Make Me Wanna Shout: Difference between revisions

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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.

It's also interesting to note that in [[Real Life]], this power would be [[Awesome but Impractical]] seeing as a sonic boom would practically level everything in a spherical radius from the hero. Comes with an unusually high level of [[Required Secondary Powers]] (most importantly, super-resilience in their own eardrums), and often involves [[Acceptable Breaks From Reality]] ~~-- a~~ visual that indicates the ~~sound -- to~~ depict.

It's also interesting to note that in [[Real Life]], this power would be [[Awesome but Impractical]] seeing as a sonic boom would practically level everything in a spherical radius from the hero. Comes with an unusually high level of [[Required Secondary Powers]] (most importantly, super-resilience in their own eardrums), and often involves [[Acceptable Breaks From Reality]]—a visual that indicates the sound—to depict.

[[Glass-Shattering Sound]] is a sister trope. Sometimes combined with [[Razor Wind]]. Can overlap with [[Breath Weapon]]. Compare [[Loud of War]], [[Musical Assassin]] and the sonic variants of [[Brown Note]]. For a related but less lethal weapon trope, see [[Sonic Stunner]]. Sound sources other than voices that have an effect on people or things is covered by [[Gale Force Sound]].

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* Several martial artists in [[Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple]] are able to do this. [[Musical Assassin|Siegfried]] knocks one of his opponents unconscious by screaming at a [[Hell Is That Noise|hellish pitch]], [[Complete Monster|Silcardo Jenazad]] is able to cause an avalanche with his voice, and the [[Physical God|Elder]] at one point screams with enough force to knock over everybody in a stadium - while the Elder's strength was limited to [[Power Limiter|0.0002%]] of his usual power.

* ''[[Scrapped Princess]]'': Pacifica doesn't have the capacity to fight like her adopted siblings, but whenever tragedy strikes around her (people dying, people trying to kill ''her'', etc.), she emits a scream that sends out a massive shockwave. It doesn't kill anybody, but it is useful for breaking them free from mind control. {{spoiler|It's because her powers as the anti-Peacemaker program only trigger under extreme stress.}}

* In the spirit of the series' ridiculous power levels, Buu in ''[[Dragonball Z]]'' uses this to escape ''confinement in another dimension'' (it was partially out of ~~desperation -- there~~ wasn't anything to eat there).

* In the spirit of the series' ridiculous power levels, Buu in ''[[Dragonball Z]]'' uses this to escape ''confinement in another dimension'' (it was partially out of desperation—there wasn't anything to eat there).

** He later attempts to destroy the [[Apocalypse How|whole of creation]] in a similar manner, and is only barely stopped by Vegetto (the only time in that entire fight that had [[Boisterous Bruiser|Vegetto]] looking worried... or showing any kind of ''effort'' for that matter).

* In ''[[Yes! Pretty Cure 5|Yes! Precure 5]]'' [[The Movie]], in which Pretty Cure 5 go to a [[Mirror Universe]] and meet [[The Psycho Rangers|a team of]] [[Evil Twin|"Dark Cures"]], Dark Lemonade has a supersonic scream ability. {{spoiler|Ultimately, [[Hoist by His Own Petard|it just gets her killed]], though.}}

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** Similarly, Lady Lark from ''[[Squadron Supreme]],'' an [[Expy]] of Black Canary.

** Also Shy Crazy Lolita Canary of the Super Young Team.

* Former ''[[Teen Titans (Comic Book)|Teen Titans]]'' member Herald gained this power through a super voice box. Unfortunately, as Vox, he can't turn it ~~off -- while~~ he can control sound, anything he actually ''says'' will kick the ass of the entire area. Not as bad as Black Bolt, ~~though -- see~~ below.

* Former ''[[Teen Titans (Comic Book)|Teen Titans]]'' member Herald gained this power through a super voice box. Unfortunately, as Vox, he can't turn it off—while he can control sound, anything he actually ''says'' will kick the ass of the entire area. Not as bad as Black Bolt, though—see below.

