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* The True Shape of Creation in ''Webcomic/KillSixBillionDemons''. TheCreator themselves refuses to consider it; a goddess who tried to look at it [[EyeScream had her eyes boiled out in their sockets]], and a specially prepared {{Magitek}} expedition undergone by the Demiurge Jadis to find the Shape caused all but one member of the expedition to spontaneously disintegrate and drove the SoleSurvivor -- Jadis herself -- irrevocably mad while ravaging her body. Even the protagonist, armed with the divine power of the creator, is forced to look away when Jadis shares a fraction of the Shape. And even the audience isn't fully immune, either; the seemingly pitch-black background of the comic? ''That's the Shape in a form you can understand'', which slowly becomes a mysterious rainbow near the climax of the series, and you get hit with the most important part in a single strip.
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* The True Shape of Creation in ''Webcomic/KillSixBillionDemons''. TheCreator themselves refuse to consider it; a goddess who tried to look at it [[EyeScream had her eyes boiled out in their sockets]], and a specially prepared {{Magitek}} expedition undergone by the Demiurge Jadis to find the Shape caused all but one member of the expedition to spontaneously disintegrate and drove the SoleSurvivor -- Jadis herself -- irrevocably mad and destroyed her body.
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* Rowasu of ''Webcomic/{{Juathuur}}'' makes his sword screech by draggin it on the ground to confuse his enemies.
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* Rowasu of ''Webcomic/{{Juathuur}}'' makes his sword screech by draggin [[SwordDrag dragging it on the ground ground]] to confuse his enemies.
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** The Doom Bell painfully knocks out all those who hear it for the first time. Agatha, whose ancestors built the Bell, on the other hand, only seems mildly surprised.
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** Mama was surprised, though, that Gil found the sound "beautiful" as it meant Agatha was still alive and fighting. It's been implied that Gil may be related to the Jagermonsters, which may account for his immunity.
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** Mama was surprised, though, that Gil found the sound "beautiful" "beautiful". There are many alternate theories as to why he had this reaction: it meant Agatha was still alive and fighting. It's fighting, he had been implied that Gil may be related to the Jagermonsters, which may account for altered and improved by his immunity.father as a child to be more than human, and/or he's already been technically dead and revived.
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* Mentioned in the AltText of [[https://www.whompcomic.com/comic/dour-wheel-drive this]] ''Webcomic/{{Whomp}}'' strip, which describes [[TheAllegedCar Ronnie's car]]:
-->Now, if you see a puddle in the street, SWERVE TO AVOID IT. I know you think that would be more dangerous, but these tires are so worn-down that their molecular structure has degraded to an as-yet-undiscovered chemical compound that explodes on contact with water. The radio is pretty safe to listen to, but don't switch it to AM frequency. The ear-piercing squeals that are emitted will haunt your dreams and drive you to insanity.
-->Now, if you see a puddle in the street, SWERVE TO AVOID IT. I know you think that would be more dangerous, but these tires are so worn-down that their molecular structure has degraded to an as-yet-undiscovered chemical compound that explodes on contact with water. The radio is pretty safe to listen to, but don't switch it to AM frequency. The ear-piercing squeals that are emitted will haunt your dreams and drive you to insanity.
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* The True Shape of Creation in ''Webcomic/KillSixBillionDemons''. TheCreator themselves refuse to consider it; a goddess who tried to look at it [[EyeScream had her eyes boiled out in their sockets]], and a specially prepared {{Magitek}} expedition undergone by the Demiurge Jadis to find the Shape caused all but one member of the expedition to spontaneously disintegrate and drove the SoleSurvivor -- Jadis herself -- irrevocably mad and destroyed her body.
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* The Webcomic/{{Bobbinsverse}} comic ''Steeple'' invokes the classic form of the trope in omne strip; [[https://steeple.church/comic/it-could-really-bring-his-flock-together/ Satanist warlock Brian is searching for it, but mild-mannered fellow Satanist Billie thinks he's looking in vain.]]
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* In ''Webcomic/MegaTokyo'', the ''Necrowombicon'' was probably a Brown Note, because Largo's life can be divided in two. Before reading it, he was just a superconfident, super-spirited hardcore gamer; after reading it, he became obsessed with zombie rampages, though that Miho was the [="3V1|_ Z0MB13 QU33N"=], and suddenly started seeing the world through the glasses of {{B Movie}}s, shooter games and online [=RPGs=]. But if we consider that Largo is also a big {{Cloudcuckoolander}}, it might as well have been caused by something else.
** This happened about the time the authors were transitioning from a loosely connected series of jokes to a more comprehensive narrative, so the clichés Largo was built on were ramped up overnight to Cloudcuckoolander status to help lead into his plot arcs. It's later mentioned that he's always been this way. In addition, [[AuthorAvatar the "other" Largo]] was becoming less influential on the comic's creation by that point -- if he had not already been completely forced out -- which meant it was also the point where the Largo character was being written by the other author/artist, who had vastly different tastes in humour and writing style.
** This happened about the time the authors were transitioning from a loosely connected series of jokes to a more comprehensive narrative, so the clichés Largo was built on were ramped up overnight to Cloudcuckoolander status to help lead into his plot arcs. It's later mentioned that he's always been this way. In addition, [[AuthorAvatar the "other" Largo]] was becoming less influential on the comic's creation by that point -- if he had not already been completely forced out -- which meant it was also the point where the Largo character was being written by the other author/artist, who had vastly different tastes in humour and writing style.
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* In ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'', the BigBad Xykon kills a room full of Paladins armed only with a [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0448.html super-bouncy ball]]. (Which has a magic symbol that cause insanity in anyone who look at it inscribed on it.)
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* In ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'', the ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'',
** The BigBad Xykon kills a room full of Paladins armed only with a [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0448.html super-bouncy ball]]. (Which has a magic symbol that cause insanity in anyone who look at it inscribed on it.)
** The BigBad Xykon kills a room full of Paladins armed only with a [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0448.html super-bouncy ball]]. (Which has a magic symbol that cause insanity in anyone who look at it inscribed on it.)
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* ''Webcomic/{{Starslip}}'' has the sculpture known as "The Spine of the Cosmos". Looking at it by itself is harmless, but when its artistic context is described to the viewer, they are either granted ultimate understanding of the universe or driven insane -- either way, becoming a mindless zombie. The insectoid aliens known as Cirbozoids are the only intelligent species immune to this, due to their inability to understand art.
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* ''Webcomic/{{Starslip}}'' has the ''Webcomic/{{Starslip}}'':
**The sculpture known as "The Spine of the Cosmos". Looking at it by itself is harmless, but when its artistic context [[note]] which involves [[Creator/WilliamButlerYeats Yeats]]' poem [[https://starslip.krisstraub.com/20071130.shtml The Second Coming]] [[/note]] is described to the viewer, they are either granted ultimate understanding of the universe or driven insane -- either way, becoming a mindless zombie. The insectoid aliens known as Cirbozoids are the only intelligent species immune to this, due to their inability to understand art. It is forever robbed of this ability, however, when its artistic context is irreparably changed by [[spoiler: Mr. Jinx wearing it as a hat]], and is thereafter described by at least one character as "the dumbest thing i've ever seen
**The sculpture known as "The Spine of the Cosmos". Looking at it by itself is harmless, but when its artistic context [[note]] which involves [[Creator/WilliamButlerYeats Yeats]]' poem [[https://starslip.krisstraub.com/20071130.shtml The Second Coming]] [[/note]] is described to the viewer, they are either granted ultimate understanding of the universe or driven insane -- either way, becoming a mindless zombie. The insectoid aliens known as Cirbozoids are the only intelligent species immune to this, due to their inability to understand art. It is forever robbed of this ability, however, when its artistic context is irreparably changed by [[spoiler: Mr. Jinx wearing it as a hat]], and is thereafter described by at least one character as "the dumbest thing i've ever seen
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** The context involves [[Creator/WilliamButlerYeats Yeats]]' [[VaguenessIsComing poem]] [[http://starslip.com/2007/11/30/starslip-number-664/ The Second Coming]]
** It is forever robbed of this ability, however, when its artistic context is irreparably changed by [[spoiler: Mr. Jinx wearing it as a hat]], and is thereafter described by at least one character as "the dumbest thing i've ever seen".
