Nobody Here But Us Birds: Difference between revisions

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== [[Film]] ==

* ''[[Kung Pow]]'': One of Evil Betty's henchmen calling out in a bird noise. Betty himself calls out a second later with, "I'm just a birdie too!" This may also be Type 2.

* In ''[[¡Three Amigos! ~~(Film)~~|Three Amigos]]'', Steve Martin's character calls in very badly done bird calls to get his co-stars' attention. Still, they assume it's a real bird. He eventually gets to "Lookuphere! Lookuphere! Lookuphere!" and finally resorts to just yelling, "Hey, you guys!"

* In ''[[¡Three Amigos!|Three Amigos]]'', Steve Martin's character calls in very badly done bird calls to get his co-stars' attention. Still, they assume it's a real bird. He eventually gets to "Lookuphere! Lookuphere! Lookuphere!" and finally resorts to just yelling, "Hey, you guys!"

* Parodied in ''[[~~Galaxy Quest (Film)|~~Galaxy Quest]]'': [[Plucky Comic Relief|Guy]] and [[Token Minority|Tommy]] stay behind to watch over the scene when the rest goes out to get fuel. The signal for something going wrong is a bird call, but, when they notice something ''really'' bad about to happen, they run out into the open screaming "Caw, Jason!" at the top of their lungs and frantically flailing their arms.

* Parodied in ''[[Galaxy Quest]]'': [[Plucky Comic Relief|Guy]] and [[Token Minority|Tommy]] stay behind to watch over the scene when the rest goes out to get fuel. The signal for something going wrong is a bird call, but, when they notice something ''really'' bad about to happen, they run out into the open screaming "Caw, Jason!" at the top of their lungs and frantically flailing their arms.

** What makes it funny is that Jason tells them they don't have to do bird calls since they have working communicators, but Guy and Tommy still do it anyway out of sheer panic.

== [[Literature]] ==

* Lampshaded in ''[[Discworld ~~(Literature)~~/Monstrous Regiment|Monstrous Regiment]]''. Polly, who knows something about birds, is exasperated by her squadmates' incredibly unrealistic bird calls.

* Lampshaded in ''[[Discworld/Monstrous Regiment|Monstrous Regiment]]''. Polly, who knows something about birds, is exasperated by her squadmates' incredibly unrealistic bird calls.

* Played straight in Frank Herbert's ''[[Dune]]''. The Fremen use bird calls to communicate with each other: "Jessica heard... the distant bird calls that Stilgar had said were the signals of his watchmen."

** ...Birds... on ''[[Death World|Arrakis]]''?!

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* ''[[Swallows and Amazons]]'':

{{quote| "Now, I haven't seen your allies and I'd rather not, but just you tell them from me if you ''should'' happen to meet them, that if they want to give a signal right bang in the middle of the day, it wouldn't be so hard on their friends if they'd choose blackbirds or jays instead of owls. Your Aunt Maria wants to write to the Natural History Museum about it. She says she's never heard one at mid-day before."}}

* [[Defied Trope]] in ''[[~~A Song of Ice and Fire (Literature)|~~A Song of Ice and Fire]]''. A character is told to make a bird call if she needs help. Her reply:

* [[Defied Trope]] in ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]''. A character is told to make a bird call if she needs help. Her reply:

* In ''[[The Hobbit]]'', Bilbo is sent to scout for danger, and told to hoot like a particular type of owl if he finds any. He's not given a chance to explain that he doesn't know how to, which becomes a problem when he does discover something.

* The heroes in ''[[~~The Wheel of Time (Literature)|~~The Wheel of Time]]'' use a lot of bird calls as signals. Rand even makes a magic shield use a bird call as an alarm. They intentionally use ones out of place for the location to avoid getting confused by actual birds.

* The heroes in ''[[The Wheel of Time]]'' use a lot of bird calls as signals. Rand even makes a magic shield use a bird call as an alarm. They intentionally use ones out of place for the location to avoid getting confused by actual birds.

* Is played for laughs in ''[[~~Baptism of Fire (Literature)|~~Baptism of Fire]]''. Zoltan Chivay tells the gang he'll signal them by making a sparrowhawk's call. When they call him on not even knowing how a sparrowhawk sounds, he points out that if they hear a weird, unidentifiable noise, they'll know it's him.

* Is played for laughs in ''[[Baptism of Fire]]''. Zoltan Chivay tells the gang he'll signal them by making a sparrowhawk's call. When they call him on not even knowing how a sparrowhawk sounds, he points out that if they hear a weird, unidentifiable noise, they'll know it's him.

* [[Peter Pan]]'s famous crow, often used as a signal to alert the Lost Boys to his presence. Additionally, the Indians use coyote cries as signals.

