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* In [[Neal Stephenson]]'s ''[[The Big U]]'', two roommates at American Megaversity fight a vicious stereo war with each other—one playing punk rock at deafening volumes, the other playing bombastic classical music even more loudly. |
* In [[Neal Stephenson]]'s ''[[The Big U]]'', two roommates at American Megaversity fight a vicious stereo war with each other—one playing punk rock at deafening volumes, the other playing bombastic classical music even more loudly. |
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* In the [[Discworld]], we learn of [[Wales|Llamedosian]] battle choirs supported by specially reinforced battle-harps, who can set up subsonic harmonies that can make an enemy feel very ill indeed, or cause his fortress walls to collapse. |
* In the [[Discworld]], we learn of [[Wales|Llamedosian]] battle choirs supported by specially reinforced battle-harps, who can set up subsonic harmonies that can make an enemy feel very ill indeed, or cause his fortress walls to collapse. |
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** The Pictsie folk have a battle-bard called the Gonnagal, who |
** The Pictsie folk have a battle-bard called the Gonnagal, who alternates William-McGonnagal-awful poetry with the supersonic mousepipes, the least excruciating effect of which is to cause ear-wax to melt and run. |
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* The Biblical story of Jericho. |
* The Biblical story of Jericho. |
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* One of [[Mercedes Lackey]]'s Serrated Edge books has a captured hero drive his telepathic jailers insane by mentally singing [[They Might Be Giants]] songs. |
* One of [[Mercedes Lackey]]'s Serrated Edge books has a captured hero drive his telepathic jailers insane by mentally singing [[They Might Be Giants]] songs. |
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== Live-Action TV == |
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* ''[[Wire in The Blood]]'': Tony was harassed by a literally paranoid neighbour who had delusions Tony was harassing ''him''. His neighbour played loud music all night as a way of getting "back" at Tony. |
* ''[[Wire in The Blood]]'': Tony was harassed by a literally paranoid neighbour who had delusions Tony was harassing ''him''. His neighbour played loud music all night as a way of getting "back" at Tony. |
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* In ''[[Burn Notice]]'', they used this on a captured enforcer from the Russian Mafia in the episode ''Comrades'' . |
* In ''[[Burn Notice]]'', they used this on a captured enforcer from the Russian Mafia in the episode ''Comrades'' . |
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