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{{cleanup|There are enough examples of the "Howie Long" scream that it should get its own section, like the Wilhelm Scream.}}
{{quote|'''''"AAAAAAAAAAAARGHHH!!!"'''''|Every movie with the Wilhelm Scream in it.}}▼
 
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Overused [[Stock Sound Effects]] can screw with a TV viewer's attention span -- repeated use makes them instantly recognizable to those in the know. One of the worst offenders is the [[Stock Scream]] -- one of several vocal effects used when a character has to scream and the sound the actor recorded isn't loud or piercing enough. From the popularity of some stock "scream" effects, you would think they were the only ones in existence. Currently there are about 15 commonly used stock screams, most of which have yet to be named.▼
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▲Overused [[Stock Sound Effects]] can screw with a TV viewer's attention span -- repeatedspan—repeated use makes them instantly recognizable to those in the know. One of the worst offenders is the [['''Stock Scream]] -- one'''—one of several vocal effects used when a character has to scream and the sound the actor recorded isn't loud or piercing enough. From the popularity of some stock "scream" effects, you would think they were the only ones in existence. Currently there are about 15 commonly used stock screams, most of which have yet to be named.
 
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=== Wilhelm Scream Examples: ===▼
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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 was usedappeared in.▼
 
=== Anime and Manga ===▼
 
▲=== Wilhelm Scream Examples: ===
▲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'' when a soldier is attacked by an alligator, and it got its name from the character Private Wilhelm, who used it in the 1953 movie ''The Charge At Feather River'', the second movie it was used in.
 
▲== Anime and Manga ==
* The English dub of ''[[Burst Angel]]'' uses "a tribute to" the Wilhelm Scream when a soldier gets shot and falls off a train.
* The uncut version of ''[[Dragonball Z Kai]]'' uses it in episode 34.
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* ''[[Sailor Moon]] S [[The Movie]]: Hearts in Ice'' uses it in the English dub when, as Amara, Michelle, and Trista watch, a second wave of freezings happens. The scream can be heard seconds before the three transform into Sailor Soldiers.
* ''[[Lupin III]]: Island of Assassins'' includes the scream during the melee in the opening scene.
* In his opening scene in ''[[Ranma One Half½]]'', Ryoga emits something that sounds like Take 3 when his lack of sense of direction gets him in a mess.
 
 
=== Films -- Animated ===
* One of the Rhinos in ''[[Kung Fu Panda]]'' gives one of these during Tai Lung's [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_Oj6fx_aJ8 prison escape].
* ''[[Up]]'' features a faint Wilhelm when {{spoiler|Muntz's hounds}} tumble down a cliff.
* The [[Pixar]] short feature ''Lifted'' (that accompanies ''[[Ratatouille]]'') ends with the Wilhelm scream.
* ''[[Cloudy Withwith a Chance of Meatballs]]'' features a short Wilhelm {{spoiler|when Sardine Land starts collapsing.}}
* The Wilhelm scream appears in the Disney version of ''[[Beauty and The Beast (Disney)|Beauty and Thethe Beast]]'', when a clip is shown of the castle's living furniture attacking the angry mob that's trying to kill the Beast, and when [[Disney Villain Death|Gaston falls to his death]].
* Happens once in ''[[Osmosis Jones]]'', while Thrax is hijacking a car.
* ''[[Despicable Me (Film)|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.
* ''[[Hercules (Disney1997 film)|Hercules]]'' when a villager nearly gets stepped on by the cyclops.
* In ''[[Superman: Doomsday]]'' when Doomsday strangles a worker and tosses him to the ground.
* In ''[[Cars (Animation)|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.
* Used in both ''[[Toy Story (Animationfranchise)|Toy Story]]'' (when Buzz falls out the window) and ''[[Toy Story 3]]''.
 
