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** Similarly, ''[[The Daily Show]]'' featured a comic mocking [[George W. Bush]] with sound effects such as "STALL!".
* [[Tiny Titans]] gives us some like [[It Makes Sense in Context|CHAIR!]] and [[It Makes Sense in Context|TIE!]]
* Frequently used in ''[[Twisted
** A much, much later strip features [[Christian Bale]] interrupting the Manly Men of Action's dancing with the sound effect of "record screeching to a halt!" [[Dolph Lundgren]] then displays his musical talent by playing a drum solo; the sound effect is "Drum Solo!"
* ''[[Spider-Man]]'': [https://web.archive.org/web/20160614171746/http://www.superdickery.com/walrus-man/ BUTTT!]
* German comic artist ''Ralf König'' is good at this. he rather describes the mood of scenes with his unsounds. One scene shows a guy laying in bed, hearing "sounds" like "cooking coffee" and "doorclap".
* ''[[The Tick (animation)]]'' is also fond of this, with the best being "CONTEMPLATE!"
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* From ''[[Calvin and Hobbes: The Series|Calvin and Hobbes The Series]]'': '''UN-BOINK!''' <ref>the [[Me's a Crowd|Duplicator]] being reversed</ref>
* In the ''[[Sailor Moon]]''/''[[Ranma ½]]'' [[Fuku Fic|crossover]] ''[[Relatively Absent]]'', Luna (a talking cat) says "Um, meow?" when she realizes that Usagi's mother Ikuko has heard every word she said in a moment of panic.
* Similar to the ''Relatively Absent'' example, ''[[Isekai by Moonlight]]'' has Artemis be the one caught talking:
{{quote|Ichigo-san looked at Artemis. "Did you just say the word 'nyan' instead of purring?"
"Don't be silly..." Naru-san said,}}
:* It became a [[Brick Joke]] three chapters later:
{{quote|"Did you just say the word 'squee' instead of squeeing?" Artemis asked.
"Don't be silly," Ichigo-san replied with a grin.}}
== Film ==
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== Live
* The "Bicycle Repairman" sketch from ''[[Monty Python's Flying Circus]]'' has intertitle cards with effects like: "Screw!", "Bend!", "Inflate!", and "Alter Saddle!"
* The 1960s ''[[Batman (TV series)|Batman]]'' TV series had sound effects in every fight scene, and always slipped a few unsounds in as well (e.g. "Sock!" or "Ouch!").
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** ''[[The Avengers (TV series)|The Avengers]]'' also parodies this in "The Winged Avenger". At the end of the episode, Steed fights the villain by hitting him with poster-sized mockups of comic book panels, each containing a word like "Pow!" and "Splat!" Meanwhile, "Batman"-like music is playing in the background.
* When a piece of viewer mail on ''[[Attack of the Show!]]'' asked what kind of sound effect they would want to have if they were in a comic, Kevin Pereira admitted he would want the word "SKANK!" to pop up when he slapped someone in the face.
* ''[[The Muppet Show]]'' did a sketch entirely in action and spoken sound/unsound words. It started with a creature (possibly played by Animal{{verify}}) trudging through the wilderness while muttering "trudge trudge trudge" until it got interrupted by something flying past with a loud "FLY! FLY!" which made it stop and go "ponder... ponder... ponder..." as it, well, pondered the strange event. After this had happened a couple of times the wanderer lost its patience and went "fret foam" as it picked up a heavy stick, and the next time the flyer passed it got stopped by a massive SMASH SMASH!
* On ''[[The Tonight Show]]'', Conan O'Brien visits a Foley stage and makes his own sound effects, including a shout of "Throw baby!" when a character throws a baby.
* While the well-loved "Sound Effects" game in ''[[Whose Line Is It Anyway?]]'' tends to slip into [[Saying Sound Effects Out Loud]] instead, a recent session in ''[[Drew Carey's Improv-A-Ganza]]'' flies straight into this trope when one audience member, faced with voicing over ''flexing biceps'', actually goes "Magnificent!" and "Powerful!" for each arm. [[Drew Carey's Improv-A-Ganza/Funny|And flexing buttcheeks go "Beyonce!" for some reason.]]
