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{{trope}}
{{quote|Claws make no noise as they slide out, but they ought to. They ought to make a noise like "tzing".|''[[Discworld
When weapons with [[Absurdly Sharp Blade|sharp and cutting edges]] are brandished, a vaguely metallic sound effect will be inserted (along with a bit of [[Lens Flare]]) to signify just how lethally sharp the weapon is.
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== Anime and Manga ==
* In ''[[Pokémon (
* Whenever Kunai or Shuriken are pulled out of arsenal or clash together in ''[[Naruto]]'', they seem to make a "vsst!" or a "Shink!" sound.
** As seen in Shippuden episode 202, Juugo actually has an audibly sharp ''arm.'' Yes, it's his real arm; no, it's not metal. [[It Makes Sense in Context]].
* In ''[[Keroro Gunsou]]'', Momoka's Fawcett curls actually do this when she [[Split Personality|slips into full psycho mode]].
* ''[[Triangle Heart 3
* Kyuzo's first appearance in ''[[
* This happens a lot in ''[[
* While it's true that drawing a katana from a sheath does make a noise, in ''[[Rurouni Kenshin]]'' the mere act of notching the sword (pushing the hilt forward slightly to loosen it in its scabbard) makes an audible click. Similarly Saito's sword makes a loud click whenever he turns it for his trademark stance.
* When Van draws his sword off of his waist in ''[[Gun X Sword]]'', it makes a whip-snap noise and then the "Ting!" sound. This sound effect also occurs at the very start of the opening theme.
** this could be explained bu the sword going from its flexible 'belt' mode to its rigid sword mode.
* In the ''[[
* The swords in ''[[
* Shiki's knives in ''[[
* When ''[[
* Saya's sword in ''[[Blood Plus]]'' becomes audible when she [[Bloody Murder|loads it with her blood]]
* Whenever [[Inuyasha]] draws the [[BFS|Tetsusaiga]] it makes a scraping, crashing sound ending in a loud ''TSCHING!'' Then again, it ''does'' [[Elemental Powers|control wind]], so maybe it provides the sound effects itself…?
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** And, in the comics, when Wolverine has the adamantium removed from his body, the claws make a distinctively different "SHLIKT" sound.
** This is possibly [[Justified Trope|justified]] in the movies by the fact that Wolverine's skeleton is encased in metal, and thus his blades' going "SNIKT" when extended could be explained as the blades scraping on his skeleton.
* In the comic book ''[[Fables (Comic Book)|Fables]]'', when Boy Blue gets the Vorpal Sword (as a reference to ''[[
== Film - Live Action ==
* In ''Spider-Man 2'', the sound effect can be heard when Harry Osborn picks a dagger up from off a stand on a desk. It is not sheathed; just lifted from balancing on a stand on a desk.
* ''[[Gladiator (
* ''[[Troy]]''. When Achilles challenges Hector, we hear a 'Shing' noise as the camera moves past a stationary sword.
** Menelaus' sword also whistles as he...moves it slowly and deliberately through the air.
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** In the same scene, the blades make an extended and loud metallic noise as he draws them from his sheath...and the noise then continues as he throws the blades through the air. What are they scraping on? Oxygen?
* ''[[Kill Bill]]'', with its absolute worship of the samurai sword, is a heavy user of this. The blades of the swords, especially the protagonist's extra-special sword, seem to practically ''sing'' whenever they so much as appear in frame.
* Any time a sword is pulled out of a leather scabbard in [[Peter Jackson]]'s ''[[The Lord of the Rings (
* The killer manages to do this with a hook in the second ''I Know What You Did Last Summer'' film. Made somewhat worse by the fact that said hook is of such a shape that it probably wouldn't fit in a scabbard, and at one point the ''SHING'' seems to happen just because he takes it out from under his coat.
* ''Hellboy 2: The Golden Army''. The Big Bad's sword does this all the time. Of course, it is very explicit that the sword is deeply magical, which only raises the question of why he spent mojo to make it audibly sharp. I guess the Rule of Cool trumps the need for surprise.
* Done to excess in the animated film adaptation of ''[[
* Every single one of the Joker's knives in ''[[The Dark Knight]]'' making a ''shikt'' sound whenever one was drawn. One even made the sound when the Joker ''tossed it from one hand to the other''.
* In the Clive Barker film ''[[Nightbreed]]'', the psychotic Doctor Decker's blade makes a particularly cool and sinister scrape as he draws it on one unsuspecting victim, and the blade gets a close-up as it does so.
* The swords used in ''[[Underworld Awakening]]'' are like this.
* The big ol' knife in ''[[Misery]]'' is audibly sharp. Okay -- but it's being drawn from a cloth sling.
