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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 ''[
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 (
{{examples|Examples:}}▼
== Anime and Manga ==
* ''[[Black Butler]]'' In the first episode, when they enter the Japanese garden.
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* The Mendou family from ''[[Urusei Yatsura]]'' are quite possibly the richest people in the world; and they prove this by having ''multiple'' ''shishi-odoshi'' around various parts of their [[Big Fancy House|town-sized palace-and-villa-filled fortress]].
** When Kuruma is training Ataru in episode 9, a drunk Tengu lies passed out underneath a Thing That Goes Doink, getting repeatedly doinked in the head by it.
* ''[[Tenchi Muyo!]]'': Outside the shrine.
* Sakura's family estate in Sendai, in ''[[Sakura Taisen]]''. During the first episode of the first [[OVA]] series, the sound of the ''shishi-odoshi'' is used to punctuate the passing of time as the young Sakura struggles to learn the secrets of her family's style of kendo.
* ''[[Kekkaishi]]'' has several. Both Tokine's and Yoshimori's houses have one, as does Urakai headquarters.
* Honoka's home in ''[[Futari wa Pretty Cure]]''.
* ''[[
* Miki's house in ''[[Tenshi
* 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]].''
** And at the Haninozuka residence in episode 18. Twice.
* Soun has one in ''[[Ranma
* In episode 34 of ''[[
* In ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha (
* Both Tezuka and Echizen's homes in ''[[Prince of Tennis]]'' have them.
* in ''[[Kenichi:
* There's one on a desert planet in ''[[
* ''[[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
* [[Magic Knight Rayearth|Hikaru Shidou's]] house has one.
* Jyabura's garden has one in ''[[One Piece]]''.
* ''[[Higurashi no Naku Koro
* ''[[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.
* Nozomu Itoshiki of ''[[Sayonara, Zetsubou
* Used immediately to show the wealth of the Shishidou household in ''[[Sora wo Kakeru Shoujo]]''. And we do mean "immediately" - it's the very first shot in the anime.
* In ''[[
* The powerful Kannagi family in ''[[
* There's one in ''[[Shugo Chara]]'' when Amu goes to Tadase's house.
* There's one in the second OVA outside of Kikuchi's house in ''[[Haru wo Daiteita]]''.
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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 ''[[
* In ''[[Mao-chan]]'', the aliens target a shishi-odoshi in one episode.
* There's one at the restaurant where Tsuruya and her father invite Kyon's family for a formal dinner in chapter 28 of ''[[Kyon
▲== Fanfiction ==
▲* 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 (Fanfic)|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
*
** 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.}}
*** Genuinely enormous ones also appear in several other areas of the game, serving as switches to open doors. (Though in their case, it's more of a BOOM than a doink.)
* In ''[[Animal Crossing]],'' you can get a "deer scare" as a piece of furniture. It makes the little doink sound, as is seen in a few different layouts in the residents' houses. Goes with the stone lanterns and mossy rocks of the "Zen Garden" ensemble.
* ''[[Parodius]]'' has a giant one of these as an obstacle... as befitting Parodius, it uses [[
* In ''[[Mystical Ninja|Goemon's Great Adventure]]'' for the N64, there was one area (Frog Mountain) that used a giant one of these as the fork in the road (one route behind it, one route above it doubling back) -- however, you wouldn't know it unless you bothered to go all the way to the end of the giant thing, which conveniently enough went off-screen.
* The [[
* There is one (non-functional, sadly) attached to the 'Serenity Squared' fountain that comes in [[The Sims 2|The Sims 2: Bon Voyage]].
* ''[[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 (
== 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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