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[[File:loud_sex.png|link=Xkcd (Webcomic)|frame|Tonight I get my revenge. I have a loud girlfriend too. '''And''' an elliptical reflector dish.]]
[[File:loud_sex.png|link=Xkcd|frame|Tonight I get my revenge. I have a loud girlfriend too. '''And''' an elliptical reflector dish.]]


{{quote|''We share a wall. So either he's great in bed or she just liked to agree with him a lot.''|'''Chandler''', ''[[Friends]]''}}
{{quote|''We share a wall. So either he's great in bed or she just liked to agree with him a lot.''|'''Chandler''', ''[[Friends]]''}}
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== Anime and Manga ==
== Anime and Manga ==
* Invoked and [[Played for Drama]] in ''[[Corsair (Light Novel)|Corsair]]'', after Ayace bluntly announces his relationship with Canale in attempt to dispel Aura's ideas of [[Unlucky Childhood Friend|marrying]] Canale. Ayace goes to Canale's room and makes sure to have lots of loud sex because he knows Aura is going to come by later to talk to Canale and will hear them. Aura is crushed. It comes up more humorously in other places though, especially with poor Harold.
* Invoked and [[Played for Drama]] in ''[[Corsair]]'', after Ayace bluntly announces his relationship with Canale in attempt to dispel Aura's ideas of [[Unlucky Childhood Friend|marrying]] Canale. Ayace goes to Canale's room and makes sure to have lots of loud sex because he knows Aura is going to come by later to talk to Canale and will hear them. Aura is crushed. It comes up more humorously in other places though, especially with poor Harold.
* A [[Did They or Didn't They?|possible]] variation, more aptly [[Long Title|called]] Right Through The Wall And All The Way Over ''[[Up to Eleven|To Other Countries]]'', occurs in ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia]]'' when Greece tells Japan that it's best if he enjoys having sex more. [[Epic Tracking Shot|Cut to a view of the Asian continent]] and Japan [[The Immodest Orgasm|screaming so loudly]] that China yells at him from his own country to shut up.
* A [[Did They or Didn't They?|possible]] variation, more aptly [[Long Title|called]] Right Through The Wall And All The Way Over ''[[Up to Eleven|To Other Countries]]'', occurs in ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia]]'' when Greece tells Japan that it's best if he enjoys having sex more. [[Epic Tracking Shot|Cut to a view of the Asian continent]] and Japan [[The Immodest Orgasm|screaming so loudly]] that China yells at him from his own country to shut up.
* A subversion from ''[[Ore no Imouto ga Konna Ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai (Light Novel)|My Little Sister Can't Be This Cute]]'': Kirino's [[Squee|Squees]] over her [[H-game]] can be heard by her brother next door. He is not amused by this.
* A subversion from ''[[Ore no Imouto ga Konna ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai|My Little Sister Can't Be This Cute]]'': Kirino's [[Squee|Squees]] over her [[H-game]] can be heard by her brother next door. He is not amused by this.
* Variant: In the omake of ''[[Future Lovers (Manga)|Future Lovers]]'', Akira, after moving in with Kento and his grandparents, is initially reluctant to have sex with Kento where his grandparents could hear them, but Kento reassures him that they're too hard-of-hearing to hear them go at it. Cut to the morning-after scene, where Kento's grandfather asks [[Did the Earth Move For You, Too?|if there was an earthquake last night]] and his grandmother just gives them a Look.
* Variant: In the omake of ''[[Future Lovers]]'', Akira, after moving in with Kento and his grandparents, is initially reluctant to have sex with Kento where his grandparents could hear them, but Kento reassures him that they're too hard-of-hearing to hear them go at it. Cut to the morning-after scene, where Kento's grandfather asks [[Did the Earth Move For You, Too?|if there was an earthquake last night]] and his grandmother just gives them a Look.




== Comics ==
== Comics ==
* This happens in ''[[Lost Girls (Comic Book)|Lost Girls]]''. When one of the characters goes to tell them to keep quiet he sees that they're both women and loses his nerve.
* This happens in ''[[Lost Girls (comics)|Lost Girls]]''. When one of the characters goes to tell them to keep quiet he sees that they're both women and loses his nerve.




== Film ==
== Film ==
* ''[[LA Story]]'', at one point, has Steve Martin and his date in one room of a motel, and the woman Steve Martin's character is in love with and her date in the next room.
