History Main / IncorrectAnimalNoise

* ''Film/TheChroniclesOfNarnia'': Aslan the lion's roars are instead the throaty growl of a tiger.

** The franchise as a whole almost ''never'' uses lion roars. The lions use tiger roars instead. Actual lion roars are only used as howls of pain.
** Hyenas in ''Disney/TheLionKing'' often make dog noises. Despite their physical resemblance to canines, hyenas are actually closer related to cats than dogs.
** Lion characters purr in ''Disney/TheLionKingIISimbasPride''. Lions can't purr.

* The giant mutant ants in ''Film/{{Them}}'' are quite noisy for creatures without vocal cords.

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* In the "Green Sense" commercial, a starling's call is overdubbed with the far cuter, far less cacophonic robin's song

* ''VideoGame/ImpressiveTitle'' has a [[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever giant manta ray boss]] known as the Monster Ray, which occasionally emits a loud cacophonous sound that many players have likened to a cow's "moo" [[note]]it's actually a human voice slowed down[[/note]] despite the fact that rays don't have vocal cords and thus can't make noise.

** The predators are guilty of this; The ''Dilophosaurs'' shrieks at Nedry when hunting him, the ''T. rexes'' constantly roar throughout the films (as does the ''Spinosaurus'' in the third film), and the ''Velociraptors'' growl and shriek. This gets called out by the Podcast/{{Rifftrax}} of the film, where they ask what kind of predator stops hunting every thirty seconds to shout at the top of its lungs.

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* Once a lion from ''WesternAnimation/TheWildThornberrys'' got stuck in a thorn bush, so it starts roaring like a grizzly bear.

-->'''Cow:''' [=ShazoooOOOOOL=].

* In ''Disney/{{Tarzan}}'', the gorillas all make chimpanzee sounds. In reality, gorillas grunt.

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Animals making the wrong noises isn't specific to fictional works. Even some educational documentaries will re-dub animals voices or add in incorrect noises because viewers expect animals to sound a certain way.

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* In the "Green Sense" commercial where a starling's call is overdubbed with the far cuter, far less cacophonic robin's song?

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** Hyenas in ''Disney/TheLionKing'' often make dog noises. Despite their physical resemblance to canines, hyenas are actually closer related to cats and weasels than dogs.

All owls hoot, all Big Cats roar, all rodent (and rodent-looking animals) squeak, all monkeys hoot and screech like chimpanzees, and all birds of prey scream like the red-tailed hawk (because [[RuleOfCool a bald eagle's cry MUST be awesome.]]) Except, in real life, they don't. Animals have a variety of noises and even relatively closely related animals can sound completely different from one another. This applies even to animals within the same species--certain tiny dog breeds have deep barks because they're either sized-down versions of large dogs or they were bred for their bark (for example, beagles).

* The most hilarious recent example can be heard in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDepiNP_3Ys this trailer]] for ''Oceans''. Err, those aren't baby ducklings...

* PlayedForLaughs in an episode of ''Franchise/OnePiece''. While trying to quitely get a key, a rooster steps in front of Usopp and it looks like it is about to crow. It makes a sound alright. A harmless little chirp. Usopp then lampshades the fact that isn't the sound a rooster makes.

** Lion charactes purr in ''Disney/TheLionKingIISimbasPride''. Lions can't purr.

* ''Film/HarryPotterAndThePrisonerOfAzkaban'': Harry, Ron, Neville, and Seamus eat magical sweets that cause them to make sounds. Ron eats a lion roar sweet, but instead makes a tiger roar (amusingly, this might be justified, at least in-universe - the ''manufacturers'' of the sweets put in tiger roars, as their customers would expect that sound rather than the real one).

** The predators are guilty of this; The ''Dilophosaurs'' shreiks at Nedry when hunting him, the ''T.rexes'' constantly roar throughout the films (As does the ''Spinosaurus'' in the third film), and the ''Velociraptors'' growl and shriek. This gets called out by the Podcast/{{Rifftrax}} of the film, where they ask what kind of predator stops hunting every thirty seconds to shout at the top of its lungs.
* Ceasar the chimpanzee is heard roaring like a lion in a trailer for ''Film/RiseOfThePlanetOfTheApes''. Did they give him that ability as a test run at the lab, before giving him a human-level intellect?

* Kimble's ferret in ''Film/KindergartenCop'' similarly makes lots of squeaking, chittery noises that ferrets don't really produce.

* A very strange example, as it swaps out an awesome-sounding call for a rather cuter one: in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'', [[OurWereWolvesAreDifferent Wolf Link]] gives ''coyote'' howls instead of wolf howls. This is probably because a coyote's howl sounds more musical for the [[OcarinaPlaylist howling melody sections]]. (The howled melodies actually ''are'' the songs from ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime''. [[ContinuitySnarl Make of that what you will]].)

All owls hoot, all Big Cats roar, all rodent (and rodent-looking animals) squeak, and all birds of prey scream like the red-tailed hawk (because [[RuleOfCool a bald eagle's cry MUST be awesome.]]) Except, in real life, they don't. Animals have a variety of noises and even relatively closely related animals can sound completely different from one another. This applies even to animals within the same species--certain tiny dog breeds have deep barks because they're either sized-down versions of large dogs or they were bred for their bark (for example, beagles).

* Parodied on ''Series/WhoseLineIsItAnyway'' with the infamous "quacking elephant" in a game of "Sound Effects" on the American edition.

* ''Film/JurassicPark'':
** ''JurassicPark'' featured a herd of Brachiosaurus making some sort of honking noise. Just one problem, Brachiosaurus is thought to be a dinosaur that made relatively few vocal sounds.

* The episode "Britrock" from ''WesternAnimation/{{Jem}}'' features a fox that makes dog noises.

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 sounding like dogs, wolves sounding like dogs, Big Cats all sounding like tigers, all birds of prey sounding like red-tailed hawks, and [[ZebrasAreJustStripedHorses zebras sounding like horses]]. Special mention must go to the frog. Only one type of frog goes "ribbit". It lives in Hollywood. Go figure.

This trope is also often due to RealityIsUnrealistic. An animal's real cry might not sound "[[VocalDissonance powerful enough]]", so they're replaced with a "cooler" or "appropriate" sounding cry. This is why lions are often given tiger roars and bald eagles are often given the cries of red-tailed hawks.

%%* 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!"
* VideoGame/ImpressiveTitle has a [[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever giant manta ray boss]] known as the Monster Ray, which occasionally emits a loud cacophonous sound that many players have likened to a cow's "moo" [[note]]it's actually a human voice slowed down[[/note]] despite the fact that rays don't have vocal cords and thus can't make noise.

* The swan in ''Film/HotFuzz'' honks like a goose. The common white swan is more properly known as the ''Mute'' Swan; it is capable of making some sounds, usually hissing at predators (or people who get too close), but not honking.

* ''Film/HarryPotterAndThePrisonerOfAzkaban'': Harry, Ron, Neville, and Seamus eat magical sweets that cause them to make sounds. Ron eats a lion roar sweet, but instead makes a tiger roar.