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The "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdbYsoEasio Wilhelm Scream]" has been a running joke among sound editors for decades, to the point that [http://www.hollywoodlostandfound.net/wilhelm/ whole websites] exist for tracking its appearances, and the Internet Movie Database often includes instances of the Wilhelm in its trivia entries for movies and shows. Some directors, notably [[Quentin Tarantino]], [[Peter Jackson]] and [[George Lucas]], make a point of using the Wilhelm in all their action movies. It was recorded for and first used in the 1951 film ''Distant Drums'' [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dc5F2C0CYlA when a soldier is attacked by an alligator], and it got its name from the character [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dc5F2C0CYlA Private Wilhelm], who used it in the 1953 movie ''The Charge At Feather River'', the second movie it appeared in.

 

* ''[[Despicable Me]]'' features the Wilhelm Scream when Gru's mother {{spoiler|karate kicks a hanging bag into her instructor, sending him flying.}}

* ''[[Aladdin (Disney film)|Aladdin]]'' when Genie lifts the castle off the ground and someone nearly gets hit by the falling debris.

* In ''[[Superman: Doomsday]]'' when Doomsday strangles a worker and tosses him to the ground.

* In ''[[Cars]]'', this happens to a car in Lightning McQueen's dream sequence as a result of him being zapped by [[Tripod Terror|a giant sparkplug.]]

* Uttered by a group of Bone Hunters (who normally only communicate in their own language) in ''[[Bionicle]]: The Legend Reborn''. It's not the only stock sound effect used though.

* Happens near the end of ''[[Finding Nemo]]'' during the scene where Marlin, Dory, and Nigel are chased by the seagulls.

 

 

* George Lucas seems to love this scream. Even ''[[Indiana Jones]]'' movies have it. One is probably heard every movie, even in Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.

* Hey, even the Nazi Propaganda Office loved this one; [[Inglourious Basterds|so says Quentin Tarantino]], anyway...

*** It also crops up in ''[[Death Proof]]'' (the first car full of victims) and ''[[Reservoir Dogs]]'' ([[Innocent Bystanders]] as Mr. Pink goes running from the robbery).

** Also, at the end of ''[[Inglourious Basterds]]'', one German soldier gets blown out the theatre's window, and lets out a scream you might have heard come from Stuntman Mike in ''[[Death Proof]]''.

* Heard as the [[Big Bad]]'s and [[Mad Scientist]]'s lab hidden inside the mountain, is blown up in [[Agent Cody Banks]].

* When Batman shoves a [[Mook]] aside in ''[[Batman Returns]]'' the unfortunate guy lets out the Wilhelm Scream.

* Naturally, ''[[Star Wars]]'' parody ''[[Spaceballs]]'' includes it as well. It shows up when Barf deflects four blaster shots using a chunk of curved metal pipes, and hits the last Spaceball in the ass as he tries to run away.

* Also used twice in ''[[Willow]]'' once when a chariot with two evil mooks overturns, and later during the final battle when an enemy soldier falls off their horse. It's another George Lucas movie, so go figure.

* ''Undercovers'' - Spy husband takes out a rocket-launcher-wielding mook with a well-aimed gunshot close to the end of the premier episode.

* On ''Bombshells'', ''[[House (TV series)|House]]'' {{spoiler|cane-shoots zombies;}} one of them lets out a Wilhelm.

* In the third-season finale of ''[[Southland]]'', a bad guy does one of these as he misjudges the distance between buildings and falls to his death from a roof.

* In ''[[Community]]'' episode "[[Community/Recap/S2/E06 Epidemiology|Epidemiology]]" a Wilhelm is heard when Troy re-enters the zombified party in the Power Loader.

* In the ''[[Supernatural]]'' fourth season episode "[[Supernatural (Anime)/Recap/S04/E07 It's the Great Pumpkin, Sam Winchester|It's the Great Pumpkin, Sam Winchester]]" a cutoff Wilhelm is heard while Dean is staring at a mask in a Halloween shop and {{spoiler|presumably experiencing memories of his time in Hell}}.

 

 

 

* In ''[[Mass Effect]] 2'', one person gets blown up, and you can faintly hear this. If you're wondering, it's when Zaeed causes an explosion with his gunfire on his Loyalty mission. One of the Blue Suns mercs (Yeah, Zaeed gets a lot of shoutouts to ''[[Firefly]]'') goes flying, and he does the yell.

* In ''[[Dragon Age Origins]]'', one of the unfortunate soldiers killed by the Archdemon in the cutscene before the final battle gives a Wilhelm as he's sent flying. [[BioWare]] seems to like this.

* In ''[[Star Wars]]: Bounty Hunter'', if an enemy is close enough to a ledge when killed, they'll fall off while delivering one of these.

* The scream can be triggered in the Star Wars game ''[[Shadows of the Empire]]'' if a Storm Trooper falls.

* A soldier gives one towards the end of Act 1 in [[Vanquish]].