 
=== Films -- Live-Action ===
* [[Once an Episode|All]] ''[[Star Wars]]'' movies use it, most notably a falling Stormtrooper during the Death Star escape in ''[[A New Hope]]'', and when one of Jabba's skiff guards gets knocked into the Sarlacc pit in ''[[Return of the Jedi]]''. (others are: [[The Empire Strikes Back|Stormtrooper in the carbonite chamber]], [[The Phantom Menace|soldier in Naboo hangar]], [[Attack of the Clones|person in Coruscant landing platform]], and [[Revenge of the Sith|clone trooper in exploding ship-to-ship gun]])
** Interesting bit: the sound editor Ben Burtt cameos in ''Jedi'' as an Empire officer. After being punched by Han Solo, he imitates the Wilhelm as he's tossed over the railing. Also, in the 1997 Special Edition a stormtrooper emits one during the celebration scene at the end as the rioting crowd on Coruscant tramples him.
*** Also in the Special Edition, Luke lets one out when he falls off the Cloud City platform in ''[[The Empire Strikes Back]]''. This one was taken back ''out'' in the DVD release.
** There's even one in ''[[The Star Wars Holiday Special]]'' when a Trooper suffers a [[Railing Kill]].
* George Lucas seems to love this scream. Even ''[[Indiana Jones (Franchise)|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...
** [[Quentin Tarantino]] isn't shy about using the scream either -- severaleither—several [[Mook|mooksmook]]s during the course of ''[[Kill Bill]] Volume One'''s Crazy 88 battle let one out as the Bride takes her Hanzo blade to them.
*** 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]]''.
* A HYDRA grunt gives this in ''[[Captain America: theThe First Avenger]]'' in what is possibly a [[Star Wars]] reference, as they do so while falling off a speeding motorbike in the middle of a dangerous forest bike chase scene.
* In the comedy ''[[Death Atat a Funeral]]'' (the one with Martin Lawrence and Chris Rock) the mourning wife lets out one after her husband's coffin is knocked down and his body rolls out of it!
* The Wilhelm scream is used in all three ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean|Pirates Of The Caribbean]]'' movies.
* Used more than once in the classic mutant-ant movie ''[[Them]]!''.
* There's a Wilhelm Scream in ''[[Twilight (Literaturenovel)|New Moon]]'', in the movie that Bella, Jacob and Mike watch in the theater.
** Which was, of course, pointed out by the [[RifftraxRiff Trax]] team:
{{quote| "They shot Wilhelm!"}}
* The Wilhelm Scream is used ''twice'' in ''[[Return of the King]]'', and once in ''[[The Two Towers]]''.
* 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 (Film)|Batman Returns]]'' the unfortunate guy lets out the Wilhelm Scream.
* ''[[Australia (2008 film)|Australia]]'' uses it as a guy is blown away from an exploding cart.
* Naturally, ''[[Star Wars]]'' parody ''[[Spaceballs (Film)|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.
* One shows up in the ''[[Aeon Flux]]'' adaptation towards the end of the climactic fight scene.
* Used as [[Yogi Bear (Animation)|Yogi Bear]]'s scream in the film adaptation of the same name. It does not fit in with [[Dan Aykroyd]]'s voice at all.
* ''[[Tron Legacy (Film)|Tron: Legacy]]'' features distorted Wilhelm Screams mixed with deresolution sound effects during the fights in both the End of Line club and the Rectifier.
* In ''[[Sin City]]'', when Marv throws the cop from the squad car, you hear a Wilhelm Scream.
* In ''[[Paul (Film)|Paul]]'', a government agent lets one out as he falls to his death.
* Used twice in ''[[Kill Bill]] Vol. 1''. First when Beatrix jumps off a Crazy 88 and slashes another, then later when she slashes another member then kicks him down the stairs.
* In ''[[Gremlins 2]]'' when a gremlin latches onto a man's face and causes him to fall from a railing.
* ''[[Machete]]'' when a man is crushed by Machete's truck.
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* Used in ''[[Knowing]]'' during the subway crash scene.
* Used twice in ''[[Small Soldiers]]''. First when Brick Bazooka's legs get torn off causing him to fall off Alan's bicycle, and when a malfunctioning Kip Killigan's head is punched away by Alan's dad.
* In ''[[Thirty30 Days of Night (Film)|Thirty Days of Night]]'' when a vampire bites a man and tosses him off a roof.
* One is uttered by Frenzy in the 2007 ''[[Transformers (Filmfilm)|Transformers]]'' film when his head is kicked by Sam, digitally altered of course.
* One can hear a Wilhelm Scream during the big battle scene in the remake of ''[[Planet of the Apes]]''
* Used in ''[[The Lord of the Rings|The Lord of The Rings: Return of the King]]''. [[RifftraxRiff Trax]] picks up on it: "Oh no! They've gotten Lord Wil of Helm!"
* Particularly noticeable in the ''[[Hellboy (Filmfilm)|Hellboy]]'' when a nazi is dissolved by the hell portal.
* Shows up in the ''[[Dead or Alive]]'' movie when Hayabusa throws a ninja off a balcony.
* It happens twice in the film version of [[Twenty One21 Jump Street (Filmfilm)|21 Jump Street]], where the third character to fall off of his motorcyle does so, and during the end credits.
 
