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{{quote box|[[File:lt/shishiShishiodoshi.jpggif|frame|<nowiki>*DOINK*</nowiki>]]}}

{{quote|''[[Most Wonderful Sound (Sugar Wiki)|Gotta love the rhythmic tapping these babies put out.]] The weight of the water inside makes 'em move like a see-saw. [[Humans Are Special|Mankind sure is incredible, huh?]] They made this thing with the sole purpose of making soothing sounds.''|'''Issun''', ''[[Okami (Video Game)|Okami]]''}}

To establish that a [[Big Fancy House]] belongs to a family that is both traditionally Japanese and exceedingly wealthy, one can show many aspects of the home that seem extravagant. There's the big yard, the high fence, the sheer size of it. But for something that just screams "Rich Japanese Family" you need [['''The Thing That Goes Doink]]'''.

This is a traditional water feature that is found in the yards of Japanese homes, properly called a ''[http://en.[wikipedia.org/wiki/:Shishi-odoshi |shishi-odoshi]]'' or "deer scare"/"deer-chaser". It has a bamboo cup on a fulcrum that slowly fills with falling water. When it fills, it tips over and empties; when it flips back upright, its hollow back end hits a stone underneath it and makes a distinctive hollow-log "doink" sound. With a simple two-second shot of this device doing its thing, it is established without a doubt that this [[Big Fancy House]] is a place of wealth and tradition. Of course, if the doinker happens to be in a Western home, you can bet that they're a [[New Age Retro Hippie]] who recently converted to Zen Buddhism and insists that the doinker "balances the home's chi" or whatever.

Don't confuse the sound of [[The Thing That Goes Doink]] with that of the ''tsuzumi'', a drumlike instrument used in [[Kabuki Sounds|Kabuki theatre]] which can be heard in a number of anime. The two sound very alike, but the ''shishi-odoshi'' is usually shown when it makes its noise.

[[The Thing That Goes Doink]] is often used in the [[Aspect Montage]].

In addition to indicating a moneyed and traditional household, [[The Thing That Goes Doink]] is sometimes used to signal an imminent [[Hot Springs Episode]].

[[Long List|Not to be confused with]] [[Discworld|the thing that goes parp]],[[Rhythm Heaven Fever|The Thing That Goes Donk-Donk]], [[The Thing (Filmfilm)|the thing from another world]], [[Final Fantasy|the thing which, if it doinks you, you die]], [[Law and Order|the thing that goes doink-doink]], [[Calvin and Hobbes|the scientific progress that goes boink]], [[Team Fortress 2 (Video Game)|the GUY who says boink]], [[Doctor Who (TV)|the thing that goes ding when there's stuff]], [[Monty PythonsPython's theThe Meaning of Life|the machine that goes ping]], [[Context Sensitive Button|the button]] [[Conkers Bad Fur Day (Video Game)|that goes ting]], [[Portal (Video Gameseries)|the thing-we-don't-know-what-it-does]], [[The Addams Family (TV)|the Thing that lives in a box]], [[HitchThe HikersHitchhiker's Guide to Thethe Galaxy (video game)|the thing your aunt gave that you don't know what it is]], [[Fantastic Four|The Thing that goes "It's clobberin' time!"]], [[The Cat in Thethe Hat|Thing 1 and Thing 2]] or [[Professional Wrestling|the clown that's named Doink]].

* ''[[Tenchi Muyo!]]'': Outside the shrine.

* ''[[Best Student Council (Anime)|Best Student Council]]'', unusually, has one in the school's [[Furo Scene|women's bathing room]]. Of course, said school ''is'' very large and very rich.

* Miki's house in ''[[Tenshi Nana Konamaiki]]''.

* In the second episode of ''[[Saber Marionette J To X]]'', one is shown outside a meeting at which Otaru and several townspeople debate whether to hold an upcoming festival in the traditional fashion or add new elements from other countries.

* When the members of the Six Houses of Kyoto meet in ''[[Code Geass]]'', one is visible nearby.