** It is forever robbed of this ability, however, when its artistic context is irreparably changed by [[spoiler: Mr. Jinx wearing it as a hat]], and is thereafter described by at least one character as "the dumbest thing i've ever seen".
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* ''Ubersoft'' employees were once shown only the shadow of a new Apple product, since it's beauty drove a small percentage of the population insane when they looked directly at it. When asking how big a percentage, the answer was approximately the same small percentage of the population that had been allowed to look at it directly.
* Librarian Dewey develops a book talk guaranteed to make people faint in ''Webcomic/{{Unshelved}}''!
** That's just one of the talks he's got. He has, if memory serves, book talks that make people nauseous, break out in a rash, and speak Urdu, among what must be others.
* Librarian Dewey develops a book talk guaranteed to make people faint in ''Webcomic/{{Unshelved}}''!
** That's just one of the talks he's got. He has, if memory serves, book talks that make people nauseous, break out in a rash, and speak Urdu, among what must be others.
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* ''Ubersoft'' employees were once shown only the shadow of a new Apple product, since it's its beauty drove a small percentage of the population insane when they looked directly at it. When asking how big a percentage, the answer was approximately the same small percentage of the population that had been allowed to look at it directly.
* Librarian Dewey develops a book talk guaranteed to make people faint in''Webcomic/{{Unshelved}}''!
** That's just one of the talks he's got.''Webcomic/{{Unshelved}}''! He also has, if memory serves, book talks that make people nauseous, break out in a rash, and speak Urdu, among what must be others.
* Librarian Dewey develops a book talk guaranteed to make people faint in
** That's just one of the talks he's got.
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* In ''Webcomic/EnnuiGo'', as Max, Cricket, Bee and the shop club brainstorm ideas on how to get revenge against Jericho for constantly breaking their creations, Bee mentions this trope by name when one of the shop kids mentions the bully [[AssShove shoving a baseball up someone's ass]]. Sure enough once they get the supplies needed, that's exactly what Max and the crew go with, as he unleashes it upon Jericho and Cyrus (and inadvertently, himself) in the appropriately named "[[http://ennuigo.thecomicseries.com/comics/1444 Brown Note]]".
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* In ''[[http://www.jaydenandcrusader.com/2008/06/27/page-74/ Jayden and Crusader,]]'' the character Third can apparently utter proofs of the non-existence of God so powerful Priests have heart attacks because of the conflict of their profession and the utter logic of the proof. We aren't told what this proof is.
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* In ''[[http://www.jaydenandcrusader.com/2008/06/27/page-74/ Jayden and Crusader,]]'' Crusader]]'', the character Third can apparently utter proofs of the non-existence of God so powerful Priests have heart attacks because of the conflict of their profession and the utter logic of the proof. We aren't told what this proof is.
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* For a one-shot gag in ''Webcomic/SamAndFuzzy'', [[http://www.samandfuzzy.com/597 here]], Fuzzy creates a Brown Note video to psychologically break Sid, another character. It might have worked if Sid hadn't run away.
* In ''Webcomic/MegaTokyo'', the ''Necrowombicon'' was probably a Brown Note, because Largo's life can be divided in two. Before reading it, he was just a superconfident, super-spirited hardcore gamer; after reading it, he became obsessed with zombie rampages, though that Miho was the [="3V1|_ Z0MB13 QU33N"=], and suddenly started seeing the world through the glasses of {{B Movie}}s, shooter games and online [=RPGs=]. But if we consider that Largo is also a big {{Cloudcuckoolander}}, it might as well have been caused by something else.
** This happened about the time the authors were transitioning from a loosely connected series of jokes to a more comprehensive narrative, so the clichés Largo was built on were ramped up overnight to Cloudcuckoolander status to help lead into his plot arcs. It's later mentioned that he's always been this way. In addition, [[AuthorAvatar the "other" Largo]] was becoming less influential on the comic's creation by that point -- if he had not already been completely forced out -- which meant it was also the point where the Largo character was being written by the other author/artist, who had vastly different tastes in humour and writing style.
* In ''Webcomic/MegaTokyo'', the ''Necrowombicon'' was probably a Brown Note, because Largo's life can be divided in two. Before reading it, he was just a superconfident, super-spirited hardcore gamer; after reading it, he became obsessed with zombie rampages, though that Miho was the [="3V1|_ Z0MB13 QU33N"=], and suddenly started seeing the world through the glasses of {{B Movie}}s, shooter games and online [=RPGs=]. But if we consider that Largo is also a big {{Cloudcuckoolander}}, it might as well have been caused by something else.
** This happened about the time the authors were transitioning from a loosely connected series of jokes to a more comprehensive narrative, so the clichés Largo was built on were ramped up overnight to Cloudcuckoolander status to help lead into his plot arcs. It's later mentioned that he's always been this way. In addition, [[AuthorAvatar the "other" Largo]] was becoming less influential on the comic's creation by that point -- if he had not already been completely forced out -- which meant it was also the point where the Largo character was being written by the other author/artist, who had vastly different tastes in humour and writing style.
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* In ''Webcomic/MegaTokyo'', the ''Necrowombicon'' was probably a Brown Note, because Largo's life can be divided in two. Before reading it, he was just a superconfident, super-spirited hardcore gamer; after reading it, he became obsessed with zombie rampages, though that Miho was the [="3V1|_ Z0MB13 QU33N"=], and suddenly started seeing the world through the glasses of {{B Movie}}s, shooter games and online [=RPGs=]. But if we consider that Largo is also a big {{Cloudcuckoolander}}, it might as well have
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* ''Webcomic/{{Starslip}}'' has the sculpture known as "The Spine of the Cosmos". Looking at it by itself is harmless, but when its artistic context is described to the viewer, they are either granted ultimate understanding of the universe or driven insane -- either way, becoming a mindless zombie. The insectoid aliens known as Cirbozoids are the only intelligent species immune to this, due to their inability to understand art.
** Also, Cirbozoids can kill people by crying.
** The context involves [[Creator/WilliamButlerYeats Yeats]]' [[VaguenessIsComing poem]] [[http://starslip.com/2007/11/30/starslip-number-664/ The Second Coming]]
** It is forever robbed of this ability, however, when its artistic context is irreparably changed by [[spoiler: Mr. Jinx wearing it as a hat]], and is thereafter described by at least one character as "the dumbest thing i've ever seen".
* Librarian Dewey develops a book talk guaranteed to make people faint in ''Webcomic/{{Unshelved}}''!
** That's just one of the talks he's got. He has, if memory serves, book talks that make people nauseous, break out in a rash, and speak Urdu, among what must be others.
* In ''Webcomic/RPGWorld'', it's hinted that the four Mystic Keys are these. At least it was strongly hinted that reading the Tiger Book was what made Jeff go crazy and turn evil.
* [[http://www.deadboydesigns.com/kreepy/strip%2035.htm Kreepy Kat]]
* In ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'', the BigBad Xykon kills a room full of Paladins armed only with a [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0448.html super-bouncy ball]]. (Which has a magic symbol that cause insanity in anyone who look at it inscribed on it.)
** Vaarsuvius [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0092.html prepared Explosive Runes this morning.]]
** In [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0859.html #859]], Durkon casts ''Holy Word'', described under ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'', on the Linear Guild, banishing Sabine and striking everyone else deaf. The only member to come out unscathed is Tarquin, whose hit dice are apparently higher than Durkon's caster level. The deafness also affected [[TokenEvilTeammate Belkar]], causing [[OhCrap an interesting result]] when Nale cast ''suggestion'' on him to get him to stop stabbing him. Roy, who came up with the whole plan, snarks:
---> '''[[GeniusBruiser Roy:]]''' It's not a bug, it's a feature.
