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* All seabirds in fiction sound like herring gulls regardless of species.
** And every seashore in fiction has them calling in the background, regardless of location or season.
* The Pacific tree frog is the only kind of frog that very definitely goes "ribbit". It's the frog that lives in California, which is why Hollywood believes frogs everywhere in the world go "ribbit". There are, technically, a few other amphibians [[Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series|in America]] whose song sounds like ribbiting - but they're toads. Actual frogs tend to make [https://web.archive.org/web/20131108165206/http://allaboutfrogs.org/weird/general/songs.html chirping, burping, beeping, or trilling calls].
** There's a species on the east coast around the Carolinas that very clearly says "HNAAAAGH!" with a volume out of ''all'' proportion to its size.
** In Japan, frogs go "kero kero".
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* Oddly enough, ''[[Tarzan]] of the Apes'' uses the lion roaring as it attacks, but seems to be aware that this can easily be a tactical mistake. The book claims that most animals are frozen in fear by the sound of the lion's roar, and only Tarzan himself, being human, is smart enough that the roar alerts him and encourages him to fight back. Of course, Edgar Rice Burroughs wasn't one to let the actual facts about lions get in the way of the story—the bigger question here is, [[Misplaced Wildlife|what was a plains-dwelling animal like a lion doing in the middle of the jungle?]]
** [[Monty Pythons Meaning of Life|Because there are no tigers in Africa.]]
* Possibly justified with ''[[RoboCop]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s ED-209: the (presumably prerecorded) lion's roar probably works as a pretty decent criminal deterrent. It's changed into puppy sounds in '''Robocop III'' because Ed has become a robotic [[Butt Monkey]] by that point.
* Not sure if it counts, but coming within a decent proximity of any of the tornadoes in the movie ''[[Twister]]'', provokes the odd animalistic roar in with the dramatic sounds of wind. As if you weren't already fairly certain that this was one kitty not to be petted.
** Justified in that survivor accounts of tornadoes describe many different sounds caused by the high winds and debris: a hundred roaring lions, a herd of squealing pigs, gigantic washing machines, jet engines, a huge tin can filled with rocks and being shaken.
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=== Tabletop Games ===
* Averted in a way with [[Warhammer 40,000]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s Tyranids. An Imperial Guard soldier noted the worst part of seeing an advancing Tyranid army was the total lack of vocal sound. No battle cries, wounded soldiers or shouted orders, just the tramp of clawed feet and rustling of chitin.
** Except when another author writes them and they roar or hiss or go "skreee!". Even Lictors, famed for being extremely stealthy tend to let loose an ear-shattering "skreee!" on occasion.
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* In ''[[Congo]]'' as our intrepid heroes pass through howler monkey territory in the jungle. As their name implies, howler monkeys are on the chatty side. Also a case of [[Misplaced Wildlife]] as Howler Monkeys are New World Monkeys, which means that our heroes who are traveling in [[Darkest Africa]], have stumbled upon some Howler Monkeys that are lost by a hemisphere.
* Due to the sheer over-the-top amount of sounds, likely parodied in ''[[Indiana Jones|The Temple Of Doom]]''. It's almost like they planned for a lengthy sojourn in the forest and gathered all the sounds, but left with one scene simply crammed them all in.
* George's ''Indiana Jones'' fantasy at the start of ''[[UHF (film)|UHF]]''. If you listen closely, you can hear cows, cats, and dogs among the cacophony.
=== [[Literature]] ===
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