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Bagpipes are fantastic instruments, if you know how to play them. Hearing somebody unskilled learning to play bagpipes, though, is just as painful as media makes it out to be. Also, a lot less painful outdoors than inside, as they are also ''quite'' loud. How loud? Well, if the wind is in the right direction and you listen a bit, you can hear the buskers on Edinburgh's Royal Mile from a couple of miles away. Since the original bagpipes, as well as the modern Great Highland Bagpipe originally were signaling instruments, meant to be heard over the sounds of a couple thousand dudes banging at each other with bits of metal, one can argue that this is the point. Other types of bagpipes have different, less screechy sounds.
Though there are many kinds of bagpipes used in traditional music throughout Europe, North Africa and the Caucasus, in fiction you almost never see anything but the Great Highland Bagpipe; just take a look at [[The Other Wiki]] [
Most often used for a [[Regional Riff]] of Scotland. Also see [[Loud of War]].
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* The extended version of the ''[[Vision of Escaflowne]]'' opening theme has bagpipes. And they are awesome.
* The [[Crowning Music of Awesome]] from ''[[Heat Guy J (Anime)|Heat Guy J]]'' is [[Epic Rocking]] on the pipes. Kind of appropriate given J's signature cooling pipes.
** [[Word of God]] has it that the bagpipes were chosen because Kazuki Akane thought it was a [[Rated "M" for Manly]] instrument, and J is always bringing up what it means to be a man. ("A man should ______.")
* Little Wing, the [[JAM Project]]-produced opening to ''[[Scrapped Princess (Literature)|Scrapped Princess]]'', opens with bagpipes and has a short interlude with them in the full version of the song. The result is [[Crowning Music of Awesome|predictable]].
* The second season opening of the ''[[Ah! My Goddess (Manga)|Ah My Goddess]]'' TV series. Yes, the goddesses are nominally Norse, not Celtic. Nobody cares, it sounds awesome.
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== Live Action TV ==
* ''[[
** The Adama(s) theme using bagpipes, noticeable in almost any scene involving both Adamas, particularly when they're having some kind of heartwarming moment. Also noticeable in the fourth season when Adama, Sr gets in the Raptor to wait for the Baseship/Roslin.
** [[Bear McCreary]] likes uilleann pipes. They also show up in some of the action sequence music, such as "Storming New Caprica" which is pretty much an orgy in taiko drums and uilleann pipes. The song also uses Highland pipes, although they aren't as audible on the soundtrack album as the show itself.
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{{quote| "WHY is your family Scottish?"<br />
"Why is YOUR family ROSS?" }}
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* In [[NCIS (TV)|NCIS]] Ducky's cellphone ring-tone is ''Scotland the Brave'' (mentioned below).
* On a Christmas Episode of ''[[The West Wing]]'', in an attempt to get into the holiday spirit more than he had in past years, Tobey brings various musicians to play carols in the lobby of the White House. At one point he brings in bag-pipers, who can be heard throughout the building. This aggravates Josh in the short term and in the long term, {{spoiler|is revealed to be the trigger that causes his PTSD to flare up}}.
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