* ''[[L.A. Story]]'', at one point, has Steve Martin and his date in one room of a motel, and the woman Steve Martin's character is in love with and her date in the next room.
* In ''Delicatessen'', a butcher and his mistress have sex. The squeaks coming from the bedsprings provide a rhythm for the activities of the other tenants in the apartment building -- painting, knitting, cello-playing, and so on. This scene was used as the original American trailer.
* In ''Delicatessen'', a butcher and his mistress have sex. The squeaks coming from the bedsprings provide a rhythm for the activities of the other tenants in the apartment building -- painting, knitting, cello-playing, and so on. This scene was used as the original American trailer.
* At the end of ''[[My Super Ex Girlfriend]]'', this is taken extremely literally, in a most physical level. It's not just noise that goes through the wall, but the participants as well.
* At the end of ''[[My Super Ex-Girlfriend]]'', this is taken extremely literally, in a most physical level. It's not just noise that goes through the wall, but the participants as well.
* In ''[[Forgetting Sarah Marshall]]'', the two couples end up with rooms next to each other. Peter and Rachel are intentionally loud to annoy Sarah. Sarah retaliates by faking, much to her partner's annoyance.
* In ''[[Forgetting Sarah Marshall]]'', the two couples end up with rooms next to each other. Peter and Rachel are intentionally loud to annoy Sarah. Sarah retaliates by faking, much to her partner's annoyance.
* Michael J. Fox's character in ''The Secret Of My Success'' is a victim of this trope. Best sequence is where he's got his head under his pillow trying to keep the noise out, but is unsuccessful, upon which he bleakly mimes being an orchestra conductor to the beat of the couple's increasing wails.
* Michael J. Fox's character in ''The Secret Of My Success'' is a victim of this trope. Best sequence is where he's got his head under his pillow trying to keep the noise out, but is unsuccessful, upon which he bleakly mimes being an orchestra conductor to the beat of the couple's increasing wails.
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== Live Action TV ==
== Live Action TV ==
* An episode of ''[[Sex and The City]]'' involved Samantha experiencing loud neighbors who had vocal sex every night immediately after the late news. After she 'joins in' with her own noises, she receives a note from them inviting her to join them in person. Though she is originally keen on the idea of a threesome with the couple who seem to enjoy sex so much, she soon realizes that the couple are overweight and unattractive, so she just tells them to keep it down in future.
* An episode of ''[[Sex and the City]]'' involved Samantha experiencing loud neighbors who had vocal sex every night immediately after the late news. After she 'joins in' with her own noises, she receives a note from them inviting her to join them in person. Though she is originally keen on the idea of a threesome with the couple who seem to enjoy sex so much, she soon realizes that the couple are overweight and unattractive, so she just tells them to keep it down in future.
* ''[[Frasier]]'' tackles this one a couple of times.
* ''[[Frasier]]'' tackles this one a couple of times.
** In the season 3 episode "Shrink Rap", Daphne tells the story of how her neighbors used to do much the same thing, until she stopped them with her own gratuitous sex noises designed to give them a taste of their own medicine.
** In the season 3 episode "Shrink Rap", Daphne tells the story of how her neighbors used to do much the same thing, until she stopped them with her own gratuitous sex noises designed to give them a taste of their own medicine.
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'''David''': Well, your mother's a very passionate woman.<br />
'''David''': Well, your mother's a very passionate woman.<br />
'''Hurley''': [[Primal Scene|That is disgusting]]. }}
'''Hurley''': [[Primal Scene|That is disgusting]]. }}
* ''[[Farscape (TV)|Farscape]]''. When Aeryn and Crichton finally have sex (while the crew is aboard an immature, and thus small, Leviathan), Rygel grumbles the next morning about being unable to sleep, and further is disgusted that it sounded like Crichton was ''exerting'' himself. Cut to the blissful couple snuggling. Crichton bangs on the wall with his fist and makes loud moans; Aeryn laughs that ''he'' was "even louder than that, if you can imagine".
* ''[[Farscape]]''. When Aeryn and Crichton finally have sex (while the crew is aboard an immature, and thus small, Leviathan), Rygel grumbles the next morning about being unable to sleep, and further is disgusted that it sounded like Crichton was ''exerting'' himself. Cut to the blissful couple snuggling. Crichton bangs on the wall with his fist and makes loud moans; Aeryn laughs that ''he'' was "even louder than that, if you can imagine".
