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* [[David Cronenberg]]'s ''[[Videodrome]]'', about a TV signal that causes brain tumors and hallucinations. The discoverers of the signal attach it to a violent [[Gorn]] show {{spoiler|in order to clean up society by killing everyone who watches violent television}}.
* [[David Cronenberg]]'s ''[[Videodrome]]'', about a TV signal that causes brain tumors and hallucinations. The discoverers of the signal attach it to a violent [[Gorn]] show {{spoiler|in order to clean up society by killing everyone who watches violent television}}.
* In ''[[Mystery Men]]'', Casanova Frankenstein built a machine that could warp [[Reality Warper|reality itself]]. Apparently the equations underlying it were so complex that anybody who studied them would go insane. Fortunately for Frankenstein, he was [[Obfuscating Insanity|already insane]] and had spent a decade in [[Bedlam House|the asylum]] with several of those scientists.
* In ''[[Mystery Men]]'', Casanova Frankenstein built a machine that could warp [[Reality Warper|reality itself]]. Apparently the equations underlying it were so complex that anybody who studied them would go insane. Fortunately for Frankenstein, he was [[Obfuscating Insanity|already insane]] and had spent a decade in [[Bedlam House|the asylum]] with several of those scientists.
* ''[[Monty Python and The Holy Grail]]'' has the Knights who say Ni!. [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|Like their name makes clear]], they utter the word "Ni!" in a very screechy high pitched voice to hurt passing travelers and scare them into doing their bidding. {{spoiler|Its later revealed the word "it" serves as a [[Brown Note]] against the Knights themselves.}}
* ''[[Monty Python and the Holy Grail]]'' has the Knights who say Ni!. [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|Like their name makes clear]], they utter the word "Ni!" in a very screechy high pitched voice to hurt passing travelers and scare them into doing their bidding. {{spoiler|Its later revealed the word "it" serves as a [[Brown Note]] against the Knights themselves.}}
** "Ni!" works whether it's the Knights saying it or someone else, as when King Arthur is [[It Makes Sense in Context|harassing that old woman to find a shrubberer]].
** "Ni!" works whether it's the Knights saying it or someone else, as when King Arthur is [[It Makes Sense in Context|harassing that old woman to find a shrubberer]].
* In ''[[Mars Attacks!]]!'', it is discovered that the Martians' main weakness is the singing voice of Slim Whitman, which causes [[Your Head Asplode|their heads to explode]]. Seriously.
* In ''[[Mars Attacks!]]!'', it is discovered that the Martians' main weakness is the singing voice of Slim Whitman, which causes [[Your Head Asplode|their heads to explode]]. Seriously.
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* In ''[[Megatokyo]]'', the ''Necrowombicon'' was probably a Brown Note, because Largo's life can be divided in two. Before reading it, he was just a superconfident, super-spirited hardcore gamer; after reading it, he became obsessed with zombie rampages, though that Miho was the "3V1|_ Z0MB13 QU33N", and suddenly started seeing the world through the glasses of [[B-Movie|B Movies]], shooter games and online RPGs. But if we consider that Largo is also a big [[Cloudcuckoolander]], it might as well have been caused by something else.
* In ''[[Megatokyo]]'', the ''Necrowombicon'' was probably a Brown Note, because Largo's life can be divided in two. Before reading it, he was just a superconfident, super-spirited hardcore gamer; after reading it, he became obsessed with zombie rampages, though that Miho was the "3V1|_ Z0MB13 QU33N", and suddenly started seeing the world through the glasses of [[B-Movie|B Movies]], shooter games and online RPGs. But if we consider that Largo is also a big [[Cloudcuckoolander]], it might as well have been caused by something else.
** This happened about the time the authors were transitioning from a loosely connected series of jokes to a more comprehensive narrative, so the clichés Largo was built on were ramped up overnight to Cloudcuckoolander status to help lead into his plot arcs. It's later mentioned that he's always been this way. In addition, [[Author Avatar|the "other" Largo]] was becoming less influential on the comic's creation by that point -- if he had not already been completely forced out -- which meant it was also the point where the Largo character was being written by the other author/artist, who had vastly different tastes in humour and writing style.
** This happened about the time the authors were transitioning from a loosely connected series of jokes to a more comprehensive narrative, so the clichés Largo was built on were ramped up overnight to Cloudcuckoolander status to help lead into his plot arcs. It's later mentioned that he's always been this way. In addition, [[Author Avatar|the "other" Largo]] was becoming less influential on the comic's creation by that point -- if he had not already been completely forced out -- which meant it was also the point where the Largo character was being written by the other author/artist, who had vastly different tastes in humour and writing style.