* [[http://i33.tinypic.com/15zibf7.gif This comic]] from ''Webcomic/TheParkingLotIsFull'' describes such an occurrence.
* Lampooned in one series of ''Webcomic/{{Nodwick}}'' strips, the EvilSorceress She Who Must Be Obeyed has obtained a written copy of That Which Man Is Not Meant to Know, and she is smart enough not to read it, because she realizes that this Trope must apply if no-one is meant to know it. However, after taking the heroes prisoner, [[spoiler:Piffany assures her that only ''men'' are not meant to know it; women can safely read it, because it's something that they know already. When she reads it, not revealing it to the readers, the fact that such a secret would be so devastating to men almost makes her bust a gut laughing.]]
** Also, Cirbozoids can kill people by crying.
** The context involves [[Creator/WilliamButlerYeats Yeats]]' [[VaguenessIsComing poem]] [[http://starslip.com/2007/11/30/starslip-number-664/ The Second Coming]]
** It is forever robbed of this ability, however, when its artistic context is irreparably changed by [[spoiler: Mr. Jinx wearing it as a hat]], and is thereafter described by at least one character as "the dumbest thing i've ever seen".
* Librarian Dewey develops a book talk guaranteed to make people faint in ''Webcomic/{{Unshelved}}''!
** That's just one of the talks he's got. He has, if memory serves, book talks that make people nauseous, break out in a rash, and speak Urdu, among what must be others.
* In ''Webcomic/RPGWorld'', it's hinted that the four Mystic Keys are these. At least it was strongly hinted that reading the Tiger Book was what made Jeff go crazy and turn evil.
* [[http://www.deadboydesigns.com/kreepy/strip%2035.htm Kreepy Kat]]
* In ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'', the BigBad Xykon kills a room full of Paladins armed only with a [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0448.html super-bouncy ball]]. (Which has a magic symbol that cause insanity in anyone who look at it inscribed on it.)
** Vaarsuvius [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0092.html prepared Explosive Runes this morning.]]
** In [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0859.html #859]], Durkon casts ''Holy Word'', described under ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'', on the Linear Guild, banishing Sabine and striking everyone else deaf. The only member to come out unscathed is Tarquin, whose hit dice are apparently higher than Durkon's caster level. The deafness also affected [[TokenEvilTeammate Belkar]], causing [[OhCrap an interesting result]] when Nale cast ''suggestion'' on him to get him to stop stabbing him. Roy, who came up with the whole plan, snarks:
---> '''[[GeniusBruiser Roy:]]''' It's not a bug, it's a feature.
* [[http://i33.tinypic.com/15zibf7.gif This comic]] from ''Webcomic/TheParkingLotIsFull'' describes such an occurrence.
* Lampooned in one series of ''Webcomic/{{Nodwick}}'' strips, the EvilSorceress She Who Must Be Obeyed has obtained a written copy of That Which Man Is Not Meant to Know, and she is smart enough not to read it, because she realizes that this Trope must apply if no-one is meant to know it. However, after taking the heroes prisoner, [[spoiler:Piffany assures her that only ''men'' are not meant to know it; women can safely read it, because it's something that they know already. When she reads it, not revealing it to the readers, the fact that such a secret would be so devastating to men almost makes her bust a gut laughing.]]
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* ''Webcomic/{{Starslip}}'' has the sculpture known as "The Spine of the Cosmos". Looking at For [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Cloud]] in ''Webcomic/AnsemRetort'', "OneWingedAngel" is this: it by itself is harmless, but when its artistic context is described makes him flash back to the viewer, they are either granted ultimate understanding of the universe or driven insane -- either way, becoming a mindless zombie. to Sephiroth.
-->'''Cloud:''' Theinsectoid aliens known as Cirbozoids are the only intelligent species immune to this, due to their inability to understand art.
** Also, Cirbozoids can kill people by crying.
** The context involves [[Creator/WilliamButlerYeats Yeats]]' [[VaguenessIsComing poem]] [[http://starslip.com/2007/11/30/starslip-number-664/ The Second Coming]]
** It is forever robbed of this ability, however, when its artistic context is irreparably changed by [[spoiler: Mr. Jinx wearing it as a hat]], and is thereafter described by at least one character as "the dumbest thing i've ever seen".
* Librarian Dewey develops a book talk guaranteed to make people faint in ''Webcomic/{{Unshelved}}''!
** That's just one of the talks he's got. He has, if memory serves, book talks that make people nauseous, break out in a rash, and speak Urdu, among what must be others.
* In ''Webcomic/RPGWorld'', it's hinted that the four Mystic Keys are these. At least it was strongly hinted that reading the Tiger Book was what made Jeff go crazy and turn evil.
* [[http://www.deadboydesigns.com/kreepy/strip%2035.htm Kreepy Kat]]
* In ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'', the BigBad Xykon kills a room full of Paladins armed only with a [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0448.html super-bouncy ball]]. (Which has a magic symbol that cause insanity in anyone who look at it inscribed on it.)
** Vaarsuvius [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0092.html prepared Explosive Runes this morning.]]
** In [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0859.html #859]], Durkon casts ''Holy Word'', described under ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'', on the Linear Guild, banishing Sabine and striking everyone else deaf. The only member to come out unscathed is Tarquin, whose hit dice are apparently higher than Durkon's caster level. The deafness also affected [[TokenEvilTeammate Belkar]], causing [[OhCrap an interesting result]] when Nale cast ''suggestion'' on him to get him to stop stabbing him. Roy, who came upbad man with the whole plan, snarks:
---> '''[[GeniusBruiser Roy:]]''' It's not a bug, it's a feature.
* [[http://i33.tinypic.com/15zibf7.gif This comic]] from ''Webcomic/TheParkingLotIsFull'' describes such an occurrence.
* Lampooned in one series of ''Webcomic/{{Nodwick}}'' strips, the EvilSorceress She Who Must Be Obeyed has obtained a written copy of That Which Man Is Not Meant to Know, and shesword is smart enough not to read it, because she realizes that this Trope must apply if no-one is meant to know it. However, after taking the heroes prisoner, [[spoiler:Piffany assures her over my mind again!
** Unfortunately, thatonly ''men'' are not meant to know it; women can safely read it, song is also Axel's ThemeMusicPowerUp.
* ''Webcomic/AxeCop'' has a band called The Axe. Their music kills bad guys because it'ssomething that they know already. When she reads it, not revealing it poisonous to them.
* In ''Webcomic/BrunoTheBandit'' this was more or less thereaders, the fact that such a secret would be so devastating to men almost makes her bust a gut laughing.]]effect of [[http://www.brunothebandit.com/d/20080926.html Shub-Megawrath's singing]].
-->'''Cloud:''' The
** Also, Cirbozoids can kill people by crying.
** The context involves [[Creator/WilliamButlerYeats Yeats]]' [[VaguenessIsComing poem]] [[http://starslip.com/2007/11/30/starslip-number-664/ The Second Coming]]
** It is forever robbed of this ability, however, when its artistic context is irreparably changed by [[spoiler: Mr. Jinx wearing it as a hat]], and is thereafter described by at least one character as "the dumbest thing i've ever seen".
* Librarian Dewey develops a book talk guaranteed to make people faint in ''Webcomic/{{Unshelved}}''!
** That's just one of the talks he's got. He has, if memory serves, book talks that make people nauseous, break out in a rash, and speak Urdu, among what must be others.
* In ''Webcomic/RPGWorld'', it's hinted that the four Mystic Keys are these. At least it was strongly hinted that reading the Tiger Book was what made Jeff go crazy and turn evil.
* [[http://www.deadboydesigns.com/kreepy/strip%2035.htm Kreepy Kat]]
* In ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'', the BigBad Xykon kills a room full of Paladins armed only with a [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0448.html super-bouncy ball]]. (Which has a magic symbol that cause insanity in anyone who look at it inscribed on it.)