* At one point in ''[[Coupling]]'', Susan complains of having a listening flatmate. When asked if this means she has to be quiet, she explains, "No, loud, we're very competitive."
* At one point in ''[[Coupling]]'', Susan complains of having a listening flatmate. When asked if this means she has to be quiet, she explains, "No, loud, we're very competitive."
* ''[[General Hospital]]'': Maxie is tired of hearing Johnny and Lulu's sex life, so one day she makes loud sex noises in her bedroom. They think she's with Spinelli, but when ''he'' comes through the front door...
* ''[[General Hospital]]'': Maxie is tired of hearing Johnny and Lulu's sex life, so one day she makes loud sex noises in her bedroom. They think she's with Spinelli, but when ''he'' comes through the front door...
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* On an episode of ''[[Spin City]]'', Stacy is at Mike's apartment, and Mike apologizes for his noisy neighbors. We hear the noisy neighbors copulating for a second.
* On an episode of ''[[Spin City]]'', Stacy is at Mike's apartment, and Mike apologizes for his noisy neighbors. We hear the noisy neighbors copulating for a second.
{{quote| '''Stacy''': You think that's loud? (voice filled with pity) Oh, Mike.}}
{{quote| '''Stacy''': You think that's loud? (voice filled with pity) Oh, Mike.}}
* ''[[Star Trek Voyager]]''. Seven of Nine [[What Is This Thing You Call Love?|explores human "mating rituals"]] by studying the [[Official Couple]] Tom and B'Elanna. B'Elanna discovers this and starts reading Seven's notes about this, which results in the following memorable dialogue:
* ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]''. Seven of Nine [[What Is This Thing You Call Love?|explores human "mating rituals"]] by studying the [[Official Couple]] Tom and B'Elanna. B'Elanna discovers this and starts reading Seven's notes about this, which results in the following memorable dialogue:
{{quote| '''B'Elanna''': ''(reading from the PADD)'' "Stardate 52648, 0300 hours: intimate relations resume" ''(addressing Seven directly)'' How the hell do you know when we're having intimate relations?<br />
{{quote| '''B'Elanna''': ''(reading from the PADD)'' "Stardate 52648, 0300 hours: intimate relations resume" ''(addressing Seven directly)'' How the hell do you know when we're having intimate relations?<br />
'''Seven of Nine''': There is no one on Deck 9 Section 12 who doesn't know when you're having intimate relations. }}
'''Seven of Nine''': There is no one on Deck 9 Section 12 who doesn't know when you're having intimate relations. }}
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Later:<br />
Later:<br />
'''Mrs Gunderson''': Good morning, Leonard. Or should I say "yee-haw"? }}
'''Mrs Gunderson''': Good morning, Leonard. Or should I say "yee-haw"? }}
* The second episode of ''[[Rome (TV)|Rome]]'' includes Octavia overhearing her mother Atia having very loud sex with Mark Antony, which she mockingly imitates at a party later. Antony's comment: "She has you exactly."
* The second episode of ''[[Rome]]'' includes Octavia overhearing her mother Atia having very loud sex with Mark Antony, which she mockingly imitates at a party later. Antony's comment: "She has you exactly."
* One episode of ''[[Castle]]'' a suspects alibi was that he had been having sex with the victim's wife when the victim was murdered. This is verified by talking to the neighbors who recalled hearing it (it was a warm night and the windows were open).
* One episode of ''[[Castle]]'' a suspects alibi was that he had been having sex with the victim's wife when the victim was murdered. This is verified by talking to the neighbors who recalled hearing it (it was a warm night and the windows were open).


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== Theater ==
== Theater ==
* ''[[Avenue Q]]'' has a whole musical number about it: "You can be as loud as the hell you want when you're making love!"
* ''[[Avenue Q]]'' has a whole musical number about it: "You can be as loud as the hell you want when you're making love!"
* In ''[[Cat On a Hot Tin Roof]]'', Gooper and Mae know that Brick and Maggie are ''not'' having sex, because they share a wall, and they hear her pleading and his refusal. Brick says that they could've done it without them noticing, because [[The Modest Orgasm|not everybody is that loud]].
