History Main / JungleDrums

* In ''Explorers of Literature/{{Gor}}'', which took place in a FantasyCounterpart culture combining DarkestAfrica with the Amazon rainforest, the natives communicated via drum. {{Justified}} via "certain drum sounds correspond to the vowels of the language, and the drum rhythm mimics the rhythm of the native language."

* ''HeartOfDarkness'' by Jospeh Conrad.

* In one ''SesameStreet'' sketch, Ernie is looking for Dr. Livingstone (who ''is'' that kind of doctor) to ask him an [[BlatantLies important]] question, with Bert reluctantly tagging along and wanting to go home at every setback. At the end, the drums are also beaten after Ernie asks [[ShoutOut his]] [[LooneyTunes question]], and Dr. Livingston remarks about the jungle being full of jokers.

* These occur during the ''MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'' sketch with explorers dining at a jungle restaurant.

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* In ''Explorers of {{Gor}}'', which took place in a FantasyCounterpart culture combining DarkestAfrica with the Amazon rainforest, the natives communicated via drum. {{Justified}} via "certain drum sounds correspond to the vowels of the language, and the drum rhythm mimics the rhythm of the native language."

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* In RobertEHoward's ConanTheBarbarian story "Literature/{{Beyond the Black River}}," the Picts are communicating in drums, much to the displeasure of Conan and the others at the fort. To be sure the Picts are both white (a point lampshaded in the story) and in what would one day be Europe, but the trope is treated identically.
* ''{{Heart of Darkness}}'' by Jospeh Conrad.
* ''{{Tarzan}}'' has the ''dum-dum'' drums being played by ''mangani'', the apes that raised Tarzan, at midnight gatherings.

* A ''FarSide'' cartoon where two explorers are going down the river while two natives on shore play the triangles. The caption reads "It's okay! Those are jungle ''triangles''!"

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* Parodied in a ''Gilligan's Island'' episode, the castaways hear drums, implying an impending attack from the natives. Then the drums stop, at which point the Professor assures them that the attack has been called off. Cut to the natives with a broken drum, and a chief lamenting (via subtitle) that TheyDontMakeThemLikeTheyUsedTo.

* In RobertEHoward's ConanTheBarbarian story "Beyond the Black River," the Picts are communicating in drums, much to the displeasure of Conan and the others at the fort. To be sure the Picts are both white (a point lampshaded in the story) and in what would one day be Europe, but the trope is treated identically.

* ''TheGoodies'' episode with the 'The jockies are restless tonight".

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* Since ThePhantom's base of operations is in DarkestAfrica, these are often [[WrittenSoundEffect seen-heard]] conveying information across the jungle.

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* Kind of a big deal in ''ThePhantom''.

** Before that, however, one of the people they run into is Taxi Driver MacGillicaudy. (Or however it would be spelled.) His identity clarified, they hear JungleDrums:

* A ''FarSide'' cartoon where two explorers are going down the river while two natives on shore play the triangles. The caption reads "It's okay! Those are jungle ''triangles''!" [[TVTropesWillEnhanceYourLife I'd never understood it until now...]]

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* ''{{Heart of Darkness}}'' by Jospeh Conrad.

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* The bit with the natives playing drums as a sign of impending trouble was popularized by a 1918 melodrama, ''The Drums of Oude'', apparently based on the Sepoy uprising.

* The childrens' book by Graeme Base, ''Jungle Drums''.

* ''{{Heart of Darkness}}'' by Jospeh Conrad, full stop.

A sister trope to TheNativesAreRestless, this harks back to the days of wild untamed Africa. In [[DarkestAfrica deepest darkest Africa]] the mood of the natives can be determined by their midnight drumming... If they're banging away on those puppies till the wee small hours, trouble is definitely brewing. The more anxious white people can be driven to nervous exhaustion by Those Infernal Drums ([[AGoodNameForARockBand a good name for a band]]), but the moment you really worry is when they stop, suddenly. Sometimes we get to see the wild abandoned dancing of the natives.

A sister trope to TheNativesAreRestless, this harks back to the days of the WhiteMansBurden. In [[DarkestAfrica deepest darkest Africa]] the mood of the natives can be determined by their midnight drumming... If they're banging away on those puppies till the wee small hours, trouble is definitely brewing. The more anxious white people can be driven to nervous exhaustion by Those Infernal Drums ([[AGoodNameForARockBand a good name for a band]]), but the moment you really worry is when they stop, suddenly. Sometimes we get to see the wild abandoned dancing of the natives.

* ''{{Airplane}}!''. A brief scene has a native beating on drums as an analogy to a news broadcast.

* These occur during the ''MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'' sketch with explorers dining a jungle restuarant.

* ''TheGoodies'' episode with the 'The jockies are restless tonight".
* The {{Superman}} short, 'Jungle Drums'.
* The childrens' book by Graeme Base, ''Jungle Drums''.
* The Emiliani Torrini song and video, 'Jungle Drum'.
* The Clyde Otis song, 'Jungle Drums'.
* The name of a level in ''LittleBigPlanet''.

* In one ''SesameStreet'' sketch, Ernie is looking for Dr. Livingstone (who ''is'' that kind of doctor) to ask him an [[BlatantLies important]] question, with Bert reluctantly tagging along and wanting to go home at every setback. At the end, the drums are also beaten after Ernie asks [[ShoutOut his]] [[LooneyTunes question]], and Dr. Livingston remarks about the jungle being full of jokers.
** Before that, however, one of the people they run into is Taxi Driver MacGillicaudy. (Or however it would be spelled.) His identity clarified, they hear JungleDrums:
-->Taxi Driver: Those drums! Those drums! They're sayin', "Taxiiiii!" I tell ya, it's a jungle out heayuh.
* Kind of a big deal in ''ThePhantom''.
* Also turns up in an episode of ''TheManFromUNCLE''.
* In ''WorldOfWarcraft'', a skilled leatherworker can make many kinds of drums and sound them during a battle to give his team various bonuses. A typical kodo steed is shown to have some attached to the saddle but they aren't usable (unlike Warcraft 3, where a drummer mounted on a kodo increased combat effectivenes of nearby troops.)

* ''JonnyQuest'' episode "Pursuit of the Po-Ho". The jungle-dwelling Po-Ho Indians communicate using drums.
* A ''FarSide'' cartoon where two explorers are going down the river while two natives on shore play the triangles. The caption reads "It's okay! Those are jungle ''triangles''!"

* Once in ''FarSide'' one explorer said to another: "It's okay! Those are jungle ''triangles''!" [[TVTropesWillEnhanceYourLife I'd never understood it until now...]]
* Parodied in [[http://ronanguil.blogspot.com/2009/10/when-drums-stop-big-trouble.html this joke]].