 
=== Live-Action TV ===
* ''[[Primeval]]'' had it as a [[Once an Episode]] [[Running Gag]] in the first two seasons.
* ''[[The Middleman]]'' also had it turn up [[Once an Episode]]. The comic adaptation of the unproduced 13th episode also has one henchman scream "Aaaah-aaaargh!", with the commentary at the end pointing out that that was their best approximation of the Wilhelm.
* Given ''[[Lost (TV)|Lost]]'''s penchant for ''[[Star Wars]]'' homages, it's somewhat surprising it took them until season 5's "316" to use the Wilhelm Scream.
* One episode of ''[[QI]]'' used the Wilhelm Scream as a buzzer sound.
** The extended episode "Films and Fame" discussed the scream and its ubiquity.
* Used in ''[[Chuck]]'' 1x08, "Chuck Versus the Truth": The Baddie of the Week does a triple backwards handspring to escape from Team Bartowski, and when Sarah shoots him in the knee the Wilhelm Scream can be heard.
* ''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.
* The ''[[Myth Busters (TV)|Myth BustersMythBusters]]'' are particularly fond of this sound effect, and it appears in many of their animated shorts that set up myths. They sometimes also add it to their live-action scenes, such as when Grant and Tory amuse themselves by mock-reenacting Star Wars scenes.
* 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 (TV)/Recap/S2 /E06 Epidemiology|Epidemiology]]" a Wilhelm is heard when Troy re-enters the zombified party in the Power Loader.
** This is something of a [[Running Gag]] in the show. Every time a videogamevideo game or film (especially Kickpuncher) is played/watched onscreen, the scream is heard prominently.
* In the ''[[Supernatural]]'' fourth season episode "[[Supernatural (Anime)/Recap/S04 /E07 ItsIt'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}}.
 
 
=== Music ===
* There's also an Australian emo band named after it
* And a Massachusetts hardcore band.
* And a [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isIABK-0ohQ James Blake song].
* It even received its own homage song, "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLp9rf9GRP8 That Calls for a Wilhelm Scream]".
* [["Weird Al" Yankovic]] uses it in "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ss_BmTGv43M Perform This Way]", at 0:38.
 
