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* In ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'':The Return Of The King, this is heard before the big green bolt of garrison-light bursts out of Minas Morgul towards the sky. Barad-Dur also has this effect - the eye of Sauron gets [[SuckingInLines "sucked"]] into the tower and explodes as the tower crumbles.

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* In ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'':The Return Of The King, ''Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheReturnOfTheKing'', this is heard before the big green bolt of garrison-light bursts out of Minas Morgul towards the sky. Barad-Dur also has this effect - the eye of Sauron gets [[SuckingInLines "sucked"]] into the tower and explodes as the tower crumbles.

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* In ''ComicBook/TheLifeAndTimesOfScroogeMcDuck'' interquel "The Cowboy Captain of the Cutty Sark", Scrooge is part of the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cutty_Sark Cutty Sark]]'s crew when they become witness to the eruption of the island of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krakatoa Krakatoa]] in 1883. At first, everyone on deck just sees an exploding island with no sound; Gyro Gearloose's father points out that light travels faster. Luckily enough, this gives them enough time to prepare for the coming sound burst, heat wave, tsunami, and discharge of volcanic rock that follow.
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* ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay'' had the dream sequence where Sarah Connor imagines herself getting killed by a nuclear weapon fired by Skynet: First there is a blinding light and a heat wave, causing the everything to catch fire. Then comes the shockwave with accompanying sound and mushroom cloud, which flattens buildings, throws cars around, uproots trees and causes the charred remains of people to scatter into the air like leaves.

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* ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay'' had the dream sequence where Sarah Connor imagines herself getting killed by a nuclear weapon fired by Skynet: First there is a blinding light and a heat wave, causing the everything to catch fire. Then comes the shockwave with accompanying sound and mushroom cloud, which flattens buildings, throws cars around, uproots trees and causes the charred remains of people to scatter into the air like leaves.


* In ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'':The Return Of The King, this is heard before the big green bolt of garrison-light bursts out of Minas Morgul towards the sky.

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* In ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'':The Return Of The King, this is heard before the big green bolt of garrison-light bursts out of Minas Morgul towards the sky. Barad-Dur also has this effect - the eye of Sauron gets [[SuckingInLines "sucked"]] into the tower and explodes as the tower crumbles.


* In ''Film/TheLastJedi'' there is complete and total silence for around 10 seconds when [[spoiler:the ''Raddus'' slams into the ''Supremacy'' at lightspeed, tearing a massive gash of stunning bright light through the entire ship.]] The deafening roar of the explosion's shockwave (again, [[SpaceIsNoisy through space) only comes well after the initial brilliance of destruction.

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* In ''Film/TheLastJedi'' there is complete and total silence for around 10 seconds when [[spoiler:the ''Raddus'' slams into the ''Supremacy'' at lightspeed, tearing a massive gash of stunning bright light through the entire ship.]] The deafening roar of the explosion's shockwave (again, [[SpaceIsNoisy through space) space]]) only comes well after the initial brilliance of destruction.

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* In ''Film/TheLastJedi'' there is complete and total silence for around 10 seconds when [[spoiler:the ''Raddus'' slams into the ''Supremacy'' at lightspeed, tearing a massive gash of stunning bright light through the entire ship.]] The deafening roar of the explosion's shockwave (again, [[SpaceIsNoisy through space) only comes well after the initial brilliance of destruction.


* When Tyreal blows up the World Stone in the epilogue of ''[[VideoGame/{{Diablo}} Diablo II: Lord of Destruction]]'', a warping sound can be heard before the stone goes boom.

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* When Tyreal Tyrael blows up the World Stone in the epilogue of ''[[VideoGame/{{Diablo}} Diablo II: ''VideoGame/DiabloII: Lord of Destruction]]'', Destruction'', a warping sound can be heard before the stone goes boom.



*** There is a moment of silence after Tyreal charges up the sword (and a slowmotion effect when he throws it) that reaches its pinnacle when the sword enters the stone. Then the dimensions around the stone start to ripple.

