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{{quote|''"Will it stop Doctor? The drumming. Will it stop?"'' |
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|'''The Master''', ''[[Doctor Who]]'', "Last of the Time Lords"}} |
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A character goes mad from a [[Brown Note|sound that only they can hear]]. Because of this, they may go [[Ax Crazy]] and try to destroy the source of the sound, or at least what they ''think'' is the source of the sound—or end up resorting to [[Headphones Equal Isolation]], abandoning the world in favor of just getting away from the horrible noise. |
A character goes mad from a [[Brown Note|sound that only they can hear]]. Because of this, they may go [[Ax Crazy]] and try to destroy the source of the sound, or at least what they ''think'' is the source of the sound—or end up resorting to [[Headphones Equal Isolation]], abandoning the world in favor of just getting away from the horrible noise. |
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* In ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]'', the ticking clock sound effect that plays whenever Sylar's up to his old tricks evokes this trope. Even though it's not literally a ticking he can hear, it symbolizes that he can see how everything works in a way no one else can, which drives him batty. |
* In ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]'', the ticking clock sound effect that plays whenever Sylar's up to his old tricks evokes this trope. Even though it's not literally a ticking he can hear, it symbolizes that he can see how everything works in a way no one else can, which drives him batty. |
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* Season 3 of ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' had the telepath variant. |
* Season 3 of ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' had the telepath variant. |
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* The song "All Along the Watchtower" does this to four {{spoiler|Cylons}} at the end of ''[[Battlestar Galactica |
* The song "All Along the Watchtower" does this to four {{spoiler|Cylons}} at the end of ''[[ Reimagined|Battlestar Galactica ]]''{{'}}s third season. |
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* In the televised miniseries ''[[I, Claudius]]'', Caligula goes mad, partly due to the sounds of running horses which only he can hear. (The series implies he was nuts from the beginning, and only got worse after he suffered an illness.) Caligula himself claims that, as a god, he hears many things that keep him from sleeping, and that's one reason he acts so strangely. |
* In the televised miniseries ''[[I, Claudius]]'', Caligula goes mad, partly due to the sounds of running horses which only he can hear. (The series implies he was nuts from the beginning, and only got worse after he suffered an illness.) Caligula himself claims that, as a god, he hears many things that keep him from sleeping, and that's one reason he acts so strangely. |
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* ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]''. An alien (disguised as a human) plants the sound of a music box in Counsellor Troi's head so she won't be able to detect him. The sound drives her to madness, so he removes it once his identity is revealed. |
* ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]''. An alien (disguised as a human) plants the sound of a music box in Counsellor Troi's head so she won't be able to detect him. The sound drives her to madness, so he removes it once his identity is revealed. |
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