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{{quote|<poem>'''Robin''': Make fun of the Great White North all you want, but Canada is the greatest country in the world.▼
▲{{quote|'''Robin''': Make fun of the Great White North all you want, but Canada is the greatest country in the world.
'''Barney ''': Great... Social experiment.
'''Barney''': [Chants] U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A!
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'''Barney''': [Chants] Shrimp fried rice! Shrimp fried rice!
[rest of the bar joins in]
'''Ted''': [Coming in] Shrimp fried rice, totally!</poem>|''[[How I Met Your Mother]]''}}
If there comes a time in a work when the author wants to convey that the community has come together to celebrate an achievement or themselves as a society; or maybe you want to let the audience know the entire crowd backs up a competitor. That is when you'll see the crowd all chant the same word or phrase together over and over again.
Often, but not necessarily, it will consist of [[Rule of Three|three syllables or portions of the word separated to the rhythm of two quarter notes and then a half note,
In some ways similar to a crowd chanted repeated version of [[Punctuated! For! Emphasis!|that often quoted "This Is Sparta"]] from ''[[
{{examples}}
== Anime and Manga ==
* "It's not cricket! It's not cricket!" in ''[[Black Butler]]'' is the audience reaction to Ciel's unsportsmanlike (though at that time rules-legal) cricket tactic.
* In ''[[Drunkard's Walk|Drunkard's Walk VIII]]'', protagonist, dimensional traveler, and current [[Harry Potter|Defense Against Dark Arts professor]] Doug Sangnoir teaches [[Hufflepuff House]] [[Queen]]'s "We Will Rock You", a slight variation on the infamous [[w:Badgers (animation)|"Badger badger badger" chant]] ''and'' [https://youtu.be/93ar7YJo1AI?t=188 the "Locomotive Cheer"] from [[Ivy League|Princeton University]] to use during Quidditch games.
== Film ==
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* The ''[[Green Lantern (film)|Green Lantern]]'' movie: "We! Are! The corps!"
* Immortalized in ''[[The Mighty Ducks (film)|The Mighty Ducks]]'' with the chant of "Quack! Quack! Quack!"
* ''[[Robin Hood: Men in Tights
* ''[[Rudy]]''
== Literature ==
* In ''[[Animal Farm]]'': "Four legs good, two legs baaaaaad!"
* ''[[
== Live-Action TV ==
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** The audience of ''[[Whose Line Is It Anyway?|Whose Line Is It Anyway]]'' shouted "Jer-ry" when he appeared on the show. They'll often take the role of the cheering audience when the cast gives them cues.
* ''[[How I Met Your Mother]]'': Barney proves to Robin that the United States is better than Canada by starting a "USA" chant in the bar. Robin tries to do it with Canada and gets blank stares.
* ''[[Battlestar Galactica
* ''[[Doctor Who]]'' has the ''entire world'' all chanting "[[Clap Your Hands If You Believe|Doctor]]" at once.
== Professional Wrestling ==
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** Upon a particularly awesome moment: [[Holy Shit Quotient|"HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT!"]]
** When cheering a [[Badass]] wrestler: "He's/she's hardcore!"
** When jeering a [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]]-style power wrestler without much talent: "YOU CAN'T WRESTLE!"
*** And when said wrestler tries to prove them wrong and busts out actual talent: [[Unpleasable Fanbase|"SAME OLD SHIT!"]] or "YOU STILL SUCK!"
** [[Smarks]] pointing out mistakes are prone to telling wrestlers "YOU FUCKED UP! YOU FUCKED UP!"
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* [[CHIKARA]] fans, being from the same mold as ECW fans, [[Bowdlerization|bowdlerize]] many of the above chants. ("HOLY POOP!" "YOU SCREWED UP!")
* [[Goldberg|Goooooooold-Berrrrrg! Goooooooold-Berrrrrg!]], which [[WCW]] actually [[Astroturf|piped in]].
* [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]] has popularized a few:
** The dueling chants of "LET'S GO [WRESTLER]!"/"[WRESTLER] SUCKS!". [[John Cena]] has turned his into an [[Ascended Meme]].
{{quote|''I want all the ladies and kids to chant "Let's go Cena!", and all the dudes over 20 to chant "Cena sucks!"''}}
** You know your audience is unhappy when they chant "BOOOORING! BOOOOORING!"
== Video Games ==
* ''[[Ouendan]]!!!'' OUENDAN!!!▼
** And "E! B! A!" in the last level of ''[[Elite Beat Agents]]''.▼
* Some installments of ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]'' will give you a bonus if you get the crowd to cheer for you.▼
== Web Comics ==
* ''[[Domain Tnemrot]]'' has numerous cases of the crowd cheering their enthusiasm for someone to deal a deathblow.▼
== Western Animation ==▼
* From ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'': "Where's My Burrito?! Where's My Burrito?!" Not to mention a certain pachyderm.▼
== Real Life ==
* The official unofficial crowd chant of the United States of America in any sporting event whatsoever is "U-S-A! U-S-A!" which got
* During [[Barack Obama]]'s U.S. presidential campaign, his supporters would often chant, "Yes We Can!"
* When [[Shigeru Miyamoto]] showed up at the [[Nintendo]] World Store in the autumn of 2005, from the outdoor crowd below, the chants included "Donk-ey Kong! Donk-ey Kong!", "Mar-i-O! Mar-i-O!" and "You are God! You are God!"
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** LET'S GO, (TEAM!) LET'S GO, (TEAM!) LET'S GO, (TEAM!)
** DE-FENSE! DE-FENSE! DE-FENSE!
▲* ''[[Domain Tnemrot]] has numerous cases of the crowd cheering their enthusiasm for someone to deal a deathblow.
▲== Western Animation ==
▲* From ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'': "Where's My Burrito?! Where's My Burrito?!" Not to mention a certain pachyderm.
▲== Video Games ==
▲* [[Ouendan]]!!! OUENDAN!!!
▲** And "E! B! A!" in the last level of ''[[Elite Beat Agents]]''.
▲* Some installments of [[Super Smash Bros.]] will give you a bonus if you get the crowd to cheer for you.
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[[Category:Drama Tropes]]
[[Category:Sports Story Tropes]]
▲[[Category:Crowd Chant]]
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