** Vaarsuvius [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0092.html prepared Explosive Runes this morning.]]
** In [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0859.html #859]], Durkon casts ''Holy Word'', described under ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'', on the Linear Guild, banishing Sabine and striking everyone else deaf. The only member to come out unscathed is Tarquin, whose hit dice are apparently higher than Durkon's caster level. The deafness also affected [[TokenEvilTeammate Belkar]], causing [[OhCrap an interesting result]] when Nale cast ''suggestion'' on him to get him to stop stabbing him. Roy, who came up
---> '''[[GeniusBruiser Roy:]]''' It's not a bug, it's a feature.
* [[http://i33.tinypic.com/15zibf7.gif This comic]] from ''Webcomic/TheParkingLotIsFull'' describes such an occurrence.
* Lampooned in one series of ''Webcomic/{{Nodwick}}'' strips, the EvilSorceress She Who Must Be Obeyed has obtained a written copy of That Which Man Is Not Meant to Know, and she
** Unfortunately, that
* ''Webcomic/AxeCop'' has a band called The Axe. Their music kills bad guys because it's
* In ''Webcomic/BrunoTheBandit'' this was more or less the
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** A unique tone not reproducable by nature is generated by a device that can make Florence Ambrose, a genetically modified red wolf, fall asleep or wake up. Given [[AIIsACrapshoot previous negative experience with similarly modified simians]], having an "off" switch" on an experimental design is probably not all that bad idea, particularly when that "design" is a based on a predator.
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** A unique tone not reproducable reproducible by nature is generated by a device that can make Florence Ambrose, a genetically modified red wolf, fall asleep or wake up. Given [[AIIsACrapshoot previous negative experience with similarly modified simians]], having an "off" switch" on an experimental design is probably not all that bad idea, particularly when that "design" is a based on a predator.
* ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'':
** The Doom Bell painfully knocks out all those who hear it for the first time. Agatha on the other hand, only seems mildly surprised.
---> '''Mama Gkikka:''' Keeds today. Kent even take a leedle '''existential despair'''.
** Mama was surprised, though, that Gil found the sound "beautiful" as it meant Agatha was still alive and fighting. It's been implied that Gil may be related to the Jagermonsters, which may account for his immunity.
* In ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'', Feferi has to continually keep [[EldritchAbomination her lusus]] fed, or it'll cry out and ''every troll in the galaxy'' will die from the subsequent [[MindRape psychic shockwave]] known as the "VAST GLUB". Worse, since Feferi prototyped her lusus, the Black King of their session gained this ability as well, which necessitated an army of thousands of time-travelling Aradiabots to psychically suppress lest the King instantly win the battle.
** The Doom Bell painfully knocks out all those who hear it for the first time. Agatha on the other hand, only seems mildly surprised.
---> '''Mama Gkikka:''' Keeds today. Kent even take a leedle '''existential despair'''.
** Mama was surprised, though, that Gil found the sound "beautiful" as it meant Agatha was still alive and fighting. It's been implied that Gil may be related to the Jagermonsters, which may account for his immunity.
* In ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'', Feferi has to continually keep [[EldritchAbomination her lusus]] fed, or it'll cry out and ''every troll in the galaxy'' will die from the subsequent [[MindRape psychic shockwave]] known as the "VAST GLUB". Worse, since Feferi prototyped her lusus, the Black King of their session gained this ability as well, which necessitated an army of thousands of time-travelling Aradiabots to psychically suppress lest the King instantly win the battle.
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* For [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Cloud]] in ''Webcomic/AnsemRetort'', "OneWingedAngel" is this: it makes him flash back to to Sephiroth.
-->'''Cloud:''' The bad man with the sword is taking over my mind again!
** Unfortunately, that song is also Axel's ThemeMusicPowerUp.
* ''Ubersoft'' employes were once shown only the shadow of a new Apple product, since it's beauty drove a small percentage of the population insane when they looked directly at it. When asking how big a percentage, the answer was approximately the same small percentage of the population that had been allowed to look at it directly.
* ''Webcomic/NecessaryMonsters'': Jonathon tells the man on the safehouse front desk ''something'' that causes him to pull his own skull apart.
-->'''Cloud:''' The bad man with the sword is taking over my mind again!
** Unfortunately, that song is also Axel's ThemeMusicPowerUp.
* ''Ubersoft'' employes were once shown only the shadow of a new Apple product, since it's beauty drove a small percentage of the population insane when they looked directly at it. When asking how big a percentage, the answer was approximately the same small percentage of the population that had been allowed to look at it directly.
* ''Webcomic/NecessaryMonsters'': Jonathon tells the man on the safehouse front desk ''something'' that causes him to pull his own skull apart.
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* In ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'', Feferi has to continually keep [[EldritchAbomination her lusus]] fed, or it'll cry out and ''every troll in the galaxy'' will die from the subsequent [[MindRape psychic shockwave]] known as the "VAST GLUB". Worse, since Feferi prototyped her lusus, the Black King of their session gained this ability as well, which necessitated an army of thousands of time-travelling Aradiabots to psychically suppress lest the King instantly win the battle.
* In ''Webcomic/{{Poharex}}'', Eperok uses "The Call", a high-frequency sound(which he refers to as magic), to force any dinosaur that hears it to come and aid him in battle. He only used it once in order to distract Leay, allowing Poharex to get the upper hand.
* Art in ''Webcomic/SequentialArt'', aspiring to the full MadArtist glory, "[[http://www.collectedcurios.com/sequentialart.php?s=665 created an image that combines all known fetishes]]".
* In ''Webcomic/{{Poharex}}'', Eperok uses "The Call", a high-frequency sound(which he refers to as magic), to force any dinosaur that hears it to come and aid him in battle. He only used it once in order to distract Leay, allowing Poharex to get the upper hand.
* Art in ''Webcomic/SequentialArt'', aspiring to the full MadArtist glory, "[[http://www.collectedcurios.com/sequentialart.php?s=665 created an image that combines all known fetishes]]".
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* In ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'', Feferi has to continually keep [[EldritchAbomination her lusus]] fed, or it'll cry out ''Webcomic/MegaTokyo'', the ''Necrowombicon'' was probably a Brown Note, because Largo's life can be divided in two. Before reading it, he was just a superconfident, super-spirited hardcore gamer; after reading it, he became obsessed with zombie rampages, though that Miho was the [="3V1|_ Z0MB13 QU33N"=], and ''every troll in suddenly started seeing the galaxy'' will die world through the glasses of {{B Movie}}s, shooter games and online [=RPGs=]. But if we consider that Largo is also a big {{Cloudcuckoolander}}, it might as well have been caused by something else.
** This happened about the time the authors were transitioning from a loosely connected series of jokes to a more comprehensive narrative, so thesubsequent [[MindRape psychic shockwave]] known as the "VAST GLUB". Worse, since Feferi prototyped her lusus, the Black King of their session gained clichés Largo was built on were ramped up overnight to Cloudcuckoolander status to help lead into his plot arcs. It's later mentioned that he's always been this ability as well, way. In addition, [[AuthorAvatar the "other" Largo]] was becoming less influential on the comic's creation by that point -- if he had not already been completely forced out -- which necessitated an army of thousands of time-travelling Aradiabots to psychically suppress lest meant it was also the King instantly win point where the battle.
* In ''Webcomic/{{Poharex}}'', Eperok uses "The Call", a high-frequency sound(which he refers to as magic), to force any dinosaur that hears it to comeLargo character was being written by the other author/artist, who had vastly different tastes in humour and aid him in battle. He only used it once in order to distract Leay, allowing Poharex to get the upper hand.
* Art in ''Webcomic/SequentialArt'', aspiring to the full MadArtist glory, "[[http://www.collectedcurios.com/sequentialart.php?s=665 created an image that combines all known fetishes]]".writing style.