* ''[[Spider-Man (Comic Book)|Spider-Man]]'' villain Shriek. Also, Philip Urich, the heroic Green Goblin was indicated to have a "[[Evil Laugh|Lunatic Laugh]]" that leaves people stunned in pain and is powerful enough to harm symbiotes, which have noise-sensitivity as their [[Achilles' Heel]]. Interestingly, the power was premised on the idea that the Green Goblin (whoever he/she was) had a creepy high-pitched voice, but more recently, the Green Goblin is presented as [[Evil Sounds Deep]].

* The ''[[X-Men (Comic Book)|X-Men]]'s'' Sean Cassidy aka Banshee and his daughter Theresa aka Siryn. Screaming also lets them fly, somehow. Oh, and they can [[Talking Is a Free Action|talk while using it]]. Hilarity ensued in the animated series when Banshee had to give [[Wolverine]] a ride.

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'''Banshee:''' If you think ''that's'' bad, you should hear me sing. }}

** On the villain side, there's [[wikipedia:Ruckus (comics)|Ruckus]].

* The all-time champion is probably Marvel's [[The Inhumans|Black Bolt]] who can level buildings just by whispering due to the fact his voice isn't just super-sonic but actually causes massive disruptions in electrons. When he declares war, he's not mixing metaphors. In an [[Alternate Universe]], he committed genocide by yelling at the top of his lungs. However, since he cannot actually control ~~it -- as~~ in ''any'' whisper from him will destroy buildings, etc. -- this makes his position as King of Attilan and leader of the Inhumans extremely reliant on his [[Kissing Cousins|cousin and wife]] Medusa's ability to read his body language. He's gotten so good at laser-guided body language that characters have commented on how uncanny it is that they always know what he means.

* The all-time champion is probably Marvel's [[The Inhumans|Black Bolt]] who can level buildings just by whispering due to the fact his voice isn't just super-sonic but actually causes massive disruptions in electrons. When he declares war, he's not mixing metaphors. In an [[Alternate Universe]], he committed genocide by yelling at the top of his lungs. However, since he cannot actually control it—as in ''any'' whisper from him will destroy buildings, etc. -- this makes his position as King of Attilan and leader of the Inhumans extremely reliant on his [[Kissing Cousins|cousin and wife]] Medusa's ability to read his body language. He's gotten so good at laser-guided body language that characters have commented on how uncanny it is that they always know what he means.

** One ''Marvel [[What If]]?'' asked: "What if Black Bolt got the hiccups?" [''cue destroyed Manhattan'']

* Cosmo, the psychic dog from ''Nova'', seems to have a sonic bark.

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== Mythology ==

* 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.

* 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.

* Simeon is described in a portion of [[The Bible|the Bible's]] [[Expanded Universe]], ''The Book of Jasher'' to have a scream scream so loud that all pregnant women within a twenty-five mile radius will have a miscarriage.

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== Tabletop Games ==

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

* As of third edition at the latest, ''[[Dungeons and Dragons|D&D]]'' officially includes "sonic" as one of its energy/damage types and provides spells, magic items, and monsters that make use of it. (In 3.0 and 3.5 at least it was arguably one of the more effective damage types because few creatures had inherent resistance to ~~it -- unlike~~, say, fire or ~~cold -- and~~ an object's hardness would not protect said object's hit points against it.) This is to say nothing of effects that invoke the trope but don't technically do sonic damage, such as "Wail of the Banshee".

* As of third edition at the latest, ''[[Dungeons and Dragons|D&D]]'' officially includes "sonic" as one of its energy/damage types and provides spells, magic items, and monsters that make use of it. (In 3.0 and 3.5 at least it was arguably one of the more effective damage types because few creatures had inherent resistance to it—unlike, say, fire or cold—and an object's hardness would not protect said object's hit points against it.) This is to say nothing of effects that invoke the trope but don't technically do sonic damage, such as "Wail of the Banshee".

