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{{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''', ''[[Ōkami|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
This is a traditional water feature that is found in the yards of Japanese homes, properly called a ''[[wikipedia: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
In addition to indicating a moneyed and traditional household,
[[Long List|Not to be confused with]] [[Discworld|the thing that goes parp]],[[Rhythm Heaven Fever|The Thing That Goes Donk-Donk]], [[The Thing (film)|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|the GUY who says boink]], [[Doctor Who|the thing that goes ding when there's stuff]], [[Monty Python's The Meaning of Life|the machine that goes ping]], [[Context Sensitive Button|the button]] [[Conkers Bad Fur Day|that goes ting]], [[Portal (series)|the thing-we-don't-know-what-it-does]], [[The Addams Family|the Thing that lives in a box]], [[
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== Anime and Manga ==
* ''[[Black Butler]]'' In the first episode, when they enter the Japanese garden.
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* ''[[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 na 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.
* One is prominently displayed in the courtyard of the Aoiya in ''[[Rurouni Kenshin]]''.
* There is one in the third episode of ''[[Ouran High School Host Club]].''
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* Both Tezuka and Echizen's homes in ''[[Prince of Tennis]]'' have them.
* in ''[[Kenichi: The 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 ''[[wikipedia:Birth (anime)|Birth]]''.
* ''[[Naruto]]''. Every episode involving a flashback from Sasuke, or the Hyuga household.
** In
** Not to mention almost half of the filler stories.
* ''[[Bleach]]''. Every episode involving the Kuchiki household.
* 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.
* One can be found in the hot springs at the Hinata Inn in ''[[Love Hina]]''.
* ''[[Project A-ko]]'' has one of these inside the cabin of the "Max 5000" mecha. ([[Freeze-Frame Bonus|It's only shown very briefly]], though.)
* [[Magic Knight Rayearth|Hikaru Shidou's]] house has one.
* Jyabura's garden has one in ''[[One Piece]]''.
* ''[[Higurashi no Naku Koro ni]]'': there's one on the grounds of the [[Yakuza|Sonozaki]] estate.
* ''[[Maison Ikkoku]]'': The very aristocratic family of Kujo Asuna have one, naturally.
* ''[[Detective Conan]]'': Whenever Kogoro, Ran, and Conan visit the house of a rich client, this is the first thing you see.
* 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.
** Yomi also has one of those at the house where he meets with Yusuke.
* ''[[Full Metal Panic!|Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu!]]'' Shows one quite prominently at the Yakuza home of Mikihara.
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* ''[[Fruits Basket]]'' has the doinky doink thing in the Souma family complex, complete with pretty gardens and paper screen doors. A little bit ironic, considering the whole place reeks of [[Dysfunction Junction]].
* One exists by the Tennouz mansion in ''[[Speed Grapher]]''.
* Excalibur seems to have one in
* In episode 13 of ''[[Gintama]]'',
* In ''[[Mao-chan]]'', the aliens target a shishi-odoshi in one episode.
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* There's one at the restaurant where Tsuruya and her father invite Kyon's family for a formal dinner in chapter 28 of ''[[Kyon: Big Damn Hero]]''.
== Film ==
* It also makes an appearance in the snowy courtyard of the House of Blue Leaves, the site of the Bride's final duel with O-Ren Ishii in ''[[Kill Bill]] Volume 1.''
== Live Action TV ==
* Mozzie's safehouse-cum-Zen Garden in ''[[White Collar]]'' is complete with a Thing That Goes Doink (it's in a loft with a great view of Manhattan). It won't be operational for some time, since circumstances required Mozzie bring Peter and another [[FBI Agent]] to the safehouse.
== Video Games ==
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* A modest-sized one can be found and rolled up in the ''[[Katamari Damacy]]'' game.
* There is one in the Bug castle in [[Pokémon Conquest]].And it causes balls to fall on the Zen garden, which you can throw at the enemies to damage them.
* 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
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** He refers to them as "plonks" at multiple points.
** The catch? {{spoiler|[[Mouse World|You're two inches tall]], and the things that go doink are now bridges.}}
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* ''[[Kingdom of Loathing]]'' mentions a Thing in a fight with [[Meaningful Name|Yaki]][[Gratuitous Japanese|soba]], one of the monsters in the Pastamancer's quest to kill their Nemesis.
* ''Xenosaga Episode 2'' has one of these at the Uzuki residence on Second Miltia; it even moves and goes doink.
* The ''[[Nancy Drew (video game)|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.
== Real Life ==
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* [[Mundane Utility|These are also useful as automated nut-grinders if set up with correctly-shaped stones and a waterfall for continuous power.]]
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