** This happened about the time the authors were transitioning from a loosely connected series of jokes to a more comprehensive narrative, so the
* In ''Webcomic/{{Poharex}}'', Eperok uses "The Call", a high-frequency sound(which he refers to as magic), to force any dinosaur that hears it to come
* Art in ''Webcomic/SequentialArt'', aspiring to the full MadArtist glory, "[[http://www.collectedcurios.com/sequentialart.php?s=665 created an image that combines all known fetishes]]".
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* ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'':
** The Doom Bell painfully knocks out all those who hear it for the first time. Agatha on the other hand, only seems mildly surprised.
---> '''Mama Gkikka:''' Keeds today. Kent even take a leedle '''existential despair'''.
** Mama was surprised, though, that Gil found the sound "beautiful" as it meant Agatha was still alive and fighting. It's been implied that Gil may be related to the Jagermonsters, which may account for his immunity.
** The Doom Bell painfully knocks out all those who hear it for the first time. Agatha on the other hand, only seems mildly surprised.
---> '''Mama Gkikka:''' Keeds today. Kent even take a leedle '''existential despair'''.
** Mama was surprised, though, that Gil found the sound "beautiful" as it meant Agatha was still alive and fighting. It's been implied that Gil may be related to the Jagermonsters, which may account for his immunity.
* ''Webcomic/NecessaryMonsters'': Jonathon tells the man on the safehouse front desk ''something'' that causes him to pull his own skull apart.
* Lampooned in one series of ''Webcomic/{{Nodwick}}'' strips, the EvilSorceress She Who Must Be Obeyed has obtained a written copy of That Which Man Is Not Meant to Know, and she is smart enough not to read it, because she realizes that this Trope must apply if no-one is meant to know it. However, after taking the heroes prisoner, [[spoiler:Piffany assures her that only ''men'' are not meant to know it; women can safely read it, because it's something that they know already. When she reads it, not revealing it to the readers, the fact that such a secret would be so devastating to men almost makes her bust a gut laughing.]]
* In ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'', the BigBad Xykon kills a room full of Paladins armed only with a [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0448.html super-bouncy ball]]. (Which has a magic symbol that cause insanity in anyone who look at it inscribed on it.)
** Vaarsuvius [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0092.html prepared Explosive Runes this morning.]]
** In [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0859.html #859]], Durkon casts ''Holy Word'', described under ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'', on the Linear Guild, banishing Sabine and striking everyone else deaf. The only member to come out unscathed is Tarquin, whose hit dice are apparently higher than Durkon's caster level. The deafness also affected [[TokenEvilTeammate Belkar]], causing [[OhCrap an interesting result]] when Nale cast ''suggestion'' on him to get him to stop stabbing him. Roy, who came up with the whole plan, snarks:
---> '''[[GeniusBruiser Roy:]]''' It's not a bug, it's a feature.
* [[http://i33.tinypic.com/15zibf7.gif This comic]] from ''Webcomic/TheParkingLotIsFull'' describes such an occurrence.
* In ''Webcomic/{{Poharex}}'', Eperok uses "The Call", a high-frequency sound(which he refers to as magic), to force any dinosaur that hears it to come and aid him in battle. He only used it once in order to distract Leay, allowing Poharex to get the upper hand.
* In ''Webcomic/RPGWorld'', it's hinted that the four Mystic Keys are these. At least it was strongly hinted that reading the Tiger Book was what made Jeff go crazy and turn evil.
* For a one-shot gag in ''Webcomic/SamAndFuzzy'', [[http://www.samandfuzzy.com/597 here]], Fuzzy creates a Brown Note video to psychologically break Sid, another character. It might have worked if Sid hadn't run away.
* ''WebComic/SaturdayMorningBreakfastCereal'': In [[http://smbc-comics.com/comic/ass "Ass"]], a guy comes up with an insult so powerful that it makes YourHeadAsplode.
* Art in ''Webcomic/SequentialArt'', aspiring to the full MadArtist glory, "[[http://www.collectedcurios.com/sequentialart.php?s=665 created an image that combines all known fetishes]]".
* Lampooned in one series of ''Webcomic/{{Nodwick}}'' strips, the EvilSorceress She Who Must Be Obeyed has obtained a written copy of That Which Man Is Not Meant to Know, and she is smart enough not to read it, because she realizes that this Trope must apply if no-one is meant to know it. However, after taking the heroes prisoner, [[spoiler:Piffany assures her that only ''men'' are not meant to know it; women can safely read it, because it's something that they know already. When she reads it, not revealing it to the readers, the fact that such a secret would be so devastating to men almost makes her bust a gut laughing.]]
* In ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'', the BigBad Xykon kills a room full of Paladins armed only with a [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0448.html super-bouncy ball]]. (Which has a magic symbol that cause insanity in anyone who look at it inscribed on it.)
** Vaarsuvius [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0092.html prepared Explosive Runes this morning.]]
** In [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0859.html #859]], Durkon casts ''Holy Word'', described under ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'', on the Linear Guild, banishing Sabine and striking everyone else deaf. The only member to come out unscathed is Tarquin, whose hit dice are apparently higher than Durkon's caster level. The deafness also affected [[TokenEvilTeammate Belkar]], causing [[OhCrap an interesting result]] when Nale cast ''suggestion'' on him to get him to stop stabbing him. Roy, who came up with the whole plan, snarks:
---> '''[[GeniusBruiser Roy:]]''' It's not a bug, it's a feature.
* [[http://i33.tinypic.com/15zibf7.gif This comic]] from ''Webcomic/TheParkingLotIsFull'' describes such an occurrence.
* In ''Webcomic/{{Poharex}}'', Eperok uses "The Call", a high-frequency sound(which he refers to as magic), to force any dinosaur that hears it to come and aid him in battle. He only used it once in order to distract Leay, allowing Poharex to get the upper hand.
* In ''Webcomic/RPGWorld'', it's hinted that the four Mystic Keys are these. At least it was strongly hinted that reading the Tiger Book was what made Jeff go crazy and turn evil.
* For a one-shot gag in ''Webcomic/SamAndFuzzy'', [[http://www.samandfuzzy.com/597 here]], Fuzzy creates a Brown Note video to psychologically break Sid, another character. It might have worked if Sid hadn't run away.
* ''WebComic/SaturdayMorningBreakfastCereal'': In [[http://smbc-comics.com/comic/ass "Ass"]], a guy comes up with an insult so powerful that it makes YourHeadAsplode.
* Art in ''Webcomic/SequentialArt'', aspiring to the full MadArtist glory, "[[http://www.collectedcurios.com/sequentialart.php?s=665 created an image that combines all known fetishes]]".
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* ''Webcomic/{{Vexxarr}}'' has the Schlumpoid Sploorfix, whose Livejournal entries have caused AI to explode at how melancholy they are. Even his casual observations about life have caused otherwise rigidly-programmed ship drones to consider him a threat to the host vessel and left him unceremoniously dumped in a waste bin.
* ''Webcomic/AxeCop'' has a band called The Axe. Their music kills bad guys because it's poisonous to them.
* In ''Webcomic/BrunoTheBandit'' this was more or less the effect of [[http://www.brunothebandit.com/d/20080926.html Shub-Megawrath's singing]].
* ''Webcomic/AxeCop'' has a band called The Axe. Their music kills bad guys because it's poisonous to them.
* In ''Webcomic/BrunoTheBandit'' this was more or less the effect of [[http://www.brunothebandit.com/d/20080926.html Shub-Megawrath's singing]].
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* ''WebComic/SaturdayMorningBreakfastCereal'': In [[http://smbc-comics.com/comic/ass "Ass"]], a guy comes up with an insult so powerful that it makes YourHeadAsplode.
* The Troll King's Seven Deadly Words in ''Webcomic/TailsGetsTrolled'', when said, shut down a part of the listener's body.
* The Troll King's Seven Deadly Words in ''Webcomic/TailsGetsTrolled'', when said, shut down a part of the listener's body.