** Savage Species introduced at least one Feat that did stuff like this. Sadly, most of these required you to be at least Large, if not Huge. Blowhard could literally bowl over your opponents. It was also restricted in that you couldn't combine your breath weapon with it.

** 4th edition has "thunder" damage, which is basically sonic damage with a misleading name.

* Noise Marines from ''[[Warhammer 40000]]''. They mostly use their Blastmasters or Sonic Blasters to tear apart enemies with [[The Power of Rock]], but the Doom Siren ~~weapon -- appearing~~ as either an amplifier over the mouth or a backpack-mounted mini-pipe ~~organ -- allows~~ vocalists to get kills too. Also, Slaaneshi daemons have the Warp Scream ability that paralyzes foes with fear, while the [[Our Elves Are Different|Eldar]] field units of [[Amazon Brigade|Howling Banshees]] whose technology achieves similar results.

* Noise Marines from ''[[Warhammer 40000]]''. They mostly use their Blastmasters or Sonic Blasters to tear apart enemies with [[The Power of Rock]], but the Doom Siren weapon—appearing as either an amplifier over the mouth or a backpack-mounted mini-pipe organ—allows vocalists to get kills too. Also, Slaaneshi daemons have the Warp Scream ability that paralyzes foes with fear, while the [[Our Elves Are Different|Eldar]] field units of [[Amazon Brigade|Howling Banshees]] whose technology achieves similar results.

* A ''[[Nobilis]]'' character with enough points in Aspect can (with effort) shout loud enough to kill someone, and with a little extra push, deafen entire countries.

* There are weapons in ''[[GURPS]]: Ultra-Tech'', appropriately called "screamers", that can melt a person with soundwaves.

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* Redeads in ''[[The Legend of Zelda]]'' can stun people with their screams.

** Skull Kid in ''[[Majoras Mask]]'', whose scream ''speeds up the falling of the moon''.

** Pol's Voices can be stunned by the player shouting into the ~~microphone--on~~ systems that have one, that is. ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass|Phantom Hourglass]]'' was the first game where this was possible outside Japan, but it could be done in the original ''[[The Legend of Zelda (video game)|The Legend of Zelda]]'' using the microphone built into the Famicom's second controller.

** Pol's Voices can be stunned by the player shouting into the microphone—on systems that have one, that is. ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass|Phantom Hourglass]]'' was the first game where this was possible outside Japan, but it could be done in the original ''[[The Legend of Zelda (video game)|The Legend of Zelda]]'' using the microphone built into the Famicom's second controller.

* There's ''two'' whole sonic powersets in ''[[City of Heroes]]'', one of which somehow ''protects'' allies.

* Warriors in ''[[World of Warcraft]]'' get a few "shout" attacks. They don't damage, but at least one causes "fear".

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* In ''[[Condemned]]'' and its sequel, there's a whole cult with this ability. {{spoiler|You're one of them, and gain it for the last level of ''Condemned 2''.}}

* ''[[Mega Man (video game)|Mega Man]]'' and Shade Man had the sonic weapon "Noise Crush" in ''7'', but that came from their [[Arm Cannon]].

** It gets played completely straight with [[Mega Man Battle Network|the EXE adaptation]] ~~-- Shademan~~'s standard attack (Noise Crush), its [[Summon Magic|NaviChip]], and same-name [[Limit Break|Program Advance]]. Also played straight with a series of viruses called the Trumpy ~~family -- each~~ one will off-and-on [[Brown Note|blast music that will make allies invincible, confuse you, temporarily immobilize you, or (in the later games) render enemies unviewable]] [[Interface Screw|(that is, they disappeared from your vision completely)]].

