History Main / TheThingThatGoesDoink

* Mozzie's safehouse-cum-Zen Garden in ''WhiteCollar'' is complete with a Thing That Goes Doink (it's in a loft with a great view of Manhattan). It won't be operational for some time, since circumstances required Mozzie bring Peter and another FBIAgent to the safehouse.

** Stantler's Japanese name is ''Odoshishi'', which is derived from shishi-odoshi. Rather then being scared off, the deer does the scaring, and its appearance (its antlers are shaped to look like huge glaring eyes) the moves it learns shows.

* A modest-sized one can be found and rolled up in the ''KatamariDamacy'' game.

* Things That Go Doink are used as levers and platforms to solve puzzles at various times in ''{{Okami}}'', to make use of the Water Spout power. In the English version (at least), Issun doesn't know what to call them, either. He clearly likes them though, as evidenced by the page quote.

Also, don't confuse it with [[ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes anything going Boink]], or ThingsThatGoBumpInTheNight.

* The PS2 music/rhythm game ''Unison'' has its lead female characters dancing to a traditional Japanese ''enka'' song called "YoSaKu". The establishing shot of the performance hall shows one of these underneath a statue of an Eastern dragon.

* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}''. Every episode involving a flashback from Sasuke, or the Hyuga household.

* One shows up in the 13th episode of ''{{Shiki}}''. It doinks away in the background of an scene with very little dialogue, making the whole thing seem rather awkward.

* No zen garden is complete without one. If you ever hire one of those feng shui "consultants", they'll most likely tell you that you need one of these and charge you hundreds of dollars for it.
* [[MundaneUtility These are also useful as automated nut-grinders if set up with correctly-shaped stones and a waterfall for continuous power.]]

* Sakura's family estate in Sendai, in ''VideoGame/SakuraTaisen''. During the first episode of the first {{OVA}} series, the sound of the ''shishi-odoshi'' is used to punctuate the passing of time as the young Sakura struggles to learn the secrets of her family's style of kendo.

* Used immediately to show the wealth of the Shishidou household in ''Anime/SoraWoKakeruShoujo''. And we do mean "immediately" - it's the very first shot in the anime.

* ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry'': there's one on the grounds of the [[{{Yakuza}} Sonozaki]] estate.

To establish that a BigFancyHouse belongs to a family that is both traditionally Japanese and exceedingly wealthy, one can show many aspects of the home that seem extravagant. There's the big yard, the high fence, the sheer size of it. But for something that just screams "Rich Japanese Family" you need The Thing that Goes Doink.

This is a traditional water feature that is found in the yards of Japanese homes, properly called a ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shishi-odoshi shishi-odoshi]]'' or "deer scare"/"deer-chaser". It has a bamboo cup on a fulcrum that slowly fills with falling water. When it fills, it tips over and empties; when it flips back upright, its hollow back end hits a stone underneath it and makes a distinctive hollow-log "doink" sound. With a simple two-second shot of this device doing its thing, it is established without a doubt that this BigFancyHouse is a place of wealth[[note]]they require constantly running water to operate, which means either an absurd utilities bill or high value land containing a river or stream[[/note]] and tradition.[[note]]They date back several centuries to a time when wild deer actually were a problem that needed to be dealt with.[[/note]]

In addition to indicating a moneyed and traditional household, The Thing That Goes Doink is sometimes used to signal an imminent HotSpringsEpisode.

If the [[BuffySpeak doinker]] happens to be in a Western home, you can bet that they're a NewAgeRetroHippie who recently converted to Zen Buddhism and insists that it "balances the home's chi" or whatever [[note]]Never mind that wild deer actually ARE a problem that needs to be dealt with in much of North America. Not to mention the not-always-sober hunters they attract[[/note]].

This is a traditional water feature that is found in the yards of Japanese homes, properly called a ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shishi-odoshi shishi-odoshi]]'' or "deer scare"/"deer-chaser". It has a bamboo cup on a fulcrum that slowly fills with falling water. When it fills, it tips over and empties; when it flips back upright, its hollow back end hits a stone underneath it and makes a distinctive hollow-log "doink" sound. With a simple two-second shot of this device doing its thing, it is established without a doubt that this BigFancyHouse is a place of wealth[[note]]they require constantly running water to operate, which means either an absurd utilities bill or high value land containing a river or stream[[/note]] and tradition[[note]]they date back several centuries to a time when wild deer actually were a problem that needed to be dealt with[[/note]].

* The Hazuki residence in ''{{Shenmue}}''.

If the [[BuffySpeak doinker]] happens to be in a Western home, you can bet that they're a NewAgeRetroHippie who recently converted to Zen Buddhism and insists that it "balances the home's chi" or whatever[[note]]Never mind that wild deer actually ARE a problem that needs to be dealt with in much of North America. Not to mention the not-always-sober hunters they attract[//note]].

If the [[BuffySpeak doinker]] happens to be in a Western home, you can bet that they're a NewAgeRetroHippie who recently converted to Zen Buddhism and insists that it "balances the home's chi" or whatever.

** Also, there's one of these in the background of Jubei Yamada's stage in FatalFury2.

** Also, there's one of these in the background of Jubei Yamada's stage in FatalFury2/FatalFurySpecial.

** Stantler's Japanese name is ''Odoshishi'', which is derived from shishi-odoshi. Rather then being scared off, the deer does the scaring, and the moves it learns shows.

* There's one on a desert planet in ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birth_%28anime%29 Birth]]''.

* There is one (non-functional, sadly) attached to the 'Serenity Squared' fountain that comes in [[TheSims2 The Sims 2: Bon Voyage]].

* ''VisualNovel/HigurashiNoNakuKoroNi'': there's one on the grounds of the [[{{Yakuza}} Sonozaki]] estate.

* Miki's house in ''Manga/TenshiNaKonamaiki''.