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* ''WebComic/SaturdayMorningBreakfastCereal'': In [[http://smbc-comics.com/comic/ass "Ass"]], a guy comes up with an insult so powerful that ''Webcomic/{{Starslip}}'' has the sculpture known as "The Spine of the Cosmos". Looking at it makes YourHeadAsplode.
by itself is harmless, but when its artistic context is described to the viewer, they are either granted ultimate understanding of the universe or driven insane -- either way, becoming a mindless zombie. The insectoid aliens known as Cirbozoids are the only intelligent species immune to this, due to their inability to understand art.
** Also, Cirbozoids can kill people by crying.
** The context involves [[Creator/WilliamButlerYeats Yeats]]' [[VaguenessIsComing poem]] [[http://starslip.com/2007/11/30/starslip-number-664/ The Second Coming]]
** It is forever robbed of this ability, however, when its artistic context is irreparably changed by [[spoiler: Mr. Jinx wearing it as a hat]], and is thereafter described by at least one character as "the dumbest thing i've ever seen".
* The Troll King's Seven Deadly Words in ''Webcomic/TailsGetsTrolled'', when said, shut down a part of the listener'sbody.body.
* ''Ubersoft'' employees were once shown only the shadow of a new Apple product, since it's beauty drove a small percentage of the population insane when they looked directly at it. When asking how big a percentage, the answer was approximately the same small percentage of the population that had been allowed to look at it directly.
* Librarian Dewey develops a book talk guaranteed to make people faint in ''Webcomic/{{Unshelved}}''!
** That's just one of the talks he's got. He has, if memory serves, book talks that make people nauseous, break out in a rash, and speak Urdu, among what must be others.
* ''Webcomic/{{Vexxarr}}'' has the Schlumpoid Sploorfix, whose Livejournal entries have caused AI to explode at how melancholy they are. Even his casual observations about life have caused otherwise rigidly-programmed ship drones to consider him a threat to the host vessel and left him unceremoniously dumped in a waste bin.
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** Also, Cirbozoids can kill people by crying.
** The context involves [[Creator/WilliamButlerYeats Yeats]]' [[VaguenessIsComing poem]] [[http://starslip.com/2007/11/30/starslip-number-664/ The Second Coming]]
** It is forever robbed of this ability, however, when its artistic context is irreparably changed by [[spoiler: Mr. Jinx wearing it as a hat]], and is thereafter described by at least one character as "the dumbest thing i've ever seen".
* The Troll King's Seven Deadly Words in ''Webcomic/TailsGetsTrolled'', when said, shut down a part of the listener's
* ''Ubersoft'' employees were once shown only the shadow of a new Apple product, since it's beauty drove a small percentage of the population insane when they looked directly at it. When asking how big a percentage, the answer was approximately the same small percentage of the population that had been allowed to look at it directly.
* Librarian Dewey develops a book talk guaranteed to make people faint in ''Webcomic/{{Unshelved}}''!
** That's just one of the talks he's got. He has, if memory serves, book talks that make people nauseous, break out in a rash, and speak Urdu, among what must be others.
* ''Webcomic/{{Vexxarr}}'' has the Schlumpoid Sploorfix, whose Livejournal entries have caused AI to explode at how melancholy they are. Even his casual observations about life have caused otherwise rigidly-programmed ship drones to consider him a threat to the host vessel and left him unceremoniously dumped in a waste bin.
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** The context involves Creator/{{Yeats}}' [[Creator/WilliamButlerYeats Yeats]]' [[VaguenessIsComing poem]] [[http://starslip.com/2007/11/30/starslip-number-664/ The Second Coming]]
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* ''WebComic/SaturdayMorningBreakfastCereal'': In [[http://smbc-comics.com/comic/ass "Ass"]], a guy comes up with an insult so powerful that it makes YourHeadAsplode.
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* ''WebComic/SaturdayMorningBreakfastCereal'': In [[http://smbc-comics.com/comic/ass "Ass"]], a guy comes up with an insult so powerful that it makes YourHeadAsplode.YourHeadAsplode.
* The Troll King's Seven Deadly Words in ''Webcomic/TailsGetsTrolled'', when said, shut down a part of the listener's body.
* The Troll King's Seven Deadly Words in ''Webcomic/TailsGetsTrolled'', when said, shut down a part of the listener's body.
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* In "The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day" arc of ''Webcomic/SkinHorse'' Nick was assigned to compile a sound-based weapon against biologicals. It knocks out the entire building, though the staff of Project Skin Horse, being either robots, undead, canine, or a former werewolf, recover before the rest. At one point [[http://skin-horse.com/comic/opened-the/ Tip calls it a Brown Note]].
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* In "The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day" arc of ''Webcomic/SkinHorse'' Nick was assigned to compile a sound-based weapon against biologicals. It knocks out the entire building, though the staff of Project Skin Horse, being either robots, undead, canine, or a former werewolf, recover before the rest. At one point [[http://skin-horse.com/comic/opened-the/ Tip calls it a Brown Note]].Note]].
* ''WebComic/SaturdayMorningBreakfastCereal'': In [[http://smbc-comics.com/comic/ass "Ass"]], a guy comes up with an insult so powerful that it makes YourHeadAsplode.
* ''WebComic/SaturdayMorningBreakfastCereal'': In [[http://smbc-comics.com/comic/ass "Ass"]], a guy comes up with an insult so powerful that it makes YourHeadAsplode.
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* For a one-shot gag in ''Webcomic/SamAndFuzzy'', [[http://www.samandfuzzy.com/597 here]], Fuzzy creates a Brown Note video to psychologically break Sid, another character. It might have worked if Sid hadn't run away.
* In ''Webcomic/MegaTokyo'', the ''Necrowombicon'' was probably a Brown Note, because Largo's life can be divided in two. Before reading it, he was just a superconfident, super-spirited hardcore gamer; after reading it, he became obsessed with zombie rampages, though that Miho was the [="3V1|_ Z0MB13 QU33N"=], and suddenly started seeing the world through the glasses of {{B Movie}}s, shooter games and online [=RPGs=]. But if we consider that Largo is also a big {{Cloudcuckoolander}}, it might as well have been caused by something else.
** This happened about the time the authors were transitioning from a loosely connected series of jokes to a more comprehensive narrative, so the clichés Largo was built on were ramped up overnight to Cloudcuckoolander status to help lead into his plot arcs. It's later mentioned that he's always been this way. In addition, [[AuthorAvatar the "other" Largo]] was becoming less influential on the comic's creation by that point -- if he had not already been completely forced out -- which meant it was also the point where the Largo character was being written by the other author/artist, who had vastly different tastes in humour and writing style.
* In ''Webcomic/EightBitTheater'', Black Mage explains that anyone who sees his face will go insane. This happens to a random passer-by[[spoiler: which comes back to bite the Light Warriors much later]]. Later on, an as-of-yet unnamed Dark God tells Black Mage that hearing his true voice will cause a person's brain to eat itself.
* ''Webcomic/{{Starslip}}'' has the sculpture known as "The Spine of the Cosmos". Looking at it by itself is harmless, but when its artistic context is described to the viewer, they are either granted ultimate understanding of the universe or driven insane -- either way, becoming a mindless zombie. The insectoid aliens known as Cirbozoids are the only intelligent species immune to this, due to their inability to understand art.
** Also, Cirbozoids can kill people by crying.
** The context involves Creator/{{Yeats}}' [[VaguenessIsComing poem]] [[http://starslip.com/2007/11/30/starslip-number-664/ The Second Coming]]
** It is forever robbed of this ability, however, when its artistic context is irreparably changed by [[spoiler: Mr. Jinx wearing it as a hat]], and is thereafter described by at least one character as "the dumbest thing i've ever seen".
* Librarian Dewey develops a book talk guaranteed to make people faint in ''Webcomic/{{Unshelved}}''!
** That's just one of the talks he's got. He has, if memory serves, book talks that make people nauseous, break out in a rash, and speak Urdu, among what must be others.