 
=== VideogamesVideo Games ===
* 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. [[Bio WareBioWare]] seems to like this.
* ''[[Home Front]]'' uses this often {{spoiler|and even has a [[Lampshade Hanging|secret achievement]] for getting the enemy to scream the Wilhelm Scream 10 times (by knocking them off the Golden Gate Bridge with your M203 Grenade Launcher).}}
* It also appears in the game ''[[Red Dead Redemption]]'' as a random sound effect when enemies are killed.
* ''[[Red Faction|Red Faction: Guerrilla]]'' has one in the intro cutscene. Lampshaded in the RF:G [[Unskippable]]: "Wilhelm's on ''Mars'' now? Man, that guy gets around."
* ''[[Wet]]'' wastes no time and uses the Wilhelm Scream in the opening cutscene.
* The Wilhelm scream is used in the opening sequence of ''[[Bionic Commando (Video Game)|Bionic Commando]]''. [[MST3KMystery Science Theater 3000]]-esque web series [[Unskippable]] lampshades it: "Just ignore Wilhelm back there. Nobody likes him anyway."
* This is the standard enemy death sound effect in ''[[Nitrome|Dirk Valentine and the Fortress of Steam]]''.
* In ''[[Command and& Conquer]] 3'', human infantry can sometimes give voice to a Wilhelm.
* The scream used a lot to imply rage in video game and movie trailers (see ''[[Ninja Gaiden]] 2'' trailer for an example) sounds like a version of the Wilhelm Scream that is either phased or flanged and then slowed down to 2/3 speed.
* In ''[[God of War (Video Gameseries)|God of War]] 3'', Wilhelm shows up in the opening cutscene being hit off a bridge by a Cyclops.
* Appropriately for something set in the ''[[Star Wars]]'' universe, ''[[The Force Unleashed]]'' uses the Wilhelm when Starkiller throws a stormtrooper out of an Imperial dropship in a cutscene.
* ''[[Halo: Reach]]''. A warthog full of marines think they can make the jump between the collapsed parts of a bridge. They can't.
* A Russian soldier in the last part of the Facility level in ''[[GoldenGoldenEye Eye Wii007 (Video2010 video Gamegame)|Golden Eye Wii]]'' Wilhelm screams as he dies.
* In ''[[Blue Planet]]'', a fan-made expansion for ''[[Free Space]]'', Lieutenant [[Shout -Out|Wilhelm]] [[Sacrificial Lamb|Nehru]] screams this when he dies.
* 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.
* This is one of the standard sounds of the Wraith unit movement commands in [[StarcraftStarCraft]]
* 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".}}
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* The new You Don't Know Jack game features the Wilhem Scream if you happen to miss during the Jack Attack.
* Near the end of ''[[Tales of Monkey Island]] Chapter 4: The Trial and Execution of Guybrush Threepwood'', {{spoiler|the Marquis De Singe's final squeal before his molecular dissection is a Wilhelm scream cut off halfway through.}}
* The 2011 Winner of ''[[Team Fortress 2 (Video Game)|Team Fortress 2]]'''s [http://www.teamfortress.com/saxxyawards/ Saxxy Award] for "Best Overall Replay", [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEzaW_0eliY El Muchacho], features the scream midway through the video. ''Team Fortress 2'' also features two Wilhelms in its gameplay trailer (one by a soldier, another by a scout), although the scream isn't present in the game itself.
* This troper is pretty sure that he heard the Wilhelm Scream during a sanity effect in ''[[Eternal Darkness]]''.
* In [[Deus Ex: Human Revolution (Video Game)|Deus Ex Human Revolution]] 's launch trailer, a mercenary does the Wilhelm Scream as he plungs [[Railing Kill|over a railing]].
* The Wilhelm scream can sometimes be heard in ''[[Metal Slug]]'', mostly when the enemy soiders are burned with the flamethrower.
* In ''[[DantesDante's Inferno (Videovideo Gamegame)|Dantes Inferno]]'', a short cutscene shows a soul falling into hell and doing the Wilhelm Scream until he hits his head on a cliff.
* ''[[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
* The Wilhelm scream's one of the sound-effects upon dying in earlier ''[[Avernum]]'' games.
 
 
== Webcomics ==
* Spoofed in the Norwegian webcomic ''Tomkat's Troubles & Toils'' where a henchman screams, "[http://www.nettserier.no/tomkat/1193436000/ WILHELM!]" as he falls to his death.▼
* In a milestone [[Musical Episode]] of [[Brawl in The Family (Webcomic)|Brawl in The Family]], a [http://www.brawlinthefamily.com/?p=1886 Wilhelm scream can be heard in the background].▼
 
=== Web Comics ===
▲* Spoofed in the Norwegian webcomic ''Tomkat's Troubles & Toils'' where a henchman screams, "[https://web.archive.org/web/20100814075300/http://www.nettserier.no/tomkat/1193436000/ WILHELM!]" as he falls to his death.
▲* In a milestone [[Musical Episode]] of [[Brawl in The Family (Webcomic)|Brawl in Thethe Family]], a [https://web.archive.org/web/20101229065509/http://www.brawlinthefamily.com/?p=1886 Wilhelm scream can be heard in the background].
 
=== Web Originals ===
* The Wilhelm scream appears in the ''Bandwidth Theater'' episode [https://web.archive.org/web/20101129071400/http://apocrypha.badgods.com/posts/hitman "Hit Man"] as well.
* [[Metamor City]]: In ''Making the Cut,'' one of the guards defending the hospital lets out a Wilhelm as Victor kills him.
* ''[[Dragon Ball Abridged]]''
** An alien lets out this, when punched by Bardock in the Bardock special
** In Episode 23, a pair of [[Mooks]] [[Discussed Trope|discuss]] it shortly before providing examples.
* Episode 25 of [[International Moron Patrol (Web Animation)|International Moron Patrol]] has LOTS of repeat action with the Wilhelm Scream as soldiers die fighting the Daleks.
* The ''Fake AP Stylebook'' informs us that "Contrary to popular belief, the famous 'Wilhelm scream' is not a recording from 1951. Foley artists have just been hitting the same guy for over fifty years."
* [[The Angry Video Game Nerd (Web Video)|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]].
* Makes a rare ''text'' appearance in part 11 of the ''[http://www.reddit.com/r/HFY/wiki/ref/universes/jenkinsverse Jenkinsverse]'' story ''Humans Don't Make Good Pets'':
{{quote|"It was that creature UtMot was supposed to be bringing in sedated! It's up and it killed UtMot and now it's killing everyone in the boarding party! It has a fucking ''Fusion Sword''!" A tell-tale scream issued from the speakers. "He just took out WilHelm!" the voice shouted.}}
* A White Fang member thrown off a train in V2E11 of ''[[RWBY]]'' gives a Wilhelm Scream.
 
