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{{quote|"Oh, that's cheating; sneaking up! Did you have your legs on silent?"|'''The Doctor''', ''[[ |
{{quote|"Oh, that's cheating; sneaking up! Did you have your legs on silent?"|'''The Doctor''', ''[[Doctor Who]]'' episode "[[Doctor Who/NS/Recap/S4 E14 The Next Doctor|The Next Doctor]]", regarding the Cybermen.}} |
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Our hero is walking down a corridor in the [[Big Bad|Big Bad's]] ship/castle/compound, and suddenly he hears *THUNK THUNK THUNK*! He has just enough time to duck down a side hallway before a squad of [[Mook|Mooks]] walk past him. And thus our hero is saved by noisy footwear. |
Our hero is walking down a corridor in the [[Big Bad|Big Bad's]] ship/castle/compound, and suddenly he hears *THUNK THUNK THUNK*! He has just enough time to duck down a side hallway before a squad of [[Mook|Mooks]] walk past him. And thus our hero is saved by noisy footwear. |
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What our hero has encountered is a group of [[Stompy Mooks]]. [[Stompy Mooks]] are basically mooks who simply cannot be quiet when they move around, even if they tried. These can include anything from [[Doctor Who |
What our hero has encountered is a group of [[Stompy Mooks]]. [[Stompy Mooks]] are basically mooks who simply cannot be quiet when they move around, even if they tried. These can include anything from [[Doctor Who|Robot Soldiers]], [[Heavily Armored Mook|heavily armored soldiers]], or just normal, everyday soldiers with noisy boots. This is usually played straight to make the viewer understand exactly what's going on and why the hero just ducked down a hallway. |
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Of course, when the plot requires it, [[Stompy Mooks]] can be as quiet as church-mice. |
Of course, when the plot requires it, [[Stompy Mooks]] can be as quiet as church-mice. |
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== [[Film]] == |
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== [[Live Action TV]] == |
== [[Live Action TV]] == |
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* The Cybermen from the ''[[ |
* The Cybermen from the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' new series are a great example of this trope. It's even [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] in the episode "The Next Doctor", as seen in the page quote. |
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* Jaffa, from the ''[[Stargate Verse|Stargate universe]]'', are so notorious for this that you can be assured that in every hallway scene on a Goa'uld ship there ''will'' be some form of clanking. The Ori Crusaders do this too, but to a much lesser extent. As a funny note, the Jaffa actually cease clanking once they are freed from the Goa'uld. |
* Jaffa, from the ''[[Stargate Verse|Stargate universe]]'', are so notorious for this that you can be assured that in every hallway scene on a Goa'uld ship there ''will'' be some form of clanking. The Ori Crusaders do this too, but to a much lesser extent. As a funny note, the Jaffa actually cease clanking once they are freed from the Goa'uld. |
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[[Category:Stompy Mooks]] |
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