Unsound Effect: Difference between revisions

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* Subverted in an issue of the ''[[The Mighty Thor|Thor]]'' comic book, where the Hulk hits Thor with an entire freight train (complete with attached cars). The editor's note on the page confesses that there's no onomatopoeia there because nothing they could think of would do the scene justice.

** The same thing happened when [[Fantastic Four (Comic Book)|the Thing]] punched Sandman into his component particles while both were underwater.

* ''[[Mad]]'', illustrating the reality of a six-man utility crew - one guy digging a hole (accompanied by the sound effect "dig") while the other five are in various states of leisure (accompanied by "eat", "siiiip", "snooze", "hang out", and "read").

** Another comic features a massive five-way collision accompanied by "HORRENDOUS UNSPELLABLE SOUND EFFECT!"

** Wally Wood once told a detective story entirely in pictures and exaggerated sound effects (with a couple of unsounds). All the murder victims produced the same sequence of AAAARGH!..THUD...BOUNCE BOUNCE and, in the first case the guy who had been shot rounded off with a quiet BLEED BLEED. The detective was quite mystified by the screams until he realized that the killer was {{spoiler|one Joe Aaaargh, alias Joe Eeeech, alias Joe Uuuuugh.}}

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** 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!"

* 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]]'' is also fond of this, with the best being "CONTEMPLATE!"

* ''[[The Tick (animation)]]'' is also fond of this, with the best being "CONTEMPLATE!"

** In the first issue, The Tick and Clark Oppenheimer are fighting in a subway tunnel, when a train hits them, making the following noises: *BANG* *CRASH* *REALLY LOUD NOISE!*

** *TUSSLE*

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*** '''''[http://www.teamfortress.com/bidwells_big_plan/ NEMESIS KICK!]'''''

*** Not even Saxton's ancestor Barnabus is immune to this. '''''[http://www.teamfortress.com/loosecanon/04.html COUGAR!]'''''

*** The Smissmass Update also brings us '''COMPOUND ELEVATED SKULL FRACTURE'''.

* Any Valve game since ''[[Half-Life 2]]'' has this in the closed captions. Includes things like "*pain!*", "*laughter*", "[Crowbar Thwap!]", "[Bullet--Near Miss!]", "[Engine starting in water]", "[Headcrab Burning]", and of course, "[Beep-beep-beeeeeeeeep.] User Fatality.". Portal brings us "Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee[bzzt]", "[Peppy Music]" and "[Calming Wind]".

* The planting of a Doom-Shroom in ''[[Plants vs. Zombies]]'' is immediately followed by an explosive "[[Doomy Dooms of Doom|DOOM]]!"

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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-Bit Theater ~~(Webcomic)~~|Eight Bit Theater]]'' examples include:

* ''[[8-Bit Theater|Eight Bit Theater]]'' examples include:

** '''[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 [http://www.adventurers-comic.com/d/20030610.html "That sound ninjas make when they jump silently!"], and then later [http://www.adventurers-comic.com/d/20030612.html "That same sound from the last comic about jumping ninjas!"]

* ''[[Adventurers!]]'' had several. One strip in the final boss battle gives us "Slash! Cleave! Bisect!" Another from earlier has [http://www.adventurers-comic.com/d/20030610.html "That sound ninjas make when they jump silently!"], and then later [http://www.adventurers-comic.com/d/20030612.html "That same sound from the last comic about jumping ninjas!"]

** [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* ]

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* 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. 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?

* ''[[The Fancy Adventures of Jack Cannon]]'' gives us '''''[http://fancyadventures.com/2009/06/08/page-96/ AWWKWAAARD!]'''''

** [http://fancyadventures.com/2009/08/31/page-120/ *STRUGGLE STRUGGLE*]

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** [http://www.jacqofallblades.com/?page=75#comic DETACHABLE HAND!Burning dopplegoo!]

** [http://www.jacqofallblades.com/?page=76#comic OVERKILL! DUE DILIGENCE! RAGDOLL PHYSICS TEST!]

** It may actually be easier to link to strips that don't use this trope.

* ''[[Ratfist]]'' : [http://ratfist.com/01-page-103/ BRUCK-HEIMER]

* ''[[Servants of the Imperium]]'' includes such unsounds as [http://www.servantsoftheimperium.com/comic/index.php?comicid=77 GLARE] and [http://www.servantsoftheimperium.com/comic/index.php?comicid=62 WHIRL]