 
=== Western Animation ===
* Used at the very end in the episode "Memories of Boom Boom Mountain" of ''[[Adventure Time (Animation)|Adventure Time]]''.
* It pops up in ''[[Bionicle]]: The Legend Reborn'' when some Bone Hunters get flattened by a rockslide. It's not the film's only use of stock sound effects.
* ''[[Drawn Together]]'' is a frequent abuser of the Wilhelm Scream as a parody. For a specific instance listen to the bar brawl in the "[[Very Special Episode]]".
* Used in ''[[The Venture Brothers]]'' throughout the series.
* An episode of ''[[The Simpsons]]'', "Millior Dollar Maybe", where the subplot is about parodying ''the'' [[Nintendo]] [[Wii]]: Mr Burns is seen using the ''Zii'' Zapper to [[GodwinsGodwin's Law|shoot some Nazis]]. Guess how ''every single one'' screams.
* In the ''[[American Dad (Animation)|American Dad]]'' episode "Meter Made", the scream literally comes in at the last minute. As Stan (the CIA agent who regularly engages in espionage, assassinations, and other forms of badassery) contemplates the end of his mandatory community service as a meter maid, he ends with a wistful internal monologue: "No more excitement. No more power. I'm back to being a nobody." (Wilhelm Scream heard in the background of an intense jungle firefight.) "Just a regular schnook."
* The Wilhelm Scream is also used in [[Generator Rex]].
* Keeping with the longstanding [[Star Wars]] Wilhelm tradition, on [[Star Wars: theThe Clone Wars|The Clone Wars]] series's episode 20 of season 3, a clone trooper lets out a Wilhelm {{spoiler|during a space battle when a Cruiser is shot}}.
* In accordance with their tradition of parodying action movies, a bystander looses one in ''[[Family Guy]]'' during one of the Peter/Chicken fights.
* Happens to [[Snow White and Thethe Seven Dwarfs (Disney film)|Dopey]] after being killed by [[God Save Us From the Queen|the Witch]] in a ''[[Mortal Kombat]]'' parody at the very beginning of ''[[Runaway Brain]]''.
 
 
=== Other Stock Screams ===
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=== Advertising ===
* Used in all the Ads for Iron Man Cereal in Australia is the "Howie Long" scream mentioned below.
 
 
=== Anime and Manga ===
* The Howie Long Scream is used at the end of the omake that comes with episode 7 of ''[[Mai Hi MEMy-HiME]]''.
 