** During one game of "Props", Wayne had to somehow mime being a lamp that was turned on. So he just simply said "ON!" loudly.
== Music ==
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* In ''[[The Optimist]]'': [http://the-opt.com/?p=992 EXPIRE], [http://the-opt.com/?p=794 THROW], [http://the-opt.com/?p=125 GOUGE], [http://the-opt.com/?p=49 FLEX & SWELL], [http://the-opt.com/?p=56 REND & MASTICATE], [http://the-opt.com/?p=69 SUBMIT & REFRESH], [http://the-opt.com/?p=88 FOLD], and [http://the-opt.com/?p=476 this comic] and [http://the-opt.com/?p=1299 this comic] have multiple examples. [http://the-opt.com/?p=1229 This comic] has a very large unsound effect as a punchline.
* [http://www.flyingmanandfriends.com Flying Man and Friends] uses "scamper" as a sound effect in [https://web.archive.org/web/20110828074608/http://www.flyingmanandfriends.com/?p=373 this strip].
* ''[[Erfworld]]'', as pictured above. Also includes sound effects like "Warn", "Sweep", or even [https://web.archive.org/web/20130830161058/http://www.giantitp.com/comics/erf0120.html "redox"]. Interestingly, it avoids this trope more often than not, sometimes confusing readers as to what the sound effect represents. For example, some were unsure what "free-deep" was, until it was explained that it was a cricket chirp.
** Some of the comic's pop-culture references are written into sound effects (e.g. "NWOBHM"—New Wave Of British Heavy Metal).
** The joke of the '''PLOT''' effect is, of course, that it is ''also'' representing the sound of what's happening.
** Other sound effects include [https://web.archive.org/web/20130830170334/http://www.giantitp.com/comics/erf0139.html "YTMND," "NSFW," and "4CHAN."]
*** And the incantation for the spell that caused the "NSFW" sound effect was "[[Shock Site|Lemonparty, Tubgirl, Meatspin, Goatse]]." The epitome of NSFW sites.
** And someone was killed by the sound effect RROD referring to the [[Xbox 360|Red Rings of Death]].
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090907142440/http://www.antiheroforhire.com/d/20060501.html Nicely parodied] by [[Antihero for Hire]].
** [https://web.archive.org/web/20200811063441/http://
* Done at least [http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=429#comic once] in ''[[Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal]]''. Well, what sound would you expect when you [[British English|lamp]] someone with a lamp?
* ''Framed!!!'' used effects like "walk" for walking.
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** This is [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshaded]] by the author in the footnotes of this page: [http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=268 "Single bound!"].
*** There's also, for a door slamming, "[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=588 SLAM]" and then "SLAM AGAIN"
* ''Badass Muthas'' does [https://web.archive.org/web/20130518160131/http://badassmuthas.com/pages/comic.php?7 this].
* "Sucker Punch'd!" in many ''[[Dan and Mab's Furry Adventures]]'' strips. [https://web.archive.org/web/20180328064811/http://missmab.com/Comics/Vol_686.php] [https://web.archive.org/web/20180328083926/http://missmab.com/Comics/Vol_706.php] [https://web.archive.org/web/20180220210340/http://missmab.com/Comics/Vol_733.php]
** DMFA also had "De-Pantsu'd!" and "De-Dressu'd!".
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** Don't forget the legendary "shotgun" sound from the impossible to find green comic.
* ''[[xkcd]]'' dabbles with this [http://xkcd.com/260/ occasionally]. [http://www.xkcd.com/433/ This strip] has "park" as a sound effect.