* In ''[[Cat on a Hot Tin Roof]]'', Gooper and Mae know that Brick and Maggie are ''not'' having sex, because they share a wall, and they hear her pleading and his refusal. Brick says that they could've done it without them noticing, because [[The Modest Orgasm|not everybody is that loud]].




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* An entertaining scene in the second chapter of Dance With Rogues, if you choose to have sex with Vico and if you broght the dwarven cleric along he mutters "how's a faithful dwarf supposed to get his spells back like that..."; if you have Pia with you she is rather embarrassed when you get her to admit to having been listening. Bran won't barge in and try to 'rescue' you from Vico, which he does otherwise.
* An entertaining scene in the second chapter of Dance With Rogues, if you choose to have sex with Vico and if you broght the dwarven cleric along he mutters "how's a faithful dwarf supposed to get his spells back like that..."; if you have Pia with you she is rather embarrassed when you get her to admit to having been listening. Bran won't barge in and try to 'rescue' you from Vico, which he does otherwise.
* Used in [http://community.livejournal.com/mgs_slash/509558.html this] ''[[Metal Gear Solid]] 3'' fanfic, where the noisy couple in question are [[Depraved Bisexual|Colonel Volgin]] and [[Huge Guy, Tiny Girl|Major Raikov]]. Considering that canonically their sex is probably pretty [[Psycho Electro|kinky]], one can't blame Ocelot for going to extreme lengths to get a little shut-eye...
* Used in [http://community.livejournal.com/mgs_slash/509558.html this] ''[[Metal Gear Solid]] 3'' fanfic, where the noisy couple in question are [[Depraved Bisexual|Colonel Volgin]] and [[Huge Guy, Tiny Girl|Major Raikov]]. Considering that canonically their sex is probably pretty [[Psycho Electro|kinky]], one can't blame Ocelot for going to extreme lengths to get a little shut-eye...
* The ''[[Good Omens (Literature)|Good Omens]]'' fanfic "[http://www.yuletidetreasure.org/archive/8/aprecise.html A Precise and Accurate History of Monday, Eleven Years Later]" has Crowley moving into Aziraphale's small house in a small town(complete with nosy neighbours). The neighbours had long suspected Aziraphale to be gay and Crowley found this amusing, so while Aziraphale is at work, he spends his days banging against the wall and shouting Aziraphale's name.
* The ''[[Good Omens]]'' fanfic "[http://www.yuletidetreasure.org/archive/8/aprecise.html A Precise and Accurate History of Monday, Eleven Years Later]" has Crowley moving into Aziraphale's small house in a small town(complete with nosy neighbours). The neighbours had long suspected Aziraphale to be gay and Crowley found this amusing, so while Aziraphale is at work, he spends his days banging against the wall and shouting Aziraphale's name.
* A dark variant is present in one chapter of the ''[[Watchmen]]'' fanfic ''[http://eugenetapdance.livejournal.com/17142.html#cutid1 I Should Be Extremely Happy In Your Company]''. Nelson Gardner is stuck being able to hear Hooded Justice having [[Manly Gay|in all probability very violent]] sex with a young Adrian Veidt.
* A dark variant is present in one chapter of the ''[[Watchmen]]'' fanfic ''[http://eugenetapdance.livejournal.com/17142.html#cutid1 I Should Be Extremely Happy In Your Company]''. Nelson Gardner is stuck being able to hear Hooded Justice having [[Manly Gay|in all probability very violent]] sex with a young Adrian Veidt.
* Australian comedian [[Josh Thomas]] tells the story in one of his stand-up routines (and on his album "Things I Have Said Before") about the first time he lived with a loud roommate, and how heartbroken he was at the sound of him having loud sex, because he thought sex that good/loud was a [[The Immodest Orgasm|myth from pornography]].
* Australian comedian [[Josh Thomas]] tells the story in one of his stand-up routines (and on his album "Things I Have Said Before") about the first time he lived with a loud roommate, and how heartbroken he was at the sound of him having loud sex, because he thought sex that good/loud was a [[The Immodest Orgasm|myth from pornography]].
* In the card game ''[[Chez Geek]]'', a high-scoring Nookie card can force other players to discard Sleep cards they've already played.
* In the card game ''[[Chez Geek]]'', a high-scoring Nookie card can force other players to discard Sleep cards they've already played.