 
=== Films -- Live-Action ===
* Left out by the main villain Three Finger in ''[[Wrong Turn 3 Left for Dead]]'' when his [[Outside Ride]] comes to sudden stop.
* Another famous Stock Scream is the Howie Long Scream, named for its best-known appearance in [[John Woo]]'s ''[[Broken Arrow (1996 (Filmfilm)|Broken Arrow]]'', when Howie's villain character was kicked through the wall of a train car and off a bridge, and basically sounds like [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hf6_hok4-lo '''EEERRRAAAUUUAAAGGGHHH!'''] Apparently its official name is "Gut Wrenching With Fall", which frankly sums it up pretty nicely.
** As noted in the beginning of that clip, the scream is heard when your character takes a fatal fall in ''[[Star Wars: Dark Forces Saga (Video Game)|Dark Forces]]''.
** In ''[[House of Frankenstein (Filmfilm)|House of Frankenstein]]'', when the monster throws Daniel out the window, Boris Karloff's monster death scream from ''[[Son of Frankenstein (Film)|Son of Frankenstein]]'' is played.
** That scream was also used at the very end of the trailer for the ''Doom'' movie.
** Also used in the ''[[Cloak and Dagger (Filmfilm)|Cloak and Dagger]]'' movie when a man falls down several flights of stairs.
** Jackie Chan's movie ''The Medallion'' uses this scream twice, but in both instances it relates to the titular item. Jackie's character "releases" the scream at one point. The villain of the movie also releases it {{spoiler|when he is stabbed through the medallion}}, as it is the only way to stop him after he has received 100% of the power that the medallion can bestow {{spoiler|which amounts to trapping his soul within the structure of the medallion itself}}.
** It appears in ''[[Serial Mom]]'' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49sPDziuO84 in this scene].
** ''[[Final Destination (Film)|Final Destination]] 3'' uses it while the characters are going up on the rollercoaster. Or at least, something that sounds eerily similar to it.
** The Howie Long Scream is used, briefly though, in a trailer for ''[[The Road]]'' movie [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbLgszfXTAY '''At the 2:02 mark''']
** 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.
** All Terran players of the original ''[[StarcraftStarCraft]]'' will recognize that sound.
** 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.
* ''[[Trailer Park Boys]]'' has its own unique scream: Virtually every time a scene devolves into chaos or brawling, an off-screen character (eventually named Donny) yells "WHAT IN THE [[Bluenose Bowdlerizer|**** ]]?!!"
* ''[[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 (Filmfilm)|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.]
** Roger Moore has a very distinctive scream that shows up in his later Bond movies. Its especially noticeable when he is dangling from the blimp and takes a [[Groin Attack]] by an antenna on the Trans-America Pyramid as he zooms past in ''[[A View to A Kill (Film)|A View to Aa Kill]]''.
* In the 1997 [[Updated Rerelease]] of ''[[Star Wars|The Empire Strikes Back]]'', when Luke falls down the Cloud City shaft, he makes the same scream as the Emperor's death scream in ''[[Return of the Jedi]]''. Removed in the DVD release.
* [[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 B-movie ''[[Dragon Wars]]'' did the scream twice. [[Narm|Narmtastic]]tastic since the first screamer was an ancient Japanese peasant the second was a modern day U.S. soldier. Apparently half a world and one thousand years dividing these people didn't change how people scream as they are crushed under the foot of a stegosaurus looking dragon.
* 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!"
* The ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' movies have someone yell "Watch out!" whenever a catapult is about to hit, though it's only used once in the second and third movies, respectively.
** 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 (Filmfilm)|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 Howie Scream is used at least three times in the trailer for the 2011 movie "[[Conan the Barbarian]]" [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptC_KlAP_Ko The first time is at 0:51.]
* The Howie Long scream is heard in [[Beethoven]]'s Second when Beethoven knocks Ashley out of his house after yanking off a support beam.
* The Howie Long scream is used in the [[Sy FySyfy]] original movie ''51'' for one of the alien's victims.
 
 
=== Live-Action TV ===
* ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]'' dubbed in a Stock Scream for Claire in a recent episode.
** The same female stock scream appears in the ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV)|Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' season 1 episode ''The Harvest'', and is inexplicably dubbed over the DVD menus of season 5. It also appears in ''[[Dawn of the Dead (Filmfilm)|Dawn of the Dead]]'' and ''Timestoppers 2''.
* The same scream as the ''[[Twisted Metal]]'' below was used in an episode of ''I Shouldn't Be Alive'' when one of the castaways is eaten by sharks.
* The History Channel's show [[httpwikipedia://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gangland_<!--Gangland 28TV_series29(TV series)|Gangland]] takes a scream sound effect of a man's voice going "AAAAARGH!" and just fucking RUNS WITH IT! Almost every single transition of any still or moving picture or video footage, no matter if it's 2 minutes apart or 2 seconds apart, plays the exact same scream sound effect with it, for every single episode of Season 1 and beyond. -->
* ''[[AmericasAmerica's Funniest Home Videos]]'' makes use of numerous stock screams, including the Howie Long and the Eeeyah! Eeeeyaaagh, Eeeyah! (it would be awesome to have a link here for the latter mentioned scream)
* Destroyed In Seconds uses a female stock scream in almost every crash footage they show. It is highly noticeable as it is usually the last sound heard before a commercial break and can often be clearly heard even while a crash is being shown in slow motion.
* ''[[Death Valley (TV)|Death Valley]]'' uses the Howie Long Scream in its 7th episode for a vampire getting fried in a tanning bed.
* The series ''Adventure Inc.'' used the Howie Long scream in its opening credits.
* ''Just For Laughs'' often replaces people's reactions with various stock screams.
 