* Soun has one in ''[[Ranma One Half½|Ranma 1/2]].'' It's not used to show opulence, but more that Soun has a rather traditional house/dojo set up. It was sometimes used to show time had passed. The sight gag of it 'doinking' being used to show time had passed was used in the anime, even when the action was at the Tendos. The Kuno mansion has at least one of them, if not several. Sasuke Sarugakure has to drink from them. The Daimonji school of Martial Arts Tea Ceremony also has one in the anime.

* In episode 34 of ''[[Get BackersGetBackers]]'' the owner of a hugh diamond connection has his estate using electrified barbed wire, security cameras, and "Doink".

* In ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha (Animeanime)|Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]'' Captain Lindy has one... on a spaceship.

* in ''[[Kenichi: theThe Mightiest Disciple|Historys Strongest Disciple Kenichi]]'' this is at Ryōzanpaku and often is a focal point or the only thing heard.

* There's one on a desert planet in ''[[httpwikipedia://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birth_<!-- 28anime29Birth (anime)|Birth]]''. -->

** In "''Shippuden"'', there's one at the Nara household, as well.

* Touya Akira's large, traditional house in ''[[Hikaru no Go]]'', usually heard (and sometimes seen) when Touya's large, traditional father is given screentime. The sound of water pouring from the thing, followed by the doink, nicely resembles the rustle of a hand in a bowl of Go stones, followed by the 'pok' of a stone hitting the board.

* ''[[Project a KoA-ko]]'' has one of these inside the cabin of the "Max 5000" mecha. ([[Freeze -Frame Bonus|It's only shown very briefly]], though.)

* Jyabura's garden has one in ''[[One Piece]]''.

* ''[[Higurashi no Naku Koro Nini]]'': there's one on the grounds of the [[Yakuza|Sonozaki]] estate.

* One of these show up in at least one of the later episodes of ''[[Yu Yu Hakusho]]'' at Genkai's house-temple-thing. It's probably to show wealth, as her property is revealed in the last episode to be immense.

* ''[[Full Metal Panic!|Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu!]]'' Shows one quite prominently at the Yakuza home of Mikihara.

* Nozomu Itoshiki of ''[[Sayonara, Zetsubou Sensei-sensei]]'' turns out to be from a traditional and wealthy family, complete with their own doinker.

* In ''[[Jo Jos Bizarre Adventure (Manga)|Jo JosJoJo's Bizarre Adventure]]'', Jotaro Kujo and his mother, Holly, have one of these in their house. It's used a couple of times near the beginning, then never seen again.

* The powerful Kannagi family in ''[[Kaze no Stigma (Light Novel)|Kaze no Stigma]]'' have one.

* Excalibur seems to have one in "''Soul Eater"'' at one point. Then again, he isn't the most reliable of sources.

* In episode 13 of ''[[Gintama (Manga)|Gintama]]'', [[The Thing That Goes Doink]] shows up around Hamiko's mansion.

* When Baiken uses her Instant Kill in the ''[[Guilty Gear]]'' video game series, the scene abruptly changes to show her and her opponent's silhouettes through the wall of a traditional-style house, with [[The Thing That Goes Doink]] in the near foreground. When it goes doink, the opponent dies.

* [[The Thing That Goes Doink|Things that go doink]] are used as levers and platforms to solve puzzles at various times in ''[[Okami]]'', to make use of the Water Spout power. In the English version (at least), Issun doesn't know what to call them, either. He clearly likes them though, as evidenced by the page quote.

* ''[[Parodius]]'' has a giant one of these as an obstacle... as befitting Parodius, it uses [[EverythingsEverything's Better Withwith Penguins|penguins]] instead of water.

* The [[PSPlayStation 2]] music/rhythm game ''Unison'' has its lead female characters dancing to a traditional Japanese ''enka'' song called "[[Yo Sa Ku]]". The establishing shot of the performance hall shows one of these underneath a statue of an Eastern dragon.

* The ''[[Nancy Drew (Videovideo Gamegame)|Nancy Drew]]'' game ''Shadow At The Water's Edge'' features this as part of the ryokan's garden. An important clue is hidden in one of the bamboo shoots.

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