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Line 2: A creature, character, hero, villain...stands at the edge of [[Climbing the Cliffs of Insanity\|a cliff]] and lets loose a roar to the heavens, either in grief, a display of power, or some other strong emotion. There are lots of cliffs in television and in the movies. [~~http~~[wikipedia:~~//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/~~Cliff \|Of course, in real life, cliffs aren't generally nearly that tall or so flat on top]]. Plus, it, y'know...looks [[Rule of Cool\|really cool]]. Common variations include: * [[Howling to ~~The~~the Night\|Wolves]] that can't howl unless they're standing at the edge of a cliff. * The top of a castle parapet * The top of a skyscraper Line 18: * Ocean waves crashing below The one climbing up on a high place to roar at the heavens is almost [[Always Male]]. Often there's an implied element of [[Smite Me, OhO Mighty Smiter!]]. Rarely to never do we see a female, even the [[Mama Bear]] or [[Action Girl]] climbing up anywhere to roar at anything. Oddly enough, the [[Big Bad]] never seems to be available or around to take this opportunity to turn it into a [[Literal Cliff Hanger]], either. Line 25: Can overlap with [[Howl of Sorrow]]. {{examples~~\|Examples:~~}} == [[Advertising]] ==▼ ▲== Advertising == * [[Ear Worm\|RIIIIIIII-COLAAAAAAA!]] == [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==▼ * The [[Wolf Man]] in ''[[~~Vampire Hunter D (Manga)\|~~Vampire Hunter D]]: Bloodlust'' climbed up a cliff and howled before the full moon when he transformed.▼ ▲== Anime == ▲* The [[Wolf Man]] in ''[[Vampire Hunter D (Manga)\|Vampire Hunter D]]: Bloodlust'' climbed up a cliff and howled before the full moon when he transformed. * Simon does this in ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]'', while on top of the Dai-Gunzen. {{spoiler\|The reason is, Kamina just got [[Killed Off for Real]].}} It's accompanied by a volcano in the background ''suddenly erupting.'' * Averted in ''[[~~Spice and Wolf (Literature)\|~~Spice and Wolf]]''. The only places I can recall Holo howling are in a field sitting in the back of a wagon and in a sewer. == [[Comic Books]] ==▼ ▲== Comic Books == * [[Spider-Man]] tends to do angst-filled ones, when someone he loves has been kidnapped or hurt. == [[Film]] ==▼ ▲== Film == * Aslan, at least in the trailers for ''[[The Chronicles of Narnia]]'' films. * Arnie in ''[[Predator]]'' does the tree branch version of this. * ''[[Predator]] II''. The title creature did this while standing on top of a building, with lightning striking his metal spear. * ''[[Red Dawn]]'': "Wolverines!" * ''[[Superman (~~Film~~film)\|Superman]]'' [[Subverted Trope\|subverts]] this. He stands at the ''bottom'' of a cliff, utters a bunch of [[Big No\|little nos]], then roars at the heavens before the scene where we're forced to invoke the [[MST3K Mantra]]. * Also happens in ''[[The Incredible Hulk (~~Film~~film)\|The Incredible Hulk]]''. Hulk [[Hulk Speak\|no like sky flash and boom noise]]. * In ''[[Hard Boiled (~~Film~~film)\|Hard Boiled]]'', after the warehouse shootout, Alan, who has just had to gun down his boss, join Johnny Wong and take on fellow cop Tequila, lets loose with a scream to the heavens while aboard his yacht. * In ''[[~~Evil Dead (Film)\|~~Evil Dead]] 2'', Ash does this on finding that the bridge is out and he can't escape. * In ''[[Rocky IV]]'', the last scene of Rocky's preparation for his fight against Drago consists of him free-climbing his way up a snow-covered mountain; once at the summit, Rocky repeatedly screams out his foe's name. * ''[[Garden State]]'', [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJL9xkx8vG4 anyone?] * ''[[~~The Lion King (Disney)\|~~The Lion King]]''. * In ''[[~~Despicable Me (Film)\|~~Despicable Me]]'' as Gru {{spoiler\|shrinks the moon}}, a werewolf howls on a clifftop...and changes into naked man, who quickly resorts to [[Hand or Object Underwear\|covering his privates]] and retreats. == [[Literature]] ==▼ * Thor in ''[[The Long Dark Tea -Time of the Soul ~~(Literature)~~\|The Long Dark Tea Time of the Soul]]'' by [[Douglas Adams]] stands on the edge of a fjord cliff and roars (in his rage at Odin and Toe Rag's manipulation and treachery.)