* In ''Webcomic/RPGWorld'', it's hinted that the four Mystic Keys are these. At least it was strongly hinted that reading the Tiger Book was what made Jeff go crazy and turn evil.
* [[http://www.deadboydesigns.com/kreepy/strip%2035.htm Kreepy Kat]]
* In ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'', the BigBad Xykon kills a room full of Paladins armed only with a [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0448.html super-bouncy ball]]. (Which has a magic symbol that cause insanity in anyone who look at it inscribed on it.)
** Vaarsuvius [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0092.html prepared Explosive Runes this morning.]]
** In [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0859.html #859]], Durkon casts ''Holy Word'', described under ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'', on the Linear Guild, banishing Sabine and striking everyone else deaf. The only member to come out unscathed is Tarquin, whose hit dice are apparently higher than Durkon's caster level. The deafness also affected [[TokenEvilTeammate Belkar]], causing [[OhCrap an interesting result]] when Nale cast ''suggestion'' on him to get him to stop stabbing him. Roy, who came up with the whole plan, snarks:
---> '''[[GeniusBruiser Roy:]]''' It's not a bug, it's a feature.
* [[http://i33.tinypic.com/15zibf7.gif This comic]] from ''Webcomic/TheParkingLotIsFull'' describes such an occurrence.
* Lampooned in one series of ''Webcomic/{{Nodwick}}'' strips, the EvilSorceress She Who Must Be Obeyed has obtained a written copy of That Which Man Is Not Meant to Know, and she is smart enough not to read it, because she realizes that this Trope must apply if no-one is meant to know it. However, after taking the heroes prisoner, [[spoiler:Piffany assures her that only ''men'' are not meant to know it; women can safely read it, because it's something that they know already. When she reads it, not revealing it to the readers, the fact that such a secret would be so devastating to men almost makes her bust a gut laughing.]]
* From ''Webcomic/{{Freefall}}'':
** A unique tone not reproducable by nature is generated by a device that can make Florence Ambrose, a genetically modified red wolf, fall asleep or wake up. Given [[AIIsACrapshoot previous negative experience with similarly modified simians]], having an "off" switch" on an experimental design is probably not all that bad idea, particularly when that "design" is a based on a predator.
** Sam's real er... face, which he theorizes triggers some sort of nurturing instinct in humans, since any time someone sees it they immediately disgorge their stomach contents. This is a big part of why he wears a full-body environment suit with an animated mechanical face, beyond issues with lower partial pressure of Oxygen.
*** At one point, Helix creates a sculpture of Sam. A person who sees it has to be physically restrained from removing his own eyes because otherwise he "might see it again!"
** The [[MemeticMutation Sticky Notes of Doom]], which cause any robot who reads them while connected to the commnet to download an upgrade that lobotimizes them.[[note]]They simply mention the name of said "upgrade" among the author's thoughts, and any comnet search on the name causes an immediate download and install.[[/note]]
--->Edge: "Who wrote this note, Creator/HPLovecraft?"
* In ''[[http://www.jaydenandcrusader.com/2008/06/27/page-74/ Jayden and Crusader,]]'' the character Third can apparently utter proofs of the non-existence of God so powerful Priests have heart attacks because of the conflict of their profession and the utter logic of the proof. We aren't told what this proof is.
* For [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Cloud]] in ''Webcomic/AnsemRetort'', "OneWingedAngel" is this: it makes him flash back to to Sephiroth.
-->'''Cloud:''' The bad man with the sword is taking over my mind again!
** Unfortunately, that song is also Axel's ThemeMusicPowerUp.
* ''Ubersoft'' employes were once shown only the shadow of a new Apple product, since it's beauty drove a small percentage of the population insane when they looked directly at it. When asking how big a percentage, the answer was approximately the same small percentage of the population that had been allowed to look at it directly.
* ''Webcomic/NecessaryMonsters'': Jonathon tells the man on the safehouse front desk ''something'' that causes him to pull his own skull apart.
* Rowasu of ''Webcomic/{{Juathuur}}'' makes his sword screech by draggin it on the ground to confuse his enemies.
* In ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'', Feferi has to continually keep [[EldritchAbomination her lusus]] fed, or it'll cry out and ''every troll in the galaxy'' will die from the subsequent [[MindRape psychic shockwave]] known as the "VAST GLUB". Worse, since Feferi prototyped her lusus, the Black King of their session gained this ability as well, which necessitated an army of thousands of time-travelling Aradiabots to psychically suppress lest the King instantly win the battle.
* In ''Webcomic/{{Poharex}}'', Eperok uses "The Call", a high-frequency sound(which he refers to as magic), to force any dinosaur that hears it to come and aid him in battle. He only used it once in order to distract Leay, allowing Poharex to get the upper hand.
* Art in ''Webcomic/SequentialArt'', aspiring to the full MadArtist glory, "[[http://www.collectedcurios.com/sequentialart.php?s=665 created an image that combines all known fetishes]]".
* ''Webcomic/AMiracleOfScience'' has the book "Crank Theories on Robotics", that is a known vector of ScienceRelatedMemeticDisorder.
* ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'':
** The Doom Bell painfully knocks out all those who hear it for the first time. Agatha on the other hand, only seems mildly surprised.
---> '''Mama Gkikka:''' Keeds today. Kent even take a leedle '''existential despair'''.
** Mama was surprised, though, that Gil found the sound "beautiful" as it meant Agatha was still alive and fighting. It's been implied that Gil may be related to the Jagermonsters, which may account for his immunity.
* Draconic, the LanguageOfMagic in ''[[Webcomic/NahastLandsOfStrife Nahast]]'', drives people mad if they don't learn it properly.
* ''Webcomic/SeventySeas'' has "Jensen's Ye Olde Horror of the Deep", an EldritchAbomination in a bottle that causes pants-wetting terror on anyone looking at it.
* ''Webcomic/{{Vexxarr}}'' has the Schlumpoid Sploorfix, whose Livejournal entries have caused AI to explode at how melancholy they are. Even his casual observations about life have caused otherwise rigidly-programmed ship drones to consider him a threat to the host vessel and left him unceremoniously dumped in a waste bin.
* ''Webcomic/AxeCop'' has a band called The Axe. Their music kills bad guys because it's poisonous to them.
* In ''Webcomic/BrunoTheBandit'' this was more or less the effect of [[http://www.brunothebandit.com/d/20080926.html Shub-Megawrath's singing]].
* In "The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day" arc of ''Webcomic/SkinHorse'' Nick was assigned to compile a sound-based weapon against biologicals. It knocks out the entire building, though the staff of Project Skin Horse, being either robots, undead, canine, or a former werewolf, recover before the rest. At one point [[http://skin-horse.com/comic/opened-the/ Tip calls it a Brown Note]].
* In ''Webcomic/MegaTokyo'', the ''Necrowombicon'' was probably a Brown Note, because Largo's life can be divided in two. Before reading it, he was just a superconfident, super-spirited hardcore gamer; after reading it, he became obsessed with zombie rampages, though that Miho was the [="3V1|_ Z0MB13 QU33N"=], and suddenly started seeing the world through the glasses of {{B Movie}}s, shooter games and online [=RPGs=]. But if we consider that Largo is also a big {{Cloudcuckoolander}}, it might as well have been caused by something else.
** This happened about the time the authors were transitioning from a loosely connected series of jokes to a more comprehensive narrative, so the clichés Largo was built on were ramped up overnight to Cloudcuckoolander status to help lead into his plot arcs. It's later mentioned that he's always been this way. In addition, [[AuthorAvatar the "other" Largo]] was becoming less influential on the comic's creation by that point -- if he had not already been completely forced out -- which meant it was also the point where the Largo character was being written by the other author/artist, who had vastly different tastes in humour and writing style.