* In ''[[8-Bit Theater (Webcomic)|Eight Bit Theater]]'', Black Mage explains that anyone who sees his face will go insane. This happens to a random passer-by {{spoiler|which comes back to bite the Light Warriors much later}}. Later on, an as-of-yet unnamed Dark God tells Black Mage that hearing his true voice will cause a person's brain to eat itself.
* In ''[[8-Bit Theater|Eight Bit Theater]]'', Black Mage explains that anyone who sees his face will go insane. This happens to a random passer-by {{spoiler|which comes back to bite the Light Warriors much later}}. Later on, an as-of-yet unnamed Dark God tells Black Mage that hearing his true voice will cause a person's brain to eat itself.
* ''[[Starslip Crisis]]'' has the sculpture known as "The Spine of the Cosmos". Looking at it by itself is harmless, but when its artistic context is described to the viewer, they are either granted ultimate understanding of the universe or driven insane -- either way, becoming a mindless zombie. The insectoid aliens known as Cirbozoids are the only intelligent species immune to this, due to their inability to understand art.
* ''[[Starslip Crisis]]'' has the sculpture known as "The Spine of the Cosmos". Looking at it by itself is harmless, but when its artistic context is described to the viewer, they are either granted ultimate understanding of the universe or driven insane -- either way, becoming a mindless zombie. The insectoid aliens known as Cirbozoids are the only intelligent species immune to this, due to their inability to understand art.
** Also, Cirbozoids can kill people by crying.
** Also, Cirbozoids can kill people by crying.
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* There is actually a weapon currently being tested by police which they refer to a "sonic cannon" that is designed to emit a long and powerful directional sonic burst at the exact resonance frequency of cranial fluid. Supposedly, it can knock an entire floor of an average office building unconscious after 10 seconds of exposure by mimicking the effects of a severe concussion without the accompanying impact trauma.
* There is actually a weapon currently being tested by police which they refer to a "sonic cannon" that is designed to emit a long and powerful directional sonic burst at the exact resonance frequency of cranial fluid. Supposedly, it can knock an entire floor of an average office building unconscious after 10 seconds of exposure by mimicking the effects of a severe concussion without the accompanying impact trauma.
** Here's its debute at the 2009 G20 summit in Pittsburg [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjsgymR8Kg4 here] and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UV88Ndffr1c&feature=related here].
** Here's its debute at the 2009 G20 summit in Pittsburg [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjsgymR8Kg4 here] and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UV88Ndffr1c&feature=related here].
* For a brief time in 2008, there was a rumor going around on the [[Game FAQs]] message boards (and possibly elsewhere) that watching a video entitled [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZfTBj-3HdU Mereana Mordegard Glesgorv] would cause one to go insane, tear one's eyes out, and/or commit suicide. Most of the hype died down when it was discovered that the creepy guy in the video [[Jossed|was actually a tech support worker from Florida]].
* For a brief time in 2008, there was a rumor going around on the [[GameFAQs]] message boards (and possibly elsewhere) that watching a video entitled [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZfTBj-3HdU Mereana Mordegard Glesgorv] would cause one to go insane, tear one's eyes out, and/or commit suicide. Most of the hype died down when it was discovered that the creepy guy in the video [[Jossed|was actually a tech support worker from Florida]].
* During an Anonymous protest outside of Scientology's headquarters/armed compound in Hemet, California, Scientologists tried to drive the Anons away by using [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtzIIrMqn0s a loud organ tritone], humorously dubbed the "Gold Note" after the base, in an apparent attempt at an actual Brown Note. It didn't stop the protest, and no changes of underwear were required. They even recorded it and used it against the Scientologists [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKwHkVrJdcI at a later protest.]
* During an Anonymous protest outside of Scientology's headquarters/armed compound in Hemet, California, Scientologists tried to drive the Anons away by using [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtzIIrMqn0s a loud organ tritone], humorously dubbed the "Gold Note" after the base, in an apparent attempt at an actual Brown Note. It didn't stop the protest, and no changes of underwear were required. They even recorded it and used it against the Scientologists [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKwHkVrJdcI at a later protest.]
** Similarly, the Anons later found that playing a recording of [[L. Ron Hubbard]] reciting the infamous Xenu story would cause any Scientologists who haven't reached OT3 to back off and leave the area. This is due to the fact that they have been told that anyone who hears it before they're spiritually ready will get sick and die.
** Similarly, the Anons later found that playing a recording of [[L. Ron Hubbard]] reciting the infamous Xenu story would cause any Scientologists who haven't reached OT3 to back off and leave the area. This is due to the fact that they have been told that anyone who hears it before they're spiritually ready will get sick and die.
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