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[[File:Blackcanary11.jpg|link=Justice League (animation)|frame|Break out the industrial-strength earplugs.]]

 

 

The power of supersonics (pun probably intended). Able to [[Glass-Shattering Sound|shatter glass]], crumble rocks, and knock down buildings. Er, in the world of fiction, anyways. Characters who have supersonic [[The Scream|screams]] or other sound-based superpowers can usually do something like vocal mimicry, scream out sonic booms, and screech so loud it can paralyze people by making their eardrums bleed.

 

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* Miss Piggy (of ''[[The Muppet Show]]'' fame) uses her loud voice and a megaphone to blast [[Jessica Simpson]] into the air in a Pizza Hut commercial.

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=5Ziwz5Ltn-w This Old Spice commercial]

 

* The mermaids of ''[[Seto no Hanayome]]'' can do this.

* The several members from the village of Sound in ''[[Naruto]]'', although none of them make the noise with their own voice.

* ''[[Kamen no Maid Guy]]'' gives us MAID GUY VOICE. It's capable of preventing people from moving.

* San Otonashi and Kanade Kamiya of ''[[Rosario + Vampire]]'' are both Sirens. Kamiya uses his songs to cause unbearable pain to all who hear it, while San uses her own songs to protect the heros from Kamiya {{spoiler|[[Brown Note|and cause Kamiya to disintegrate from the inside out]].}}

* Ryu Kumon, a foe of [[Ranma ½]] whose fighting style has a paralyzing scream due to surprise. It's usually something like "FREEZE!", but can be anything suited for his enemy. "LOOK! YOUR MOTHER!" ([[It Makes Sense in Context]])

* Natsu in'' [[Fairy Tail]]'' {{spoiler|defeats an enemy who can hear people's thoughts, by roaring very loudly.}}

* A basic attack of [[Elite Mook|Level 4 Akumas]] in ''[[D.Gray-man]]'' is to screech and stun the enemy. It's super effective.

 

* The alien version of ''[[Starman (comics)|Starman]]''.

* The ''[[Justice League of America|Justice League's]]'' Black Canary, pictured above, with her "Canary Cry".

* [[Howard the Duck (comics)|Howard the Duck]]'s enemy Doctor Bong uses sonic weapons, but he doesn't shout. Rather, his helmet is shaped like a bell, while his severed right hand is replaced by a giant clapper; by striking the bell-helmet with the clapper, he produces dangerous sonic projectiles.

 

* Cure Vanilla's first attack in ''[[Pretty Cure Perfume Preppy]]'', "Pretty Cure Vanilla Echo", had her scream into a giant yellow megaphone made of light, producing soundwaves that went straight to the enemy, killing it as of episode 5. [[Word of God]] says that Cure Tangerine's upcoming power-up attack, "Pretty Cure Tangerine Silver Wail", has her scream out orange soundwaves which do the same thing. [[Beware the Nice Ones]] indeed.

* In [[Keepers of the Elements]], [[Blow You Away|Air Keepers]] gain this as one of their abilities.

* Shadowwalker of Warriors Alpha in ''[[Drunkard's Walk|Drunkard's Walk II]]'' has a scream that seems to be the sonic equivalent of a laser, a beam of coherent sound that pounds, slices and shatters whatever it touches.

 

* In ''[[Bolt]]'', the title canine ''thinks'' he has this power (among others), unaware that he's actually just a TV actor and that the "power" is a combination of on-stage stunts and special effects added in post-production.

* ''[[Meet Dave]]'', albeit unintentionally. He's tweaking his voice and accidentally set the pitch so high it makes empty wine bottles explode.

* This was only demonstrated once in ''[[The Return of Hanuman]]'', as Maruti hoots to scare off his school's bullies.

 

* The "divine wind" ability of Celestial dragons in the ''[[Temeraire]]'' series, which is demonstrated to be powerful enough to {{spoiler|cause a mini-tsunami}} in the case of skilled users.

** That can {{spoiler|sink an entire fleet of warships in one shot.}}

* In ''A Practical Guide to Monsters'', the Yrthak (an eyeless, green wyvern with a unicorn horn) is described as being able to unleash a noise from its horn capable of knocking a foe to the gound.

 

* Kira's Ptera Scream from ''[[Power Rangers Dino Thunder]]''; she can even do this in her "civilian" identity.

* Catalina's Sonic Blast on ''[[Space Cases]]'', which apparently all people from Saturn have.

* ''[[Kamen Rider OOO]]'': The {{color|blue|Orca}} Medal gives OOO echolocation powers.

 

* The kid in [[Twisted Sister]]'s "I Wanna Rock" video has this power.