** It gets played completely straight with [[Mega Man Battle Network|the EXE adaptation]]—Shademan's standard attack (Noise Crush), its [[Summon Magic|NaviChip]], and same-name [[Limit Break|Program Advance]]. Also played straight with a series of viruses called the Trumpy family—each one will off-and-on [[Brown Note|blast music that will make allies invincible, confuse you, temporarily immobilize you, or (in the later games) render enemies unviewable]] [[Interface Screw|(that is, they disappeared from your vision completely)]].

** One variation of the Trumpy Virus produces a blast of music that, while it does not impair you in any way, will still prove an annoyance, by ''completely'' refilling a fellow mook's (or it's own) HP. As it is usually teamed up with viruses with sizable HP, as well has having a lot itself, [[Shoot the Medic First|you WILL want to defeat it first.]]

* In a twist on this trope, the Street Jam psych from ''[[The World Ends With You]]'' is triggered when the player stimulates the DS' mic. It comprises of Neku summoning giant speakers that blast sound into every Noise in the current battle. A variant, the Twister psych, turns mic stimulation into gusts of wind that blow enemies up and then slam them down.

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** And Echo Echo from the [[Sequel Series]] ''[[Ben 10]]: Alien Force''.

* 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.

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

* Bubbles learns to use this as part of her communication powers in ''[[The Powerpuff Girls]]''.

* The [[Sadly Mythtaken]] ~~Banshee -- that~~'s her ''name''; she's one of [[The Fair Folk]] ~~-- in~~ ''[[Gargoyles]]'' had deadly wailing as her power. Plus she [[Scaled Up|turns into a giant centipede]].

* The [[Sadly Mythtaken]] Banshee—that's her ''name''; she's one of [[The Fair Folk]]—in ''[[Gargoyles]]'' had deadly wailing as her power. Plus she [[Scaled Up|turns into a giant centipede]].

* There's a minor villain in ''[[Justice League Unlimited]]'', [http://dcanimated.wikia.com/wiki/Colonel_Vox Colonel Vox], who had this weird mechanical throat that does this. He's basically a pastiche of a Bond henchman, so it comes as no surprise that this ultimately gets him when it comes time for the karma to kick in.

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

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* [[The Other Wiki]] talks about [[wikipedia:Oklahoma City sonic boom tests|Operation Bongo II]] over Oklahoma City which lead to the US halting SST development.

* Tigers use their partly-subsonic roar to stun and drive off rival tigers.

* [[Those Wacky Nazis]] tried to develop an explosive-driven sonic "[[Stupid Jetpack Hitler|Wunderwaffe]]" that could knock down planes. It actually worked, producing waves of sound which were highly ~~destructive -- within~~ a range of about a dozen yards. Back to Zeichenbrett!

* [[Those Wacky Nazis]] tried to develop an explosive-driven sonic "[[Stupid Jetpack Hitler|Wunderwaffe]]" that could knock down planes. It actually worked, producing waves of sound which were highly destructive—within a range of about a dozen yards. Back to Zeichenbrett!

* It ''was'' hypothesized that Sperm Whales used intense beams of sound to stun their prey.

* Pistol shrimp used their claws to form a cavitation bubble that then explodes and stuns or kills their prey with a shockwave.

* Dynamite ~~fishing -- illegal~~ in most ~~places -- uses~~ this trope. The shockwaves from a dynamite explosion can be much stronger under water, and will stun all fish in the vicinity.

* Dynamite fishing—illegal in most places—uses this trope. The shockwaves from a dynamite explosion can be much stronger under water, and will stun all fish in the vicinity.

** The [[Myth Busters]] also found out that [[Tropes Examined by the Mythbusters|this is why shooting fish in a barrel is so easy.]] Even if you miss with the bullet itself, the shockwave it creates in the water will kill the fish anyway.

* If a pursuing predator catches up to a chicken, the chicken can escape by slapping its wings against its own body. The resulting thunderclap will only disorient its pursuer for a second or two, but that can buy it enough time to get away.