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== Anime ==

* ''[[Higurashi no Naku Koro ~~Ni (Visual Novel)|Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni~~]]''. Its title translates to "When the Cicadas Cry."

* ''[[Higurashi no Naku Koro ni]]''. Its title translates to "When the Cicadas Cry."

** This sound effect is creepy, since if you listen ''very closely'' to the background, when the scene turns dark or scary, it sounds suspiciously like high-pitched screaming. Hence the title.

* Most high school-based anime includes the buzzing sound of cicadas, usually representing summertime.

** The very first episode of ''[[~~AIR (Visual Novel)|~~AIR]]''.

** The very first episode of ''[[AIR]]''.

** ''[[Fruits Basket]]''

** ''[[~~Junjou Romantica (Manga)|~~Junjou Romantica]]''

** ''[[Junjou Romantica]]''

** ''[[Peach Girl]]''

* ''[[~~Neon Genesis Evangelion (Anime)|~~Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'' also has cicada sounds. Especially during the scene right after the defeat of Shamshel, and in the opening scenes of ''[[Rebuild of Evangelion]]''.

* ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'' also has cicada sounds. Especially during the scene right after the defeat of Shamshel, and in the opening scenes of ''[[Rebuild of Evangelion]]''.

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* [[Hayao Miyazaki]] and the films of [[Studio Ghibli]] frequently use insects sounds for emphasis.

** ''[[My Neighbor Totoro]]'''s nighttime scenes are loaded with nocturnal buzzing.

** Subverted in ''[[Nausicaa of the Valley of ~~The~~ Wind]]'' in that most of the insect life sound like propeller planes. Spoilers for the manga: {{spoiler|[[Fridge Brilliance|This is pretty clever when you think about it]]. Using machine noises for them [[Organic Technology|subtly hints at their true nature]]}}.

** Subverted in ''[[Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind]]'' in that most of the insect life sound like propeller planes. Spoilers for the manga: {{spoiler|[[Fridge Brilliance|This is pretty clever when you think about it]]. Using machine noises for them [[Organic Technology|subtly hints at their true nature]]}}.

** The 1998 film ''[[Only Yesterday]]'', although it makes sense as the story is a city girl spending two weeks on a farm.

** Cicadas buzz throughout the movie ''[[Whisper of the Heart]]''.

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== Film-[[Live Action]] ==

* In the movie ''[[Practical Magic]]'', the noise of the death beetle signified that {{spoiler|Sally's husband Michael}} was about to die.

* ''[[The Mummy ~~1999 (Film)~~|The Mummy 1999]]'': Ugh, those chittering noises those black bugs made. And the sound of all those running legs as they overwhelmed somebody and ''crawled into their mouths!''

* ''[[The Mummy Trilogy|The Mummy 1999]]'': Ugh, those chittering noises those black bugs made. And the sound of all those running legs as they overwhelmed somebody and ''crawled into their mouths!''

* In ''[[The Right Stuff]]'' the invading horde of news reporters is always accompanied by the sounds of locusts.

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== [[Live Action TV]] ==

* In the [[Star Trek Voyager]] episode ''Macrocosm'', the macrovirus buzzes, frequency inversely proportional to size.

* In the [[Star Trek: Voyager]] episode ''Macrocosm'', the macrovirus buzzes, frequency inversely proportional to size.

* The Bolivia episode of ''[[Top Gear]]'' had a startling moment around sunset on the first day when all the insects in the rainforest seemed to suddenly sound off at once. Richard Hammond, who is afraid of insects, was not happy at all.

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== [[Video Games]] ==

* A move in ''[[~~Pokémon (Franchise)|~~Pokémon]]'' is called "Bug Buzz". It's a [[Brown Note|sound-based Bug attack]] that ''damages'' its target. And it's the ''second most powerful Bug move in the game''.

* A move in ''[[Pokémon]]'' is called "Bug Buzz". It's a [[Brown Note|sound-based Bug attack]] that ''damages'' its target. And it's the ''second most powerful Bug move in the game''.

* Some of the grasshopper enemies in ''[[Bug! ~~(Video Game)|Bug~~]]!'' have an attack where they fire out a sound wave from their legs.

* Some of the grasshopper enemies in ''[[Bug!]]!'' have an attack where they fire out a sound wave from their legs.

== Webcomics ==

* [[Psychopomp|Ketrak]], from ''[[~~Gunnerkrigg Court (Webcomic)|~~Gunnerkrigg Court]]'': [http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=334 This instance], for example.

* [[Psychopomp|Ketrak]], from ''[[Gunnerkrigg Court]]'': [http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=334 This instance], for example.

{{quote| '''A fly''': ...zzzzzzzzzz (sticks in a web) Bzzzz! Zzzz[[Killed Mid-Sentence|*]]<br />

'''Annie''': ...Hello again, Ketrak. }}