 

 

* The spirit of Irish Folklore, [[Our Banshees Are Louder|the Banshee]], is often depicted as having some of these powers as well. [[Did Not Do the Research|But this is not original:]] ''Actually'', the Banshee ''announces'' the impending death of a human being with a terrifying wailing or screaming. Since she does only announce, not ''cause'' death, she is not [[Historical Villain Upgrade|an evil spirit]], rather a benevolent one (she wouldn't cry, if she didn't care about human affairs). Modern depictions in pop-culture however usually treat her as an evil being, who can (and tries to) kill people with the terrifying "cry of the banshee", giving rise to the notion of the banshee as a being with "Sonic Powers".

* The Chinese children's tale ''The Ten Brothers'' is about ten mystically-borne siblings that exhibit X-Men-worthy superpowers—the youngest of the ten has a super-destructive cry.

* From the Byliny (great epic poems of Russia), we have Solovey-Razboynik, or Nightingale the Robber, a human/bird hybrid monster who could stun or kill with a whistle. He was one of the arch-enemies of the Russian folk-hero Ilya Muromets.

* [[Older Than Feudalism]]: The goat-god Pan in [[Classical Mythology]] is able to do a cry that would cause deranged terror in all mortals who heard it, and is the source of the English word "panic".

 

* One of [[Mortasheen]]'s iconic monsters, [http://www.bogleech.com/mortasheen/shreeg.htm the Shreeg], has this power.

* ''[[Dungeons & Dragons|D&D]]''

* Rikuo/Aulbath from ''[[Darkstalkers]]'' has a special move called Sonic Wave, where he emits ultra-sonic waves to stun his opponents and that inflicts some damage on them.

* ''[[City of Heroes]]'' offers Sonic Attack and Sonic Resonance as powersets. The default animation for these powers are a range of screams and shouts. Oddly, while Sonic Attack damages targets and renders them vulnerable to more damage, Sonic Resonance includes a number of powers that make your allies tougher instead. All by making strange shrieking noises.

* Some minor enemies in ''[[Golden Sun]]'' games can use a vocal attack. Bats unleash sonic waves, Harpies let out a shriek, and {{spoiler|[[Demonic Spiders|Scuttlers]] [[Hell Is That Noise|bellow a bloodcurdling cry]]}}. These deal damage and sometimes prevent an action or even stun a character. Also, until ''Dark Dawn'', unleashed weapon techniques were narrated as "(character)'s (weapon) lets out a howl! [[Calling Your Attacks|(technique name)]]!"

* Popka from ''[[Klonoa]]'' has this as his [[Limit Break]] in ''Klonoa Beach Vollyball''.

* In ''[[Monster Hunter]]'', the majority of the monster's roars have the ability to stun you and, for the most part, can only be avoided by rolling or blocking with your weapon. However, some monster's roars (such as the [[Lightning Bruiser|Tigrex]])have roars powerful enough to inflict minor damage and send you hurtling dozens of feet across the landscape.

* In ''[[Archon]]'', Banshees have this as their power. It has very short range, but they are the only melee unit that can move and attack at the same time.

* In ''[[Dune II]]'', after getting the IX building upgrade, House Atreides can manufacture Sonic Tanks, capable of hitting multiple targets if they're all in the line of fire.

* ''[[Dead Rising 2]]'': Metal band Angel Lust obliterates an entire horde of zombies by [[Your Head Asplode|blowing up their heads]] with a deafening [[Big Rock Ending]]. This specific trope would best apply to Jeanna, the band’s sultry siren of a lead singer, but her [[Metal Scream]] is only implied, and never actually heard on the soundtrack.

* [[Averted Trope|Averted]] with [[Super Mode|Super]] [[Sonic the Hedgehog|Sonic]], despite the name.

* Kyouko Kasodani in ''[[Touhou]]'' is a yamabiko with the ability to perfectly imitate and greatly amplify sounds with her voice. Perfect for [[Mundane Utility|reciting Buddhist sutras she doesn't understand]] and generating lethal blasts of compressed air.

 

* [http://www.webcomicsnation.com/eddurd/everydayheroes/series.php?view=single&ID=84608 Dolly Bird] from ''[[Everyday Heroes]]''.

* [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20080602 The Rumbletoys] in ''[[Girl Genius]]'' uses subsonic wave throwers to liquify rock. It's often used for road construction purposes, but it could easily double as a siege weapon.

* In ''[[The Inexplicable Adventures of Bob]],'' Jean's shouting ability may not be literally superhuman, but it's danged impressive. Most of the local [[Bigfoot, Sasquatch, and Yeti|sasquatch]] clan are scared to death of it.

* Vlad from ''[[El Goonish Shive]]'' had a sonic shriek.

