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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]], [[Hitch Hikers Guide to The Galaxy|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 the Hat|Thing 1 and Thing 2]] or [[Professional Wrestling|the clown that's named Doink]].
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* One exists by the Tennouz mansion in ''[[Speed Grapher]]''.
* 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]]'',
* In ''[[Mao-chan]]'', the aliens target a shishi-odoshi in one episode.
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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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