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== Anime & Manga ==

* In ''[[One Piece]]'' Chimney did her own sound effect for staring (jiiiiiii).<ref>"Jii..." is for some reason the Japanese onomatopoeia for staring.</ref>

** When Zoro battles with Kaku in Enies Lobby, he is so underwhelmed and shocked by the lameness of Kaku's semi-human form he says "You look like sh*t!" To which Kaku says "GABEEN!!"<ref>"Gabeen" is the Japanese onomatopoeia for a jaw-drop or similar shocked reaction.</ref>

* The "Kaa" onomatopoeia is seldom used for a blinding sunlight in manga. The same sound effect is also used for [[Luminescent Blush]]es.

* One translation of the [[Hentai]] doujin ''Blue Eyes'' featured such sound effects as "ORGASM!", "CLIMAX!", and possibly funniest of all of all, "KA-FUCK!"

* In the space of two pages in the first chapter of ''[[Pandora Hearts]]'', we have "GRAB," "FIDGET," "SURPRISE," and of course, "THREATENING ATMOSPHERE."

* ''[[Chi's Sweet Home]]'' uses a number of these, including things like [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/chii_s_sweet_home/v02/c032/7.html "dejected"] and [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/chii_s_sweet_home/v02/c033/9.html "loom."]

* When the author of ''[[Kaiji]]'' discovered there wasn't an onomatopoeia for dramatic tension, he invented his own: ZAWA.

== Webcomics ==

* 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.

* ''[[Erfworld]]'', as pictured above. Also includes sound effects like "Warn", "Sweep", or even [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).

* ''[[Dead Winter]]'' used "mop" for someone being hit with one in [http://www.deadwinter.cc/page/223.htm this strip].

** Also, the sound effect [[Law of Inverse Recoil|"RECOILLESS"]] [http://deadwinter.cc/page/260.htm here.]

* ''[[Gunnerkrigg Court]]'': "[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=284 Spankies!]", "Trundle", '''[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=239 SLAM DUNKIN]''', [http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=172 "Rocket!"].

** Also, ''GC'' deserves props for possibly being the first ever use of "[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=511 Blink]" for something ''completely unrelated'' to [[Squeaky Eyes]].

*** There's also, for a door slamming, "[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=588 SLAM]" and then "SLAM AGAIN"

* ''Badass Muthas'' does [http://badassmuthas.com/pages/comic.php?7 this].

** DMFA also had "De-Pantsu'd!" and "De-Dressu'd!".

** And "Ker-Pwned!"

** In another strip, when someone was writing a program to trick someone else, the Unsounds were 'Code Plot Plan' as he was typing.

* ''[[No Need for Bushido]]'' uses these in nearly every comic.

** Once of the greatest of all time has to be [http://nn4b.com/comic/508 IMPLAUSIBLE!], the unsound of a key flying through the air, inserting itself into the lock, and then turning.

** [http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/0p13 CEASE AND DESISTED!]

** [http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/23p03 MAGIC!] Followed by the [[Alt Text]] admission "I uh... I couldn't figure out a sound effect."

* ''[[The Wotch]]'' and its spinoff ''Cheer!'' do this heavily, with examples such as: [[Gender Bender|*Ka-girl*]] *open*, *swap*, *stare*, *harm*, *regress*, *swap*, *gravity*, *vertical ascent*, *tie up*, *disguise*, *not there*, *...psyche* , and many more. Yes, with the asterisks.

** Both series use them to the point that an actual sound effect in either goes on to become pretty rare, and there's a running gag of "ka-something" sounds. "Ka-zap" eventually becomes "Ka-*effect here* " which is how "ka-girl" got started (and eventually became a verb. "Why am I always the one you ka-girl for a joke?") Eventually, you have stuff like "Ka-annoyed!" after too many transformations, and "Ka-meraderie!" when 32 tries to gloss over the fact that ''nobody'' believes she's the person she's standing in for by acting all chummy. The best is "ka-asking-for-it!"

* [http://www.middlecenter.com/comic/display.php?pg=30 These] [http://www.middlecenter.com/comic/display.php?pg=69 two] ''[[The Heroes of Middlecenter]]'' strips.

* [http://pasteldefender.com/222.html Here's a variation from ''Pastel Defender Heliotrope'' (panel 4)]

* In ''[[El Goonish Shive]]'', shrinking with "shrink soda" gives off a "sha-rink!" sound.

** And also "insert rather ordinary door bell sound here".

* ''[[Zebra Girl]]'' uses this in one strip, alongside a [[Clue From Ed|Message From Ed]] that states that the creator has no idea what the actions depicted would actually sound like, so he's just gonna make things up.

* [http://www.alessonislearned.com/index.php?comic=6 This] ''[[A Lesson Is Learned but The Damage Is Irreversible]]'' comic uses "GASOLINE". Others used include "MOONROCK" and "COMBINE".

** SPLODE!

* [http://www.bmoviecomic.com/?cid=238 Bludgeon! Scythe!]

* ''[http://amazoness.co.uk/4.htm Amazoness!]'' gives us "Maim!" "Eviscerate!" "Impale!" "Slice!"

* The [http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=108 Face Full Of Alien Wing Wong] ''[[VG Cats]]'' script has "icky noise" in the penultimate frame.

** "ASS GRAB!"

* The [[Dada Comics]] ''[http://www.succubi.org/db/ Listening to 11.975MHz]'' takes Unsound Effects to a whole new level. Of course, it makes some sort of twisted sense in a comic where the ''dialogue'' also makes no sense...

** 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 ":-)"]''.

** During the Urtheep hot mess: an unsuspecting technician ran into some scary ''[//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 [//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, [//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 [//www.schlockmercenary.com/2017-07-23 at point-blank range]).

* [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.