 
=== Music ===
* A ubiquitous female stock scream appears in ''Wu Tang Clan'''s [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qhjc3AUq1OY The City] at 00:10.
** The same scream is used in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeygI66vbFM "Gunner Down"] from ''[[Descent]] II''.
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=== VideogamesVideo Games ===
* "Howie Long" scream also appears when players click on the Terran "Academy" building in '''[[StarcraftStarCraft]].''
** The same scream, slightly shortened and increased in pitch, is used as the 'Fast Zombie' cry in ''[[Half-Life 2 (Video Game)|Half-Life 2]]''.
** Used in the game over screen on ''Ketsui: Kizuna Jigoku Tachi''.
** [[Crash Bandicoot]] 2 used the "Howie Long" scream in the jetpack levels late in the game, when a Lab Assistant was flung into a fire-barrier in your path and burned to death.
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* A commonly-heard stock scream is the one heard in the NES ''[[American Gladiators]]'' game when a gladiator falls off the platform. What's this one called? Goes "aaielalialiaaah!"
* Another common stock scream is the death scream used in ''[[Twisted Metal]] Black''. "Oliolialiaah!"
* There are nearly a full dozen stock screams (though neither the Wilhelm Scream nor the Howie Long Scream are present) used within the ''[[Command and& Conquer]]'' series. Each is named "dedman" ("nuyell" in the case of C&C95) and numbered from 1 upwards, located within the sound.mix (or always.dat for Renegade) files which can be opened with utilities such as XCC Mixer. If it ain't broke, don't fix it?
* Many [[First -Person Shooter|First Person Shooters]] use ubiquitous stock screams for their death sounds, such as in ''Red Faction'' and ''[[Soldier of Fortune]] II''.
* ''[[Dead Space (Franchiseseries)|Dead Space]]''.
* Crowd reaction: shock. It sounds like a lot of people gasping or saying "oh" surprisedly at the same time. Occurs in ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]'' among a million other things.
* Devil Laugh: Ho-ho-ho-ho slowed down laugh. Think about Bowser's laugh when you die in ''[[Super Mario 64 (Video Game)|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 Wilhelmfemale scream's oneused offor the sound-effects upon dyingSplicers in earlier ''[[AvernumBioShock (series)]]'' games.
* In ''[[Doom (Video Gameseries)|Doom]] 3'', some of the Doomguy's pain grunts/screams are the same as in ''[[Turok (Video Gameseries)|Turok]] 2: Seeds of Evil''.▼
* The female scream used for the Splicers in ''[[Bio Shock]]''.
▲* In ''[[Doom (Video Game)|Doom]] 3'', some of the Doomguy's pain grunts/screams are the same as in ''[[Turok (Video Game)|Turok]] 2: Seeds of Evil''.
* In the ''[[Pocahontas]]'' game on the [[Sega Genesis]], the Insane Tantrum scream is heard when you use the bear spirit to scare away settlers.
* A cut-off version of the [[Twisted Metal]] Death Scream is [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxQLVOtHMNk heard once] in ''Call of Duty: Black Ops'', {{spoiler|in the mission Executive Order, when you use melee on the first guard you see on top of the comms building}}.
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* 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]]''.
* Not quite a scream, but a characteristic "ugh" sound is used when a female character is hit or killed in ''[[GoldenGoldenEye Eye007 (1997 (Videovideo Gamegame)|Golden Eye 1997]]'', ''[[Mission: Impossible]] 64'', ''[[Perfect Dark]]'', and some games in the ''[[Rainbow Six]]'' series.
 
 
=== Web Originals ===
* Parodied in ''[[Tomb Raider|Animated Croft]]''. When Lara discovers she has received a bomb in the mail, she lets out the high-pitched stock scream sound from the first four games in the ''Tomb Raider'' series, [[Overly Long Gag|over and over again]]. When Winston hears her he asks what the matter is. When she tells him there's a bomb, he lets out the same scream.
** And that scream is looped in the first ''Tomb Raider'' when she falls down the really long pit.
 