* ''[[8-
** '''[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2006/04/08/episode-682-pointless-retribution/ ORGY OF VIOLENCE]'''
** ''[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2005/03/19/episode-529-the-beast-in-the-cave/ BOMBASTIC CLASSICAL MUSIC! -- Ominous Latin Chorus ~] [[Ominous Latin Chanting|Ominous Latin Chorus]]''
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** [http://www.irregularwebcomic.net/2964.html TRANSCEND!]
** [http://www.irregularwebcomic.net/3032.html ICE!]
* ''[[Adventurers!]]'' had several. One strip in the final boss battle gives us "Slash! Cleave! Bisect!" Another from earlier has [https://web.archive.org/web/20100624004217/http://www.adventurers-comic.com/d/20030610.html "That sound ninjas make when they jump silently!"], and then later [https://web.archive.org/web/20100624004222/http://www.adventurers-comic.com/d/20030612.html "That same sound from the last comic about jumping ninjas!"]
** [https://web.archive.org/web/20100604044021/http://www.adventurers-comic.com/d/20020725.html Sound associated with a falling safe!]
* ''[[Sparkling Generation Valkyrie Yuuki]]'': [http://www.sgvy.com/archives/Edda5/Issue7/Page1.html *non-squish non-squish* ]
* A staple in ''[[Beaver and Steve]]'' comics.
* ''[[Stickman and Cube|T-T-T-TIMEWARP!]]''
** ''[[Spamusement]]'' has [https://web.archive.org/web/20131208081632/http://spamusement.com/index.php/comics/view/290 "KER-TIME-TRAVEL!"]
* ''[[Casey and Andy]]'' has the Mime Assassin firing an invisible sniper rifle with [http://www.galactanet.com/comic/view.php?strip=90 "SILENCE!"]
** Also [http://www.galactanet.com/comic/view.php?strip=579 this strip], which has "Silence" amongst others.
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** The "chief" character's warning came too late, it seems, as someone already made a move and got trashcanned, while the "vixen" is now blowing a bubble of chewing gum. The rest of the comic goes directly into "I Am Not Making This Up" territory (and in several places, makes me wish for some kind of mind/eye bleach).
** Also, Gonterman's short-lived "Kitsune .44" gives us the infamous "[http://commuterbarnacle.com/gonterman/4413.html "AUTOMATIC MACHINE GUN FIRE!"], "[http://commuterbarnacle.com/gonterman/4415.html TAKE OFF...]", [http://commuterbarnacle.com/gonterman/4416.html "tap tap tappity tap tap and so on tap tappit"], "DISARM!" and "...HOLSTER" and one instance where a character ''[http://commuterbarnacle.com/gonterman/4419.html says ":-)"]''.
* ''[[Schlock Mercenary]]'': Schlock's signature plasgun charges up with the sound effect "Ommmminous hummmm....". On one occasion where it's broken and he tries to fire it, the (lack of) sound effect is "Ominous ''[http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2002-02-21 silence]''."
** A lot of older strips have TERAPORT! - what it sounds like is described [http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2001-11-25 here].
** And then there's [http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2008-05-21 this strip]:
{{quote|'''Lieutenant:''' What are they going to do? [[Tempting Fate|Take a potshot through two layers of hullmetal]]?
'''''P O T S H O T'''''
'''Corporal:''' Correction. Two layers of hullmetal and one lieutenant. }}
** A ''demi''-sound effect: [http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2012-03-07 De-ploytch]!
** [http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2000-08-13 SPRIINT]... [http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2006-05-17 {{small-caps|squib.}}] And "[http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2011-07-10 ABLATE]" (as the sound of ablative armor popping apart).
** So it goes on. [http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2014-11-18 {{small-caps|DISMOUNT}}]. [http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2015-01-31 SHRUBBERY].
** During the Urtheep hot mess: an unsuspecting technician ran into some scary ''[http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2017-07-03 DISCREPANCIES!]'' in inventory (see the previous page for what a "missing" suborned [[Do-Anything Robot]] was busy rigging). A more complex one [http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2017-07-05 here]: there's BOOM, and under it is a shadow of [[There Was a Door|DOOR]]. [[Chekhov's Gun|C H E K H O V !]] (it was, indeed, [http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2017-01-15 said] that this gun was in the initial project, but ditched in mass production version of the ship, in part because it's really good only at short range... so, of course, they had to use it [http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2017-07-23 at point-blank range]).