* ''[[Irritability]]'' used DETERMINATION!

* ''[[The Noob]]'' has [http://www.thenoobcomic.com/index.php?pos=306 "Zerg! Zerg! Zerg"] for an onrushing horde. [[StarCraft|Zerg rush, get it?]]

** That's not an unsound effect, but a battle cry. A particular (rather clueless) guild is ''named'' Z.E.R.G. (short for Zealot Elite Righteous Guardians). That, of course, is the joke.

* [http://nerfnow.com/comic/27 NerfNow] has "ZEEEERGLINGS" for the sound of Zerglings, er, [[Zerg Rush|being Zerglings]]. And loving it.

** There's also '''CAPTURE''', '''Loot Loot''' and even '''MAIN PLOT HOOK!'''

* Used to indicate a [[Groin Attack]] in ''[[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/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!]

* [http://www.incomprehensibility.com/archives.php?type=iwd&c=517 Ironic Shining Light of Doom!]

** [http://www.incomprehensibility.com/archives.php?type=iwd&c=520 Violence! Mangle! Dismember!]

** And even more recently, "Hoping! ... Real Hard!!" along with "Ominous!" as the Knob squeezes a juice-box.

** There's also "Bush Hat!" "Shadow!" and "Steve Says Hello!". By the way, Steve is a plant.

** And then there's "Passive Aggression!"

** A recent one gave a little [[Squick]] with "Better than Sex!" Of course the reason it was squicky was that it was associated with a headshot on a zombie from a sniper rifle.

* ''[[Girl Genius]]'' had lots of fun with these:

** One of [[Mad Scientist|Gil's]] inventions is the Hand Cranked Runcible Gun, which makes the sound "Spork! Spork! Spork!" as it fires... [[Spork]]s.

** A deflected borfomite beam [http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20100427.html "careens off into deep space..."]

* ''[[Achewood]]'' has [http://achewood.com/index.php?date=05022005 one] that crosses over with [[Bilingual Bonus]]: ''diis aliter visum'' translates from Latin to "the gods decided otherwise". Highly appropriate for one who has come [[Back from the Dead]].

* ''Tails From The Mynarski Forest'' inverts this by using real words and names that ''sound'' like real sound effects, such as "GDANSK!"

* ''[[MS Paint Masterpieces]]'' uses "telprot!" (yes, that's spelled correctly) for teleportation.

* [http://www.blue-uncia.nl/pages/SoL/SoL0111.shtml This] [[Stuff of Legend]] strip: SUPER SPECIAL SHOVE [[Doomy Dooms of Doom|OF DOOM!]]

* The defunct [[Sprite Comic]] ''[http://www.yosc.net/194X/ 194X]'' had a strip wherein a character hits several people with his "Volunteerin' Stick," making sound effects such as "PERSUADE!" (194X's archive doesn't allow direct links to comics; this happens in #70.)

* ''[[Mac Hall]]'' had one strip where a human character in ''[[The Matrix]]'' universe who points out the film's plotholes is blasted by a laser gun, which makes the sound '''*VOIP!*'''. Not really an Unsound Effect...until one sees the strip immediately after, where one of the machines points out a plothole, and is blasted by a '''*VERY ADVANCED VOIP!*'''

* ''[[Three Panel Soul]]'': [http://threepanelsoul.com/2009/11/30/on-gym-visits/ Mustache Mustache Mustache Mustache...]

* ''[[Planescape Survival Guide]]'' has many, including [http://planescapecomic.com/Prologue9.html "Dulcet Tones"] for the sound of a banjo being used as a club.

* ''[[A Loonatics Tale]]'' has [http://static2007.deviantart.com/art/Stone-Cold-Crazy-69-129780175 BWARB], along with a "Twitch" sound effect for... well, whenever Riley's eye twitches.

* In ''[[Gone With the Blastwave]]''; we get *Bullet Sound* for-what else?-bullets whizzing by.

* [http://woodsforthetrees.comicgenesis.com/d/20061213.html Generic collision noise!]

* ''[[Bob the Angry Flower]]'': [http://angryflower.com/birpar.html *mumble* *disperse*]

* ''[[Awkward Zombie]]'': [http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic1-072009.php BELAY!], and [http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic1-060109.php ANGST!], among others.

* Whenever some machinery activates in ''[[The Mansion of E]]'', especially in the SubShafts, and it goes, say, ''click'', there's a good chance that it's going to deactivate with an ''unclick''.

* Played with in this ''[[Housepets]]'' [http://www.housepetscomic.com/2008/06/11/it-gets-worse/ strip]

* When pookas go back to being visible in ''[http://mopsy.com/ Never Never]'', they go "[[Sdrawkcab Name|Foop!]]"

* ''[[Fruit Incest]]'' uses a few, including the frequently occurring "Explosion" and "Barge In".

* ''[[Wapsi Square]]'' once [http://wapsisquare.com/comic/08132004/ used] the sound effect [[Chirping Crickets|cricket cricket]].

* "Chibi!" tends to be a favorite of ''[[Fiyora Nya]]''.

** [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.

* ''[[Sarab]]'' has STEP, HOLD, JUMP, SLASH, THRUST, SWING and TREMBLE just on the ''[http://sarab.co/pages/chapter-01-changes/page-01-split-second/ first page]''.

* ''[[Blip]]'' constantly parodies this, often reacting to real onomatopoeias in-universe.

 

== Web Original ==

* During [[The Angry Video Game Nerd]]'s fight with [[The Joker]] in the second half of his ''[[Batman]]'' review, sound effects such as 'MARTY', 'JUGYIOP', and 'FUCKBALLS' appear.

* ''[[Cracked.com]]'' does it here [http://www.cracked.com/video_18156_a-trailer-every-academy-award-winning-movie-ever.html with trailers]