History Main / IncorrectAnimalNoise

* [[Music/EltonJohn Elton John's]] "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" mentions a howling owl. Although owls have been known to hoot, screech, cry, whistle and bark, they do not howl.

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* Averting this trope is discussed in ''VideoGame/WhereInTimeIsCarmenSandiego1997'': The player can give Anne Tikwitee a bird whistle that corresponds to a bald eagle. What plays isn't the (incorrect) high pitched screech many people expect -- it's [[ShownTheirWork actually the (correct) eagle chirp]]. Anne then says "Whoa! For a big bird that's one small call!"

* The ''VideoGame/BloodyRoar'' series is guilty as charged with most of the characters' [[{{Animorphism}} animal forms]], though the most glaring example would be Yugo, the roaring '''wolf'''.
* The Barn Owl (famous for being silent fliers) in ''VideoGame/FlyLikeABird'' makes sound as its wings flap.
* During the dramatic opening of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX'', there's a close-up of a pigeon crying like a red-tailed hawk.

* In ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'', this is PlayedForLaughs by [[FightingClown Tamamo Cat]], who, despite her name, emits barking sounds like a dog in-between mangled IceCreamKoan and Pun-filled speech. Then again, her legend thinks she's a fox when she's actually a jackal, and she's a NinjaPirateRobotZombie variation of the more serious Tamamo-no-Mae in ''VideoGame/FateEXTRA''.
* ''VideoGame/FarCry3'': The cassowaries that appear in this game sound '''absolutely nothing''' like cassowaries. Real cassowaries make low, sub-bass booming sounds, almost ape-like hoots, and elephant-like grunts.
* ''VideoGame/KirbyAndTheForgottenLand'': Fleurina, a big FunnyAnimal swan, screeches like a red-tailed hawk.

* ''VideoGame/{{Broforce}}'' has a title screen where a bald eagle makes the sound of a red-tailed hawk.

* In ''WesternAnimation/FelixTheCatSavesChristmas'', while running down a hill, Rock Bottom get attacked by a group of squirrels that make dolphin sounds.

* In ''Film/TheLionTheWitchAndTheWardrobe'', all the big cats except Aslan make puma sounds, and the badgers make guinea pig noises!

'''Note:''' Extinct/fantasy animals are exempt from this trope. While the example is likely correct, the point of this trope is to also showcase a real-life example. With extinct animals, there is no such thing.

* ''Series/KamenRiderZiO'': A ''T. rex'' goes after Sougo when he walks out of [[TimeMachine Time Majin]] in the Mesozoic era and trumpets like an ''elephant''. While we can't know what ''T. rex'' sounded like, it definitely was not the sound of an angry pachyderm.

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Dumbo}}'', a striped hyena laughs (which only spotted hyenas do in real life) and a gorilla produces a roar similar to Franchise/{{Tarzan}}'s yell. Although the striped hyena is usually silent, they are capable of laughing. Unlike the loud giggles of the spotted hyena, the striped hyena's laugh sounds more like a high pitch chatter.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/MagicSchoolBus'' episode "Hops Home", there is an opossum that makes rodent-like noises.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/TheMagicSchoolBus'' episode "Hops Home", there is an opossum that makes rodent-like noises.

* The roaring shark comes from [[{{Sequelitis}} good]] [[VoodooShark old]] ''Film/JawsTheRevenge''. It certainly doesn't help that the roar sounds suspiciously like Jerry's roar from a ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry'' sketch either. Like Bruce IV's famous bellowing in ''Film/JawsTheRevenge'', Brucette in ''Film/Jaws3D'' growled whenever she opened her mouth (it was a very deep watery sound that you might miss most of the time), and a soft echoing roar is heard when Bruce's decapitated body sinks into the abyss at the end of ''Jaws'' (though that's merely symbolic, and was the same roar from Spielberg's earlier film ''Film/{{Duel}}''). ''Film/Sharknado2TheSecondOne'' also had roaring sharks and was likely inspired by this.

* In Film/TheLionTheWitchAndTheWardrobe, all the big cats except Aslan make puma sounds, and the badgers make guinea pig noises!

** Hyenas in ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994'' often make dog noises, with the exception of the hooting laughter of the spotted hyena. Despite their physical resemblance and similar behaviour to canines, hyenas belong to a family of their own, and their closest relatives are civets and genets. Ironically, as they belong to the Feliformia suborder, this also makes Hyenas related to cats!

* In WesternAnimation/FelixTheCatSavesChristmas, while running down a hill, Rock Bottom get attacked by a group of squirrels that make dolphin sounds.

* The ferrets in Film/TheBeastmaster make some very un-ferret like sounds. Real ferrets make very little sound most of the time, but often hiss, grunt, and make a sort of chortling sound when playing.

* In Mel Gibson’s ''Film/{{Apocalypto}}'', at the beginning of the film a tapir is shown except it squeals like a pig. In reality, tapirs make chuffing noises or high-pitched mouse-like squeaks instead of squealing like that.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/BettyBoop'' cartoon "Crazy Town", among tons of other [[BizarroUniverse backwards and crazy things]], Crazy Town's zoo is full of incorrect sounding animals including a lion that Cock-a-doodle-doos like a rooster, barking cats, a meowing rhino and a mouse that roars like a lion.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/Squidbillies'' episode "Ol' Hootie", there is an owl that makes the generic red-tailed hawk screech.

This is often due to mixing up species. Animals who look similar or belong in the same general family are assumed to sound alike, when in reality they don't. Common examples include foxes, wolves, and hyenas sounding like dogs, all big cats sounding like tigers, all big whales sounding like humpback whales, all seabirds sounding like herring gulls, [[ZebrasAreJustStripedHorses zebras sounding like horses]], and [[PenguinsAreDucks penguins sounding like ducks]]. Special mention must go to frogs. Only one type of frog goes "ribbit" — the Pacific tree frog; it lives in Hollywood. Go figure.

This is often due to mixing up species. Animals who look similar or belong in the same general family are assumed to sound alike, when in reality they don't. Common examples include foxes, wolves, and hyenas sounding like dogs, all big cats sounding like lions, all big whales sounding like humpback whales, all seabirds sounding like herring gulls, [[ZebrasAreJustStripedHorses zebras sounding like horses]], and [[PenguinsAreDucks penguins sounding like ducks]]. Special mention must go to frogs. Only one type of frog goes "ribbit" — the Pacific tree frog; it lives in Hollywood. Go figure.

* In ''VideoGame/OriAndTheBlindForest'', the BigBad OminousOwl Kuro vocalizes with the aforementioned red-tailed hawk call. In [[VideoGame/OriAndTheWillOfTheWisps the sequel]], the SandWorm in Windtorn Ruins has a stock tiger roar, as does Howl the dire wolf([[NonIndicativeName who never actually howls]]) at the beginning of the game.

* ''VideoGame/FarCry3'': The cassowaries that appear in this game sound '''absolutely nothing''' like cassowaries. Real cassowaries make low, sub-bass booming sounds, almost ape-like hoots and elephant-like grunts.

* ''VideoGame/{{Broforce}}'' has a title screen where bald eagle makes the sound of a red-tailed hawk.