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[[File:~~ChirpingCrickets_2985~~.png|link=El Goonish Shive|frame|Given that it's indoors, that is some VERY determined tumbleweed.]]

[[File:ChirpingCrickets 2985.png|link=El Goonish Shive|frame|Given that it's indoors, that is some VERY determined tumbleweed.]]

{{quote|''"When I get my hands on that cricket, it's ''snack time!''"''|'''Beetlejuice''', ''[[Beetlejuice (animation)|Beetlejuice]]''}}

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* ''[[Dragon Ball Abridged]]'', after Nappa tears off Tenshinhan's arm.

{{quote|'''Vegeta:''' Looks like he's been...[[Incredibly Lame Pun|dis-armed!]]<br />

*Gust of wind*~~<br />~~

*Gust of wind*

'''Nappa:''' I get it! }}

* ''[[Turnabout Storm]]'', when [[Ace Attorney|Phoenix Wright]] has a serious case of [[Critical Research Failure]].

{{quote|'''Phoenix:''' A storm cloud!? You call that decisive!? How could you place blame on my client for that!? Unless you are honestly suggesting [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|Rainbow Dash]] can [[Painting the Frost on Windows|move around clouds and make them shoot lightning at will!]]<br />

*Complete silence, chirping crickets*~~<br />~~

*Complete silence, chirping crickets*

'''Phoenix:''' ''([[Why Are You Looking At Me Like That?|Why is everyone staring at me like that?]])'' }}

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Mayor West: "My apologies, my pet cricket has restless leg syndrome." }}

* ''[[Jackie Chan Adventures]]'': The animal vessel for the power of the [[Voluntary Shapeshifting|Monkey Talisman]] turns into a cricket to diss the [[Maniac Monkeys|Monkey King]] after a failed joke. He didn't take it well.

* Parodied in a ''[[Robot Chicken]]'' sketch. A rock band finishes playing. Cue the [[Chirping Crickets]]. Then cut to an audience full of crickets, with one yelling "I'm clapping as loud as I can!"

* Parodied in a ''[[Robot Chicken]]'' sketch. A rock band finishes playing. Cue the Chirping Crickets. Then cut to an audience full of crickets, with one yelling "I'm clapping as loud as I can!"

* ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'', "Over a Barrel": The crowd's reaction to Pinkie Pie's song is stunned silence, broken only by Spike's somewhat-desperate applause and the cry of a hawk.

** In "The Cutie Pox", after Spike blabs about how Apple Bloom has contracted the titular disease, which scares nearly everyone in Ponyville into hiding, a tumbleweed blows by and a hawk can be heard screeching in the distance.