** In the All-Star [[Virtual Reality]], when a high-ranking administrator caught Evvin on trying to impress the new arrivals as a mountain-sized tree god, it resulted in "BONSAI!" and "*blossom*".
* [http://derwen.deviantart.com/art/The-Contest-72255448 This cartoon] from [[Deviant ART]] utilizes a lot of unsound effects, like *drink*, *belch*, *incredible loud belch*, and *crickets chirp*. Strangely, it also includes the best onomatopoeia for a power belch ever seen.
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** There's also '''CAPTURE''', '''Loot Loot''' and even '''MAIN PLOT HOOK!'''
* After several more conventional sound effects, the sound effect on the last panel on [https://web.archive.org/web/20090126013339/http://www.drunkduck.com/Final_Blasphemy/index.php?p=128710 this] page gets a bit abstract.
* Used to indicate a [[Groin Attack]] in ''[[The Order of the Stick]]'' [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0586.html #586].
** In [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0017.html an early strip], Belkar says he could probably sunder Elan's sword just by talking too loudly. Shortly after, they get spotted by a chimera, and Belkar exclaims "DAMN IT!", and Elan's rapier breaks in two, the sound effect being written as "sunder".
** [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0099.html Pierce! Slash! Bludgeon!]
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** [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0609.html FTTH!] is the sound of someone getting a Foot To The Head. Also, SCHTUTH! may or may not stand for something similar.
** [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0748.html Thjunk!]
** [https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1286.html Catch!]
* One episode of ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20130520161122/http://www.bristled-comic.com/view.php?date=2006-12-08 Bristled]'' features ''GRAB!''
* [http://www.incomprehensibility.com/archives.php?type=iwd&c=517 Ironic Shining Light of Doom!]
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** "[http://www.sluggy.com/comics/archives/daily/20091214 Spla-taminate!]"
** "[http://www.sluggy.com/comics/archives/daily/021205 Sound-effect-representing-one's-spleen-being-shoved-through-an-eye-socket]"
* ''[[Honeydew Syndrome]]'' once used [https://web.archive.org/web/20120620042203/http://wwww.honeysyn.net/comic.php?p=136 *facepalm*].
* [[Not So Distant]] uses this quite a bit. Amusingly, "stab" was not used when the main character was stabbed in the leg (splorch), but it WAS used earlier when a pillow got stuck to one of his head spikes (preceded by "flop" as he flopped onto his bed).
* [http://hail-nekoyasha.deviantart.com/art/Onomatopoeia-28080591 BOOOAAAT!]
* ''[[Scary Go Round]]'' has Ryan [http://www.scarygoround.com/?date=20090320 DESPAIR] at Shelley and Amy's antics.
** John Allison likes Unsound Effects: ''[[Scary Go Round]]'''s follow-up ''[[Bad Machinery]]'' already includes [
** [http://scarygoround.com/?date=20100317 STUNTS]
* Lampshaded in ''[[Ansem Retort]]'', [https://web.archive.org/web/20160304234024/http://ansemretort.org/ansemretort/index.html?comic=49 by the titular character].
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** [http://www.diggercomic.com/?p=744 BY-NOW-FAMILIAR SOUNDS OF GRUMPY ETHEREAL CHANTING!]
** And eventually, '''POOF!<ref>There was not actually a poof noise.</ref>'''
* ''[[Something*Positive]]'': [
** [
** [
* ''[[Woods for The Trees]]'' had an "ASS-PINCH."
* ''[[Hijinks Ensue]]'' featured [https://web.archive.org/web/20130602021547/http://hijinksensue.com/2008/05/05/armnomnomnomnom/ a chainsaw that goes "CHAINSAW"].
