History Main / PrimalChestPound

Two {{Stock Shout Out}}s often include chest pounding. One is a literal [[{{Pun}} Shout]] Out to {{Franchise/Tarzan}}, where the character lets out the ape-man's SignatureRoar while beating his chest; the other is KingKongClimb, where the creature on top of the building pounds his chest to recreate the iconic scene from ''Film/KingKong''.

* Creator/EdgarRiceBurroughs' original Literature/Tarzan really did this.

* ''LooneyTunes'': in BugsBunny short "Rebel Rabbit", after the U.S. government puts a bounty of one million dollars on him, Bugs is overjoyed. He calls himself "Bugs Bunny, king of the beasts" and gives out a Tarzan yell while pounding his chest.
* The gorilla in ''SpongebobSquarepants'' episode "I Had an Accident" likes to do this in-between his beatings of Sandy and Patrick.

* {{ComicStrip/Garfield}} does it in [[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/1999/ga990716.gif this strip]].

* A monkey ([[ADogNamedDog named Little Monkey]]) does it in ''Film/GeorgeOfTheJungle''. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQwObvSe2G0 See the scene here.]]

Two {{Stock Shout Out}}s often include chest pounding. One is a literal [[{{Pun}} Shout]] Out to {{Franchise/Tarzan}}, where the character lets out the ape-man's SignatureRoar while beating his chest; the other KingKongClimb, where the creature on top of the building pounds his chest to recreate the iconic scene from ''Film/KingKong''.

In reality, Gorillas may pound their chest for different purposes: as a display of dominance, as a release of stress, to warn neighbouring gorilla groups about their presence, and most notably, it is one of the nine phases of the ritualized fight between Silverbacks. Juvenile gorillas also beat their chest playfully. Also, it is usually inaccurately portrayed in media: real gorillas more often do it with open or cupped hands rather than clenched fists.

* Tarzan is sometimes shown doing this while performing the "Tarzan Yell", as the title character does in ''Tarzan, the Ape Man'' (1981), as seen [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvZMXZ2s07Q here]].

* The original script for "Amok Time" on ''StarTrekTheOriginalShow'' had Spock doing this and yelling "Kikki-nee klart!" Nimoy, and fans everywhere, are grateful to D.C. Fontana and Bob Justman for getting rid of that one.

** One of DK's taunts in ''SuperSmashBros Brawl'' as well.

* A monkey (named Little Monkey) does it in ''Film/GeorgeOfTheJungle''. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQwObvSe2G0 See the scene here.]]

* The first gorilla enemies in ''GoldenSun'' are called chestbeaters for this reason.
* The roar animation of the male draenei in ''WorldOfWarcraft'' is like this.

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJG698U2Mvo This]] selective attention test. The viewer is asked to count how many times a basketball is passed. [[spoiler: Halfway in the video, a person in a gorilla suit walks in, pounds his chest, and walks away.]]

* TomAndJerry both do it when caught up in the throes of their latest crush. Usually a variation of PostKissCatatonia. A kiss makes them feel mighty.

* ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'': The Soldier's taunt with The Direct Hit.

* One ''SpirouAndFantasio'' story had the marsupilami encounter a gorilla, who proceeds to do the typical chest-beating and tree-ripping intimidation display. Subverted in that the gorilla ends up too exhausted to fight back.
** The {{marsupilami}} itself sometimes does this.

* Peewee does this (complete with Tarzan Yodel) to celebrate SexAsRiteOfPassage at the end of ''{{Porky's}}''.

* Film/KingKong, being a giant gorilla, does this from time to time, and often, during a KingKongClimb, so does the creature that replaces Kong.

This is most often done by gorillas ([[KillerGorilla killer]] or otherwise). When a character that is not a gorilla does it, it is usually either to show that he feels as strong and mighty as a gorilla, or that he is as brutish and uncultured as an ape.

* Tarzan does it in the opening credits of ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfTarzan'', as well as on various occasions in the show. Other characters such as Kerchak, Tublat, Moyo and even Professor Porter do it too.

DoWeHaveThisOne?