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[[File:shishi.jpg|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)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 [[The Thing That Goes Doink]].
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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|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]], [[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 Thethe Hat|Thing 1 and Thing 2]] or [[Professional Wrestling|the clown that's named Doink]].
 
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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]]''.
* ''[[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.
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** And at the Haninozuka residence in episode 18. Twice.
* Soun has one in ''[[Ranma One Half|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.
* Both Tezuka and Echizen's homes in ''[[Prince of Tennis]]'' have them.
* 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 [[wikipedia:Birth chr(28)animechr(29)|Birth]].
* ''[[Naruto]]''. Every episode involving a flashback from Sasuke, or the Hyuga household.
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* 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 KoA-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 Nini]]'': 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.
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** 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 Sensei-sensei]]'' turns out to be from a traditional and wealthy family, complete with their own doinker.
* 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 ''[[Jo Jo's Bizarre Adventure (Manga)|Jo Jos 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.
* 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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* 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 (Manga)|Gintama]]'', [[The Thing That Goes Doink]] shows up around Hamiko's mansion.
 
 
== 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 ==
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*** 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 [[Everything's Better Withwith Penguins|penguins]] instead of water.
* 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 [[PSPlay Station 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.
* 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 (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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