▼ ▲== Literature == ▲* Thor in ''[[The Long Dark Tea Time of the Soul (Literature)\|The Long Dark Tea Time of the Soul]]'' by [[Douglas Adams]] stands on the edge of a fjord cliff and roars (in his rage at Odin and Toe Rag's manipulation and treachery.) * Aslan, in ''[[Prince Caspian]]'', roars. First it starts the ground and earth shaking. Then it scares the men in Miraz' camp. Then it wakes the nymphs and the river god. Then it alerts every last animal in Narnia. Then it wakes the trees. Then it scares every mother and wakes every man in Narnia. Then, even the giants on Narnia's northern frontier are alerted, looking out from their castles. This was an [[Oh Crap]] moment the movie version more or less completely failed to capture. == [[Live -Action TV]] ==▼ ▲== Live Action TV == * Robbie celebrated his first "Howling Day" on ''[[Dinosaurs]]'' on a cliff. * [[Doctor Who ~~(TV)~~\|The Master]] gets a chance to do this to the Doctor in "The End Of Time" in the standard [[BBC Quarry]]. Of course by this time the Master's [[Ax Crazy\|utterly batshit bananas]]. == [[Video Games]] ==▼ * [[Big Badass Wolf\|Wolf Link]] from the ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess ~~(Video Game)~~\|The Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess]]'' trailer and opening.▼ ▲== Video Games == ▲* [[Big Badass Wolf\|Wolf Link]] from the ''[[The Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess (Video Game)\|The Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess]]'' trailer and opening. ** Also, the sequences before Link discovers a new technique. * Primal Dialga (several times) from ''[[~~Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers (Video Game)\|~~Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers]]''. * Red XIII in ''[[~~Final Fantasy VII (Video Game)\|~~Final Fantasy VII]]'', once upon finding pride in being his father's son, and once in the enigmatic ending sequence. * [[Physical God\|Okami]] [[Big Badass Wolf\|Amaterasu]] from ''[[~~Okami (Video Game)~~Ōkami\|Okami]]'' does this during the game's [[Attract Mode]] intro. Due to [[Climbing Climax]], several boss battles take place on high platforms, giving her after-action victory howl this flavor. * Ever since ''[[World of Warcraft\|Cataclysm]]'' was announced, we've seen a ''lot'' of footage of [[Our Werewolves Are Different\|worgen]] [[Howling to ~~The~~the Night\|striking wolfishly evocative poses]] on rooftops. * The Arbiter of ''[[Halo (~~Video Game~~series)\|Halo]]'' lets one out in anger as he watches the {{spoiler\|[[Big Bad]] escaping through the Portal.}} * The climax of ''[[Narcissu\|Narcissu -Side 2nd-]]'' involves [[Ill Girl]] and "fake Catholic" Himeko [[Rage Against the Heavens\|airing her grievances with the man upstairs]] atop Mt. Fuji. == [[Western Animation]] ==▼ * Anakin does this after defeating Asajj Ventress in ''[[Star Wars: Clone Wars]]''. Easily the [[~~Narm\|narmiest~~narm]]iest moment in the whole miniseries.▼ ▲== Western Animation == * ''[[~~Gargoyles (Animation)\|~~Gargoyles]]'', often substituting skyscraper or castle ledges.▼ ▲* Anakin does this after defeating Asajj Ventress in ''[[Star Wars Clone Wars]]''. Easily the [[Narm\|narmiest]] moment in the whole miniseries. * After [[Avatar: The Last Airbender ~~(Animation)~~\|Avatar Kiyoshi]] breaks her homeland off to keep it safe from Chin the Conqueror, Chin lets out a roar of frustration from the newly-created cliff...which promptly gives way from under his weight.▼ ▲* ''[[Gargoyles (Animation)\|Gargoyles]]'', often substituting skyscraper or castle ledges. ** Zuko pulls this trope off in the middle of a lightning storm as part of a "[[Smite Me, OhO Mighty Smiter!]]" moment.▼ ▲* After [[Avatar: The Last Airbender (Animation)\|Avatar Kiyoshi]] breaks her homeland off to keep it safe from Chin the Conqueror, Chin lets out a roar of frustration from the newly-created cliff...which promptly gives way from under his weight. * Wildebeest does this in ''[[Teen Titans (~~Animation~~animation)\|Teen Titans]]'' when he is cornered by [[The Baroness\|Madame Rouge]].▼ ▲** Zuko pulls this trope off in the middle of a lightning storm as part of a "[[Smite Me Oh Mighty Smiter]]" moment. ▲* Wildebeest does this in ''[[Teen Titans (Animation)\|Teen Titans]]'' when he is cornered by [[The Baroness\|Madame Rouge]]. {{reflist}} [[Category:~~Trope~~{{PAGENAME}}]]▼ [[Category:Climbing the Cliffs of Insanity]] [[Category:Action Adventure Tropes]] [[Category:Film Tropes]] [[Category:~~Clifftop~~Alliterative ~~Caterwauling~~Trope Titles]] ▲[[Category:Trope]]