 
=== Western Animation ===
* The same "Howie Long" scream mentioned above was also used in the intro of the [[Nickelodeon]] cartoon ''[[Aaahh Real Monsters|AAAHH!!! Real Monsters]]''.
** Used for a quick clip of the Brotherhood in later seasons' openings for ''[[X -Men: Evolution]]''.
** Also appears in the ''[[Powerpuff Girls]]'' episode "Paste Makes Waste".
** It shows up in the ''[[DextersDexter's Laboratory]]'' episode "Sun, Surf and Science" when one of Mandark's artificial whirlpools pulls in a surfing contestant.
* And then of course, there's [[Goofy]]'s [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFAG1oy0-F0 famous scream], a Stock Scream for [[Classic Disney Shorts]]: {{smallcaps|YAAAA-HOO-HOO-HOO-HOOEY!}}
** Here are all of the instances of the Goofy Holler in the Disney films (not counting the ones starring [[Goofy]] for obvious reasons):
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*** ''Cold Turkey'': When Milton the cat falls into the garbage can.
*** ''Lambert the Sheepish Lion'': When Lambert headbutts the wolf off a cliff.
*** ''[[Cinderella (Disney film)|Cinderella]]'': When the King and the Duke fall off the chandelier.
*** ''[[Make Mine Music (Disney)|Make Mine Music]]'': During the "Martins and Coys" segment.
*** ''[[Bedknobs and Broomsticks]]'': When [[King of Beasts|King Leonidas]] kicks a hyena.
*** ''[[PetesPete's Dragon]]'': When [[Big Bad|Doc Terminus]] gets harpooned.
*** ''[[The Rescuers (Disney film)|The Rescuers]]'': When Orville gets sucked into the Swampmobile, and when he falls off a building at the end of the film.
*** ''[[The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Disney film)|The Hunchback of Notre Dame]]'': When Quasimodo knocks several guards off a rope during the final battle.
*** ''[[Home Onon the Range]]'': When Maggie pushed Junior into a mine shaft.
*** ''[[Enchanted]]'': When the troll gets hit by a tree branch.
*** Still Disney related, but Real Life example: the Atlanta Braves' spring training home is in Kissimee, FL, next door to Walt Disney World. During games, the scream is sometimes played when a foul ball is hit.
*** A few episodes of Nickelodeon's ''[[Rocko's Modern Life]]'' use the holler.
*** The oddest one out as far as the Goofy holler is concerned? ''[[Street Fighter (Filmfilm)|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 (Animation)|Jonny Quest]]'', we would hear the same scream: ''{{smallcaps|AAIIIIEEEEEEEEEE}}!''
** Naturally, the (somewhat) affectionate parody of JQ in ''[[Freakazoid (Animation)|Freakazoid!]]!'' spoofed this one for all it was worth
* ''[[Futurama (Animation)|Futurama]]'' would use the same scream every time Amy fell down.
* ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants (Animation)|SpongeBob SquarePants]]'': "My leg!"
* ''[[American Dad (Animation)|American Dad]]'' has [http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=L2tQ8RXCSU4 Stan Smith's excellent scream of much pain] which is so good that the show rarely misses the opportunity to use it.
** This is even funnier in the episode "A Smith in the Hand", where they use a different scream multiple times.
** Additionally, in "Finances with Wolves" ''another'' scream is repeatedly heard every time Stan gets hurt by cactuses, razor blades, and lemon juice.
* In-universe example with the episode "Choosy Wives Choose Stan Smith": Roger is revealed to have numerous Stock Screams, misinterpreting ([[It Makes Sense in Context]]) "Plane Crash" for "Found Out My Son Is Gay".
* ''[[A Goofy Movie]] has several Goofy Hollers (naturally), two of which occur during the opening and end titles unconnected to any action. There is also a Wilhelm Scream {{spoiler|when their car crashes into the scaffolding}}.
** Released around the same time as ''[[A Goofy Movie]]'', Disney's ''[[The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Disney film)|The Hunchback of Notre Dame]]'' makes use of the Goofy Holler a few times -- but taken in-context with the other Disney [[Shout -Out|Shout Outs]] in the movie, it could be intentional and not laziness.
* All the kids in the ''[[Peanuts]]'' cartoons have the same distinctive stock scream: "AAAUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGHH!!!"
** Not all of them. Peppermint Patty has her own (although the other one was sometimes used for her). Snoopy has his own stock scream as well.
* The old ''[[Tom and Jerry (Animation)|Tom and Jerry]]'' shorts would use the same screams a lot, such as Tom's signature "OOO-ooo-OOO Hooo Hooo Hoo HOO!" and well as the more straight-forward "AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!" Both screams occasionally turn up in other MGM cartoons as well, such as [[Tex Avery]]'s.
* ''[[Generator Rex]]'' gives the stock screams to Providence's [[Redshirt Army]] to show that they really are expendable.
* Used in the ''[[Young Justice (Animationanimation)|Young Justice]]'' episode "Drop Zone", when Superboy tosses a supervillain into a gang of
thugs.
 
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