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== [[Film]] ==
* In the 2008 ''[[The Incredible Hulk (Filmfilm)|The Incredible Hulk]]'' movie this happens during the fight between the Hulk and the Abomination.
* ''[[Cloverfield]]'': the first sign of {{spoiler|the monster}} is a tremor causing car alarms to go off.
* In ''[[Iron Man 2 (Filmfilm)|Iron Man 2]]'' a couple of car alarms go off as Iron Man and War Machine fly noisily through a parking lot; half a second later {{spoiler|Ivan Venko's air capable Hammer Drones}} pass through making even more noise, setting almost all the cars off.
* In ''[[Tremors]]'', the Gummers' SUV is destroyed by a Graboid after its burrowing disturbs the ground underneath the vehicle and sets off its car alarm.
* Those poor bikes in ''[[Mystery Team]]''.
* In ''[[Highlander (Film)|Highlander]]'' the first quickening sets off several car alarms.
* ''[[The Iron Giant]]'' has the rare case of the car alarm going off due to direct contact with the vehicle. Basically, the Iron Giant, when he and Hogarth discover the junkyard that Dean works at, starts eating everything in there. It then eats a car... which hadn't had its alarm system removed yet, causing the car alarm to go off.
 
 
== [[Literature]] ==
* In a rare literature example, in ''[[Animorphs (Literature)|Animorphs]]'' Jake sent Marco to [[We Need a Distraction|cause a disturbance]] and every car had a car alarm. Really, really much funnier in text.
* [[Harry Turtledove]]'s ''The Case of the Toxic Spelldump'' creates a [[Magitek]] version, the sylphs that power magic carpets are supposed to scream if the carpet is stolen. Instead, they scream incessantly at the slightest provocation.
** So, just like real car alarms...
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== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* In the ''[[Torchwood (TV)|Torchwood]]'' episode "Exit Wounds", {{spoiler|the city wide bombing of Cardiff by Capt. John Hart sets off these}}. Later in ''Children of Earth'': "Day One" when {{spoiler|the government blows up the Hub}} this happens.
* In the third season finale of ''[[Criminal Minds]]'', the episode ends with {{spoiler|nearby car alarms blaring after an SUV explodes. The catch? One of the main characters (the audience is not told who until the season 4 premiere) is about to get into the SUV when it explodes}}.
* In the second ''[[Top Gear]]'' US special, Clarkson and Hammond set off a whole line of parked cars in Vegas by revving the engines of their muscle cars as loudly as possible. Unfortunately for them, this quickly drew the attention of the local authorities.
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== [[Video Games]] ==
* At one point in the Video Game Awards 2011 exclusive trailer for ''[[Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance]]'', Raiden kicks an enemy soldier into a parked black car hard enough to set off the car alarm and nearly flips it over. Raiden then remarks shortly afterwards "too easy!" before [[Family-Unfriendly Death|cutting him up.]]
 
== [[Western Animation]] ==
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