Roar Before Beating: Difference between revisions

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~~Surprise--a~~ monster! But you have time to recover from the shock of its appearance because it won't attack until it has posed dramatically and let out a [[Mighty Roar]]. Roaring is like a monster's hello. They must become hostile when heroes don't have the decency to roar a proper return greeting.

Surprise—a monster! But you have time to recover from the shock of its appearance because it won't attack until it has posed dramatically and let out a [[Mighty Roar]]. Roaring is like a monster's hello. They must become hostile when heroes don't have the decency to roar a proper return greeting.

Often used as a cliffhanger to confrontations because ending after a punch is thrown seems an interruption, while a warcry is the last stop to get off at before the fight starts.

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* Happens twice in a row in ''[[Star Trek (film)|Star Trek]]''.

* All ''[[Predator]]'' movies have the title alien doing this after unmasking.

* The graboids in ''[[Tremors]]'' do this, which is especially odd because not only does it give the protagonists time to get away as per the trope, but it also totally negates their stealth advantage from being underground, and it partially blinds ~~them--since~~ they "see" through vibrations in the ground, sticking half their mass into the air should only make it harder to find their prey. More than one protagonist has survived an encounter simply because the creature saw fit to jump out of the ground right ''next to'' them and roar first, rather than just sneaking up under them and devouring them without warning, which is what happens to [[Plot Armor|anyone who isn't a main character]].

* The graboids in ''[[Tremors]]'' do this, which is especially odd because not only does it give the protagonists time to get away as per the trope, but it also totally negates their stealth advantage from being underground, and it partially blinds them—since they "see" through vibrations in the ground, sticking half their mass into the air should only make it harder to find their prey. More than one protagonist has survived an encounter simply because the creature saw fit to jump out of the ground right ''next to'' them and roar first, rather than just sneaking up under them and devouring them without warning, which is what happens to [[Plot Armor|anyone who isn't a main character]].

** Justified with the shriekers, since their scream is how they navigate and identify prey.