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== Anime and Manga ==
* The entire shower scene is parodied in ''[[Sayonara, Zetsubou-sensei]]'', strings and all. It only serves to make Fuura Kafuka even creepier,
* Used in the first episode of ''[[The Slayers]]'' when the Black Dragon attacks.
* Used in episode 11 of ''[[Ghost Stories]]''.
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** This was later sent up in ''[[The Simpsons]]'', when Homer hears the strings from ''Psycho'' while lost in the woods... but it turns out to be [[Left the Background Music On|an orchestra driving by on a bus]].
*** Used in "Bob Next Door" when Homer, Lisa, and Walt enter a room and find hundreds of pictures of Bart that have knives stabbed into them.
** A similar-sounding variation of the shrieking violins plays several times in ''[[Maximum Overdrive]]'' when the machines are trying to kill someone. But then, [[So Bad It's Good|considering the nature of the movie]] and the fact that it's a "horror" movie [[Narm|that's not scary at all]], the
* ''[[Planes, Trains and Automobiles]]'' when Neal discovers what Del did to the bathroom, and that he had been washing his face in the water Del was using to soak his socks.
* The background music for ''[[Cabin Fever (film)|Cabin Fever]]'' features a motif that uses double beats of a creepy string note, adding a sinister undertone to a passionate sex scene. The music cue and dialogue during the scene suggest that one of the characters is passing the deadly disease to their one-time lover. This is later revealed to be true.
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* ''[[Doctor Who]]'':
** Whereas the Daleks get the [[Ominous Latin Chanting|Ominous Hebrew Chanting]], the Cybermen get the Psycho Strings. The same sound effect was used for the Family of Blood.
** The Master gets his own distinctive
** As does {{spoiler|Davros}}, which is actually a re-arrangement of the Midnight monster's theme.
** The Weeping Angels' [[Leitmotif]] is nothing '''but''' Psycho Strings.
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* The [[Crowning Music of Awesome|ridiculously awesome]] extended version of [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=er-T5FjRc40 Lord Zedd's Theme] from ''[[Mighty Morphin Power Rangers]]''.
* These appear in an episode of ''[[Castle]]''.
* ''[[American Horror Story]]'' uses the ''actual''
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== Theatre ==
* Used in many songs in ''[[Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (theatre)|Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street]]'', "Epiphany" in particular.
* The [[Reduced Shakespeare Company]] uses
* Richard Strauss's opera ''[[Salome]]'' uses an effect of this sort as Salome is listening for Jokanaan's death cry. The short sharp sound, made by double basses playing far higher than their usual range, is meant, according to the composer's footnote, to "resemble the stifled moans and groans of a woman."
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* Used often in the ''[[First Encounter Assault Recon|F.E.A.R.]]'' games whenever Alma appears, along with other scare events. At least one soundtrack piece uses a waterphone.
* The opening of "One Winged Angel" from ''[[Final Fantasy VII]]'', as well as Exdeath's theme from ''[[Final Fantasy V]]''.
* Used throughout ''[[Drakengard]]'' to great effect. The composer favored repeated
* If Laura Bow has a shower in ''The Colonel's Bequest'', [[Shout-Out|and she gets killed for it.]]
** Also occurs in the second game, ''The Dagger of Amon Ra'', whenever she finds the corpse of a murder victim.
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* The drowning music used throughout the ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' series.
* ''[[Doom]] II'''s title music.
* [[Pikmin]] 2's theme for the battle against {{spoiler|Titan Dweevil}} is full of this. In fact, the more parts you take off of him, the more intense the
* ''[[Halo: Reach]]'' uses this in the first encounter with Zealots; specifically the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hCAK8OfQGE "Bait and Switch"] movement of the Winter Contingency OST track.
* [[Pokémon Black and White|Gothitelle]] uses it as it's [[Battle Cry]].
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== Western Animation ==
* ''[[Ren and Stimpy]]'': In the episode "Stimpy's Fan Club" we see an insane Ren contemplate strangling a sleeping Stimpy. It's after he says the line "Just...one...''twist''!" when the
** Also used in the episode "Haunted House" when Stimpy's taking a shower, in homage to ''[[Psycho]]''.
* Used in the ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]'' episode "Bummer Vacation" in which Sponge Bob's sitting in Patrick's house after being forced by Mr. Krabs to take a vacation and hiring Patrick as his temporary replacement. When Patrick finds him, Sponge Bob looks (and acts) completely insane, complete with
** Used in the episode "Squeaky Boots" when Mr. Krabs goes insane with guilt after stealing rubber boots he gave to Spongebob.
* In ''[[Star Wars: Clone Wars]]'', [[Hero-Killer|General Grievous']] [[Nightmare Fuel|nightmarish]] [[No-Holds-Barred Beatdown|assault]] on the beleaguered Jedi is set to a mix of trumpets and
* In ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender|Avatar the Last Airbender]]'', several of the scenes in the series finale, featuring {{spoiler|Azula's [[Villainous Breakdown]]}}, are accompanied by these.
* [[Kim Possible]] does it twice, once with Bonnie taking a shower as a homage to [[Psycho]]'s famous scene, and again when music from the film plays after Ron falls off his bike and water comes from his head.
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