* After forming the band "Facebath" in ''[[Dominic Deegan]]'', Gregory proves he's got a voice capable of literally blowing a crowd away. So when [https://web.archive.org/web/20140215093026/http://www.dominic-deegan.com/view.php?date=2011-10-26 Luna casts a spell on him to make him even louder]...the outcome is not surprising.

 

* ''The [[Global Guardians PBEM Universe]]'' features many characters with this power. Rebel Yell, a member of the White Legion (white supremacist ''hero'' group... yes, you read that right), has an ultra-sonic "rebel yell" as his name implies. His twin brother Johnny Reb has the same power, but not the same attitudes toward minorities. The King, the [[Anthropomorphic Incarnation]] of the popular image of Elvis Presley, can belt out [[The Power of Rock|ultra-powerful rock-and-roll songs]]. Crescendo sings into the ultra-sonic ranges as well. Golden Eagle has a super-powerful "eagle scream". Crybaby, Vox Populi, the New South Wailer, Warcy, Heuler, Screech, Grito, and the Voice of God all do the same thing.

* In the webfiction ''[[Whateley Universe]]'', there's an entire category of mutant superpower covering this: the 'siren'. At the Whateley Academy, there are plenty of examples: Vox and Glissade can imitate any sound and even make people do their bidding; Screech is so superpowered that she can't open her mouth for fear of disintegrating everything and everyone in front of her.

* The bizarre centaur-like Grimm that Team RNJR encounters in the village of Kuroyuri in the last two episodes of ''[[RWBY]]'' Volume 4 has some kind of howl attack that seems equal parts physical and mental.

 

* ''[[Danny Phantom]]'s'' Ghostly Wail, see it in use [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9s6qx-dMTw here] (at 3:06).

* One of the villains on ''[[Batman Beyond]]'' named Shriek was a sound engineer whose [[Power Armor]] gave him several sound-related abilities, including a shockwave from ultra-low frequency sound waves.

* ''[[Ben 10]]'s'' Benwolf form, which has a supersonic howl.

* Antaurai's and later Chiro's Monkey Mind Scream from ''[[Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go!]]!''

* Talon on ''[[Static Shock]]''. One-off villain Boom has something like this—he emits powerful soundwaves from the giant speaker on his chest.

*** The mechanical throat is what he ''talks'' through. His actual voice is what does the killing.

** Black Canary gets a few [[A Day in the Limelight|episodes in the spotlight]] too.

* One of Megas' many, many superweapons on ''[[Megas XLR]]'' is the Jammer, a weaponized karaoke machine that, when combined with Coop's [[Hollywood Tone Deaf|godawful singing]], is strong enough to destroy a whole space station.

* The Hei Bei from ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'', a forest spirit able to expel destructive sonic blasts when in its monster form.

* Tanya Mousekewitz is able to break glass with her singing voice in ''[[An American Tail|An American Tail: Fievel Goes West]]''.

* Horribly and hilariously used in ''[[Celebrity Deathmatch]]''. [[Mariah Carey]]'s singing makes [[Jim Carrey]]'s head explode. [[Your Head Asplode|Literally.]]

** It was said that in an off-scene incident, she accidentally hit the natural resonance frequency of cotton and blew a bus driver's pants off.

* The ''[[Garfield and Friends]]'' segment "Screaming with Binky", where Binky The Clown disturbs someone who is doing an activity that requires concentration.

* In ''[[Star Wars: Clone Wars]]'', Ithorian Jedi Master Roron Corobb was able to let loose a roar from his dual mouths that bowled over General Greivous' assassin droid's and nearly knocked over Greivous himself. (But he was winded for a few minutes after doing so.) Given what Shaak-Ti said, this sort of thing is common to Ithorians, but Corobb's was amplified by his Jedi skills, making it "as powerful as any Force blast".

 

* Surprisingly, [[Truth in Television]]. The SR-71 Blackbird, if at its operational max speed of Mach 3.5 above a city (let's just ignore atmospheric friction for the moment...) at anything less than 10,000 feet, would level said city. Hell, simply flying a fighter jet as close to Mach 1 and at near the minimum altitude as they're allowed during peacetime can severely rattle a house. As in lock-the-cupboards-or-everything's-going-to-fly-out-of-them rattle.

** For one SR-71's final flight before its donation to the Smithsonian, it set a world record for fastest Los Angeles to Washington, D.C. flight at 59 minutes. Unfortunately, the flight path took it directly over a Mormon temple, shattering all of its stained-glass windows. Oops...

** This is referenced in an episode of ''[[Garfield and Friends]]'': Jon reads about the sonic boom, calls [[Garfield]] for lunch... and the cat arrives at the speed needed for it to occur and start destroying the kitchen.