* Used exactly once in ''[[Grand Theft Auto IV]]'', if you shoot {{spoiler|the guard standing at the top of the escalator in the mission "...Final Interview".}}

* ''[[Splinter Cell]]: Conviction'' the Wilhelm scream is sometimes used when you push someone through a window.

* ''[[Red Dead Redemption]]'' contains infinite amounts of Wilhelm as a [[Shout-Out]] to old spaghetti westerns, enemies may give of the Wilhelm scream at random when shot

 

 

 

=== Web Originals ===

* [[Metamor City]]: In ''Making the Cut,'' one of the guards defending the hospital lets out a Wilhelm as Victor kills him.

* ''[[Dragon Ball Abridged]]''

* [[The Angry Video Game Nerd]] lets out one when shot by Super Mecha Death Christ.

* Almighty Hans, a user on Newgrounds.com, included a Wilhelm in [http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/501313 "The Ballad of Cripple Kane"], which is only fitting given that it's a sort of tribute to the [[Spaghetti Western]] and [[Ennio Morricone]].

 

 

 

== Other Stock Screams ==

=== Advertising ===

* Used in all the Ads for Iron Man Cereal in Australia is the "Howie Long" scream mentioned below.

 

=== Anime and Manga ===

 

 

** Not a true example, but [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkHdgMOuuBs pretty darn close.] Anyone who claims this correlation never crossed their mind is lying through their teeth.

** A distorted version of this scream was used in the very beginning of the opening sequence of Walking with Dinosaurs.

** It was also used in the film ''[[Saving Silverman]]''.

** In Australia, for an extended periods in the 1990s, this scream was used in all the Nutri-Grain breakfast cereal ads, to help sell its "Iron Man Food" angle.

** The obscure B-movie ''Cage 2: Arena of Death'' has a truly baffling example: after the first cage match, a guy in the background ''cheers'' by doing the scream.

* ''[[Tropic Thunder]]'' uses this one in a scene or two, with a latter sequence being absolutely hilarious due to it - the scream is much higher pitched and childish, but definitely the stock effect.

* ''[[James Bond (film)|James Bond]]'' has its own version of this. No fewer than ''five'' different characters scream to their gravity-assisted deaths in the space of five films. (Four of them were by the same director, John Glen.) [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmu3T2QSDJs Watch this video and learn.]

* [[Peter Jackson]]'s remake of ''[[King Kong]]'', rather than record a new scream from Naomi Watts, simply used Fay Wray's scream from the original film. It worked.

** Fay Wray's ''Kong'' scream was also used for the doorbell in ''[[Murder By Death]]''.

* The "Insane Tantrum" is often used whenever someone is horribly injured. It sounds kind of like a siren and goes "EEEAH! EEEEAH! EEEEAH!" [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbScqqrzfHU See the beginning of this video for reference.]

* There's one (this troper's only seen it in ''[[Star Wars]]'' movies, Episodes 4 and 1, to be precise) that sounds likes someone yelling "Help!"

** Also, a yell from the [[Final Destination]] plane crash scene is reused when the Uruk-hai archers fire crossbows at the elves in ''[[The Two Towers]]''.

* The ''[[Harry Potter (film)|Harry Potter]]'' series uses their own set of stock screams, something that becomes [[Egregious]] within the first trailer of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows-Part 2", where, almost every few seconds a "NYAAAAH HAAAAAAH!" can be heard.

 

 

** The same scream, slightly shortened and increased in pitch, is used as the 'Fast Zombie' cry in ''[[Half-Life 2]]''.

** Used in the game over screen on ''Ketsui: Kizuna Jigoku Tachi''.

* Devil Laugh: Ho-ho-ho-ho slowed down laugh. Think about Bowser's laugh when you die in ''[[Super Mario 64]]''. Used in ''[[South Park]]'' as well.

* [[Sierra]] used the same scream sound for Graham falling off a cliff in ''[[King's Quest V]]'' and Alexander getting stabbed in ''[[King's Quest VI]]''.

* The female scream used for the Splicers in ''[[BioShock (series)]]''.

* In ''[[Doom (series)|Doom]] 3'', some of the Doomguy's pain grunts/screams are the same as in ''[[Turok (series)|Turok]] 2: Seeds of Evil''.

* A female scream similar to the aforementioned "Brap" scream, but pitched an octave lower, appeared in various World Builder games.

* The Howie Long Scream is the death cry of a Frus monster in ''[[Ragnarok Online]]''.

 

 

*** The oddest one out as far as the Goofy holler is concerned? ''[[Street Fighter (film)|Street Fighter]]'', which uses it during an outdoor showdown at M. Bison's hideout.

* Every single last time someone falls to his death in ''[[Jonny Quest]]'', we would hear the same scream: ''{{smallcaps|AAIIIIEEEEEEEEEE}}!''

* ''[[Futurama]]'' would use the same scream every time Amy fell down.

* ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]'': "My leg!"

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