* For [[The Adventures of Tom Sawyer|Tom Sawyer]] and [[The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn|Huckleberry Finn]], the signal is a cat cry. Huck's apparently so good at it that on one occasion [[Cat Concerto|a man started throwing rocks at him through a window]].

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== [[Live Action TV]] ==

* Happens in an ''[[ICarly ~~(TV)|I Carly~~]]'' episode where they have Freddy sneak into detention with them.

* Happens in an ''[[ICarly]]'' episode where they have Freddy sneak into detention with them.

{{quote| '''Carly:''' ''(like a bird)'' Caw-caw!

'''Freddy:''' ''(unconvincingly)'' Caw-caw...

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* Used in the ''[[Unnatural History]]'' episode, "Maximum Insecurity" to lure the [[Villain of the Week]].

* On an episode of ''[[Gomer Pyle USMC]]'', Sgt. Carter tells Gomer to signal him by hooting like an owl. When the time comes, Gomer says "Hoody-hoo, Sergeant Carter! Hoody-Hoo!"

* Done by [[Genre Savvy]] Abed in ''[[~~Community (TV)|~~Community]]'' episode [[Community ~~(TV)~~/Recap/S1 E23 Modern Warfare|Modern Warfare]].

* Done by [[Genre Savvy]] Abed in ''[[Community]]'' episode [[Community/Recap/S1 E23 Modern Warfare|Modern Warfare]].

== [[Western Animation]] ==

* Played straight in ''[[~~Avatar: The Last Airbender (Animation)|~~Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'' with Jet. When he's first introduced, he uses bird calls to communicate with the rest of his group.

* Played straight in ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'' with Jet. When he's first introduced, he uses bird calls to communicate with the rest of his group.

* ''[[Roughnecks ~~Starship Troopers Chronicles (Animation)|Roughnecks~~ Starship Troopers Chronicles]]'':

* ''[[Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles]]'':

{{quote| ''(a Roughneck does a bird whistle to fool the Bugs)''

'''General Redwing:''' That's the worst bluejay I've ever heard.

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== [[Literature]] ==

* A dog variant appears in the ''[[~~Discworld (Literature)|~~Discworld]]'' novels. Whenever Gaspode, a talking dog, lets something slip around humans, he usually ''says'' "Woof?" to cover it up. Some humans then notice that a dog should ''woof''; it shouldn't ''say'' "woof."

* A dog variant appears in the ''[[Discworld]]'' novels. Whenever Gaspode, a talking dog, lets something slip around humans, he usually ''says'' "Woof?" to cover it up. Some humans then notice that a dog should ''woof''; it shouldn't ''say'' "woof."

== [[Live Action TV]] ==

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== [[Video Games]] ==

* In a minigame in ''[[The Legend of Zelda ~~the~~ Wind Waker ~~(Video Game)~~|The Legend of Zelda the Wind Waker]]'', you have to follow a girl to watch what she does without her noticing you. If she hears you (if you run, for example) but you're out of her sight, Link will freeze and meow like a cat.

* In a minigame in ''[[The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker|The Legend of Zelda the Wind Waker]]'', you have to follow a girl to watch what she does without her noticing you. If she hears you (if you run, for example) but you're out of her sight, Link will freeze and meow like a cat.

== [[Visual Novel]] ==

* In the text-adventure ''[[~~Radical Dreamers (Visual Novel)|~~Radical Dreamers]]'', the guards catch our heroes hiding in the treasure vault. One suggests it's a cat ("Meow!" says the [[Guile Hero|guile heroine]]) or a dog ("Woof!") or a heckran ([lengthy baffled pause] "Heck-eck-eck-eck-rraaaannnn"). They are discovered shortly thereafter.

* In the text-adventure ''[[Radical Dreamers]]'', the guards catch our heroes hiding in the treasure vault. One suggests it's a cat ("Meow!" says the [[Guile Hero|guile heroine]]) or a dog ("Woof!") or a heckran ([lengthy baffled pause] "Heck-eck-eck-eck-rraaaannnn"). They are discovered shortly thereafter.

== [[Web Comics]] ==

* [[Hiimdaisy]]'s ''[[Metal Gear Solid 3]]'' comic has Snake doing this after Eva [[Stop Helping Me!|starts whining about being hungry and injured]].

* [[Hiimdaisy]]'s ''[[Metal Gear Solid 3 Snake Eater]]'' comic has Snake doing this after Eva [[Stop Helping Me!|starts whining about being hungry and injured]].

{{quote| '''Guard:''' Who's there?!

''(Guard sees Snake, covering Eva's mouth with his hand)''