* In the movie version of ''[[The Hitchhikers Guide to The Galaxy (
* The first victim in ''[[Cube]]'' stops dead on hearing a "tzing" sound. No, literally [[Diagonal Cut|dead]]. Literally cubed, as well...
* The old Chinese movie ''Seven Swords'' has swords that ring all the time, apparently to prove they're good.
* Taken [[Up to Eleven]] in the fight scene in the Merovingian's chateau in the second ''[[The Matrix
* In ''[[Sin City]]'', when Marv's checking his list of tools, every object he lists makes a sound. His hatchet is accompanied the typical metal-on-metal sound.
* In ''[[Star Trek (
* An attacker's knife makes a few inexplicable "tzink" noises as his swipes miss or are blocked (without the blade apparently hitting anything) in ''[[The Bourne Identity]]''.
* In the 2010 film ''Legion'', when Michael produces a needle to perform stitches on himself, and the camera lingers on it, it practically sings.
* The French horror movie ''[[High Tension]]'' features a knife that happily tzinks without any corresponding action to which the sound can be attributed - it's sharp, so it makes a noise.
* Every time Michael Myer's knife appears onscreen in ''[[Halloween (
* The discs in ''[[Tron
* In ''[[Silent Hill (
* In ''[[Harry Potter (
* The 2003 version of ''[[Peter Pan (
* In the 1984 Icelandic movie ''[[When The Raven Flies]]'', the protagonist kills a whole lot of people using his extremely audibly sharp throwing knives. They are in fact so sharp that they even produce the distinctive "sssschhiiing" when being pulled from the flesh of a dead body!
== Film - Animated ==
* Occurs in ''[[
* In [[Kung Fu Panda]], the [[Absurdly Sharp Blade|Sword of Heroes]], so sharp that you can cut yourself by looking at it, did it when Po looked at it and papercut his finger.
== Literature ==
* Terry Pratchett's ''[[
** The Scythe actually goes so far as to cu/t u/p wo/rd/s in the text while it's being used.
** The joke is further expanded to include [[Twinkle Smile|sparkling smiles]]. Vimes thinks balefully about heroes: "And then they smile, and the light catches their teeth, ''Ting!'' Bastards." This was probably inspired by toothpaste commercials.
* [[Lewis Carroll]]'s famous ''[[Alice in Wonderland
* The titular ''[[Sword of Truth]]'' is described as making a very distinctive, unique noise like this when drawn. Of course, it ''is'' a magic sword.
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== Live Action TV ==
* ''[[Power Rangers]]'', the king of [[Sword Sparks]], has recently adopted this.
* In the ''[[Supernatural (TV series)|Supernatural]]'' episode "Phantom Traveler," a metallic sound is heard when Dean removes his knife from under his (presumably soft and cushy) pillow.
* This is brutal in ''[[Highlander (TV series)|Highlander]]'', where the [[Sword Sparks]] fly and the sound they make is jarring, to say the least.
* An occasional sound effect in ''[[Top Gear]]'' while doing very short establishing shots of a car.
* Happens frequently in ''[[Merlin (TV series)|Merlin]]'' whenever anyone draws a sword. Considering Merlin's ''eyes'' have their own sound effect, it could be worse.
* Done interestingly in ''[[
* Done in the [[Dexter]] episode "Hungry Man" when Dexter picks up a knife from a clear wooden tabletop
* In the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' episode "The Girl Who Waited", Amy's sword makes an absurd amount of "sharp" noises, very loudly, at seemingly random intervals.
* [[Wonder Woman (TV series)|Wonder Woman's TV series]] tiara [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EykZgkC8l58 makes a strange sound] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qahSU4RYblY when she uses it as a boomerang]. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsrOK8fkcWE Her lasso of truth makes an "snap" sound when she lassoes someone, and there is always a thunder when] [[Secret Identity|Diana Prince]] [[Everything's Better
== Music ==
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== Video Games ==
* ''[[Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney]]'' likes to do this metaphorically from time to time, especially before cross-examinations, with the two lawyers' eyes lowered at one another, [[Speed Stripes]] in the background, as [[Audible Sharpness]] indicates the "battle of wits".
** Played straight in Apollo Justice, when Wocky Kitaki's Mother pulls a sword out of her broom.
* Actually a plot point in the [[Lucas Arts]] game ''Loom''. Your character is a magician who uses musical spells; one of the ones you have to learn is the sound of sharpness, made by a huge, sharp blade, which you later play backwards to blunt a sword (granted, lots of other objects play such tunes when you observe them).
* Most, if not all sword-carrying units in ''[[Civilization IV]]'' do an [[Audible Sharpness]] sound when ordered to fortify. Particularly odd as the weapons are ''always out in the open.''