* In ''Webcomic/EightBitTheater'', Black Mage explains that anyone who sees his face will go insane. This happens to a random passer-by[[spoiler: which comes back to bite the Light Warriors much later]]. Later on, an as-of-yet unnamed Dark God tells Black Mage that hearing his true voice will cause a person's brain to eat itself.
* ''Webcomic/{{Starslip}}'' has the sculpture known as "The Spine of the Cosmos". Looking at it by itself is harmless, but when its artistic context is described to the viewer, they are either granted ultimate understanding of the universe or driven insane -- either way, becoming a mindless zombie. The insectoid aliens known as Cirbozoids are the only intelligent species immune to this, due to their inability to understand art.
** Also, Cirbozoids can kill people by crying.
** The context involves Creator/{{Yeats}}' [[VaguenessIsComing poem]] [[http://starslip.com/2007/11/30/starslip-number-664/ The Second Coming]]
** It is forever robbed of this ability, however, when its artistic context is irreparably changed by [[spoiler: Mr. Jinx wearing it as a hat]], and is thereafter described by at least one character as "the dumbest thing i've ever seen".
* Librarian Dewey develops a book talk guaranteed to make people faint in ''Webcomic/{{Unshelved}}''!
** That's just one of the talks he's got. He has, if memory serves, book talks that make people nauseous, break out in a rash, and speak Urdu, among what must be others.
* In ''Webcomic/RPGWorld'', it's hinted that the four Mystic Keys are these. At least it was strongly hinted that reading the Tiger Book was what made Jeff go crazy and turn evil.
* [[http://www.deadboydesigns.com/kreepy/strip%2035.htm Kreepy Kat]]
* In ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'', the BigBad Xykon kills a room full of Paladins armed only with a [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0448.html super-bouncy ball]]. (Which has a magic symbol that cause insanity in anyone who look at it inscribed on it.)
** Vaarsuvius [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0092.html prepared Explosive Runes this morning.]]
** In [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0859.html #859]], Durkon casts ''Holy Word'', described under ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'', on the Linear Guild, banishing Sabine and striking everyone else deaf. The only member to come out unscathed is Tarquin, whose hit dice are apparently higher than Durkon's caster level. The deafness also affected [[TokenEvilTeammate Belkar]], causing [[OhCrap an interesting result]] when Nale cast ''suggestion'' on him to get him to stop stabbing him. Roy, who came up with the whole plan, snarks:
---> '''[[GeniusBruiser Roy:]]''' It's not a bug, it's a feature.
* [[http://i33.tinypic.com/15zibf7.gif This comic]] from ''Webcomic/TheParkingLotIsFull'' describes such an occurrence.
* Lampooned in one series of ''Webcomic/{{Nodwick}}'' strips, the EvilSorceress She Who Must Be Obeyed has obtained a written copy of That Which Man Is Not Meant to Know, and she is smart enough not to read it, because she realizes that this Trope must apply if no-one is meant to know it. However, after taking the heroes prisoner, [[spoiler:Piffany assures her that only ''men'' are not meant to know it; women can safely read it, because it's something that they know already. When she reads it, not revealing it to the readers, the fact that such a secret would be so devastating to men almost makes her bust a gut laughing.]]
* From ''Webcomic/{{Freefall}}'':
** A unique tone not reproducable by nature is generated by a device that can make Florence Ambrose, a genetically modified red wolf, fall asleep or wake up. Given [[AIIsACrapshoot previous negative experience with similarly modified simians]], having an "off" switch" on an experimental design is probably not all that bad idea, particularly when that "design" is a based on a predator.
** Sam's real er... face, which he theorizes triggers some sort of nurturing instinct in humans, since any time someone sees it they immediately disgorge their stomach contents. This is a big part of why he wears a full-body environment suit with an animated mechanical face, beyond issues with lower partial pressure of Oxygen.
*** At one point, Helix creates a sculpture of Sam. A person who sees it has to be physically restrained from removing his own eyes because otherwise he "might see it again!"
** The [[MemeticMutation Sticky Notes of Doom]], which cause any robot who reads them while connected to the commnet to download an upgrade that lobotimizes them.[[note]]They simply mention the name of said "upgrade" among the author's thoughts, and any comnet search on the name causes an immediate download and install.[[/note]]
--->Edge: "Who wrote this note, Creator/HPLovecraft?"
* In ''[[http://www.jaydenandcrusader.com/2008/06/27/page-74/ Jayden and Crusader,]]'' the character Third can apparently utter proofs of the non-existence of God so powerful Priests have heart attacks because of the conflict of their profession and the utter logic of the proof. We aren't told what this proof is.
* For [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Cloud]] in ''Webcomic/AnsemRetort'', "OneWingedAngel" is this: it makes him flash back to to Sephiroth.
-->'''Cloud:''' The bad man with the sword is taking over my mind again!
** Unfortunately, that song is also Axel's ThemeMusicPowerUp.
* ''Ubersoft'' employes were once shown only the shadow of a new Apple product, since it's beauty drove a small percentage of the population insane when they looked directly at it. When asking how big a percentage, the answer was approximately the same small percentage of the population that had been allowed to look at it directly.
* ''Webcomic/NecessaryMonsters'': Jonathon tells the man on the safehouse front desk ''something'' that causes him to pull his own skull apart.
* Rowasu of ''Webcomic/{{Juathuur}}'' makes his sword screech by draggin it on the ground to confuse his enemies.
* In ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'', Feferi has to continually keep [[EldritchAbomination her lusus]] fed, or it'll cry out and ''every troll in the galaxy'' will die from the subsequent [[MindRape psychic shockwave]] known as the "VAST GLUB". Worse, since Feferi prototyped her lusus, the Black King of their session gained this ability as well, which necessitated an army of thousands of time-travelling Aradiabots to psychically suppress lest the King instantly win the battle.
* In ''Webcomic/{{Poharex}}'', Eperok uses "The Call", a high-frequency sound(which he refers to as magic), to force any dinosaur that hears it to come and aid him in battle. He only used it once in order to distract Leay, allowing Poharex to get the upper hand.
* Art in ''Webcomic/SequentialArt'', aspiring to the full MadArtist glory, "[[http://www.collectedcurios.com/sequentialart.php?s=665 created an image that combines all known fetishes]]".
* ''Webcomic/AMiracleOfScience'' has the book "Crank Theories on Robotics", that is a known vector of ScienceRelatedMemeticDisorder.
* ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'':
** The Doom Bell painfully knocks out all those who hear it for the first time. Agatha on the other hand, only seems mildly surprised.
---> '''Mama Gkikka:''' Keeds today. Kent even take a leedle '''existential despair'''.
** Mama was surprised, though, that Gil found the sound "beautiful" as it meant Agatha was still alive and fighting. It's been implied that Gil may be related to the Jagermonsters, which may account for his immunity.
* Draconic, the LanguageOfMagic in ''[[Webcomic/NahastLandsOfStrife Nahast]]'', drives people mad if they don't learn it properly.
* ''Webcomic/SeventySeas'' has "Jensen's Ye Olde Horror of the Deep", an EldritchAbomination in a bottle that causes pants-wetting terror on anyone looking at it.
* ''Webcomic/{{Vexxarr}}'' has the Schlumpoid Sploorfix, whose Livejournal entries have caused AI to explode at how melancholy they are. Even his casual observations about life have caused otherwise rigidly-programmed ship drones to consider him a threat to the host vessel and left him unceremoniously dumped in a waste bin.
* ''Webcomic/AxeCop'' has a band called The Axe. Their music kills bad guys because it's poisonous to them.
* In ''Webcomic/BrunoTheBandit'' this was more or less the effect of [[http://www.brunothebandit.com/d/20080926.html Shub-Megawrath's singing]].
* In "The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day" arc of ''Webcomic/SkinHorse'' Nick was assigned to compile a sound-based weapon against biologicals. It knocks out the entire building, though the staff of Project Skin Horse, being either robots, undead, canine, or a former werewolf, recover before the rest. At one point [[http://skin-horse.com/comic/opened-the/ Tip calls it a Brown Note]].
