
* Used in a Guinness beer commercial starring Rutger Hauer as Draught Guinness and Rutger Hauer as Canned Guinness.
-->'''Draught Guinness:''' Just so you can tell us apart, he sounds different.
-->'''Canned Guinness:''' ''(Identical voice)'' Do I?
-->''Draught taps on Canned's head. There is a hollow metallic clang.''
-->'''Canned Guinness:''' I see what you mean.

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* Combined with InOneEarOutTheOther in ''Film/LoadedWeapon1''. When Emilio Estevez romantically blows into Creator/KathyIreland's right ear we hear a sound like someone blowing across the top of an empty beer bottle and the hair covering Kathy's left ear billows in the breeze.
* Film/TheThreeStooges did this whenever they hit each other in the head (which is often), especially Curly.

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* In one sketch on ''The Carol Burnett Show'', Carol was a queen and Tim Conway was an inept guard. Harvey Korman, as the king, wanted to know why such an inept person would be assigned to the royal personage. Carol said that Tim got the position through meritorious action in combat — he had swallowed a grenade. She opened Tim's mouth and spoke into it. "Hello...lo...lo...lo...lo."

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* Unusually used as an actual plot point rather than (just) a brief gag in ''Literature/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory''. In the book and most adaptations, Veruca Salt is tested by squirrels to see whether she is a "bad nut" -- bad nuts sound empty when tapped -- when she tries to claim one of them for herself. A squirrel taps her on the forehead, and when this produces a hollow sound, they dump her where all bad nuts go -- down a garbage chute.

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* Happens to Homer on ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' Halloween episode when the zombies are searching for brains.

* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife'', Filbert does this to Heffer — not because Heffer's normally stupid[[note]]he is, but that's beside the point[[/note]], but because he's become completely non-responsive. Rocko and Filbert realize that this is because Heffer's brain has literally been stolen by the TV and they have to voyage inside to get it back.

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* In the second ''Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' movie, Donatello knocks on Michelangelo's head and it produces a hollow clonk.

* Happens to Homer on ''TheSimpsons'' Halloween episode when the zombies are searching for brains.

* On an episode of ''GarfieldAndFriends'', this is how Garfield distinguishes Odie from a set of robotic clones: the ''real'' one's head sounds hollow.
* In an episode of ''TinyToonAdventures'', Buster is climbing out of a hole in the ground and calls out to Babs that he's "spelunking". When she assures him that there is "a medicine you can get for that", he shoots [[AsideGlance a pained glance at the camera]] and knocks on her forehead, which gives off a hollow metallic sound.
* In one episode of ''RockosModernLife'', Filbert does this to Heffer — not because Heffer's normally stupid[[note]]he is, but that's beside the point[[/note]], but because he's become completely non-responsive. Rocko and Filbert realize that this is because Heffer's brain has literally been stolen by the TV and they have to voyage inside to get it back.

* One episode of ''ElChapulinColorado'' involves El Chapulin and the VictimOfTheWeek guessing about the SecretPassages of an old house. Cue this gag:

* Played with soon after [[FrankensteinsMonster Quilt]] is introduced in ''DominicDeegan''. Only his head doesn't ''sound'' hollow...

* In ''The Gendarme and the Extra-Terrestrials'', the titular policemen are trying to prevent an AlienInvasion. Their only clue is that the aliens are made of metal and so their bodies sound hollow when you strike them. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxndAfkyzAs Panic almost sets when the characters discover that ''their'' heads are hollow as well]].

* Unusually used as an actual plot point rather than (just) a brief gag in ''CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory''. In both the book and the second film, Veruca Salt is tested by squirrels to see whether she is a 'bad nut', bad nuts sounding empty when tapped. A squirrel taps her on the forehead, and when this produces a hollow sound, they dump her down the garbage chute with the other 'bad nuts'.

* Combined with InOneEarOutTheOther in ''LoadedWeapon1''. When Emilio Estevez romantically blow's into Kathy Ireland's right ear we hear a sound like someone blowing across the top of an empty beer bottle and the hair covering Kathy's left ear billows in the breeze.

* In one episode of ''RockosModernLife'', Filbert does this to Heifer — not because Heifer's normally stupid, but because he's become non-responsive. Rocko and Filbert realize that this is because Heifer's brain has literally been stolen by the TV and they have to voyage inside to get it back.

* Played with soon after [[FrankensteinMonster Quilt]] is introduced in ''DominicDeegan''. Only his head doesn't ''sound'' hollow...

* In the first ''QuestForGlory'' game, a hollow sound will play if you have the hero throw a rock at his own head. But then, [[PressXToDie you did just have the hero throw a rock at his own head]].

* TheThreeStooges did this whenever they hit each other in the head (which is often), especially Curly.

* There is a great scene in ''The Gendarme and the Extra-Terrestrials'' where the titular policemen are trying to prevent a type 2 AlienInvasion. Their only clue is that they are made of metal and so their whole body sounds hollow if you strike them. Panic quickly strikes when the characters discover that their ''own heads'' also all sound empty, which ends when the chief tests his own head and, upon finding it just as empty, declares that all is well.

** I find that opening my mouth is not necessary. Air pockets?

* Combined with InOneEarOutTheOther in ''[[{{ptitlewsdxtelg}} National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1]]''. When Emilio Estevez romantically blow's into Kathy Ireland's right ear we hear a sound like someone blowing across the top of an empty beer bottle and the hair covering Kathy's left ear billows in the breeze.

* Baikinman from ''{{Anpanman}}'' is like this.

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* Open your mouth and tap on the top of your head.
** I find that opening my mouth is not necessary. Air pockets?

* In the second TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles movie, Donatello knocks on Michelangelo's head and it produces a hollow clonk.

* TheThreeStooges did this whenever they hit each other in the head ([[{{Understatement}} which is often]]), especially Curly.