* Auron's introductory FMV in ''[[
* In ''[[Super Smash Bros|Super Smash Bros.]] Brawl'' (and probably the others) a few characters have their swords shine. The example below justifies it for Link at least.
* When Link [[Charged Attack|charges]] a Jump Strike or Great Spin attack in ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
** And when Wolf Link does a Spin Slash, the same thing happens to his tail.
** And this goes all the way back to ''[[The Legend of Zelda:
* The various weapon powersets in ''[[City of Heroes]]'' almost always make a sound when drawn (from [[Hammerspace|nowhere]]). With the weapon customization system implemented, audible sharpness even applies to femurs and baseball bats, if you want it to.
* Any bladed weapon in ''[[
** Any blunt weapon in ''[[The Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion
** Also in ''[[
* ''[[
* In [[Final Fantasy VII|Advent Children Complete]], Sephiroth's sword practically sings. It's just there, not doing anything, he's not even swinging it and you can still hear how sharp it is.
* Knives and swords in ''[[
* Funnily enough, bladed weapons in [[Midatake High]] don't make any noise at all when being picked up or equipped. The only noise any weapon makes is when it hits something, and the sound for a bladed weapon sounds distinctively fleshy, since the only time you swing your blade is when you're stabbing someone -- not a metallic sound.
* Several add-ons for ''[[
** Default Counter-Strike has a knife in all iterations of the game. It's drawn rather unrealistically every time, unsheathing it with the blade facing the player, before spinning it around in one hand to brandish it in a defensive stance. Every time the knife is drawn, the SHING sound is made. Every time the knife strikes on a wall, floor, or hard object, it makes a very loud scraping sound that can be heard from halfway across a mid-sized map.
* [[Strider
* Done fairly loudly to emphasize the [[Darker and Edgier]]-ness of ''[[Prince of Persia]]: Warrior Within''--but there's that one level [[Special Effects Failure|where he's wielding a stick]]...that's gotta be one ''sharp'' stick.
* The hidden blade in ''[[Assassin's Creed
** The former sound is justified, since the blade is attached on a rather complex mechanical device that springs it out; it's remarkable that it doesn't make more sound, actually.
*** In ''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
** Though it's most likely a developer oversight, equipping a blunt weapon, such as a metal hammer, ''will still make the same SHING noise that a swords makes when being unsheathed.''
* Used to great effect in the ''[[Clock Tower (
* Mr. Grimm in Twisted Metal Black also does this when you select his special.
* In ''[[Alice: Madness Returns]]'', the Vorpal Blade is less "Snicker-Snack" and more like *SHWING!*
* ''[[
* As in the books, the first [[
* In the intro to [[
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* Obvious example in the 1990's ''X-Men'', where Wolverine's claws have a very distinctive sound...not so much a "snikt" as it is a "PSHHTT".
* In [[The Movie]] of ''[[Kim Possible]]'' a group of Ninja have flaming swords which make noise when used.
* Waterbenders in ''[[
** Especially Space Sword.
* Occurs in the second episode of ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
** Also occurs in "A Bird In The Hoof", with [[British Royal Guards|Celestia's guards']] wings.
** An interesting example happens in "Return of the Elements of Harmony part 2," Discord drinks the glass of chocolate milk. Not the milk, he drank the GLASS. The sound of it going down his throat sounded very glassy... {{spoiler|Of course Discord threw the milk away, which then exploded, so most of what he does intentionally doesn't make sense}}.
* In the [[Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy]] episode I Am Curious Ed, Edd is dressed as a giant bee, stinger and all. The stinger makes a "ting* noise [[Beware the Nice Ones|right before he decides to stab Eddy in the butt with it.]]
* Ed's teeth do this in a [[Timon and Pumbaa|Laughing Hyenas]] short when he grins. Granted, Ed makes a lot of strange noises....
* In ''[[
== Web Comics ==
* Inverted in ''[[Bad Machinery]]'', where Claire's knife makes a [[Unsound Effect|Blunt]] noise when she brandishes it.
* An unusual variant in ''[[
== Web Original ==
* Happens in the ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwXjynpy8Ew&feature=fvst Ninja Rap]'' [[YouTube]] video.
* Heard but not seen in ''[[Suburban Knights]]'', in order to stop [[Atop the Fourth Wall
* [[Starship|Taz's knife]] does this. Funny in the fact that there is an audible sharpness...and then Lauren adds her own sound ("Fshwing!") in addition to the prerecorded sound effect. [[Played for Laughs]], given that its A) [[Team Starkid]], and B) [[Crazy Awesome|Lauren freaking Lopez.]]
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