* In the [[Axis Powers Hetalia (Manga)/Fanfic Recs|hilarious]] ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia]]'' [[Kink Meme]] fill "Are You There God? It's Me, Canada", one of Canada/Matthew's recurring problems is having his bedroom be right next to England/Arthur and France/Francis's and hence hearing his fathers go at it every single night. In fact, when Arthur and Francis ''don't'' have sex because of an argument, Matthew actually ''loses'' sleep because he's become so used to hearing them every night.
* In the [[Axis Powers Hetalia/Fanfic Recs|hilarious]] ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia]]'' [[Kink Meme]] fill "Are You There God? It's Me, Canada", one of Canada/Matthew's recurring problems is having his bedroom be right next to England/Arthur and France/Francis's and hence hearing his fathers go at it every single night. In fact, when Arthur and Francis ''don't'' have sex because of an argument, Matthew actually ''loses'' sleep because he's become so used to hearing them every night.
* [[Jeff Foxworthy]] has a story about a couple in the apartment room next to his and his wife's not only being loud enough to hear, but it also went on for ''two hours straight''! He said he was tempted to get the man's autograph.
* [[Jeff Foxworthy]] has a story about a couple in the apartment room next to his and his wife's not only being loud enough to hear, but it also went on for ''two hours straight''! He said he was tempted to get the man's autograph.


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* Fairly early in the run of ''[[Something Positive]]'', Davan gets sick of hearing his neighbour's loud sex noises - not so much for the noise, but because it's very obvious that the woman is faking it. He finally storms over to them and angrily gives the man detailed written instructions how to please a woman. Found [http://www.somethingpositive.net/sp08012005.shtml here]
* Fairly early in the run of ''[[Something Positive]]'', Davan gets sick of hearing his neighbour's loud sex noises - not so much for the noise, but because it's very obvious that the woman is faking it. He finally storms over to them and angrily gives the man detailed written instructions how to please a woman. Found [http://www.somethingpositive.net/sp08012005.shtml here]
** Also, [http://www.somethingpositive.net/sp06072007.shtml this] ''Something Positive'' references how thin the walls are ''within'' Davan's family home.
** Also, [http://www.somethingpositive.net/sp06072007.shtml this] ''Something Positive'' references how thin the walls are ''within'' Davan's family home.
* [http://xkcd.com/316/ This] [[Xkcd (Webcomic)|Xkcd]] strip.
* [http://xkcd.com/316/ This] [[Xkcd]] strip.
* Subverted early in ''~8-Bit Theater~''. Black Mage hears bedsprings creaking and White Mage moaning in the next rooms; turns out it's just Black Belt jumping on the bed, practicing his kung fu.
* Subverted early in ''~8-Bit Theater~''. Black Mage hears bedsprings creaking and White Mage moaning in the next rooms; turns out it's just Black Belt jumping on the bed, practicing his kung fu.
* This happens in ''[[Better Days]]'' chapter 20 when Fisk and Beth and Tommy and Lucy go to New York and stay in rooms next to each other. Both boys [[Testosterone Poisoning|try not to "finish" before the other]], and the next day they both have sore backs when they have to visit museums.
* This happens in ''[[Better Days]]'' chapter 20 when Fisk and Beth and Tommy and Lucy go to New York and stay in rooms next to each other. Both boys [[Testosterone Poisoning|try not to "finish" before the other]], and the next day they both have sore backs when they have to visit museums.
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** Gary and Zii have to listen to DiDi and her boyfriend, until they rush out of the appartment.
** Gary and Zii have to listen to DiDi and her boyfriend, until they rush out of the appartment.
** At the end of the "Backstage Pass" story, Gary and Dillon are kept up by Zii and Yuki having sex.
** At the end of the "Backstage Pass" story, Gary and Dillon are kept up by Zii and Yuki having sex.
** Matt and Dillon also used to hear Gary's [[A Date With Rosie Palms|Dates With Rosie Palms]] when they still lived with him.
** Matt and Dillon also used to hear Gary's [[A Date with Rosie Palms|Dates With Rosie Palms]] when they still lived with him.
* In ''[[The Less Than Epic Adventures of TJ and Amal]]'', {{spoiler|Amal, apparently. "Y'know, you are one ''noisy'' motherfucker."}}
* In ''[[The Less Than Epic Adventures of TJ and Amal]]'', {{spoiler|Amal, apparently. "Y'know, you are one ''noisy'' motherfucker."}}