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*** There is a moment of silence after Tyreal Tyrael charges up the sword (and a slowmotion effect when he throws it) that reaches its pinnacle when the sword enters the stone. Then the dimensions around the stone start to ripple.


* Krypton exploding in ''SupermanReturns'' uses this effect.

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* Krypton exploding in ''SupermanReturns'' ''Film/SupermanReturns'' uses this effect.


* The fate of the evil space ship in the finale of ''EliteBeatAgents''.
* ''StarFox64'' has a remarkable ''numerical'' [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZeB21sTFdg example]] when unlocking the hard path from Macbeth.

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* The fate of the evil space ship in the finale of ''EliteBeatAgents''.
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* ''StarFox64'' ''VideoGame/StarFox64'' has a remarkable ''numerical'' [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZeB21sTFdg example]] when unlocking the hard path from Macbeth.


* Also present in ''VideoGame/{{Halo 3}}''. When a Covenant vehicle is destroyed (except for Brute manufactured ones) it will explode once then almost invariably produce a strange whine and explode again. This is justified as the vehicle's plasma coil going critical.

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* Also present ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'': Present in ''VideoGame/{{Halo 2}}'' and ''VideoGame/{{Halo 3}}''. When a Covenant vehicle is destroyed (except for Brute manufactured ones) it will explode once then almost invariably produce a strange whine and explode again. This is justified as the vehicle's plasma coil going critical.


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* ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay'' had the dream sequence where Sarah Connor imagines herself getting killed by a nuclear weapon fired by Skynet: First there is a blinding light and a heat wave, causing the everything to catch fire. Then comes the shockwave with accompanying sound and mushroom cloud, which flattens buildings, throws cars around, uproots trees and causes the scarred remains of people to scatter into the air like leaves.

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* ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay'' had the dream sequence where Sarah Connor imagines herself getting killed by a nuclear weapon fired by Skynet: First there is a blinding light and a heat wave, causing the everything to catch fire. Then comes the shockwave with accompanying sound and mushroom cloud, which flattens buildings, throws cars around, uproots trees and causes the scarred charred remains of people to scatter into the air like leaves.


* During missions for the ''ProtectorsOfThePlotContinuum'', Canon Analysis Devices that are exposed to [[ReadingsAreOffTheScale too much]] [[OutOfCharacter OOCness]] will usually display gibberish before [[ExplosiveInstrumentation burning out]].

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* During missions for the ''ProtectorsOfThePlotContinuum'', ''WebOriginal/ProtectorsOfThePlotContinuum'', Canon Analysis Devices that are exposed to [[ReadingsAreOffTheScale too much]] [[OutOfCharacter OOCness]] will usually display gibberish before [[ExplosiveInstrumentation burning out]].


* Also present in ''{{Halo 3}}''. When a Covenant vehicle is destroyed (except for Brute manufactured ones) it will explode once then almost invariably produce a strange whine and explode again. This is justified as the vehicle's plasma coil going critical.

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* Also present in ''{{Halo ''VideoGame/{{Halo 3}}''. When a Covenant vehicle is destroyed (except for Brute manufactured ones) it will explode once then almost invariably produce a strange whine and explode again. This is justified as the vehicle's plasma coil going critical.

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->''...there's an instant, just before a shell lands, when it seems to suck all the air up in its wake. This is an illusion, of course; shelling happens far to quickly for that. But there's a split second of intense quiet, together with the feeling of being in a vacuum, unable to take a breath; then there's the huge sound of the explosion, momentarily deafening you, making the ground tremble beneath your feet, shattering glass in windows all around you, followed by a swiftly rising plume of smoke and debris that fills your eyes, your nose, and your mouth with foul-smelling grit and the acrid stench of high explosive. Then, finally, comes the spine-tingling clickety-clack of bits of red-hot shrapnel, shattered stone, and odd pieces of plumbing landing. But all this takes place in a fraction of a second, really; it's just that the mind slows things down.''
-->-- '''Journey to a Revolution''' by Michael Korda

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