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[[File:roooar252x252.jpg|link=Emergency Exit|frame|Bob in ''Emergency Exit'' shows his [[Super-Powered Evil Side]]]]
The characteristic bellow of a monster as it attacks, makes a warning display, or reacts to pain, rendered as onomatopoeia. Usually, but not always, because it is incapable of speech. Common in [[Comic Books]], [[Web Comics]] and [[RPG
The Written Roar has some fairly standard versions, though the exact number of letters involved vary widely. There are several usual forms of the classic throaty roar, from the literal "Roar!" to the more guttural "Graar!" to the very common "Argh!" The related horrible screech has mostly been standardized around variations of "Scree!"
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== [[Comic Books]] ==
* ''[[Watchmen (comics)|Watchmen]]'' has a incredibly [[Narm
* Mocked in an issue of ''[[Excalibur (Comic Book)|Excalibur]]'' where Lockheed the dragon bites a burglar who yells 'Yeargh' and his companion bemusedly notes that you never really hear people say that, although you see it written down a lot.
* [[X-Men|Wolverine]], like, all the time.
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* The [[Prehistoria]] comic strip ''[[BC]]'' puts "'''GRONK'''" into the mouths of its brontosaurian dinos.
* ''[[FoxTrot]]'' is fond of "AAAA!".
* The short-lived comic strip ''[[Arnold]]'' (
== Video Games ==
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