* ''[[A Skewed Paradise]]'': [http://aspcomics.net/archindex.php?strip_id=138 Stool to the face!]
** Also, [http://aspcomics.net/archindex.php?strip_id=166 SABOTAGE VIA GNOME!]
* These have become something of a [[Running Gag]] on ''[[Daisy Owl]]''. A recent strip indicates the tucking in of a bib with ''"tuck tuck"'', while the [[Alt Text]] explains "that sound effect was originally going to be ''"bib bib bib"'' but I felt [[The World Is Not Ready|the world was not ready]]".
* [[Kevin and Kell]]: [[Dope Slap]] [http://www.kevinandkell.com/2004/kk0418.html Slap]!
* ''[[Turn Signals on a Land Raider]]'' used these occasionally. Like that "[https://web.archive.org/web/20170923115501/http://tsoalr.com/?p=214 Mine-going-off-sound!!]" The effect in the last panel of the last comic is, fittingly, "KA-DISCONTINUE!" when an Imperator Titan kicked Jack.
* [[Anthronauts]] recently gave us the unusual "''Ker-Squid''".
** Exactly what sound '''should''' a squid make when it crash-lands on somebody's head?
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* "Chibi!" tends to be a favorite of ''[[Fiyora Nya]]''.
* ''Quest'' by Elsie "Lady Sol" Denton has used [http://quest.comicgenesis.com/d/20110328.html "levitate" and "heal"], among others.
* ''Luke Surl Comics'' has "[https://web.archive.org/web/20121202055627/http://www.lukesurl.com/archives/2566 unbuckle]".
* In one of Mike Russell's [http://culturepulp.typepad.com/culturepulp/the-sabretooth-vampire/ "Sabretooth Vampire"] strips, there is [http://culturepulp.typepad.com/culturepulp/2011/05/he-comes-prepared.html "RUMMAGE!" "PRODUCE!" and "AFFIX!"]
* [http://www.jacqofallblades.com/ Jacq of all blades] uses these excessively, in between normal written sound effects. In just the last 3 strips:
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* ''[[Ratfist]]'' : [https://web.archive.org/web/20110825003340/http://ratfist.com/01-page-103/ BRUCK-HEIMER]
* ''[[Servants of the Imperium]]'' includes such unsounds as [https://web.archive.org/web/20100218162504/http://www.servantsoftheimperium.com/comic/index.php?comicid=77 GLARE] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20100218162804/http://www.servantsoftheimperium.com/comic/index.php?comicid=62 WHIRL]
* ''[[Sarab]]'' has STEP, HOLD, JUMP, SLASH, THRUST, SWING and TREMBLE just on the ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20120720110159/http://sarab.co/pages/chapter-01-changes/page-01-split-second/ first page]''.
* ''[[Blip]]'' constantly parodies this, often reacting to real onomatopoeias in-universe.
* ''[[Goblins]]'': [http://www.goblinscomic.com/09162011/ KERSPLOSIONFORNOREASON!]
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* ''[[This Is Not Fiction]]'' uses these often. Almost any given sound effect will just be a regular word with the vowels removed, in addition to classics like "NAKED" and "CRIMINAL".
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20161019041047/https://commedia2x00.wordpress.com/2012/01/11/page-06-interrobang/ This] page of Commedia 2X00 has Pantalone playing a guitar (autographed by Mozart) to announce his imminent engagement. The sound effect: "EPIC CHORD!"
* ''[[Frankie and Stein]]'' uses this frequently, purposely misspelled, to hysterical affect. [https://web.archive.org/web/20160309095655/http://frankieandstein.com/2011/12/08/page-1-2
* ''[[Lackadaisy]]'' has it in a Christmas special! [[Word of God]] [http://lackadaisycats.com/exhibit.php?exhibitid=331 says so!]
* '' [[Octopus Pie]]'' gives us [http://www.octopuspie.com/2012-02-15/513-altercate/ ALTERCATE]
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