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"When we met X before, she said "see you soon". That's why, there'll surely be a "next time". The fact that nothing's happened is actually making me more worried."
Comic Strips
"I haven't seen Calvin for about 15 minutes now. That probably means he's getting in trouble."
— Calvin's Mom, Calvin and Hobbes (right as Calvin and Hobbes are chasing after the family car which just rolled out of the garage and into a ditch)
Film — Animated
Quasimodo: I just want to warn Esmerelda and get back to the bell tower before I get in any more trouble. [Unseen by Phoebus and Quasimodo, the skeletons on the wall turn their heads towards them]
Phoebus: Speaking of trouble, we should have run into some by now.
Quasimodo: What do you mean?
Phoebus: You know.... A guard. A booby trap. [Phoebus' torch goes out, leaving them in total darkness] Or an ambush.
Phoebus: Speaking of trouble, we should have run into some by now.
Quasimodo: What do you mean?
Phoebus: You know.... A guard. A booby trap. [Phoebus' torch goes out, leaving them in total darkness] Or an ambush.
Film — Live-Action
"There is silences and silences. This is the kind I don't like."
— The Captain, Fitzcarraldo
"Why is it so quiet now? Why doesn't it attack?"
— Bob Finelli, It! The Terror from Beyond Space (1958)
Satipo: Let us hurry. There is nothing to fear here.
Indiana Jones: That's what scares me.
Indiana Jones: That's what scares me.
Literature
And the moment that Tonker touched the withered boards, the silence that, though ominous, was earthly, became unearthly like the touch of a ghoul. And Tonker heard his breath offending against that silence, and his heart was like mad drums in a night attack, and a string of one of his sandals went tap on a rung of a ladder, and the leaves of the forest were mute, and the breeze of the night was still; and Tonker prayed that a mouse or a mole might make any noise at all, but not a creature stirred, even Nuth was still.
— "How Nuth Would have Practised His Art Upon the Gnoles", by Lord Dunsany
Live-Action TV
"Looks all clear to me, which means it isn't."
Bill: How's it looking out there?
The Doctor: All quiet. It's traditional at this point to say, too quiet.
The Doctor: All quiet. It's traditional at this point to say, too quiet.
"Rough seas still from the chop from that hurricane, but other than that, it's kinda quiet around the country. We like quiet. What is it — it's quiet. It's TOO quiet."
— Mark McEwen, The Early Show, the morning of September 11, 2001
, who had no idea how right he would be
, who had no idea how right he would beQuark: Listen, do you hear that?
Julian: I don't hear a thing.
Quark: Exactly. The ambient noise level in this room is less than 30 decibels. On an average day it's 65. When there are Klingons in the room, it can go as high as 85.
Miles: So what you're trying to say is, it's quiet in here.
Quark: Too quiet. Something is terribly wrong.
Julian: I don't hear a thing.
Quark: Exactly. The ambient noise level in this room is less than 30 decibels. On an average day it's 65. When there are Klingons in the room, it can go as high as 85.
Miles: So what you're trying to say is, it's quiet in here.
Quark: Too quiet. Something is terribly wrong.
Sam: You got anything else on this 'Mother of All' thing?
Dean: Uh, no, nothing solid. [Bobby] says it's quiet.
Sam: Quiet like quiet or quiet like too quiet?
Dean: When is it ever just quiet?
Dean: Uh, no, nothing solid. [Bobby] says it's quiet.
Sam: Quiet like quiet or quiet like too quiet?
Dean: When is it ever just quiet?
Video Games
"Too much quiet is usually a sign of danger. Best to play it safe here."
— Tails, Sonic Forces
"Beware of forests that show no signs of living creatures within. You may have wandered into Hatterene's territory."
— Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, Hatterene's Pokedex entry
Web Animation
Peppy: It's quiet...TOO quiet.
Falco: Yeah, it's because we're in space, Einstein.
Falco: Yeah, it's because we're in space, Einstein.
— Something About, Something About Star Fox 64
Webcomics
Doctor: Not... (whuff) many zombies around so far. This is good. This is very good.
Louis: No, man. This is bad. This is very very bad. Zombies are like... piranhas. They ain't too choosy about who they attack, you know?
Doctor: Right...
Louis: Point bein', you jump into a lake fulla piranhas, and you ain't gettin' attacked? Means there's a shark around.
Louis: No, man. This is bad. This is very very bad. Zombies are like... piranhas. They ain't too choosy about who they attack, you know?
Doctor: Right...
Louis: Point bein', you jump into a lake fulla piranhas, and you ain't gettin' attacked? Means there's a shark around.
— Left 4 Dead: The Sacrifice comic, page 110
Falst: This room must've been pretty well-worn from all the cave crawlers and giant bugs coming up from the Caves.
Dainix: That's a good point. Whatever the Ancients were making here must've been pretty sturdy to weather that kind of- That- uh- Falst.
Falst: What? What's wrong?
Dainix: If this is how they all got in- why are there no crawlers in this room?
Dainix: That's a good point. Whatever the Ancients were making here must've been pretty sturdy to weather that kind of- That- uh- Falst.
Falst: What? What's wrong?
Dainix: If this is how they all got in- why are there no crawlers in this room?
— Aurora, Chapter 22 Page 9
Web Original
"What does worry me is the wildlife. They're too quiet, I know they're planning something."
— TouretteDog, Boatmurdered
Web Video
Jill: (aloud, to herself) "Wait a second: large empty room, no background music..., I just walked into a boss chamber, didn't I?"
How could it be too quiet? It's your house, man. It doesn't get quieter before a missile shoots your house. I haven't had a missile shoot my house but I can't think of any reason why if a missile did shoot my house, why it would get quiet first. Do missiles kill all the birds or something? I don't get it.
— Vern, reviewing The Transporter
, reviewing The Transporter Western Animation
Timmy: It's quiet...too quiet.
Cosmo: And it's wet...too wet!
Cosmo: And it's wet...too wet!
Old Soldier: This is the worst part: The calm before the battle.
Fry: And then the battle's not too bad?
Old Soldier: Oh, right. I forgot about the battle. (whimpers)
Fry: And then the battle's not too bad?
Old Soldier: Oh, right. I forgot about the battle. (whimpers)
"Ah, the sweet sound of silence. That *never* happens on a Saturday; I must be the first one up. Wait a minute, ten AM?! How could it be this quiet this late?!"
— Lincoln Loud, The Loud House, "One Flu Over the Loud House"
Rick: Wait, it's too quiet.
Summer: You skipped "quiet".
Rick: I didn't skip shit! It's obviously quiet if its too quiet.
Summer: Yeah, but you're supposed to say—
Rick: You know what Summer, now it's not quiet enough.
Summer: You skipped "quiet".
Rick: I didn't skip shit! It's obviously quiet if its too quiet.
Summer: Yeah, but you're supposed to say—
Rick: You know what Summer, now it's not quiet enough.
— Rick and Morty, "Mortyplicity"
Maybe everything went quiet for a good reason?
—Swift Wind, She-Ra and the Princesses of Power, "Beast Island"
